10.31: Pointing Fingers - Hour 1

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, Happy Halloween, ladies and gentlemen. It is a
Halloween edition of Kentucky and His Morning News. Coffee and
company with you, and we are fueled about Thornton's right
here on News Radio eight forty whas we've got a
busy morning. As we get things started, it looks as
if the traffic situation on sixty four West downtown near
the junction, it looks as if that is is getting

(00:21):
I think it's.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Been cleaned up. So sixty three open, it's we reopen.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
Yeah, So sixty four West was closed all lanes, and look,
it looks like the accident took place long ago, to
two o'clock in the morning, something like that. And it
led to I guess, if anything, if there's a silver
lining there at all, it's that the window of time
in which it was closed is probably maybe the slowest
amount of traffic you'll see as far as just not
many cars. But hey, if you're sitting in that traffic,

(00:46):
I'm sure you don't care. I mean, Scott, you said
in it right.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
Yeah, I had to get off at Melwiner story.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
I think it was a story.

Speaker 4 (00:52):
I had to get off, but I had to drive
it on the shoulder. But it's the truckers that and
I'm sure they're used to this. You know, it was
a lot of the truckers because I see a lot
of overnight on the way in.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
But that's your crew, Yeah right, yeah, I guess it's
all of ours really were when we're out. When we're
out at that hour of the morning slash night, the
majority of those out with us are probably over the
road truck drivers.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
Really all right.

Speaker 4 (01:15):
So it rided me through and I just came down
here and it basically took me five minutes out of
my way. So first world problems, but sh I'm glad
they got it cleared up beforehand and everybody's okay. And
this came on the heels what we saw in seventy
one yesterday that was nasty, and thank goodness, we are
not dealing with any wet pavements this morning.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
That's right.

Speaker 1 (01:32):
We got a lot of that rain out of the way.
And that's another silver lining about this week where we
had a couple of days seemingly where it was just gloomy,
cold and rainy, and then yesterday the sun came out
as the day moved on, and I don't think we're
gonna have a whole lot of sunshine throughout the day
to day. That could be wrong, but either way, we're
not gonna have a wet Halloween. And that makes a
lot of parents happy. That's exactly it's happy too. Of course,
it's gonna be a good time.

Speaker 4 (01:53):
In fact, to my wife, and now we're talking last
night about how we wondered if we were gonna get
more trigger treaters than usual because one is Friday night too.
The rain is gone. Should be just a nice, comfortable
put a sweater on under the costume or whatever. Great
great Halloween night.

Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yes, sir, Happy Halloween everybody again. Halloween edition of Coffee
and Company Field by Thorntons, So make sure you guys
keep Thorton's in mind. We are fueled by Thornton's. Stopping
this morning, get yourself some breakfast. There's always the donut
and the cup of coffee for three bucks. You can
get that, by the way, anytime of the day. But
also if you are looking to maybe look out for
the office this morning, right, maybe you feel like, okay,

(02:28):
let's celebrate it's Halloween. I'm gonna bring in some donuts
for not just myself, but for everybody. He used to
do that and then he stopped. You can get two
for four donuts, two for four dollars. But also you
can get half a dozen for nine ninety nine, a
dozen for fourteen ninety nine. So just keep that in mind.
If you wanted to, you know, celebrate the Halloween season
by bringing in donuts for your colleagues or maybe just

(02:49):
get a bunch of donuts for yourself, you could know
you can certainly do that. But we've got a busy,
busy morning, day thirty of the government shutdown scott and
it seems like the noise as far as just this.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
Is now lasted.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
Not I mean, I guess as far as expectation, nobody
really knew what to expect, and we still don't as
far as when it shuts down. But I think because
as if tomorrow you've got the whole snap benefit situation,
I feel like the awareness of this being sort of
a real issue and there being no end in sight,
there's more, there's heightened awareness of it at a point

(03:24):
now that I really haven't sinsed since it's been shut
down these last thirty days.

Speaker 4 (03:28):
No, and let's get people fed, you know, I know
the mayor was put out a proclamation. They're looking for donations.
I mean, look, nobody wants to be hungry. I don't
care what your political affiliation is, whatever, But there are
people that rely on those SNAP benefits and it's not
just And I heard someone say to me the other day,
why don't they just go get a job? Trust me
from someone who has let go from this company and
has come back, it is not that easy to find

(03:49):
a job. And you and I were talking off the air.
People say they're hiring, but I could go on all
day about some of the experiences I had when I
left here, just routine jobs, I mean, working just what
the new minimum wage now is fifteen dollars. It's not
that easy. And we've got to get these people fed.
And with these SNAP benefits running out, that's going to
impact a lot of people.

