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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The search continues in Texas as they're still trying to
find those unaccounted for due to the flood in Kerr County, Texas.
Just a tragic situation all the way around. And obviously
there is still good in the world and there are
people that want to help out, especially those that are
in real need. And when you consider how many have
been impacted by this, We've got families that have lost
(00:22):
loved ones, people have lost their homes, communities damaged and
probably changed forever. I mean again, there's still children missing
as we speak. So just a tragic situation all the
way around, and they need help. And the Community Foundation
of Texas Hill Country has launched the Kerr County Flood
Really Fund to support response, relief and long term recovery.
And again that's needed in a big way. So all
(00:42):
donations will go directly to the trusted local organizations to
provide food, shelter, health care and hope. And we here
at iHeart are letting you know where you can where
you can go in order to help those out. So
you can join us today and donate to the Kerr
County Flood Really Fund at Community Foundation dot com net Again,
Community Foundation dot net all right, So coming up here
(01:04):
at seven fifteen, we're gonna be joined by Stephen Portnoy
and we'll get the latest on Biden's doctor pleating the
fifth and deciding not to talk and not answer questions
when it comes to the health status of Biden. And
I mean this this really Again we'll get into it
coming up here in just a few minutes, but I
(01:25):
mean this is towing the line of you know, is
it's are you doing it because of secrecy? Are you
just protecting your you know, your patient? I mean, I'm
sure many have strong opinions on that. But again, we'll
get the latest on that with Stephen portno We're coming
up here at seven fifteen. A couple of things you
heard there and John Shannon's latest newscast. One is the
vandalism that took place. I guess it was probably on
(01:50):
Tuesday night, I believe. But the Dirt Bowl, which of course,
is an event that takes place every year here in Louisville.
And if you're a basketball fan, if you're if hoops
is a part of your life here in Louisville, I'm
sure you know well aware what the Dirt Bowl is.
And it's going to go on despite this vandalism that
took place. But at Shawnee Park, they just recently painted
(02:10):
the court looked awesome, and somebody decided to show up
in a stolen vehicle and do donuts and damage the
newly resurfaced blue and yellow court. That took place at
six thirty am yesterday morning, So it was early early yesterday,
and I mean just just doing it. I mean again,
(02:32):
where we start, right, First of all, you're in a
stolen vehicle, But what would you like, what do you
get out of that? Again, if you're going to be
somebody that's in a stole if you're going to be
somebody that lives a lifestyle to where you end up
in a stolen vehicle and you want to go do burnouts,
that alone is an issue, But like, go do it elsewhere.
Go do it somewhere that's vacant. Go do it where
(02:53):
it wouldn't even be noticed if you did it, because
there's just nothing there. This is a community event. It
means a lot to a lot of people in that community,
and they just painted it to make it look phenomenal
for this big event that that so many people in
the community take pride in. So again, surveillance video showed
(03:14):
the stolen black Challenge or doing those doughnuts, and it
left a lot of damage on not only just the
the the look, but I mean we're talking about the
rubberized surface that is now damaged. I mean, if you
have been an outdoor basketball courts, I mean some of
them are still just old school concrete and some are not.
This is a rubberized surface that is not your typical,
(03:35):
you know, outdoor basketball court. So this is beyond simply
just cleaning it up. There are repairs that need to
be done that are going to cost I think over
twenty thousand dollars is the latest as far as what
they believe it's going to cost to get this fixed.
So just a shame. And I mean we could, we would,
we would start something that we'd never be able to
(03:57):
end if we just questioned why people commits less crimes
and just do stupid things like this. But I mean,
what do you get out of that? And again, you
could ask that same question about many stupid things that
people do, but just senseless. So good to know that
they're still going to have the event and they're partnering
(04:18):
with the Louis of Sports Commission for family Day on
Saturday morning starting at nine am if you want to
get out there to to Shawnee Park. Also. We'll get
to this a little bit later on. I don't have
anything big to share, but I found myself on Saturday
evening out. My wife surprised me with the night out
for my birthday, and after we did a little river
cruise on the Bell of Louisville, we ended up trying
(04:38):
to make our way to meet some friends in Nulu
and I was able to see the very much visible
presence that LMPD has in that area, and they're doing
their job. They're doing what they're supposed to do. I'm
happy they were there, but I'll just tell you firsthand,
it's a very uninviting area at that time, given their presence,
and it I couldn't we couldn't find a place to
(04:59):
part because they were at the time we were getting there.
I think trying to make sure people you know, I mean,
it was again, it's understandable. I'm not blaming anybody if anything.
It's just what that area has turned into where people
just show up knowing that the police are going to
be there, and I guess they just I don't know
another thing I can't quite relate to. I can't quite
understand as far as why you know you're going to
continue to show up there hoping that you'll be able
(05:20):
to get away with a street takeover when quite literally
they're there because they're not going to let you do it.
