August 29, 2025 • 10 mins
We are hearing stories of true bravery from people after Wednesday's massacre in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at a Catholic school. Andrew Cuomo is warning voters that if Zohran Mamdani gets elected to Mayor of New York City, President Trump will take over Manhattan. Democrats in Chicago don't want help from the National Guard troops from Donald Trump, but many citizens there do.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a podcast from WOR Good Morning New York.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
He is Menty in the morning sevent tenor and.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Good morning to you. Happy Howaday weekend. Huh, it's just
a spell baron out there. I think everybody's going to
some place, but they're not in this area. They're already driven,
they're gone, they're in another state, or they're in the air,
or they're not here. They're certainly not in this building.
(00:31):
I'll tell you what if you're not on the air here,
you're not here. The sales floor, you know, and the
management floor they're empty. Where do we go wrong, Larry?
We didn't get into management. That's exactly what you should do.
I mean, it's empty. The whole building is like empty.
I was kidding with the security guards downtown downstairs. I mean,
(00:54):
I said to them, is there anybody showing up today?
And he said, it's just a little trickle of a
few people that have to be here. It's it's almost empty.
So God bless you, and you know, you get you
get that four day weekend and we don't. But that's okay.
But it's gonna beautiful for you, really nice, really nice.
Maybe a passing shower today, but other than that, right
(01:16):
through the weekend, all the way through Tuesday, it's gonna
be sunny. So it's just wonderful. I'm glad you have
the day off. I'll be off tomorrow like always. But
I'm I'm so happy for everybody that has some time
off and and that you get to enjoy it and
then get back on Tuesday. In the meantime, in the
(01:38):
Big Three, we we have to remember what happened yesterday.
A day after the horrific mass shooting at a church
in Minneapolis, we are hearing stories of true bravery over.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
The past day. I've heard many stories accounting the swift
and heroic actions of children and adults alike from inside
the church. Without these people and their selfless actions, this
could have been a tragedy of many magnitudes more For
these people, I'm thankful.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Yeah, And all the stories of children helping other children,
older children pushing second graders and first graders under the
pews to save their lives. What a wonderful community and
what a horrible thing to have happened to them. Mayor
Eric Adams is taking a trump like action after a
(02:32):
series of murderers and shootings in the.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Bronx intended shooters hid an unintended target. And when bullets
fly because the gang disputes, it doesn't stop in poises
say okay, this is not a rival gang member, or
this is a rival gang member. It takes a life.
It takes the life of an innocent person, right, And.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
So he's sending a thousand officers into the Bronx. He
is flooding the Bronx. Also, he's going to have a
summit with those gang members at Gracie Mansion. That's going
to be the topic of Natalie Migliori's Beat on the
Street coming up. Andrew Cuomo is now warning that New Yorkers,
if Zorin Mamdani becomes mayor, President Donald Trump is going
(03:17):
to take over the city.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
If Zoran Mandanami became mayor, how long would it be
before he took control of New York City a day,
two days a week.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
In Chicago, there is right now a groundswell of support,
not from the Democratic politicians, of course, you know, they're
anti Trump, Trump stay away, Trump, stay away, but from
the people for Donald Trump to help fight crime in
their city.
Speaker 6 (03:47):
We need to invite President Trump man. We invite the
National Guardian, you know, We've had two hundred and fifty
four deaths in two hundred and thirty three days. Eighty
percent of those have been black boys. And for anyone
in our community to say that things are getting better
and that people are safe, that is an outright lie.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
More problems at Newark's Liberty International Airport. Incoming planes couldn't
land because air traffic control wasn't able to communicate with
the pilots. They told us there was some sort of
frequency issue with the airport, and we just kept circling, circling,
probably for about an hour. The All Important Path station
(04:26):
in Hoboken, New Jersey, is closed for repairs that may
take up to five days, leaving tens of thousands of
commuters to find another way into the city. I just
have to add another maybe thirty to sixty minutes to
make sure I'll be I'll be down time and at
Penn Station soon to become Trump Station. The new Acella
(04:49):
train is getting rave reviews.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
It's gorgeous.
