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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, let's get it started.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Hay hump day and welcome in to Kentucky and his
morning news coffee and company here on news Radio eight
forty whas Nick Coffee. That's me full crew in the
house today. Let's do a roll call. We've got Scott
Fitzgerald here, We've got the company man, John Alden, and
we have John Shannon here as well as another hot
one on the way.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
And it does look like Thursday.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
And Friday are going to be not just better than
what we've had the last few days, but pretty pretty cool,
I think comparatively speaking as far as which you typically
get in late July early August.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Then I looked at is it is it really July thirtieth?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
It is?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
It can't be it is, brother, It's the end.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
I mean you all, thank god New Alny schools are
going back today.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Oh man, they're back.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Just gave me a little anxiety I get back to school.
I swear the back to school just anxiousness. It still
sits with me like I'm a seventh grader. Scott, I
don't know what it is, but just the oh man,
when summer breaks coming to an end, and I talked
about it, earlier this week when you start to see
those back to school commercials, you walk into Walmart or wherever,
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and that's all you see is they got the school supplies,
they got sales for the clothes and whatnot. And it
just I've been out of the public school system for
a long time as a student. But I'm not sure
if that that anxiousness and just that I guess the
dread it's always.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Going to be there. I think, Well, John, your wife's
a teacher, is she right or wrong?
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Bye?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Way, Well, this whole.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
Week she's she's got three days of meetings of trainings
for the upcoming years, so she's she's getting back into
the swing of things.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Wow, so many schedules you have to adjust, so many
things you have to get used to. Even my wife
said last night to your point Nick, along those same line.
She goes, how is it the end.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Of July already? I can't believe it, she said, The.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Summer is over. Before you know what, we'll be talking
about Christmas shopping.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
In a month.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
It'll be college football season like actually you know here
games like it's crazy.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Do you pay a lie? Do both of you guys
pay a lot of attention to Week zero.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
Oh, I love Week zero is as much as the
games are not super exciting, it's just kind of like
that appetizer for the rest of the college football season,
and it's you have the game that they do annually
up in Ireland now and even if again, even if
the matchup isn't fun, it's still nice to know that
that's kind of the new mark for the beginning of
college football season.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
It's the opening act and it's it's usually underwhelming, as
John mentioned, as far as the games the matchups, but
it's the sign that it's here, and it's a nice
way to kind of ease in.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
And I've always said this.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
If I was if I was a fan of a
team that played in Week zero, I would love it
because you do it.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
First of all, you get to start earlier.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
And also you really get a bigger opportunity to make
some kind of a statement just based off the fact
that it's usually actually usually games themselves are standalone. Now
the weekend is not because you'll have maybe three to
four games, but when people are hungry and just you know,
starving for college football to get here, they'll watch any
game when it's Week zero, no matter who it is,
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and if you've got a chance to really get in
front of a big audience, and let's be real, college
football perception matters. I still believe Notre Dame two years
ago when Louisville got and when they came to Cardinal Stadium,
those the year's Hartman was there, they beat the breaks
off of I think it was Navy in Ireland and
that led to them getting a nice splash to start
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the season and I think that was a factor and
then being a top ten team when they came to town.
So I think there's benefits to playing in Week zero
and yeah, week zero is. It's what it does is
just gives us a shorter offseason.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Essentially, to your point, I was gonna tell you, as
you realize now this Saturday is the last Saturday without
football until the middle of February.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
And now you're getting excited. You get excited. I mean,
that's unbelievable, now, you know.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
And then coming up Thursday, we had the Hall of
Fame game. Between the lines. I would not expect much
from either team in that game. But to your point,
it's just nice to hear the theme music again.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
You're gonna turn your TV.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
It's gonna be a lot of NFL game, but it
is a regular season game.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
But it's it's it's real.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
And that's that's exciting. It's tomorrow, Yes, it is. My goodness,
I can't wait. I can't wait. All right, we were
loaded today here on a Wednesday, certainly a lot to
get into. We've got another note that was found on
the suspect who showed up in New York over the
weekend and then of course carried out an awful act,
killing many people. And we also now know that he
(04:19):
got off the wrong He got on the wrong elevator,
which led him to not get where he wanted to go.
