(KMN) 6.30: Testimonies - Hour 4

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Kentuckyana.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
It is Kentucky Anda's Morning News with Nick Coffee on
news Radio eight forty whas eight oh five.

Speaker 1 (00:07):
As we get the week started. We got the week started,
in fact.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
A lot earlier than you did if you're just now
joining us. But it's okay if you missed out, just
you know, set your alarm earlier and you can start.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
Your day with us every day at five o'clock.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
I'm really trying to sell that is it's if it's
something you're just missing out on, if you're not waking
up that early. Some people have to wake up that
early because that's when they start their workday. But if
you are somebody that gets to sleep in a little
bit later, I envy you, and also I get it
sleep is.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
Very valuable.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
In fact, last night was the first Sunday since I
made the shift to this new role here, and it
was like nine thirty and the Sunday scaries hadn't set in,
and I'm like, you know what, I guess they're not
coming because I just I mean, Sundays are now the
day John for me, where I just know, okay, I
can it's part of the weekend still, you know, I'm
not working. I do get to sleep in that day,

(01:00):
but my Sundays are very mild now compared to what
they once were, just because you know, I got I
got an early rise on a Monday one day. I'll
be as adjusted as you are. But then again, as
soon as you got adjusted, or at least used to it,
then you then you became a father, and then your
sleep pattern, I'm sure became uh, I'm even more.

Speaker 3 (01:18):
Well adjusted to that now. Thankfully, good, good, hopefully I'll
say that, and then you know, things will change here
in the next few days, I'm sure.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
But hey, it's good. I'm glad.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
I'm glad to hear you say that. Also, I can
tell just by uh, you know that, but also you know,
I just visually I can just I can just tell
that you know, you didn't get up, you didn't get
a good night's sleep certain mornings, and it's not anything you.
I mean, you still come in here, you do a
great job, but you wear your your fatigue at times,

(01:51):
which I don't know how you wouldn't. You just look
tired sometimes, which again I get it. You got you
got a newborn at home, But I'm glad to hear it. Again,
I could tell that you've been You've you've at least adjusted.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
Is it?

Speaker 2 (02:01):
Is it consistency now that is paying off to where
there's more of a routine with with baby Daisy.

Speaker 3 (02:05):
It's consistency. It's better communication between me and my wife
on you know, both of us needing sleep at different
points of the day, and I think that's really helped
both of us.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Good good to hear.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
Yeah, and I just did something that I shouldn't have
done because it happened to me last week and I've
got I've got tough skin. But my wife, she she
wanted to let me know without being mean. But when
you tell somebody they look tired, that's insulting their appearance.
That's I mean, maybe you're not. I mean, I don't

(02:36):
think you're coming from a place of where you want
to let somebody know that they look awful, they look rough.
But who has ever been told they look tired? Or
who has ever told someone they look tired? And the
feeling on either side being one of compliment nothing right.
I mean, you know, we were at an event with
her work and it was it was last Thursday, and

(02:59):
I I didn't get as much rest during the day
so I didn't get the nap that I needed. Therefore,
by seven o'clock I was running on fumes, and I
guess it was visibly showing, and she like, you look
tired today, and I'm like, yeah, I'm pretty tired. And
then she asked me to go rub some water on
my face and you know, like freshen up a little bit.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
I'm like, is it that bad? She was like, you
look tired. I'm like, all right, geez.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
But that was my fault, because that was every now
and then I'll get a little a little too confident that,
oh this is fine, I'm adjusted one thousand percent now,
nothing to worry about. And then if I don't get
the proper rest during the day and I don't get
to bed at a certain time, then I'll learn quickly
I'm going to be I'm defeated. I've got to be

(03:45):
able to have that self discipline is really what I've
always liked, and certainly now I need more of. So anyhow,
so this is something that you've heard throughout the morning
on the news that President Trump says that he has
a buyer for TikTok. He told Fox News that a
buyer is in place, but he didn't say who it was,
and he's extended it many times, the deadline to sell

(04:05):
the company from the Chinese ownership. I think it's Byte
Dance is the name of the company. So he's trying
to find buyers, and he says these new buyers, as
you could expect if you're going to purchase the most
popular social media platform out there, that you'd be very wealthy.
But he said he'll have more to say on the
matter in about two weeks. So, as you likely know,
Congress forced the sale of TikTok fearing the national security

(04:27):
concerns over the Chinese ownership.

