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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Happy hump day to you, and welcome in.
It is News Radio eight forty whas and we are
Coffee and Company. I am Nick Coffee and we've got company.
We've got you all listening, and we appreciate you hanging
out with us here at five oh six on a Wednesday.
Scott Fitzgerald alongside John Alden, John Shannon, that's the crew.
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rock and roll. It's going to be at least it's
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supposed to be a stormy, a stormy morning, stormy day.
And I say supposed to because obviously there's no perfect
science when it comes to predicting the weather. But here
lately I've had more people than usual. Let me know, like, Hey,
I was listening to you this morning and you were referenced,
you know, he said what was going to happen and
you were way wrong. And I'm like, well, I'm just
literally repeating what what you know, the trained professionals say.
(00:44):
And in their defense, there's, as I said, there's no
perfect science. So uh, I think it was last Friday.
We were expecting initially earlier in the week there'd be
some rain and ended up being a beautiful sunny day.
So I'll just say this to get it out of
the way. Do not make any plans based off of
what I say when it comes to what the weather's
going to be. I mean, you probably shouldn't do that
for really what anybody says, because there have been plenty
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of examples where they're wrong. But just no, for me,
I'm not tracking anything. I'm just I'm sharing information, and
it's information that's coming from people that know how to
do it better than me. But as you know, they
can be wrong right on.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
No, Lord, a lot of people see we do this
all the time and weather like say, for instance, you
live in Valley Station and you hear, oh, this is
going to be rain today, well that means that could
also rain in Oldham County. So when people in Valley
Station don't get the rain, all they hear is, hey,
we were supposed to get rain, but they were right
for Oldham County. It always is funny to me when
like you come on and you tell people exactly what
you're getting, be on the lookout for rain. We could
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get storms today, so plan accordingly. If it doesn't happen
to your point, we get a beautiful day. People still
complain because we've got a beautiful day.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah, so today not going to be beautiful at least that's
the expectation. But really the day is what you make it.
It can be stormy and still be a beautiful day
as far as just you know what you want to
make of it. But legitimate storms with some serious wins
and is what could be coming through. So forty miles
per hour is the wind that I think is it?
Is it an effect until about seven o'clock tonight, So
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be prepared. Again, expectations are there's going to be some
storms coming through. We'll get you caught up on the
details of today's forecast with Suzanne Horrigan coming up here
before too long. And of course with potential rain and storms,
you know what that means, right, potential traffic nightmare. So
be advised and just maybe give yourself a little bit
of extra time. We've got Bobby Ellis who'll be he
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will be keeping he will be keeping us updated. That
was a I was going a he he will or
a who will? And I'm mixed up that he will
and who will? Who will leave? Bobby Ellis will be
keeping us updated on traffic, So stick around for that.
We'll have you covered throughout the morning. Speaking of traffic,
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this is a story that, of course will will impact
many people, I assume, and many people that are listening
right now. Maybe we've got somebody right now that is
sitting on the Second Street Bridge listening to us this morning.
And there's changes coming to that bridge, which this is
something that I'm sure they can give you some legitimate
reasons as to why, but they've decided to reduce the
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lanes coming into Louisville on the Second Street Bridge from
two to three. And I'm legitimately curious as far as
how big of an impact that will cause, because it's
part of me that says, you know, that's not a
super highly traffic bridge compared to the other ones. But
I would imagine that that bridge gets more traffic in
recent years, the last decade or so, because it's the
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only bridge to get to and from the Hoosier State,
in the Bluegrass State where you don't have to pay
a toll, and people care about that. People absolutely if
they can get to where they want to go, and
it maybe adds I don't know, ten fifteen minutes and
it keeps them from having to pay anything. People will
do that. So again, I'm curious to hear from you
guys how big of a deal is this, because I
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could imagine for some it won't be anything they ever
think about, because off, they rarely ever take the Second
Street Bridge. But if you do, I'm sure this is
news that that definitely stood out to you yesterday.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Yeah, you know, and then you look at when you
come down. I was coming downtown. I had come down
to a function last night, and going the other way
towards the Second Street Bridge, the lights are all time funky,
and there's so many people using that bridge. I was
waiting to turn there by the Yum Center and there's
a green arrow. But I did notice, and I thought
about that when you were talking about that story. There
are a lot of people that used that bridge, and
it's already a traffic nightmare.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
If you come down there at five o'clock.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Yeah, I've I probably I end up on that bridge.
It's if it's like if I'm going somewhere and it's
Jeffersonville and I'm downtown, I mean, it's actually a little
bit easier and more convenient to just hop on that bridge.
If there's not a lot of traffic, but oftentimes for
really any reason, and any time of the day, you
could hit you could hit a congestion there to where
it just seems like it's taken you. It's taken you
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a while. But again the Kentucky Transportation officials again they
plan to reduce the Clark Memorial Bridge from four lanes
to three. So I had it wrong. Two It's not
three to two, it's.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Four to three.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
So it's yeah, yeah, it still could cause some issues.
