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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Happy hump Day, Kentucky Anda. Welcome in to a Wednesday
edition of Kentucky Anda's morning News. Coffee and Company here
on news radio eight forty w h as the whole
cruise Here myself, Nick Coffee, Scott Fitzgerald, John Alden, and
John Shannon. We have, as symboled to give you four
hours of what you come to expect, news, traffic, weather,
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hopefully some good information, maybe some nonsense along the way
and fellas. I don't know if the thunder was as
loud and disruptive overnight as it was for you guys
where it's compared to where it was for me. But
people who don't have the alarm clocks set as early
as we do, they might have. They might have been
woken up by the thunder this morning. It was. It
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was pretty pretty ferocious.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Sorry, that's sorry, boss. My wife was up.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
I heard her up this morning. The storm started just
before I left the house, at least that's the ones
I heard. And then I heard her up wrestling around too.
She gets anxious when the storm's hit, and.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
So my kids do as well.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Yeah, John, I was already I was getting ready to
feed the baby once once the storm started, so they
didn't wake me up, but they kind of kept me
from going back to sleep after the fact.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Yeah, it wasn't any real loud, humongous boom of thunder,
but it was just the rolling thunder kind of consistent,
and for a while it was raining pretty hard once
I got Once I got on the way, since I
hit sixty five, of the rain had kind of stopped.
But yeah, the storms were really active all throughout the night.
I got up in the middle of the night, which
middle of the night for me is now like midnight,
which is crazy, but that's just you know, the adjustment.
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And it was already it was already raining pretty good
out out my way. So we'll get you caught up
on the forecast coming up here shortly. Also with rain,
of course, that means there may be some more accidents
than usual, So Bobby Ellis will get us a check
on the traffic coming up in just a few minutes.
But I wanted to start by letting you all know
and letting Scott Fitzgerald know that I have a new
level of respect for Scott, which is tough to say
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because I've already had a lot of respect for him.
But you showed up yesterday forgetting your cell phone.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Oh man, that was That was the worst, dude.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
And you mentioned it before or the show started, and
I kind of forgot about it, and I just remembered
earlier this morning because I left mine in my car
and then had to just walk, make the walk right back,
so from the I got to almost the elevators, so
I didn't make it far and then I had the panic,
am I gonna do what Scott did yesterday? And luckily
when I got back to the car and my phone
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was my phone was there, it was all good. But
I mean, you had to have been anxious and just
going through withdraws not having your phone, and I know
you're probably not glued to your phone the way I am.
And I say that because I'm I mean, I have
an issue. I will we use the word addiction. I
think way too loosely about things, but I don't. I mean,
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I'm I'm addicted to my phone.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
I was well, and it's eff And I know when
I don't have my phone, first, when I don't feel
it in my pocket, and then I look at my
phone and my Bluetooth isn't connected or in my car,
then I'm like, oh, and that's when the heart dropped.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
And you're at that point where you're on your way
to work, you're too far.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
So you made it too far before you realize exactly you're.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Too far before you have to go back home. And
and I think I told.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
You, I'm not sure there's a too far for me, right.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
The worst thing for me was I always having And
we get to a point in the show where I've
done all I can do for one day and that's okay,
that's a good place to be.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
That means we've got things done.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
But I was going so I jump on TikTok and
I started scrolling through that one.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
I was having TikTok.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Withdraw just because the scroll. I'm sure, what is TikTok
for you? Could be Facebook for others exactly. It's just right,
it's just how we're wired, and it's I don't know.
It's probably not a good thing, I know, but I
don't know. Maybe as I've come to grips with the
fact that I have an addiction that I'm probably not
going to shake, maybe I'm just trying to normalize it
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because I know we're not alone as far as just
being attached to our phones, but I feel like ten
years ago, maybe five, six years ago, if someone would
have left their phone at home, it would have been
an easier decision to say, Okay, I'll be all right,
I'll ride it out. I'll send an email when I
get to work to let my her husband know that
I don't have my phone whatever. But now I just
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I don't know. I think each year that passes, we
become more attached to them. And then look, there's some
people who when it comes to their workday tasks, maybe
half of what they do is just things they could
They've just come to do on their phone because exactly
the ability.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
To well, I have to authenticate, like if I want
to log if I'm away from the studio and I
want to jump a good point, some of the software
I have to authenticate on my phone.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Without that device, you wouldn't have been able to get in.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
So I had, so I found myself email.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
It's like when you used to move and you did
change of address cards, Like I'm emailing everybody that I
know that contact.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
I'm like, guys, I don't have my phone, so that's
all you can do. That's what I realized. How much
I text during this Yes.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Yes, and I think just being unreachable, knowing that you know,
it's not that, it's not that we just assume that
everyone at all times is trying to contact us, but
knowing that if they did, there'd be no way. You
wouldn't get it. It's just a it's it's a it's
a weird feeling. I look, if it was me, I
would have been fine. I would have I would have
made it. I would have been able to let my
wife know like it would not. I would have been
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just fine as far or is just like being able
to do my job, being able to have a normal day,
But like I would have been in my own head
so much about not having it, and that, you know,
maybe I need to not have a phone for a
day and just go through it cold turkey and realize, Okay,
I don't need to be so connected to it. But
I thought about it this morning. I was thinking because
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I wouldn't it would be an exaggeration to say that
I had a panic attack. But that walked back to
my car, that was probably fifteen yards I was. I
was in full panic mode, like, oh my god, I
don't have my phone. What I'm gonna do? What I'm gonna,
I don't know what I have. My wife past I
was gonna to bring it to me. She's got to
take day off work, Like, there's no way I can't
have my phones.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Well, I guarantee you this.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
When I walked out of the house this morning, I
made sure I had and I've done that with my lunch.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
You forget your lunch one day, man, You're like, especially
if you're close to a payday.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Yeah, you forget your lunch. You're like, you'll never forget
your lunch again. So anyway, yeah, good stuff, man.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
We all have our phones today, Yes, sir, We're not
gonna have panic attacks, but good stuff. Let's get a
check of traffic and weather again. It's a Wednesday ed
issue of Kentucky and This Morning News with Coffee and
Company right here on news radio waight forty whas. So
we have another update on what happened on Sunday at
the Exposition Center as far as the chaos that ended
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up being nothing but certainly a scary situation for everyone there,
those at Kentucky Kingdom and of course those at the
run for the Roses basketball tournament. And the latest update
that we got yesterday is an update that we don't
really know what happened, and we may never know what happened.