Speaker 1 (04:29):
So what I think is, when I have a hard
I think this.

Speaker 2 (04:33):
Thing will be extended until something is done to where
you don't have to worry about needing extension. But what
nobody seems to really highlight is that Byte Dance the
owner of TikTok. Unless I've missed out on it, I
don't think they've ever indicated they have any interest in selling.

(04:53):
So you can find a buyer, you can have unlimited money.
Someone is going to have to want to sell you
what you want. Finding a buyer is really really important,
and it's a big piece when you are trying to
sell something. I don't think the company that owns TikTok
is eager to sell.

Speaker 1 (05:11):
Now.

Speaker 2 (05:11):
Again, they may get an offer they can't refuse, and
maybe they realize, maybe they feel like they've maximized what
they could get out of it, and it's only going
to go down from here. But again, I know at
times I sound like I'm some big advocate of TikTok,
and it's not that, because you can do whatever you want.
I mean, in fact, if you don't want to spend
any time on any of these social media platforms, you're
probably better off. But I just think that a lot

(05:32):
of people have a misconception of really what TikTok is,
and I don't even really know what When it comes
to describing what it is, it can be a variety
of different things for different people. That's the power of
what it is as far as the platform. So again,
Trump says he's got a buyer. We'll know more in
two weeks as far as who that is. But when
it comes to a transaction, a buyer and a seller,

(05:54):
you need too And he says he has the buyer,
But do they want to sell. I've yet to see
any indication that they're looking to put it up on
the market, but we shall see. All right, we'll talk
a little more about what we know as far as
the situation in Colorado that took place I'm sorry, Idaho
that took place yesterday, and we'll also bring in roy
O'Neil coming up at eight thirty. It's Kentucky and it's
Morning News with Nick Coffee on News Radio eight forty

(06:15):
WHS eight sixteen. Here Kentucky. Anda's Morning News with Nick
Coffee on news Radio eight forty whas we'll talk to
Roy O'Neil a the NBC News Coming up here at
eight thirty. We'll get the latest on the situation in
Idaho where firefighters were ambushed while responding.

Speaker 1 (06:33):
To a fire. We do know that at least two firefighters.

Speaker 2 (06:36):
Have been killed and the suspect also was found dead.
As far as the identity of that individual, that is
still not something we know at this time. So again,
roy O'Neil set to join us coming up at about
eight thirty. The big story here locally this morning has
been the passing of legendary Hall of Famer heck of
a guy, de Wayne Lucas, who passed away on Saturday

(06:58):
at the age of eighty nine. If you are somebody
that is even somewhat familiar with this city and horse racing,
you know who d Wayne Lucas is. This is the
guy who won the Derby four times, has a total
of fourteen Triple Crown race wins, and won the Preakness
six times, as well as four wins in the Belmont,

(07:18):
and he also secured twenty Breeders' Cup victories and just
a guy that did it for a long time and
was very successful, seemingly from start to finish. But what
I have come to realize, and and by the way,
I did not have any I've never had the pleasure
of meeting or just or talking to d Wayne Lucas.
But if I ever did, I would have I'd like

(07:40):
to believe I would have considered it to be a
really big honor, just because that's the kind of presence
that he had, somebody that not only was impactful in
a major way when it comes to horse racing, but
he seemed to really leave an impression and make an
impact on a lot of people as well. That is
not something that goes unnoticed. When you know somebody's always
going to be just because their presence and what they've

(08:02):
established in their industry, meaning horse racing, they're going to
be a no name. But I think in at least
the last ten years or so, when people would talk
about Dwayne Lucas, it wasn't as much about what he
accomplished in horse racing. It was just the impression that
he left on them. I mean, I think for as
long as he did it, he was pretty consistent, very genuine,

(08:24):
and those that got a chance to know him a
little bit and covered him throughout his career, they're not
talking a whole lot about his accomplishments. Not that they
don't value what he did when it comes to his profession,
but certainly somebody that's going to be missed in a
major way. So rip and thoughts and prayers with his
family and of course all those that did know de
Wayne Lucas eighty nine years old and passed on Saturday.