But yeah, I mean what this is going to do
is and I'm not framing it this way to try
to be, you know, a pessimist and just be critical,
just to be critical because I can't fake any type
of strong reaction. This won't impact me.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
I don't.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I rarely ever take that bridge. But I mean, this
is going to bring in more money for the tolls,
right because you are now. I mean, this may make
it to where people just decide that's going to add
too much of a of a of of of I
guess added time to my commute. So Kentucky and Indiana
split fifty to fifty the revenue from from those tolls,
and obviously it's to pay for a lot of the
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projects and whatnot. But I'm sure it will be framed
by some I say, this is just why do they
need to do that, other than just to you know,
make it to where there's more people that do take
the bridge.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
The bridge?
Speaker 1 (05:50):
The bridge is that in fact you know, cost money?
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Yeah, exactly to push That's kind of what I was thinking.
You're going to push people over to the tolls.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
And it's too bad because there's so many people that
depend on that they commute to and from Indiana.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
I really don't want to pay and maybe can't afford
to pay that.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
And it's I'm sure that is plenty of it, especially
if your everyday commuter, that'll that'll add up. But it
could just be principal for some people. Yeah, I mean
just like, yeah, I'm not doing that. You're not getting
my money.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Well, I do that when I make a beer run,
because I go over to a place in Clarksville and
when I come back, I always think twice.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
I'm like, okay, do I go over the bridge?
Speaker 2 (06:18):
You know, you don't notice it right away, but then
that bill comes in and after a few trips over there,
it adds up after a while, so then you have
to pay that bill. So I'm like, do I take that?
And then it's like I gotta fight the traffic, so
it's just easier to.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Go over the big one.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
John. You have family, or at least you did. I'm
not sure. Maybe I'll still do, and maybe you have
you do have a family, good they did, But you
have a family in Jeffersonville.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Yes, okay, yes?
Speaker 1 (06:38):
So how often is that? Because oftentimes, if you're coming
across the bridge from Jeffersonville, like if you're not going
to downtown Louisville, I mean, you could still take the
Second Strey Bridge and then hop on sixty five, But
that just seems that seems like a lot.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
If it's not you you have talked about traffic being
the primary reason you would avoid that bridge.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
That's kind of how it is with me.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
If I know, not in a hurry, or if it's
not going to be you know, five o'clock rush hour
that sort of thing, I would take Second Street Bridge
to go over to Jeffersonville. But if it's one of
those things where you know, I'm in a hurry, which
really isn't very often, or if i'm just if it's
been a long day and I'm trying to get back
home and I'm exhausted, then I will just take the
Kennedy Bridge or the Lincoln Bridge. Now I guess it's
called I guess one way you go over the Kennedy,
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one way you go over the Lincoln.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Whatever it is.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
Either way, that's that's kind of how my decision making
goes for that.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Let me ask you this. Do you guys have any
fear of bridges?
Speaker 3 (07:30):
My wife does?
Speaker 1 (07:31):
I do too?
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Wow, I really ken, But it depends.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
So I in a weird way. Over time, the Second
Street bridge doesn't scare me as much as it used
to be the one that would frighten me, because you
I mean, I just feel like as if any moment,
this thing is just gonna go down right, because it's
older and it's smaller. It just you know, it's not
in the other one. For a while, I don't know why,
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but it just didn't. I never even really thought about
being on a bridge when I was on on the Kennedy,
and then now I don't know, maybe because it's so
more wide open and you can clearly just see the
you know. I mean, it's it's a beautiful view. I mean,
it's it's amazing. But I try to like, you know,
all right, let's just not my anxiety levels rise, and
I just make sure to think to myself, all right,
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let's just hope there's no crazy traffic situation that somehow,
you know, presents itself to where I'm now sitting here,
because I'll have a panic attack. Yeah I'm not. I'm
not big on bridges. I'm a big on heights, which
I could think that those and I guess honestly that's
why I feel like I'm more elevated on the interstate
bridges now and on the Second Street Bridge. I mean,
I'm not asking to get stuck there by any means.
But I think what kind of conquered my fear is
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that I did a race a couple of years ago
and I ran across it and it was like an
awesome experience to see Louisville coming in and I just
wasn't thinking about it, So I kind of I kind
of eliminated my fear of it. But I'm not asking
to get in any kind of traffic jam on any
bridge that'll give me a panic attack.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Yeah, well, it's I took my family over the Macinowl
Bridge for the first time, and my daughter had she's
got anxiety.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
She had anxiety on that one because that takes you up.
Oh yeah, you can go in Chicago. There're going. How
long are you on that bridge by the way, man.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Dude, it only lasts about maybe less than five minutes
and traffic's good.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Yeah, it's not that long, but it will if you
have anxiety on bridges.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
So you know the bridge, the bridges that you know
obviously can can rise. I mean they can rise. Yeah,
so they can rise in the air to where like
something on the water can come through bridges.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Yeah, yeah, bridges. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
So if again, I know there's a lot that goes
into it making sure those are safe as possible all that,
but just to know that they can split it in
half at any moment that when I'm driving on that,
I'm like, yeah, this is this can't be safe.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Don't watch bros.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Dude, I'll take your word for it. All right, let's
get to a quick traffic and weather update for you. Again.