Speaker 1 (04:09):
Eighty four thousand people in Louisville rely on those SNAP benefits,
including children, seniors who again, these people will be directly impacted,
even if, of course they are able to get through
with the help of the community. There's a community food
drive that is going to be going on. We'll give
you all the details of that throughout the morning, where
you can donate food, donate resources for those that needed.
But you know, even if and I'm hopeful that everybody

(04:31):
will get through, but still that's you're still impact. You're
still in a situation that is that is there's layers
to this that I'm not sure a lot of people
think about. If you are somebody relying on snap benefits
because you simply have to, meaning that you're doing the
best you can. But you know, times are hard, maybe
you're a single parent, whatever it may be. You know,
you have nothing to be ashamed of. But people are humans.

(04:53):
They are and this will be I think a situation
for many where they really have to kind of swallow
their ride and not.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
Be and they should get and they shouldn't be ashamed.
But again, they're humans.

Speaker 1 (05:04):
So just you know, the the the the exposure to hey,
I'm somebody that that really does rely on this and
this impacts me. I can imagine that's a layer to
it that most don't think about, right as far as
just the you know, the humility and putting your pride
to the side and saying, hey, can somebody help me,
or maybe loading the kids in the car and going
to one of these places, because that's just where you
are in this situation. That's one of the many instances

(05:26):
where this becomes real to a lot of people. And
I again that's I think that it's it's for obvious reasons.
This is this is the first real I guess Domino
in this entire shutdown to where again, if you if
you weren't aware of it and just out of sight,
out of mind, it's getting harder to kind of just
not know that, hey, we've got a government shut down.
And the lingering impact that this can have is is,
you know, it's really unknown because we've we've were close

(05:49):
to a record at this point, and once we passed that,
you really don't you have nothing compared to as far
as the amount of time we're shut down.

Speaker 5 (05:55):
Not at all.

Speaker 2 (05:56):
And that's well said, Nick, and I like the way
you put that.

Speaker 4 (05:57):
And then we're entering what's quote unquote air quotes firing season,
and that's every November and December. Company start letting people go,
and there's some people out there that are one job
loss away from having to apply for those snap benefits.
It's no fun to be hungry. I grew up that way.
It's not a pleasant place to be. So let's get
this taken care of, folks.

Speaker 1 (06:14):
I'll give you some details as far as where you
can donate items and help out those that are in need.

Speaker 2 (06:19):
A busy morning.

Speaker 1 (06:20):
As I mentioned, if you are somebody that has YouTube TV,
I'm one of those people.

Speaker 2 (06:23):
It's me.

Speaker 1 (06:24):
We don't have ESPN channels anymore, and this one snuck
up on me. These carriage disputes that are common these days,
this is one that wasn't on my radar. But now
I can't access any ESPN, ABC, Disney channels and that's
a problem for me. I gotta figure something out. I'll
get through. But yeah, I wasn't prepared to have to
find a new provider as I had into the weekend,

(06:45):
especially as I host a bunch of people at my
house tonight and they're probably gonna want to know if
I'm gonna have certain games on that kind of stuff.
So we'll get to all that. And how about Kentucky basketball.
What a drastic difference last night at ropp Arena compared
to just six days prior, where they knocked off the
number one team in the country. A middle of the packet,
best Big East team comes into RUP and they beat

(07:07):
up Kentucky that's what happened last night. So it is
an exhibition game, it's not real, but two drastically different
results for Mark Pope before the season starts next week.
So all right, quick time out again, a lot to
get to this morning, so stick with us. Happy Halloween
from us your news radio eight forty whas so yesterday
Mayor Greenberg announ State Community Food Draft Partnership would dare

(07:27):
to care to help restock the local food pantries that
are already running out of supplies. So as mentioned earlier,
eighty four thousand people rely on snap benefits.

Speaker 2 (07:36):
It's a lot of folks.

