August 15, 2025 • 33 mins
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Breaking Brett Jensen kicks the show off by talking about the latest updates on Hurricane Aaron and the ongoing stretch of rainy weather across the Carolinas.
As the first hurricane of the 2025 season officially forms, Jensen shares insight on the storm’s projected path—currently tracking between Bermuda and the North Carolina coast—and reflects on his first assignment with WBT covering Hurricane Florence back in 2018. He recalls the chaos of that storm and warns listeners that peak hurricane season is still ahead.
Jensen also dives into the impact of the relentless rain that’s hit the region for nearly two weeks straight. From dangerous flooding threats to more everyday disruptions—like golf courses unable to mow or operate—he highlights how both recreation and agriculture are feeling the effects.
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Speaker 1 (00:21):
Hi, Oh, let's go. I Oh, let's go. Oh, let's go. Oh,
let's go. News Talk eleven ten and ninety nine three
WBT Brett Jenson here with you on this Friday night
edition of Breaking with Brett Jensen. As we go up
until seven o'clock tonight. Telephone numbers to get in on
(00:44):
the show seven oh four, five, seven oh eleven ten, guys,
make sure you follow me on accept Brett Underscore Jensen
for all the latest and breaking news. And that telephone
number that I gave you to call the show, that's
also the exact same number that you can use to
text the show. Show, which is brought to you, by
the way, by Liberty Buick GMC. And my guy, Isaac
(01:06):
is manning the text machine, so he sees all the
texts that come in and he lets me know what's
going on, especially if they are good ones. Otherwise he'll
just delete them. I'm kidding. He doesn't delete. He doesn't
delete anything. I'm just kidding. I'm kidding. All right, So
we're gonna get into a lot of different things tonight.
We've got some stuff going on in Isaac's home county
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of Rutherver County. WBTV did this report not long ago,
and it was very actually earlier this week, and it
was very fascinating and looking at all the evidence of
whether or not Abraham Lincoln was actually born in RUTHERFD County,
and rumor has it that Isaac may actually be related
to Abraham Lincoln. So there's that, and then what's also
(01:50):
Panther Friday, because the Carolina Panthers are getting be able
to take on the Houston Texans. They've been down in
Houston practicing against the Texans, and then we're gonna hear
from head coach and Dave Canalis about what's going on
with the practices and how the team has looked as
they get ready for their second preseason game of the season. Well,
we're gonna start off tonight with Hurricane Aaron, and it
(02:12):
is now officially a hurricane. I believe it's the first
hurricane of this particular hurricane season of twenty twenty five.
And you know you've heard me tell the story before,
at least some of you. Have My very first assignment
ever at WBT, which we're coming up on the seven
year anniversary. September tenth, twenty eighteen was my first day.
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So with the day I signed all the paperwork and
all that stuff. September eleventh was when I watched all
the HR videos on how not to sexually harass somebody.
And then on September twelfth, they said brett Head East.
So my very first assignment, my very first report anything
(02:57):
I did. I went to Wilmington and I was there
for five days. I guess. It was covering Hurricane Florence,
and it was a doozy and it was supposed to
be the biggest hurricane to ever hit in North Carolina,
and it was making a straight like just a straight line,
not at an angle, a straight line coming in from
east to west, straight to Wilmington. And by the time
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it got to Wilmington, because it was moving so slow,
it went from our category five to a Category one.
But the problem wasn't the winds. It was all the
flooding that took place, and massive, massive flooding, and you know,
and a lot of you have heard the stories about
how I barely got home and I'm crossing over the
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Cape Fear River and the bridges that are basically flooded out,
and I'm freaking out because I'm worried that I'm gonna
get swept over the side of the bridge. Following the
NBC News and CNN and Telemundo I think was there
as well. And we're driving back and I'm worried that
my first week on the job, I'm going to lose
the truck. And we're rolling down the windows so in
case you do get swept over a bridge as you're
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trying to escape on Highway seventy four, that you can
jump out of the window. You make sure that your
seat belt's off and that your windows rolled down so
if you do get swept out, you can actually get
and escape the car. Like it was that bad and
I was that concerned, But that is you know, we'll
see Hurricane Aaron is supposed to be getting somewhere between
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Bermuda and the coast of North Carolina. Now, look, things
can change over the next week or so, because it's
supposed to hit. I know it's like sometime around the
Wednesday ish or something like that of next week, be
in our vicinity. Now look, I fully expect us to
get some rain, but this is just hurricane one. And again,
like I said, Hurricane Florence didn't hit until like the
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thirteenth or fourteenth of September, and twenty eighteen. So you know,
usually by about the third week of September, that's when
we're done. So over the next five weeks or so,
that is peak hurricane season for the for western for
eastern North Carolina, And we'll see what happens there. And
I will tell you that, you know, we are getting
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a lot of rain, and the rain has been annoying.
Ten eleven straight days, it has actually rained in our vicinity.
And we'll get into the more of that in just
a moment during the wh during the second segment, I
was gonna say when we come back, but we're not
going to break yet. But but we'll get into more
of that later because it is impacting the farmers. But
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here's how bad it is. This is how bad it
is the fact that it has rained so much, and
I did not realize this, and I know this has
forced world problems. And I know what I'm getting ready
to tell you many of you are going to roll
your eyes at. But it is a popular sport and
it is the world of golf. It has rained so
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much that golf courses haven't been able to mow the grass,
mow the fairways, mow anything for over ten days like,
I think it's eleven straight days they haven't been able
to mow because it's so wet. What happens when you
don't mow your grass for eleven straight days, and especially
like in the rough golf courses where it's already getting
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inch high or two inches high. So golf courses are
having all kinds of major problems because people can't get
out there and play because it's so wet, and a
lot of them are so wet, and the ones that
do drain, well, again you can't exactly mow the fairway.
So I mean, this rain is honestly, it's just annoying.
And I know that we've been kind of lucky the
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last week and a half with the temperatures, and the
temperatures have been you know what, in the seventies and
the eighties. Although today today I left the house this
morning at eight thirty, the temperature said seventy four degrees,
but yet the heat index because of the humidity and everything,
was eighty five. And then later this afternoon about one
point thirty, it was eighty eight degrees was the temperature.
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Because I was talking to Winnable because he was heading
out to the nights Knights Stadium truest Field. It was
eighty eight degrees but ninety seven heat index because of
the ridiculous humidity, because when it gets hot, all that
water's got to evaporate, which brings in more and more humidity.
And it's just been it's been nasty here more than usual.
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I don't mind the heat, but the humidity has been really,
really bad. All right, when we come back, I do
want to get into how this weather and all the
rain is impacting local farmers. And I've also want to
touch up briefly on a story that happened concerning at
the corner of seventy seven and Woodlawn, and I'll tell
you about that when we return, But right now, let's
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swing on over to the WBT Traffic Center with Pam Warner.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
All right, thanks Brad. And traffic is still busy here
on the roadways, and while those drive times are easing
up on the interstates, it's only made room for more
rex to check in here in Freedom. We do have
West Point Drive at Sam Wilson Road. They're doing with
a road barrier. Stell Creek is god Still Creek Road
and Brown Greer. The lights are out. Freedom is the
forty one hundred block Sam Wilson Road out and accidents.
