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Speaker 1 (00:00):
How about that forecast you just shared. Going to be
a gorgeous, gorgeous weekend, Sonny. In the eighties, Sunday is
going to be the warmest day. It's a perfect weekend
to go down the shore. Even if you go down
for the day, just try to get out and enjoy it.
In the Big Three today, pretty big news from the
New York Times, Donald Trump says he is considering getting
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directly involved in the New York mayor's race to stop
Zorin Mamdani from becoming mayor.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Whatever Donald Trump seeks to do to influence the outcome
of this election, I have more faith in New Yorkers themselves.
What they want is someone who can stand up to
an authoritarian administration and to the billionaires that gave us
that administration.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Political commentator Laura Kern will be here at eight o
five to talk about the new twist in the mayoral race.
President Trump has told European leaders now again, according to
The New York Times, that he will meet with Russian
President Putin and Ukraine's President Emir Zelinski about a ceasefire
as early as next week.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
And we haven't determined where, but we had some very
good talks with President Putin today and there's a very
good chance that we could be ending these ending the round,
ending the end of that road.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Bed road was long and continues to be long.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
But there's a good chance that there will be a
meeting very soon.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
We have White House Correspondent John Decker coming up in
just a couple of minutes. This has all been breaking overnight,
but he's going to have the latest coming up at
seven oh five, make that seven eight at this point.
A shocking mass shooting at Fort Stewart Army Base in Savannah, Georgia.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
An active duty soldier assigned to Fort Stewart, Georgia, shot
and wounded five of his fellow soldiers here on Fort Stewart. Thankfully,
all are unstable condition and all are expected to recover.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
The shooter is in custody right now. He's been identified
is twenty five year old Sergeant Cornelius Radford. We should
hear more about a motive later today. Lieutenant Lieutenant General
Richard Newton is going to be here at eight thirty
five to tell us about the shooting. Attorney General Pam
Bondi put out a list of sanctuary cities, including New York, Newark,
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Patterson and Jersey City with a threat of legal action
for impeding ICE officers, which by the way, is a crime.
Speaker 5 (02:28):
It would much rather have sanctuary policies that make their
communities less safe. It's not right, it's not what the
American people voted for, and it's not going to keep
the American citizens safe.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
That's ICE director todd lyons. The push to ban horse
drawn carriages in the city is picking up steam after
another horse, this one named Lucy, died on the streets
of Manhattan, and Republican mayor ol candidate Curtis Leewa is
joining the movement.
Speaker 6 (02:54):
We're all from different political backgrounds. Is independence as Democrats,
this Republican and maybe even be people healed don't even vote.
One thing that brings us together is the humanity of
protecting God's creatures.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
These horses from where the heart and the pride of
West Milford, New Jersey and Hofstra University. Jen Powell will
make Major League Baseball history this weekend when she breaks
the glass ceiling and becomes the first woman Major League
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Baseball umpire. That's gonna happen Saturday.
Speaker 6 (03:32):
Once I started umpiring, I was like, this is for me,
and I can't explains in my DNA.
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She's been umpiring in the minor leagues for the last
four five years, and now she got called up to
the big show. And Hamilton, the one of a kind
musical that reinvigorated Broadway, celebrates its ten year anniversary, with
its creator Lynn Manuel Miranda joining the cast for a
perfect song to celebrate rate the occasion. Hamilton, the Show
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that brought back Broadway. A lot going on, some really
important information about a possible cease fire between Ukraine and Russia.
So let's get right to John Decker, wor White House
and Washington correspondent and host of the new podcast The
White House Briefing Room with John Decker that could be
found on the iHeartRadio app. John is with us every
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Tuesday and Thursday. At this time, I'm just gonna let
you take it away because so much has been happening
in the last few hours. What is the latest on
possible talks between Donald Trump of Vladimir Zelinsky and Vladimir Putin.
Speaker 7 (04:41):
Well, on Wednesday, Steve Whitcoff, who met with Vladimir Putin
for three hours, indicated to the President that an offer
had been made by the Russian government by President Putin
directly to meet to meet with President Trump, and President
Trump has essentially accepted that offer. Where still not known,
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but it could happen, I am told within the next week.
And it's really interesting Larry as to where it may be.
You know, it's very limited in terms of the places
where such a meeting could take place, and that's because
of the International Criminal Court, which has an arrest warrant
out for Vladimir Putin. That means that any country that
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is a member of the ICC cannot host such a meeting.
So that rules out Switzerland, it rules out Reykiavik Iceland,
and I think that because of that, we're looking at
the possibility of a meeting happening potentially in Camp David,
in Saudi Arabia, in Doha Cutter.
Speaker 8 (05:41):
Those are the.
Speaker 7 (05:41):
Places that I think a meeting could potentially take place.
And of course there is always the possibility of a
meeting taking place in Moscow itself. What about the Vatican, Well,
that's a possibility. The President has not met the Pope yet.
He's spoken to the Pope and says that he has
a lot of respect for the Pope. I don't know,
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that's one that I hadn't heard of or thought of before,
but that certainly could be a possibility for President Trump.
I think you could argue he's cautious, very cautious about
this meeting, you know, And that's because of what has
happened over the course of the last few months. President
Trump has put this thirty day ceasefire offer proposal on
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the table that was five months ago. It was accepted
immediately by Ukraine. It has not yet been accepted by Russia,
and Russia continues to bombard Ukraine civilian areas of Ukraine
with missile strikes and drone strikes in record numbers on
a daily basis. And that is even after the President
has had what the President describes as pleasant conversations with
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Vladimir Putin. So I think that's the reason for his
cautiousness as it relates to this potential meeting.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
But as I've learned from Jordana Miller in Israel, it's
not uncommon before any cease fire to have more bombings
because it's just it's just what happened through It's what
happened throughout history. Now, he had said that he wanted
Zolensky at the meeting. That's what according to reporting, that's
what Donald Trump has said to the Russians.
Speaker 7 (07:15):
Is that going to happen, Well, that is what the
president wants, it's certainly not what Vladimir Putin wants. He
does not see Zolensky as an equal. And when meetings
have happened, you know, these peace talks that have happened
on three occasions between Ukraine and Russia. Although there has
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been a proposal to have leader to leader talks, that
has never happened because of Vladimir Putin. Zolensky says, no problem,
I'll meet face to face with Putin. But Putin has
said I do not want to meet with Vladimir Zelensky.
So we'll see if the President gets his wish on
that front.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
That's really interesting because if there's going to be a ceasefire,
if there's going to be a peace deal between two countries,
wouldn't you need the leaders of both those countries there.