Speaker 1 (07:37):
So donations will be collected at multiple local events including
Boo at the Zoo that started yesterday as far as
just where you could go donate. So that was the
first start of the weekend where they're just telling folks
to hey, come here, and hopefully they got a good
amount of donations. I would imagine there were plenty of
folks that were taken in one of the final nights
that you can take in Boo at the Zoo at

(07:58):
the Louisville Zoo, but the other area through the vill
five k that's tomorrow morning. That'll be over there near
u of L, and that is from nine to eleven
AM is when they are going to have that window
of time for you to drop off some stuff, donate
whatever you can, whatever resources you have to help folks
out that are going to be in need of help.
So tomorrow morning at u of L to twenty five

(08:19):
to fifty South Floyd Street, and then also tomorrow night
through the BOO which again back at the Louisville Zoo
November the first, Yes, so six to eight pm. So
those are the three spots you can actually go to
and physically drop some stuff off. But also you can
go to Dairycare's website and make donations there, and they've
also got donation centers set up. So I'm sure we'll see,

(08:40):
in fact, I'm very confident we'll see a lot of
folks doing what they can to help out, because again,
I feel like if you are somebody that is able
to stay in your own bubble and just not really
notice this because one your job, your day to day
would be easy for you to not realize that we've
got a government shut down, that the longer it lasts,

(09:00):
the more likely we're going to see some legitimate effects
and how it does impact everyday Americans, but it's getting
harder to not realize where we are because of how
long this drags out and because of when you hear
about people not being able to feed themselves, their families,
their children. That's a scary thing. And I probably should

(09:21):
say this more than I do. Many things can be
true when it comes to certain situations, right, Not everything
is completely this way or that way, or black white,
whatever analogy you want to use. But because those that
I guess are just very much blaming it all on
the Democrats, and by the way, I totally get it.
I'm not saying you're wrong to do that, but it's

(09:43):
led to just some noise out there about who actually
is going without these benefits and who really needs them?
Do they deserve them? This should be this should incentivize
them to realize they need to go get a job.
And look, both things can be true. Are there people
that are on food stamps and just take advantage of
the system and it's your taxpayer dollars that that fund

(10:06):
them their their ability to just mooch. Absolutely, there's no
doubt about that. But there's also people who genuinely need
it because they need it, and I think it's it's
it's to me, it's not. It's a no brainer when
it comes to you needing to have some requirements to
show that, yes, you can still receive the assistance from

(10:29):
the government, but with that you need to also be
showing proof that you are at least trying to better
yourself and get yourself a job and that kind of stuff.
So again, anybody who would argue against that, I would
question your your you know, your common sense.

Speaker 2 (10:42):
But that's not everybody.

Speaker 1 (10:44):
There are many people who that are that are examples
of why this even exists for you to be able
to get government assistance to help provide for your family
for yourself. So again, it's thirty days now that we've
we've been in a shutdown and no end in sight,
so all we can do is wait and hope for
the best. We've got a quick update of trafficking weather
on the way again. A big accident causing some major

(11:05):
issues this morning sixty four West Downtown.

Speaker 2 (11:08):
They've got that cleared up.

Speaker 1 (11:09):
Looks like things are starting to smooth out on the roadways,
which couldn't come at a better times as uh, We're
now at five twenty two and a lot of people
getting up getting their day started. So again, we'll keep
you updated throughout the morning with trafficking weather. Also, we've
got a sports update coming your way. Scott Fitzgerald's with
us for sports next right here on News Radio eight forty.
Whas if I was tasked to come up with a
good Halloween costume idea for Governor Andy Vasheer, I don't

(11:33):
know if I would have thought of it, But man,
whoever recommended mister Rogers could not have been more.

Speaker 2 (11:38):
I mean, he kind of is missed.

Speaker 1 (11:39):
He's like a costplay mister Rogers at times, even when
it's non Halloween.

Speaker 2 (11:44):
That's not an insult. It just it works, you know
what I mean, right.

Speaker 6 (11:46):
John, especially when you think back to the way that
he got his demeanor was during the early stages of covies.

Speaker 1 (11:53):
Yeah, I mean Live at five with Andy, Andy's at five, right,
I mean that is with people call well, he became
an Internet maybe not internationally known, but I mean he
became a very well known name during that time, just
for a variety of reasons. And it's so weird to
go back to that. I mean that seems at times

(12:15):
like it was twenty years ago. It also kind of
feels like it was just the other day as far
as the pandemic, but we are coming up on six
years ago, which is quite i mean.

