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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning Kentucky Anda, and happy Friday. We made it.
That's right, we have made it to the end of
the week. It's Friday, best day of the week, and
we are ready to get off and run in here
five oh five Here Kentucky Anda's Morning News with Nick
Coffee on news Radio eight forty whas, let's get a
roll call. We've got Scott Fitzgerald alongside the one and
only John Alden. Good morning, and we've got John Shannon
(00:21):
who he's working hard on his newscast and he'll be
with us coming up here at about twenty five minutes.
But fellas, I'm envious of those who really are are
savvy when it comes to utilizing when vacation days fall,
because a lot of people, with June teeth being a
holiday yesterday, a lot of people didn't have to work.
And if you're smart, you then use one of your
PTO days or your vacation days today and boom, you
(00:45):
get yourself a four day weekend. I mean that's something hard. Yeah,
I gotta be more mindful of that kind of stuff
because who doesn't love a good four day weekend. So
again we're back at it on a Friday, but with
the holiday falling on a Thursday. Again, I could see
if a lot of people just said, you know what,
after Wednesday, when the workday came to an end, their
work week came to an end. And if so, shout
(01:06):
out to you. You're probably sleeping at this point because
you know it's very early. But we're here. We're ready
to rock and roll. And Scott, I was wrapping up
the show yesterday, and usually I stick around a little
bit after just to get a head start on the
next day, get some things done. I'm more productive when
i'm here. I'm sure you understand. And I told John
that I'm actually buying some time because my wife was
(01:28):
off work and I was avoiding going home. And that
sounds terrible, right, I mean, I don't want to go
home because my wife's at home. That's mean. I love
spending time with my wife. However, she had the day
off and she had plans and this was going to
be and it was she did a good job. It
was going to be her cleaning day. Do you guys
at the household at the Fitzgerald headquarters, at the Alden headquarters,
(01:51):
do you all just keep the place clean consistently or
is there a moment where it's never a pig style,
but you realize, okay, let's spend some time just really
not deep cleaning, as if you know it's on the
on on your knees, scrubbing the floors. But you know,
a good cleanse of the residence. Is that? Is that
something on your l's radar? Is it just is it?
Does it pop up every now and then?
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I mean we did that. I did the cleaning like
I love when the house smells like a pool. Afterwards
are a big deal to me. You know, we got
three TV's. I'll turn a game on and go all
through three.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
That's exactly what happened yesterday. I walked in the house
after I gave her some time to get it out
of the way, to get it done, and it's I
could just smell before even seeing it, that the that
the house was in a good shape. What about you, John, I'll.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
Say this, it's a lot harder nowadays having a baby
in the house.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Oh yeah, that's true.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
Clean. So that's the last year worries. Right, I've learned
to deal with it and be okay with it. But
before days he was here, I was kind of the
person that would get aggravated if I started the seat.
Things pile up, whether it be clothes, random knick knacks
around the living room, that sort of thing. So I
definitely I feel more at ease around the house when
things are picked up, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
I feel like cleaning and that. Look my wife, she
doesn't fight me on this because when I do try
to help and straighten up, do the dishes, laundry, that
kind of stuff and just straighten up. I mean, I
think she appreciates it, but it's not necessarily the way
she would do it because she's she's kind of a
you know, she's she's real. I mean, it's it's a
whole day for her. For me, it's just kind of
(03:16):
straightened up, just trying to be mindful, trying to keep
things in order. When I do that, even though it's
maybe not the way she would do it, like, I
actually find that to be. It's almost therapeutic in a way,
you know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Yep, it is. Does she rearrange the dishwasher after you
go in and put your dishes in?
Speaker 1 (03:29):
No, but she will. She folds t shirts differently than
I do, and she won't do it in front of
me because she doesn't you know, she doesn't want me
to feel as if she doesn't appreciate it, but I
guess she's got some OCD when it comes to that,
so she'll I'll come back after folding one little laundry
and realize, Okay, she's completely refolded these T shirts, which
just isn't necessary. But hey, you know, I'm not gonna
I'm not gonna fight her on it. And speaking of
(03:49):
fighting her on it, this is the way I describe
yesterday because it happens every few months to where she
just again she's got a day she's almost cleaning out
of anger. I don't know what it is, but I
call it rage cleaning. And when I said that the
first time, I think she wanted to challenge me, and
then she realized, no, that's probably the right way to
describe it. So yesterday, here's my routine. I found a
(04:13):
pretty good comfortable spot to where I usually try to
get some stuff done after the show ends, be productive,
and then get it get a nap in to where
I have I'm not a zombie for the rest of
the afternoon, and it's not like I've slept a long
time to where I won't be able to fall asleep
at night. So I was avoiding going home because it
was one of those days where when she's cleaning, she'll
(04:34):
be She's gonna want me to know she's cleaning, if
that makes sense right, Cabinets being being shut a little
bit more forcefully, dishes being put up to where I
can I can hear it to where like if I
was anywhere in the house, she she was just gonna
want me to know that she's working hard, which I
do know that she's doing that. So yeah, a rage
cleaning day was was that was her day yesterday? And look,
(04:55):
I'm happy the house was clean and the caser was one.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
No man, I thought he last night. We'll talk about
that coming up in sports. But to your point, yeah,
it goes either way. My wife goes through stages where
she doesn't want to clean, and then I go through
stages like that. But if long enough, if I have
enough days off, I'll go through and just start cleaning.
