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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We've got a bad desire here on a Monday morning,
Welcome in. It is Kentucky and his Morning News Coffee
and Company Field Beth Thornton's at News Radio eight forty wha.
As it wasn't long ago we were just referencing this song,
how it's It's a great song, but man lyrically very weird.
And it took it seems like it took a long
time for people to realize. Wait a second, what's he
(00:20):
what's he saying here? Hey, little girl? Is your daddy home? Right?
Did he go and leave you all alone? And he's
got a burning desire? It's uh, who's your daddy home? Okay,
who's your daddy? There you go. I'm not sure if
that was an intentional We'll say that, hey, it works.
It works because the Hoosiers are playing for a national
championship game tonight, which of course we'll discuss quite a
bit throughout the day. It is MLK day, so that
(00:40):
means if you are up and at it, you're going
to see fewer cars out there. A lot of folks
off work, no school here locally, so uh, you know,
I I'm not sure if that impacts your commute, but
I would say, if anything, it might get you where
you need to go smoother and quicker. So hey, I
think that means we're off to a good start. So
happy MLK Day to everybody. Be prepared because we're gonna
(01:01):
have cold weather. In fact, I heard this this morning
when our folks, our partners over their WK. Why I
got their newscats started that as of now, we've already
seen the high for today, So not something you want
to hear when it's you know, at the time, it's
four thirty am, right, so right now, twenty nine feels
like eighteen. But I will say there's been a lot
(01:22):
of chatter here and there about some snow chances and
it just hasn't happened recently. I don't know if it's
just been they've been wrong, because that can happen, right,
or if maybe it just didn't hit where I was,
But any talk of like potentially being on alert for
some snow, it just, you know, there hadn't been much
going on, which I'm sure many of you are thinking, well,
that's good. We don't want snow. It gets in the way,
(01:43):
can can cause accidents, it's a mess, And I hear you,
but I'm I'm I'm kind of of the belief, if
it's gonna be cold, why not give me a little snow.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Well, that's that we're saying that the Chicago game last
or not Chicago, the Houston, New England game yesterday. They're
almost kind of referencing if you're gonna have this rain,
just because it's easier to throw the football in the
snow than it is and most people would rather have that.
And that's My wife heard that and she said, yeah,
I'd rather have snow than have a cold ruin.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
I think there's also something and I'm not sure if
there's any data that can that can confirm this, but
I feel like snow kind of distracts you from how
cold it is, at least for the moment, because you're
if you don't get it very often. Now again, if
you're somebody waking up in you know, northern Michigan this
morning and you've got you know, foot on the ground,
I'm sure it's not you're not intrigued by it. It doesn't
interest you because you know, you see it all the time.
(02:30):
But yeah, it was wet snow, seemingly if they're New England.
And by the way, those two games, which really really
good finishes in the NFL this weekend, as we now
have essentially the Final four. But man, I watched those
games without really any rooting interest, and I just thought
to myself, shout out to these fans because I am
not tough enough to be sitting in that way.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Couldn't do it. I could not do it. I was
watching the Chicago game last night. I was literally cold
sitting in my chair, even under a blanket. Now, my
brother did text me a picture from Pensacola. They had
snow on the roof from Pensacola aile.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
So he was like, so, I've never seen it, and
I wouldn't believe it, but in destined apparently in Miramar.
We have some friends that were there this past week
and they woke up Saturday morning and I think it
was just right time they saw some snow coming down,
and I just I can't imagine. I can't imagine that
being there, you know, every year for our family vacation.
Obviously we go in the summer, but I just the
(03:22):
visual of that was wild. And then again I started
to think, Okay, they learned how to use AIAI is
pretty powerful. But no, it did in fact snow in Florida.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
It did, and they're almost, as my brother was saying,
we're kind of getting used to it now because they
had that major snow. I remember what was it last year?
The year before, like in New Orleans, they were showing
that they had.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
The major So when they call it major snow, is
it so like when we get six to eight inches
of snow to us, that's just understandably. So the city, like,
we don't have resources and we don't plan for that
because that's a rare thing. So that's something that's tough
for us to deal with. On a lower scale, you
get snow in the southern part of the country, I mean,
(04:00):
they may get a dusting and you know, calling the
National Guard because they don't know what to do, right.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
I think if you're if you're approaching that inch mark
in the south, that's problem.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
The city that you can totally get it. The city
that comes to mind for me is that Atlanta, because
it's such a big city and you they've got coverage
as if they've experienced a once and a one million
year thing where and it's honestly, it's usually just a
very little bit of snow and I don't know if
their roads get worse because they don't typically treat them
because obviously it's a rare thing to get snow there.
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But it is wild how everything is based off. It's
all perspective, yep. And for us again getting like the
snowstorm that we had last year in January, that was
a rare thing for that amount. But you go, I
don't know, five hours north in northern Ohio, that's every
other week. That's right, That's exactly right.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
And so now they're looking at, speaking of snow to
your point next weekend. They still don't know what it's
going to do. They said, they're all over the place with.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
The maps, but we could get we're at that point,
but they're tracking something that could be pretty pretty big, right.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yeah, And we're at that point where we just can't
make up our minds if it's gonna snow or it's
gonna rain, or we're gonna get that nasty in between stuff.