Speaker 3 (12:23):
Very strange.

Speaker 1 (12:23):
Yeah, I mean it's been a while, but i mean
do you remember the story nationally where women were acknowledging
how much they think he's just this heart throw govern
me Daddy was a thing. I mean that was the
people were buying T shirts. So yeah, he definitely gives
off the mister Rogers vibes. And I'm not sure you

(12:44):
could come like he just need that just needs to
be a known thing that Governor Basher every Halloween is
mister Rogers. Which it fits, it fits. I'm sure I'll
see many costumes tonight that I'll have to question, what
is that?

Speaker 2 (12:57):
Not this one?

Speaker 1 (12:58):
It was quite clear just by looking at him yesterday
is he had his outfit on what he was going
to be. All Right, So if you flip to YouTube
TV this morning and you couldn't get to ESPN, ABC,
the SEC Network, ACC Network, you're not losing your mind.

Speaker 2 (13:12):
YouTube TV and.

Speaker 1 (13:13):
Disney they are at war. Their deal expired last night
at midnight. Now all the Disney owned channels we're talking ESPN, ABC, ACC,
SEC Network, gone. Disney says YouTube TV, which of course
is owned by Google, is being cheap, refusing to pay
fair rates. YouTube TV says, Disney's the greedy one, and
they're offering subscribers a twenty dollars credit if this blackout

(13:35):
drags on.

Speaker 2 (13:35):
This is how it works, they.

Speaker 1 (13:37):
Point fingers to the other and the only people that
suffer are US customers who pay money.

Speaker 3 (13:43):
Jesus.

Speaker 6 (13:44):
Sounds like the government shut down.

Speaker 1 (13:45):
Yes, it does, and maybe that's why this one snuck
up on me. I don't think that's a I mean,
usually I'm all over this because I'm a nerd for it.
It fascinates me to see these disputes and really just
how they play out, because more often than not, somebody
can seeds before you get here. But we're here now
to where the weekend is upon us. First, we're day
away from from starting the month of November, and there's

(14:09):
so again not to say everybody's following it closely, but
I'm sure there today there'll be many that go to
YouTube TV and realize, wait a second, this and by
the way, I checked this morning, it just doesn't even
show the channels when when you go there, meaning it
just doesn't show that they that they even exist on
your lineup. It's not like it showed. And I think

(14:30):
in a way like, for example, I checked YouTube TV
this morning on the iPhone app, and I just saw
all of the channels that I typically have, and it
didn't include the many that are from the Disney underneath
the Disney umbrella. So if I wasn't paying attention, if
I didn't know anything about it, I just would have
assumed that something something was wrong. However, if you go
to YouTube TV on your TV rather it be a

(14:52):
you know, smart TV, Roku whatever it is, it does
tell you as soon as you open it up that
those channels are are not available, and it tells you
to go to a specific link and you can't click
on it or anything like that, because that's just not
how at least not from the smart TVs I have
experience with. But when I go to this link, it
tells me Disney channel availability on YouTube TV. As if

(15:12):
October thirtieth, our agreement with Disney has expired and their
content is not currently available on YouTube TV. Each time
we renew our contracts with network partners, we advocate for
fair pricing and greater flexibility to offer subscribers the best
possible live TV experience. Our current agreement with Disney has
approached its renewal date, and we will not agree to
terms that disadvantage our members while benefiting Disney's own live

(15:33):
TV products. If it's our goal to restore Disney content's
a YouTube TV, but if we can't reach an agreement
and their content is unavailable for an extended period of time,
we'll offer our subscribers a twenty dollars credit. You could
continue to watch Disney sports programming by signing up for
ESPN directly. So the affected channels again, all of the
ESPN channels, ABC News Live, Disney XD, ESPN New. I

(15:58):
mean again, there's a lot of channels that more. I mean,
as I look at it here, the only ones that
that that I think may surprise you, because if you
just know which channels are going to be underneath the
Disney ESPN umbrella, you know it's pretty obvious. But there's
others that I'll admit, as I look at this now,
I had no clue that this that they and I
don't watch these channels. But I didn't know FX in

(16:20):
FXX as well as NAT GEO and n g O
Wilde were Disney owned, because clearly they are, They're not available,
so uh this, uh, this will be noticed by quite
a few people. And look, it's it's an open invitation
to go try out a different streaming service. And I'm
of the belief that they're all relatively the same as
far as just functionality. So maybe I end up going

(16:43):
to Hulu Live. Maybe I end up with is it Fubo,
that's one of them, I think. So, yeah, you've got
h You've got Direct TV now, which is there? So I, look,
I'm gonna have to do something because I'm gonna need
to watch some sports this weekend.

