7.15: Thick and Disgusting - Hour 2

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, let's get the six o'clock hours started, shall we.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
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whatever you've got, feel free to send them our way.
All right, So we did start the day updating you
on the big stories from yesterday, and of course one
of those was what took place on Sunday afternoon at
the Kentucky Fairgrounds where there was reports of an active
shooter at both Kentucky Kingdom and also at a basketball
tournament that had forty thousand people there. And I just

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think this happens to be just bad luck as far
as just what led to. Like, if you are upset,
which I'm bummed, I shouldn't say that I'm upset, because
I just think it's unfortunate for this story to and
again it's it's understandable that the story turned into what
it turned into. It's understandable kind of how all of

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this happened. So I don't really know who if you're
upset about it, I mean who you mad at, Like,
who could have prevented this?

Speaker 1 (01:16):
Who's at fault? I don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
It's just a terrible timed, random thing that took place
that hopefully the coverage now as we as we stand
here at six h six is hopefully there's enough people
that realize Louisville was that this is not an example
to point out about Louisville being a dangerous and violent city.
And anybody paying even a little bit of attention to
this story specifically they know that, but a lot of

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people aren't paying specific attention. A lot of people saw
this on the news wire Sunday that don't live here,
or maybe they just don't follow things unless you know,
it gets the attention that something like this gets. And
I just you know, it's unfortunate because I'm not sure
what could have been done to prevent it turning into
what it turned into. So, as you heard there in
the latest news cast from from John Shannon, what we

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now know is that it was a combination of these
two things that really got this to what it turned into,
and that was a ceiling tile falling and hitting a
metal chair, which of course that'll create a very loud noise,
especially when it's that far in the in the sky
or in the air in the ceiling and hitting a

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metal chair. And then also a moment where a woman
experienced a medical emergency nearby around that same time. So
the combination of sounds of that tile hitting the chair
and the sounds of a woman having a medical emergency,
that commotion created people assuming that it was that it
was an active shooter and all it takes is one

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person and to maybe think that's the case, and maybe
they just they that's how they that's how they're wired,
meaning they just they have word vomit and they didn't
see it, but they were worried and they were scared,
so they just said it. And now if somebody says it,
you can't think they're joking, because that's just unfortunately today's society.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
So I just think it's it's terrible luck. I really do. Now.

Speaker 2 (03:06):
One of the LMPD spokesman yesterday who you heard there
in the newscast with John Shannon, Matt Sanders. He talked
a little bit about just the calls that prompted the
response that you saw from LMPD on Sunday, which, by
the way, any type of call of that nature, there's
always going to be that kind of response.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
So that escalated to nine to one one calls for
service for an active aggressor at their fairgrounds with forty
thousand people prompting your police response. So when we show
up on scene, we're in search mode, and then when
we hear gunshots, it's fast as you can go. You're
blowing past doors. You're not searching anymore, you're going to
the sound of gunshots. We never heard that yesterday.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
So again, this is one of those situations that I
don't know who's at fault. I think LMPD showing up
the way that they did. If you are somebody that
is there already fearful of what's going to happen, because
the assumption is that there's an active aggressor, somebody with
a gun, and you're probably scrambling to find your your

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loved ones who you're there with. Maybe that I mean,
even if you're there as a referee or something, you're
there by yourself, like it's a scary situation that clearly
is is something that can that can stick with you,
just having that moment of helplessness, that feeling and fear.
But I mean, if I saw law enforcement show up
the way that they did, my I mean, I don't
know where my mind would be, but it would only

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more so make me think this is real. That is
that that's they're here reacting like this because they know
And again you're not. You're not You're not investigating the
those who show up as if they have the right
to be. You know, it's you're not overthinking in that
moment I wouldn't expect. So it sucks and I just
don't know if there's much that could have been done
to prevent it. It's just a bad set of circumstances

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that I hope just doesn't end up being something. And look,
anybody claiming that this is an example of of let
me try to make sense, I'm about to go down
a path where I think I may lose you, just
because as I was trying to think about how I
want to lay it out, I was confusing myself. But
even though people will know that this ended up being
not a real threat, there was no real danger. This

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wasn't an incident where Louisville can be, you know, described
as a dangerous place with a lot of gun violence.