And that's that's the killer, I think for a lot
of folks when you get that in between stuff and
you don't know where it's gonna gownd.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
And there's there's oftentimes a lot of lead up and
then you know, you get to keep them out like
if you just wait and see what it does, then
react whatever happens, it won't feel like it was such
a yes. Oh, you know you were so inconvenienced, right right,
All right, let's get to a quick time out. We've
got trafficking weather updates for you. We'll see how the
roadways are looking as we get this Monday started. Happy
(05:34):
MLK to everybody. It's Coffee and Company where Field Beth
Thorton's at news Radio eight forty whas. All right, it
is Coffee and Company. Field Beth Thornton's here at news
Radio eight forty whas. Appreciate you hanging out with us.
Happy MLK day. So they're going to start the demolition
of the I always say the name wrong of this
(05:55):
of the plant, but the plant that exploded in the
Clifton area. Godovan, I think that givet on. There you go.
I was close, Yeah, gibbetan uh. And it's actually pretty
easy to pronounce. I don't know why, for some reason
always seem to mix it up, but anyways, the demolition
starts today, so be advised if you're in that area
(06:16):
and you notice a crew work and you notice I mean,
a demolition seems to be something that would be noticeable.
But it's going to begin at pain Street and that's
the site, of course, where where that explosion happened. And
the Clifton Community Council that confirmed that a wrecking permit
has been issued and the demolition plan is now in place,
going to take about forty days. And uh, obviously we
(06:38):
all remember that story a little bit over a year ago,
roughly two years ago. I suppose that led to some
employees of the plant losing their life. And as you know,
that wasn't the the only that wasn't the only incident
that they'd had at that that specific plant. So yeah,
they're gonna have some They're gonna have what's needed as
far as set up in regards to getting people maneuvered
(07:00):
around that area if need be, despite the demolition that's
going on. So it's going to take place from seven
am to five point thirty pm today up until Thursday.
Now weather could require them to do some work on
Friday and the weekend as well. Any any changes as
far as the schedule and the planning is going to
go through the Clifton Community Council, all right, So tonight
(07:21):
we've got a national championship game in college football. It's Indiana,
it's Miami, two teams that I would imagine many would
not have predicted to be here when you started the
college football season. But here we are in Indiana. By
the way, open up the season one hundred and one
to win the national title. So if you would have
made that wager and they win the night, it all depends,
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of course, how much money you would have bet, but
you'd have made yourself a lot of money. In fact,
Miami opened at thirty five to one, which I guess
Indiana big picture, being here is a much bigger surprise
than Miami, just because you know, Miami is a team
that more often than not is featured in your pre seas.
He's in top twenty five rankings more often than not,
(08:03):
they're believed to be one of the favorites in a
power for league. But I also feel like it's kind
of weird for them to be here too, because there's
just been so much talk about the you getting back
and they haven't even really come close to breaking through,
to be honest, and then now they've broken through and
they're playing for a national championship game tonight. But again, Indiana,
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that is the story, and I don't even think there's
any close second story that is that is, you know,
considered to be really just the takeaway from this, these
two teams being here, and that's what Kurt Signetti has
done in two years. I had a friend that was
leaving Louisville on Saturday morning, not going to Miami, but
he was at the airport flying out, and he was
sending us some pictures in our group chat of just
(08:46):
how many Indiana fans were there making their way to Miami.
And I'm curious as to what it's going to look
like on TV.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
I think there's going to be more Indiana fans in
Miami's home stadium.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Yeah, and I wouldn't be shocked by that at all,
just because of how big their fan base is. And yes,
Miami is in their home stadium. But I think, as
somebody who really looks at when it comes to sports
media and you know, your audience, rather it be Internet, TV,
(09:20):
whatever it may be, it's pretty clear, not necessarily, oh,
this fan base is better than this fan base, and
it's just about the pure numbers. And again Indiana fans,
I just don't They've always been a sleeping giant really
in every sport, especially now that sports you know, can
can use money donated to fans from fans and alumni
to help buy players. Indian has such a huge alumni
(09:43):
base and such a huge it's a huge state in
general as far as just the population. So Miami, I
don't really know how big their fan base actually is. Like, yeah,
they were a national brand to an extent, but that
was that was decades ago. And they clearly have you know,
they clearly have fans. But they play their home games
a lot of them in the same stadium the Dolphins
(10:04):
play in hard Rock, and I mean, do they ever
come close to like even I mean, I don't even
know what they're high amount of fans at the biggest
crowd they had this year at a home game. I mean,
I'm sure it's a big number, but like, I don't know,
like people are gonna that's one that's one of my predictions, John,
I guess I guess. I guess I stole your prediction.
