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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Happy Friday, everybody. We made it to the end of
the week. It is Kentucky and this morning News Coffee
and Company with your hero News Radio eight forty whas
Nick Coffee. That's me the company man John all On
alongside today. And when it comes to the explosion yesterday
in Jeffersonville, there's still a lot that we don't know.
In fact, I don't think we really know much of
(00:20):
anything as far as the actual cause of that, and
typically that's going to take some time. I mean, I
could be wrong, but I would expect that even if
there is maybe something seemingly obvious, maybe very obvious, there's
still a process. I would imagine that you don't come
out and give any kind of an official statement or
release as far as what you know caused it with
(00:42):
less than a twenty four hour and within less than
twenty four hours, so there certainly will be there'll certainly
be some investigation going I mean, there is, there's an
investigation going on right now. However, to know that there
was a house that exploded in twenty nineteen that actually
back up to the house that exploded on Wednesday evening,
(01:04):
I mean, it's just going to be hard for a
lot of people to assume that this is some type
of coincidence because it was a gas leak that caused
the explosion in twenty nineteen. It ended up killing a
man by the name of Billy Phillips. His wife was injured. Also,
a neighbor was injured in that situation. So Centerpoint Energy
says no gas leaks have been found on their system,
(01:25):
but they're still doing some surveys and looking into it
as you could expect. But gas service in the meantime
in that area has been shut off as a precaution,
which makes total sense. And I mean if you live
in that area and this has now happened twice, I
mean I'd be scared to death. I mean, I don't
know how you wouldn't be. So. Jeffersonville Police they did
(01:46):
say that initial findings showed no evidence of malicious intent,
but investigators they're urging the public not to speculate on
the cause, warning that rumors could be could be harmful
and even slanderous, as as they say here in their release.
So I mean people are going to speculate, and I
think honestly, when you encourage somebody not to speculate, it
(02:10):
might it might interest them in doing exactly that speculating,
because I don't think it's unusual to speculate about anything.
I think speculation is a normal thing in a.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Lot of ways.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
But it also, you know, don't jump to conclusions that
this was caused by a gas leak, just like you know,
just like the one that happened in twenty nineteen that
took somebody's life. I mean, it's not even I don't
even think it's speculation. It's just I think a safe
assumption in the eyes of most that's that's what caused it.
But again there's no there's no real proof just yet,
(02:42):
but I will certainly be following to see what the
outcome is here, because look, there's no there's nothing that's
going to change what happened. And five people, thankfully or not,
are not in life threatening situations. They've not these injuries
are believed to be things they're going to recover from,
but still just an awful and scary situation. And figuring
out what in fact caused it, although I think a
(03:03):
lot of us probably have a safe guess as to
what it is, we will find out at some point.
All right, So you've got an update coming your way
here in just a moment of traffic and weather. But
what I'd like to do for you is sort of
set the table for the rest of the way. A
couple of stories regarding LMPD officers that I want to
get to. One of them is now a former officer,
but two different stories. One of a former officer who
(03:25):
is who has been he's been accused of violating policy
in twenty thirteen by the Inspector General. And of course
this is an officer who also resigned recently because of violating.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
A protective order.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
And then there's another story about an officer who won't
be charged for an accident that took place while on
duty that unfortunately casts somebody their life, so we'll.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Get into that.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Also, YouTube youtwoe, of course a very popular platform, and
they are now going to utilize AI to help try
to determine your age. And when it comes to age,
they also might soon start checking your IDs, meaning you
may have to show and an identification upload a picture
(04:12):
of it in order to I guess be able to
watch certain things, which to me that just sounds like
a pain in the ass, to be honest with you,
a hassle. But also I can see why that may
be needed, because I mean, YouTube's got a lot of
content on there, and clearly it's not anything graphic to
the extent of you know, like pornography or anything like that.