It's like a game or something. Anyway, Stephen Portannoy joins us.
On the other side, we'll get an update on traffick
and weather. First right here on news radio eight forty
whas seven fifteen Here a Kentuckyanah's morning news on news
Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you, and we
(05:40):
are now joined by Stephen Portnoy of ABC News. And
yesterday we found out that the doctor, former White House
doctor that was in place during President Biden's era, has
decided to plead the fifth was this was this the
expectations as this conversation, this, this whole situation was unfolding.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Well, look, I wasn't completely surprised. We've seen it before.
You know, Witnesses who are recalcitrant have a couple of options.
Witnesses who for whatever reason don't want to provide testimony,
they can not show up and risk contempt proceedings. We've
seen that contempt prosecutions too, or they can present themselves
(06:20):
and cite their constitutional right to avoid self incrimination. Now
that is something that you know, people hear and their
eyebrows raise. Or whether that does that mean that someone
who's committed a crime, well, not necessarily. People plead the
Fifth all the time. It happens from time to time.
Plenty of examples. And so doctor O'Connor really started two
(06:43):
bases for refusing to answer questions. There was the Fifth Amendment,
the right of self incrimination, but of course there's also
doctor patient confidentiality, and doctor O'Connor cited both of those
reasons for refusing to answer the questions that were posed
to him yesterday. James Comer, the Kentucky Republican congressman, says
that what he's done here is only adding fuel to
the fire that there was a cover up inside the
(07:05):
White House with respect to Joe Biden's health and mental competency.
Comber read out a couple of the questions that were
posed to the doctor, namely, were you ever told to
lie about the President's health? And rather than answer that
question or any other, the doctor simply said that he
would cite the doctor patient confidentiality and his rights under
(07:28):
the Fifth Amendment to not answer questions. Something really remarkable
happened last night, and that is the House Oversight Committee,
which Chairman Comber oversees, released the video of the deposition.
That rarely happens, but it did last night because Republicans
wanted you to see doctor O'Connor refusing to answer those
(07:48):
questions and even basic questions. This is sort of how
it goes. They ask you if you understand the rules
of the deposition, and the doctor pleted the fifth when
asked if he did, because the way this works is
you can't even answer the most basic question is the
sky blue, because once you answer that question, you're essentially
waiving your rights into the Fifth Amendment. So you have
to stick to the script. And his lawyer was right
(08:10):
by his side, pointing him to the prepared remarks that
he was supposed to read that he would decline to answer,
citing his rights under the Constitution.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Well, this is certainly giving fuel to those that have
had a lot of speculation about Biden's health while in office.
And I mean if in fact the questions would have
been answered, and they would have been legitimate answers that
would maybe put people at ease that his health wasn't
as big of an issue as a lot of people think.
You would, you would assume they would just come out
and say it, But as you mentioned, there's clearly some
ways to get around answering these questions. Do we know
(08:41):
if there's others involved during his his stint in office
that could be questioned about sort of his health during
during during his time as president, Well.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
That's the expectation, and i'll tell you, doctor O'Connor's appearance
yesterday seems to set a standard for what the committee
would expect. You know, the other senior aids to Joe
Biden who may not be known to the public, but
were certainly known to those of us who covered the
Biden White House and who you know, we're very close
(09:11):
to Joe Biden's senior personal aids who have been asked
to appear, and you know, if they all plead the
fifth well that'll be part of the story. It won't
necessarily advance the committee's investigation. But it's also worth pointing
out the Justice Department has been asked by the President
to open a criminal investigation, a real probe into the
(09:34):
use of the auto pen and whether Joe Biden did
not direct the signing of certain documents that were signed
in his name. And so the investigation is going to
proceed now on two tracks. But it really gives another
reason to decline to answer questions under oath before Congress
because any answer could be used in the criminal investigation.
(09:54):
And it's an easy way to say, oh, I can't
answer the question here because well, there is a pending
criminal matter and anything I say here might incriminate me
even if I didn't commit a crime. That's what you
could argue. And that's what his lawyer certainly did yesterday
in the deposition.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Steven, thank you so much for your time, appreciate it.
Enjoyed the rest of your day, my friend. Again, that's
Stephen Portinoy ABC News. Yes, there's many that have speculated
for a while that the former president may not have been,
you know, in good health and in position to be,
you know, the leader of the United States. I think
(10:30):
there was some evidence that was presented to a lot
of I mean to everybody right in front of our face.
I always try to remind myself, well, that doesn't that
doesn't really prove anything. But I mean, let's just be real.
The doctor citing both you know, the patient patient, you know,
doctor protection and obviously pleading the fifth All that does
is make it seem more suspicious that he was you know,
(10:53):
people knew he wasn't. He wasn't, he wasn't up for
the job. And for lack of a better way of
putting it, all right, let's get an update on trafficking weather.