Your prediction is there's more Indiana fans. My prediction is
(10:26):
that that's going to like completely surprise people, yes, and
they're gonna think, how could it happen. And my my
take then would be, I don't really think it's as
big of a surprise as you think it is.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
No, it shouldn't be because.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Indiana huge fan base, and again this is a once
in a lifetime situation for them. Who knows, maybe they're
gonna be there every year now. But on the Miami side,
I just don't know how many people they pull from.
And if the prices are what they are, you may
live in Miami and know that it's convenient to just say, look,
I can't afford that. All right, quick time out, we'll
get you caught up on traffick and whether we'll see
how the roadways are looking. As we get this Monday started,
(10:57):
it's Who's Radio eight forty whas there's now been a
third person charged in the disgusting, i mean inhumane child
abuse story that wrapped up last week and it's disturbing
to say the least. So the grandmother is now the
(11:18):
third person charged, Yvonne Shanks. She's the grandmother of the
two children that were abused in ways that just it's
uncomfortable to even talk about. But the two parents they
were initially charged. That's when the story initially made the
news just because of the nature of the injuries to
these two young children, a one year old child and
(11:40):
another child that I believe is not Yeah, one is
two one year there's one year old child and a
two year old child that had just insane levels of injuries.
Fractures to the jaw and skull, trauma to the nose
and mouth, lacerations above both eyes, severe anemia from blood loss,
possible leading inside the skull, signs of liver injury, extreme malnourishment.
(12:04):
I mean, just disgusting. So she's now charged because she'd
seen the injuries and failed to intervene, and also knew
of the injuries, saw the injuries and chose to I
guess continue. I don't know if she was babysitting the
kids or what it may be, but then you know,
basically giving the kids back to their parents knowing what
(12:27):
was going on. So she's now been charged with first
degree assault, first degree criminal abuse, first degree wanting, endangerment,
and endangering the welfare of a minor. So again, just
disgusting and I can't seem to wrap my head around
this even being possible. But one of the other children,
(12:47):
I guess, Yeah, So the initial injuries. I just mentioned
there that was one of the kids. The other has
a skull and rip fracture, extensive bruising, organ injuries involving
liver and pancreas, missing teeth. I mean, it's just inhumane.
And the parents, Nicolas Shanks and Shelby Koontz, they've both
been jailed on five hundred thousand dollars bonds and they
(13:08):
faced the same charges, so there's three of them now
being held responsible. And I'm not really I mean, I'm
not sure there's a punishment that, in my mind, could
be too could be too strong when it comes to
stuff like that. And I know in the WDRB coverage
of this, I just happened to see it over the weekend,
the police chief, Paul Humphrey, who was just with us
(13:30):
in studio not that long ago, and I wanted to
make sure I got the quote right because I don't
want to I don't want to misquote him, but I
could be wrong. But I don't know if many would
say what he said. And I'm so glad he's our
police chief and he's willing to just call this what
it is. But when he was expressing his outrage at
the injuries. When talking to the to WDRB, here's a quote,
(13:52):
there's a special place in hell for people like that. Absolutely,
I just think that's a rather obvious thing that many
wouldn't really say. But I'd say the majority that hear
these injuries, who could disagree with that? There is a
special place in hell for for anybody involved or anybody
(14:13):
having any knowledge of it and not doing anything about it.
And it also for me, it scares me because how
I mean, how many kids do you think are dealing
with that? And nobody knows, right, I mean, that's a scary,
scary thing to think about. But hopefully those those young
children can can recover, and hopefully these these three low
lives never never ever make any type of contact with
(14:36):
any child ever again, and hopefully they end up in
prison for a really long time. I don't know, you
know that, that of course, is something you have to
wait and see how it plays out as far as
the legal process. But any anybody hurting a defenseless baby,
they belong under the jail, I think. But that's just me.
All right, We've got traffick good weather updates coming your way.
(14:56):
Cold it's cold right now, gonna get colder throughout the
day when with that wind is not going to help.
So Bivist, we're going to talk to Roy O'Neil. He's
going to join us, coming up here, and we'll see.
We'll see what Rory has to say when it comes
to the latest in Minneapolis. As of last night, about
fifteen hundred active duty soldiers were on standby for possible
(15:19):
deployment to Minneapolis. So that, of course is something President Trump.
It may happen any moment now, all right, stick around,
it's news Radio eight forty Whas. It's news Radio eight
forty Whas Coffee and Company fueled by Thorntons. Thank you
so much for hanging out with us. We've got Rory
O'Neil with us as he joins us here on a Monday. Rory,
(15:40):
what can you tell us about the latest in Minneapolis?
Or were about to see fifteen hundred active duty soldiers
make their way to Minneapolis?
