6.22: The Great American Sleepover - Hour 3

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, it's seven oh five here at news Radio

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eight forty Whas we've had a lot of rain coming
down in the last hour or so, and of course
plenty of rain that came down last night into the
morning hours. But that has led to us going from
a flash flood watch to now a flash flood warning
here in Jefferson County until nine am. So it looks
like between a half and one and a half inches
of rain have fallen just this morning, and additional rainfall

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amounts of about a half inch to an inch for
possible moving forward this morning. So again, be careful out there,
as you could expect when you've got roadways that are
wet and it's usually very dark in the morning. I mean,
that's led to some accidents and that's caused some issues.
So looks like it's getting little better as far as
what I can see from the traffic cameras out there,
but again we do have some accidents that have caused

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some delays. In fact, a big delay. You've got the
left shoulder and the left two lanes blocked on I
sixty five north right near Grave Lanes, so that is
not far from where the interstate shuts down and it
sounds like that is a similar spot as to where
they were last week. I didn't experience it this morning
because it sounds like the real heavy rain came down
once we arrived this morning. If you are just now
joining us in the six am hour, it was really

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really pouring hard in certain areas of the metro and
again that's why we're now in a flash flood morning.
But right before you get to where it just naturally
shifts you to Waterson West because sixty five is shut down,
that is a prime spot for water to become an
issue to where you have ponding and of course potential hydroplanes.

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So it wouldn't shock me if that's what potentially has
caused us, because again sixty five north left shoulder and
the left two lanes are blocked. And yeah, there's better
visibility because again we've got daylight now, but still a
dicey situation. And we'll keep you up to date on
that as best we can this morning. And you always
got to keep in mind we now are dealing and
anytime you have weather like this, regardless of any type

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of you could have no road work being done, no
shutdown of an interstate, and it could still be a
problematic morning, but when you throw in the sixty five shutdown,
I think that just leads to you having a better
chance of some real issues. And we don't really know
if the shutdown has a direct impact on why we
have these accidents, but again we've had plenty of them
this morning. But overall, as we get week four started

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here of the I sixty five shutdown, I think it's
been I really do.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
I think it's been pretty smooth.

Speaker 1 (02:17):
And we were talking about that a little bit earlier
on the show, and we had a listener that wanted
to share their thoughts.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
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Speaker 1 (02:23):
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Speaker 3 (02:31):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (02:32):
So, remember when everybody was losing their minds about this
like it was the end of Louisville. I mean people
were acting like nobody was ever going to get to
work again, and I just I don't know, man, it's
been fine, like genuinely fine. All that panic for.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
This, I'll push back a little bit.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
I think just the thought of an interstate being completely
shut down in both ways. In fact, the interstate that
has more world more cars on it than any of
the other interstates in our area. I think the panic
was justified. This is a good reminder that, you know,
you prepare for the worst and hope for the best,
because that's what I did. And yeah, I don't I

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think at times, you know, yeah, there's some some outrage
and some some panic that just seems to be, you know,
by design. I don't think this was that because it
was the ultimate unknown, and I think there were plenty
of realistic scenarios with a sixty five North and South
shutdown that I'm surprised three weeks in as we start

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week four, we haven't happened yet. Like my worry John
was like first responders, like if they're having to get
to the hospitals that are mostly downtown, or maybe they're
having to get to one in the East End or wherever.
But we've got traffic because of the sixty five shutdown.
I'm glad to know that hasn't been an issue just yet,
but like that's that's a real scenario that if it
did happen, nobody'd be surprised, right.

Speaker 5 (03:50):
Yeah, and I also feel like the one thing that's
made things a lot better than anticipated is the way
that they've made the alternate routes, and I think specifically
things like Waterson, the way that they've taken everybody who's
going westbound and shifted them to the left side if
you're coming from you know, the southern part of the
state going on you know, on sixty five north and
everyone going eastbound and shifting him to the right. I

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think that was something on day one, even though people
were confused about it. It's it separated the traffic flow
to where in one of the busiest parts of that interstate.
It's it's not very it's not a very issue. It's
not a problem. Yeah, it's it's not it's not been
a huge issue, correct.