And just the thought of what would have happened had
he got on the right elevator and ended up where
he wanted to be, which was the NFL offices inside
that building. Just a really, really scary, scary situation. Also
a big time earthquake overnight that we can certainly discuss,
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and a lot to get into. As we were up
and running, happy humped, everybody, hope you stay with us
for the next three hours and fifty one minutes because
we've got a lot to get to and we'll have
some fun along the way. It's Kentucky, and it's morning News,
Coffee and Company on news radio eight forty WHS. Sometimes
I feel like I'm a little bit dramatic when it
comes to the heat, because as much as I am
(05:07):
just sharing facts when it comes to you know, the
temperature outside and the heat index and whatnot, I do
have at least some awareness that I complain about it
whenever I'm someone that doesn't have to actually be out
and about working in it. And there's a lot of people,
probably even people that are are five o'clockers, that get
up and start their day early, and I'm sure you
can do a lot of different types of work, depending know,
(05:28):
regardless of what your schedule is. But I know how
that comes off to some people, so I try not
to do it as much and always acknowledge that, hey,
here I am complaining, and yet you guys actually are
out there in these conditions making a living, and you're
a lot tougher than I am. But I do feel,
I guess less like a wimp whenever I see numbers
and facts that actually really put in perspective just how
(05:49):
brutal this current heat wave is here in Louisville, Kentucky.
So the heat index is essentially what it feels like outside,
and I think most people listening know what that is.
Temperatures have been hot, but where it really gets you
is just the stick humidity. And yesterday I was walking
out of kindergarten kickoff, which we went to yesterday for
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my son, which that's one of those things with this
I'm happy that the school that the summer is wrapping
up because I'm over this heat. I'm ready for college football.
But he starts kindergarten soon, which is good because we
don't have to pay for daycare anymore. But also it's
just sad because he's I'm just watching him walk around yesterday.
He's so excited and and you know, he sees some
of his friends from daycare, some of his friends from
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his football team, and it just, you know, it makes
me kind of sad that he's growing up.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
But anyways, we're walking out of.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
There yesterday, probably about I don't know, about six o'clock,
and that walk from the building we were at to
the vehicle was just I mean, I remember thinking, I
think I might remember this for the rest of my
life because I'm not sure if I've ever been outside
where it felt just that humid and just that gross.
And I don't know if that's a fact as far
as it being like a record, but yesterday's heat in
(06:58):
decks as far as just the now national comparison, Tampa Bay,
Florida and Orlando that is where it was the worst.
We're talking peak heat index between one hundred and thirteen
and one hundred and eighteen degrees, and then Savannah, Georgia
one hundred and ten to one hundred and fifteen, and
then after that it's US. It's Louisville, Kentucky. When it
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comes to just heat indecks specifically, not temperature, and I
think that one hundred and something degrees, but the heat
index in the humidity being low, to me, I might
notice a difference. In fact, I wouldn't notice a difference,
but like, that's still hot as hell. Like I remember,
I've told the story before I went at Phoenix for
the first time years ago, and I'd always heard.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
It's a dry heat.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
It's a dry heat, And I'm thinking, Okay, well, I
don't know what the hell that means, but I guess
I'll find out. I guess, you know, I'll find out
for myself. If temperatures being substantially higher at times, but
the heat indecks being lower. It's that's the preferable temperature.
And I remember I was at outside at like six
am West Coast time, walking to my rental car leaving
(08:04):
the airport, and within about fifteen seconds of being outside,
dry heat, wet heat whatever, I was soaking, wet and sweat.
I mean, it was, you know. So I don't, I don't.
I don't really have a preference. I mean, I'm sure
if you gave me two and I could pick on
the spot, I would.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
There's one, I would take over the other. But to me,
hot as hell, as hot as hell.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
But yeah, the heat in decks yesterday one oh five
between one o five and one oh nine, and that's
that's brutal, very brutal. So again, be prepared Today. Probably
not gonna be much different. But the cool weather is
on the way, and we may feel like we're in
the Arctic temp you know, we may feel like it's
(08:43):
Christmas time. Whenever we get the cooler temperatures.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Might get your tree out.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Yeah, I mean I'm pretty sure like Saturday Friday evening,
I'm pretty sure it's going to be like in the
upper sixties. Maybe that's more so like overnight and if
it's not humid, that's going to feel like heaven. I
may wake up in the middle of the night, just
go outside and see what it feels like, because it's
been a while since we've had weather like that. All right,
(09:06):
it's Kentucky. It's morning News Coffee and Company, Nick Coffee
with you. We've got an update of Traffick and.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Weather coming your way.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Bobby Ellis will get a straightened out on the Trafvick
situation so far this morning. Also, Matt Melosavich, he'll give
us the facts as far as what we can expect
when it comes to the temperature's heat index and all that,
so stick with us. Also, another sports update coming your way.
In fact, our first sports update of the morning is
on the way in just about four and a half
minutes right here on News Radio eight forty whas. Thank
(09:33):
you very much, John Shannon. It is five point thirty
five here Kentucky and his morning News Coffee and Company
with you here on News radio eight forty whas. Nick Coffee.