And I'm kind of like John, little things laying around
kind of bothered me, and.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Yeah, just straighten up a way, you know different. So
I will say this, when it comes to cleaning, it's
almost like exercise, going to the gym, whatever it may be,
to where after you do it, you never regret doing it.
You're happy you did it. You do learn a certain
amount of calories. That's true and clean. You kind of
dread it, you put it off, but then once it's done,
you're happy you did it. So I got a clean house.
We got Game seven coming up, which will be exciting.
(05:39):
So all right, we'll take a quick time out. Let
you guys get an update on traffic and weather. We'll
have sports coming your way in about fifteen minutes. We've
got John Shannon with his first newscast at five thirty.
And what I want to get to next, we'll tell
you what President Trump said yesterday as far as the
decision timeline on what's going to happen if if we're
gonna is the is America going to attack Iran or not?
(06:00):
I'm sorry, Iran, Iran? Got on? I got Iran? Can
I say Iran? Iran? Now totally confused. Anyways, let's get
a track of traffic and weather right here on his
radio eight borny Whas sometime between now and the next
two weeks, we will find out if President Trump is
going to attack Iran or not. So we shall see
(06:25):
I have.
Speaker 5 (06:25):
A message directly from the President, and I quote, based
on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations
that may or may not take place with Iran in
the near future. I will make my decision whether or
not to go within the next two weeks.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
That was the Press secretary. So in the next two
weeks we shall see if I had to get in
some if I had to lay some action here. As
far as are we thinking it's closer to now or
closer to two weeks from now. As far as a decision,
my gut tells me that the safer wager would be
closer to now then in the next two weeks, but
(07:01):
I could totally be wrong. It's above seventeen here Kentucky.
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(07:23):
the next seven minutes roughly and of course John Channon's
newscast at five thirty, and then Rory O'Neil, he'll give
us the latest as far as the things we've really
been tracking all week, right the situation between Israel and
Iran and also the immigration situation. So we'll try to
pick Rory's brain and see if he can give us
(07:45):
the latest. And I'm going to do it my best
to try to keep up with it, as it's been
clearly something that not only is it my job to
keep up with it, given you know what I do,
but I feel like even if you're somebody that does
maybe at times try to just be distracted other things
than current events, but this is this is not this
is This is certainly a little bit of a different
(08:05):
situation to where when it's probably hard to avoid given
the nature of what's going on, and also you probably
are a little bit more interested because of again the
nature of what is going on. So here's here's I
guess some development since since yesterday morning. And I'm sure
a lot of you have kept up with this as well.
But Trump did deny the Wall Street Journal's claim that
he approved the strikes but just delayed in actual order,
(08:29):
and then yesterday, it almost seemed as if maybe he
maybe he contradicted himself a little bit, So nothing would
really surprise me in the grand scheme of things. Also,
when it comes to the the Ice rays that are
going on, this is I guess not surprising, but it's
certainly a new, a new element to the immigration plan
(08:53):
with with Trump and just trying to get nearly seemingly
anybody who's here illegally under any circumstance, they want to
get them out of this country. But to hear that
ICE wanted to show up at the La Dodgers game
and I guess just monitor the parking lot. I don't
know if that's the best way to describe what they
intended to do, but the Dodgers did not allow that,
(09:13):
and then also released a statement on on on their end,
just letting everybody know that they were I guess contacted
by ICE, but decided not to let them h not
to let them show up and just start I guess,
grabbing people and and and taking them away. So again
not surprising, but this really is another one of the
many examples of just how big of a priority this
(09:35):
is right now for Donald Trump and its administration that
you know, they're they're they're they're focused on a lot
of things, hopefully including you know, potentially a World War
three situation. But they've been consistent throughout as far as
the ice raids, and just the stories are endless as
(09:56):
far as those who do in fact live here, uh illegally,
but they're they're not criminal. They seemingly are productive to
industries that we heavily rely on here in the economy
in America. And I don't think those stories are going
to stop popping up every day. All right, let's get
another update of traffic and weather, and another update in fact,
our first update of sports with Scott Fitzgerald right here
(10:16):
on Kentucky This Morning News with Nick Coffee on News
Radio eight forty Whas. So, I'm looking here at the
forecast for this weekend and I'm just I'm sweating just
thinking just looking at it. I mean, it's going to
be really, really hot. Our first I believe this has
got to be the first heat wave that we that
we will see so far here in twenty twenty five,
but obviously it will not, it will not be the last. John,
(10:40):
are you somebody that can you deal with it? Or
you are you like me soft. I can just for
this kind of I can deal with it in small doses.