Speaker 2 (04:27):
Yeah. I guess that's the simplest.

Speaker 1 (04:29):
Unless my wife, my wife yesterday she's driving because Father's Day,
she's driving me to Churchill Downs and she had not
been where sixty five had shut down yet. She had
I'm thinking, I'm thinking, in three weeks, you haven't been,
and she was like, no, I would I And I
guess she's right. So she's thinking she's got to get
in line for the water Center, like like you always
have to. And I'm trying to explain to her, and

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she just doesn't get it because in her mind she
doesn't quite see how she could keep going straight and
end up on the Waterston. And I'm telling you, honey,
you're doing what everybody did on day one. They're lining
up with the Waterson like it's always been. And what
you don't have to do if you're going west is
get over to the right. You can stay in fact,
to the far left and zoom on through. And I

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guess because if you've never seen it before and you're
driving into it, you don't really know what to expect.
And she didn't, but I had to tell her, Look,
do you think you're gonna hit a roadblock and they're
gonna make you back up? Like, just keep going straight?
And then sure enough, she's like, Oh, that's that's pretty
it's pretty convenient. I'm like, yeah, that's what everybody's doing now.
You were delaying. But I've never been on sixty five
and gotten to Waterson East or west ever until this shutdown,

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where I'm not having to get over to the right
and just wait in line with everybody else.

Speaker 5 (05:39):
So yeah, might be the worst road in Louisville. Honestly, whenever,
oh everything's open, it's horrible.

Speaker 1 (05:44):
We like getting onto Waterson from sixty five North and
getting on sixty five South from Waterson going west, regardless
of time of day, shutdowns, traffic whatever, like, that's always
a pain in the ass. And I think even when
we get sixty five opened back up, that's gonna stay.

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It's gonna stay the same. So anyways, listen up. We've
got an update on the roadways. A wet morning has
led to some accidents, so we'll give you an update
on that right here, right now. What I want to
get to coming up here in just a few minutes.
You've got the former director of National Intelligence releasing some
documents with some real claims about doctor Fauci. Remember that guy,
Remember Fauci. Yeah, he's being discussed once again for some

(06:31):
not so good reasons.

Speaker 2 (06:32):
We'll get to that next. Don't go anywhere.

Speaker 1 (06:35):
So Tulsi Gabberd, the former Director of National Intelligence, has
made some claims that doctor Anthony Fauci interfered with intelligence
findings about COVID's origin. Shelso goes on to claim that
there was a covering up of information about possible US
funded research tied to bat coronaviruses in Muhan. So look,

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this is this is something that really shouldn't shouldn't surprise you,
I mean, because we are, at least in my opinion,
we're way past the point of saying, well, you know,
it was a once sent a century pandemic and everybody
was just doing their best. Nobody really knew. That's like
the pr version of how to react to this years later.
The real story is we were being fed a narrative

(07:21):
that told it was unquestionable fact as far as what
they were telling us, and I think to pretend otherwise
at this point is insanely naive that we weren't force
fed propaganda as if it was actual fact. And anybody
that would ever so slightly question what we're being told
was the devil or somebody that you know was a lunatic.

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I mean, public health messaging wasn't just evolving with the science,
It was contradicting itself in real time. That's what we
were dealing with. Masks go from don't need them to
you're a dangerous person if you question them. Schools go
from well we'll follow the data to policies that didn't
match any data about what we knew when it comes

(08:07):
to the risk of children. I mean, even academic reviews
of COVID communication now describe it as a failure to
communicate and that damage trust. Like, I'm going to live
my life knowing that there's certain things outside my control.
So I've accepted that that's the best way to.

Speaker 2 (08:27):
Go about it.