(04:33):
But I mean I say this here and there, and
it's just because I'd never really thought about it until
my kids got a little bit older.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
But when you just give them the.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Tablet and they end up on YouTube, you know, they
could stumble upon anything and just be exposed to something
that you know could could could be bad for them
in the long run. And that just didn't exist whenever,
I mean us finding something to watch as far as
content that we weren't supposed to, you know, that was
like standing up past. I mean, I remember, this is
(05:04):
embarrassing to say, but it's just the truth. I remember
Howard Stearn's radio show used to be on TV on
E the Entertainment Channel, and like I remember watching it
because like it was entertaining, but like also I knew
I wasn't supposed to be watching that at my age,
and I would always be worried, like is my mom
going to come in here and see that I'm watching
this and tell me.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Hey, what are you doing?
Speaker 1 (05:23):
So you know now with the Internet, with the digital
world and tablet's devices, all that stuff. Phones even I mean,
they could accidentally stumble upon something that you would not
want them to see.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
So I get it.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
But it also I think would be a real issue
as far as just the overall interaction and engagement that
YouTube the platform gets, because certain people will realize I
can get what I need elsewhere other than just YouTube,
So I'm gonna go there. So anyways, we'll talk about
that in a lot more. Don't forget Mayor Greenberg going
to join us at eight o'clock this morning, so stick
around for that and stick around for us. We're with
(05:54):
you for the next roughly three hours here on news
radio eight forty e WHS. We are rocket and rolling
here on a Friday morning at is Kentucky in this
morning news on news Radio forty whas Coffee and Company
Nick Coffee. That's me the company man John on alongside.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Today.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
We've got the full team here. So we now know
that an an LMPD officer is not going to be
facing criminal charges and a fatal crash that took place
this was earlier this year, and again criminal charges are
not going to be filed despite dash cam evidence that
shows this officer was speeding and did not have her
lights on or sirens activated. And the officer is Alissa Bagel,
(06:38):
I believe that's how you say her name. But a
grand jury declined to indict this officer on second degree
manslaughter charges, issuing a no true bill, meaning they found
insufvision evidence to actually.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Pursue these charges.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
So this crash was again fatal, and it took place
at the beginning of April April second. It was at
Fern Valley and Jeanine Drive, and she was responding to
assist EMS, but was driving without the emergency or emergency
lights or sirens on and reportedly was weaving through traffic
at a high speed, which again she was in pursuit
(07:10):
to help EMS, and she again just did not have
her sirens on or her lights.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
So just imagine.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
An officer, and we've all seen it, where an officer
is responding to a situation at a high rate of
speed and everybody's getting out of the way. Well one
of those, in fact, the biggest indicator for you to
know to get out of the way are those two things,
the sirens and the lights, and when they're not activated,
and you know, visually, yeah, you can see that's a
(07:39):
cop You would be you'd be less surprised to see
a cop car driving like that than any other car.
But then you'd also have a level of surprise. Why
don't they have their lights on? Why don't they have
the sirens on? And look, sometimes that can just be
a mistake. Humans make mistakes. It's unfortunate this mistake costs
somebody of their life because sixty one year old Charles
brisco would I guess he was turning onto Fern Valley
(08:02):
when his vehicle was struck by the officer's cruiser and
he died on the scene. This officer's been on an administrative
leave while LMPD continues their own internal investigation. And uh,
you know, just an awful situation all the way around.
And in a statement, LMP did acknowledge that the officer
was speeding and did not you know, they confirmed what
what was what was alleged, which is that there were
(08:23):
no active emergency you know, lights and sirens and whatnot.
And uh again they cited that the ongoing nature of
that investigation, uh as the reason why they have with
with with they've were they're still withholding more as far
as just I guess comments maybe there's you know, clearly
they're doing their investigation on there, and as far as
why those things were not were not turned on, but
(08:45):
I mean, I think that is truly a understandable situation.
It's it's tragic that an officer made a mistake while
on the job that that mistake ended up costing somebody
their life. But clearly knowing, I think the intent was
to get somewhere, to try to try to help somebody,
because that's what they do, that's what they sign up for.