But I know you mentioned this weekend.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
If you look further ahead, I think it's going to
bleed into the majority of next week as well, So
it's going to be a long, a long heat wave potentially.
And I will say this, it's just in time for summer.
Today or tomorrow's the first day of the of the
season change. So yeah, I guess, right on the schedule, right, Yeah,
exactly right on schedule.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Yeah, I would say the more I consider, just again
how soft I am, because I realized, as I say this,
there are people who work outside for eight hours a
day in this stuff. So I know I'm weak. I'm soft,
and here I am complaining, and I'm rarely I can
avoid being outside for the most part. So trust me,
I'm I'm weak. I know that. And I don't take
(11:28):
for granted not only the fact that I am able
to be cool and comfortable throughout these hot summer days,
but little things like our garage here at four Street Live,
where we broadcast from every day. I mean it's not
going to be cool and comfortable, but just having like
our vehicles covered instead of baking in the sun all
through the summer. It goes a long way, right, I
mean even having a garage. Our first house didn't have
(11:51):
a garage, and I didn't have a garage growing up,
so I didn't really know what I was missing out on.
And now you know, when we travel, rather it be
just for aake or just on the road in the summer,
and in my car is not in the shade in covered,
it's I mean, getting in your vehicle as it's been
sitting baking all day. Even if you have one of
those things that you can put in your in your windshield,
(12:13):
that will, I guess, try to keep it not as
hot and miserable. I mean, there's just when I think
of the summer and how much I just dread the
humidity that we get around here in these temperatures that
are near one hundred degrees, sometimes over one hundred degrees
when it comes to the heat index. The first thing
that comes to mind when when I start to think
of that dread is getting in my car when it's
(12:35):
just insanely insanely hot. Which, by the way, those things work,
those things you put in your windshield.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
I've never used them.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
I haven't I haven't either, and I they have to
work because enough people do it, you know what I mean,
Like if it was a waste of time, I don't
think anybody would do it. So yeah, be prepared, folks,
because the heat is on the way and it'll be
arriving today. But moving forward, as as John mentioned, it's
it's not just this week, and it's going to be
here for a while and right on schedule. All right,
(13:03):
it's five thirty eight here Kentucky and it's Morning News
with Nick Coffee on News Radio eight forty whas we
can touch on this a little bit later on within
the morning here. But I did see a story the JCPS.
They are investing in a million dollar bus routing software
to optimize school bus routes, and of course they want
to improve the efficiency, reduce transportation costs, and of course
(13:25):
address the ongoing bussing challenges that they've had for a while.
And as soon as I saw this headline, I thought
to myself, oh, man, I hope that their investment here
goes a long way, because they paid I think it
was roughly a quarter of a million dollars a few
years ago, a couple years back, and that led to
(13:46):
I mean, among many things, they trusted an AI platform
to help them. It's called Alpha Route. That was the
software they previously used, and that led to a disaster
that maybe this is a stretch, but I feel like, regardless,
if you are somebody that has a kid in the
school system, you work in the school system. I mean,
it was national news here in Louisville. What a mess
(14:08):
it was when JCPS tried to go back to school
a couple of years ago. So much so that again,
I mean, I think Good Morning America covered it at
some point. So there's no scenario if this doesn't go well,
like if it maybe looks like it wasn't a wise investment.
I have a hard time thinking it would ever be
as bad as what happened in August of twenty twenty three. John,
(14:30):
you and I were together at the time in the
afternoon on the Sports Show, and I mean, it was
something it was, again, just an absolute disaster. I felt
very bad for everyone involved because understandably so, parents were
losing their minds, like why is it nine to thirty
and I don't know where my seven year old is?
That seems to be problematic. So anyhow, let's get an
(14:52):
update on traffic and weather, and then of course we'll
bring in Rory O'Neil of NBC News right here on
Kentucky and his Morning News with Nick Coffee on news
Radio eight forty uhs five forty five here Kentucky and
this Morning News. Happy Friday, everybody, it is once again
time to bring in Rory O'Neil of NBC News. Rory. Yesterday,
we heard from President Trump that there is a substantial
(15:14):
chance for negotiations with Iran and a decision is expected
to come as far as as America going to strike her,
not within the next two weeks. It's fair to say
this is a legitimate sign of progress that we could
get a peaceful resolution here.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
Well certainly assigned. The President Trump is looking for an
off ramp to find a way to reach some sort
of an agreement that stops Iran's nuclear ambitions and doesn't
get the US anymore entangled in the situation. So it
does open that window of opportunity. You know, publicly speaking,
Iran still insists, you know, it will never surrender, it
(15:49):
will do what it wants to do. But then behind
the scenes, you know, we are getting some chatter through
back channels that perhaps they could be open to this idea.