Speaker 1 (08:28):
Right, Let what happened happens, and don't get too caught up,
and don't let life become not as enjoyable because you're
stressing about things that you will do nothing to impact.
Not to be so philosophical this morning, but that's just
that's kind of how I how I'm wired, and I'm
glad that I am. But I will say, if we
do find ourselves in another very heightened awareness situation of

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at a virus, am I going to trust what I'm
being told? No, not at all. I'm not going to
assume everything I'm told. It's a complete live But I'm
now no longer naive to just think, well, hey, you know,
everybody's doing their best and they're just telling us what
they know as facts, and they're just trying to keep
us safe. I mean, I think at this point, to

(09:11):
assume that's all this was, you were very very naive.

Speaker 2 (09:16):
At best.

Speaker 1 (09:18):
And you know you've also got the the infodemic and
that is just what was being shared by people during
this time. Because there's all kinds of I mean from
both sides. Right. The people who claim that well, it's
just mentioning for misinformation is really scary right now because
everybody's telling you that you know that this isn't serious,
but it is. And then you know, you have the

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others that that you know, will present data that you
know doesn't really back up what they're claiming. Right, there
was misinformation allegations on both sides, but in everybody. I
think when you think about those that were just sharing
nonsense on social media, you think like your old uncle
on Facebook or something, right, But like there's now full
research papers and a official reports calling what we lived through,

(10:03):
I mean basically saying that your uncle's right about like
a lot of the things that was just viewed as look.

Speaker 2 (10:08):
At this idiot.

Speaker 1 (10:09):
If people are gonna believe that, well, some of that
stuff that you've viewed as idiotic from where it came
from was actually more accurate than than than what we
were being told by those you know, in charge of
how we handle this kind of thing. So yeah, there's
really not much that you could share about Fauci that
that that that would shock me. All Right, sports is

(10:30):
coming up next. We'll talk about the World Cup as
it rolls on. I've got World Cup fever, not only
because I'm loving us being the host and everything that
that you're hearing when it comes to those that are
enjoying their experience here in America and we're doing really good,
which that has me excited.

Speaker 2 (10:46):
Again.

Speaker 1 (10:46):
I won't claim to be this big soccer fan because
again I still don't really get into the sport, but
the event itself is awesome. And whenever you're you're riding
some momentum like we are right now, I mean, that
just makes it even better. So we had another while
Saturday night into Sunday morning out of the Highlands neighborhood
here in Louisville, which has become the norm many arrests,

(11:10):
and this time around we had two people that were shot.
So the task force that's been put together to handle
areas of Louisville that are experiencing these kind of issues,
and we know the Highlands area is one of them.
They're doing what they were intended to do, and that
is there's presence there to hold those accountable and force
the law and make arrests. I mean, you can't, unfortunately,

(11:31):
just arrest anybody because they're out at a certain hour.
They've got to actually do something that you know, warrants
and arrest. So they're still doing that, and yet it's
not changing anything as far as just the behavior of
those that come out. And I'm sure some want to
have a good time and not completely take over the
streets with fights and now shootings, But enough of that's

(11:54):
going on to where it's seemingly only becoming a bigger issue.
And as I've said from the beginning, the ES of course,
was never going to make this goal away. It was
going to at least hold people accountable more so, and
ramping up that presence can do exactly that, and that
is exactly what we're seeing. But the scenario where you
actually no longer have this issue, it all starts with

(12:15):
people and their behavior and acting responsible and not going
out until the early morning hours, getting drunk, shooting off guns,
shooting each other, getting in fights. I mean that changes
with people making the decision to stop behaving like that.
And now we've got some pushback where you've got residents stating, hey,

(12:36):
we need to implement a curfew. We should have a
curfew of two am. And you've got some of the
owners of these establishments that say, no, we're not the problem.
Restaurants and bars aren't the issue. Don't punish us. We
really really thrive on being known as the place that
stays open till four am. And I'm sitting here thinking, yeah,

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you're saying you're not the problem, but actually you might
be the problem and you don't realize it. I mean,
do you want to be known as the city that
has bars open till four am? Last I checked, I'm
not sure that's worth bragging about. And when you want
to say, hey, no, look we market to this, well,
don't be surprised what you get at your business or

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outside your business when you want to be known as Yes, no,
Louisville competes regionally when it comes to night life because
we stay open till four am. If that alone is
why people are coming to take in the night life,
don't be surprised at what kind of crowd you get here.
Is a resident of the Highlands that des spoke to
our partners at at WKY.