We'll get an update to see how rush hour traffic's
going from Bobby Ellis Man Melosa Bitch will give us
the latest on the forecast. And then we've got another
sports update coming your way right here, right now on
News Radio eight forty whas. Thank you very much, John Shannon,
(11:15):
it is seven thirty five here Kentuckyana. It's Morning News.
Good morning Kentuckyana, Nick coffee, wait with you, John, all
on the alongside. And the fire Festival, if you know,
you know, But for those who are unfamiliar with what
the fire Festival is or was, or I guess was
supposed to be, it's probably the best way to describe it.
It was a and I only know of it because
(11:37):
of the documentaries that were made about it. I think
Netflix and Hulu did one and I couldn't. I mean,
it was just it was fascinating to say, to say
the least. However, for those who are unaware of what
it is and what it was, there was a scammer,
that's what he was. His name was Billy McFarlane, who
put together a festival that was supposed to take place
(11:57):
on a Bahama. Yeah, it' supposed to be in the Bahamas.
It's on some I mean, this thing was billed as
this once in a lifetime, never been done before type
of festival that turned into really just a complete catastrophe,
and he ended up being sentenced to six years in
prison in order to pay twenty six million dollars in
restitution because again he just he took a lot. He
(12:19):
marketed it as this place that everybody, you know, the
younger generation just had to be at, and it was
I mean it was real, meaning you know, they did
have an island, but like they it was. It was
just a complete, complete catastrophe. That's the best way to
describe it. So he ended up going to prison, has
since been released and now he has put up for
(12:41):
sale the I guess the the rights to it. So yeah,
what he's trying to do here is cash in on
the brand that is fire Festival Fyri. So this left
thousands of people stranded in fema tints and no food.
And of the reaction here is because he's put it
(13:01):
up for auction on eBay, people can bid to own
the rights to own the brand that is fire Festival.
We're talking trademarks, domains, social media, marketing assets, even the
email list of all those sucker fans who paid a
ton of money only to get scammed. So he tried
to revive it. By the way, I don't know if
(13:21):
you guys saw that, but this year there was supposed
to be a fire festival in Mexico and tickets ranged
from fourteen hundred dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars,
and authorities in two different cities claimed they had no
idea that the event was happening, and it was clearly
not real and it never happened. But now he's selling
on eBay the rights to just the brand. And it
(13:43):
started at one cent, is what he put it up as,
and then you know he's accepting, he's accepting bids, and
a lot of people are thinking, like who, there'd be
no value who would want that that was that was
that'll go down as the ultimate ultimate mess. And it's
also I think a sign that maybe he's hard up
for money because he's trying to sell off something that
(14:06):
probably in the eyes of most people isn't worth much
of anything. But hey, he's that hard up for money. Well,
right now there's over one hundred bids and multiple of
these multiple bids are over two hundred thousand dollars. And
I mean, here's how he's listing it. He's calling it
a global attention engine, and it's a toxic brand. Of course,
(14:28):
some might even question if it's real, because who would
think you would get any value on buying the brand
of something that the brand itself is a joke. But
I actually think of this in a totally different way,
Like I think that if you, I mean, you got
to keep in mind right here when it comes to
just the amount of like people who know what the
Fire Festival is, I mean, I think it's more valuable
(14:50):
than people realize, because yes, it was a failure, and
anybody who thinks of it and knows what it is,
they know it for exactly what it is. But if
somebody had good resources and this wasn't that, you know,
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, let's say, wasn't a
crazy amount of money for them as far as an investment,
they could take full advantage of being able to get
everyone's attention. As far as being the guy that is
(15:13):
trying to actually take what Billy McFarland did and not
only make it a real thing where it actually happens,
but also make it awesome. The bars set low and
you will be able to get something. As far as
the investment. You're going to be buying it and you
already are walking into something despite the reputation being terrible.
(15:35):
You're going to get attention that you could start a
new music festival out of nowhere with a lot of
resources and money and still not be able to get
people's attention like you will when you just mentioned fire festival,
and there'll be interest and intrigue from those that want
to see can this guy, who guy or girl whoever
it is that tries to take the idea and actually
make it real and not a sham. I just think
(15:56):
this is not a crazy thing to invest in. If
you're somebody that's the potential here and you have you know,
clearly some money to risk. I mean, am I crazy?
Speaker 2 (16:04):
John?
Speaker 3 (16:04):
Again, I've said this before, Nick. Danny Wimmer, who does
Louder than Life in Bourbon and Beyond, as well as
like five or six other festivals across the United States.
He is somebody who has the resources that you're talking about.
And if I don't think he would be interested in this,
I don't know him personally, but if he was, I
think he could absolutely turn this into something that's pretty cool.