(09:07):
This isn't this is a law enforcement officer, So just
to you know, tragic situation all the way around, and
you know, I feel for everybody involved here, not only
obviously the family of Charles Brisco, but this officer. I mean,
this is I mean, clearly just doing your job. And again,
maybe we'll find out why the lights weren't on and
the sirens weren't activated, but it's likely just a mistake.
(09:29):
And look, people make mistakes that end up involving criminal
charges that cost them their lives. However, this is somebody
that is out here risking their life. So it's a
it's a tough situation all the way around. All right,
we've got another traffic update coming your way. Bobby Ellis
will tell us how the roadways are looking on a
Friday morning. Also Matt Melosovich with the latest on the forecast,
(09:49):
and scottig Jerald's back with us for.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Another sports update.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
As we roll along here, it is Kentucky and this
morning News Coffee and Company with you on News Radio
eight forty whas. That's right, A fresh servi is coming
your way here on news Radio eight forty whas. It
is Kentucky and his Morning News Coffee and Company. I'm
Nick Coffee. Thank you very much, John Shannon, We've got
John Allen alongside, and Scott Fitzgerald just exited studio. Is
(10:12):
this studio A it is right, okay, just making sure
the showcase studio there we go. Yeah, We've got this
is This is when I really feel like I've elevated
in this world of broadcasting, because this is the first
time ever that I've been been able to do a
live show every day and have a window. And thankfully,
because it's very early in the morning and we are
here at four Street Live, there's not much distractions to
(10:35):
look at.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
I always worried about.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
I'd like to have some because really everywhere I've been
it's been a cave essentially, which is probably good as
far as distractions, But when it comes to having a window,
like if we were in I think it's WGN. They
may not have it set up anymore. But in downtown Chicago,
I can't think of the name Michigan Avenue I believe,
which of course is the heart of downtown Chicago, at
(10:57):
least in my eyes, they have their setup like on
the corner of Michigan in one of those streets, and
like the foot traffic in Chicago, of all places is
it's one of the biggest cities.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
In the world.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
I don't know if I would be able to do
a show without just getting distracted by, you know, everybody,
not even people trying to distract me, but it would
just be easy to just kind of get lost looking
out that window and taking in the amount of people
and who knows what you see down there. So again,
I'm happy to have the window, but also probably a
good thing that there's not any distractions here for me.
But the reason I mentioned Scott is because we were
(11:34):
talking about the fitness test and making a return in
schools and whatnot, and he'd mentioned yesterday that, you know,
he was never able to accomplish it because he was
a chubby little kid at that time, and I oftentimes,
in fact, i'd forgotten completely Scott Fitzgerald lost one hundred pounds.
And I used to see Scott pretty regularly, I mean
(11:56):
every day really, whenever I was doing Mornings on set
ninety and he was he was still here in the
Mornings with with Tony Cruz. But at that time, you know,
I started at seven, they started at five, and I
usually just stayed in studio. He stayed in studio, so
I may run into him before the show and chat briefly,
but I didn't see him a whole lot. And then
once COVID happened, I mean I never saw Scott. I
(12:19):
think I saw him and we would work derby together,
and uh, it just it led me to now that
I see him every day. I see this man who looks,
you know, healthy as can be, and he's lost a
hundred pounds, and I like, that's that's insane to lose
one hundred pounds. And then I mean, and it's insane
in a really, really good way, I guess it's the
same for you, John, Like did you? Because I feel
(12:39):
like anybody who if you if you saw somebody consistently
every day for many, many, many years and over time
they dropped one hundred pounds, I feel like it would
take a long time for you to get used to
looking at someone that is quite frankly unrecognizable.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
It was crazy. I never knew Scott before that makes
seen pounds, so it'd be weird to see what he
looked like before.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Then, I tell you what that reminds me of just
what the COVID era, if you will, the pandemic that
completely threw me off with every bit of perception of time,
because I now think of things like before.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
COVID, pre and post COVID. Yeah, like pre.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
COVID, like twenty nineteen, twenty eighteen. I now think, yes,
a few years back. No, it was seven eight years back,
depending upon how long we're going. And I don't know
if I can just chalk that up as COVID made
time kind of stand still and really just throw us
off as far as just everything. It was something that
you know you will only experience once in one hundred years,
(13:39):
and we experienced it, and it was it was wild
and it sucked in every way, and looking back on it,
let's be real, even if some people don't want to
admit it, some of what was done was ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
I mean it just was.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
So I don't know, it makes total sense that you
would have never worked with Scott because I mean, you
didn't become a full time employee here until.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Until twenty twenty one. Yeah, yeah, so.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Anyhow, Yeah, I just I don't give him props enough
for that, because you know, that's a big accomplishment and
it speaks to just an ability to to dedicate yourself
to something and stick with it. Because most people who
who in fact lose a lot of weight, eventually they'll
they'll ease up and put some weight back on, or
(14:23):
maybe they'll put all of it back on. Because it's
and I'm not, I'm no expert by any means. I've
I've made some some some jumps and some uh some
improvement here and there, and then I put weight back on.