So during the show yesterday, I got a couple of
messages from someone on Twitter and someone on Facebook that
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was sending me the ceiling of the Exposition Center and
insinuating that how could a ceiling tile falling have caused that?
There's no ceiling tiles here, which, judging by the picture,
is correct. There's no tile like, that's just not what
the ceiling looks like. That's not how it's how. It's
just not really possible, I suppose. So sure enough, Maya.
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Greenberg had a press conference yesterday discussed seeing many things,
including that what was said by LMPD was simply not
what happened. In fact, I'll see if I can get
the quote here, but yeah, he says that the report
by police that a ceiling tile fell and hit a
metal chair prompting the false active aggressor incident at the
Kentucky Exposition Center was quote not accurate information that did
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not happen. So they still have no clue what I
guess really caused it, and they may never know. And
it sounds like that actually did happen, but it was
a long time ago. So this is just a good
example of how misinformation can really spread like crazy. And
what I mean by that is apparently there was an
event a basketball tournament years ago at the Exposition Center
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where a ceiling tile fell and caused something to happen.
What that was, I don't know, but maybe somebody referenced
that ran with it, or maybe somebody referenced that he
thought they were talking about. And just like I would
love to know, just for a social experiment, as far
as how does how does that end up becoming what
everybody just assumes happens? And it's not super important as
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far as just how how it ended up becoming just
what everybody assumed happened. I guess the honest answer is
because LMPD told us that's what happened. As far as
where they got mixed up, I don't know, but yeah,
it's it's it's gonna be probably something we never fully know.
And my you know, if I had to, if I
had to to give you a way to kind of
wrap this whole story up, it's just a sign of
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how we as a society here in America know that
that could happen. I mean, you know what if in
fact there, we still don't know as far as what
led to it truly turning into the mad dash to
get out of there and to find your loved ones
because of the chaos and the fear that there was
an active aggressor. I mean, I just it's probably maybe
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one person panicking because of something we don't know what
it is, and then everybody just kind of ran with it. Now,
I will say the other the alarms going off that
clearly was that contributed to people assuming that something something
was wrong, because again there was the fire alarm did
go off inside parts of the building, and that triggered
that was triggered by a duct sensor, a duct smoke censer,
(09:18):
I should say, but that that system only alerts for smoke,
no other emergencies. But people that are there don't know that,
so it's probably gonna end up being a mystery. LMPD
has now acknowledged that they may never pinpoint what caused
the initial panic, but of course have emphasized how quickly
fear of a shooting can can spark that kind of chaos.
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LMPD chief Paul Humphrey said, quote, it frustrates me the
fear of active shooter incidents is so prevalent a moment
of confusion could create chaos. This should not be the
norm in America. Amen. He also went on to praise
the fast response from his officers, who of course believed
there was a real threat. So it's a mystery, and
again I think, turning into what it turned into, there
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were a lot of factors, but one is just that
people are fearful of that because it happens way too often.