I don't know where he would put it at, but
(16:24):
if there's anybody who knows how to put on a
good festival, we know it's Danny Wimmer.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
And look, there are the music festivals across the country,
and certainly I think we are becoming a city that
when people think of Louisville, if they know music festivals,
we're a good place to be. We've got a lot
of great ones that bring in people from across the world.
But it's competitive now, right And if you buy one
that people already know of, even if it is because
it was a failure and it was a Netflix documentary,
(16:49):
there's value there in just knowing that you already have
their attention. You're going to stand out and also you
get a chance to get the interest of people who
just want to see is this guy going to be
able to actually turn this into reality? And I would
not be shocked if this ends up selling and somebody
tries to just take advantage, because again the risk reward again,
if you're swimming in those waters. As far as investments,
(17:10):
I think it's worth it. I wouldn't go, but I'm
sure many people would. All right, let's get an update
on traffick and weather with Bobby Ellis on traffic, and
of course Matt Melosvitch will give us the latest on
the forecast, and then we've got a lot more to come,
so stick around right here our News Radio eight forty whas.
Good morning, Kentucky, Anda, welcome in if you are just
now joining us, If you have been with us, well
(17:32):
thanks for hanging out. It is Kentucky and his morning
news here on news Radio eight forty whas. Nick Coffee.
That's me John Alden alongside, and this is we'll get
anupdate on sports coming up with Scott in about seven
minutes or so. And this is from the sports world,
but not really a story about what's going on in sports,
but former little of a quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has found
himself in the news and when I saw this initially,
(17:53):
I was worried that the reaction in regards to why
he's in the news would end up being with him
being criticized. And as a he is a big time
Louisville fan, Teddy Bridgewater is just different as far as
just I mean, he's one of the most lovable. Not
only was he a great quarterback, but he's an all
time fan favorite and just a good dude. You can
tell just from not only anybody who's had any experience
(18:13):
with him, but also just the way he's respected in
the NFL a ten plus year career and never heard
anybody say a bad word about him. And since retiring
from the NFL, he then took a job at his
old high school, becoming their head coach Miami Northwestern High School,
and Teddy recently he posted something on social media asking
(18:33):
for donations because he wants to help cover the unconventional
expenses for his program, and among those expenses is seven
hundred dollars per week in uber fair. So Teddy did this,
I hope to one actually gets some help coming his way.
And also I guess maybe just let people know that
(18:56):
there are probably coaches in your community that pay a
lot of things out of pocket just because they care,
and if they don't, nobody else will. And it's things
that programs need. Now, Teddy Bridgewater has made millions of
dollars in the NFL, and certainly he would have the position,
he'd be in the position to be able to afford
to help financially more so than most. But he's also
(19:16):
not responsible for funding what I mean, last year at
training camp for his high school team, fourteen thousand dollars. Now, again,
maybe some of those expenses are things that you don't need,
but I bet this is an eye opener for a
lot of people who look at this and realize, yeah,
there's a lot of things that I know that come
with the high school experience when it comes to sports
(19:37):
for my child. But I don't know who's paying for it.
I'm not now again, there are things parents are paying
for it, clearly because having a kid in sports has
never been more expensive, it seems. But here are some
of the expenses. So Uber rides for players players didn't
have transportation, and that was seven hundred bucks a week,
Athlete recovery truck services, thirteen hundred a week. Weekly field
(20:00):
painting three hundred dollars a week. Feeding the team before
games meals twenty two hundred a week, So again that's
a lot of money. Now, again, I'm sure there are
some things you can do to make it a little
bit more affordable and not quite that expensive. But still,
I from what I gather, this is turned into Teddy
and I feel like maybe I'm biased because of him.
(20:21):
He's the kind of guy that would make people look
at this from a little bit of a different lens
and not be so because again I was fearful that
the reaction would be getting old of this guy. He
made sixty five million in his NFL career and he
wants people to donate money. Well, if anything, I think
other coaches can maybe use this to say, hey, you know,
I hate asking for help, but I'm also paying a
(20:42):
lot out of pocket. It's not just teachers who unfortunately
end up having to pay for a lot of stuff
on their own because they don't have the resources and
the support as far as funds that are needed. So
just keep in mind when it comes to again, this
probably needs to be said more than it is, but
people who donate their like, nobody's coaching youse sports for money. Now,
some people I think do it for a motive that's
(21:03):
not the right one. But if you are volunteering your time,
if you're even, if you're even, if you're a teacher
and a coach, like you're not making much money for
all the hours you put in. If you are a
coach at the high school level and you were paid,
you know, by the hour, and your compensation is what
it is, I mean, it would probably make your question
if you should be doing it. But you don't do
(21:24):
it because of money. You do it because you love it.
All right, We've got another update of trafficking weather on
the way. Sport's coming up to so stick around right
here our news radio way forty WHS
The search continues in Texas as they're still trying to
find those unaccounted for due to the flood in Kerr County, Texas.