Also here's seventy eight hundred block and over Woods Drive,
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that one with injuries and a hit and run ninety
one hundred block of the plaza. Now it looks as
if Gaston County is really holding down the only major
red zone at the moment, eighty five southbound. This should
come is no surprise from four to eighty five interer
through debate. That's between exits twenty six and thirty traffic
flows there still under fifteen I S report is sponsored
(08:25):
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Speaker 1 (08:33):
Welcome back to breaking with Brett Jensen on this Friday night,
Muggy Friday night. Good God. All right, So, speaking of
the weather, WB excuse me. Queen City News did a
report earlier about the weather and how is actually impacting
local farms.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Parts of the Carolinas are dealing with the impacts of
heavy rain, with some seeing precipitation every day, and they
had a positive impact for some local farmers while others
are facing crop losses. Queen City News reported David Schuman
visiting Cabaris County, where some produce farmers are dealing with
flooding still.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Todd Jackson says he'll make sure drainage is better for
year two of Crowntown Farm. In this first year, the
small produce operation in Mount Pleasant is doing all it
can to make it through a rainy August.
Speaker 5 (09:21):
Ten days in a row. After the fourth or fifth inch,
and the fields haven't had a chance to drain, that's
when things just start to get too much.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
The fall in cherry tomatoes and peppers scattered across the
fields their testimony to what rain and wind can do
to crops. Jackson accounts for some loss in his planning,
but not this take the kale and collard greens. Todd
says they're resilient, but they're in survival mode right now,
which means their growth is essentially on pause, and that
means Todd's whole schedule is behind.
Speaker 5 (09:48):
When you need ninety five percent production in order to
hit that profit line that's going to make sure you
pay your bills. When you lose even just ten percent
of a field, you're just hoping to break even for
that year.
Speaker 4 (10:02):
Miller and Sons Produce in Harrisburg says it's been forced
to put out lower quality goods at market, Robert Miller
has lost seventy five percent of his tomato crop.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
It's ours. We're used to stuff like this as being
a farmer. We expect it from time to time.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Officials with North Carolina's Department of Agriculture say. In a
month that's usually dry, the rain has been a good
thing for soybeans and corn, which are often used as
livestock feed.
Speaker 5 (10:25):
This would be a really good year to head to
a farmer's market once or twice just to help support
those places in the community.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
In Cabaris County. David Schuman, Queen City News.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
So, I just checked the weather at this exact precise
moment at six twenty one, and it says it's like
eighty five degrees in the heat indexes like ninety six.
That's awesome. That's just freaking awesome. Oh, it's awful. Speaking
of awful, it's someone died at an intersection at the
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intersection near the median at the corner of seventy seven,
like the off ramp. Right, there's seventy seven in Woodlawn,
I believe, heading south right seventy seven in Woodlawn. And
here's the thing. They said it was a drug overdoes
I would bet everything in my savings account that it
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was a person that routinely begs and panhandles. I would
every single night, when I'm coming back to the house
towards the South Park news room, I take the Tyvola
exit heading south, and every single night for the last
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two and a half three years, in the winter, when
it's twenty degrees outside or whatever I mean, or if
it's a ninety five degrees outside, whether it's raining or not,
every single night there's a couple out there. One person
is at the side of the road panhandling, and their
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partner is actually on ty Vola between the two in
the median, right there near McDonald's as you're you know,
right there at the interstate near McDonald's. And they're there
every night, every night, I mean, and lately, I should say,
I guess in the last couple of weeks, last week
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and a half, there's been someone else new there. But
instead of standing off the side of the road when
you're getting off the exit ramp, they're walking in between
the two cars, like down the center white dotted line.
They're there every single night, not long ago. I can't
remember if I told this story on air A couple
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of weeks ago or not. So I'm driving to the
station and I'm at the corner of Kings and uh
right there, like I'm on King's Road. As a matter
of fact, it was a corner of Kings and Moorhead.
That's where I corner Kings and Moorehead. And there was
an older homeless guy in the middle on the median
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on Kings trying to beg for money or whatever it was,
and he kept falling over. He just kept falling into
the middle of the road. And I was the first
in line at the stoplight. I hit the gas pedal.
I go through the intersection of Morehead, I'm on Kings,
and I almost hit him because as I'm going through
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on the fast lane side, he falls into my lane,
just falls over and he can't get up, you know
the whole joke. I followed and I can't get up. Well,
that was him. He needed the clapper. Well, so I
slam on my brakes. I slam on my brakes. The
car behind me, not expecting me to hit my brakes
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in a green light intersection, damn near runs into my back.
And luckily there wasn't like a chain reaction or anything,
because we had just started going and I try I
had to swerve around him, and he kept trying to
stand up, and he kept falling over. And finally I actually,
for the first time in twenty years and I think
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like eighteen years, I called nine to one one. I
was like, dude, you've got this homeless guy falling in
the middle of King's Road on a busy night, like
it's rush hour traffic, Like you need to get someone
over there. And so they did, I assumedly. They're like, well,
you know, what's he wearing? What does he look like?
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And finally I said, look, I said, I'm not trying
to be an ass, but he's the only person in
the middle of the roadway. He's the only homeless person there.
You can't miss him. He's laying in the street and
he's in the median. You can't miss him. You'll you'll
know him when you get there. Well, should we look
for it. He's like, no, I'm in my car, I'm
driving to work. I will not be there, but I
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will tell you he's laying in the middle of the street.
What happened to all this panhandling that was finally supposed
to be illegal, Like what happened with that, didn't. They
finally pass an ordinance with city council a year ago,
a year and a half ago, that pat handling was
gonna be illegal. I remember I was on Ray Road
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and I was coming from like forty five and I'm
on Ray Road and I'm headed north where it turns
into Colony. So I'm driving past Piper Glenn Country Club
entrance and at the corner of Ray Road in fifty
one was this extremely gargantious woman, I mean, a behemoth
of all behemoths, one of the largest, fattest women I
(15:39):
have ever seen. And if you gave her money, she
would flash you her chest. I'm not even joking, not
even joking. And I know some people got extremely upset
about this. Is the middle of the daytime you give
a dollar, five dollars whatever, she'd flashship you didn't want
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to see it, trust me, it was I'm not even joking.
I'm not trying to be like hyperbolic. Sincerely, the largest
woman I may have ever seen in my entire life
in person. I've never seen anyone that big before, and
in the middle of the afternoon, just flashing drivers at
the stoplight. If you'll give her money, and I think
somebody called city councilman at Driggs because that's his district,
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and they took care of it, and then she wasn't
there anymore. But it's so, this person dies of a
drug overdose something seventy seven in Woodlawn at the ramp,
and you're like, well, you know what it is. You
know it's got to be a homeless person. That's Panandles
and I thought we were supposed to do with it.
But I am not joking. Every single night for three
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straight years, the same couple have been out there at
the corner of Woodlawn and Tibola every single night as
you're getting off on the Tybola exit to take a
left onto Tabola. It's unbelievable, every single night, like clock work,
no matter the weather. All right, when we come back.
Was Abraham Lincoln born in Rutherra County. Let me tell
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you something before you scoff and just roll your eyes,
I am telling you I had that same reaction and
then you realize, oh, there's a there, there there's something
going on here. So again, just stick around. You're definitely
gonna want to hear this. Welcome back to breaking with
(17:30):
Brettchenson on News Talk eleven ten and ninety nine to three.
WBT seven oh four or five seven oh eleven ten
is the telephone numbers always. That is also the WBT
text line brought to you by Liberty Buick GMC, and
you can always text us and Isaac is manning the
text machine as I speak. And again I tell you
this every single week and every single day. As a
(17:51):
matter of fact, you really need to be following me
on Brett under Excuse me, let me try that over time.