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Well, essentially, the Trump administration and the Pentagon have notified
about fifteen hundred forces in Alaska, the Army's eleventh Airborne Division,
which specializes in cold weather operations, to get ready, to
get ready, they're prepared to deploy orders in case, violence
in Minnesota escalates and the president decides to use the
(16:10):
Insurrection Act. Some have questioned whether or not the level
of violence we're seeing it's mostly small stuff with one
big exception. But sure if that level, if this warrants
such a radical use of the president's power, it has
only been used about thirty times, lastly during the La
riots under George H. W.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
Bush. So when I see that Tim Walls has activated
the Minnesota National Guard, that happened on Saturday does say
that Guard members have not yet actually hit the city streets.
So when Walls is sending the National Guard, is it
to help just get people calm down, get him out
of there? But I mean, given the two sides are
at war, right, the Tim Walls of the world on
(16:51):
that side, and then of course President Trump's administration, I mean,
is that considered to be something that's going to help
peace or maybe make it worse? Well?
Speaker 3 (16:59):
Right, sort of an open question. And we have this
idea as well that President Trump could act that then
nationalize the Minnesota National Guard so they fall under his
command and not Governor Walls. So that's a bit of
a head scratchers. And move forward here into almost this
unprecedented territory really.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Yeah, and it does something you mentioned that is probably
hard for people to keep in mind when they just
follow the coverage of the big updates that of course,
anything you see on social that is going to get
a bunch of views, it's probably not something boring, it's
something that's being shared. This shows things being at a
very high level when it comes to just the tension.
But overall, given that it's seemingly been going on around
(17:40):
the clock, it is pretty isolated as far as these
extreme events, right, And a lot.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Of it is focused on this federal building in Minneapolis
sort of the staging point for ice and the officials
that come and go, and every car that comes and
goes they try to stop it and things like that.
But it really is just about a couple hundred people. Again,
you compared it to what was going on in Los
Angeles where the city was being set on fire, thousands
of people in the streets, I mean, very different. Now,
we did see some of those larger protests shortly after
(18:06):
the Renee Good was killed, but we're not seeing that
level of violence for sure, thankfully, and you know, we're
trying to keep it that way.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Rory and Neils our guest joining as Sert News Radio
eight forty whas. So, the Education Department is putting off
collections on defaulted student loans for the time being. That
what has led to this decision. I'm sure there's many
that are that are thankful that at least maybe they're
getting a little bit of time here.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
Yeah. You know, typically if you don't pay your student
loan debt back to the Feds after two hundred and
seventy days, you're considered in default. But under the big
beautiful Bill that passed last year, there are some provisions
to try to help people get back in the good
graces of Uncle Sam. So they're giving a bit more
time for those programs to be implemented before garnishing wages directly.
(18:53):
You know, they were on the cusp of going right
after your paycheck if you weren't paying back your student
loans on time. But to see it, I don't want
to call them dead beats, but those who are behind
have a bit more breathing room to try to start
to pay up.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
So the Trump administration also has proposed the allowing folks
to use four oh one K money dipping into savings,
essentially for home down payments. That's probably something that would
make purchasing a home a lot easier for folks. Right, Yeah,
it cool.
Speaker 3 (19:25):
But at the same time, if you start pulling thousands
of dollars out of your four oh one k, say
when you're thirty five years old, well, now you're going
to lose the compound interest that really makes those things
so valuable. It's the fact that the money sits there
over time and you keep adding on to it with
your paycheck, a little bit of your paycheck every week.
That's what makes it so valuable. So when you start
(19:45):
to pull money out, you know, you sort of lose
the magic of what the four oh one k can
do because it does grow typically without tax implications.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
But you know they also.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Allow it for iras you can take out up to
ten grand. Well, we're going to hear more d details
about the President's proposal on Wednesday during a speech at
the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
So, I mean, it's far from ideal to be dipping
into your four oh one k, especially if it's if
you're at a relatively early on in your career. But
I think this could just be Hey, although it seems
unusual and certainly not something you would have done in
a previous life. But this may be the only way
for people in their thirties to get out of mom
and Dad's basement and make that first time home purchase.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
Well, right, and because it can be such you know,
getting that down payment is such a significant challenge or
so many couples and households and you know, then you know,
I'd like to wait, like, is there a way to
figure it back or to recalculate so you get those
contributions back sooner. You know, when you pay your mortgage off,
it typically goes interest first, right, and then you start
paying the principal last. If you could pay back my
(20:49):
floural one k first and then you know sort of
be able to get it back quicker and reinvest that
money because they're going to need it.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
No doubt. Rory is always appreciate your time, My friend,
enjoyed the rest of your day. Thanks big. That is
Roory Odeel NBC News, always appreciate his time. Let's get
to a quick time out, shall we. We'll check on
the traffic and weather. We've got a sports update coming
your way. National Championship games being played tonight which is
kind of awesome, a little bittersweet though, right it means
the college football season is officially going to be over,
(21:18):
but college hoops is in full force now, which also
big wins over the weekend for both Louisville and Kentucky
in different fashion, of course, But we'll get to that
and more throughout the morning right here at news Radio
eight forty whis
We've got a bad desire here on a Monday morning,
Welcome in. It is Kentucky and his Morning News Coffee
and Company Field Beth Thornton's at News Radio eight forty wha.