(08:47):
Churchill Down's put out a press release with that information
on Sunday afternoon.

Speaker 1 (08:53):
All right.

Speaker 2 (08:53):
Also the Crystal Rogers case, the trial is expected to
start back up today, but last week as it came
to an end, and there was some testimony that I
think was is damaging is damaging of anything that has
come up in this trial that started last week. For
the defense, we now have a neighbor who's testified that
brooks Howk's family, his mother and brother, they suspiciously, suspiciously

(09:15):
moved bags from their trunks into into brooks Howse's basement
just days after Christal Rogers vanished. And also there was
another another witness that testified that she over heard Joseph
and Stephen laws and discussing moving a body on the
house farm using a skid steer. So again that's that's
not that's not direct proof. There's still I mean there's

(09:37):
no body, there's no physical evidence, so all this is circumstantial,
which of course is not ideal in most instances for
the prosecution. But I think when it comes to the evidence,
even though again it's it's it's there's no body, I mean,
there's no crime scene, that's always a challenge when it
comes to the prosecution. But I guess what we're gonna

(09:59):
find out is that here are they willing to run
with all of the evidence that certainly can't just be
some coincidence to make a decision that of course would
find these individuals guilty of murder. So it'll start back
up today and we'll keep the updated as best we can.

Speaker 1 (10:18):
As you could expect.

Speaker 2 (10:19):
The defense they're emphasizing and they're going to continue to
emphasize that this case stems from the media and family
pressure and some of the things that they're being accused
of doing. As far as being shady and suspicious, they
were just worried that law enforcement was out to get them.
That's kind of the gist of what the defense is here,
and that, you know it, don't be surprised if we

(10:43):
hear that that was said more than anything throughout this
entire situation is that there's no body, there's no crime scene,
there's no physical evidence, because those are.

Speaker 1 (10:50):
Pretty important things when it comes to a trial like this.

Speaker 2 (10:54):
All right, we've got sports coming your way, but first,
an update on trafficking weather, and again don't forget Roy
and Neil going to join us at eight thirty.

Speaker 1 (10:59):
Right here, there's radio eight forty WHS.

Speaker 2 (11:03):
It is a forty five here Kentucky AA's Morning News
with Nick Coffee.

Speaker 1 (11:07):
Here. I almost said the wrong station.

Speaker 2 (11:09):
It's News Radio eight forty WHS the Big Stick and
Tony Venetti is with me. Here this morning, I just
shared some news with you that you don't seem too
happy about, and that is that there's not going to
be parking meters in the Highlands potentially, and that that'll
be a big change just because forever you've never had
to pay to park on Barchtown Road in the Highlands

(11:29):
if you're right there on the street in front of
all the businesses and whatnot. But now the Parking Authority
of River City plans to add three hundred and twenty
eight parking meters along Barchtown Road in the Highlands to
increase revenue and also parking turnover for businesses.

Speaker 4 (11:43):
Every policy, okay, every policy, you gotta find what information
makes this make sense. Because if there's no agenda, then
you go, oh, that should be great for business. Opposite,
no one wants. It'll be another hurdle people will have
to do to go down there and spend money.

Speaker 1 (12:00):
Dwight will not go.

Speaker 4 (12:01):
He's the unusual weirdo, but he'll not go to the
Highlands because.

Speaker 1 (12:05):
You go, oh, the convenient parking No, thank you.

Speaker 4 (12:07):
Like he has to go anyway because that now you
throw parking meters in there, that will reduce business in
the Highlands. What makes that make sense my opinion, and
I have no evidence based on this because I haven't
talked to anybody about this subject yet, but that means
to me that says Nick that they want to tow

(12:28):
cars and get rid of some of these.