Any time it happens is too often. But clearly it's
not that uncommon anymore. All right, let's get a quick
update of trafficking weather with Bobby Ellis. He'll tell us
how the road ways are looking early this morning. Also,
we'll get the updated forecast from Matt Melosovich. Scott will
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be back in with sports, and we got to talk
about this Epstein stuff. There's no doubt in my mind
that right now the MAGA crowd, and I'm sure there's
still plenty that are going to support Trump and never
criticize anything, and look, if that's what you want to do,
knock yourself out. But there's now more noise from that
crowd than I've ever heard as far as just being
(10:44):
disappointed and almost dumbfounded that Trump is handling this Epstein
stuff the way that he is, I mean, clearly not
able to read the room, it seems. All right, don't
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Speaker 2 (11:42):
All right.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
So the Epstein situation is the Epstein files. I should say,
it's it's wild, I mean, and there's a couple of
different ways to attack this this morning. As far as
just it being a continuous talking point, we'll get into
sort of Trump's seeming. I mean, I don't want to think,
I don't want to say that he has an inability
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to read the room. I mean, I think he does
on this situation. But you got to wonder who who's
telling him that nobody cares. Because it's one thing for
him to say that he doesn't care and that other
people shouldn't care. But I think he genuinely, genuinely thinks
that no one at all is wanting transparency on that situation,
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and he's very much wrong. Now again, I'm not acting
as if everyone is upset with the way he's handled
it and maybe surprised that he doesn't understand that this
is a big deal and people do want the transparency.
But clearly there seems to be more noise coming from
the Magacide than ever as far as just being surprised, disappointed,
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maybe even angry, as far as just him not being
able to read the room, and also continue it's one
thing to just say that you don't care, but he's
saying nobody cares, and then he's also saying things like
it's fake news. And I just have a hard time
thinking that he believes that. But what do I know.
I can't read his mind, and I mean maybe he does.
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Maybe he just is that out of touch with with
with what Americans care about. Now, I will say this,
I'm not gonna lie and be a phony and act
like I'm losing sleep at night because we're not going
to get transparency. I mean, do I think we we are?
I mean, what's what's ever wrong with being transparent about
some things? And I do think this is a touchy
or situation because there could be people involved that would
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be listed on something that would maybe have nothing to
do with anything that Epstein and that crew were involved in.
And you don't want to, you know, you don't want
to risk somebody's livelihood because of that. But to just
handle it the way they've handled it, like oh yeah,
there's nothing to see here, I mean, that's that's almost
insulting the intelligence of people. I mean, who would I mean,
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especially the way in which it was handled for soul
long prior to this, right, I mean, the accusation that
this was created by by Obama and who else did
he blame it on? Biden and those people and it's
fake news. Well that was the case and there and
they did it to try to bring you down. Why
wouldn't they release it? And if there's nothing, if these documents,
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these files don't exist, then then what was the how
did you investigate? How how were how did how did
Epstein go to trial and get convicted and sent to
federal prison? If if nothing happened, I mean, it's just
it's wild. And then you had a brief moment yesterday
where it sounded as if Okay, there's enough pressure, there's
enough heat, they are going to really something different than
what we got last week from the DJ, and then
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that as of late last night, it didn't appear that
was the case. So we'll see, because I don't this didn't.
This didn't going away as far as people just you know,
asking about it, and I don't mean just everyday American citizens.
I mean, he's going to continue to be pressed by this,
and my guess is that he's going to continue to
he's going to continue to act like it's no big
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deal and that nobody cares and just hope that it
goes away.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
President. I know you've urged people to move on, but I'm.
Speaker 5 (15:10):
Curious, why do you think your supporters in particular have
been so interested in the Epstein story and so upset
about how it's been handled.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
Why do you think that is man? Why they would
be so interested. He's dead for a long time, he
was never a big factor in terms of life. I
don't understand what the interest or what the fascination is.
I really don't have the credible information has been given.
Don't forget we went through years of the Mullo wood
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hunt and all of the different things to steal dossier
which is all fake. All that information is think but
I don't understand why the Jeffrey E. F Se case
would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff.
It's shorted, but it's boring, and I don't understand why
it keeps going. I think, well, really, only pretty bad people,
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including fakedus, want to keep something like pictord like that
joint but incredible information. Let him give it anything it's credible,
I would say, let them have it.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
I mean that's a wild response, which is saying something
for Donald Trump. I mean it's almost as if he
doesn't know what Jeffrey Epstein was accused of and ended
up being convicted of sex trafficking children. I mean, like
it's it's wild. So who knows what we end up
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finding out, if anything, But this is not going away
as far as people just demanding, and their demands probably
will fall flat because I guess we're not entitled to
it as far as just transparency. But the biggest issue
is that you could run with this as being nothing
if it wasn't something that. I mean, there's an interview
jd Vance did with THEO Vaughn not that long ago,
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that meeting probably right before the election, that where he's
you know, he's hammering release the files. It's like, well,
what why? Why not? What changed? So anyways, we'll talk
more about that coming up with Rory O'Neal and about
four minutes, but let's get an update on the traffic
and weather right here at Kentucky and is Morning News
with Coffee and Company on News Radio eight forty whas.
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Happy hump day, Kentucky. And it is Kentucky and is
Morning News with Coffee and Company here on news Radio
eight forty whas. And it's time to bring in Rory
O'Neal of NBC News. Rory, I gotta I gotta start
with something that has just been a continuous talking point
and really just ramping up overnight and maybe even as
we speak. Donald Trump's handling of the the Epstein situation
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as far as just seemingly not believing that anyone cares,
and certainly if there are people that care, he thinks
they shouldn't. I mean, nothing really surprises me anymore. But
I'm not sure he's able to read the room here. Well.