I mean, I'm not, I'm not obese by any means.
I'm I'm I'm I'm pretty much where I want to
be as far as weight. But I do know that
it's it's if you're gonna try to really stick with it.
(14:43):
It's a lifestyle change. It's not a fad diet. It's
not it's not you know, I'll just I'll just do that,
make this minor change and everything will be better. No,
you have to make a lifestyle change. And he was
able to do that, and he's been able to stick
with it, and uh, I just I I admire that
because losing one hundred pounds and doing it just by
being self disciplined and holding yourself accountable, it's pretty bad ass,
(15:07):
to be honest with you. So congratulations to Scott.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Again.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
He hasn't lost any weight recently, but I totally forgot
that this guy used to be one hundred pounds heavier,
and you know now he's not so good for him
now it makes me want to be more self disciplined
and watch what I eat.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
So thank you, Scott.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
All Right, we've got a quick time out coming your way,
but you'll get caught up on how the roadways are
looking this morning. Bobby Ellis will get us updated on that.
We've got weather coming your way with Matt Melosovich, and
we've got a warning which I'm glad I saw this
morning today as I'm about to catch a flight tomorrow
to go to Florida for vacation. But the TSA has
a new warning about what you should not be doing
at airports. We'll talk about that next. Right here on
(15:44):
there's Radio Way forty whas. TSA has issued cybersecurity warnings
for those traveling this summer. And this is one of
those things that I would have never really even thought about,
but totally makes sense. And it's consecutive's morning news here
on news Radio Ate forty whas Nick Coffee with you.
And this issue is about public Wi Fi public USB
(16:10):
charging stations, So there are a few different risks here.
One is juice jacking. They are warning travelers not to
plug phones directly into public USB ports at airports, hotels,
or cafes because there's a risk that those ports could
end up with your device getting some malicious I guess
malicious malware if that's the thing. I don't think I
(16:32):
made that word up, But anyways, they could put something
on those on your devices that could secretly access and
steal your data and information. So they did say that
these are rare, but they do recommend you bring your
own charging brick or portable battery and just not use
those public ports. I guess there's been I mean, gosh,
(16:53):
just the thought of how they could, you know, meeting
the hackers, the scammers, how they could do this. I mean,
there could be like a criminal underworld of people traveling
to airports and plugging something into those devices and little
do we know what they're plugging in is making that
an infectious port. So yeah, instead of using and by
(17:15):
the way, they don't give you any juice anyway, Like
I better off, just like you, if you're using your
phone and you have it plugged into a public port
at an airport, I feel like your battery is still
gonna drain. I guess it's better than you know, using
it without any juice, which I've become Like I get
so irritated when I have my phone plugged into something
and it's so clearly not much of a much of
(17:37):
a charge. I mean, like if you plug your if
you plug your phone into the USB port at that's
in your hotel room, connected to your your lamp in
between the beds or next to the bed, I mean
it can sit there and be I've had this happen.
Let's say my phone's on like thirty percent. I got
(17:57):
it plugged in overnight on that USB. I wake up
six seven hours later, it's gone from like twenty five
to thirty percent to sixty percent. Like it just doesn't
do much of anything. So always plug it into the wall.