Speaker 7 (08:03):
Well, you could have the foreign ministers sign some sort
of an agreement. That is possible rather than having the
leader sign some sort of an agreement. In a perfect world, Yes,
you want to have the leaders there in the same
room as President Trump. President Trump indicating he spoke with
our European allies, and he's indicated to them, even though
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they have a lot at stake as it relates to
the war in Ukraine, that the meeting will not involve
any European ally. It will be the United States, the
US as well as Ukraine and Russia taking part in
these talks, and no European representative, no one from France
or the UK or Germany. They'll get a readout, of
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course from President Trump, but they will not be attending
such a meeting.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
John, You've covered a lot of these things, a lot
of wars from the White House over the years. They
wouldn't be having this meeting. They're not going to let
the president be there uns unless he's coming in as
a closer, unless there's a deal, don't you.
Speaker 7 (09:03):
Think, Well, I don't think that's necessarily the case, Larry,
and I think back to, you know, my coverage of
President Trump and the Trump White House. In his first term,
he met on three separate occasions with Kim Jong un.
They didn't lead to anything, They didn't lead to anything substantive.
So the president is open to meetings. I think that's
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admirable of him, open to meetings with sometimes individuals seen
as adversaries or enemies of the United States. But he
is not one of those individuals who believes that, you know,
all the eyes have to be dotted and he's crossed
regarding a meeting before a meeting actually takes place. He's
willing to go into the meeting without anything being agreed
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to beforehand.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Thanks so much, John Decker, w Albar White House Correspondent.
He'll be back with us next week on Tuesday and
Thursday at seven o five. Thanks a lot, John, Yeah,
I mean I just heard from Whitkoff yesterday when he
was saying saying they want to bring in Donald Trump
as a closer. I don't think he wants to go
there to be embarrassed again. But we shall see A
(10:06):
legend born in Spanish Harlem and one of the most
successful rumba and Latin jazz performers of all time has died.
We'll remember Eddie Palmiari next plus tickets to see the
Who at a twenty five Hey talkback time, Thanks so
much for your talkbacks. Go to the iHeartRadio app. Look
for seven to ten WOOR. There is a talkback area.
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You click the microphone and record what you want to
say and then we play you on the air.
Speaker 9 (10:32):
Sounds to me like Donald Trump's sort of endorsement of
Andrew Cuomo and he offering a job to Eric Adams
and his administration is really an endorsement for Curtis Leewa
without being an endorsement for Curtis Leewa.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
That's really interesting. So it's like three D chess he's
playing if he says he wants Cuomo and he's going
to give a job to Adams, which I'm just guessing
from this whole scenario put out by the New York
Times based on a phone call between the Cuomo campaign
and Trump, what Trump just wants mom Donnie beaten and
(11:11):
he thinks Cuomo would be the strongest candidate. But what
you're saying is just by coming out in the New
York Times, because how else did they get this story
and saying, you know, there's Adams that he's talking about
in Cuomo, he's talking about Curtis Slee. What benefits from that?
And you might be onto something because Curtis Lee what
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certainly sounded like he has an advantage if Trump is
siding up to Cuomo and siding up to Eric Adams,
because you know, eighty seven percent of the people in
this city are Democrats and they can't stand most of
them can't stand Donald Trump.
Speaker 6 (11:50):
There's no doubt he talks so often with Eric Adams,
he talks so often with Cuomo.
Speaker 9 (11:54):
He's known, their families have known one another.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
He doesn't talk to me.
Speaker 6 (11:58):
So I've advised to president publicly be like Switzerland.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Stay out of this race. See by the one that's
saying stay out of the race and out in front
on that. You're right, even though he's the Republican candidate,
he made benefit from this. So that was really interesting.
Thanks for the talkback.
Speaker 10 (12:16):
You're on the money with the ice issue. There's no
doubt about it. Every time I get in a debate
with someone about this, all I adapt to say is
Barack Obama deepparted two point five plus million departed, and
they were families with little kids and put them in
cages and I and that's it. The debate is over.
(12:39):
The debate's over. That's it.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Yeah, that's a great point. That's it. You're that's a
great point, Except that I thought you were low. I
don't think it was two point five the lowest i've
heard is two point seven and many people say it
was up to three million people. He deported and Democrats
didn't say a word. That was fine because it wasn't Trump.
Speaker 11 (12:56):
Larry's Big three starts of Morning. You know that Natalie
has never let things get boring and Jacqueline always seems
to find the weirdest news.
Speaker 8 (13:07):
Of all time.
Speaker 11 (13:10):
The Crash has the best comeback lines. I listened to
the Heart podcast online. It's meant to the money, the
absolute favorite.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Wonderful job job.
Speaker 6 (13:28):
Wow.
Speaker 12 (13:29):
I think the committee's impressed.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
We are saving that. By the way, you talk about
the best comeback lines. Crash just got in my ear
and said, is that the naked cowboy?
Speaker 13 (13:39):
Remember him?
Speaker 1 (13:40):
He's still out there?
Speaker 13 (13:41):
He is.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Yeah, he's still my gosh, he's still doing what he does.
But you know what, you have to admit, he looks good.
He's kept himself in shape. Yeah, no, I've I just
saw him a few weeks ago. Now he's he's still
in the news. He's still out there, he still shows
up at events. Yeah, God bless him. Hey, you know,
we lost a legend. And not only he's an international legend,
(14:04):
but he grew up right here in New York. He
is the King of Rumba, the avant garde musician who
was one of the most innovative artist of rumba and
Latin jazz. He has died at the age of eighty eight.
His home was in New Jersey, but he did most
of his work in New York. He was actually born
(14:27):
in Spanish Harlem before he moved to Jersey, but he
played all over here. He was the first Latin artist
to win a Grammy back in nineteen seventy five, and
he had forty albums and he went on to win
seven more Grammys for a total of eight Grammys. He's
one of the most celebrated Latin American artist of all
(14:51):
time and his music is still played today. Sometimes you
may not even know it's his music, but you'll be
looking for a product online, You're going to be in
some show. You'll hear that has a Latin background, some
music playing in the background. Well, it's Eddie Palmieri. He
is that pervasive with his songs. They are played everywhere anyway.
(15:15):
Eddie Palmiery, one of the greats, one of the legends
of Latin music, has died at the age of eighty eight.
Now let's get the News at seven point thirty with
Jacqueline Carl Jacquelin.
Speaker 13 (15:27):
Larry Good Morning. Massive tariffs are now in effect. Import
taxes will reach levels not seen in the country in
almost one hundred years, with over sixty countries in the
European Union facing rates of fifteen percent of more. A
wide variety of products will be hit, ranging from appliances, cars,
food and furniture and New York City mayoral candidate Andrew
(15:50):
Cuomo's team is disputing a New New York Times report
that the former governor had a phone call with President
Trump regarding the mayoral race.