You really need to be following me on x at
Brett under scorre Jensen for all the latest and breaking
news in and around the Charlotte area. Okay, so, Isaac,
my producer, is from Rutherford County, currently lives in Rutherver County.
It makes that hour and fifteen minute drive every single
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day each way to just make sure that he can
be in my presence. That's how much doing my show
means to Isaac that he drives an hour and fifteen
minutes each way just so he can sit there and
say and tell all his friends, I'm Brett Jensen's producer. Well, Isaac,
like I said, is from ruther County. Up you know,
the Forest City area, and WBTV just did this really
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cool story and one that I was like, why are
you doing this story? This is ridiculous. And then you
listen to the actual facts and you see some of
the photographs and stuff, and you're like, you know what,
there may be a there there, There may be something
to this. And it's about Abraham Lincoln actually being born
in Bostic, right there in Ruther County. And I actually
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thought this was a really cool story that they did,
and I want you to hear it because I know
you're gonna immediately pooh pull it. But then when you
listen to it and you see some of the things,
you're like, Okay, there actually might be something there and
reasonable to this assumption. So here's a story from WBTV
on whether or not Abraham Lincoln was actually born in
a log cabin in Rutherfck County and not in Kentucky.
Speaker 6 (19:19):
Where was Abraham Lincoln born? Well, the history books we
all read in school tell us Kentucky. A lot of people,
including some historians, though, question whether that is true. They
say Lincoln may have actually been born here in North Carolina,
about an hour and fifteen minutes west of Charlotte. So
tonight we go searching for the truth. Down this winding
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road cutting through the woods of Rutherford County, you'll find
a tale born here along Puzzle Creek. To hear it,
you need to head a mile or so into the
old rail town of Bostic, where main street it's depot.
Speaker 7 (20:01):
Right out in Bostick, there's a sign that says Bostic
Lincoln Museum, and it has Abraham Lincoln's face and a
big tall hat on it. And I thought I'd run
off the road. So what is Lincoln doing in North Carolina?
Speaker 6 (20:15):
Elizabeth Morgan isn't the first to wonder.
Speaker 7 (20:19):
Well, this is the main room.
Speaker 6 (20:22):
But her curiosity didn't just lead to a visit. It
led her to volunteer at the Bostic Lincoln Center.
Speaker 7 (20:29):
We have quite a few things brought to us because
we are the only museum in town.
Speaker 6 (20:35):
It's a museum challenging the history books at the nation's
at sixteenth. President wasn't born in Kentucky. He was born
here in North Carolina.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
That is the question, is right? The question do you
solve that here?
Speaker 7 (20:49):
Well, we examine the evidence that we have had presented,
and most of that evidences of folklore.
Speaker 6 (20:58):
Shared through the generations. First piece together by the late
Tom Melton, a long time Rutherford County educator. He was
a keeper of the story. When wall Is his niece.
Speaker 8 (21:09):
He and other people that are interested in the story
would travel and they would get a lot of oral
history and we have that documented on a video, and
then they would also write things down. And he was
just a real good historian and he loved to tell
the story. Believe me, let me tell you a lot.
Speaker 6 (21:28):
The story is one of hardship and frankly scandal. It's
largely the story of Lincoln's mother.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Nancy Hanks.
Speaker 6 (21:36):
In the late seventeen hundreds, her single mom, with no
way to support her, sent her to live and work
with Rutherford County landowner Abraham Enlow and his family.
Speaker 7 (21:48):
What did she do for him, Well, we think she
cooked and she just did household chores.
Speaker 6 (21:54):
She would eventually become his assistant. She would travel with
him on business, and sometime around eighteen oh four she
got pregnant.
Speaker 7 (22:04):
We believe he sent her west to either after the
child was born to provide for her in a worse
secretive location, or she chose to go. Eventually he brought
her back and he brought her back to show her
around because people were saying that he had had her
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killed and the child killed as well.
Speaker 6 (22:30):
Shortly thereafter, Tom Lincoln enters this version of history, and
Lowe is said to have paid him five hundred dollars
to take responsibility for Nancy and.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
The young boy.
Speaker 6 (22:42):
It would load up in a wagon head out of
state and get married.
Speaker 7 (22:46):
These people who study folk history will tell you time
and again that if there's a consistency and there's no
reason to have it made up, those are two of
the baselines.
Speaker 6 (23:02):
Because if you're looking for documents, like say a birth certificate,
there are none. But there is a curious couple of
photos of Abraham Enlow's son, Wesley. He's unusually tall and lanky.
He looks strikingly similar to what could be his half brother.
Do you have any doubt that Abraham Lincoln was born here?
Speaker 8 (23:23):
I have no doubt that Abraham Lincoln was born in
this county.
Speaker 7 (23:26):
It's a mystery, but it is. And like I said,
it's a mystery that I think is solvable.
Speaker 6 (23:33):
How DNA end Low descendants have provided it the government
as remains of Lincoln. There's a petition at the museum.
You can sign asking for the okay to have it
tested to settle history once and for all. The Bostic
Lincoln Center is opened by appointment only. The easiest way
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to schedule one is by messaging the center from its
Facebook page, and we have link that to this story
on our website.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
And I will tell you, because I know this is
radio and theater of the mind, as they like to say,
the fact that this is radio, I will tell you
if this is Abraham Lincoln's half brother, you'll be able
to understand why. You can understand why the photo that
they were talking about at the end. He is tall
and lanky, and he has the chin and I am
telling you they are eerily similar in looks. But you know,
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Abraham Lincoln's father is supposedly called Abraham, like his name
was Abraham. Well, gee, I wonder who Abraham Lincoln may
have been named after. And obviously they took the name
the last name of the person that took over, you know,
took you know, took care of his mom and everything else.
So and all that's not disputed. It's just whether or
not Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky or Rutherver County.
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But there's a lot of evidence that seems to point
out that he was actually born in Rutherford County. And
you know what really cool on WBTV for looking at that,
Jammie Bowles, that was actually a really really fascinating story.
And if you want to see the photos and stuff,
I'm telling you go to the WBTV website because it
is pretty eerie to see the photos of what could
be Abraham Lincoln's step brother or excuse me, half brother
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and compared to how he looks to Abraham Lincoln with
all the photos that we've seen. All right, when we
come back, let's talk to Carolina Panthers as they get
ready to take on the Houston Texans in preseason game
number two. What are they going to look like? How
many plays and series is Bryce Young gonna play? We'll
talk about that when we return. News Talk eleven ten
(25:37):
and ninety nine three WBT. Brett Jensen here with you
for one more segment here on Breaking with Brett Jensen.
As we go up until seven o'clock tonight, Carolina Panthers
season has started. Bryce Young, the starting offense, is expected
to play three series, this time against the Houston Texans.
Last week against Cleveland, they only played two series, and
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Bryce you Young scored a touchdown on a nice long
drive in one of his two series that he played.
So Dave Canalis met with the media down there in
Houston because they're practicing against each other, and he talked
about how the offense is doing, how the defense is doing,
and as well the weather because that has actually played
a part in all this.
Speaker 9 (26:18):
What an amazing day. First and foremost, just a class act.