Speaker 5 (17:59):
You know, it's interesting though some of the leading voices
in the MAGA movement seemed to be ready to move on,
or at least say they are and won't bring it
up again. We heard from Charlie Kirk sort of saying, Okay,
I'm ready to move on. But to your point, a
lot of people were just really having these questions about transparency, saying, hey,
I thought you were the transparent president. What's going on here?
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And I think that's that's the bigger concern, is that,
you know, we were promised this, We were promised openness
and transparency and this is not that, not at all.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
And Charlie Kirk he he doesn't trust the government when
it comes to vaccines, healthcare, war spending, but on this
he's oh, yeah, I trust my government, which was you know,
seems a little inconsistent there. And there's also some allegations
that maybe those influencers on on that side have have
maybe received some phone calls to to maybe help help
the help Trump and his team out.
Speaker 5 (18:52):
But certainly, and it certainly it puts the Attorney General,
Pam Bondi in an interesting spot. Absolutely, she had the
binders out first. She brought in the influencers rather than
mainstream media right to release those binders that turned out
to be nothing burgers. But yeah, she sort of and
they were Phase one, clearly labeled there on the binders
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Phase one. So we never got phase two and apparently
we never will.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
Roy On Neil, the NBC News is our guest joining
us here on News Radio eight forty whas nearly one
in four credit card holders apparently don't think they're going
to ever get out of that credit card debt, and
that of course has led to Americans downsizing summer vacation
plans and just really it's not great right now when
it comes to the economy. What kind of issues right
now do you feel like Americans are really just struggling
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the most with as far as things that keep them
up at night.
Speaker 5 (19:46):
Well, right, you know, we had the inflation report that
came out yesterday showed inflation ticked up a little bit
in certain areas with the highest and four months not
sounding alarm bells. But this is before we get some
new tariff policies taking effects. Something to watch, and if
we're seeing an increase in inflation, that means the Fed
is probably less likely to lower interest rates, which is
(20:08):
what a lot of people are hoping for, especially those
first time home buyers who are feeling priced out of
the marketplace. There's a report out from walle Hub looking
at the best and worst markets for home buyers. The
worst markets they're all in California, city by city, La
Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Monica number three hundred
on the list, Berkeley, California dead last. The best places
(20:31):
for first time home buyers number three, Tampa, Florida, Number two, Boise, Idaho,
Number one, Palm Bay, Florida. They're saying there's a lot
more affordability and a lot more new homes being built,
so adding to inventory, making it an ideal place for
first time home buyers.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
One more for you rory. When it comes to the
telephone ringing, most people, I assume still pick it up
and say hello. However, there are youngsters that now have
just I guess, grown up differently to where they expect
the caller to speak first, which sounds insane to me.
But you know, maybe I'm getting on the older side
where I can't relate to the younger crew.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
Yeah, Nick, you are showing your age.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
I am.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
This is a gen Z thing out there.
Speaker 5 (21:14):
Apparently they just pick up the phone and listen, so
they think if you called, you should initiate the conversation.
Part of this may be because of all the robo
calls out there, right, all those spam calls, you know,
because as soon as you say hello, the computer starts talking,
and there's that way concern, right, or they're concerned about
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the recording your voice and stealing your ID. I laugh
too that gen Zers in particular will have a whole
series of text messages about when they can set aside
five minutes for a phone call.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
That doesn't surprise me as much as the answering the
phone and just sitting in silence waiting for somebody to speak.
And again, the only time I've ever done. That is
when I just assume that it is somebody that is
waiting for you, don't sit there for thirty seconds sometimes
and that it's the indication that, yeah, there's nobody there
until you speak, and then they're prompted to say hello,
how are you right?
Speaker 5 (22:06):
Right? So it's fascinating. Well, look, we've only had the
word hello is a recent phenomenon, right in in terms
of Humanity's only something we've been doing for one hundred
years or so. So it's interesting to see how it
may be changing among the next generation.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
You're right, I'm showing my age. There's no doubt about it. Rory,
thank you as always, put the time, enjoy your day,
my friend.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
Hey, thanks Nick.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
All right, that's where we nailed NBC News. I cannot
relate to that. I mean, but again, there's a lot
of things the younger generation. We talked about it the
other day. If if you FaceTime me, I'm considering no
longer being friends with you. And that's how a lot
of the younger people, that's just that they don't text anymore.
When from phone calls to text and now it's just
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like I'm going to FaceTime somebody while I'm in my
car when I'm walking walking down the street. It's just
I don't know, I'm getting older. I guess. All right,
let's get an update on Travick and weather. Also, we're
gonna another update on sports with Scott Fitztrodis Kentucky had
his morning news with coffee and company right here on
news radio eight forty whis
Happy hump Day, Kentucky Anda. Welcome in to a Wednesday
edition of Kentucky Anda's morning News. Coffee and Company here
on news radio eight forty w h as the whole
cruise Here myself, Nick Coffee, Scott Fitzgerald, John Alden, and
John Shannon. We have, as symboled to give you four
hours of what you come to expect, news, traffic, weather,
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hopefully some good information, maybe some nonsense along the way
and fellas. I don't know if the thunder was as
loud and disruptive overnight as it was for you guys
where it's compared to where it was for me. But
people who don't have the alarm clocks set as early
as we do, they might have. They might have been
woken up by the thunder this morning. It was. It
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was pretty pretty ferocious.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Sorry, that's sorry, boss. My wife was up.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
I heard her up this morning. The storm started just
before I left the house, at least that's the ones
I heard. And then I heard her up wrestling around too.