That's me the company man. John Olden is alongside and
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I need to start mentioning it more because I sometimes
(09:55):
neglected and that's totally totally my fault. So it does
make sense that the more you know you mentioned it,
the more people are aware of it, and then the
more they utilize it.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
So again, it's there. It's within the app.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Just click the microphone button and you can record whatever
you want. I believe you get thirty seconds of time
and as soon as you finish, it comes right to
us and we can access it and play it on
the air if in fact you know it's something worth playing.
And just be reminded, like there's certain things you say
that like, we do have to still follow. This is
(10:27):
not a podcast, this is live radio. Therefore we have
to follow, you know, rules, There's certain things you can
and can't say on the radio. All right, So the
Manhattan shooter, as far as what we know now that
maybe we did not know yesterday, when it comes to
this individual who twenty seven years old, former football player
(10:49):
that drove across the drove across the country over the
weekend and then, of course on Monday, took out just
a hainous act where he shot and killed four people,
including himself. And it's clear that he was targeting the
NFL headquarters inside that building, and the report that came
(11:12):
out yesterday afternoon is just kind of I don't want
to act as if the NFL folks are more important
than the others that are in that building that work
for a different industry and whatnot, but it's just he
had it. The mindset from this individual seemed to be
that he was going there to maybe take out anybody
and everybody he could that was in that building because
(11:33):
they worked for the NFL. And it sounds as if
he got off the wrong elevator or got on the
wrong elevator which led to him not being I guess where.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
He needed to be and wanted to be.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
And again there's already lives that have been lost and
at least I think two people still fighting for their
lives in one of those people as an NFL employee.
So just an awful situation. But here is New York
Mayor Eric Adams. Yesterday, this was his appearance on a
I believe a radio show in New York City.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
I truly always believe that there would be a day.
In fact, that's not the right sound apologies here, it is.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
We have reason to believe that he was focused on
the NFL.
Speaker 5 (12:16):
Agency that was located in the building.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
So he claims that the NFL is untouchable, and he
also claims that he has CTE and that that claim
is unproven at this point, and I think determining I
guess more about this. This this guy's life leading up
to him making this decision to do what he did.
(12:43):
I mean, I hate to say it, because there's still
something that I just can't quite get comfortable with when
it comes to expressing on this platform that I'm interested
in people who do these kind of things because you know,
they don't deserve our time and attention because they're awful
human beings. However, I mean it, you can't help but
want to know what would lead somebody to take out
(13:06):
to do something like this. I mean, it's it's just,
you know, something I certainly can't relate to. But yeah,
the NFL did confirm Roger Goodell that, as you heard
it in the news update there from John Channon, that
they did confirm that one of their employees was one
of the ones that was shot and is still fighting
fighting for their life. Now what we also know is
(13:26):
there was another note that was found, but this note
was I think it was just a yeah, it was,
it was a second note. They found it at his
home in Vegas and it was described as an apology
to his parents, So I'm sure they'll be you know, well,
when these kind of things happen, usually it doesn't take
too long before every little detail about these these awful
(13:51):
people that do these things we find out. And then
sometimes you don't, and then it makes you think, Okay,
how in the world could like the person who attend
to assassinate Trump, we still.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Know very little about that individual.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
And that's just, you know, that's just unusual given that
you know, you can typically, like the Internet has people
who will be web sluts and find out really any
bit of information that they can on somebody. So you
would think that, you know, law enforcement people that have
access and resources that most don't have, would be able
to figure more out. But yeah, the the uh, this
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guy was looking to probably take out anybody and everybody
he could, specifically that was in that building that worked
for the NFL, and maybe in the end it's a
blessing in disguise that it wasn't worse because you know,
maybe he didn't end up doing what he intended as
far as just the magnitude of it, because he knew
he was in the wrong spot. But yeah, just just
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awful news. All right, let's talk to Rory O'Neil who
joined us. Coming up here in just a few minutes,
Roy O'Neil of NBC. But first, another update on the
roadways from Bobby Ellis and another update on the forecast
with Matt Mellosa bit right here on News radio eight
forty whas. Good morning, Kentucky. Anna, This is Kentucky and
his morning news coffee and company Nick Coffee with you
here on.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
News radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
And we now welcome in Rory O'Neal of NBC News
and Rory, when it comes to artificial intelligence, it is
growing really like nothing i've ever seen before. I think,
just the awareness of it, folks realizing not only is
it a potential threat to what you do for a
living and maybe dangerous, it can also be very very
useful for folks. But when it comes to college students today,
(15:32):
they can lean on AI to help them when it
comes to their work, but also knowing how to use
it can be a fundamental skill that can maybe even
help them in maybe the first career path they decide
to go down. What can you tell us as far
as just how that's being handled. There's no scenario where
college professors can tell you, yeah, we just ignore that.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
It's clearly going to be here for a while.