You know, Demico Ryans, the Texans, their whole staff, they
were so accommodating, and then I think just the culture
that they're building here, their players. They got a talented
football team. They played so hard. There was physical hits,
great effort all across the field and done with class.
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And I just really appreciated that part of it, and
I was excited about the work we were able to
get in. I didn't see any of the defensive side,
so I was on the offensive field over here. In
the middle of the practice, we got really sloppy. We
had about five pre snap penalties in one drive. We're
looking at some you know, first and fifteens a cup
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of sacks. I thought it got sloppy in the middle.
Responded at the end with two great two minute finishes
for touchdowns at the end of the practice over here,
which was phenomenal. And I just keep convincing our guys
that's who we are.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
We finish.
Speaker 9 (27:12):
You know, games can get ugly in the middle. We
have to be able to refocus and rebound. So I
was really excited about that part.
Speaker 10 (27:18):
Specific good price and had two minutes. I mean, he's
going up against a better grade and competition. I mean,
those are some really good defensive players. What'd you say
from him there? And what's kind of a takeaway to Medici?
Speaker 9 (27:30):
Yeah, just our process is getting to the line, using
his tools, using his answers, reading coverages, you know, and
just being accurate with the ball, you know, extending plays
when he had to. And uh, the more opportunities he
gives our guys to make plays, they've come through for
him and we gotta we gotta. I think we had
a big defensive pass interference that actually flipped the field,
so you can see how it goes both ways. But
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he did a great job today.
Speaker 6 (27:51):
He talked about the prestat penalties at preseason game.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
What is that? I mean, how do you.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
How do you think that?
Speaker 9 (27:57):
I just keep teaching the guys, you know, and they
see it when we get into these situations. They're our
guys are very competitive, they want to win, and all
of a sudden, you're looking at you know, first and fifteen,
you're looking at second and twenty, and they can feel
how deflating those situations can be. We've overcome that at times,
but it's hard, you know, it's hard to get those
explosives to get yourself back on track.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
But it's something we have to.
Speaker 9 (28:17):
Keep teaching off of and and ultimately to let them know,
like the guys that are repeat offenders, you we're not
We're not gonna be able to play you. We're not
gonna You're not gonna be able to help us if
you keep putting us in bad situations.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
It's and like you said, the TECHNI has some pretty.
Speaker 8 (28:33):
Diggy beats today.
Speaker 9 (28:35):
I saw good battles they had. They had their works
worth today with the fantastic group, you know, with with
Stingley and Lasseter and Petrie and Bullock back there. I'm
sorry if I'm missing any other great players. They had
a couple of you know players out there that were
covering us tightly all day that everything that we caught,
we had to work for.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
It's such great work for us.
Speaker 9 (28:57):
You know, to be in that kind of a competitive
environment that way, and you win some, you lose them.
You gotta go to the next play. So it was
a great challenge for our guys.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
They Bryce and CJ go one and two in the draft.
Speaker 5 (29:08):
Yeah, CJ offensive lookie of the year, Bryce as the
good finished last year.
Speaker 10 (29:13):
What did you study I guess CJ when he was
coming out.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
And what do you see in their games that are
similar to and how they give them?
Speaker 9 (29:22):
Yeah, I think some similarities that both guys had is
just their their charisma, their leadership ability. You know, that
was very apparent in their college film watching that the accuracy,
you know, the ability to move off to pocket extend
plays is a bonus to what they do. But I
think it's really like you're talking about two first class guys,
you know, that are leaders of their team. CJ came
over and said hello and just wanted to make sure
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he connected, and you know, I really appreciate that, and
Bryce did the same thing. You know, these guys have
a lot of respect for each other. They've known each
other for a really long time, both Southern California kids.
You know, the cradle of quarterbacks, you know, and so
they just they have that kind of you know, they
have that connection. They also have that competitive edge, you know,
like where they push each other I'm sure from Afar.
So it was really cool to have both of those
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guys out are working.
Speaker 4 (30:06):
Dave.
Speaker 5 (30:06):
I know you've been kind of stay clear about penalties
and practice, like there're quite a few on the offensive sets.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
Yeah, what didn't you take away from maybe.
Speaker 9 (30:14):
The disappointing fatigue, lack of focus. That's something that we
have to learn to do better. We have to be
able to fight through fatigue, fight through exhaustion. You know,
it's gonna be hot. We're gonna go to Jacksonville week one.
It's gonna feel like this. Can we maintain that level
of focus play after play, regardless of what the last
play did. Can you breathe on your way back and
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then can you execute? And I saw I saw the
penalties pile up when we were tired. That's something that
we have to get better at.
Speaker 7 (30:40):
The need to watch today general, when's Pat Jones going
to add to do that?
Speaker 9 (30:44):
Life just a physical style of play, you know, exactly
what we're looking for to be disruptive on the edge
to really blow stuff up.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
You know, that's that.
Speaker 9 (30:54):
It starts with the run game and he does that
for sure, and then in a past us setting, you know,
he's got a nice a nice speed to power move
and he's got counters, you know, so he kind of
keeps tackles guessing and he can rush inside. So he's
doing a great job and he's a pros pro. The
way he prepares and works is awesome.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
You talked about this earlier, but how important was.
Speaker 10 (31:15):
It to get some hot practice before Jacksonville win?
Speaker 1 (31:19):
Charlotte's been a little unseasonably cool.
Speaker 9 (31:21):
I know we kind of been spoiled with the weather
a little bit, but I felt confident about our conditioning level.
I think that we're dosing the guys the right way,
pushing them, you know, pushing them a little bit beyond
their limits, you know, every day and trying to increase
our workload. This was a crescendo of the hard work.
I love that we were able to come out here
to play all the way through, finished with great two
(31:42):
minute drives over here on the offensive field, I got
to check out the defensive side, but I just kind
of was looking around and you know, for the most part,
this is a very fit group that's ready to play football.
I love the fact that we got this heat. We
know we opened up at Jacksonville, but again, guys is football.
You know we'll be prepared for it.
Speaker 5 (31:58):
You know.
Speaker 9 (31:58):
We let the guys know, get go out there, give
everything you have. We see that your guests will get
somebody else out there. And that's where the depth that
we're building here is so important as we you know,
continue into the.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Season for the game. That's that's the hope.
Speaker 9 (32:13):
I want to see how we come out of today
because I know, like right after the practice, think the Lord,
it feels like we came out pretty clean. But you know,
things kind of present themselves. Soreness will present itself tonight,
so we'll have to kind of, you know, kind of
reconfigure in the morning, see where we're at, to see
how long we want to play them, but they will
be playing.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
This year just feels different now. I know, you know,
hope springs eternal and all that stuff, and I get that,
I get that that, you know, but there really hasn't
been hope for the Carolina Panthers since the twenty eighteen season.
Think about how long ago that's been and it's been
abysmal ever since. Well, for whatever reason, a lot of
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people are high on the Carolina Panthers because of the
way Bryce Young played this season. Will live and die
with the defense and Bryce Young if the defense can
be just semi good, because last year was one of
the worst in the NFL. Actually I think statistically the
worst defense in the NFL last year. And if brycehun
can do like what he did last year and then
even did what he did in the first preseason game,
(33:12):
things are gonna be looking up big time for the
Carolina Panthers. All right, everyone, that's gonna do it for
us tonight. Again, thanks for everyone who listened to the
show tonight. I always to appreciate it, and thanks again
to all the guests that appeared on the show during
the week. I got some more guests lined up next
week and we've got some really good stuff lined up
and it's gonna be really cool and you're definitely gonna
want to stick around for that. So have a great weekend. Everyone.