But again, how they managed to broke or some sort
of a deal that lets Iranian leadership stay in place
while still having them give up their nuclear ambitions, that's
(16:11):
going to be a challenge.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
I would never ask for you for I would never
ask for you to speak for anybody but yourself, Rory,
But it did seem as if, I guess, considering just
a couple of days ago, Trump's comment was nobody knows
what he's going to do, and I think you could
tell he kind of seemingly enjoyed knowing that he's got
everybody on the edge of their seat. Maybe that led
to it, but I did feel as if yesterday what
you just laid out, as far as just that he
(16:33):
wants to have some peace here, it seemed like that
did surprise some folks that maybe they were expecting it
to be the other way around. I think most would
agree this is good. We want peace, at least I
would assume most of us do. But I think there
was some political pundits that were maybe a little shocked
and dare I say, potentially disappointed that this was the
development yesterday.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
Well, look, you've also got a divide within the Republican Party.
You've got the Hawks side of things, Lindsey Graham and
the like that want to take aggressive action to end
Iran's nuclear ambitions once and for all, even would like
to see regime change. Then you get the other, like
the Marjorie Taylor Green Tucker Carlson segment saying, don't get
(17:13):
the US entangled in any more of these windless wars.
You know, the concern is, look, we can blow up
that mountain. That's not really the problem. The problem is
what's next. You know, how does Iran respond the aftermath?
Proxy's respond, right, What's what's their reaction? Do they shut
down global oil trade? You know, do we drag Russia
(17:33):
and China into this? Now that's where things get a
bit more complicated, is what's the aftermath of taking that action.
So that's what's weighing on the president's shoulders. We know
he's been briefed on what we can do from a
military standpoint to take out that nuclear program. But after that, boy,
that's a bit of a gray area.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Rory on Nal of NBC News is with us here
on News Radio eight forty whas let's talk about American
made vehicles with all the talk of tariffs, and that's
of course been a big deal. There's a new study
out from an Understand of which cars here in twenty
twenty five have the most American made components? What can
you tell us as far as which vehicles are the
most American made?
Speaker 2 (18:14):
Do you want to guess?
Speaker 1 (18:17):
No, because I would embarrass myself.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Uh. This is from cars dot com. They do this
list every year. The top four American made vehicles are
all Teslas.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
Okay, so it's I would have gone own avoid embarrassment model.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
That's right there, you go, number four, number five on
the list rather the Jeep Gladiator. But some of the
others in the top ten might surprise you. Coming in
at number six is the Kia EV six. The seven
is the Honda Ridgeline, followed by the Honda Odyssey, the
Honda Passport, and the Volkswagen ID four. So we still
haven't said words like Chevy or exactly, so.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
I would have those would have been my first two guesses. Again,
which show those shows what I know. So this is
more so just as far as all the you know,
there's a lot that goes into manufacturing a vehicle, but
this is this is this is basically all the components, right,
everything that goes into it the most right.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
They look at the whole kitten kaboodle, whether or not
the where the transmission was made, where the engine was made,
where the seats were made, and they put it all
together to compile these rankings. By the way, the Chevy
Corvette like America America right, absolutely number well, okay, maybe
less so than the Jeep, but still the Chevy Corvette,
which is assembled in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has been for decades,
(19:34):
comes in at number twenty nine on the list.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Wow, that that surprises me, and I would be I'd
be shocked if others aren't surprised to hear that as well.
The Rory thank you as always for your time. Enjoy
your Friday, have a great weekend, and we will talk soon.
My friend, thanks big, have a good weekend. Take care.
That is Rory O'Neil of NBC News. Yeah. I would
not have guessed Tesla, but it's one of those things
where had I you know, now that I hear that,
(19:58):
I guess it's really not that crazy considering what we know.
But Tesla doesn't even really come up on my It's
still a relatively new type of vehicle in manufacture of
vehicles compared to you know, the traditional brands out there.
But yeah, Tesla's John. Do you know anybody that has
a Tesla?
Speaker 2 (20:14):
I do not.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Yeah, I know a couple of people friends that have them,
and they love them. But yeah, it still scares me
the whole thought of the relying on electric electricity to
power the vehicle. But I'm sure one day that's what
we all will be driving. Maybe I'm wrong, but we shall, Sir,
Elon Musk, Yeah, I mean those And there's a lot
of people who I know that love everything about the
(20:37):
vehicle and just the new way of you know, driving
that are so not aligned with anything about Musk himself,
which is a little bit of a of a balancing
act for them, it seems. All right, We've got an
update of traffic and weather coming your way, and also
another update of sports right here our news radio eight
forty whas
Good morning Kentucky Anda, and happy Friday. We made it.