Speaker 6 (13:41):
Whenever you have liquor, you have miners mixing in with adults,
you're making an explosive cocktail.

Speaker 2 (13:50):
And that's what we just saw last night.

Speaker 1 (13:52):
Yeah, I mean, that's exactly what it is. And when
you want to say, hey, come out here, not only
do we have a great bar with you know, a
great environment, good night life partying. We're open till four am. Okay,
there's a reason other cities that are doing much better
than us they don't stay open till four am. It's
not really a normal thing. And if we didn't have

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anybody acting like idiots, then why do I care? But
clearly this is not going well and having a curfew
at two am wouldn't remove any of the nonsense, but
it can only help, right, And I think it's reasonable
when you consider the two shootings that took place, both
took place after two am. I mean, I don't think
any of these residents are out of line by saying, look,

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I know these people like to stay open and they
want to really brag about being open till four am,
but that's not working for everybody else. And again, thank
you to one of our listeners who chimed into state
that four am. I mean, is that really what we
want to be known for in Louisville?

Speaker 7 (14:50):
Yeah?

Speaker 8 (14:50):
I mean, look, I don't know why Louisville wants to
be the city that lets bars stay open until four
in the morning, Like that's not something other cities are
just lying And there's a reason for that, a pretty
obvious reason. I just I don't want that for this city.
I really don't.

Speaker 4 (15:06):
That's not something to be proud of.

Speaker 1 (15:08):
Yeah, I mean, I won't act like I'm sitting up
thinking about, Man, it's so embarrassing that we we have
bars open this late. What's that say about us?

Speaker 2 (15:16):
I just don't.

Speaker 1 (15:16):
If it doesn't impact me, I don't really care. But
clearly this is becoming an ongoing issue, and they're not
solely responsible right, meaning because they're open.

Speaker 2 (15:24):
Right.

Speaker 1 (15:24):
It all starts with just people needing to stop acting
like idiots, people needing to stop breaking the law.

Speaker 2 (15:30):
Law.

Speaker 1 (15:32):
That will never change. It will always come down to
people needing to just grow up and behave and act
like adults and be responsible and don't don't be you know, menaces.
But there's things we could do to make it a
little bit less appealing to them. And I think if
you've got people that you know are flocking to your
area because they know you're open to four am and

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they know you're they're going to be able to be
out late doing whatever they want, then you might actually
hold more blame here than you realize. All Right, what
I want to get to coming up next in about
five minutes, we'll discuss the latest. And it is ever
changing as far as what's really going on with this
peace deal with Iran, because they're not doing their part.

(16:13):
They're toying with America, it seems, and that's really been
the case, it seems like for weeks now. But I
think in the last twenty four hours you've heard a
different type of tone, if you will, from President Trump,
so much so that going on to say that if
they don't get in line and do what we need
them to do here and honor the agreement, we will
obliterate them. And I'm here to tell you that may

(16:35):
be the only thing you can do if you want
to actually accomplish what you're seeking out to accomplish.

Speaker 6 (16:39):
Here.

Speaker 1 (16:41):
It is seven forty six here at news Radio eight
forty Whas keep in mind we are here in Jefferson
County under a flood warning until nine am, so we
had a lot of rain come down overnight, and then
this morning, really the six am hour, it was coming
down in a major way in areas here of the
Metro and that led to some accidents and of course
that can cause you some delays. So stick around. We've

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got another traffic update coming for you here in just
a few minutes.

Speaker 2 (17:08):
Right.