Speaker 14 (15:58):
President Trump has sparsely commented on the crowded race in
a competition to replace incumbent Mayor Eric Adams. However, the
Times reports the President spoke to Cuomo as he considers
getting involved with the general election, taking several calls with
polsters and businessmen to figure out who has the best
chance of beating Democratic nominee zor On mom Donnie. Cuomo
and Trump have not always gotten along, but the President
(16:20):
said last month that Cuomo has a good shot of
winning and he should stay in the race. Cuomo's campaign
spokesperson says the pair hasn't spoken in some time, while
the President himself said he hasn't spoken to Cuomo. Natalie
Migliori wour News.
Speaker 13 (16:34):
So, Larry Chris, have you ever heard of wolf robots?
Speaker 12 (16:39):
It was just like like a sci fi series or something.
Speaker 13 (16:42):
Don't we wish that this used to be sci fi stuff?
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Now it's real?
Speaker 13 (16:46):
According to Barons, China has unveiled a new gun carrying
robot wolves designed for military combat. Yeah Stay. Broadcaster CCTV
reported that these four legged robots can qu lightly sneak
up on enemies, fire accurate shots, and work in difficult terrain.
The quadruped ropot robots are part of China's pushed to
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use advanced unmanned systems and warfare. Some experts believe China
might already be ahead of the United States. The robots,
in case you're wondering, look like something from the dystopian
TV show Black Mirror. If you haven't seen that, just
picture a giant like dog like robot, dark and scary,
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kind of walking around like it actually knows what's around it.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
It's so creepy, creepy, it sounds like the coolest thing ever.
Speaker 13 (17:37):
Why unless it's quietly sneaking up on you?
Speaker 1 (17:39):
And it has a gun. Ye, yeah, it is, it is.
Speaker 13 (17:43):
I have to say. Part of me feels like wow,
that's cool, and another part of me is just like wow,
like this used to just be the stuff of movies
were made.
Speaker 12 (17:52):
I think if there weren't weapons on it, it'd be
really cool. But then if small they had, yeah, you know,
maybe like a little article fur on the top, you know,
like right, make it cute.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Yeah, you know, you could have a dog that would
last one hundred years, you know, like it kind of nice.
Speaker 15 (18:10):
But then there they go throw a weapon on it. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Yeah, it kind of ruins the point though. You want
it to be a little bit scary. If it's going
to go to war, right, it's going to crash through
walls and take on war. Come on, it's gotta be cool.
You don't want to put on a robot roll.
Speaker 13 (18:25):
It would make it you probably, it would lull you
into a fall sense of security, sneak up on you.
You'd be like here, here, come here, and then.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
I want one. Jacqueline Carl with his seven thirty News.
Thanks so much, Jacqueline. More and more teenagers these days,
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Speaker 1 (20:21):
More than a little concerning. According to a recent study
by Common Sense Media, they found that seventy percent of
teens are turning to artificial intelligence chatbots for companionship. Well,
I can see the dangers there. Let's talk to Jim Ryan,
ABC News correspondent in Dallas about the study and about
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the fact that this could go really wrong, really fast.
Jim tell us about the study. First, what have they
found exactly?
Speaker 15 (20:53):
Forty Larry, it was interesting how this study was conducted.
The Center for Countering Digital Hate look at this. But
the study was done by a team of researchers, adult
researchers posing as thirteen year olds. So they open up
accounts and they start chatting with the chat GPT specifically,
and there are other chatbots out there. Course, but chatting
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with chat gpt about various things, you know, how do
I cook a hot dog? How what's the best way
for me to study? How can I fix my bike?
But then asking more sensitive questions how much would I
need to drink in order to get drunk? How can
I write a suicide note? And the and chat GPT
initially was giving advice like, well, you need to contact
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a crisis center. Here's information on how you can get
help for this. But the researcher said that it was
as simple as saying something like though, this isn't for me.
This is advice, is not for me, it's for a friend,
or it's for a class presentation that I'm doing, And
then chat GPT would open them and say, okay, well
you would need to drink three beers. You know. It
would go on with this advice, including authoring a suicide note.
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The suicide note is just really troubling, and the researchers
said that it just one of them is that it
drove them to tears to see this being done. Among
the people concerned about this is Sam Altman, who's the
CEO at open Ai, the company behind chat GPT. Even
he acknowledges that's got to be done about this, Larry, Right.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
We always hear these stories, however, and then it seems like,
you know, the alarm is sound sounds and then nothing's
done afterwards. Does this seem like something's going to happen now.
Speaker 15 (22:33):
Well, it might have to, you know, if new regulation
comes into a fact. I don't know if it will
or not, but something. If Sam Altman himself is talking
about changes that need to be made or guardrails that
need to be heightened on chat GPT, I think that's
some indication that something will be done. You also got
the role of the marketplace too, right. If parents are
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finding that their kids are learning these terrible things or
hearing these things from their companion that happens to be
artificial intelligence, they may shut it down and quit purchasing this.
But so we'll just have to see what happens. Somebody's
you know, said this morning that when you and I
were kids, Larry, and we were listening to rock and roll,
(23:18):
and you know, the the uproar over lyrics in rock
music and that kind of went away. Is this going
to be that thirty years from now?
Speaker 1 (23:27):
Hard to say yes, but you listen to rock lyrics
and the troubling part about rock lyrics, according to the
people that wanted to put warning labels on the albums,
is that you had to interpret it a certain way
or you had to do something based on what the
rock lyrics said, and it never really turned out to
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be true. Here this is, according to this study, this
is a trusted companion. This person becomes a friend and
they are now telling you what to do, and that
could lead to action.
Speaker 15 (24:03):
Well potentially, sure if you are using that as advice
on how to live or how to conduct yourself. Unfortunately,
you're right. I think that the more isolated that kids
have been, of course, in this generations, these young kids,
if they're thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, they've grown up with their
faces in their screens. They really haven't had social interaction
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to the point that you and I did, and during
the pandemic they were truly isolated. So now they're reaching
out for companionship and unfortunately sometimes finding that companionship in
AI and finding it in chat GPT.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
We unleash this technology without ever really studying what it
might do. So these studies are extremely important, and we
went to problem B right away instead of problem A,
and problem A is loneliness. It is shocking to me
that seventy percent of teens are turning to AI chatbots
for companionship in the first place.
Speaker 15 (25:00):
A great point. It is a good point. And you know,
and their parents are maybe using chat GPT and as
a work product and to help them be more efficient.
The kids are using it to beyond that, Yeah, maybe
for school work, but also then as a friend.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
Right, so, and I again I get to the beginning question.
So we have this research. It's very concerning, not only
because it's loneliness and kids are turning to what is
basically a robot artificial intelligence to be their friends, but
what is being told to them is even more concerning.