That's right, we have made it to the end of
the week. It's Friday, best day of the week, and
we are ready to get off and run in here
five oh five Here Kentucky Anda's Morning News with Nick
Coffee on news Radio eight forty whas, let's get a
roll call. We've got Scott Fitzgerald alongside the one and
only John Alden. Good morning, and we've got John Shannon
(00:21):
who he's working hard on his newscast and he'll be
with us coming up here at about twenty five minutes.
But fellas, I'm envious of those who really are are
savvy when it comes to utilizing when vacation days fall,
because a lot of people, with June teeth being a
holiday yesterday, a lot of people didn't have to work.
And if you're smart, you then use one of your
PTO days or your vacation days today and boom, you
(00:45):
get yourself a four day weekend. I mean that's something hard. Yeah,
I gotta be more mindful of that kind of stuff
because who doesn't love a good four day weekend. So
again we're back at it on a Friday, but with
the holiday falling on a Thursday. Again, I could see
if a lot of people just said, you know what,
after Wednesday, when the workday came to an end, their
work week came to an end. And if so, shout
(01:06):
out to you. You're probably sleeping at this point because
you know it's very early. But we're here. We're ready
to rock and roll. And Scott, I was wrapping up
the show yesterday, and usually I stick around a little
bit after just to get a head start on the
next day, get some things done. I'm more productive when
i'm here. I'm sure you understand. And I told John
that I'm actually buying some time because my wife was
(01:28):
off work and I was avoiding going home. And that
sounds terrible, right, I mean, I don't want to go
home because my wife's at home. That's mean. I love
spending time with my wife. However, she had the day
off and she had plans and this was going to
be and it was she did a good job. It
was going to be her cleaning day. Do you guys
at the household at the Fitzgerald headquarters, at the Alden headquarters,
(01:51):
do you all just keep the place clean consistently or
is there a moment where it's never a pig style,
but you realize, okay, let's spend some time just really
not deep cleaning, as if you know it's on the
on on your knees, scrubbing the floors. But you know,
a good cleanse of the residence. Is that? Is that
something on your l's radar? Is it just is it?
Does it pop up every now and then?
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:12):
I mean we did that. I did the cleaning like
I love when the house smells like a pool. Afterwards
are a big deal to me. You know, we got
three TV's. I'll turn a game on and go all
through three.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
That's exactly what happened yesterday. I walked in the house
after I gave her some time to get it out
of the way, to get it done, and it's I
could just smell before even seeing it, that the that
the house was in a good shape. What about you, John, I'll.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
Say this, it's a lot harder nowadays having a baby
in the house.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Oh yeah, that's true.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
Clean. So that's the last year worries. Right, I've learned
to deal with it and be okay with it. But
before days he was here, I was kind of the
person that would get aggravated if I started the seat.
Things pile up, whether it be clothes, random knick knacks
around the living room, that sort of thing. So I
definitely I feel more at ease around the house when
things are picked up, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
I feel like cleaning and that. Look my wife, she
doesn't fight me on this because when I do try
to help and straighten up, do the dishes, laundry, that
kind of stuff and just straighten up. I mean, I
think she appreciates it, but it's not necessarily the way
she would do it because she's she's kind of a
you know, she's she's real. I mean, it's it's a
whole day for her. For me, it's just kind of
(03:16):
straightened up, just trying to be mindful, trying to keep
things in order. When I do that, even though it's
maybe not the way she would do it, like, I
actually find that to be. It's almost therapeutic in a way,
you know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Yep, it is. Does she rearrange the dishwasher after you
go in and put your dishes in?
Speaker 1 (03:29):
No, but she will. She folds t shirts differently than
I do, and she won't do it in front of
me because she doesn't you know, she doesn't want me
to feel as if she doesn't appreciate it, but I
guess she's got some OCD when it comes to that,
so she'll I'll come back after folding one little laundry
and realize, Okay, she's completely refolded these T shirts, which
just isn't necessary. But hey, you know, I'm not gonna
I'm not gonna fight her on it. And speaking of
(03:49):
fighting her on it, this is the way I describe
yesterday because it happens every few months to where she
just again she's got a day she's almost cleaning out
of anger. I don't know what it is, but I
call it rage cleaning. And when I said that the
first time, I think she wanted to challenge me, and
then she realized, no, that's probably the right way to
describe it. So yesterday, here's my routine. I found a
(04:13):
pretty good comfortable spot to where I usually try to
get some stuff done after the show ends, be productive,
and then get it get a nap in to where
I have I'm not a zombie for the rest of
the afternoon, and it's not like I've slept a long
time to where I won't be able to fall asleep
at night. So I was avoiding going home because it
was one of those days where when she's cleaning, she'll
(04:34):
be She's gonna want me to know she's cleaning, if
that makes sense right, Cabinets being being shut a little
bit more forcefully, dishes being put up to where I
can I can hear it to where like if I
was anywhere in the house, she she was just gonna
want me to know that she's working hard, which I
do know that she's doing that. So yeah, a rage
cleaning day was was that was her day yesterday? And look,
(04:55):
I'm happy the house was clean and the caser was one.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
No man, I thought he last night. We'll talk about
that coming up in sports. But to your point, yeah,
it goes either way. My wife goes through stages where
she doesn't want to clean, and then I go through
stages like that. But if long enough, if I have
enough days off, I'll go through and just start cleaning.