Just a tragic situation all the way around. And obviously
there is still good in the world and there are
people that want to help out, especially those that are
in real need. And when you consider how many have
been impacted by this, We've got families that have lost
(00:22):
loved ones, people have lost their homes, communities damaged and
probably changed forever. I mean again, there's still children missing
as we speak. So just a tragic situation all the
way around, and they need help. And the Community Foundation
of Texas Hill Country has launched the Kerr County Flood
Really Fund to support response, relief and long term recovery.
And again that's needed in a big way. So all
(00:42):
donations will go directly to the trusted local organizations to
provide food, shelter, health care and hope. And we here
at iHeart are letting you know where you can where
you can go in order to help those out. So
you can join us today and donate to the Kerr
County Flood Really Fund at Community Foundation dot com net Again,
Community Foundation dot net all right, So coming up here
(01:04):
at seven fifteen, we're gonna be joined by Stephen Portnoy
and we'll get the latest on Biden's doctor pleating the
fifth and deciding not to talk and not answer questions
when it comes to the health status of Biden. And
I mean this this really Again we'll get into it
coming up here in just a few minutes, but I
(01:25):
mean this is towing the line of you know, is
it's are you doing it because of secrecy? Are you
just protecting your you know, your patient? I mean, I'm
sure many have strong opinions on that. But again, we'll
get the latest on that with Stephen portno We're coming
up here at seven fifteen. A couple of things you
heard there and John Shannon's latest newscast. One is the
vandalism that took place. I guess it was probably on
(01:50):
Tuesday night, I believe. But the Dirt Bowl, which of course,
is an event that takes place every year here in Louisville.
And if you're a basketball fan, if you're if hoops
is a part of your life here in Louisville, I'm
sure you know well aware what the Dirt Bowl is.
And it's going to go on despite this vandalism that
took place. But at Shawnee Park, they just recently painted
(02:10):
the court looked awesome, and somebody decided to show up
in a stolen vehicle and do donuts and damage the
newly resurfaced blue and yellow court. That took place at
six thirty am yesterday morning, So it was early early yesterday,
and I mean just just doing it. I mean again,
(02:32):
where we start, right, First of all, you're in a
stolen vehicle, But what would you like, what do you
get out of that? Again, if you're going to be
somebody that's in a stole if you're going to be
somebody that lives a lifestyle to where you end up
in a stolen vehicle and you want to go do burnouts,
that alone is an issue, But like, go do it elsewhere.
Go do it somewhere that's vacant. Go do it where
(02:53):
it wouldn't even be noticed if you did it, because
there's just nothing there. This is a community event. It
means a lot to a lot of people in that community,
and they just painted it to make it look phenomenal
for this big event that that so many people in
the community take pride in. So again, surveillance video showed
(03:14):
the stolen black Challenge or doing those doughnuts, and it
left a lot of damage on not only just the
the the look, but I mean we're talking about the
rubberized surface that is now damaged. I mean, if you
have been an outdoor basketball courts, I mean some of
them are still just old school concrete and some are not.
This is a rubberized surface that is not your typical,
(03:35):
you know, outdoor basketball court. So this is beyond simply
just cleaning it up. There are repairs that need to
be done that are going to cost I think over
twenty thousand dollars is the latest as far as what
they believe it's going to cost to get this fixed.
So just a shame. And I mean we could, we would,
we would start something that we'd never be able to
(03:57):
end if we just questioned why people commits less crimes
and just do stupid things like this. But I mean,
what do you get out of that? And again, you
could ask that same question about many stupid things that
people do, but just senseless. So good to know that
they're still going to have the event and they're partnering
(04:18):
with the Louis of Sports Commission for family Day on
Saturday morning starting at nine am if you want to
get out there to to Shawnee Park. Also. We'll get
to this a little bit later on. I don't have
anything big to share, but I found myself on Saturday
evening out. My wife surprised me with the night out
for my birthday, and after we did a little river
cruise on the Bell of Louisville, we ended up trying
(04:38):
to make our way to meet some friends in Nulu
and I was able to see the very much visible
presence that LMPD has in that area, and they're doing
their job. They're doing what they're supposed to do. I'm
happy they were there, but I'll just tell you firsthand,
it's a very uninviting area at that time, given their presence,
and it I couldn't we couldn't find a place to
(04:59):
part because they were at the time we were getting there.
I think trying to make sure people you know, I mean,
it was again, it's understandable. I'm not blaming anybody if anything.
It's just what that area has turned into where people
just show up knowing that the police are going to
be there, and I guess they just I don't know
another thing I can't quite relate to. I can't quite
understand as far as why you know you're going to
continue to show up there hoping that you'll be able
(05:20):
to get away with a street takeover when quite literally
they're there because they're not going to let you do it.