(33:34):
My name is Brett Jenson, and you have been listening
to Breaking with Bret Jenson.
Hi, Oh, let's go. I Oh, let's go. Oh, let's go. Oh,
let's go. News Talk eleven ten and ninety nine three
WBT Brett Jenson here with you on this Friday night
edition of Breaking with Brett Jensen. As we go up
until seven o'clock tonight. Telephone numbers to get in on
(00:44):
the show seven oh four, five, seven oh eleven ten, guys,
make sure you follow me on accept Brett Underscore Jensen
for all the latest and breaking news. And that telephone
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also the exact same number that you can use to
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(01:06):
is manning the text machine, so he sees all the
texts that come in and he lets me know what's
going on, especially if they are good ones. Otherwise he'll
just delete them. I'm kidding. He doesn't delete. He doesn't
delete anything. I'm just kidding. I'm kidding. All right, So
we're gonna get into a lot of different things tonight.
We've got some stuff going on in Isaac's home county
(01:29):
of Rutherver County. WBTV did this report not long ago,
and it was very actually earlier this week, and it
was very fascinating and looking at all the evidence of
whether or not Abraham Lincoln was actually born in RUTHERFD County,
and rumor has it that Isaac may actually be related
to Abraham Lincoln. So there's that, and then what's also
(01:50):
Panther Friday, because the Carolina Panthers are getting be able
to take on the Houston Texans. They've been down in
Houston practicing against the Texans, and then we're gonna hear
from head coach and Dave Canalis about what's going on
with the practices and how the team has looked as
they get ready for their second preseason game of the season. Well,
we're gonna start off tonight with Hurricane Aaron, and it
(02:12):
is now officially a hurricane. I believe it's the first
hurricane of this particular hurricane season of twenty twenty five.
And you know you've heard me tell the story before,
at least some of you. Have My very first assignment
ever at WBT, which we're coming up on the seven
year anniversary. September tenth, twenty eighteen was my first day.
(02:37):
So with the day I signed all the paperwork and
all that stuff. September eleventh was when I watched all
the HR videos on how not to sexually harass somebody.
And then on September twelfth, they said brett Head East.
So my very first assignment, my very first report anything
(02:57):
I did. I went to Wilmington and I was there
for five days. I guess. It was covering Hurricane Florence,
and it was a doozy and it was supposed to
be the biggest hurricane to ever hit in North Carolina,
and it was making a straight like just a straight line,
not at an angle, a straight line coming in from
east to west, straight to Wilmington. And by the time
(03:21):
it got to Wilmington, because it was moving so slow,
it went from our category five to a Category one.
But the problem wasn't the winds. It was all the
flooding that took place, and massive, massive flooding, and you know,
and a lot of you have heard the stories about
how I barely got home and I'm crossing over the
(03:41):
Cape Fear River and the bridges that are basically flooded out,
and I'm freaking out because I'm worried that I'm gonna
get swept over the side of the bridge. Following the
NBC News and CNN and Telemundo I think was there
as well. And we're driving back and I'm worried that
my first week on the job, I'm going to lose
the truck. And we're rolling down the windows so in
case you do get swept over a bridge as you're
(04:03):
trying to escape on Highway seventy four, that you can
jump out of the window. You make sure that your
seat belt's off and that your windows rolled down so
if you do get swept out, you can actually get
and escape the car. Like it was that bad and
I was that concerned, But that is you know, we'll
see Hurricane Aaron is supposed to be getting somewhere between
(04:25):
Bermuda and the coast of North Carolina. Now, look, things
can change over the next week or so, because it's
supposed to hit. I know it's like sometime around the
Wednesday ish or something like that of next week, be
in our vicinity. Now look, I fully expect us to
get some rain, but this is just hurricane one. And again,
like I said, Hurricane Florence didn't hit until like the
(04:46):
thirteenth or fourteenth of September, and twenty eighteen. So you know,
usually by about the third week of September, that's when
we're done. So over the next five weeks or so,
that is peak hurricane season for the for western for
eastern North Carolina, And we'll see what happens there. And
I will tell you that, you know, we are getting
(05:07):
a lot of rain, and the rain has been annoying.
Ten eleven straight days, it has actually rained in our vicinity.
And we'll get into the more of that in just
a moment during the wh during the second segment, I
was gonna say when we come back, but we're not
going to break yet. But but we'll get into more
of that later because it is impacting the farmers. But
(05:29):
here's how bad it is. This is how bad it
is the fact that it has rained so much, and
I did not realize this, and I know this has
forced world problems. And I know what I'm getting ready
to tell you many of you are going to roll
your eyes at. But it is a popular sport and
it is the world of golf. It has rained so
(05:51):
much that golf courses haven't been able to mow the grass,
mow the fairways, mow anything for over ten days like,
I think it's eleven straight days they haven't been able
to mow because it's so wet. What happens when you
don't mow your grass for eleven straight days, and especially
like in the rough golf courses where it's already getting
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inch high or two inches high. So golf courses are
having all kinds of major problems because people can't get
out there and play because it's so wet, and a
lot of them are so wet, and the ones that
do drain, well, again you can't exactly mow the fairway.
So I mean, this rain is honestly, it's just annoying.
And I know that we've been kind of lucky the
(06:33):
last week and a half with the temperatures, and the
temperatures have been you know what, in the seventies and
the eighties. Although today today I left the house this
morning at eight thirty, the temperature said seventy four degrees,
but yet the heat index because of the humidity and everything,
was eighty five. And then later this afternoon about one
point thirty, it was eighty eight degrees was the temperature.
(06:56):
Because I was talking to Winnable because he was heading
out to the nights Knights Stadium truest Field. It was
eighty eight degrees but ninety seven heat index because of
the ridiculous humidity, because when it gets hot, all that
water's got to evaporate, which brings in more and more humidity.
And it's just been it's been nasty here more than usual.
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I don't mind the heat, but the humidity has been really,
really bad. All right, when we come back, I do
want to get into how this weather and all the
rain is impacting local farmers. And I've also want to
touch up briefly on a story that happened concerning at
the corner of seventy seven and Woodlawn, and I'll tell
you about that when we return, But right now, let's
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swing on over to the WBT Traffic Center with Pam Warner.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
All right, thanks Brad. And traffic is still busy here
on the roadways, and while those drive times are easing
up on the interstates, it's only made room for more
rex to check in here in Freedom. We do have
West Point Drive at Sam Wilson Road. They're doing with
a road barrier. Stell Creek is god Still Creek Road
and Brown Greer. The lights are out. Freedom is the
forty one hundred block Sam Wilson Road out and accidents.
Also here's seventy eight hundred block and over Woods Drive,
(08:04):
that one with injuries and a hit and run ninety
one hundred block of the plaza. Now it looks as
if Gaston County is really holding down the only major
red zone at the moment, eighty five southbound. This should
come is no surprise from four to eighty five interer
through debate. That's between exits twenty six and thirty traffic
flows there still under fifteen I S report is sponsored
(08:25):
buying rapid radios. Rapid she has some fast.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Welcome back to breaking with Brett Jensen on this Friday night,
Muggy Friday night. Good God. All right, So, speaking of
the weather, WB excuse me. Queen City News did a
report earlier about the weather and how is actually impacting
local farms.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Parts of the Carolinas are dealing with the impacts of
heavy rain, with some seeing precipitation every day, and they
had a positive impact for some local farmers while others
are facing crop losses. Queen City News reported David Schuman
visiting Cabaris County, where some produce farmers are dealing with
flooding still.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Todd Jackson says he'll make sure drainage is better for
year two of Crowntown Farm. In this first year, the
small produce operation in Mount Pleasant is doing all it
can to make it through a rainy August.