Speaker 5 (15:53):
Well, right, And look, this is on a couple different fronts. Right,
You've got the college professors concerned that kids are sort
of skating through by letting programs do the work for them,
letting AI do the homework be this generation's cliffs notes,
I guess. But there's the other side too, where all right,
let's see this as a tool, and then who's going
(16:14):
to know how to wield that tool? Right? Half of
students believe that learning how to use AI is the
most important skill they'll gain while in college. According to
this new pullout, today, sixty two percent believe that learning
how to use AI responsibly will actually be essential for
their future careers. Because look, as much as you know,
(16:34):
you don't want war and peace to be summarized by
some program when you do get out into the real world.
These programs are going to be available and there won't
be a professor saying you can't use that.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Yeah, And I think if you are someone that's just
resistant of it for whatever the reason is, and you
are someone that is a young enough professional, that you
will likely be in the workforce for a long time
because you're not retiring anytime So I'm not really sure
anybody is going to be retiring anytime soon in the
grand scheme of things. But I just I feel like
there's been a shift in a major way in really
(17:08):
just the last few months.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
As far as just hey, this is here to stay.
This isn't going anywhere.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
It's going to be very much directly involved in what
a lot of us do moving forward.
Speaker 5 (17:17):
Well, right, and then how do we use it? And look,
these nineteen twenty twenty one year olds going through college
and coming out, they're the ones who are going to
shape this stuff going forward, right, you know, these will
be the tech titans of the future who will mold
AI and they're the ones who are going to steer
it away from taking over the world. But as of
right now, this Grammarly survey found that nearly half the
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students use it for brainstorming. That's how they use AI currently.
They'll use it for spelling and grammar check and things
like that. I thought it was interesting that nearly a
third said that they use AI to ask questions they
would otherwise be embarrassed to ask the professor in front
of the class.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
That makes sense. I wouldn't have thought of that.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
But that's really what AI for my end is when
I'm just fascinated to hear of all the ways people
have learned or maybe just been made aware of of
how they could use this to help them, right. I mean,
it can turn your brain to mush if you're not
really doing much critical thinking and you're just relying on
it for information. But it could also get your brain
working a little bit, which that's that's.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Something I've really thought about.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
Yeah, about a quarter of them say they use it
to create study car note cards other study tools. They'll
have AI quiz them, you know, on subject material, rather
than have AI summarize it for them. They'll say, no,
you know, I've got a test on Warren Peace tomorrow,
give me give me a practice exam.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
That kind of thing, And that can be useful in
a major way. I can certainly see that. Royan Hill
of NBC News is our guest joining us here on
News Radio eight forty whas let's talk about stress. Big
companies like Procter and Gamble always do in market research
on the habits of Americans, and their latest study has
revealed some surprising results related to the stress that Americans
face today.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
What can you tell us about that.
Speaker 5 (18:58):
Yeah, Procter and Gamble is out whether it's quarterly results yesterday,
and what they're finding is consumers are under stress. And
they've said that consumers right now, are you tapping into
their pantry inventory right clearing off the shelves before going
to the store to buy stuff. They say that there
are concerns once they get to the store, they'll buy
too much other stuff that's out there, which is why
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Procter and Gamble thinks that sales. You know, P and
G is behind stuff like Tide and Charm and and
you know they make those consumer staples that we all
go to the grocery store in order to get, and
P and G is warning that, Yeah, consumers are tightening
their wallets. Yes, at the low end, but also at
the high end.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Makes sense.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
That doesn't surprise me at all. Rory is always appreciate
your time, Enjoy your day and we will talk soon.
Speaker 5 (19:45):
Thanks Meg.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
All right, that's Rory and Ey NBC News always enjoy
has always enjoyed the conversation and certainly appreciate his time.
He's a busy guy, but he makes time for us
each and every morning, and we certainly appreciate that. All right,
let's get to another update on the roadways. Bobby Ellis
would tell us how traffic's looking so far this morning.