It's like a game or something. Anyway, Stephen Portannoy joins us.
On the other side, we'll get an update on traffick
and weather. First right here on news radio eight forty
whas seven fifteen Here a Kentuckyanah's morning news on news
Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you, and we
(05:40):
are now joined by Stephen Portnoy of ABC News. And
yesterday we found out that the doctor, former White House
doctor that was in place during President Biden's era, has
decided to plead the fifth was this was this the
expectations as this conversation, this, this whole situation was unfolding.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Well, look, I wasn't completely surprised. We've seen it before.
You know, Witnesses who are recalcitrant have a couple of options.
Witnesses who for whatever reason don't want to provide testimony,
they can not show up and risk contempt proceedings. We've
seen that contempt prosecutions too, or they can present themselves
(06:20):
and cite their constitutional right to avoid self incrimination. Now
that is something that you know, people hear and their
eyebrows raise. Or whether that does that mean that someone
who's committed a crime, well, not necessarily. People plead the
Fifth all the time. It happens from time to time.
Plenty of examples. And so doctor O'Connor really started two
(06:43):
bases for refusing to answer questions. There was the Fifth Amendment,
the right of self incrimination, but of course there's also
doctor patient confidentiality, and doctor O'Connor cited both of those
reasons for refusing to answer the questions that were posed
to him yesterday. James Comer, the Kentucky Republican congressman, says
that what he's done here is only adding fuel to
the fire that there was a cover up inside the
(07:05):
White House with respect to Joe Biden's health and mental competency.
Comber read out a couple of the questions that were
posed to the doctor, namely, were you ever told to
lie about the President's health? And rather than answer that
question or any other, the doctor simply said that he
would cite the doctor patient confidentiality and his rights under
(07:28):
the Fifth Amendment to not answer questions. Something really remarkable
happened last night, and that is the House Oversight Committee,
which Chairman Comber oversees, released the video of the deposition.
That rarely happens, but it did last night because Republicans
wanted you to see doctor O'Connor refusing to answer those
(07:48):
questions and even basic questions. This is sort of how
it goes. They ask you if you understand the rules
of the deposition, and the doctor pleted the fifth when
asked if he did, because the way this works is
you can't even answer the most basic question is the
sky blue, because once you answer that question, you're essentially
waiving your rights into the Fifth Amendment. So you have
to stick to the script. And his lawyer was right
(08:10):
by his side, pointing him to the prepared remarks that
he was supposed to read that he would decline to answer,
citing his rights under the Constitution.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Well, this is certainly giving fuel to those that have
had a lot of speculation about Biden's health while in office.
And I mean if in fact the questions would have
been answered, and they would have been legitimate answers that
would maybe put people at ease that his health wasn't
as big of an issue as a lot of people think.
You would, you would assume they would just come out
and say it, But as you mentioned, there's clearly some
ways to get around answering these questions. Do we know
(08:41):
if there's others involved during his his stint in office
that could be questioned about sort of his health during
during during his time as president, Well.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
That's the expectation, and i'll tell you, doctor O'Connor's appearance
yesterday seems to set a standard for what the committee
would expect. You know, the other senior aids to Joe
Biden who may not be known to the public, but
were certainly known to those of us who covered the
Biden White House and who you know, we're very close
(09:11):
to Joe Biden's senior personal aids who have been asked
to appear, and you know, if they all plead the
fifth well that'll be part of the story. It won't
necessarily advance the committee's investigation. But it's also worth pointing
out the Justice Department has been asked by the President
to open a criminal investigation, a real probe into the
(09:34):
use of the auto pen and whether Joe Biden did
not direct the signing of certain documents that were signed
in his name. And so the investigation is going to
proceed now on two tracks. But it really gives another
reason to decline to answer questions under oath before Congress
because any answer could be used in the criminal investigation.
(09:54):
And it's an easy way to say, oh, I can't
answer the question here because well, there is a pending
criminal matter and anything I say here might incriminate me
even if I didn't commit a crime. That's what you
could argue. And that's what his lawyer certainly did yesterday
in the deposition.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Steven, thank you so much for your time, appreciate it.
Enjoyed the rest of your day, my friend. Again, that's
Stephen Portinoy ABC News. Yes, there's many that have speculated
for a while that the former president may not have been,
you know, in good health and in position to be,
you know, the leader of the United States. I think
(10:30):
there was some evidence that was presented to a lot
of I mean to everybody right in front of our face.
I always try to remind myself, well, that doesn't that
doesn't really prove anything. But I mean, let's just be real.
The doctor citing both you know, the patient patient, you know,
doctor protection and obviously pleading the fifth All that does
is make it seem more suspicious that he was you know,
(10:53):
people knew he wasn't. He wasn't, he wasn't up for
the job. And for lack of a better way of
putting it, all right, let's get an update on trafficking weather.