Speaker 1 (12:32):
Pop up parties.

Speaker 2 (12:33):
Could be or they want money. This would generate apparently
two hundred and eighty five thousand annually and it's supposed
to help fund the operations of the Parking Authority.

Speaker 1 (12:44):
Of River City.

Speaker 2 (12:44):
So you're right, there are people who just think of
the having to parallel park on that busy road and
they're like, yeah, I'm out. But if you throw in
you got to do that and you gotta pay, it
could turn a lot of people away.

Speaker 4 (12:53):
So I thought the uber lanes were a great idea.

Speaker 2 (12:56):
So the Friends of Barstown Road that group, they opposed
the plan, and what they have cited as far as
the unfairness here is that other areas like Frankfort Avenue
remain meter free, and that is a legitimate great because
if you are competing with a restaurant that's in the
same space as you as far as the type of food,

(13:16):
and they're relatively the same distance from where you're coming from.
People would probably choose to to go to the one
where they don't have to pay to park.

Speaker 4 (13:24):
Yeah, like Saint Matthew's. Yeah, there's that whole Saint Matthew's
Bar corridor. Uh, there's what seven or eight bars there.
There's no pain for parking there. So that's where they're
going to go.

Speaker 2 (13:33):
Put your put yourself in the shoes of a business owner,
and I'm going to sell you on the positive of this.
Oh what's the positive, sir, Well, what this could do
is help turn over parking to get more people to
be able to park and come to your business. That
now people won't leave their car there all day and
limit parking spaces for people that want to come and

(13:55):
give you business. Doesn't sound like I'm hitting here, doesn't
sound like it's connecting.

Speaker 4 (13:59):
No, not selling me, not selling me at all. If
I'm with you, I wouldn't think if I own the
business actually, after the shootings, after the pop up parties,
if I own a business, and especially the ones that
have owned the businesses for like thirty years down there,
there's a point when you got to go, I'm out,
I'm not doing this. There are areas that get hot
and then and then they die off, right, So and

(14:20):
that I'm not saying the Highlands is dying off.

Speaker 1 (14:22):
It's it's a walkable.

Speaker 4 (14:24):
Most people that used to go to those businesses live
in the Highlands and they walk there.

Speaker 1 (14:29):
Okay.

Speaker 4 (14:30):
That's the whole thing about the Highlands is that on
a Friday, or's warm Friday or Saturday night, that there's
just a ton of people walking on the sidewalks.

Speaker 1 (14:39):
I don't know.

Speaker 4 (14:40):
I like the uber idea because even I mean, Jackie
and I we uber everywhere.

Speaker 1 (14:44):
It's so easy.

Speaker 4 (14:46):
The longest I've ever waited for an uber is four minutes,
especially in Louisville. So you have nothing but an uber lane,
or it's just a row of ubers you can just
get in. That would be the idea. And it's safety,
not drinking.

Speaker 2 (14:59):
And yeah, I think one. I didn't give this much thought.
But the first thing you mentioned, as far as just
wanting to tow, wanting to tow cars that haven't paid
the meter and get them out of there, that's probably
a bit and that's I'd say that's at least somewhat
of a factor in this decision. But I wouldn't be
shocked if in twenty years. You just know if you
leave the house and go somewhere, probably less than twenty years,

(15:20):
probably five years. He probably next week. I don't know
that if you end up having to pay to park anywhere, like,
we just can't be surprised.

Speaker 1 (15:25):
Nobody wants to do it.

Speaker 2 (15:26):
But I am no longer surprised when I go anywhere
and I've got to pay to park.

Speaker 4 (15:30):
All right, let me ask you a question. They're chief
one to ten. How good are you at parallel parking?

Speaker 1 (15:35):
I used to park cars for a living, so I'm
pretty good.

Speaker 4 (15:37):
Damn.

Speaker 1 (15:38):
I was a valet valet parker.