Speaker 5 (09:21):
Ten days in a row. After the fourth or fifth inch,
and the fields haven't had a chance to drain, that's
when things just start to get too much.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
The fall in cherry tomatoes and peppers scattered across the
fields their testimony to what rain and wind can do
to crops. Jackson accounts for some loss in his planning,
but not this take the kale and collard greens. Todd
says they're resilient, but they're in survival mode right now,
which means their growth is essentially on pause, and that
means Todd's whole schedule is behind.
Speaker 5 (09:48):
When you need ninety five percent production in order to
hit that profit line that's going to make sure you
pay your bills. When you lose even just ten percent
of a field, you're just hoping to break even for
that year.
Speaker 4 (10:02):
Miller and Sons Produce in Harrisburg says it's been forced
to put out lower quality goods at market, Robert Miller
has lost seventy five percent of his tomato crop.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
It's ours. We're used to stuff like this as being
a farmer. We expect it from time to time.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Officials with North Carolina's Department of Agriculture say. In a
month that's usually dry, the rain has been a good
thing for soybeans and corn, which are often used as
livestock feed.
Speaker 5 (10:25):
This would be a really good year to head to
a farmer's market once or twice just to help support
those places in the community.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
In Cabaris County. David Schuman, Queen City News.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
So, I just checked the weather at this exact precise
moment at six twenty one, and it says it's like
eighty five degrees in the heat indexes like ninety six.
That's awesome. That's just freaking awesome. Oh, it's awful. Speaking
of awful, it's someone died at an intersection at the
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intersection near the median at the corner of seventy seven,
like the off ramp. Right, there's seventy seven in Woodlawn,
I believe, heading south right seventy seven in Woodlawn. And
here's the thing. They said it was a drug overdoes
I would bet everything in my savings account that it
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was a person that routinely begs and panhandles. I would
every single night, when I'm coming back to the house
towards the South Park news room, I take the Tyvola
exit heading south, and every single night for the last
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two and a half three years, in the winter, when
it's twenty degrees outside or whatever I mean, or if
it's a ninety five degrees outside, whether it's raining or not,
every single night there's a couple out there. One person
is at the side of the road panhandling, and their
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partner is actually on ty Vola between the two in
the median, right there near McDonald's as you're you know,
right there at the interstate near McDonald's. And they're there
every night, every night, I mean, and lately, I should say,
I guess in the last couple of weeks, last week
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and a half, there's been someone else new there. But
instead of standing off the side of the road when
you're getting off the exit ramp, they're walking in between
the two cars, like down the center white dotted line.
They're there every single night, not long ago. I can't
remember if I told this story on air A couple
(12:47):
of weeks ago or not. So I'm driving to the
station and I'm at the corner of Kings and uh
right there, like I'm on King's Road. As a matter
of fact, it was a corner of Kings and Moorhead.
That's where I corner Kings and Moorehead. And there was
an older homeless guy in the middle on the median
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on Kings trying to beg for money or whatever it was,
and he kept falling over. He just kept falling into
the middle of the road. And I was the first
in line at the stoplight. I hit the gas pedal.
I go through the intersection of Morehead, I'm on Kings,
and I almost hit him because as I'm going through
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on the fast lane side, he falls into my lane,
just falls over and he can't get up, you know
the whole joke. I followed and I can't get up. Well,
that was him. He needed the clapper. Well, so I
slam on my brakes. I slam on my brakes. The
car behind me, not expecting me to hit my brakes
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in a green light intersection, damn near runs into my back.
And luckily there wasn't like a chain reaction or anything,
because we had just started going and I try I
had to swerve around him, and he kept trying to
stand up, and he kept falling over. And finally I actually,
for the first time in twenty years and I think
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like eighteen years, I called nine to one one. I
was like, dude, you've got this homeless guy falling in
the middle of King's Road on a busy night, like
it's rush hour traffic, Like you need to get someone
over there. And so they did, I assumedly. They're like, well,
you know, what's he wearing? What does he look like?
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And finally I said, look, I said, I'm not trying
to be an ass, but he's the only person in
the middle of the roadway. He's the only homeless person there.
You can't miss him. He's laying in the street and
he's in the median. You can't miss him. You'll you'll
know him when you get there. Well, should we look
for it. He's like, no, I'm in my car, I'm
driving to work. I will not be there, but I
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will tell you he's laying in the middle of the street.
What happened to all this panhandling that was finally supposed
to be illegal, Like what happened with that, didn't. They
finally pass an ordinance with city council a year ago,
a year and a half ago, that pat handling was
gonna be illegal. I remember I was on Ray Road
(15:15):
and I was coming from like forty five and I'm
on Ray Road and I'm headed north where it turns
into Colony. So I'm driving past Piper Glenn Country Club
entrance and at the corner of Ray Road in fifty
one was this extremely gargantious woman, I mean, a behemoth
of all behemoths, one of the largest, fattest women I
(15:39):
have ever seen. And if you gave her money, she
would flash you her chest. I'm not even joking, not
even joking. And I know some people got extremely upset
about this. Is the middle of the daytime you give
a dollar, five dollars whatever, she'd flashship you didn't want
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to see it, trust me, it was I'm not even joking.
I'm not trying to be like hyperbolic. Sincerely, the largest
woman I may have ever seen in my entire life
in person. I've never seen anyone that big before, and
in the middle of the afternoon, just flashing drivers at
the stoplight. If you'll give her money, and I think
somebody called city councilman at Driggs because that's his district,
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and they took care of it, and then she wasn't
there anymore. But it's so, this person dies of a
drug overdose something seventy seven in Woodlawn at the ramp,
and you're like, well, you know what it is. You
know it's got to be a homeless person. That's Panandles
and I thought we were supposed to do with it.
But I am not joking. Every single night for three
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straight years, the same couple have been out there at
the corner of Woodlawn and Tibola every single night as
you're getting off on the Tybola exit to take a
left onto Tabola. It's unbelievable, every single night, like clock work,
no matter the weather. All right, when we come back.
Was Abraham Lincoln born in Rutherra County. Let me tell
(17:07):
you something before you scoff and just roll your eyes,
I am telling you I had that same reaction and
then you realize, oh, there's a there, there there's something
going on here. So again, just stick around. You're definitely
gonna want to hear this. Welcome back to breaking with
(17:30):
Brettchenson on News Talk eleven ten and ninety nine to three.
WBT seven oh four or five seven oh eleven ten
is the telephone numbers always. That is also the WBT
text line brought to you by Liberty Buick GMC, and
you can always text us and Isaac is manning the
text machine as I speak. And again I tell you
this every single week and every single day. As a
(17:51):
matter of fact, you really need to be following me
on Brett under Excuse me, let me try that over time.
You really need to be following me on x at
Brett under scorre Jensen for all the latest and breaking
news in and around the Charlotte area. Okay, so, Isaac,
my producer, is from Rutherford County, currently lives in Rutherver County.