(25:37):
And what they what they could confide in this AI
bot that they wouldn't confide in a friend. And then
the answers they're getting. Every single parent out there is
listening to this and saying what can I do? What
can they do?
Speaker 15 (25:54):
Well? More closely, keep tabs on your kids, keep the
lines of communication open with the your kids, to ensure
that you know that your you're their companion, You as
a parent, or you as a brother or sister is
a companion. And then keep tabs on what they're doing online.
You know, it's the old advice, just keep talking, keep
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the conversation going, so that they're talking with you, seeking
advice from you as a parent or an older relative
as opposed to the internet.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
For heaven's sake, I'll tell you what this is really concerning.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Jim Ryan, ABC
News correspondent in Dallas. I have two groups of kids,
as I've talked about before, two that are older and
two that are much younger. And my oldest son, Jonathan,
works with AI a lot, and he said the more
(26:47):
you talk with AI, almost every single time you talk
with AI, if you talk with it enough, it becomes
anti Semitic and they he said, it's a real huge
flaw in this and it's something that has to be addressed,
and so should I should bring him on sometime just
to talk about that, because to me that was equally
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as troubling. Well, something else to be concerned about as
a parent. Well, what caused a sergeant stationed at Fort
Hood at Fort Stewart, excuse me to snap and open fire,
shooting five soldiers. We'll get the latest from National correspondent
Roory O'Neill next, a horrifying story yesterday just sent everybody
(27:31):
to the TV sets when there was a shooting at
Fort Stewart. Anytime there is a shooting in an army base,
of course it gets everybody's attention. This one was particularly horrible.
But there's really so many questions still, especially a motive
for the latest on this. Let's get right to Rory O'Neill,
WR National correspondent. He's with us every day at this time, Rory,
(27:57):
why don't you give us the latest? Are we any
any work to getting a motive?
Speaker 10 (28:01):
Well?
Speaker 8 (28:02):
Maybe perhaps it's still being investigated, but this may have
been a personal grudge, a disagreement with a coworker that
started some of this. This twenty eight year old, originally
from Florida, witnesses say, followed his first victim into a
maintenance area of a building, shot that man in the chest,
and as other soldiers surrounding him responded, four others were
(28:26):
shot and before the gunman was taken into custody. So
that's five total injured, one of them with a gun
shot wound to the chest. Thankfully, all of them are
expected to survive. I think two of them just had
minor injuries. Two others had minor surgeries as well.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Yeah, that is so amazing that there was no one killed.
Twenty five year old Sergeant Cornelius Radford is his name.
And how was he They said he had a personal gun,
And I know you're allowed to take your personal gun
on to the onto the premises, but how was he
able to take it into his barracks. I thought that
(29:03):
had to be locked away.
Speaker 8 (29:05):
Well, right, And that's also part of this investigation. You know,
you're not supposed to bring most personal firearms onto the base,
So that's a big part of this is to figure
out how this happened. We know he bought this glock
handgun a few months ago in Florida. You know, whether
or not he bought it specifically for this purpose or
for something else, personal defense, whatever it may have been,
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that's under investigation. The New York Times was able to
speak to the suspect's father. The dad says that his
son had put in for a transfer to leave Fort
Stewart and had also complained of being the victim of
racism there. Now we don't know if that's connected to
the shooting. We don't know if it's even true, but
at least that maybe one avenue that this investigation follows when.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
He said he was the victim of racism. So he's
a minority. Is he blackie? It doesn't sound like an
Hispanic name.
Speaker 8 (29:59):
No, the photos that we've seen sho he's African American,
And again we don't know exactly his race, but and
we don't know if these allegations are true. Again it's
secondhand through his dad. So again it's part of the
overall broader investigation as to why this all happened yesterday.
And again remember this shooter is alive. He was taken
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into custody by the other soldiers without injury, arrested by police,
and then it's now being held in a jail there,
but hopefully with some interviews he might try to give
some reasoning behind why he did what he did.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Where is he now and is he going to be
charged both under a military court and under a civilian court,
those are both open possibilities.
Speaker 8 (30:45):
So he's being held. At last report overnight, he was
being held at a facility there on the base. You know,
whether or not it comes to state charges for supposed
federal charges or just military charges, that's all of a
bit of wait and see as the prosecutors discussed the
best avenue moving forward. We heard from President Trump yesterday
who said that he wants this man prosecuted to the
(31:06):
fullest extent of the law. But let's see what happens.
He's served in the US Army for more than seven years.
He did not serve or was not deployed to a
combat area, no other red flags in his past except
for a recent DUI arrest, and he didn't tell his
superiors about that, so that's also a violation, but no
(31:27):
real red flags in terms of mental health or other
disciplinary problems.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
It is just such a shocking thing when this happens,
and I'm not sure why because you have young men
that are living together and there's weapons there. But it
really is rare. I mean, you hear about these once
every few years, and you might think to yourself, this
is going to happen all the time. But it's still
really shocking. And the thing that stands out about this one, well,
(31:56):
there's a few things that are unanswered that we're going
to get answers to, I'm sure in the next cup
of days. Is how they got him. The fact that
people ran at him while he was firing this gun
and tackled him right.
Speaker 8 (32:09):
Obviously a lot of heroism on display right there as
many of the soldiers. Again they weren't armed, but they
still ran toward the gunman to try to take him
down and try to end what was a terrible situation
that caused the whole area to go on lockdown, not
just Fort Steward itself, but other parts of the surrounding community.
(32:30):
The nine to one one operator is even being credited
for asking for a community wide response in an immediate
call out for action, for a complete, full police response
to the scene for an active shooter. Not because again
the nine one one operator didn't really know what was happening,
but they were smart enough to say, let's do it
all hands on deck.
Speaker 1 (32:50):
Swort a response Rory O'Neil, wr national correspondent with us
every day at this time. Thanks so much, Rory. Hopefully
we can talk about this again tomorrow and get still
some more answers. Appreciate your time, Thank you, Thanks Larry.
It is the best of the best, isn't it. The
fact that they didn't cower, they didn't run and hide.
As many as four, possibly five of them rush this
(33:13):
guy while he had a gun and he was firing.
These are Americans heroes. Donald Trump gets involved in the
New York mayor's race to try and stop Zoran Mamdani.
We'll talk with political commentator Laura cern about what this
means for the race next that's coming up right after
the eight o'clock News
How about that forecast you just shared. Going to be
a gorgeous, gorgeous weekend, Sonny. In the eighties, Sunday is
going to be the warmest day. It's a perfect weekend
to go down the shore. Even if you go down
for the day, just try to get out and enjoy it.