We'll get a update for Matt Melosovich on the forecast,
and Scott Fitzgerald is back for another with another update
on sports. As we roll along here, it is five
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fifty one here at News Radio eight forty w h
A S
All right, let's get it started.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Hay hump day and welcome in to Kentucky and his
morning news coffee and company here on news Radio eight
forty whas Nick Coffee. That's me full crew in the
house today. Let's do a roll call. We've got Scott
Fitzgerald here, We've got the company man, John Alden, and
we have John Shannon here as well as another hot
one on the way.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
And it does look like Thursday.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
And Friday are going to be not just better than
what we've had the last few days, but pretty pretty cool,
I think comparatively speaking as far as which you typically
get in late July early August.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Then I looked at is it is it really July thirtieth?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
It is?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
It can't be it is, brother, It's the end.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
I mean you all, thank god New Alny schools are
going back today.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Oh man, they're back.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Just gave me a little anxiety I get back to school.
I swear the back to school just anxiousness. It still
sits with me like I'm a seventh grader. Scott, I
don't know what it is, but just the oh man,
when summer breaks coming to an end, and I talked
about it, earlier this week when you start to see
those back to school commercials, you walk into Walmart or wherever,
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and that's all you see is they got the school supplies,
they got sales for the clothes and whatnot. And it
just I've been out of the public school system for
a long time as a student. But I'm not sure
if that that anxiousness and just that I guess the
dread it's always.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Going to be there. I think, Well, John, your wife's
a teacher, is she right or wrong?
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Bye?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Way, Well, this whole.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
Week she's she's got three days of meetings of trainings
for the upcoming years, so she's she's getting back into
the swing of things.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
Wow, so many schedules you have to adjust, so many
things you have to get used to. Even my wife
said last night to your point Nick, along those same line.
She goes, how is it the end.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Of July already? I can't believe it, she said, The.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Summer is over. Before you know what, we'll be talking
about Christmas shopping.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
In a month.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
It'll be college football season like actually you know here
games like it's crazy.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Do you pay a lie? Do both of you guys
pay a lot of attention to Week zero.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
Oh, I love Week zero is as much as the
games are not super exciting, it's just kind of like
that appetizer for the rest of the college football season,
and it's you have the game that they do annually
up in Ireland now and even if again, even if
the matchup isn't fun, it's still nice to know that
that's kind of the new mark for the beginning of
college football season.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
It's the opening act and it's it's usually underwhelming, as
John mentioned, as far as the games the matchups, but
it's the sign that it's here, and it's a nice
way to kind of ease in.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
And I've always said this.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
If I was if I was a fan of a
team that played in Week zero, I would love it
because you do it.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
First of all, you get to start earlier.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
And also you really get a bigger opportunity to make
some kind of a statement just based off the fact
that it's usually actually usually games themselves are standalone. Now
the weekend is not because you'll have maybe three to
four games, but when people are hungry and just you know,
starving for college football to get here, they'll watch any
game when it's Week zero, no matter who it is,
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and if you've got a chance to really get in
front of a big audience, and let's be real, college
football perception matters. I still believe Notre Dame two years
ago when Louisville got and when they came to Cardinal Stadium,
those the year's Hartman was there, they beat the breaks
off of I think it was Navy in Ireland and
that led to them getting a nice splash to start
(03:17):
the season and I think that was a factor and
then being a top ten team when they came to town.
So I think there's benefits to playing in Week zero
and yeah, week zero is. It's what it does is
just gives us a shorter offseason.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
Essentially, to your point, I was gonna tell you, as
you realize now this Saturday is the last Saturday without
football until the middle of February.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
And now you're getting excited. You get excited. I mean,
that's unbelievable, now, you know.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
And then coming up Thursday, we had the Hall of
Fame game. Between the lines. I would not expect much
from either team in that game. But to your point,
it's just nice to hear the theme music again.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
You're gonna turn your TV.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
It's gonna be a lot of NFL game, but it
is a regular season game.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
But it's it's it's real.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
And that's that's exciting. It's tomorrow, Yes, it is. My goodness,
I can't wait. I can't wait. All right, we were
loaded today here on a Wednesday, certainly a lot to
get into. We've got another note that was found on
the suspect who showed up in New York over the
weekend and then of course carried out an awful act,
killing many people. And we also now know that he
(04:19):
got off the wrong He got on the wrong elevator,
which led him to not get where he wanted to go.