As it wasn't long ago we were just referencing this song,
how it's It's a great song, but man lyrically very weird.
And it took it seems like it took a long
time for people to realize. Wait a second, what's he
(00:20):
what's he saying here? Hey, little girl? Is your daddy home? Right?
Did he go and leave you all alone? And he's
got a burning desire? It's uh, who's your daddy home? Okay,
who's your daddy? There you go. I'm not sure if
that was an intentional We'll say that, hey, it works.
It works because the Hoosiers are playing for a national
championship game tonight, which of course we'll discuss quite a
bit throughout the day. It is MLK day, so that
(00:40):
means if you are up and at it, you're going
to see fewer cars out there. A lot of folks
off work, no school here locally, so uh, you know,
I I'm not sure if that impacts your commute, but
I would say, if anything, it might get you where
you need to go smoother and quicker. So hey, I
think that means we're off to a good start. So
happy MLK Day to everybody. Be prepared because we're gonna
(01:01):
have cold weather. In fact, I heard this this morning
when our folks, our partners over their WK. Why I
got their newscats started that as of now, we've already
seen the high for today, So not something you want
to hear when it's you know, at the time, it's
four thirty am, right, so right now, twenty nine feels
like eighteen. But I will say there's been a lot
(01:22):
of chatter here and there about some snow chances and
it just hasn't happened recently. I don't know if it's
just been they've been wrong, because that can happen, right,
or if maybe it just didn't hit where I was,
But any talk of like potentially being on alert for
some snow, it just, you know, there hadn't been much
going on, which I'm sure many of you are thinking, well,
that's good. We don't want snow. It gets in the way,
(01:43):
can can cause accidents, it's a mess, And I hear you,
but I'm I'm I'm kind of of the belief, if
it's gonna be cold, why not give me a little snow.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Well, that's that we're saying that the Chicago game last
or not Chicago, the Houston, New England game yesterday. They're
almost kind of referencing if you're gonna have this rain,
just because it's easier to throw the football in the
snow than it is and most people would rather have that.
And that's My wife heard that and she said, yeah,
I'd rather have snow than have a cold ruin.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
I think there's also something and I'm not sure if
there's any data that can that can confirm this, but
I feel like snow kind of distracts you from how
cold it is, at least for the moment, because you're
if you don't get it very often. Now again, if
you're somebody waking up in you know, northern Michigan this
morning and you've got you know, foot on the ground,
I'm sure it's not you're not intrigued by it. It doesn't
interest you because you know, you see it all the time.
(02:30):
But yeah, it was wet snow, seemingly if they're New England.
And by the way, those two games, which really really
good finishes in the NFL this weekend, as we now
have essentially the Final four. But man, I watched those
games without really any rooting interest, and I just thought
to myself, shout out to these fans because I am
not tough enough to be sitting in that way.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Couldn't do it. I could not do it. I was
watching the Chicago game last night. I was literally cold
sitting in my chair, even under a blanket. Now, my
brother did text me a picture from Pensacola. They had
snow on the roof from Pensacola aile.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
So he was like, so, I've never seen it, and
I wouldn't believe it, but in destined apparently in Miramar.
We have some friends that were there this past week
and they woke up Saturday morning and I think it
was just right time they saw some snow coming down,
and I just I can't imagine. I can't imagine that
being there, you know, every year for our family vacation.
Obviously we go in the summer, but I just the
(03:22):
visual of that was wild. And then again I started
to think, Okay, they learned how to use AIAI is
pretty powerful. But no, it did in fact snow in Florida.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
It did, and they're almost, as my brother was saying,
we're kind of getting used to it now because they
had that major snow. I remember what was it last year?
The year before, like in New Orleans, they were showing
that they had.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
The major So when they call it major snow, is
it so like when we get six to eight inches
of snow to us, that's just understandably. So the city, like,
we don't have resources and we don't plan for that
because that's a rare thing. So that's something that's tough
for us to deal with. On a lower scale, you
get snow in the southern part of the country, I mean,
(04:00):
they may get a dusting and you know, calling the
National Guard because they don't know what to do, right.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
I think if you're if you're approaching that inch mark
in the south, that's problem.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
The city that you can totally get it. The city
that comes to mind for me is that Atlanta, because
it's such a big city and you they've got coverage
as if they've experienced a once and a one million
year thing where and it's honestly, it's usually just a
very little bit of snow and I don't know if
their roads get worse because they don't typically treat them
because obviously it's a rare thing to get snow there.
(04:31):
But it is wild how everything is based off. It's
all perspective, yep. And for us again getting like the
snowstorm that we had last year in January, that was
a rare thing for that amount. But you go, I
don't know, five hours north in northern Ohio, that's every
other week. That's right, That's exactly right.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
And so now they're looking at, speaking of snow to
your point next weekend. They still don't know what it's
going to do. They said, they're all over the place with.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
The maps, but we could get we're at that point,
but they're tracking something that could be pretty pretty big, right.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yeah, And we're at that point where we just can't
make up our minds if it's gonna snow or it's
gonna rain, or we're gonna get that nasty in between stuff.