She gets anxious when the storm's hit, and.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
So my kids do as well.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Yeah, John, I was already I was getting ready to
feed the baby once once the storm started, so they
didn't wake me up, but they kind of kept me
from going back to sleep after the fact.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Yeah, it wasn't any real loud, humongous boom of thunder,
but it was just the rolling thunder kind of consistent,
and for a while it was raining pretty hard once
I got Once I got on the way, since I
hit sixty five, of the rain had kind of stopped.
But yeah, the storms were really active all throughout the night.
I got up in the middle of the night, which
middle of the night for me is now like midnight,
which is crazy, but that's just you know, the adjustment.
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And it was already it was already raining pretty good
out out my way. So we'll get you caught up
on the forecast coming up here shortly. Also with rain,
of course, that means there may be some more accidents
than usual, So Bobby Ellis will get us a check
on the traffic coming up in just a few minutes.
But I wanted to start by letting you all know
and letting Scott Fitzgerald know that I have a new
level of respect for Scott, which is tough to say
(01:51):
because I've already had a lot of respect for him.
But you showed up yesterday forgetting your cell phone.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Oh man, that was That was the worst, dude.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
And you mentioned it before or the show started, and
I kind of forgot about it, and I just remembered
earlier this morning because I left mine in my car
and then had to just walk, make the walk right back,
so from the I got to almost the elevators, so
I didn't make it far and then I had the panic,
am I gonna do what Scott did yesterday? And luckily
when I got back to the car and my phone
(02:19):
was my phone was there, it was all good. But
I mean, you had to have been anxious and just
going through withdraws not having your phone, and I know
you're probably not glued to your phone the way I am.
And I say that because I'm I mean, I have
an issue. I will we use the word addiction. I
think way too loosely about things, but I don't. I mean,
(02:40):
I'm I'm addicted to my phone.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
I was well, and it's eff And I know when
I don't have my phone, first, when I don't feel
it in my pocket, and then I look at my
phone and my Bluetooth isn't connected or in my car,
then I'm like, oh, and that's when the heart dropped.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
And you're at that point where you're on your way
to work, you're too far.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
So you made it too far before you realize exactly you're.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Too far before you have to go back home. And
and I think I told.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
You, I'm not sure there's a too far for me, right.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
The worst thing for me was I always having And
we get to a point in the show where I've
done all I can do for one day and that's okay,
that's a good place to be.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
That means we've got things done.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
But I was going so I jump on TikTok and
I started scrolling through that one.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
I was having TikTok.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Withdraw just because the scroll. I'm sure, what is TikTok
for you? Could be Facebook for others exactly. It's just right,
it's just how we're wired, and it's I don't know.
It's probably not a good thing, I know, but I
don't know. Maybe as I've come to grips with the
fact that I have an addiction that I'm probably not
going to shake, maybe I'm just trying to normalize it
(03:41):
because I know we're not alone as far as just
being attached to our phones, but I feel like ten
years ago, maybe five, six years ago, if someone would
have left their phone at home, it would have been
an easier decision to say, Okay, I'll be all right,
I'll ride it out. I'll send an email when I
get to work to let my her husband know that
I don't have my phone whatever. But now I just
(04:03):
I don't know. I think each year that passes, we
become more attached to them. And then look, there's some
people who when it comes to their workday tasks, maybe
half of what they do is just things they could
They've just come to do on their phone because exactly
the ability.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
To well, I have to authenticate, like if I want
to log if I'm away from the studio and I
want to jump a good point, some of the software
I have to authenticate on my phone.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Without that device, you wouldn't have been able to get in.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
So I had, so I found myself email.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
It's like when you used to move and you did
change of address cards, Like I'm emailing everybody that I
know that contact.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
I'm like, guys, I don't have my phone, so that's
all you can do. That's what I realized. How much
I text during this Yes.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Yes, and I think just being unreachable, knowing that you know,
it's not that, it's not that we just assume that
everyone at all times is trying to contact us, but
knowing that if they did, there'd be no way. You
wouldn't get it. It's just a it's it's a it's
a weird feeling. I look, if it was me, I
would have been fine. I would have I would have
made it. I would have been able to let my
wife know like it would not. I would have been
(04:59):
just fine as far or is just like being able
to do my job, being able to have a normal day,
But like I would have been in my own head
so much about not having it, and that, you know,
maybe I need to not have a phone for a
day and just go through it cold turkey and realize, Okay,
I don't need to be so connected to it. But
I thought about it this morning. I was thinking because
(05:20):
I wouldn't it would be an exaggeration to say that
I had a panic attack. But that walked back to
my car, that was probably fifteen yards I was. I
was in full panic mode, like, oh my god, I
don't have my phone. What I'm gonna do? What I'm gonna,
I don't know what I have. My wife past I
was gonna to bring it to me. She's got to
take day off work, Like, there's no way I can't
have my phones.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Well, I guarantee you this.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
When I walked out of the house this morning, I
made sure I had and I've done that with my lunch.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
You forget your lunch one day, man, You're like, especially
if you're close to a payday.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Yeah, you forget your lunch. You're like, you'll never forget
your lunch again. So anyway, yeah, good stuff, man.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
We all have our phones today, Yes, sir, We're not
gonna have panic attacks, but good stuff. Let's get a
check of traffic and weather again. It's a Wednesday ed
issue of Kentucky and This Morning News with Coffee and
Company right here on news radio waight forty whas. So
we have another update on what happened on Sunday at
the Exposition Center as far as the chaos that ended
(06:14):
up being nothing but certainly a scary situation for everyone there,
those at Kentucky Kingdom and of course those at the
run for the Roses basketball tournament. And the latest update
that we got yesterday is an update that we don't
really know what happened, and we may never know what happened.