And I'm kind of like John, little things laying around
kind of bothered me, and.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
Yeah, just straighten up a way, you know different. So
I will say this, when it comes to cleaning, it's
almost like exercise, going to the gym, whatever it may be,
to where after you do it, you never regret doing it.
You're happy you did it. You do learn a certain
amount of calories. That's true and clean. You kind of
dread it, you put it off, but then once it's done,
you're happy you did it. So I got a clean house.
We got Game seven coming up, which will be exciting.
(05:39):
So all right, we'll take a quick time out. Let
you guys get an update on traffic and weather. We'll
have sports coming your way in about fifteen minutes. We've
got John Shannon with his first newscast at five thirty.
And what I want to get to next, we'll tell
you what President Trump said yesterday as far as the
decision timeline on what's going to happen if if we're
gonna is the is America going to attack Iran or not?
(06:00):
I'm sorry, Iran, Iran? Got on? I got Iran? Can
I say Iran? Iran? Now totally confused. Anyways, let's get
a track of traffic and weather right here on his
radio eight borny Whas sometime between now and the next
two weeks, we will find out if President Trump is
going to attack Iran or not. So we shall see
(06:25):
I have.
Speaker 5 (06:25):
A message directly from the President, and I quote, based
on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations
that may or may not take place with Iran in
the near future. I will make my decision whether or
not to go within the next two weeks.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
That was the Press secretary. So in the next two
weeks we shall see if I had to get in
some if I had to lay some action here. As
far as are we thinking it's closer to now or
closer to two weeks from now. As far as a decision,
my gut tells me that the safer wager would be
closer to now then in the next two weeks, but
(07:01):
I could totally be wrong. It's above seventeen here Kentucky.
It's Morning News with Nick Coffee on news Radio eight
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(07:23):
the next seven minutes roughly and of course John Channon's
newscast at five thirty, and then Rory O'Neil, he'll give
us the latest as far as the things we've really
been tracking all week, right the situation between Israel and
Iran and also the immigration situation. So we'll try to
pick Rory's brain and see if he can give us
(07:45):
the latest. And I'm going to do it my best
to try to keep up with it, as it's been
clearly something that not only is it my job to
keep up with it, given you know what I do,
but I feel like even if you're somebody that does
maybe at times try to just be distracted other things
than current events, but this is this is not this
is This is certainly a little bit of a different
(08:05):
situation to where when it's probably hard to avoid given
the nature of what's going on, and also you probably
are a little bit more interested because of again the
nature of what is going on. So here's here's I
guess some development since since yesterday morning. And I'm sure
a lot of you have kept up with this as well.
But Trump did deny the Wall Street Journal's claim that
he approved the strikes but just delayed in actual order,
(08:29):
and then yesterday, it almost seemed as if maybe he
maybe he contradicted himself a little bit, So nothing would
really surprise me in the grand scheme of things. Also,
when it comes to the the Ice rays that are
going on, this is I guess not surprising, but it's
certainly a new, a new element to the immigration plan
(08:53):
with with Trump and just trying to get nearly seemingly
anybody who's here illegally under any circumstance, they want to
get them out of this country. But to hear that
ICE wanted to show up at the La Dodgers game
and I guess just monitor the parking lot. I don't
know if that's the best way to describe what they
intended to do, but the Dodgers did not allow that,
(09:13):
and then also released a statement on on on their end,
just letting everybody know that they were I guess contacted
by ICE, but decided not to let them h not
to let them show up and just start I guess,
grabbing people and and and taking them away. So again
not surprising, but this really is another one of the
many examples of just how big of a priority this
(09:35):
is right now for Donald Trump and its administration that
you know, they're they're they're they're focused on a lot
of things, hopefully including you know, potentially a World War
three situation. But they've been consistent throughout as far as
the ice raids, and just the stories are endless as
(09:56):
far as those who do in fact live here, uh illegally,
but they're they're not criminal. They seemingly are productive to
industries that we heavily rely on here in the economy
in America. And I don't think those stories are going
to stop popping up every day. All right, let's get
another update of traffic and weather, and another update in fact,
our first update of sports with Scott Fitzgerald right here
(10:16):
on Kentucky This Morning News with Nick Coffee on News
Radio eight forty Whas. So, I'm looking here at the
forecast for this weekend and I'm just I'm sweating just
thinking just looking at it. I mean, it's going to
be really, really hot. Our first I believe this has
got to be the first heat wave that we that
we will see so far here in twenty twenty five,
but obviously it will not, it will not be the last. John,
(10:40):
are you somebody that can you deal with it? Or
you are you like me soft. I can just for
this kind of I can deal with it in small doses.