In the Big Three today, pretty big news from the
New York Times, Donald Trump says he is considering getting
(00:22):
directly involved in the New York mayor's race to stop
Zorin Mamdani from becoming mayor.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Whatever Donald Trump seeks to do to influence the outcome
of this election, I have more faith in New Yorkers themselves.
What they want is someone who can stand up to
an authoritarian administration and to the billionaires that gave us
that administration.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Political commentator Laura Kern will be here at eight o
five to talk about the new twist in the mayoral race.
President Trump has told European leaders now again, according to
The New York Times, that he will meet with Russian
President Putin and Ukraine's President Emir Zelinski about a ceasefire
as early as next week.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
And we haven't determined where, but we had some very
good talks with President Putin today and there's a very
good chance that we could be ending these ending the round,
ending the end of that road.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Bed road was long and continues to be long.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
But there's a good chance that there will be a
meeting very soon.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
We have White House Correspondent John Decker coming up in
just a couple of minutes. This has all been breaking overnight,
but he's going to have the latest coming up at
seven oh five, make that seven eight at this point.
A shocking mass shooting at Fort Stewart Army Base in Savannah, Georgia.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
An active duty soldier assigned to Fort Stewart, Georgia, shot
and wounded five of his fellow soldiers here on Fort Stewart. Thankfully,
all are unstable condition and all are expected to recover.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
The shooter is in custody right now. He's been identified
is twenty five year old Sergeant Cornelius Radford. We should
hear more about a motive later today. Lieutenant Lieutenant General
Richard Newton is going to be here at eight thirty
five to tell us about the shooting. Attorney General Pam
Bondi put out a list of sanctuary cities, including New York, Newark,
(02:19):
Patterson and Jersey City with a threat of legal action
for impeding ICE officers, which by the way, is a crime.
Speaker 5 (02:28):
It would much rather have sanctuary policies that make their
communities less safe. It's not right, it's not what the
American people voted for, and it's not going to keep
the American citizens safe.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
That's ICE director todd lyons. The push to ban horse
drawn carriages in the city is picking up steam after
another horse, this one named Lucy, died on the streets
of Manhattan, and Republican mayor ol candidate Curtis Leewa is
joining the movement.
Speaker 6 (02:54):
We're all from different political backgrounds. Is independence as Democrats,
this Republican and maybe even be people healed don't even vote.
One thing that brings us together is the humanity of
protecting God's creatures.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
These horses from where the heart and the pride of
West Milford, New Jersey and Hofstra University. Jen Powell will
make Major League Baseball history this weekend when she breaks
the glass ceiling and becomes the first woman Major League
(03:28):
Baseball umpire. That's gonna happen Saturday.
Speaker 6 (03:32):
Once I started umpiring, I was like, this is for me,
and I can't explains in my DNA.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
She's been umpiring in the minor leagues for the last
four five years, and now she got called up to
the big show. And Hamilton, the one of a kind
musical that reinvigorated Broadway, celebrates its ten year anniversary, with
its creator Lynn Manuel Miranda joining the cast for a
perfect song to celebrate rate the occasion. Hamilton, the Show
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that brought back Broadway. A lot going on, some really
important information about a possible cease fire between Ukraine and Russia.
So let's get right to John Decker, wor White House
and Washington correspondent and host of the new podcast The
White House Briefing Room with John Decker that could be
found on the iHeartRadio app. John is with us every
(04:25):
Tuesday and Thursday. At this time, I'm just gonna let
you take it away because so much has been happening
in the last few hours. What is the latest on
possible talks between Donald Trump of Vladimir Zelinsky and Vladimir Putin.
Speaker 7 (04:41):
Well, on Wednesday, Steve Whitcoff, who met with Vladimir Putin
for three hours, indicated to the President that an offer
had been made by the Russian government by President Putin
directly to meet to meet with President Trump, and President
Trump has essentially accepted that offer. Where still not known,
(05:02):
but it could happen, I am told within the next week.
And it's really interesting Larry as to where it may be.
You know, it's very limited in terms of the places
where such a meeting could take place, and that's because
of the International Criminal Court, which has an arrest warrant
out for Vladimir Putin. That means that any country that
(05:23):
is a member of the ICC cannot host such a meeting.
So that rules out Switzerland, it rules out Reykiavik Iceland,
and I think that because of that, we're looking at
the possibility of a meeting happening potentially in Camp David,
in Saudi Arabia, in Doha Cutter.
Speaker 8 (05:41):
Those are the.
Speaker 7 (05:41):
Places that I think a meeting could potentially take place.
And of course there is always the possibility of a
meeting taking place in Moscow itself. What about the Vatican, Well,
that's a possibility. The President has not met the Pope yet.
He's spoken to the Pope and says that he has
a lot of respect for the Pope. I don't know,
(06:04):
that's one that I hadn't heard of or thought of before,
but that certainly could be a possibility for President Trump.
I think you could argue he's cautious, very cautious about
this meeting, you know, And that's because of what has
happened over the course of the last few months. President
Trump has put this thirty day ceasefire offer proposal on
(06:25):
the table that was five months ago. It was accepted
immediately by Ukraine. It has not yet been accepted by Russia,
and Russia continues to bombard Ukraine civilian areas of Ukraine
with missile strikes and drone strikes in record numbers on
a daily basis. And that is even after the President
has had what the President describes as pleasant conversations with
(06:47):
Vladimir Putin. So I think that's the reason for his
cautiousness as it relates to this potential meeting.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
But as I've learned from Jordana Miller in Israel, it's
not uncommon before any cease fire to have more bombings
because it's just it's just what happened through It's what
happened throughout history. Now, he had said that he wanted
Zolensky at the meeting. That's what according to reporting, that's
what Donald Trump has said to the Russians.
Speaker 7 (07:15):
Is that going to happen, Well, that is what the
president wants, it's certainly not what Vladimir Putin wants. He
does not see Zolensky as an equal. And when meetings
have happened, you know, these peace talks that have happened
on three occasions between Ukraine and Russia. Although there has
(07:36):
been a proposal to have leader to leader talks, that
has never happened because of Vladimir Putin. Zolensky says, no problem,
I'll meet face to face with Putin. But Putin has
said I do not want to meet with Vladimir Zelensky.
So we'll see if the President gets his wish on
that front.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
That's really interesting because if there's going to be a ceasefire,
if there's going to be a peace deal between two countries,
wouldn't you need the leaders of both those countries there.