We got sport storms expected to be in the area
here soon and some serious wind as well, so we'll
get those details from Suzanne Horrigan. Also, we'll get an
update on the roadways as we get this Wednesday morning
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today is the day where all local teams here. Well,
I shouldn't say, all local teams, but Louisville and Kentucky
they're getting postseason play started in the ACC Tournament and
of course in the SEC Tournament. An unusual feeling for
Kentucky fans to play this. I think it's the first
time they've played on a Wednesday in a long time.
In fact, I think since the since the Billy Gillespiere.
(12:07):
So for Louisville, I'm sure, I mean, and let's be honest,
louisll played in the Day of Shame for a couple
of years with Kenny Payne, where you know, you had
to get the whole thing started, and I think it
was an accurate way to describe that first day of
games as the Day of Shame. In fact, Louisville in
that era, the two year window when they were that bad,
if that was to take place now with the expanded ACC,
(12:30):
they wouldn't have even qualify for the ACC Tournament because
not everybody gets in now, which I mean, there's really
no way to put into words to truly put how
bad that was that experience, But I gotta say there'd
be something just on a different level of demoralization if
you didn't make your own conference tournament, right, Like that
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would be I mean again, how much worse could it get?
Louisville went four and twenty eight in one season. They
didn't have a winning record against exhibition opponents from the
Division two levels, So like it was bad, but for
some reason, Like if I'm an ad and I'm on
the fence, the results are the results, right, you know,
going in, you know, meaning to the to the offseason
that you're that that it was a failure of a season.
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But to just have the conference tournament start and you
not being there, that would be like, all right, well, look,
I thought I was gonna keep this coach, but he's
got to go like this is this is bad? Like
you didn't even qualify for the Day of Shame, John.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
I mean, you don't even have to have a five
hundred record to get into your conference.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Oh yeah, I mean look to get into the end
of the like if you finish a dead last in
your league when they have that many teams, Like there's
no scenario that you could say, hey, what are you
gonna do? The league's just so tough. I mean, yeah
it might be, but you were you were that bad.
So again, exciting times around here. We are We're different
when it comes to college hoops. We just are. We
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consume this sport like nobody else, and I hope that
will never change. I've got some extended thoughts on that
as far as just uh, as far as just sort
of how we are wired around here, and I I
wouldn't have it any other way, but we are college
basketball crazy, and I really think the joy that comes
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with a postseason run, right, that March magic that we've
all experienced at some point, I'm sure, especially when it's unexpected,
it's awesome. But I do think the stronger emotion is
when it's all over, when you lose in the NCAA tournament.
Around here, given how much we put into it, how
passionate we are, it's just it's a punch to the gut,
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to say the least. And we're not there yet. Obviously,
we've got the NCAA Tournament starting next week's selection Sunday,
just four days away. But this is the first time
you're going to see your team play in a true
postseason game, So you know it's cliche, but new season right. Louisville,
of course, is riding a little bit of momentum as
they picked up their best win of the season on
paper without their star freshman mckail Brown junior, which, by
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the way, if you guys missed it, he's not going
to play in the a SEC tournament at all. Their
plan is to shut him down now until that first
tournament game in hopes that he can be back to
one hundred perc And for Kentucky, I'd say they're just
hoping for a fresh start, right. Put everything in the
rear view from the last few weeks, because it was
not a great finish for Mark Pope and his team.
But what I keep telling Kentucky fans that are pessimistic
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understandably so they have at least watched their team get
really good wins this year. So just knowing that you
can do it should give you some level of hope that, hey,
if you get a decent matchup, you got a chance
to uh to not only make a run in the
SEC Tournament, but maybe make a run in the Big
Dance too. So uh And here's what's not fair, but
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it's just how we operate around here. Great regular season
means nothing with an early exit in the Big Dance,
and a underwhelming season is easy to forget when you
make that run in March and extend that season, keeping keeping,
you know, keeping keeping it out there on the dance floor,
as they say, all right, stick around. I'm not sure
if he's going to the dance floor, but he's Roy O'Neil,
(15:55):
and I imagine he's a good dancer. Maybe we'll ask
him that. On the other side, it's New's Radio eight
forty wha yus Nick coffee with you here news Radio
eight forty whas, Happy Wednesday, Thank you for hanging out
with us, and also we thank Rory O'Neil, who joins
us here at news Radio eight forty whas. Rory, what
can you tell us about the latest here in Iran?
(16:15):
The one thousand pounds of enriched uranium raising some serious
alarms as far as this nuclear program?
Speaker 5 (16:22):
Yeah, you know, when we launched that bombing raid on
Iran last June, we knew that they had about one
thousand pounds of uranium that's on the verge of being
weapons grade. But now you know, now that we've launched
this new wave of attacks, the question is, well, wait,
how do we better secure this stuff and get this
in our possession?
Speaker 3 (16:41):
How would that even work?