And that's that's the killer, I think for a lot
of folks when you get that in between stuff and
you don't know where it's gonna gownd.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
And there's there's oftentimes a lot of lead up and
then you know, you get to keep them out like
if you just wait and see what it does, then
react whatever happens, it won't feel like it was such
a yes. Oh, you know you were so inconvenienced, right right,
All right, let's get to a quick time out. We've
got trafficking weather updates for you. We'll see how the
roadways are looking as we get this Monday started. Happy
(05:34):
MLK to everybody. It's Coffee and Company where Field Beth
Thorton's at news Radio eight forty whas. All right, it
is Coffee and Company. Field Beth Thornton's here at news
Radio eight forty whas. Appreciate you hanging out with us.
Happy MLK day. So they're going to start the demolition
of the I always say the name wrong of this
(05:55):
of the plant, but the plant that exploded in the
Clifton area. Godovan, I think that givet on. There you go.
I was close, Yeah, gibbetan uh. And it's actually pretty
easy to pronounce. I don't know why, for some reason
always seem to mix it up, but anyways, the demolition
starts today, so be advised if you're in that area
(06:16):
and you notice a crew work and you notice I mean,
a demolition seems to be something that would be noticeable.
But it's going to begin at pain Street and that's
the site, of course, where where that explosion happened. And
the Clifton Community Council that confirmed that a wrecking permit
has been issued and the demolition plan is now in place,
going to take about forty days. And uh, obviously we
(06:38):
all remember that story a little bit over a year ago,
roughly two years ago. I suppose that led to some
employees of the plant losing their life. And as you know,
that wasn't the the only that wasn't the only incident
that they'd had at that that specific plant. So yeah,
they're gonna have some They're gonna have what's needed as
far as set up in regards to getting people maneuvered
(07:00):
around that area if need be, despite the demolition that's
going on. So it's going to take place from seven
am to five point thirty pm today up until Thursday.
Now weather could require them to do some work on
Friday and the weekend as well. Any any changes as
far as the schedule and the planning is going to
go through the Clifton Community Council, all right, So tonight
(07:21):
we've got a national championship game in college football. It's Indiana,
it's Miami, two teams that I would imagine many would
not have predicted to be here when you started the
college football season. But here we are in Indiana. By
the way, open up the season one hundred and one
to win the national title. So if you would have
made that wager and they win the night, it all depends,
(07:42):
of course, how much money you would have bet, but
you'd have made yourself a lot of money. In fact,
Miami opened at thirty five to one, which I guess
Indiana big picture, being here is a much bigger surprise
than Miami, just because you know, Miami is a team
that more often than not is featured in your pre seas.
He's in top twenty five rankings more often than not,
(08:03):
they're believed to be one of the favorites in a
power for league. But I also feel like it's kind
of weird for them to be here too, because there's
just been so much talk about the you getting back
and they haven't even really come close to breaking through,
to be honest, and then now they've broken through and
they're playing for a national championship game tonight. But again, Indiana,
(08:25):
that is the story, and I don't even think there's
any close second story that is that is, you know,
considered to be really just the takeaway from this, these
two teams being here, and that's what Kurt Signetti has
done in two years. I had a friend that was
leaving Louisville on Saturday morning, not going to Miami, but
he was at the airport flying out, and he was
sending us some pictures in our group chat of just
(08:46):
how many Indiana fans were there making their way to Miami.
And I'm curious as to what it's going to look
like on TV.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
I think there's going to be more Indiana fans in
Miami's home stadium.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Yeah, and I wouldn't be shocked by that at all,
just because of how big their fan base is. And yes,
Miami is in their home stadium. But I think, as
somebody who really looks at when it comes to sports
media and you know, your audience, rather it be Internet, TV,
(09:20):
whatever it may be, it's pretty clear, not necessarily, oh,
this fan base is better than this fan base, and
it's just about the pure numbers. And again Indiana fans,
I just don't They've always been a sleeping giant really
in every sport, especially now that sports you know, can
can use money donated to fans from fans and alumni
to help buy players. Indian has such a huge alumni
(09:43):
base and such a huge it's a huge state in
general as far as just the population. So Miami, I
don't really know how big their fan base actually is. Like, yeah,
they were a national brand to an extent, but that
was that was decades ago. And they clearly have you know,
they clearly have fans. But they play their home games
a lot of them in the same stadium the Dolphins
(10:04):
play in hard Rock, and I mean, do they ever
come close to like even I mean, I don't even
know what they're high amount of fans at the biggest
crowd they had this year at a home game. I mean,
I'm sure it's a big number, but like, I don't know,
like people are gonna that's one that's one of my predictions, John,
I guess I guess. I guess I stole your prediction.