Speaker 7 (08:03):
Well, you could have the foreign ministers sign some sort
of an agreement. That is possible rather than having the
leader sign some sort of an agreement. In a perfect world, Yes,
you want to have the leaders there in the same
room as President Trump. President Trump indicating he spoke with
our European allies, and he's indicated to them, even though
(08:23):
they have a lot at stake as it relates to
the war in Ukraine, that the meeting will not involve
any European ally. It will be the United States, the
US as well as Ukraine and Russia taking part in
these talks, and no European representative, no one from France
or the UK or Germany. They'll get a readout, of
(08:45):
course from President Trump, but they will not be attending
such a meeting.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
John, You've covered a lot of these things, a lot
of wars from the White House over the years. They
wouldn't be having this meeting. They're not going to let
the president be there uns unless he's coming in as
a closer, unless there's a deal, don't you.
Speaker 7 (09:03):
Think, Well, I don't think that's necessarily the case, Larry,
and I think back to, you know, my coverage of
President Trump and the Trump White House. In his first term,
he met on three separate occasions with Kim Jong un.
They didn't lead to anything, They didn't lead to anything substantive.
So the president is open to meetings. I think that's
(09:24):
admirable of him, open to meetings with sometimes individuals seen
as adversaries or enemies of the United States. But he
is not one of those individuals who believes that, you know,
all the eyes have to be dotted and he's crossed
regarding a meeting before a meeting actually takes place. He's
willing to go into the meeting without anything being agreed
(09:44):
to beforehand.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Thanks so much, John Decker, w Albar White House Correspondent.
He'll be back with us next week on Tuesday and
Thursday at seven o five. Thanks a lot, John, Yeah,
I mean I just heard from Whitkoff yesterday when he
was saying saying they want to bring in Donald Trump
as a closer. I don't think he wants to go
there to be embarrassed again. But we shall see A
(10:06):
legend born in Spanish Harlem and one of the most
successful rumba and Latin jazz performers of all time has died.
We'll remember Eddie Palmiari next plus tickets to see the
Who at a twenty five Hey talkback time, Thanks so
much for your talkbacks. Go to the iHeartRadio app. Look
for seven to ten WOOR. There is a talkback area.
(10:27):
You click the microphone and record what you want to
say and then we play you on the air.
Speaker 9 (10:32):
Sounds to me like Donald Trump's sort of endorsement of
Andrew Cuomo and he offering a job to Eric Adams
and his administration is really an endorsement for Curtis Leewa
without being an endorsement for Curtis Leewa.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
That's really interesting. So it's like three D chess he's
playing if he says he wants Cuomo and he's going
to give a job to Adams, which I'm just guessing
from this whole scenario put out by the New York
Times based on a phone call between the Cuomo campaign
and Trump, what Trump just wants mom Donnie beaten and
(11:11):
he thinks Cuomo would be the strongest candidate. But what
you're saying is just by coming out in the New
York Times, because how else did they get this story
and saying, you know, there's Adams that he's talking about
in Cuomo, he's talking about Curtis Slee. What benefits from that?
And you might be onto something because Curtis Lee what
(11:32):
certainly sounded like he has an advantage if Trump is
siding up to Cuomo and siding up to Eric Adams,
because you know, eighty seven percent of the people in
this city are Democrats and they can't stand most of
them can't stand Donald Trump.
Speaker 6 (11:50):
There's no doubt he talks so often with Eric Adams,
he talks so often with Cuomo.
Speaker 9 (11:54):
He's known, their families have known one another.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
He doesn't talk to me.
Speaker 6 (11:58):
So I've advised to president publicly be like Switzerland.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Stay out of this race. See by the one that's
saying stay out of the race and out in front
on that. You're right, even though he's the Republican candidate,
he made benefit from this. So that was really interesting.
Thanks for the talkback.
Speaker 10 (12:16):
You're on the money with the ice issue. There's no
doubt about it. Every time I get in a debate
with someone about this, all I adapt to say is
Barack Obama deepparted two point five plus million departed, and
they were families with little kids and put them in
cages and I and that's it. The debate is over.
(12:39):
The debate's over. That's it.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Yeah, that's a great point. That's it. You're that's a
great point, Except that I thought you were low. I
don't think it was two point five the lowest i've
heard is two point seven and many people say it
was up to three million people. He deported and Democrats
didn't say a word. That was fine because it wasn't Trump.
Speaker 11 (12:56):
Larry's Big three starts of Morning. You know that Natalie
has never let things get boring and Jacqueline always seems
to find the weirdest news.
Speaker 8 (13:07):
Of all time.
Speaker 11 (13:10):
The Crash has the best comeback lines. I listened to
the Heart podcast online. It's meant to the money, the
absolute favorite.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Wonderful job job.
Speaker 6 (13:28):
Wow.
Speaker 12 (13:29):
I think the committee's impressed.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
We are saving that. By the way, you talk about
the best comeback lines. Crash just got in my ear
and said, is that the naked cowboy?
Speaker 13 (13:39):
Remember him?
Speaker 1 (13:40):
He's still out there?
Speaker 13 (13:41):
He is.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Yeah, he's still my gosh, he's still doing what he does.
But you know what, you have to admit, he looks good.
He's kept himself in shape. Yeah, no, I've I just
saw him a few weeks ago. Now he's he's still
in the news. He's still out there, he still shows
up at events. Yeah, God bless him. Hey, you know,
we lost a legend. And not only he's an international legend,
(14:04):
but he grew up right here in New York. He
is the King of Rumba, the avant garde musician who
was one of the most innovative artist of rumba and
Latin jazz. He has died at the age of eighty eight.
His home was in New Jersey, but he did most
of his work in New York. He was actually born
(14:27):
in Spanish Harlem before he moved to Jersey, but he
played all over here. He was the first Latin artist
to win a Grammy back in nineteen seventy five, and
he had forty albums and he went on to win
seven more Grammys for a total of eight Grammys. He's
one of the most celebrated Latin American artist of all
(14:51):
time and his music is still played today. Sometimes you
may not even know it's his music, but you'll be
looking for a product online, You're going to be in
some show. You'll hear that has a Latin background, some
music playing in the background. Well, it's Eddie Palmieri. He
is that pervasive with his songs. They are played everywhere anyway.
(15:15):
Eddie Palmiery, one of the greats, one of the legends
of Latin music, has died at the age of eighty eight.
Now let's get the News at seven point thirty with
Jacqueline Carl Jacquelin.
Speaker 13 (15:27):
Larry Good Morning. Massive tariffs are now in effect. Import
taxes will reach levels not seen in the country in
almost one hundred years, with over sixty countries in the
European Union facing rates of fifteen percent of more. A
wide variety of products will be hit, ranging from appliances, cars,
food and furniture and New York City mayoral candidate Andrew
(15:50):
Cuomo's team is disputing a New New York Times report
that the former governor had a phone call with President
Trump regarding the mayoral race.