Speaker 6 (16:57):
And YouTube tv always the one in these issues. It
feels like you don't ever hear these stories about the
other streaming service.

Speaker 1 (17:03):
Because they're owned by Google, and they're the ones that
will that will fight, I think, and maybe have a
better ability to feel it. They probably feel like they
can ride it out better than better than others, if
that makes sense.

Speaker 3 (17:12):
That makes sense.

Speaker 1 (17:12):
So I've yet to have this happen where I genuinely
needed to look for a different provider. And I've been
a YouTube TV subscriber for probably eight years now, nine years,
and I'm not bitter. I'm not upset. I just don't
have any I mean, I'm loyal because I signed up
and it's always worked, but it's not because of any
specific choice. So now if I go elsewhere and start

(17:33):
a trial or maybe pay just because I need sports
and I like it, I'm probably done with YouTube DVD
at least for the time being, until there's another dispute
and then I got to go elsewhere. That's just how
this works, all right. Quick update of traffic of weather
on the way. Roy O'Neil's set to join us. He'll
be with us on the other side, so stick around
right here. It's Coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's on
News Radio eight forty whas all right, Coffee and Company

(17:56):
with you here a Halloween edition for us. We are
fueled by Thornton's Happy Halloween. Everybody, Happy Halloween. To Rory
O'Neil of NBC News.

Speaker 3 (18:03):
Good morning, Rory, Hey, they're happy Halloween. What's the go
to candy? Oh?

Speaker 2 (18:08):
For me, I'm going Skittles.

Speaker 3 (18:12):
Oh no, what about you?

Speaker 5 (18:14):
I always used to I always gave out the word
give out the big bull sized ones and the kid
that reaches for the skittles.

Speaker 3 (18:20):
That kid's got issues.

Speaker 2 (18:22):
Yes, I can't. I can't disagree.

Speaker 1 (18:24):
It says a lot of said a lot about me
as a youngster, if I if I would be grabbing
for Skittles instead of you know, one of one of
the classics.

Speaker 2 (18:30):
I'm just not a big chocolate guy.

Speaker 3 (18:33):
Okay, I'm weird.

Speaker 2 (18:34):
Look, I'm weird.

Speaker 3 (18:34):
I know Milky Way or M and MS and you're
going for Skittles. I'm like, that's a weird kid.

Speaker 2 (18:39):
Yeah, I look, I can't, I can't deny it. So
we are. We'lls talk Halloween in just a moment. But
the government shut down.

Speaker 1 (18:44):
We're now thirty days in, and it seems as if
the noise, I guess just the awareness of this, this
going on in our country is is only increasing as
this continues, which I guess should be expected. But here, locally,
the conversation is really shifted to, Okay, folks are going
to be running out of resources to feed themselves in
their families. What can we do to help. I'm sure
that's going on across the country, but what are some

(19:06):
other ways in which this is really starting to be unavoidable?
As far as what we're dealing with here with the
government shut down.

Speaker 5 (19:12):
Well here we are now approaching the first of the
month as well, so you've had almost eight hundred thousand
workers who haven't been paid in a month, so that
means paying the rent, paying the mortgage is going to
be a challenge. Now we've got Snap benefits for forty
plus million Americans also not going out for many states.
That's also going to be a more tragic issue because

(19:32):
many of those households have children or elderly people in
there receiving those Snap benefits or food stamps. So I
think we're really seeing the rubber hit the road. And
what's unfortunate is that Washington, d c. Is virtually empty
right now. The Senate went home. The House has not
been in session for over a month, you know, and
everyone is essentially just saying, even more so than blaming

(19:54):
Republicans or Democrats, they're just saying, the institutions just aren't
working for the people.

Speaker 1 (19:58):
So if somebody went in a completely objective which is
tough to fund folks who do that this day and age,
and they just were coming in blind and reading what
is being said by the leaders of the Republican Party
and the leaders of the Democratic Party, what would be
the assessment as far as okay, here's why their government
is shut down because of this or that?