They won't tell you that, but that's where you're actually
going to get some real, real juice. But anyways, Yeah,
you can buy a charging brick at the airport through
(18:18):
there for like what fifty bucks. I'm exaggerating, but anything
at an airport is just robbery. Also, they say do
not use free airport Wi Fi, especially if you're shopping
online or entertaining any kind of sensitive info, which often
people are used are are pulling up sensitive info on
their devices because a lot of people have their information
and even their airline ticket on their on their phone.
(18:42):
So high risk locations are airports, hotels, rideshare hubs, cafes,
and when it comes to the United States, LA, New
York City, Portland, Miami, and Seattle are the I guess
the hotspots for you plugging your phone in or using
public Wi Fi and it being a.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
Real regret after the fact.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Also, that's one of those things where I bet if
people when people get their information compromised and it ends
up in identity theft and all that. Would you even
be able to trace it to it happening here? You
never know, but this is what I wouldn't have expected.
But it makes total sense, so be advised. All right,
we've got another sports update coming your way with Scott Fitzgerald,
but first let's get to an update on the roadways.
(19:21):
Bobby Ellis will getus caught up on how traffic's looking
this morning, and Matt Melosavitch will tell us what we're
in for as far as the Friday forecast
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Right here on News Radio eight forty whas
Happy Friday, everybody. We made it to the end of
the week. It is Kentucky and this morning News Coffee
and Company with your hero News Radio eight forty whas
Nick Coffee. That's me the company man John all On
alongside today. And when it comes to the explosion yesterday
in Jeffersonville, there's still a lot that we don't know.
In fact, I don't think we really know much of
(00:20):
anything as far as the actual cause of that, and
typically that's going to take some time. I mean, I
could be wrong, but I would expect that even if
there is maybe something seemingly obvious, maybe very obvious, there's
still a process. I would imagine that you don't come
out and give any kind of an official statement or
release as far as what you know caused it with
(00:42):
less than a twenty four hour and within less than
twenty four hours, so there certainly will be there'll certainly
be some investigation going I mean, there is, there's an
investigation going on right now. However, to know that there
was a house that exploded in twenty nineteen that actually
back up to the house that exploded on Wednesday evening,
(01:04):
I mean, it's just going to be hard for a
lot of people to assume that this is some type
of coincidence because it was a gas leak that caused
the explosion in twenty nineteen. It ended up killing a
man by the name of Billy Phillips. His wife was injured. Also,
a neighbor was injured in that situation. So Centerpoint Energy
says no gas leaks have been found on their system,
(01:25):
but they're still doing some surveys and looking into it
as you could expect. But gas service in the meantime
in that area has been shut off as a precaution,
which makes total sense. And I mean if you live
in that area and this has now happened twice, I
mean I'd be scared to death. I mean, I don't
know how you wouldn't be. So. Jeffersonville Police they did
(01:46):
say that initial findings showed no evidence of malicious intent,
but investigators they're urging the public not to speculate on
the cause, warning that rumors could be could be harmful
and even slanderous, as as they say here in their release.
So I mean people are going to speculate, and I
think honestly, when you encourage somebody not to speculate, it
(02:10):
might it might interest them in doing exactly that speculating,
because I don't think it's unusual to speculate about anything.
I think speculation is a normal thing in a.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Lot of ways.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
But it also, you know, don't jump to conclusions that
this was caused by a gas leak, just like you know,
just like the one that happened in twenty nineteen that
took somebody's life. I mean, it's not even I don't
even think it's speculation. It's just I think a safe
assumption in the eyes of most that's that's what caused it.
But again there's no there's no real proof just yet,
(02:42):
but I will certainly be following to see what the
outcome is here, because look, there's no there's nothing that's
going to change what happened. And five people, thankfully or not,
are not in life threatening situations. They've not these injuries
are believed to be things they're going to recover from,
but still just an awful and scary situation. And figuring
out what in fact caused it, although I think a
(03:03):
lot of us probably have a safe guess as to
what it is, we will find out at some point.