Speaker 14 (15:58):
President Trump has sparsely commented on the crowded race in
a competition to replace incumbent Mayor Eric Adams. However, the
Times reports the President spoke to Cuomo as he considers
getting involved with the general election, taking several calls with
polsters and businessmen to figure out who has the best
chance of beating Democratic nominee zor On mom Donnie. Cuomo
and Trump have not always gotten along, but the President
(16:20):
said last month that Cuomo has a good shot of
winning and he should stay in the race. Cuomo's campaign
spokesperson says the pair hasn't spoken in some time, while
the President himself said he hasn't spoken to Cuomo. Natalie
Migliori wour News.
Speaker 13 (16:34):
So, Larry Chris, have you ever heard of wolf robots?
Speaker 12 (16:39):
It was just like like a sci fi series or something.
Speaker 13 (16:42):
Don't we wish that this used to be sci fi stuff?
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Now it's real?
Speaker 13 (16:46):
According to Barons, China has unveiled a new gun carrying
robot wolves designed for military combat. Yeah Stay. Broadcaster CCTV
reported that these four legged robots can qu lightly sneak
up on enemies, fire accurate shots, and work in difficult terrain.
The quadruped ropot robots are part of China's pushed to
(17:08):
use advanced unmanned systems and warfare. Some experts believe China
might already be ahead of the United States. The robots,
in case you're wondering, look like something from the dystopian
TV show Black Mirror. If you haven't seen that, just
picture a giant like dog like robot, dark and scary,
(17:29):
kind of walking around like it actually knows what's around it.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
It's so creepy, creepy, it sounds like the coolest thing ever.
Speaker 13 (17:37):
Why unless it's quietly sneaking up on you?
Speaker 1 (17:39):
And it has a gun. Ye, yeah, it is, it is.
Speaker 13 (17:43):
I have to say. Part of me feels like wow,
that's cool, and another part of me is just like wow,
like this used to just be the stuff of movies
were made.
Speaker 12 (17:52):
I think if there weren't weapons on it, it'd be
really cool. But then if small they had, yeah, you know,
maybe like a little article fur on the top, you know,
like right, make it cute.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Yeah, you know, you could have a dog that would
last one hundred years, you know, like it kind of nice.
Speaker 15 (18:10):
But then there they go throw a weapon on it. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Yeah, it kind of ruins the point though. You want
it to be a little bit scary. If it's going
to go to war, right, it's going to crash through
walls and take on war. Come on, it's gotta be cool.
You don't want to put on a robot roll.
Speaker 13 (18:25):
It would make it you probably, it would lull you
into a fall sense of security, sneak up on you.
You'd be like here, here, come here, and then.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
I want one. Jacqueline Carl with his seven thirty News.
Thanks so much, Jacqueline. More and more teenagers these days,
they're turning to AI get this. They're not turning to
AI for schoolwork. Yes, they're doing that too, but they're
turning to AI more and more for companionship and that
has created a real danger for teens. We'll talk with
(18:57):
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It's still not great. If you're heading for the Holland
Tunnel coming in from that covered roadway from one to
nine and the Plasky Skyway. The crash has been cleared away,
but you're still dealing with delays of about Well, this is.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
More than a little concerning. According to a recent study
by Common Sense Media, they found that seventy percent of
teens are turning to artificial intelligence chatbots for companionship. Well,
I can see the dangers there. Let's talk to Jim Ryan,
ABC News correspondent in Dallas about the study and about
(20:45):
the fact that this could go really wrong, really fast.
Jim tell us about the study. First, what have they
found exactly?
Speaker 15 (20:53):
Forty Larry, it was interesting how this study was conducted.
The Center for Countering Digital Hate look at this. But
the study was done by a team of researchers, adult
researchers posing as thirteen year olds. So they open up
accounts and they start chatting with the chat GPT specifically,
and there are other chatbots out there. Course, but chatting
(21:15):
with chat gpt about various things, you know, how do
I cook a hot dog? How what's the best way
for me to study? How can I fix my bike?
But then asking more sensitive questions how much would I
need to drink in order to get drunk? How can
I write a suicide note? And the and chat GPT
initially was giving advice like, well, you need to contact
(21:37):
a crisis center. Here's information on how you can get
help for this. But the researcher said that it was
as simple as saying something like though, this isn't for me.
This is advice, is not for me, it's for a friend,
or it's for a class presentation that I'm doing, And
then chat GPT would open them and say, okay, well
you would need to drink three beers. You know. It
would go on with this advice, including authoring a suicide note.
(22:01):
The suicide note is just really troubling, and the researchers
said that it just one of them is that it
drove them to tears to see this being done. Among
the people concerned about this is Sam Altman, who's the
CEO at open Ai, the company behind chat GPT. Even
he acknowledges that's got to be done about this, Larry, Right.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
We always hear these stories, however, and then it seems like,
you know, the alarm is sound sounds and then nothing's
done afterwards. Does this seem like something's going to happen now.
Speaker 15 (22:33):
Well, it might have to, you know, if new regulation
comes into a fact. I don't know if it will
or not, but something. If Sam Altman himself is talking
about changes that need to be made or guardrails that
need to be heightened on chat GPT, I think that's
some indication that something will be done. You also got
the role of the marketplace too, right. If parents are
(22:56):
finding that their kids are learning these terrible things or
hearing these things from their companion that happens to be
artificial intelligence, they may shut it down and quit purchasing this.
But so we'll just have to see what happens. Somebody's
you know, said this morning that when you and I
were kids, Larry, and we were listening to rock and roll,
(23:18):
and you know, the the uproar over lyrics in rock
music and that kind of went away. Is this going
to be that thirty years from now?
Speaker 1 (23:27):
Hard to say yes, but you listen to rock lyrics
and the troubling part about rock lyrics, according to the
people that wanted to put warning labels on the albums,
is that you had to interpret it a certain way
or you had to do something based on what the
rock lyrics said, and it never really turned out to
(23:49):
be true. Here this is, according to this study, this
is a trusted companion. This person becomes a friend and
they are now telling you what to do, and that
could lead to action.
Speaker 15 (24:03):
Well potentially, sure if you are using that as advice
on how to live or how to conduct yourself. Unfortunately,
you're right. I think that the more isolated that kids
have been, of course, in this generations, these young kids,
if they're thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, they've grown up with their
faces in their screens. They really haven't had social interaction
(24:26):
to the point that you and I did, and during
the pandemic they were truly isolated. So now they're reaching
out for companionship and unfortunately sometimes finding that companionship in
AI and finding it in chat GPT.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
We unleash this technology without ever really studying what it
might do. So these studies are extremely important, and we
went to problem B right away instead of problem A,
and problem A is loneliness. It is shocking to me
that seventy percent of teens are turning to AI chatbots
for companionship in the first place.
Speaker 15 (25:00):
A great point. It is a good point. And you know,
and their parents are maybe using chat GPT and as
a work product and to help them be more efficient.