But I know you mentioned this weekend.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
If you look further ahead, I think it's going to
bleed into the majority of next week as well, So
it's going to be a long, a long heat wave potentially.
And I will say this, it's just in time for summer.
Today or tomorrow's the first day of the of the
season change. So yeah, I guess, right on the schedule, right, Yeah,
exactly right on schedule.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Yeah, I would say the more I consider, just again
how soft I am, because I realized, as I say this,
there are people who work outside for eight hours a
day in this stuff. So I know I'm weak. I'm soft,
and here I am complaining, and I'm rarely I can
avoid being outside for the most part. So trust me,
I'm I'm weak. I know that. And I don't take
(11:28):
for granted not only the fact that I am able
to be cool and comfortable throughout these hot summer days,
but little things like our garage here at four Street Live,
where we broadcast from every day. I mean it's not
going to be cool and comfortable, but just having like
our vehicles covered instead of baking in the sun all
through the summer. It goes a long way, right, I
mean even having a garage. Our first house didn't have
(11:51):
a garage, and I didn't have a garage growing up,
so I didn't really know what I was missing out on.
And now you know, when we travel, rather it be
just for aake or just on the road in the summer,
and in my car is not in the shade in covered,
it's I mean, getting in your vehicle as it's been
sitting baking all day. Even if you have one of
those things that you can put in your in your windshield,
(12:13):
that will, I guess, try to keep it not as
hot and miserable. I mean, there's just when I think
of the summer and how much I just dread the
humidity that we get around here in these temperatures that
are near one hundred degrees, sometimes over one hundred degrees
when it comes to the heat index. The first thing
that comes to mind when when I start to think
of that dread is getting in my car when it's
(12:35):
just insanely insanely hot. Which, by the way, those things work,
those things you put in your windshield.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
I've never used them.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
I haven't I haven't either, and I they have to
work because enough people do it, you know what I mean,
Like if it was a waste of time, I don't
think anybody would do it. So yeah, be prepared, folks,
because the heat is on the way and it'll be
arriving today. But moving forward, as as John mentioned, it's
it's not just this week, and it's going to be
here for a while and right on schedule. All right,
(13:03):
it's five thirty eight here Kentucky and it's Morning News
with Nick Coffee on News Radio eight forty whas we
can touch on this a little bit later on within
the morning here. But I did see a story the JCPS.
They are investing in a million dollar bus routing software
to optimize school bus routes, and of course they want
to improve the efficiency, reduce transportation costs, and of course
(13:25):
address the ongoing bussing challenges that they've had for a while.
And as soon as I saw this headline, I thought
to myself, oh, man, I hope that their investment here
goes a long way, because they paid I think it
was roughly a quarter of a million dollars a few
years ago, a couple years back, and that led to
(13:46):
I mean, among many things, they trusted an AI platform
to help them. It's called Alpha Route. That was the
software they previously used, and that led to a disaster
that maybe this is a stretch, but I feel like, regardless,
if you are somebody that has a kid in the
school system, you work in the school system. I mean,
it was national news here in Louisville. What a mess
(14:08):
it was when JCPS tried to go back to school
a couple of years ago. So much so that again,
I mean, I think Good Morning America covered it at
some point. So there's no scenario if this doesn't go well,
like if it maybe looks like it wasn't a wise investment.
I have a hard time thinking it would ever be
as bad as what happened in August of twenty twenty three. John,
(14:30):
you and I were together at the time in the
afternoon on the Sports Show, and I mean, it was
something it was, again, just an absolute disaster. I felt
very bad for everyone involved because understandably so, parents were
losing their minds, like why is it nine to thirty
and I don't know where my seven year old is?
That seems to be problematic. So anyhow, let's get an
(14:52):
update on traffic and weather, and then of course we'll
bring in Rory O'Neil of NBC News right here on
Kentucky and his Morning News with Nick Coffee on news
Radio eight forty uhs five forty five here Kentucky and
this Morning News. Happy Friday, everybody, it is once again
time to bring in Rory O'Neil of NBC News. Rory. Yesterday,
we heard from President Trump that there is a substantial
(15:14):
chance for negotiations with Iran and a decision is expected
to come as far as as America going to strike her,
not within the next two weeks. It's fair to say
this is a legitimate sign of progress that we could
get a peaceful resolution here.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
Well certainly assigned. The President Trump is looking for an
off ramp to find a way to reach some sort
of an agreement that stops Iran's nuclear ambitions and doesn't
get the US anymore entangled in the situation. So it
does open that window of opportunity. You know, publicly speaking,
Iran still insists, you know, it will never surrender, it
(15:49):
will do what it wants to do. But then behind
the scenes, you know, we are getting some chatter through
back channels that perhaps they could be open to this idea.