So during the show yesterday, I got a couple of
messages from someone on Twitter and someone on Facebook that
(06:35):
was sending me the ceiling of the Exposition Center and
insinuating that how could a ceiling tile falling have caused that?
There's no ceiling tiles here, which, judging by the picture,
is correct. There's no tile like, that's just not what
the ceiling looks like. That's not how it's how. It's
just not really possible, I suppose. So sure enough, Maya.
(06:57):
Greenberg had a press conference yesterday discussed seeing many things,
including that what was said by LMPD was simply not
what happened. In fact, I'll see if I can get
the quote here, but yeah, he says that the report
by police that a ceiling tile fell and hit a
metal chair prompting the false active aggressor incident at the
Kentucky Exposition Center was quote not accurate information that did
(07:22):
not happen. So they still have no clue what I
guess really caused it, and they may never know. And
it sounds like that actually did happen, but it was
a long time ago. So this is just a good
example of how misinformation can really spread like crazy. And
what I mean by that is apparently there was an
event a basketball tournament years ago at the Exposition Center
(07:47):
where a ceiling tile fell and caused something to happen.
What that was, I don't know, but maybe somebody referenced
that ran with it, or maybe somebody referenced that he
thought they were talking about. And just like I would
love to know, just for a social experiment, as far
as how does how does that end up becoming what
everybody just assumes happens? And it's not super important as
(08:11):
far as just how how it ended up becoming just
what everybody assumed happened. I guess the honest answer is
because LMPD told us that's what happened. As far as
where they got mixed up, I don't know, but yeah,
it's it's it's gonna be probably something we never fully know.
And my you know, if I had to, if I
had to to give you a way to kind of
wrap this whole story up, it's just a sign of
(08:34):
how we as a society here in America know that
that could happen. I mean, you know what if in
fact there, we still don't know as far as what
led to it truly turning into the mad dash to
get out of there and to find your loved ones
because of the chaos and the fear that there was
an active aggressor. I mean, I just it's probably maybe
(08:56):
one person panicking because of something we don't know what
it is, and then everybody just kind of ran with it. Now,
I will say the other the alarms going off that
clearly was that contributed to people assuming that something something
was wrong, because again there was the fire alarm did
go off inside parts of the building, and that triggered
that was triggered by a duct sensor, a duct smoke censer,
(09:18):
I should say, but that that system only alerts for smoke,
no other emergencies. But people that are there don't know that,
so it's probably gonna end up being a mystery. LMPD
has now acknowledged that they may never pinpoint what caused
the initial panic, but of course have emphasized how quickly
fear of a shooting can can spark that kind of chaos.
(09:39):
LMPD chief Paul Humphrey said, quote, it frustrates me the
fear of active shooter incidents is so prevalent a moment
of confusion could create chaos. This should not be the
norm in America. Amen. He also went on to praise
the fast response from his officers, who of course believed
there was a real threat. So it's a mystery, and
again I think, turning into what it turned into, there
(10:02):
were a lot of factors, but one is just that
people are fearful of that because it happens way too often.