Speaker 1 (17:08):
So, it has been really difficult, I really think for
weeks now to keep up with where we are when
it comes to this peace arrangement with Iran, because it
seems to change quite a bit. There seems to be
some contradicting going on. But also like you just don't
it depends on what you want to know, like or
what you want to hear, right, Like what a great
example we had last week is we were getting details

(17:30):
of the terms of this arrangement, this agreement, and you
could have somebody spin it tea as if it was
the worst thing ever and Trump's getting punked by Iran,
or you could have people tell you that, you know,
what a great job he's done here. I mean, it
really depends on what because that's where we are now
in society. Whatever you want to believe, you've got a

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roadmap to gets you there pretty quickly without even giving
any thought of anything else other than what you want
to believe. So again, it's been that way for a while,
but it does seem like in the last twenty four
hours there's been a change in tone as far as
what's going to happen if they don't start start honoring
their end of it, because they're clearly not. In the

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last day, you've had the allegations from Iran that they
have decided to close up the strait, whereas the United
States coming out and saying, actually, that's not true. There's
flow right now as we speak. So again, if that
doesn't tell you that we really don't know what to believe,
I'm not sure. But here's what we do know. Again,
the tone's changing as far as the with the outcome

(18:34):
is if in fact they don't start at least doing
their part, and it sounds like they've acted like they
might and they are showing that they like toying with us.
I think that's that's the optics here of this situation.
But here's the latest. This is from overnight.

Speaker 6 (18:49):
Negotiations went well into the night in Switzerland, where Vice
President jd Vance is leading the US delegation in talks
with Iran.

Speaker 2 (18:57):
What the President has asked us to do is turnover
a new leaf.

Speaker 6 (19:01):
To transform our relationship with.

Speaker 2 (19:03):
The people of Iran.

Speaker 6 (19:04):
That's easier said than done. After Iran said it shut
down the Strait of Hormuz to shipping traffic to protest
ongoing fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Iran backed has
below militants, President Trump reacted with expletives during a call
with Fox News, warning Iranian officials they quote won't even
make it back to your effing country if they close

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the strait, vowing to quote bomb the s out of them.

Speaker 2 (19:29):
Trump ballei.

Speaker 6 (19:30):
Republican Senator Lindsay Graham says it's a real threat.

Speaker 7 (19:33):
If this deal fails, President Trump is going to take
the Strait of Hormones over by force, and if Iran
contests control of the Strait of Hormones by the United
States will obliterate them.

Speaker 6 (19:45):
Democratic lawmakers are criticizing the tough talk and the deal itself.

Speaker 3 (19:49):
This president has led this nation into a disaster. We
have surrendered our power, we have capitulated to the enemy,
and they now are mocking us.

Speaker 6 (20:00):
A new CBS News poll finds most Americans are ready
to be done with the war in Iran. Seventy eight
percent of those surveyed said they want the US to
end the conflict now. Tina Krause, CBS News, London.

Speaker 1 (20:15):
Forward to end, you need both sides to accept and
move forward that it's over. We don't have control over
what they're going to do. And they've shown us that
they are going to drag this along and punk us.
I mean, that's what it seems like. And let's go
back to the beginning. Things you probably should have thought

(20:36):
about before, you know, you start the war. If the
objective is to completely eliminate any threat of nuclear weapons,
you can't.

Speaker 2 (20:45):
You don't dictate that.

Speaker 1 (20:46):
You need somebody and you can you know, you can
wipe out one layer of leadership, wipe out the second
layer of leadership. And that was one of the things
Trump said recently, is well, this new this, this you know,
third fourth layer, whatever it may be. They seem to
view life a little bit different.

Speaker 2 (21:01):
You don't know that.

Speaker 1 (21:02):
I mean, they got they got much much less to
lose here than we do. And now that's really that,
that's what it comes down to right, because if you don't,
I'm sure nobody wants to have to take the action
that we just heard there. But I don't really see
anything changing unless you do. And you probably should have
thought of that before you started this, right, Like, what
what ultimately can you accomplish that you can control? Not

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everybody's just gonna do what you say. That's that's clear.
They don't want to play ball, they don't want to
honor an agreement, and going in this thinking that they'd
be reasonable probably pretty foolish in hindsight. Right, all right,
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