Speaker 1 (05:19):
Now we are that, trust me.

Speaker 2 (05:20):
But this is clearly just this is just bad luck.
But just knowing that it happened, it'll it still sticks
with people to where there's that stigma. And again, I'm
not saying that we don't have issues as far as
gun violence and whatnot, but I just hope that this
has no impact on the future of the tournament. And
a lot of the coverage you're seeing about players, parents,

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coaches being interviewed, this was all before they realized that
there was They were never in danger. There was no threat,
and I just I don't know, I think that should
be emphasized more than it is, but that's just me.
All right, let's get an update on traffic and weather. Also,
if you were somebody that is looking to buy a
new car any time soon, Uncle Sam might be ready

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to give you a tax break just for financing it,
so we'll talk about that. I think that's one of
the things that is a is a good thing that's
coming from from the recent tax cuts from Donald Trump.

Speaker 1 (06:14):
So we'll get that in a lot more. It's consecutive.

Speaker 2 (06:16):
It's more news with coffee and company right here our
news Radio eight forty whas So, when it comes to
situations like Sunday spreading the way that they the way
that they do on social media, there's a lot of
factors in that, but one of them is the groups
out there that follow the police scanner, and I think

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that's led to certain people. I know of a couple
folks that were there at the event, and I guess
they didn't realize just maybe they were late in realizing
what was going on. Maybe they weren't near where the
tile fell and hit the chair and created just that
commotion that had everybody thinking there was potentially an active

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shooter there. But it spreads like wildfire on social media
because the Facebook groups that follow this they and I
think these people at times just want to have information
and maybe they want to help, but they'll read or hear.
Actually what happens is someone will will overhear somebody probably
reacting to a nine one call that had come in,

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and then they'll paraphrase it as best they can and
it just maybe gets exaggerated every time it is shared,
and that sometimes leads to just misinformation getting out there.
So I'm sure there LMPD appreciates those that are that
are trying to help. But sometimes you know, if you
don't have the right info, it can be you could

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be hurting more than helping. But anyhow, nothing, it was nothing,
which again is good. I just to know that it
easily could have been avoided. That's that's what's got me
bummed out a little bit. All Right, it's six nineteen
here at Kentucky and it's morning News, Coffee and company
with you on News radio eight forty whas So right now,
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Speaker 1 (08:24):
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Speaker 2 (08:26):
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Speaker 1 (08:40):
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Speaker 2 (08:42):
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Speaker 1 (09:00):
So again we're.

Speaker 2 (09:02):
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be taking advantage of. So there you go. The more
you know. All right, we got an update of trafficking
weather coming your way, Bobby Ellis. We'll getus caught up

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on the roadways as we get this Tuesday started. We'll
get a check of the forecast from Matt Melossavitch a WLKY,
and then we'll get another sports update with Scott Fitzgerald
right here. On news radio eight forty whas. Thank you
very much, John Shannon. It is Kentucky Anda's Morning News
with coffee and company right here on news radio eight
forty whas. So we talked about this, I believe, I

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believe it was late last week and it was former
Louisville Cardinal Teddy Bridgewater who was requesting some assistance as
far as helping fund the high school football program that
he is coaching and has been funding out of his
own pocket. And this is now turned into Teddy Bridgewater
probably being done as their coach. And I'll give you

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the details here in just a moment. But what I
think could happen this to me, is generating enough attention
that I don't know what action can be taken that
would make everybody say, Okay, you guys fixed it, you
got it right. But man the decision to suspend him
from them from being the coach because of learning of

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all the money that he paid out of his own
pocket to help his program. He wasn't out there buying players.
He was help He was helping them be able to
get to practice. He was helping them have a meal
before a game, because they wouldn't have probably had one
without him helping. So him being punished for that, I mean,
it's it's maybe the best example I can think of
in a long time of the higher level I guess

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just the school systems. Do they like or do you
care for the kids or not? I mean, to punish
somebody for helping out. Isn't the root of what you
do when it comes to athletics within the school system
and even with the NCAA like Isn't it supposed to
be about the athletes the players. So Teddy has had

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a rough few days, but he seems to be handling
it like you would expect. Of course, he's a Louis
of a legend, and he's one of those guys that
I I wouldn't claim to know personally, but I've never
heard anybody who does know him not pause what they're
doing if his name comes up and talk about how
good of a guy he is. And you can tell
that that reputation is fitting when you just see the

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overall respect that he commanded in his ten plus years
in the NFL, just as a guy who was a
good locker room guy, a guy who you know, was
a leader and did things the right way.