Any time it happens is too often. But clearly it's
not that uncommon anymore. All right, let's get a quick
update of trafficking weather with Bobby Ellis. He'll tell us
how the road ways are looking early this morning. Also,
we'll get the updated forecast from Matt Melosovich. Scott will
(10:23):
be back in with sports, and we got to talk
about this Epstein stuff. There's no doubt in my mind
that right now the MAGA crowd, and I'm sure there's
still plenty that are going to support Trump and never
criticize anything, and look, if that's what you want to do,
knock yourself out. But there's now more noise from that
crowd than I've ever heard as far as just being
(10:44):
disappointed and almost dumbfounded that Trump is handling this Epstein
stuff the way that he is, I mean, clearly not
able to read the room, it seems. All right, don't
go anywhere, don't move, stay with us right here. It's
Kentucky as Morning News with Coffee and Company right here
on news Radio eight forty whas. Thank you, John. It
(11:07):
is five thirty five here a Kentucky and is Morning
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Speaker 2 (11:42):
All right.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
So the Epstein situation is the Epstein files. I should say,
it's it's wild, I mean, and there's a couple of
different ways to attack this this morning. As far as
just it being a continuous talking point, we'll get into
sort of Trump's seeming. I mean, I don't want to think,
I don't want to say that he has an inability
(12:04):
to read the room. I mean, I think he does
on this situation. But you got to wonder who who's
telling him that nobody cares. Because it's one thing for
him to say that he doesn't care and that other
people shouldn't care. But I think he genuinely, genuinely thinks
that no one at all is wanting transparency on that situation,
(12:28):
and he's very much wrong. Now again, I'm not acting
as if everyone is upset with the way he's handled
it and maybe surprised that he doesn't understand that this
is a big deal and people do want the transparency.
But clearly there seems to be more noise coming from
the Magacide than ever as far as just being surprised, disappointed,
(12:49):
maybe even angry, as far as just him not being
able to read the room, and also continue it's one
thing to just say that you don't care, but he's
saying nobody cares, and then he's also saying things like
it's fake news. And I just have a hard time
thinking that he believes that. But what do I know.
I can't read his mind, and I mean maybe he does.
(13:10):
Maybe he just is that out of touch with with
with what Americans care about. Now, I will say this,
I'm not gonna lie and be a phony and act
like I'm losing sleep at night because we're not going
to get transparency. I mean, do I think we we are?
I mean, what's what's ever wrong with being transparent about
some things? And I do think this is a touchy
or situation because there could be people involved that would
(13:33):
be listed on something that would maybe have nothing to
do with anything that Epstein and that crew were involved in.
And you don't want to, you know, you don't want
to risk somebody's livelihood because of that. But to just
handle it the way they've handled it, like oh yeah,
there's nothing to see here, I mean, that's that's almost
insulting the intelligence of people. I mean, who would I mean,
(13:57):
especially the way in which it was handled for soul
long prior to this, right, I mean, the accusation that
this was created by by Obama and who else did
he blame it on? Biden and those people and it's
fake news. Well that was the case and there and
they did it to try to bring you down. Why
wouldn't they release it? And if there's nothing, if these documents,
(14:18):
these files don't exist, then then what was the how
did you investigate? How how were how did how did
Epstein go to trial and get convicted and sent to
federal prison? If if nothing happened, I mean, it's just
it's wild. And then you had a brief moment yesterday
where it sounded as if Okay, there's enough pressure, there's
enough heat, they are going to really something different than
what we got last week from the DJ, and then
(14:42):
that as of late last night, it didn't appear that
was the case. So we'll see, because I don't this didn't.
This didn't going away as far as people just you know,
asking about it, and I don't mean just everyday American citizens.
I mean, he's going to continue to be pressed by this,
and my guess is that he's going to continue to
he's going to continue to act like it's no big
(15:03):
deal and that nobody cares and just hope that it
goes away.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
President. I know you've urged people to move on, but I'm.
Speaker 5 (15:10):
Curious, why do you think your supporters in particular have
been so interested in the Epstein story and so upset
about how it's been handled.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
Why do you think that is man? Why they would
be so interested. He's dead for a long time, he
was never a big factor in terms of life. I
don't understand what the interest or what the fascination is.
I really don't have the credible information has been given.
Don't forget we went through years of the Mullo wood
(15:39):
hunt and all of the different things to steal dossier
which is all fake. All that information is think but
I don't understand why the Jeffrey E. F Se case
would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff.
It's shorted, but it's boring, and I don't understand why
it keeps going. I think, well, really, only pretty bad people,
(16:01):
including fakedus, want to keep something like pictord like that
joint but incredible information. Let him give it anything it's credible,
I would say, let them have it.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
I mean that's a wild response, which is saying something
for Donald Trump. I mean it's almost as if he
doesn't know what Jeffrey Epstein was accused of and ended
up being convicted of sex trafficking children. I mean, like
it's it's wild. So who knows what we end up
(16:36):
finding out, if anything, But this is not going away
as far as people just demanding, and their demands probably
will fall flat because I guess we're not entitled to
it as far as just transparency. But the biggest issue
is that you could run with this as being nothing
if it wasn't something that. I mean, there's an interview
jd Vance did with THEO Vaughn not that long ago,
(17:00):
that meeting probably right before the election, that where he's
you know, he's hammering release the files. It's like, well,
what why? Why not? What changed? So anyways, we'll talk
more about that coming up with Rory O'Neal and about
four minutes, but let's get an update on the traffic
and weather right here at Kentucky and is Morning News
with Coffee and Company on News Radio eight forty whas.