But again, how they managed to broke or some sort
of a deal that lets Iranian leadership stay in place
while still having them give up their nuclear ambitions, that's
(16:11):
going to be a challenge.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
I would never ask for you for I would never
ask for you to speak for anybody but yourself, Rory,
But it did seem as if, I guess, considering just
a couple of days ago, Trump's comment was nobody knows
what he's going to do, and I think you could
tell he kind of seemingly enjoyed knowing that he's got
everybody on the edge of their seat. Maybe that led
to it, but I did feel as if yesterday what
you just laid out, as far as just that he
(16:33):
wants to have some peace here, it seemed like that
did surprise some folks that maybe they were expecting it
to be the other way around. I think most would
agree this is good. We want peace, at least I
would assume most of us do. But I think there
was some political pundits that were maybe a little shocked
and dare I say, potentially disappointed that this was the
development yesterday.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
Well, look, you've also got a divide within the Republican Party.
You've got the Hawks side of things, Lindsey Graham and
the like that want to take aggressive action to end
Iran's nuclear ambitions once and for all, even would like
to see regime change. Then you get the other, like
the Marjorie Taylor Green Tucker Carlson segment saying, don't get
(17:13):
the US entangled in any more of these windless wars.
You know, the concern is, look, we can blow up
that mountain. That's not really the problem. The problem is
what's next. You know, how does Iran respond the aftermath?
Proxy's respond, right, What's what's their reaction? Do they shut
down global oil trade? You know, do we drag Russia
(17:33):
and China into this? Now that's where things get a
bit more complicated, is what's the aftermath of taking that action.
So that's what's weighing on the president's shoulders. We know
he's been briefed on what we can do from a
military standpoint to take out that nuclear program. But after that, boy,
that's a bit of a gray area.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Rory on Nal of NBC News is with us here
on News Radio eight forty whas let's talk about American
made vehicles with all the talk of tariffs, and that's
of course been a big deal. There's a new study
out from an Understand of which cars here in twenty
twenty five have the most American made components? What can
you tell us as far as which vehicles are the
most American made?
Speaker 2 (18:14):
Do you want to guess?
Speaker 1 (18:17):
No, because I would embarrass myself.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Uh. This is from cars dot com. They do this
list every year. The top four American made vehicles are
all Teslas.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
Okay, so it's I would have gone own avoid embarrassment model.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
That's right there, you go, number four, number five on
the list rather the Jeep Gladiator. But some of the
others in the top ten might surprise you. Coming in
at number six is the Kia EV six. The seven
is the Honda Ridgeline, followed by the Honda Odyssey, the
Honda Passport, and the Volkswagen ID four. So we still
haven't said words like Chevy or exactly, so.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
I would have those would have been my first two guesses. Again,
which show those shows what I know. So this is
more so just as far as all the you know,
there's a lot that goes into manufacturing a vehicle, but
this is this is this is basically all the components, right,
everything that goes into it the most right.
Speaker 2 (19:12):
They look at the whole kitten kaboodle, whether or not
the where the transmission was made, where the engine was made,
where the seats were made, and they put it all
together to compile these rankings. By the way, the Chevy
Corvette like America America right, absolutely number well, okay, maybe
less so than the Jeep, but still the Chevy Corvette,
which is assembled in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has been for decades,
(19:34):
comes in at number twenty nine on the list.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Wow, that that surprises me, and I would be I'd
be shocked if others aren't surprised to hear that as well.
The Rory thank you as always for your time. Enjoy
your Friday, have a great weekend, and we will talk soon.
My friend, thanks big, have a good weekend. Take care.
That is Rory O'Neil of NBC News. Yeah. I would
not have guessed Tesla, but it's one of those things
where had I you know, now that I hear that,
(19:58):
I guess it's really not that crazy considering what we know.
But Tesla doesn't even really come up on my It's
still a relatively new type of vehicle in manufacture of
vehicles compared to you know, the traditional brands out there.
But yeah, Tesla's John. Do you know anybody that has
a Tesla?
Speaker 2 (20:14):
I do not.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Yeah, I know a couple of people friends that have them,
and they love them. But yeah, it still scares me
the whole thought of the relying on electric electricity to
power the vehicle. But I'm sure one day that's what
we all will be driving. Maybe I'm wrong, but we shall, Sir,
Elon Musk, Yeah, I mean those And there's a lot
of people who I know that love everything about the
(20:37):
vehicle and just the new way of you know, driving
that are so not aligned with anything about Musk himself,
which is a little bit of a of a balancing
act for them, it seems. All right, We've got an
update of traffic and weather coming your way, and also
another update of sports right here our news radio eight
forty whas
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