We'll get an update to see how rush hour traffic's
going from Bobby Ellis Man Melosa Bitch will give us
the latest on the forecast. And then we've got another
sports update coming your way right here, right now on
News Radio eight forty whas. Thank you very much, John Shannon,
(11:15):
it is seven thirty five here Kentuckyana. It's Morning News.
Good morning Kentuckyana, Nick coffee, wait with you, John, all
on the alongside. And the fire Festival, if you know,
you know, But for those who are unfamiliar with what
the fire Festival is or was, or I guess was
supposed to be, it's probably the best way to describe it.
It was a and I only know of it because
(11:37):
of the documentaries that were made about it. I think
Netflix and Hulu did one and I couldn't. I mean,
it was just it was fascinating to say, to say
the least. However, for those who are unaware of what
it is and what it was, there was a scammer,
that's what he was. His name was Billy McFarlane, who
put together a festival that was supposed to take place
(11:57):
on a Bahama. Yeah, it' supposed to be in the Bahamas.
It's on some I mean, this thing was billed as
this once in a lifetime, never been done before type
of festival that turned into really just a complete catastrophe,
and he ended up being sentenced to six years in
prison in order to pay twenty six million dollars in
restitution because again he just he took a lot. He
(12:19):
marketed it as this place that everybody, you know, the
younger generation just had to be at, and it was
I mean it was real, meaning you know, they did
have an island, but like they it was. It was
just a complete, complete catastrophe. That's the best way to
describe it. So he ended up going to prison, has
since been released and now he has put up for
(12:41):
sale the I guess the the rights to it. So yeah,
what he's trying to do here is cash in on
the brand that is fire Festival Fyri. So this left
thousands of people stranded in fema tints and no food.
And of the reaction here is because he's put it
(13:01):
up for auction on eBay, people can bid to own
the rights to own the brand that is fire Festival.
We're talking trademarks, domains, social media, marketing assets, even the
email list of all those sucker fans who paid a
ton of money only to get scammed. So he tried
to revive it. By the way, I don't know if
(13:21):
you guys saw that, but this year there was supposed
to be a fire festival in Mexico and tickets ranged
from fourteen hundred dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars,
and authorities in two different cities claimed they had no
idea that the event was happening, and it was clearly
not real and it never happened. But now he's selling
on eBay the rights to just the brand. And it
(13:43):
started at one cent, is what he put it up as,
and then you know he's accepting, he's accepting bids, and
a lot of people are thinking, like who, there'd be
no value who would want that that was that was
that'll go down as the ultimate ultimate mess. And it's
also I think a sign that maybe he's hard up
for money because he's trying to sell off something that
(14:06):
probably in the eyes of most people isn't worth much
of anything. But hey, he's that hard up for money. Well,
right now there's over one hundred bids and multiple of
these multiple bids are over two hundred thousand dollars. And
I mean, here's how he's listing it. He's calling it
a global attention engine, and it's a toxic brand. Of course,
(14:28):
some might even question if it's real, because who would
think you would get any value on buying the brand
of something that the brand itself is a joke. But
I actually think of this in a totally different way,
Like I think that if you, I mean, you got
to keep in mind right here when it comes to
just the amount of like people who know what the
Fire Festival is, I mean, I think it's more valuable
(14:50):
than people realize, because yes, it was a failure, and
anybody who thinks of it and knows what it is,
they know it for exactly what it is. But if
somebody had good resources and this wasn't that, you know,
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, let's say, wasn't a
crazy amount of money for them as far as an investment,
they could take full advantage of being able to get
everyone's attention. As far as being the guy that is
(15:13):
trying to actually take what Billy McFarland did and not
only make it a real thing where it actually happens,
but also make it awesome. The bars set low and
you will be able to get something. As far as
the investment. You're going to be buying it and you
already are walking into something despite the reputation being terrible.
(15:35):
You're going to get attention that you could start a
new music festival out of nowhere with a lot of
resources and money and still not be able to get
people's attention like you will when you just mentioned fire festival,
and there'll be interest and intrigue from those that want
to see can this guy, who guy or girl whoever
it is that tries to take the idea and actually
make it real and not a sham. I just think
(15:56):
this is not a crazy thing to invest in. If
you're somebody that's the potential here and you have you know,
clearly some money to risk. I mean, am I crazy?
Speaker 2 (16:04):
John?
Speaker 3 (16:04):
Again, I've said this before, Nick. Danny Wimmer, who does
Louder than Life in Bourbon and Beyond, as well as
like five or six other festivals across the United States.
He is somebody who has the resources that you're talking about.
And if I don't think he would be interested in this,
I don't know him personally, but if he was, I
think he could absolutely turn this into something that's pretty cool.