Speaker 1 (11:43):
So not at all not.

Speaker 2 (11:46):
I mean, Teddy's the kind of guy that would in
fact retire from the NFL go coach his high school
football team, pay thousands upon thousands of dollars out of
his own pocket to help his community because he did
in fact make it out to become a professional athlete
and doing very well for himself. And then of course
he had the random signing with the Detroit Lions at

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the end of his high school season because they just
wanted another experienced quarterback on the roster for the playoffs.
So anyways, what is now gotten him into some trouble
is that the school has self reported violations because they
claim what he did is technically against the rules, but
there's really no What Teddy wants to emphasize, and it

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makes total sense, is that he does he volunteers, he doesn't.
He's not a paid coach. They can't officially suspend him
or investigate him whenever he doesn't work for them. I
guess he kind of does. But anyways, Teddy, in a
pretty fiery Facebook post, accused associate head coach Verne Lewis
and others of trying to force him out because they,

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I guess want the gig. But he made it clear
he's not going anywhere. He said he'll even volunteer from
the bleachers if he has to, just like he did
prior to becoming the coach. I mean, he would show
up as an NFL uarterback on a Friday night and
sit in the stands and watch his high school team
play because that's just who he is. So he's a
community first guy, cares a lot about his community and

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was funding a lot of the program himself and was
asking for donations and it led to him now maybe
not coaching again.

Speaker 1 (13:19):
And there were a lot.

Speaker 2 (13:20):
I mean, you've got Des Bryant, Tyron, Matthew, RG three,
Chanting Crowder, all of these and that's just a few
as far as NFL players, highlighting his real love for
his community, and it should be applauded not punished, which
is true. So I mean, again, I know, you have
to have rules, and if rules aren't enforced, then they're

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not rules, they're suggestions merely. But to me, this just
seems like the best example as far as what you
could present to say you might want to revaluate some
of these rules. You might want to rethink sort of
what you have in place, because this is not an
example of somebody cheating or really, I mean, how could

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you look at what Teddy's doing and claim that like
he's done anything wrong. But again I guess by technicality
because of the rules, it's like impermissionble, impermissionble benefits or whatnot. Hey, look,
Teddy Bridgewater could not pay a dime in Miami, Northwestern
is still gonna always have all the players because that's
what they've always done, And Teddy could not pay a
dime to help them with meals and uber rides to

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practice where they don't have transportation, and they would still
have all the players because they would want to play
for a guy like Teddy Bridgewater. I mean, when we
talked about this last week, I never for a second
thought this would turn into him getting in trouble essentially
and honestly losing his job that he volunteered for, that
they didn't pay him for and he paid money out

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of his own pocket for. But that's where we are,
and it's just a reminder of how archaics some rules are. Obviously,
the NCAA gets way more attention on that because that's
a national thing, and that is backfire. The NCAA wanting
to hold onto their archaic amateurism model has led to
some real cons sorrying about what college athletics looks like
moving forward because the recent settlement and now the revenue

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having to be shared among athletes, that is going to
change a lot moving forward. And it's all the NAA's
fault for not revisiting things that you know, you probably
should have revisited thirty forty years ago. So with high school,
there's clearly some still there's clearly still some stupid rules
in place that need to be reevaluated, because this is
not somebody cheating, this is somebody just being a good

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human being. Also, I would assume that these other these
other coaches that are trying to force them out, I mean,
they probably want the gig.

Speaker 1 (15:42):
It's a good gig to have.

Speaker 2 (15:44):
All right, Let's get an update on traffic from Bobby Ellis.
We'll see how the Tuesday's getting started here as far
as the roadways. Also, we get an update on the
forecast from at Melosovich. As we move along here, it
is Kentucky and it's Morning News with Coffee and Company
on News Radio eight forty Whas it is six forty
six here Kentucky and it's Morning News, Coffee and Company, myself,

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Nick Coffee, John Alden alongside today and John we're gonna
break some hearts as I say this for those who
didn't know, both John and myself are married, So ladies, sorry,
I hope you guys can sense sarcasm as well. But
we're both married and I don't get in fights with
my wife, and I guess a fight can be viewed
as a different thing than let me a fight for

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me and my wife is that you know, she didn't
kiss me good night when when she went to bed
because she was sending a message. We don't actually fight,
but we've got an update here. As far as the
most common reasons why American couples in relationships fight and
what may be the biggest trigger. As far as what

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leads to a fight starting any guess.