Speaker 5 (16:42):
Can we do it? And what's going to be involved
and where is that uranium is another big question. Some
have said it may still be with the rubble buried
underneath those nuclear weapons sites that were taken out last June.
Others think it may have been moved to another location
before those. So that's just something that's sort of on
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the radar that after we get through this initial phase,
we've taken out their navy, we've taken out their air defenses.
There are still obviously significant drone and missile capacity by Iran,
but that next phase going after that uranium with boots
on the ground is sort of it's really a next
level kind of operation.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
A lot of coverage yesterday included sayings like it was
the heaviest day of strikes and the worst day so
far of this war for those that just aren't locked
in paying super close attention to every detail that comes
out when necessarily does that mean as far as it
being the worst day of strikes just yet?
Speaker 5 (17:39):
Yeah? I think that's just And it's interesting because Iran
said the same thing, all right, So both sides are
saying that yesterday was the most ferocious attack by each side,
which is pretty interesting. We saw the US and Israel
launching more strikes into northern Iran, more missile strikes from
the air. We saw Iran at least try to launch
(18:02):
more strikes with missiles and drones, largely targeting the UAE
and other American military installations. This means again they're launching
drones and ballistic missiles. Thankfully we're seeing largely intercepted. Something
else to keep on the radar, quite literally, is that
we've got reports that at least three vessels in or
(18:22):
near the Strait of Poormuz report being hit by some
sort of projectile. We don't know exactly what. We suspect
that Iran launched it, but you know, depending on the
results of these early investigations or i should say confirmations
of these reports, could have a big say in what
oil prices do today.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Roy On Neil's with us here at news Radio eight
forty whas there could be some changes coming to sanctuary
city policies. Louisville, for those who don't know, was at
one point a sanctuary city, now no longer after the
move by Mayor Greenberg in July of this past year.
But what kind of changes could be coming as far
as what those cities that still do identify than swery cities.
(19:00):
What could what could be changing for them to any
any any indication as far as what this could mean.
Speaker 5 (19:05):
Yeah, well, there is some pending legislation the Justice Department
identifying two hundred cities and twelve states that they say
have sanctuary policies. Senator Lindsey Graham held a Budget committee
hearing yesterday. They're considering legislation that would make it a
crime for local officials to release migrants if they've received
a request for a hold from federal immigration agents.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
You know.
Speaker 5 (19:28):
So the debate is obviously about public safety, but there
are constitutional questions as well, saying, look, it's not the
state the job of the state to do your job
of a federal government and detaining people for for migration purposes.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
So that's a little bit of.
Speaker 5 (19:43):
A back and forth. And again it's let's see if
the Senator Graham's legislation goes anywhere. Obviously, with the not
having sixty votes of the Senate, it probably won't go
very far if it gets out of committee.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
So there's been a lot on a lot on the
plate at the White House here of late, so I'm
not sure how much if it has been a priority,
But I do know Louisville was referenced as an example
as far as this is what could happen if you
don't change some things up. And obviously Christy Noam who
made that threat essentially to Louisville and Mayor Craig Greenberg,
she's no longer in position. But I'm just curious, has
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there been other warnings out there as far as those
who don't sort of comply with what the federal government
wants to do, specifically with immigration.
Speaker 5 (20:25):
Well, this is also now focused in on Department of
Homeland Security overall, the ongoing partial government shutdown, whether or
not we can get DHS reopened and get new ICE
policies adopted. So it's all sort of intertwined with the
ongoing debate about immigration enforcement. We know that President Trump
was elected essentially by voters who said, look, we want
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the border secured, we want to get this illegal immigration
under control. But some of the tactics have even wrangled
supporters of the president and that mission, So you know,
there's been a bit of a split even among Republicans
is about the best way to get this job done.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
Rory, you are the best. As always, we appreciate your time,
enjoy the rest of your day and we'll talk tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (21:07):
Hey, thanks, Nick, talk to you then.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
That is Rory o'eal of NBC News. Again, always appreciate
him making some time for us. Yeah, the uh, I
remember that that that being a it's one thing just
to know that you are a city that at the
time was not necessarily aligning with what Trump and his
administration wanted to do. But when Louisville was used as
the example of like, hey, you know, here's a city
that's not doing what we need, what we what we're asking,
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and here's what could happen if they don't change it
up a little bit. So an understandable decision I think
for Mary Greenberg to make that change. All right, stick around.
We've got traffic and weather updates coming your way. Some
storms could be on the way. We'll see. Only time
will tell, of course, but that is the expectation some
serious wind as well, so be advisable. We are off
to a warm start this morning, really warm in fact
(21:53):
right now it is I mean, is this right? Seventy
two degrees is right? Is that correct?
Speaker 4 (21:58):
That's Chril very strange getting out of walking out of
the house this morning.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
You know what it felt. It felt ominous. Is that
a good word to use? Ominous? It's a beautiful Yeah,
it's an ominous Wednesday here. We've also got sports coming
up next. It's news radio Weight forty W H A
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Good morning, Happy hump day to you, and welcome in.