I don't know where he would put it at, but
(16:24):
if there's anybody who knows how to put on a
good festival, we know it's Danny Wimmer.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
And look, there are the music festivals across the country,
and certainly I think we are becoming a city that
when people think of Louisville, if they know music festivals,
we're a good place to be. We've got a lot
of great ones that bring in people from across the world.
But it's competitive now, right And if you buy one
that people already know of, even if it is because
it was a failure and it was a Netflix documentary,
(16:49):
there's value there in just knowing that you already have
their attention. You're going to stand out and also you
get a chance to get the interest of people who
just want to see is this guy going to be
able to actually turn this into reality? And I would
not be shocked if this ends up selling and somebody
tries to just take advantage, because again the risk reward again,
if you're swimming in those waters. As far as investments,
(17:10):
I think it's worth it. I wouldn't go, but I'm
sure many people would. All right, let's get an update
on traffick and weather with Bobby Ellis on traffic, and
of course Matt Melosvitch will give us the latest on
the forecast, and then we've got a lot more to come,
so stick around right here our News Radio eight forty whas.
Good morning, Kentucky, Anda, welcome in if you are just
now joining us, If you have been with us, well
(17:32):
thanks for hanging out. It is Kentucky and his morning
news here on news Radio eight forty whas. Nick Coffee.
That's me John Alden alongside, and this is we'll get
anupdate on sports coming up with Scott in about seven
minutes or so. And this is from the sports world,
but not really a story about what's going on in sports,
but former little of a quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has found
himself in the news and when I saw this initially,
(17:53):
I was worried that the reaction in regards to why
he's in the news would end up being with him
being criticized. And as a he is a big time
Louisville fan, Teddy Bridgewater is just different as far as
just I mean, he's one of the most lovable. Not
only was he a great quarterback, but he's an all
time fan favorite and just a good dude. You can
tell just from not only anybody who's had any experience
(18:13):
with him, but also just the way he's respected in
the NFL a ten plus year career and never heard
anybody say a bad word about him. And since retiring
from the NFL, he then took a job at his
old high school, becoming their head coach Miami Northwestern High School,
and Teddy recently he posted something on social media asking
(18:33):
for donations because he wants to help cover the unconventional
expenses for his program, and among those expenses is seven
hundred dollars per week in uber fair. So Teddy did this,
I hope to one actually gets some help coming his way.
And also I guess maybe just let people know that
(18:56):
there are probably coaches in your community that pay a
lot of things out of pocket just because they care,
and if they don't, nobody else will. And it's things
that programs need. Now, Teddy Bridgewater has made millions of
dollars in the NFL, and certainly he would have the position,
he'd be in the position to be able to afford
to help financially more so than most. But he's also
(19:16):
not responsible for funding what I mean, last year at
training camp for his high school team, fourteen thousand dollars. Now, again,
maybe some of those expenses are things that you don't need,
but I bet this is an eye opener for a
lot of people who look at this and realize, yeah,
there's a lot of things that I know that come
with the high school experience when it comes to sports
(19:37):
for my child. But I don't know who's paying for it.
I'm not now again, there are things parents are paying
for it, clearly because having a kid in sports has
never been more expensive, it seems. But here are some
of the expenses. So Uber rides for players players didn't
have transportation, and that was seven hundred bucks a week,
Athlete recovery truck services, thirteen hundred a week. Weekly field
(20:00):
painting three hundred dollars a week. Feeding the team before
games meals twenty two hundred a week, So again that's
a lot of money. Now, again, I'm sure there are
some things you can do to make it a little
bit more affordable and not quite that expensive. But still,
I from what I gather, this is turned into Teddy
and I feel like maybe I'm biased because of him.
(20:21):
He's the kind of guy that would make people look
at this from a little bit of a different lens
and not be so because again I was fearful that
the reaction would be getting old of this guy. He
made sixty five million in his NFL career and he
wants people to donate money. Well, if anything, I think
other coaches can maybe use this to say, hey, you know,
I hate asking for help, but I'm also paying a
(20:42):
lot out of pocket. It's not just teachers who unfortunately
end up having to pay for a lot of stuff
on their own because they don't have the resources and
the support as far as funds that are needed. So
just keep in mind when it comes to again, this
probably needs to be said more than it is, but
people who donate their like, nobody's coaching youse sports for money. Now,
some people I think do it for a motive that's
(21:03):
not the right one. But if you are volunteering your time,
if you're even, if you're even, if you're a teacher
and a coach, like you're not making much money for
all the hours you put in. If you are a
coach at the high school level and you were paid,
you know, by the hour, and your compensation is what
it is, I mean, it would probably make your question
if you should be doing it. But you don't do
(21:24):
it because of money. You do it because you love it.
All right, We've got another update of trafficking weather on
the way. Sport's coming up to so stick around right
here our news radio way forty WHS
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