And just the thought of what would have happened had
he got on the right elevator and ended up where
he wanted to be, which was the NFL offices inside
that building. Just a really, really scary, scary situation. Also
a big time earthquake overnight that we can certainly discuss,
(04:42):
and a lot to get into. As we were up
and running, happy humped, everybody, hope you stay with us
for the next three hours and fifty one minutes because
we've got a lot to get to and we'll have
some fun along the way. It's Kentucky, and it's morning News,
Coffee and Company on news radio eight forty WHS. Sometimes
I feel like I'm a little bit dramatic when it
comes to the heat, because as much as I am
(05:07):
just sharing facts when it comes to you know, the
temperature outside and the heat index and whatnot, I do
have at least some awareness that I complain about it
whenever I'm someone that doesn't have to actually be out
and about working in it. And there's a lot of people,
probably even people that are are five o'clockers, that get
up and start their day early, and I'm sure you
can do a lot of different types of work, depending know,
(05:28):
regardless of what your schedule is. But I know how
that comes off to some people, so I try not
to do it as much and always acknowledge that, hey,
here I am complaining, and yet you guys actually are
out there in these conditions making a living, and you're
a lot tougher than I am. But I do feel,
I guess less like a wimp whenever I see numbers
and facts that actually really put in perspective just how
(05:49):
brutal this current heat wave is here in Louisville, Kentucky.
So the heat index is essentially what it feels like outside,
and I think most people listening know what that is.
Temperatures have been hot, but where it really gets you
is just the stick humidity. And yesterday I was walking
out of kindergarten kickoff, which we went to yesterday for
(06:11):
my son, which that's one of those things with this
I'm happy that the school that the summer is wrapping
up because I'm over this heat. I'm ready for college football.
But he starts kindergarten soon, which is good because we
don't have to pay for daycare anymore. But also it's
just sad because he's I'm just watching him walk around yesterday.
He's so excited and and you know, he sees some
of his friends from daycare, some of his friends from
(06:31):
his football team, and it just, you know, it makes
me kind of sad that he's growing up.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
But anyways, we're walking out of.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
There yesterday, probably about I don't know, about six o'clock,
and that walk from the building we were at to
the vehicle was just I mean, I remember thinking, I
think I might remember this for the rest of my
life because I'm not sure if I've ever been outside
where it felt just that humid and just that gross.
And I don't know if that's a fact as far
as it being like a record, but yesterday's heat in
(06:58):
decks as far as just the now national comparison, Tampa Bay,
Florida and Orlando that is where it was the worst.
We're talking peak heat index between one hundred and thirteen
and one hundred and eighteen degrees, and then Savannah, Georgia
one hundred and ten to one hundred and fifteen, and
then after that it's US. It's Louisville, Kentucky. When it
(07:20):
comes to just heat indecks specifically, not temperature, and I
think that one hundred and something degrees, but the heat
index in the humidity being low, to me, I might
notice a difference. In fact, I wouldn't notice a difference,
but like, that's still hot as hell. Like I remember,
I've told the story before I went at Phoenix for
the first time years ago, and I'd always heard.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
It's a dry heat.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
It's a dry heat, And I'm thinking, Okay, well, I
don't know what the hell that means, but I guess
I'll find out. I guess, you know, I'll find out
for myself. If temperatures being substantially higher at times, but
the heat indecks being lower. It's that's the preferable temperature.
And I remember I was at outside at like six
am West Coast time, walking to my rental car leaving
(08:04):
the airport, and within about fifteen seconds of being outside,
dry heat, wet heat whatever, I was soaking, wet and sweat.
I mean, it was, you know. So I don't, I don't.
I don't really have a preference. I mean, I'm sure
if you gave me two and I could pick on
the spot, I would.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
There's one, I would take over the other. But to me,
hot as hell, as hot as hell.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
But yeah, the heat in decks yesterday one oh five
between one o five and one oh nine, and that's
that's brutal, very brutal. So again, be prepared Today. Probably
not gonna be much different. But the cool weather is
on the way, and we may feel like we're in
the Arctic temp you know, we may feel like it's
(08:43):
Christmas time. Whenever we get the cooler temperatures.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Might get your tree out.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
Yeah, I mean I'm pretty sure like Saturday Friday evening,
I'm pretty sure it's going to be like in the
upper sixties. Maybe that's more so like overnight and if
it's not humid, that's going to feel like heaven. I
may wake up in the middle of the night, just
go outside and see what it feels like, because it's
been a while since we've had weather like that. All right,
(09:06):
it's Kentucky. It's morning News Coffee and Company, Nick Coffee
with you. We've got an update of Traffick and.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Weather coming your way.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Bobby Ellis will get a straightened out on the Trafvick
situation so far this morning. Also, Matt Melosavich, he'll give
us the facts as far as what we can expect
when it comes to the temperature's heat index and all that,
so stick with us. Also, another sports update coming your way.
In fact, our first sports update of the morning is
on the way in just about four and a half
minutes right here on News Radio eight forty whas. Thank
(09:33):
you very much, John Shannon. It is five point thirty
five here Kentucky and his morning News Coffee and Company
with you here on News radio eight forty whas. Nick Coffee.