Speaker 7 (04:53):
It's such luxury compared to the old train, kind of
compared to an airplane because I fly a lot.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
It is gorgeous, super small. Yeah, it was beautiful. Let's
talk about yesterday just a little bit more. It is
still it's still sinking in exactly what happened. And now
the father of ten of eight year old Fletcher Merkele
(05:20):
his father is Jesse Merkel spoke to the media and
also spoke with the for the parents of Harper Moyski,
who was ten years old.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
A coward decided to take our eight year old son,
Fletcher away from us. Because of their actions, we will
never be allowed to hold him, talk to him, play
with him, and watch him grow into the wonderful young
man he was on the path to be coming.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
And right after that, the Merkell family and the Moyski
family put out a joint statement asking please for the
media to stay away. Now they've made their statements, they
talk to the media, and that's enough. Just let them mourn.
Police Chief Brian O'Hara talked about the bravery not only
of the community, but of the other children. He was
(06:12):
marveling at it. You know, of all the people that
were in front of microphones, this guy was the most appropriate.
Speaker 7 (06:22):
All of our law enforcement partners, first responders, and many children,
members of the school staff, and parishioners of Annunciation Annunciation
Catholic Church, all showed incredible courage yesterday. Yesterday in the
face of unspeakable horror.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
We've heard stories of children getting on top of younger
children and taking a bullet, but they were trying to
protect someone else. We've heard stories of older children going
along a row and pushing younger children under the pews.
It is amazing. I mean, you don't know what you're
(07:02):
gonna do in a moment like that, right, You don't
know who you're gonna be. Are you gonna hide? Are
you gonna care about yourself? That's the instinct, right. Nobody
can shame you for that. Of course, it just kicks in.
But what kicked in to a lot of these children
at Annunciation was to protect others. First thing they thought of,
(07:28):
Oh my goodness, I need to protect the younger children.
That's special, that's a special community. That's incredible for someone
that young to think of the person next to them,
to think of someone more vulnerable, and to put themselves
at risk. I'll tell you what, it is horrible. What happened.
(07:53):
It is horrific, But it could have been worse. It
could have been much worse, and if not for the
bravery of those kids, it would have been in that community.
An Annunciation parish should feel proud of the ones that
(08:16):
were willing. Now, thank god none of them were killed.
Some of them took bullets though when here in the hospital.
Thank God for those children that they protected others.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
His buddy's family reached out to me to just say
how much they're thankful for Francis, my son's name, for
protecting their young first grader. And I'm so proud of
my son for doing that.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Yeah, that was Juliet and Najar Shepherd, the mother of Francis,
who can't you know, you can see she's still filled
with emotion. How could you not be, but so, as
she said, so proud of her son, it is it
is just amazing to look at, I mean, coming out
(09:02):
of tragedy. To have these stories of heroism. I guess
it happens a lot, but not with children this age,
and that needs to be celebrated, that needs to be
honored in the face of tragedy. And we, you know,
and we got to stop talking about that devil that
(09:22):
went and shot up at church and put those children
in jeopardy. They're now in the media going around trying
to find more about him, and they came across a
young girl named Josephina Sanchez. Josephina Sanchez was kind of friends,
was in the same classes, knew the coward that shot
(09:45):
up that school, and she said, look, I was always
afraid of them.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
It doesn't leave your mind when you see something like erratic,
it doesn't leave your mind.
Speaker 5 (09:54):
So he would.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Put up his hand and say, like Price.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Hitler, Yeah glad he killed himself. Look, I he might
have had a tragic life. You know, he was transgender,
he was confused. I get it, I'm you know, but
how can you feel sorry for this scum? You know
he was willing to take the lives of several children.