It makes that hour and fifteen minute drive every single
(18:13):
day each way to just make sure that he can
be in my presence. That's how much doing my show
means to Isaac that he drives an hour and fifteen
minutes each way just so he can sit there and
say and tell all his friends, I'm Brett Jensen's producer. Well, Isaac,
like I said, is from ruther County. Up you know,
the Forest City area, and WBTV just did this really
(18:35):
cool story and one that I was like, why are
you doing this story? This is ridiculous. And then you
listen to the actual facts and you see some of
the photographs and stuff, and you're like, you know what,
there may be a there there, There may be something
to this. And it's about Abraham Lincoln actually being born
in Bostic, right there in Ruther County. And I actually
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thought this was a really cool story that they did,
and I want you to hear it because I know
you're gonna immediately pooh pull it. But then when you
listen to it and you see some of the things,
you're like, Okay, there actually might be something there and
reasonable to this assumption. So here's a story from WBTV
on whether or not Abraham Lincoln was actually born in
a log cabin in Rutherfck County and not in Kentucky.
Speaker 6 (19:19):
Where was Abraham Lincoln born? Well, the history books we
all read in school tell us Kentucky. A lot of people,
including some historians, though, question whether that is true. They
say Lincoln may have actually been born here in North Carolina,
about an hour and fifteen minutes west of Charlotte. So
tonight we go searching for the truth. Down this winding
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road cutting through the woods of Rutherford County, you'll find
a tale born here along Puzzle Creek. To hear it,
you need to head a mile or so into the
old rail town of Bostic, where main street it's depot.
Speaker 7 (20:01):
Right out in Bostick, there's a sign that says Bostic
Lincoln Museum, and it has Abraham Lincoln's face and a
big tall hat on it. And I thought I'd run
off the road. So what is Lincoln doing in North Carolina?
Speaker 6 (20:15):
Elizabeth Morgan isn't the first to wonder.
Speaker 7 (20:19):
Well, this is the main room.
Speaker 6 (20:22):
But her curiosity didn't just lead to a visit. It
led her to volunteer at the Bostic Lincoln Center.
Speaker 7 (20:29):
We have quite a few things brought to us because
we are the only museum in town.
Speaker 6 (20:35):
It's a museum challenging the history books at the nation's
at sixteenth. President wasn't born in Kentucky. He was born
here in North Carolina.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
That is the question, is right? The question do you
solve that here?
Speaker 7 (20:49):
Well, we examine the evidence that we have had presented,
and most of that evidences of folklore.
Speaker 6 (20:58):
Shared through the generations. First piece together by the late
Tom Melton, a long time Rutherford County educator. He was
a keeper of the story. When wall Is his niece.
Speaker 8 (21:09):
He and other people that are interested in the story
would travel and they would get a lot of oral
history and we have that documented on a video, and
then they would also write things down. And he was
just a real good historian and he loved to tell
the story. Believe me, let me tell you a lot.
Speaker 6 (21:28):
The story is one of hardship and frankly scandal. It's
largely the story of Lincoln's mother.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Nancy Hanks.
Speaker 6 (21:36):
In the late seventeen hundreds, her single mom, with no
way to support her, sent her to live and work
with Rutherford County landowner Abraham Enlow and his family.
Speaker 7 (21:48):
What did she do for him, Well, we think she
cooked and she just did household chores.
Speaker 6 (21:54):
She would eventually become his assistant. She would travel with
him on business, and sometime around eighteen oh four she
got pregnant.
Speaker 7 (22:04):
We believe he sent her west to either after the
child was born to provide for her in a worse
secretive location, or she chose to go. Eventually he brought
her back and he brought her back to show her
around because people were saying that he had had her
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killed and the child killed as well.
Speaker 6 (22:30):
Shortly thereafter, Tom Lincoln enters this version of history, and
Lowe is said to have paid him five hundred dollars
to take responsibility for Nancy and.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
The young boy.
Speaker 6 (22:42):
It would load up in a wagon head out of
state and get married.
Speaker 7 (22:46):
These people who study folk history will tell you time
and again that if there's a consistency and there's no
reason to have it made up, those are two of
the baselines.
Speaker 6 (23:02):
Because if you're looking for documents, like say a birth certificate,
there are none. But there is a curious couple of
photos of Abraham Enlow's son, Wesley. He's unusually tall and lanky.
He looks strikingly similar to what could be his half brother.
Do you have any doubt that Abraham Lincoln was born here?
Speaker 8 (23:23):
I have no doubt that Abraham Lincoln was born in
this county.
Speaker 7 (23:26):
It's a mystery, but it is. And like I said,
it's a mystery that I think is solvable.
Speaker 6 (23:33):
How DNA end Low descendants have provided it the government
as remains of Lincoln. There's a petition at the museum.
You can sign asking for the okay to have it
tested to settle history once and for all. The Bostic
Lincoln Center is opened by appointment only. The easiest way
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to schedule one is by messaging the center from its
Facebook page, and we have link that to this story
on our website.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
And I will tell you, because I know this is
radio and theater of the mind, as they like to say,
the fact that this is radio, I will tell you
if this is Abraham Lincoln's half brother, you'll be able
to understand why. You can understand why the photo that
they were talking about at the end. He is tall
and lanky, and he has the chin and I am
telling you they are eerily similar in looks. But you know,
(24:29):
Abraham Lincoln's father is supposedly called Abraham, like his name
was Abraham. Well, gee, I wonder who Abraham Lincoln may
have been named after. And obviously they took the name
the last name of the person that took over, you know,
took you know, took care of his mom and everything else.
So and all that's not disputed. It's just whether or
not Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky or Rutherver County.
(24:51):
But there's a lot of evidence that seems to point
out that he was actually born in Rutherford County. And
you know what really cool on WBTV for looking at that,
Jammie Bowles, that was actually a really really fascinating story.
And if you want to see the photos and stuff,
I'm telling you go to the WBTV website because it
is pretty eerie to see the photos of what could
be Abraham Lincoln's step brother or excuse me, half brother
(25:14):
and compared to how he looks to Abraham Lincoln with
all the photos that we've seen. All right, when we
come back, let's talk to Carolina Panthers as they get
ready to take on the Houston Texans in preseason game
number two. What are they going to look like? How
many plays and series is Bryce Young gonna play? We'll
talk about that when we return. News Talk eleven ten
(25:37):
and ninety nine three WBT. Brett Jensen here with you
for one more segment here on Breaking with Brett Jensen.
As we go up until seven o'clock tonight, Carolina Panthers
season has started. Bryce Young, the starting offense, is expected
to play three series, this time against the Houston Texans.
Last week against Cleveland, they only played two series, and
(25:58):
Bryce you Young scored a touchdown on a nice long
drive in one of his two series that he played.
So Dave Canalis met with the media down there in
Houston because they're practicing against each other, and he talked
about how the offense is doing, how the defense is doing,
and as well the weather because that has actually played
a part in all this.
Speaker 9 (26:18):
What an amazing day. First and foremost, just a class act.
You know, Demico Ryans, the Texans, their whole staff, they
were so accommodating, and then I think just the culture
that they're building here, their players. They got a talented
football team. They played so hard. There was physical hits,
great effort all across the field and done with class.
(26:38):
And I just really appreciated that part of it, and
I was excited about the work we were able to
get in. I didn't see any of the defensive side,
so I was on the offensive field over here. In
the middle of the practice, we got really sloppy. We
had about five pre snap penalties in one drive. We're
looking at some you know, first and fifteens a cup
(27:00):
of sacks. I thought it got sloppy in the middle.