That's me the company man. John Olden is alongside and
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at whas dot com. Don't forget about the talkback feature.
I need to start mentioning it more because I sometimes
(09:55):
neglected and that's totally totally my fault. So it does
make sense that the more you know you mentioned it,
the more people are aware of it, and then the
more they utilize it.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
So again, it's there. It's within the app.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Just click the microphone button and you can record whatever
you want. I believe you get thirty seconds of time
and as soon as you finish, it comes right to
us and we can access it and play it on
the air if in fact you know it's something worth playing.
And just be reminded, like there's certain things you say
that like, we do have to still follow. This is
(10:27):
not a podcast, this is live radio. Therefore we have
to follow, you know, rules, There's certain things you can
and can't say on the radio. All right, So the
Manhattan shooter, as far as what we know now that
maybe we did not know yesterday, when it comes to
this individual who twenty seven years old, former football player
(10:49):
that drove across the drove across the country over the
weekend and then, of course on Monday, took out just
a hainous act where he shot and killed four people,
including himself. And it's clear that he was targeting the
NFL headquarters inside that building, and the report that came
(11:12):
out yesterday afternoon is just kind of I don't want
to act as if the NFL folks are more important
than the others that are in that building that work
for a different industry and whatnot, but it's just he
had it. The mindset from this individual seemed to be
that he was going there to maybe take out anybody
and everybody he could that was in that building because
(11:33):
they worked for the NFL. And it sounds as if
he got off the wrong elevator or got on the
wrong elevator which led to him not being I guess where.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
He needed to be and wanted to be.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
And again there's already lives that have been lost and
at least I think two people still fighting for their
lives in one of those people as an NFL employee.
So just an awful situation. But here is New York
Mayor Eric Adams. Yesterday, this was his appearance on a
I believe a radio show in New York City.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
I truly always believe that there would be a day.
In fact, that's not the right sound apologies here, it is.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
We have reason to believe that he was focused on
the NFL.
Speaker 5 (12:16):
Agency that was located in the building.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
So he claims that the NFL is untouchable, and he
also claims that he has CTE and that that claim
is unproven at this point, and I think determining I
guess more about this. This this guy's life leading up
to him making this decision to do what he did.
(12:43):
I mean, I hate to say it, because there's still
something that I just can't quite get comfortable with when
it comes to expressing on this platform that I'm interested
in people who do these kind of things because you know,
they don't deserve our time and attention because they're awful
human beings. However, I mean it, you can't help but
want to know what would lead somebody to take out
(13:06):
to do something like this. I mean, it's it's just,
you know, something I certainly can't relate to. But yeah,
the NFL did confirm Roger Goodell that, as you heard
it in the news update there from John Channon, that
they did confirm that one of their employees was one
of the ones that was shot and is still fighting
fighting for their life. Now what we also know is
(13:26):
there was another note that was found, but this note
was I think it was just a yeah, it was,
it was a second note. They found it at his
home in Vegas and it was described as an apology
to his parents, So I'm sure they'll be you know, well,
when these kind of things happen, usually it doesn't take
too long before every little detail about these these awful
(13:51):
people that do these things we find out. And then
sometimes you don't, and then it makes you think, Okay,
how in the world could like the person who attend
to assassinate Trump, we still.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Know very little about that individual.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
And that's just, you know, that's just unusual given that
you know, you can typically, like the Internet has people
who will be web sluts and find out really any
bit of information that they can on somebody. So you
would think that, you know, law enforcement people that have
access and resources that most don't have, would be able
to figure more out. But yeah, the the uh, this
(14:28):
guy was looking to probably take out anybody and everybody
he could, specifically that was in that building that worked
for the NFL, and maybe in the end it's a
blessing in disguise that it wasn't worse because you know,
maybe he didn't end up doing what he intended as
far as just the magnitude of it, because he knew
he was in the wrong spot. But yeah, just just
(14:49):
awful news. All right, let's talk to Rory O'Neil who
joined us. Coming up here in just a few minutes,
Roy O'Neil of NBC. But first, another update on the
roadways from Bobby Ellis and another update on the forecast
with Matt Mellosa bit right here on News radio eight
forty whas. Good morning, Kentucky. Anna, This is Kentucky and
his morning news coffee and company Nick Coffee with you
here on.