Speaker 2 (15:40):
At Jewish Hospital when I was eighteen nineteen.

Speaker 4 (15:44):
I'm fifty six and still suck at it. I can
teach you I'm in, I'm in, I'm in. It is
more and people aren't good at that. So now you're
going to start downe it under pressure on a busy road.
Now you're going to go to Molly Balloons and have
one of those really thick beer and they're trying to
get out of a parking spot.

Speaker 1 (16:02):
Should I lead with.

Speaker 2 (16:03):
That in conversations like not only not only can I
parallel park, I can do it in a resume, can
do it at a five speed just so where that's
like I break the ice from people. I don't know
if you know this about me, but I've been known
to be a really good parallel parker and could also
do it with a manual transmission as well.

Speaker 1 (16:21):
I think you should chart it as a business. I'm
Nick Coffee.

Speaker 4 (16:24):
If you're old and can't still can't parlelo a parallel park,
I'll teach you.

Speaker 2 (16:28):
I've got you all right. What are some other things
that used to just be free? You would never think
you'd ever have to pay for parking? Is certainly one
of them. The broadcast television used to be that way
because you could just get an antenna, right, But now
you have to have a converter to use at antenna.
Somebody on the talkback feature earlier mentioned one that's good
air for your tires. Now it's hard to find a
place where you don't have to pay. Yeah, and then

(16:50):
I finally bought the thirty dollars are what about? This
is more so in Europe, but there are I've never
experienced this in the United States, but I did in Mexico,
and I never knew it was a thing, but public restrooms,
I went to a mall in Kane Kun and the
restroom was upstairs and you had to like it's almost

(17:10):
like you're paying to get on, like through a train station,
Like you have to put like a quarter in to
use the bathroom.

Speaker 1 (17:15):
That's not a thing here.

Speaker 2 (17:16):
But I'll crawl under bottled water like I don't know
if you would get But now, the bottled water industry
didn't used to exist right now it's a four hundred
billion dollar industry. Yeah, because they don't trust the water
coming out of their tap. There's an old commercial where
the guy's sitting in the in the creek in the
nineteen seventies and he pours out he has a bottle
and goes, I think I'm gonna start selling bottled water,

(17:38):
and they were like, dude.

Speaker 1 (17:39):
Water's free, and buy water waters free. Dude.

Speaker 2 (17:42):
Well, I think those that grew up before bottled water
was the thing, they just drank it out of the faucet.
Those individuals seem to be better off than those that
have been well, that have been exposed to the bottled
water industry.

Speaker 4 (17:54):
Well, most people that I know that are crazy and
have real issues. Dwight Whitton Trees still drinks out of
the tap.

Speaker 1 (18:03):
I'm still a garden hose guy. You kidding me answers
a lot of questions.

Speaker 4 (18:07):
Filling up the pool answers a lot of questions there
cutting the grass you know has been drugging you for years.

Speaker 2 (18:13):
It's a hard time paying for a bottle of water.
I mean sometimes you have to.

Speaker 4 (18:17):
It's six dollars for twenty four of make Kroger Like, no.

Speaker 1 (18:20):
That's different.

Speaker 2 (18:20):
But like if you go to like a bottle of
water at a bowl game, I mean that's just like
if I'm good, if I'm paying, I'm not getting water.

Speaker 1 (18:27):
I'm getting it.

Speaker 2 (18:27):
Try Disney cold beer, and I'm gonna throw it down
the neck.

Speaker 1 (18:30):
Try Disney.

Speaker 2 (18:31):
Oh never, that's when I envisioned Hell on Earth. I
think a Disney. Hey, what about the mouse like that? Look,
my kids still think that the Hillview Fair and Bullet
County is Disney.

Speaker 1 (18:41):
And if somebody tells.

Speaker 2 (18:42):
The otherwise, then with me was Mickey to help sell it.
Thanks guys, we'll uh, we'll be back at it tomorrow morning.
Tony Dwight, come on your way up next right here
on New's ready wait forty to be your chance