(17:22):
Happy hump day, Kentucky. And it is Kentucky and is
Morning News with Coffee and Company here on news Radio
eight forty whas. And it's time to bring in Rory
O'Neal of NBC News. Rory, I gotta I gotta start
with something that has just been a continuous talking point
and really just ramping up overnight and maybe even as
we speak. Donald Trump's handling of the the Epstein situation
(17:46):
as far as just seemingly not believing that anyone cares,
and certainly if there are people that care, he thinks
they shouldn't. I mean, nothing really surprises me anymore. But
I'm not sure he's able to read the room here. Well.
Speaker 5 (17:59):
You know, it's interesting though some of the leading voices
in the MAGA movement seemed to be ready to move on,
or at least say they are and won't bring it
up again. We heard from Charlie Kirk sort of saying, Okay,
I'm ready to move on. But to your point, a
lot of people were just really having these questions about transparency, saying, hey,
I thought you were the transparent president. What's going on here?
(18:20):
And I think that's that's the bigger concern, is that,
you know, we were promised this, We were promised openness
and transparency and this is not that, not at all.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
And Charlie Kirk he he doesn't trust the government when
it comes to vaccines, healthcare, war spending, but on this
he's oh, yeah, I trust my government, which was you know,
seems a little inconsistent there. And there's also some allegations
that maybe those influencers on on that side have have
maybe received some phone calls to to maybe help help
the help Trump and his team out.
Speaker 5 (18:52):
But certainly, and it certainly it puts the Attorney General,
Pam Bondi in an interesting spot. Absolutely, she had the
binders out first. She brought in the influencers rather than
mainstream media right to release those binders that turned out
to be nothing burgers. But yeah, she sort of and
they were Phase one, clearly labeled there on the binders
(19:14):
Phase one. So we never got phase two and apparently
we never will.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
Roy On Neil, the NBC News is our guest joining
us here on News Radio eight forty whas nearly one
in four credit card holders apparently don't think they're going
to ever get out of that credit card debt, and
that of course has led to Americans downsizing summer vacation
plans and just really it's not great right now when
it comes to the economy. What kind of issues right
now do you feel like Americans are really just struggling
(19:43):
the most with as far as things that keep them
up at night.
Speaker 5 (19:46):
Well, right, you know, we had the inflation report that
came out yesterday showed inflation ticked up a little bit
in certain areas with the highest and four months not
sounding alarm bells. But this is before we get some
new tariff policies taking effects. Something to watch, and if
we're seeing an increase in inflation, that means the Fed
is probably less likely to lower interest rates, which is
(20:08):
what a lot of people are hoping for, especially those
first time home buyers who are feeling priced out of
the marketplace. There's a report out from walle Hub looking
at the best and worst markets for home buyers. The
worst markets they're all in California, city by city, La
Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Monica number three hundred
on the list, Berkeley, California dead last. The best places
(20:31):
for first time home buyers number three, Tampa, Florida, Number two, Boise, Idaho,
Number one, Palm Bay, Florida. They're saying there's a lot
more affordability and a lot more new homes being built,
so adding to inventory, making it an ideal place for
first time home buyers.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
One more for you rory. When it comes to the
telephone ringing, most people, I assume still pick it up
and say hello. However, there are youngsters that now have
just I guess, grown up differently to where they expect
the caller to speak first, which sounds insane to me.
But you know, maybe I'm getting on the older side
where I can't relate to the younger crew.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
Yeah, Nick, you are showing your age.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
I am.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
This is a gen Z thing out there.
Speaker 5 (21:14):
Apparently they just pick up the phone and listen, so
they think if you called, you should initiate the conversation.
Part of this may be because of all the robo
calls out there, right, all those spam calls, you know,
because as soon as you say hello, the computer starts talking,
and there's that way concern, right, or they're concerned about
(21:35):
the recording your voice and stealing your ID. I laugh
too that gen Zers in particular will have a whole
series of text messages about when they can set aside
five minutes for a phone call.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
That doesn't surprise me as much as the answering the
phone and just sitting in silence waiting for somebody to speak.
And again, the only time I've ever done. That is
when I just assume that it is somebody that is
waiting for you, don't sit there for thirty seconds sometimes
and that it's the indication that, yeah, there's nobody there
until you speak, and then they're prompted to say hello,
how are you right?
Speaker 5 (22:06):
Right? So it's fascinating. Well, look, we've only had the
word hello is a recent phenomenon, right in in terms
of Humanity's only something we've been doing for one hundred
years or so. So it's interesting to see how it
may be changing among the next generation.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
You're right, I'm showing my age. There's no doubt about it. Rory,
thank you as always, put the time, enjoy your day,
my friend.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
Hey, thanks Nick.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
All right, that's where we nailed NBC News. I cannot
relate to that. I mean, but again, there's a lot
of things the younger generation. We talked about it the
other day. If if you FaceTime me, I'm considering no
longer being friends with you. And that's how a lot
of the younger people, that's just that they don't text anymore.
When from phone calls to text and now it's just
(22:50):
like I'm going to FaceTime somebody while I'm in my
car when I'm walking walking down the street. It's just
I don't know, I'm getting older. I guess. All right,
let's get an update on Travick and weather. Also, we're
gonna another update on sports with Scott Fitztrodis Kentucky had
his morning news with coffee and company right here on
news radio eight forty whis
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