Speaker 1 (15:08):
News radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
And we now welcome in Rory O'Neal of NBC News
and Rory, when it comes to artificial intelligence, it is
growing really like nothing i've ever seen before. I think,
just the awareness of it, folks realizing not only is
it a potential threat to what you do for a
living and maybe dangerous, it can also be very very
useful for folks. But when it comes to college students today,
(15:32):
they can lean on AI to help them when it
comes to their work, but also knowing how to use
it can be a fundamental skill that can maybe even
help them in maybe the first career path they decide
to go down. What can you tell us as far
as just how that's being handled. There's no scenario where
college professors can tell you, yeah, we just ignore that.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
It's clearly going to be here for a while.
Speaker 5 (15:53):
Well, right, And look, this is on a couple different fronts. Right,
You've got the college professors concerned that kids are sort
of skating through by letting programs do the work for them,
letting AI do the homework be this generation's cliffs notes,
I guess. But there's the other side too, where all right,
let's see this as a tool, and then who's going
(16:14):
to know how to wield that tool? Right? Half of
students believe that learning how to use AI is the
most important skill they'll gain while in college. According to
this new pullout, today, sixty two percent believe that learning
how to use AI responsibly will actually be essential for
their future careers. Because look, as much as you know,
(16:34):
you don't want war and peace to be summarized by
some program when you do get out into the real world.
These programs are going to be available and there won't
be a professor saying you can't use that.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Yeah, And I think if you are someone that's just
resistant of it for whatever the reason is, and you
are someone that is a young enough professional, that you
will likely be in the workforce for a long time
because you're not retiring anytime So I'm not really sure
anybody is going to be retiring anytime soon in the
grand scheme of things. But I just I feel like
there's been a shift in a major way in really
(17:08):
just the last few months.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
As far as just hey, this is here to stay.
This isn't going anywhere.
Speaker 2 (17:13):
It's going to be very much directly involved in what
a lot of us do moving forward.
Speaker 5 (17:17):
Well, right, and then how do we use it? And look,
these nineteen twenty twenty one year olds going through college
and coming out, they're the ones who are going to
shape this stuff going forward, right, you know, these will
be the tech titans of the future who will mold
AI and they're the ones who are going to steer
it away from taking over the world. But as of
right now, this Grammarly survey found that nearly half the
(17:40):
students use it for brainstorming. That's how they use AI currently.
They'll use it for spelling and grammar check and things
like that. I thought it was interesting that nearly a
third said that they use AI to ask questions they
would otherwise be embarrassed to ask the professor in front
of the class.
Speaker 1 (17:56):
That makes sense. I wouldn't have thought of that.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
But that's really what AI for my end is when
I'm just fascinated to hear of all the ways people
have learned or maybe just been made aware of of
how they could use this to help them, right. I mean,
it can turn your brain to mush if you're not
really doing much critical thinking and you're just relying on
it for information. But it could also get your brain
working a little bit, which that's that's.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Something I've really thought about.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
Yeah, about a quarter of them say they use it
to create study car note cards other study tools. They'll
have AI quiz them, you know, on subject material, rather
than have AI summarize it for them. They'll say, no,
you know, I've got a test on Warren Peace tomorrow,
give me give me a practice exam.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
That kind of thing, And that can be useful in
a major way. I can certainly see that. Royan Hill
of NBC News is our guest joining us here on
News Radio eight forty whas let's talk about stress. Big
companies like Procter and Gamble always do in market research
on the habits of Americans, and their latest study has
revealed some surprising results related to the stress that Americans
face today.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
What can you tell us about that.
Speaker 5 (18:58):
Yeah, Procter and Gamble is out whether it's quarterly results yesterday,
and what they're finding is consumers are under stress. And
they've said that consumers right now, are you tapping into
their pantry inventory right clearing off the shelves before going
to the store to buy stuff. They say that there
are concerns once they get to the store, they'll buy
too much other stuff that's out there, which is why
(19:20):
Procter and Gamble thinks that sales. You know, P and
G is behind stuff like Tide and Charm and and
you know they make those consumer staples that we all
go to the grocery store in order to get, and
P and G is warning that, Yeah, consumers are tightening
their wallets. Yes, at the low end, but also at
the high end.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
Makes sense.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
That doesn't surprise me at all. Rory is always appreciate
your time, Enjoy your day and we will talk soon.
Speaker 5 (19:45):
Thanks Meg.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
All right, that's Rory and Ey NBC News always enjoy
has always enjoyed the conversation and certainly appreciate his time.
He's a busy guy, but he makes time for us
each and every morning, and we certainly appreciate that. All right,
let's get to another update on the roadways. Bobby Ellis
would tell us how traffic's looking so far this morning.
We'll get a update for Matt Melosovich on the forecast,
and Scott Fitzgerald is back for another with another update
on sports. As we roll along here, it is five
(20:07):
fifty one here at News Radio eight forty w h
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