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supposed to be a stormy, a stormy morning, stormy day.
And I say supposed to because obviously there's no perfect
science when it comes to predicting the weather. But here
lately I've had more people than usual. Let me know, like, Hey,
I was listening to you this morning and you were referenced,
you know, he said what was going to happen and
you were way wrong. And I'm like, well, I'm just
literally repeating what what you know, the trained professionals say.
(00:44):
And in their defense, there's, as I said, there's no
perfect science. So uh, I think it was last Friday.
We were expecting initially earlier in the week there'd be
some rain and ended up being a beautiful sunny day.
So I'll just say this to get it out of
the way. Do not make any plans based off of
what I say when it comes to what the weather's
going to be. I mean, you probably shouldn't do that
for really what anybody says, because there have been plenty
(01:05):
of examples where they're wrong. But just no, for me,
I'm not tracking anything. I'm just I'm sharing information, and
it's information that's coming from people that know how to
do it better than me. But as you know, they
can be wrong right on.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
No, Lord, a lot of people see we do this
all the time and weather like say, for instance, you
live in Valley Station and you hear, oh, this is
going to be rain today, well that means that could
also rain in Oldham County. So when people in Valley
Station don't get the rain, all they hear is, hey,
we were supposed to get rain, but they were right
for Oldham County. It always is funny to me when
like you come on and you tell people exactly what
you're getting, be on the lookout for rain. We could
(01:41):
get storms today, so plan accordingly. If it doesn't happen
to your point, we get a beautiful day. People still
complain because we've got a beautiful day.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah, so today not going to be beautiful at least that's
the expectation. But really the day is what you make it.
It can be stormy and still be a beautiful day
as far as just you know what you want to
make of it. But legitimate storms with some serious wins
and is what could be coming through. So forty miles
per hour is the wind that I think is it?
Is it an effect until about seven o'clock tonight, So
(02:09):
be prepared. Again, expectations are there's going to be some
storms coming through. We'll get you caught up on the
details of today's forecast with Suzanne Horrigan coming up here
before too long. And of course with potential rain and storms,
you know what that means, right, potential traffic nightmare. So
be advised and just maybe give yourself a little bit
of extra time. We've got Bobby Ellis who'll be he
(02:30):
will be keeping he will be keeping us updated. That
was a I was going a he he will or
a who will? And I'm mixed up that he will
and who will? Who will leave? Bobby Ellis will be
keeping us updated on traffic, So stick around for that.
We'll have you covered throughout the morning. Speaking of traffic,
(02:50):
this is a story that, of course will will impact
many people, I assume, and many people that are listening
right now. Maybe we've got somebody right now that is
sitting on the Second Street Bridge listening to us this morning.
And there's changes coming to that bridge, which this is
something that I'm sure they can give you some legitimate
reasons as to why, but they've decided to reduce the
(03:14):
lanes coming into Louisville on the Second Street Bridge from
two to three. And I'm legitimately curious as far as
how big of an impact that will cause, because it's
part of me that says, you know, that's not a
super highly traffic bridge compared to the other ones. But
I would imagine that that bridge gets more traffic in
recent years, the last decade or so, because it's the
(03:36):
only bridge to get to and from the Hoosier State,
in the Bluegrass State where you don't have to pay
a toll, and people care about that. People absolutely if
they can get to where they want to go, and
it maybe adds I don't know, ten fifteen minutes and
it keeps them from having to pay anything. People will
do that. So again, I'm curious to hear from you
guys how big of a deal is this, because I
(03:56):
could imagine for some it won't be anything they ever
think about, because off, they rarely ever take the Second
Street Bridge. But if you do, I'm sure this is
news that that definitely stood out to you yesterday.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Yeah, you know, and then you look at when you
come down. I was coming downtown. I had come down
to a function last night, and going the other way
towards the Second Street Bridge, the lights are all time funky,
and there's so many people using that bridge. I was
waiting to turn there by the Yum Center and there's
a green arrow. But I did notice, and I thought
about that when you were talking about that story. There
are a lot of people that used that bridge, and
it's already a traffic nightmare.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
If you come down there at five o'clock.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Yeah, I've I probably I end up on that bridge.
It's if it's like if I'm going somewhere and it's
Jeffersonville and I'm downtown, I mean, it's actually a little
bit easier and more convenient to just hop on that bridge.
If there's not a lot of traffic, but oftentimes for
really any reason, and any time of the day, you
could hit you could hit a congestion there to where
it just seems like it's taken you. It's taken you
(04:50):
a while. But again the Kentucky Transportation officials again they
plan to reduce the Clark Memorial Bridge from four lanes
to three. So I had it wrong. Two It's not
three to two, it's.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
Four to three.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
So it's yeah, yeah, it still could cause some issues.