Speaker 5 (20:21):
Well, I mean, you know, the arguments are the Republicans,
especially the House speakers, said, we did our job. We
were just wanting to continue spending as is, make no changes,
and keep the government open through November twenty. First, the
Democrats are in the minority in both chambers, and this
is the only flex they have. You know, the Senate
needs sixty votes to pass anything, and the Democrats can

(20:42):
block the Republican agenda by stepping up in moments like this,
and this time they're fighting over the subsidies for the
Obamacare policies. In many ways, the Democrats have been waiting
for today. They wanted this. That's the wrong term, but
because right now Americans are starting to sign up for
their Obamacare for twenty twenty six. That's going to start

(21:04):
tomorrow the first, and that's when many households are figuring out,
wait a minute, now, how much is this premium going up?
And to finally, the Democrats hope to have this realization
from millions of Americans that their healthcare costs are about
to go up a lot.

Speaker 1 (21:19):
I know what you mean, they were waiting for this
day more than anything, just because it would be the
realization for a lot of people to see the impact
of of what the potential change can be. So yeah,
thirty days in, I had no clue what to expect,
and still don't as far as when it comes to
an end. But it still doesn't look as if end
is in sight, which is a frightening thing for.

Speaker 2 (21:37):
A lot of folks. But let's talk Halloween. Let's talk
some numbers.

Speaker 1 (21:40):
Obviously, big holiday falling on a Friday this year, which
I'd say is convenient for a lot of parents, a
lot of kids. But what can you tell us about
just the Halloween impact outside of just you know, kids
and costumes.

Speaker 3 (21:50):
Yeah, well right, look, but that's a big business. We've
got there, thirteen point one billion.

Speaker 5 (21:55):
Dollars in total Halloween spending expected, thirteen billion point three
billion in costumes just under four billion, and Halloween candy alone.
And you know, look, this does involve most Americans, right,
Sixty six percent of Americans expect to be handing out
candy to trick a treaters tonight.

Speaker 1 (22:14):
That's a lot, That is a lot, And I think
Friday is that I mean I'm sure there's data out
there somewhere. I'm not going to put you on the
spot to reference it, but I just assume the timing
here could lead to most folks maybe seeing a little
b of an increase as far as the amount of
kids that are going to be coming to the door.

Speaker 3 (22:30):
Right, I think that's realistic.

Speaker 5 (22:32):
And yeah, it is interesting though, because we've seen more
communities do sort of these community events at the sure
at the scary haunted mall, rather than go door to
door in neighborhoods where people don't know their neighbors anymore
like we did when I was a kid five hundred
years ago. You know, they're doing a lot more of
these community events so the kids don't go to strangers

(22:55):
houses even though they may or may not know their neighbors.

Speaker 2 (22:58):
All right, let's go five hundred years back.

Speaker 1 (23:00):
As you said, what was your favorite costume as a kid,
and Rory O'Neill dressed up?

Speaker 5 (23:04):
Oh gosh, we all sort of want let's see, so
it was the seventies, late seventies, so yeah, anything Star
Wars sort of related. We all just wanted to be
something with a walking around with a lightsaber at some
point and it's a staple.

Speaker 1 (23:16):
I would be shocked if as I walked through a
neighborhood I don't see at least one kid or maybe
even a parent, an grown up that is doing Star
Wars theme stuff.

Speaker 3 (23:24):
So it's yeah, it was always some sort of a knockoff.
That's right. Really, you know it wasn't sort of.

Speaker 2 (23:30):
It's easy to do it. It's easy to do if
people knew what you.

Speaker 3 (23:32):
Were right exactly. I saw a lights you know, I
had a glowing lightsaber, so everyone knew. Good stuff.

Speaker 2 (23:37):
Rory.

Speaker 1 (23:37):
As always, we appreciate your time. Happy Halloween, enjoy your weekend,
and we'll talk next week.

Speaker 3 (23:41):
My friend, Thanks Nick talking to you. Then.

Speaker 1 (23:42):
That is Rory O'Neal of NBC News. Let's get a
quick time out out of the way. We'll check on
the traffic out there as we get this Friday morning started.
Bobby Ellis has got us covered there. We'll take a
look at the forecast from a Melosovich, and another sports
update is coming your way right here on News Radio
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