It wasn't for the heroism of other children he would
(10:20):
have so good riddance. Well, we have the weekend now
after this tragedy. You know it's going to be horrible
up in Minneapolis, but they'll heal and that community, with
those people in that community, you know they're going to
come back stronger than ever. Here's a nice story to
(10:44):
get us out of this. A New Jersey Shopwrite employee
has become a viral sensation for her sales pitches. We'll
talk about that next. This has been a podcast from
wor
This is a podcast from WOR Good Morning New York.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
He is Menty in the morning sevent tenor and.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Good morning to you. Happy Howaday weekend. Huh, it's just
a spell baron out there. I think everybody's going to
some place, but they're not in this area. They're already driven,
they're gone, they're in another state, or they're in the air,
or they're not here. They're certainly not in this building.
(00:31):
I'll tell you what if you're not on the air here,
you're not here. The sales floor, you know, and the
management floor they're empty. Where do we go wrong, Larry?
We didn't get into management. That's exactly what you should do.
I mean, it's empty. The whole building is like empty.
I was kidding with the security guards downtown downstairs. I mean,
(00:54):
I said to them, is there anybody showing up today?
And he said, it's just a little trickle of a
few people that have to be here. It's it's almost empty.
So God bless you, and you know, you get you
get that four day weekend and we don't. But that's okay.
But it's gonna beautiful for you, really nice, really nice.
Maybe a passing shower today, but other than that, right
(01:16):
through the weekend, all the way through Tuesday, it's gonna
be sunny. So it's just wonderful. I'm glad you have
the day off. I'll be off tomorrow like always. But
I'm I'm so happy for everybody that has some time
off and and that you get to enjoy it and
then get back on Tuesday. In the meantime, in the
(01:38):
Big Three, we we have to remember what happened yesterday.
A day after the horrific mass shooting at a church
in Minneapolis, we are hearing stories of true bravery over.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
The past day. I've heard many stories accounting the swift
and heroic actions of children and adults alike from inside
the church. Without these people and their selfless actions, this
could have been a tragedy of many magnitudes more For
these people, I'm thankful.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Yeah, And all the stories of children helping other children,
older children pushing second graders and first graders under the
pews to save their lives. What a wonderful community and
what a horrible thing to have happened to them. Mayor
Eric Adams is taking a trump like action after a
(02:32):
series of murderers and shootings in the.
Speaker 4 (02:34):
Bronx intended shooters hid an unintended target. And when bullets
fly because the gang disputes, it doesn't stop in poises
say okay, this is not a rival gang member, or
this is a rival gang member. It takes a life.
It takes the life of an innocent person, right, And.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
So he's sending a thousand officers into the Bronx. He
is flooding the Bronx. Also, he's going to have a
summit with those gang members at Gracie Mansion. That's going
to be the topic of Natalie Migliori's Beat on the
Street coming up. Andrew Cuomo is now warning that New Yorkers,
if Zorin Mamdani becomes mayor, President Donald Trump is going
(03:17):
to take over the city.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
If Zoran Mandanami became mayor, how long would it be
before he took control of New York City a day,
two days a week.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
In Chicago, there is right now a groundswell of support,
not from the Democratic politicians, of course, you know, they're
anti Trump, Trump stay away, Trump, stay away, but from
the people for Donald Trump to help fight crime in
their city.
Speaker 6 (03:47):
We need to invite President Trump man. We invite the
National Guardian, you know, We've had two hundred and fifty
four deaths in two hundred and thirty three days. Eighty
percent of those have been black boys. And for anyone
in our community to say that things are getting better
and that people are safe, that is an outright lie.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
More problems at Newark's Liberty International Airport. Incoming planes couldn't
land because air traffic control wasn't able to communicate with
the pilots. They told us there was some sort of
frequency issue with the airport, and we just kept circling, circling,
probably for about an hour. The All Important Path station
(04:26):
in Hoboken, New Jersey, is closed for repairs that may
take up to five days, leaving tens of thousands of
commuters to find another way into the city. I just
have to add another maybe thirty to sixty minutes to
make sure I'll be I'll be down time and at
Penn Station soon to become Trump Station. The new Acella
(04:49):
train is getting rave reviews.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
It's gorgeous.