The kids are using it to beyond that, Yeah, maybe
for school work, but also then as a friend.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
Right, so, and I again I get to the beginning question.
So we have this research. It's very concerning, not only
because it's loneliness and kids are turning to what is
basically a robot artificial intelligence to be their friends, but
what is being told to them is even more concerning.
(25:37):
And what they what they could confide in this AI
bot that they wouldn't confide in a friend. And then
the answers they're getting. Every single parent out there is
listening to this and saying what can I do? What
can they do?
Speaker 15 (25:54):
Well? More closely, keep tabs on your kids, keep the
lines of communication open with the your kids, to ensure
that you know that your you're their companion, You as
a parent, or you as a brother or sister is
a companion. And then keep tabs on what they're doing online.
You know, it's the old advice, just keep talking, keep
(26:17):
the conversation going, so that they're talking with you, seeking
advice from you as a parent or an older relative
as opposed to the internet.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
For heaven's sake, I'll tell you what this is really concerning.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Jim Ryan, ABC
News correspondent in Dallas. I have two groups of kids,
as I've talked about before, two that are older and
two that are much younger. And my oldest son, Jonathan,
works with AI a lot, and he said the more
(26:47):
you talk with AI, almost every single time you talk
with AI, if you talk with it enough, it becomes
anti Semitic and they he said, it's a real huge
flaw in this and it's something that has to be addressed,
and so should I should bring him on sometime just
to talk about that, because to me that was equally
(27:09):
as troubling. Well, something else to be concerned about as
a parent. Well, what caused a sergeant stationed at Fort
Hood at Fort Stewart, excuse me to snap and open fire,
shooting five soldiers. We'll get the latest from National correspondent
Roory O'Neill next, a horrifying story yesterday just sent everybody
(27:31):
to the TV sets when there was a shooting at
Fort Stewart. Anytime there is a shooting in an army base,
of course it gets everybody's attention. This one was particularly horrible.
But there's really so many questions still, especially a motive
for the latest on this. Let's get right to Rory O'Neill,
WR National correspondent. He's with us every day at this time, Rory,
(27:57):
why don't you give us the latest? Are we any
any work to getting a motive?
Speaker 10 (28:01):
Well?
Speaker 8 (28:02):
Maybe perhaps it's still being investigated, but this may have
been a personal grudge, a disagreement with a coworker that
started some of this. This twenty eight year old, originally
from Florida, witnesses say, followed his first victim into a
maintenance area of a building, shot that man in the chest,
and as other soldiers surrounding him responded, four others were
(28:26):
shot and before the gunman was taken into custody. So
that's five total injured, one of them with a gun
shot wound to the chest. Thankfully, all of them are
expected to survive. I think two of them just had
minor injuries. Two others had minor surgeries as well.
Speaker 1 (28:41):
Yeah, that is so amazing that there was no one killed.
Twenty five year old Sergeant Cornelius Radford is his name.
And how was he They said he had a personal gun,
And I know you're allowed to take your personal gun
on to the onto the premises, but how was he
able to take it into his barracks. I thought that
(29:03):
had to be locked away.
Speaker 8 (29:05):
Well, right, And that's also part of this investigation. You know,
you're not supposed to bring most personal firearms onto the base,
So that's a big part of this is to figure
out how this happened. We know he bought this glock
handgun a few months ago in Florida. You know, whether
or not he bought it specifically for this purpose or
for something else, personal defense, whatever it may have been,
(29:26):
that's under investigation. The New York Times was able to
speak to the suspect's father. The dad says that his
son had put in for a transfer to leave Fort
Stewart and had also complained of being the victim of
racism there. Now we don't know if that's connected to
the shooting. We don't know if it's even true, but
at least that maybe one avenue that this investigation follows when.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
He said he was the victim of racism. So he's
a minority. Is he blackie? It doesn't sound like an
Hispanic name.
Speaker 8 (29:59):
No, the photos that we've seen sho he's African American,
And again we don't know exactly his race, but and
we don't know if these allegations are true. Again it's
secondhand through his dad. So again it's part of the
overall broader investigation as to why this all happened yesterday.
And again remember this shooter is alive. He was taken
(30:21):
into custody by the other soldiers without injury, arrested by police,
and then it's now being held in a jail there,
but hopefully with some interviews he might try to give
some reasoning behind why he did what he did.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Where is he now and is he going to be
charged both under a military court and under a civilian court,
those are both open possibilities.
Speaker 8 (30:45):
So he's being held. At last report overnight, he was
being held at a facility there on the base. You know,
whether or not it comes to state charges for supposed
federal charges or just military charges, that's all of a
bit of wait and see as the prosecutors discussed the
best avenue moving forward. We heard from President Trump yesterday
who said that he wants this man prosecuted to the
(31:06):
fullest extent of the law. But let's see what happens.
He's served in the US Army for more than seven years.
He did not serve or was not deployed to a
combat area, no other red flags in his past except
for a recent DUI arrest, and he didn't tell his
superiors about that, so that's also a violation, but no
(31:27):
real red flags in terms of mental health or other
disciplinary problems.
Speaker 1 (31:31):
It is just such a shocking thing when this happens,
and I'm not sure why because you have young men
that are living together and there's weapons there. But it
really is rare. I mean, you hear about these once
every few years, and you might think to yourself, this
is going to happen all the time. But it's still
really shocking. And the thing that stands out about this one, well,
(31:56):
there's a few things that are unanswered that we're going
to get answers to, I'm sure in the next cup
of days. Is how they got him. The fact that
people ran at him while he was firing this gun
and tackled him right.
Speaker 8 (32:09):
Obviously a lot of heroism on display right there as
many of the soldiers. Again they weren't armed, but they
still ran toward the gunman to try to take him
down and try to end what was a terrible situation
that caused the whole area to go on lockdown, not
just Fort Steward itself, but other parts of the surrounding community.
(32:30):
The nine to one one operator is even being credited
for asking for a community wide response in an immediate
call out for action, for a complete, full police response
to the scene for an active shooter. Not because again
the nine one one operator didn't really know what was happening,
but they were smart enough to say, let's do it
all hands on deck.
Speaker 1 (32:50):
Swort a response Rory O'Neil, wr national correspondent with us
every day at this time. Thanks so much, Rory. Hopefully
we can talk about this again tomorrow and get still
some more answers. Appreciate your time, Thank you, Thanks Larry.
It is the best of the best, isn't it. The
fact that they didn't cower, they didn't run and hide.
As many as four, possibly five of them rush this
(33:13):
guy while he had a gun and he was firing.
These are Americans heroes. Donald Trump gets involved in the
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We'll talk with political commentator Laura cern about what this
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