Speaker 4 (16:52):
I think it's probably something related to money.

Speaker 2 (16:55):
Money is number two. So you are, you are, You're
on the right track. But when it comes to reasons,
I guess the most common reasons why American couples fight
and argue it is the tone of voice or attitude
that the other one may have.

Speaker 4 (17:10):
That's a good one. Yeah, I think that might be
the thing that makes my wife when I fight the most.

Speaker 2 (17:16):
Yeah, I think tone of voice and attitude is why
most humans end up going down a potential path of conflict.
But I guess just because, like I mean to me,
it would take like a real out of character uh
situation for for one of us to say, Okay, we're fighting,
meaning like you know we need I'm mad, I'm gonna,

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I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna let you know, I'm
gonna be pasive, aggressive, or I'm just gonna call you
out because you know you're you're you're given attitude and
you're just being a And look, I'll admit it, hand
up way more often me than her as far as
just being moody, and she puts up with it and
deals with it just fine. But we're different in that way.
So for me, if she's given me any kind of
uh on the mound, it's fine, it's fine. I'm not mad.

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When whenever clearly she's mad, like I don't leave it alone,
I'm like, okay, like you can you know just what's
going on, like and then we talk it through. Where
with her, I think more than anything, she just doesn't care.
She knows I'm just being a little you know what,
and I'll get over it. But yeah, tone of voice, attitude?

Speaker 1 (18:13):
Is there?

Speaker 2 (18:14):
Is there a hair? I am putting you on the
spot here. I'm sorry because it's your personal life. But
is there And if you don't want answer, you don't
have to. Is there a indicator for you when it
comes to tone of voice or attitude for your lovely
wife Alicia, that kind of lets you know she's in
a bad mood an indicator.

Speaker 1 (18:31):
I mean maybe I'm just someone who's body like that.

Speaker 4 (18:36):
I mean, just we've already talked tone of voice, or
if I can tell that she's just unhappy that maybe
something hasn't gotten done around the house.

Speaker 1 (18:43):
That usually usually.

Speaker 4 (18:44):
Those types of things, I would say.

Speaker 2 (18:46):
I may regret this later, but I'll just say it.
And Honey, when we got married, you married into this.
Just just so you know you knew, you knew the
deal when you signed up. My wife, well, she'll tell
you this too. She just may not want me saying
it on the air. She's got a real noticeable RBF
oh man, resting b face to where and she knows
it and she you know, is in fact that's it.

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Tom's been a way of getting her cheered up, because
I'll just look at her, knowing she's bothered by something
that's probably not a big deal, and I'll just say, man, you.

Speaker 1 (19:17):
Look like you hate life right now.

Speaker 2 (19:20):
And then she'll maybe have the awareness of, yeah, I
don't know why, but I'm in a bad mood, and
then maybe she gets over it so that or she's
just being really and she doesn't do this anymore. This
reminds me of when we were married, very young, or
even before we were married and we were dating. If
she's like thinking about something and she's trying to be passive,
aggressive or just short with me, like I'm gonna pick

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up on it, and I'm gonna like just like, what
is it? Like, what's going on? Like I don't want
to do, you know, but I thin get maybe she's
matured or and I'm sure she has, or maybe she
just knows that if she ends up ends up, you know,
just pouting and mop and I'm gonna say, what's going on?
Just tell me be direct. So we don't really get
into that anymore. But yeah, tone of voice. Gratitude is
number one, and then money is number two. We'll do

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this in the seven o'clock hour, give you the other.
There's a top ten list here as far as the
reasons American couples fight the most, and I'm sure many
of us listening, many of you listening can relate. So
we'll get to that a little bit more later on.
But now it is time for another update on at
traffic and weather, and of course Scott Fitzschure with another
sports update right here on news Radio eight forty whas