Speaker 7 (04:53):
It's such luxury compared to the old train, kind of
compared to an airplane because I fly a lot.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
It is gorgeous, super small. Yeah, it was beautiful. Let's
talk about yesterday just a little bit more. It is
still it's still sinking in exactly what happened. And now
the father of ten of eight year old Fletcher Merkele
(05:20):
his father is Jesse Merkel spoke to the media and
also spoke with the for the parents of Harper Moyski,
who was ten years old.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
A coward decided to take our eight year old son,
Fletcher away from us. Because of their actions, we will
never be allowed to hold him, talk to him, play
with him, and watch him grow into the wonderful young
man he was on the path to be coming.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
And right after that, the Merkell family and the Moyski
family put out a joint statement asking please for the
media to stay away. Now they've made their statements, they
talk to the media, and that's enough. Just let them mourn.
Police Chief Brian O'Hara talked about the bravery not only
of the community, but of the other children. He was
(06:12):
marveling at it. You know, of all the people that
were in front of microphones, this guy was the most appropriate.
Speaker 7 (06:22):
All of our law enforcement partners, first responders, and many children,
members of the school staff, and parishioners of Annunciation Annunciation
Catholic Church, all showed incredible courage yesterday. Yesterday in the
face of unspeakable horror.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
We've heard stories of children getting on top of younger
children and taking a bullet, but they were trying to
protect someone else. We've heard stories of older children going
along a row and pushing younger children under the pews.
It is amazing. I mean, you don't know what you're
(07:02):
gonna do in a moment like that, right, You don't
know who you're gonna be. Are you gonna hide? Are
you gonna care about yourself? That's the instinct, right. Nobody
can shame you for that. Of course, it just kicks in.
But what kicked in to a lot of these children
at Annunciation was to protect others. First thing they thought of,
(07:28):
Oh my goodness, I need to protect the younger children.
That's special, that's a special community. That's incredible for someone
that young to think of the person next to them,
to think of someone more vulnerable, and to put themselves
at risk. I'll tell you what, it is horrible. What happened.
(07:53):
It is horrific, But it could have been worse. It
could have been much worse, and if not for the
bravery of those kids, it would have been in that community.
An Annunciation parish should feel proud of the ones that
(08:16):
were willing. Now, thank god none of them were killed.
Some of them took bullets though when here in the hospital.
Thank God for those children that they protected others.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
His buddy's family reached out to me to just say
how much they're thankful for Francis, my son's name, for
protecting their young first grader. And I'm so proud of
my son for doing that.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Yeah, that was Juliet and Najar Shepherd, the mother of Francis,
who can't you know, you can see she's still filled
with emotion. How could you not be, but so, as
she said, so proud of her son, it is it
is just amazing to look at, I mean, coming out
(09:02):
of tragedy. To have these stories of heroism. I guess
it happens a lot, but not with children this age,
and that needs to be celebrated, that needs to be
honored in the face of tragedy. And we, you know,
and we got to stop talking about that devil that
(09:22):
went and shot up at church and put those children
in jeopardy. They're now in the media going around trying
to find more about him, and they came across a
young girl named Josephina Sanchez. Josephina Sanchez was kind of friends,
was in the same classes, knew the coward that shot
(09:45):
up that school, and she said, look, I was always
afraid of them.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
It doesn't leave your mind when you see something like erratic,
it doesn't leave your mind.
Speaker 5 (09:54):
So he would.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Put up his hand and say, like Price.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Hitler, Yeah glad he killed himself. Look, I he might
have had a tragic life. You know, he was transgender,
he was confused. I get it, I'm you know, but
how can you feel sorry for this scum? You know
he was willing to take the lives of several children.
It wasn't for the heroism of other children he would
(10:20):
have so good riddance. Well, we have the weekend now
after this tragedy. You know it's going to be horrible
up in Minneapolis, but they'll heal and that community, with
those people in that community, you know they're going to
come back stronger than ever. Here's a nice story to
(10:44):
get us out of this. A New Jersey Shopwrite employee
has become a viral sensation for her sales pitches. We'll
talk about that next. This has been a podcast from
wor
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