Your prediction is there's more Indiana fans. My prediction is
(10:26):
that that's going to like completely surprise people, yes, and
they're gonna think, how could it happen. And my my
take then would be, I don't really think it's as
big of a surprise as you think it is.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
No, it shouldn't be because.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Indiana huge fan base, and again this is a once
in a lifetime situation for them. Who knows, maybe they're
gonna be there every year now. But on the Miami side,
I just don't know how many people they pull from.
And if the prices are what they are, you may
live in Miami and know that it's convenient to just say, look,
I can't afford that. All right, quick time out, we'll
get you caught up on traffick and whether we'll see
how the roadways are looking. As we get this Monday started,
(10:57):
it's Who's Radio eight forty whas there's now been a
third person charged in the disgusting, i mean inhumane child
abuse story that wrapped up last week and it's disturbing
to say the least. So the grandmother is now the
(11:18):
third person charged, Yvonne Shanks. She's the grandmother of the
two children that were abused in ways that just it's
uncomfortable to even talk about. But the two parents they
were initially charged. That's when the story initially made the
news just because of the nature of the injuries to
these two young children, a one year old child and
(11:40):
another child that I believe is not Yeah, one is
two one year there's one year old child and a
two year old child that had just insane levels of injuries.
Fractures to the jaw and skull, trauma to the nose
and mouth, lacerations above both eyes, severe anemia from blood loss,
possible leading inside the skull, signs of liver injury, extreme malnourishment.
(12:04):
I mean, just disgusting. So she's now charged because she'd
seen the injuries and failed to intervene, and also knew
of the injuries, saw the injuries and chose to I
guess continue. I don't know if she was babysitting the
kids or what it may be, but then you know,
basically giving the kids back to their parents knowing what
(12:27):
was going on. So she's now been charged with first
degree assault, first degree criminal abuse, first degree wanting, endangerment,
and endangering the welfare of a minor. So again, just
disgusting and I can't seem to wrap my head around
this even being possible. But one of the other children,
(12:47):
I guess, Yeah, So the initial injuries. I just mentioned
there that was one of the kids. The other has
a skull and rip fracture, extensive bruising, organ injuries involving
liver and pancreas, missing teeth. I mean, it's just inhumane.
And the parents, Nicolas Shanks and Shelby Koontz, they've both
been jailed on five hundred thousand dollars bonds and they
(13:08):
faced the same charges, so there's three of them now
being held responsible. And I'm not really I mean, I'm
not sure there's a punishment that, in my mind, could
be too could be too strong when it comes to
stuff like that. And I know in the WDRB coverage
of this, I just happened to see it over the weekend,
the police chief, Paul Humphrey, who was just with us
(13:30):
in studio not that long ago, and I wanted to
make sure I got the quote right because I don't
want to I don't want to misquote him, but I
could be wrong. But I don't know if many would
say what he said. And I'm so glad he's our
police chief and he's willing to just call this what
it is. But when he was expressing his outrage at
the injuries. When talking to the to WDRB, here's a quote,
(13:52):
there's a special place in hell for people like that. Absolutely,
I just think that's a rather obvious thing that many
wouldn't really say. But I'd say the majority that hear
these injuries, who could disagree with that? There is a
special place in hell for for anybody involved or anybody
(14:13):
having any knowledge of it and not doing anything about it.
And it also for me, it scares me because how
I mean, how many kids do you think are dealing
with that? And nobody knows, right, I mean, that's a scary,
scary thing to think about. But hopefully those those young
children can can recover, and hopefully these these three low
lives never never ever make any type of contact with
(14:36):
any child ever again, and hopefully they end up in
prison for a really long time. I don't know, you
know that, that of course, is something you have to
wait and see how it plays out as far as
the legal process. But any anybody hurting a defenseless baby,
they belong under the jail, I think. But that's just me.
All right, We've got traffick good weather updates coming your way.
(14:56):
Cold it's cold right now, gonna get colder throughout the
day when with that wind is not going to help.
So Bivist, we're going to talk to Roy O'Neil. He's
going to join us, coming up here, and we'll see.
We'll see what Rory has to say when it comes
to the latest in Minneapolis. As of last night, about
fifteen hundred active duty soldiers were on standby for possible
(15:19):
deployment to Minneapolis. So that, of course is something President Trump.
It may happen any moment now, all right, stick around,
it's news Radio eight forty Whas. It's news Radio eight
forty Whas Coffee and Company fueled by Thorntons. Thank you
so much for hanging out with us. We've got Rory
O'Neil with us as he joins us here on a Monday. Rory,
(15:40):
what can you tell us about the latest in Minneapolis?
Or were about to see fifteen hundred active duty soldiers
make their way to Minneapolis?