But yeah, I mean what this is going to do
is and I'm not framing it this way to try
to be, you know, a pessimist and just be critical,
just to be critical because I can't fake any type
of strong reaction. This won't impact me.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
I don't.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
I rarely ever take that bridge. But I mean, this
is going to bring in more money for the tolls,
right because you are now. I mean, this may make
it to where people just decide that's going to add
too much of a of a of of of I
guess added time to my commute. So Kentucky and Indiana
split fifty to fifty the revenue from from those tolls,
and obviously it's to pay for a lot of the
(05:39):
projects and whatnot. But I'm sure it will be framed
by some I say, this is just why do they
need to do that, other than just to you know,
make it to where there's more people that do take
the bridge.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
The bridge?
Speaker 1 (05:50):
The bridge is that in fact you know, cost money?
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Yeah, exactly to push That's kind of what I was thinking.
You're going to push people over to the tolls.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
And it's too bad because there's so many people that
depend on that they commute to and from Indiana.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
I really don't want to pay and maybe can't afford
to pay that.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
And it's I'm sure that is plenty of it, especially
if your everyday commuter, that'll that'll add up. But it
could just be principal for some people. Yeah, I mean
just like, yeah, I'm not doing that. You're not getting
my money.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Well, I do that when I make a beer run,
because I go over to a place in Clarksville and
when I come back, I always think twice.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
I'm like, okay, do I go over the bridge?
Speaker 2 (06:18):
You know, you don't notice it right away, but then
that bill comes in and after a few trips over there,
it adds up after a while, so then you have
to pay that bill. So I'm like, do I take that?
And then it's like I gotta fight the traffic, so
it's just easier to.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Go over the big one.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
John. You have family, or at least you did. I'm
not sure. Maybe I'll still do, and maybe you have
you do have a family, good they did, But you
have a family in Jeffersonville.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Yes, okay, yes?
Speaker 1 (06:38):
So how often is that? Because oftentimes, if you're coming
across the bridge from Jeffersonville, like if you're not going
to downtown Louisville, I mean, you could still take the
Second Strey Bridge and then hop on sixty five, But
that just seems that seems like a lot.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
If it's not you you have talked about traffic being
the primary reason you would avoid that bridge.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
That's kind of how it is with me.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
If I know, not in a hurry, or if it's
not going to be you know, five o'clock rush hour
that sort of thing, I would take Second Street Bridge
to go over to Jeffersonville. But if it's one of
those things where you know, I'm in a hurry, which
really isn't very often, or if i'm just if it's
been a long day and I'm trying to get back
home and I'm exhausted, then I will just take the
Kennedy Bridge or the Lincoln Bridge. Now I guess it's
called I guess one way you go over the Kennedy,
(07:21):
one way you go over the Lincoln.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
Whatever it is.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
Either way, that's that's kind of how my decision making
goes for that.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Let me ask you this. Do you guys have any
fear of bridges?
Speaker 3 (07:30):
My wife does?
Speaker 1 (07:31):
I do too?
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Wow, I really ken, But it depends.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
So I in a weird way. Over time, the Second
Street bridge doesn't scare me as much as it used
to be the one that would frighten me, because you
I mean, I just feel like as if any moment,
this thing is just gonna go down right, because it's
older and it's smaller. It just you know, it's not
in the other one. For a while, I don't know why,
(07:55):
but it just didn't. I never even really thought about
being on a bridge when I was on on the Kennedy,
and then now I don't know, maybe because it's so
more wide open and you can clearly just see the
you know. I mean, it's it's a beautiful view. I mean,
it's it's amazing. But I try to like, you know,
all right, let's just not my anxiety levels rise, and
I just make sure to think to myself, all right,
(08:17):
let's just hope there's no crazy traffic situation that somehow,
you know, presents itself to where I'm now sitting here,
because I'll have a panic attack. Yeah I'm not. I'm
not big on bridges. I'm a big on heights, which
I could think that those and I guess honestly that's
why I feel like I'm more elevated on the interstate
bridges now and on the Second Street Bridge. I mean,
I'm not asking to get stuck there by any means.
But I think what kind of conquered my fear is
(08:37):
that I did a race a couple of years ago
and I ran across it and it was like an
awesome experience to see Louisville coming in and I just
wasn't thinking about it, So I kind of I kind
of eliminated my fear of it. But I'm not asking
to get in any kind of traffic jam on any
bridge that'll give me a panic attack.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Yeah, well, it's I took my family over the Macinowl
Bridge for the first time, and my daughter had she's
got anxiety.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
She had anxiety on that one because that takes you up.
Oh yeah, you can go in Chicago. There're going. How
long are you on that bridge by the way, man.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Dude, it only lasts about maybe less than five minutes
and traffic's good.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Yeah, it's not that long, but it will if you
have anxiety on bridges.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
So you know the bridge, the bridges that you know
obviously can can rise. I mean they can rise. Yeah,
so they can rise in the air to where like
something on the water can come through bridges.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
Yeah, yeah, bridges. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
So if again, I know there's a lot that goes
into it making sure those are safe as possible all that,
but just to know that they can split it in
half at any moment that when I'm driving on that,
I'm like, yeah, this is this can't be safe.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Don't watch bros.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Dude, I'll take your word for it. All right, let's
get to a quick traffic and weather update for you. Again.