Responded at the end with two great two minute finishes
for touchdowns at the end of the practice over here,
which was phenomenal. And I just keep convincing our guys
that's who we are.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
We finish.
Speaker 9 (27:12):
You know, games can get ugly in the middle. We
have to be able to refocus and rebound. So I
was really excited about that part.
Speaker 10 (27:18):
Specific good price and had two minutes. I mean, he's
going up against a better grade and competition. I mean,
those are some really good defensive players. What'd you say
from him there? And what's kind of a takeaway to Medici?
Speaker 9 (27:30):
Yeah, just our process is getting to the line, using
his tools, using his answers, reading coverages, you know, and
just being accurate with the ball, you know, extending plays
when he had to. And uh, the more opportunities he
gives our guys to make plays, they've come through for
him and we gotta we gotta. I think we had
a big defensive pass interference that actually flipped the field,
so you can see how it goes both ways. But
(27:50):
he did a great job today.
Speaker 6 (27:51):
He talked about the prestat penalties at preseason game.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
What is that? I mean, how do you.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
How do you think that?
Speaker 9 (27:57):
I just keep teaching the guys, you know, and they
see it when we get into these situations. They're our
guys are very competitive, they want to win, and all
of a sudden, you're looking at you know, first and fifteen,
you're looking at second and twenty, and they can feel
how deflating those situations can be. We've overcome that at times,
but it's hard, you know, it's hard to get those
explosives to get yourself back on track.
Speaker 1 (28:17):
But it's something we have to.
Speaker 9 (28:17):
Keep teaching off of and and ultimately to let them know,
like the guys that are repeat offenders, you we're not
We're not gonna be able to play you. We're not
gonna You're not gonna be able to help us if
you keep putting us in bad situations.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
It's and like you said, the TECHNI has some pretty.
Speaker 8 (28:33):
Diggy beats today.
Speaker 9 (28:35):
I saw good battles they had. They had their works
worth today with the fantastic group, you know, with with
Stingley and Lasseter and Petrie and Bullock back there. I'm
sorry if I'm missing any other great players. They had
a couple of you know players out there that were
covering us tightly all day that everything that we caught,
we had to work for.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
It's such great work for us.
Speaker 9 (28:57):
You know, to be in that kind of a competitive
environment that way, and you win some, you lose them.
You gotta go to the next play. So it was
a great challenge for our guys.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
They Bryce and CJ go one and two in the draft.
Speaker 5 (29:08):
Yeah, CJ offensive lookie of the year, Bryce as the
good finished last year.
Speaker 10 (29:13):
What did you study I guess CJ when he was
coming out.
Speaker 1 (29:17):
And what do you see in their games that are
similar to and how they give them?
Speaker 9 (29:22):
Yeah, I think some similarities that both guys had is
just their their charisma, their leadership ability. You know, that
was very apparent in their college film watching that the accuracy,
you know, the ability to move off to pocket extend
plays is a bonus to what they do. But I
think it's really like you're talking about two first class guys,
you know, that are leaders of their team. CJ came
over and said hello and just wanted to make sure
(29:43):
he connected, and you know, I really appreciate that, and
Bryce did the same thing. You know, these guys have
a lot of respect for each other. They've known each
other for a really long time, both Southern California kids.
You know, the cradle of quarterbacks, you know, and so
they just they have that kind of you know, they
have that connection. They also have that competitive edge, you know,
like where they push each other I'm sure from Afar.
So it was really cool to have both of those
(30:04):
guys out are working.
Speaker 4 (30:06):
Dave.
Speaker 5 (30:06):
I know you've been kind of stay clear about penalties
and practice, like there're quite a few on the offensive sets.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
Yeah, what didn't you take away from maybe.
Speaker 9 (30:14):
The disappointing fatigue, lack of focus. That's something that we
have to learn to do better. We have to be
able to fight through fatigue, fight through exhaustion. You know,
it's gonna be hot. We're gonna go to Jacksonville week one.
It's gonna feel like this. Can we maintain that level
of focus play after play, regardless of what the last
play did. Can you breathe on your way back and
(30:34):
then can you execute? And I saw I saw the
penalties pile up when we were tired. That's something that
we have to get better at.
Speaker 7 (30:40):
The need to watch today general, when's Pat Jones going
to add to do that?
Speaker 9 (30:44):
Life just a physical style of play, you know, exactly
what we're looking for to be disruptive on the edge
to really blow stuff up.
Speaker 1 (30:53):
You know, that's that.
Speaker 9 (30:54):
It starts with the run game and he does that
for sure, and then in a past us setting, you know,
he's got a nice a nice speed to power move
and he's got counters, you know, so he kind of
keeps tackles guessing and he can rush inside. So he's
doing a great job and he's a pros pro. The
way he prepares and works is awesome.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
You talked about this earlier, but how important was.
Speaker 10 (31:15):
It to get some hot practice before Jacksonville win?
Speaker 1 (31:19):
Charlotte's been a little unseasonably cool.
Speaker 9 (31:21):
I know we kind of been spoiled with the weather
a little bit, but I felt confident about our conditioning level.
I think that we're dosing the guys the right way,
pushing them, you know, pushing them a little bit beyond
their limits, you know, every day and trying to increase
our workload. This was a crescendo of the hard work.
I love that we were able to come out here
to play all the way through, finished with great two
(31:42):
minute drives over here on the offensive field, I got
to check out the defensive side, but I just kind
of was looking around and you know, for the most part,
this is a very fit group that's ready to play football.
I love the fact that we got this heat. We
know we opened up at Jacksonville, but again, guys is football.
You know we'll be prepared for it.
Speaker 5 (31:58):
You know.
Speaker 9 (31:58):
We let the guys know, get go out there, give
everything you have. We see that your guests will get
somebody else out there. And that's where the depth that
we're building here is so important as we you know,
continue into the.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Season for the game. That's that's the hope.
Speaker 9 (32:13):
I want to see how we come out of today
because I know, like right after the practice, think the Lord,
it feels like we came out pretty clean. But you know,
things kind of present themselves. Soreness will present itself tonight,
so we'll have to kind of, you know, kind of
reconfigure in the morning, see where we're at, to see
how long we want to play them, but they will
be playing.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
This year just feels different now. I know, you know,
hope springs eternal and all that stuff, and I get that,
I get that that, you know, but there really hasn't
been hope for the Carolina Panthers since the twenty eighteen season.
Think about how long ago that's been and it's been
abysmal ever since. Well, for whatever reason, a lot of
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people are high on the Carolina Panthers because of the
way Bryce Young played this season. Will live and die
with the defense and Bryce Young if the defense can
be just semi good, because last year was one of
the worst in the NFL. Actually I think statistically the
worst defense in the NFL last year. And if brycehun
can do like what he did last year and then
even did what he did in the first preseason game,
(33:12):
things are gonna be looking up big time for the
Carolina Panthers. All right, everyone, that's gonna do it for
us tonight. Again, thanks for everyone who listened to the
show tonight. I always to appreciate it, and thanks again
to all the guests that appeared on the show during
the week. I got some more guests lined up next
week and we've got some really good stuff lined up
and it's gonna be really cool and you're definitely gonna
want to stick around for that. So have a great weekend. Everyone.
(33:34):
My name is Brett Jenson, and you have been listening
to Breaking with Bret Jenson.
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