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Well, essentially, the Trump administration and the Pentagon have notified
about fifteen hundred forces in Alaska, the Army's eleventh Airborne Division,
which specializes in cold weather operations, to get ready, to
get ready, they're prepared to deploy orders in case, violence
in Minnesota escalates and the president decides to use the
(16:10):
Insurrection Act. Some have questioned whether or not the level
of violence we're seeing it's mostly small stuff with one
big exception. But sure if that level, if this warrants
such a radical use of the president's power, it has
only been used about thirty times, lastly during the La
riots under George H. W.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
Bush. So when I see that Tim Walls has activated
the Minnesota National Guard, that happened on Saturday does say
that Guard members have not yet actually hit the city streets.
So when Walls is sending the National Guard, is it
to help just get people calm down, get him out
of there? But I mean, given the two sides are
at war, right, the Tim Walls of the world on
(16:51):
that side, and then of course President Trump's administration, I mean,
is that considered to be something that's going to help
peace or maybe make it worse? Well?
Speaker 3 (16:59):
Right, sort of an open question. And we have this
idea as well that President Trump could act that then
nationalize the Minnesota National Guard so they fall under his
command and not Governor Walls. So that's a bit of
a head scratchers. And move forward here into almost this
unprecedented territory really.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Yeah, and it does something you mentioned that is probably
hard for people to keep in mind when they just
follow the coverage of the big updates that of course,
anything you see on social that is going to get
a bunch of views, it's probably not something boring, it's
something that's being shared. This shows things being at a
very high level when it comes to just the tension.
But overall, given that it's seemingly been going on around
(17:40):
the clock, it is pretty isolated as far as these
extreme events, right, And a lot.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Of it is focused on this federal building in Minneapolis
sort of the staging point for ice and the officials
that come and go, and every car that comes and
goes they try to stop it and things like that.
But it really is just about a couple hundred people. Again,
you compared it to what was going on in Los
Angeles where the city was being set on fire, thousands
of people in the streets, I mean, very different. Now,
we did see some of those larger protests shortly after
(18:06):
the Renee Good was killed, but we're not seeing that
level of violence for sure, thankfully, and you know, we're
trying to keep it that way.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Rory and Neils our guest joining as Sert News Radio
eight forty whas. So, the Education Department is putting off
collections on defaulted student loans for the time being. That
what has led to this decision. I'm sure there's many
that are that are thankful that at least maybe they're
getting a little bit of time here.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
Yeah. You know, typically if you don't pay your student
loan debt back to the Feds after two hundred and
seventy days, you're considered in default. But under the big
beautiful Bill that passed last year, there are some provisions
to try to help people get back in the good
graces of Uncle Sam. So they're giving a bit more
time for those programs to be implemented before garnishing wages directly.
(18:53):
You know, they were on the cusp of going right
after your paycheck if you weren't paying back your student
loans on time. But to see it, I don't want
to call them dead beats, but those who are behind
have a bit more breathing room to try to start
to pay up.
Speaker 1 (19:08):
So the Trump administration also has proposed the allowing folks
to use four oh one K money dipping into savings,
essentially for home down payments. That's probably something that would
make purchasing a home a lot easier for folks. Right, Yeah,
it cool.
Speaker 3 (19:25):
But at the same time, if you start pulling thousands
of dollars out of your four oh one k, say
when you're thirty five years old, well, now you're going
to lose the compound interest that really makes those things
so valuable. It's the fact that the money sits there
over time and you keep adding on to it with
your paycheck, a little bit of your paycheck every week.
That's what makes it so valuable. So when you start
(19:45):
to pull money out, you know, you sort of lose
the magic of what the four oh one k can
do because it does grow typically without tax implications.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
But you know they also.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Allow it for iras you can take out up to
ten grand. Well, we're going to hear more d details
about the President's proposal on Wednesday during a speech at
the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Speaker 1 (20:07):
So, I mean, it's far from ideal to be dipping
into your four oh one k, especially if it's if
you're at a relatively early on in your career. But
I think this could just be Hey, although it seems
unusual and certainly not something you would have done in
a previous life. But this may be the only way
for people in their thirties to get out of mom
and Dad's basement and make that first time home purchase.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
Well, right, and because it can be such you know,
getting that down payment is such a significant challenge or
so many couples and households and you know, then you know,
I'd like to wait, like, is there a way to
figure it back or to recalculate so you get those
contributions back sooner. You know, when you pay your mortgage off,
it typically goes interest first, right, and then you start
paying the principal last. If you could pay back my
(20:49):
floural one k first and then you know sort of
be able to get it back quicker and reinvest that
money because they're going to need it.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
No doubt. Rory is always appreciate your time, My friend,
enjoyed the rest of your day. Thanks big. That is
Roory Odeel NBC News, always appreciate his time. Let's get
to a quick time out, shall we. We'll check on
the traffic and weather. We've got a sports update coming
your way. National Championship games being played tonight which is
kind of awesome, a little bittersweet though, right it means
the college football season is officially going to be over,
(21:18):
but college hoops is in full force now, which also
big wins over the weekend for both Louisville and Kentucky
in different fashion, of course, But we'll get to that
and more throughout the morning right here at news Radio
eight forty whis
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