We got sport storms expected to be in the area
here soon and some serious wind as well, so we'll
get those details from Suzanne Horrigan. Also, we'll get an
update on the roadways as we get this Wednesday morning
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(11:45):
today is the day where all local teams here. Well,
I shouldn't say, all local teams, but Louisville and Kentucky
they're getting postseason play started in the ACC Tournament and
of course in the SEC Tournament. An unusual feeling for
Kentucky fans to play this. I think it's the first
time they've played on a Wednesday in a long time.
In fact, I think since the since the Billy Gillespiere.
(12:07):
So for Louisville, I'm sure, I mean, and let's be honest,
louisll played in the Day of Shame for a couple
of years with Kenny Payne, where you know, you had
to get the whole thing started, and I think it
was an accurate way to describe that first day of
games as the Day of Shame. In fact, Louisville in
that era, the two year window when they were that bad,
if that was to take place now with the expanded ACC,
(12:30):
they wouldn't have even qualify for the ACC Tournament because
not everybody gets in now, which I mean, there's really
no way to put into words to truly put how
bad that was that experience, But I gotta say there'd
be something just on a different level of demoralization if
you didn't make your own conference tournament, right, Like that
(12:51):
would be I mean again, how much worse could it get?
Louisville went four and twenty eight in one season. They
didn't have a winning record against exhibition opponents from the
Division two levels, So like it was bad, but for
some reason, Like if I'm an ad and I'm on
the fence, the results are the results, right, you know,
going in, you know, meaning to the to the offseason
that you're that that it was a failure of a season.
(13:13):
But to just have the conference tournament start and you
not being there, that would be like, all right, well, look,
I thought I was gonna keep this coach, but he's
got to go like this is this is bad? Like
you didn't even qualify for the Day of Shame, John.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
I mean, you don't even have to have a five
hundred record to get into your conference.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Oh yeah, I mean look to get into the end
of the like if you finish a dead last in
your league when they have that many teams, Like there's
no scenario that you could say, hey, what are you
gonna do? The league's just so tough. I mean, yeah
it might be, but you were you were that bad.
So again, exciting times around here. We are We're different
when it comes to college hoops. We just are. We
(13:47):
consume this sport like nobody else, and I hope that
will never change. I've got some extended thoughts on that
as far as just uh, as far as just sort
of how we are wired around here, and I I
wouldn't have it any other way, but we are college
basketball crazy, and I really think the joy that comes
(14:08):
with a postseason run, right, that March magic that we've
all experienced at some point, I'm sure, especially when it's unexpected,
it's awesome. But I do think the stronger emotion is
when it's all over, when you lose in the NCAA tournament.
Around here, given how much we put into it, how
passionate we are, it's just it's a punch to the gut,
(14:28):
to say the least. And we're not there yet. Obviously,
we've got the NCAA Tournament starting next week's selection Sunday,
just four days away. But this is the first time
you're going to see your team play in a true
postseason game, So you know it's cliche, but new season right. Louisville,
of course, is riding a little bit of momentum as
they picked up their best win of the season on
paper without their star freshman mckail Brown junior, which, by
(14:51):
the way, if you guys missed it, he's not going
to play in the a SEC tournament at all. Their
plan is to shut him down now until that first
tournament game in hopes that he can be back to
one hundred perc And for Kentucky, I'd say they're just
hoping for a fresh start, right. Put everything in the
rear view from the last few weeks, because it was
not a great finish for Mark Pope and his team.
But what I keep telling Kentucky fans that are pessimistic
(15:13):
understandably so they have at least watched their team get
really good wins this year. So just knowing that you
can do it should give you some level of hope that, hey,
if you get a decent matchup, you got a chance
to uh to not only make a run in the
SEC Tournament, but maybe make a run in the Big
Dance too. So uh And here's what's not fair, but
(15:35):
it's just how we operate around here. Great regular season
means nothing with an early exit in the Big Dance,
and a underwhelming season is easy to forget when you
make that run in March and extend that season, keeping keeping,
you know, keeping keeping it out there on the dance floor,
as they say, all right, stick around. I'm not sure
if he's going to the dance floor, but he's Roy O'Neil,
(15:55):
and I imagine he's a good dancer. Maybe we'll ask
him that. On the other side, it's New's Radio eight
forty wha yus Nick coffee with you here news Radio
eight forty whas, Happy Wednesday, Thank you for hanging out
with us, and also we thank Rory O'Neil, who joins
us here at news Radio eight forty whas. Rory, what
can you tell us about the latest here in Iran?
(16:15):
The one thousand pounds of enriched uranium raising some serious
alarms as far as this nuclear program?
Speaker 5 (16:22):
Yeah, you know, when we launched that bombing raid on
Iran last June, we knew that they had about one
thousand pounds of uranium that's on the verge of being
weapons grade. But now you know, now that we've launched
this new wave of attacks, the question is, well, wait,
how do we better secure this stuff and get this
in our possession?
Speaker 3 (16:41):
How would that even work?
Speaker 5 (16:42):
Can we do it? And what's going to be involved
and where is that uranium is another big question. Some
have said it may still be with the rubble buried
underneath those nuclear weapons sites that were taken out last June.
Others think it may have been moved to another location
before those. So that's just something that's sort of on
(17:02):
the radar that after we get through this initial phase,
we've taken out their navy, we've taken out their air defenses.
There are still obviously significant drone and missile capacity by Iran,
but that next phase going after that uranium with boots
on the ground is sort of it's really a next
level kind of operation.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
A lot of coverage yesterday included sayings like it was
the heaviest day of strikes and the worst day so
far of this war for those that just aren't locked
in paying super close attention to every detail that comes
out when necessarily does that mean as far as it
being the worst day of strikes just yet?
Speaker 5 (17:39):
Yeah? I think that's just And it's interesting because Iran
said the same thing, all right, So both sides are
saying that yesterday was the most ferocious attack by each side,
which is pretty interesting. We saw the US and Israel
launching more strikes into northern Iran, more missile strikes from
the air. We saw Iran at least try to launch
(18:02):
more strikes with missiles and drones, largely targeting the UAE
and other American military installations. This means again they're launching
drones and ballistic missiles. Thankfully we're seeing largely intercepted. Something
else to keep on the radar, quite literally, is that
we've got reports that at least three vessels in or
(18:22):
near the Strait of Poormuz report being hit by some
sort of projectile. We don't know exactly what. We suspect
that Iran launched it, but you know, depending on the
results of these early investigations or i should say confirmations
of these reports, could have a big say in what
oil prices do today.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Roy On Neil's with us here at news Radio eight
forty whas there could be some changes coming to sanctuary
city policies. Louisville, for those who don't know, was at
one point a sanctuary city, now no longer after the
move by Mayor Greenberg in July of this past year.
But what kind of changes could be coming as far
as what those cities that still do identify than swery cities.
(19:00):
What could what could be changing for them to any
any any indication as far as what this could mean.
Speaker 5 (19:05):
Yeah, well, there is some pending legislation the Justice Department
identifying two hundred cities and twelve states that they say
have sanctuary policies. Senator Lindsey Graham held a Budget committee
hearing yesterday. They're considering legislation that would make it a
crime for local officials to release migrants if they've received
a request for a hold from federal immigration agents.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
You know.
Speaker 5 (19:28):
So the debate is obviously about public safety, but there
are constitutional questions as well, saying, look, it's not the
state the job of the state to do your job
of a federal government and detaining people for for migration purposes.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
So that's a little bit of.
Speaker 5 (19:43):
A back and forth. And again it's let's see if
the Senator Graham's legislation goes anywhere. Obviously, with the not
having sixty votes of the Senate, it probably won't go
very far if it gets out of committee.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
So there's been a lot on a lot on the
plate at the White House here of late, so I'm
not sure how much if it has been a priority,
But I do know Louisville was referenced as an example
as far as this is what could happen if you
don't change some things up. And obviously Christy Noam who
made that threat essentially to Louisville and Mayor Craig Greenberg,
she's no longer in position. But I'm just curious, has
(20:18):
there been other warnings out there as far as those
who don't sort of comply with what the federal government
wants to do, specifically with immigration.
Speaker 5 (20:25):
Well, this is also now focused in on Department of
Homeland Security overall, the ongoing partial government shutdown, whether or
not we can get DHS reopened and get new ICE
policies adopted. So it's all sort of intertwined with the
ongoing debate about immigration enforcement. We know that President Trump
was elected essentially by voters who said, look, we want
(20:46):
the border secured, we want to get this illegal immigration
under control. But some of the tactics have even wrangled
supporters of the president and that mission, So you know,
there's been a bit of a split even among Republicans
is about the best way to get this job done.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
Rory, you are the best. As always, we appreciate your time,
enjoy the rest of your day and we'll talk tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (21:07):
Hey, thanks, Nick, talk to you then.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
That is Rory o'eal of NBC News. Again, always appreciate
him making some time for us. Yeah, the uh, I
remember that that that being a it's one thing just
to know that you are a city that at the
time was not necessarily aligning with what Trump and his
administration wanted to do. But when Louisville was used as
the example of like, hey, you know, here's a city
that's not doing what we need, what we what we're asking,
(21:30):
and here's what could happen if they don't change it
up a little bit. So an understandable decision I think
for Mary Greenberg to make that change. All right, stick around.
We've got traffic and weather updates coming your way. Some
storms could be on the way. We'll see. Only time
will tell, of course, but that is the expectation some
serious wind as well, so be advisable. We are off
to a warm start this morning, really warm in fact
(21:53):
right now it is I mean, is this right? Seventy
two degrees is right? Is that correct?
Speaker 4 (21:58):
That's Chril very strange getting out of walking out of
the house this morning.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
You know what it felt. It felt ominous. Is that
a good word to use? Ominous? It's a beautiful Yeah,
it's an ominous Wednesday here. We've also got sports coming
up next. It's news radio Weight forty W H A
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