All right, So you've got an update coming your way
here in just a moment of traffic and weather. But
what I'd like to do for you is sort of
set the table for the rest of the way. A
couple of stories regarding LMPD officers that I want to
get to. One of them is now a former officer,
but two different stories. One of a former officer who
(03:25):
is who has been he's been accused of violating policy
in twenty thirteen by the Inspector General. And of course
this is an officer who also resigned recently because of violating.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
A protective order.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
And then there's another story about an officer who won't
be charged for an accident that took place while on
duty that unfortunately casts somebody their life, so we'll.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Get into that.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Also, YouTube youtwoe, of course a very popular platform, and
they are now going to utilize AI to help try
to determine your age. And when it comes to age,
they also might soon start checking your IDs, meaning you
may have to show and an identification upload a picture
(04:12):
of it in order to I guess be able to
watch certain things, which to me that just sounds like
a pain in the ass, to be honest with you,
a hassle. But also I can see why that may
be needed, because I mean, YouTube's got a lot of
content on there, and clearly it's not anything graphic to
the extent of you know, like pornography or anything like that.
(04:33):
But I mean I say this here and there, and
it's just because I'd never really thought about it until
my kids got a little bit older.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
But when you just give them the.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Tablet and they end up on YouTube, you know, they
could stumble upon anything and just be exposed to something
that you know could could could be bad for them
in the long run. And that just didn't exist whenever,
I mean us finding something to watch as far as
content that we weren't supposed to, you know, that was
like standing up past. I mean, I remember, this is
(05:04):
embarrassing to say, but it's just the truth. I remember
Howard Stearn's radio show used to be on TV on
E the Entertainment Channel, and like I remember watching it
because like it was entertaining, but like also I knew
I wasn't supposed to be watching that at my age,
and I would always be worried, like is my mom
going to come in here and see that I'm watching
this and tell me.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Hey, what are you doing?
Speaker 1 (05:23):
So you know now with the Internet, with the digital
world and tablet's devices, all that stuff. Phones even I mean,
they could accidentally stumble upon something that you would not
want them to see.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
So I get it.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
But it also I think would be a real issue
as far as just the overall interaction and engagement that
YouTube the platform gets, because certain people will realize I
can get what I need elsewhere other than just YouTube,
So I'm gonna go there. So anyways, we'll talk about
that in a lot more. Don't forget Mayor Greenberg going
to join us at eight o'clock this morning, so stick
around for that and stick around for us. We're with
(05:54):
you for the next roughly three hours here on news
radio eight forty e WHS. We are rocket and rolling
here on a Friday morning at is Kentucky in this
morning news on news Radio forty whas Coffee and Company
Nick Coffee. That's me the company man John on alongside.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Today.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
We've got the full team here. So we now know
that an an LMPD officer is not going to be
facing criminal charges and a fatal crash that took place
this was earlier this year, and again criminal charges are
not going to be filed despite dash cam evidence that
shows this officer was speeding and did not have her
lights on or sirens activated. And the officer is Alissa Bagel,
(06:38):
I believe that's how you say her name. But a
grand jury declined to indict this officer on second degree
manslaughter charges, issuing a no true bill, meaning they found
insufvision evidence to actually.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Pursue these charges.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
So this crash was again fatal, and it took place
at the beginning of April April second. It was at
Fern Valley and Jeanine Drive, and she was responding to
assist EMS, but was driving without the emergency or emergency
lights or sirens on and reportedly was weaving through traffic
at a high speed, which again she was in pursuit
(07:10):
to help EMS, and she again just did not have
her sirens on or her lights.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
So just imagine.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
An officer, and we've all seen it, where an officer
is responding to a situation at a high rate of
speed and everybody's getting out of the way. Well one
of those, in fact, the biggest indicator for you to
know to get out of the way are those two things,
the sirens and the lights, and when they're not activated,
and you know, visually, yeah, you can see that's a
(07:39):
cop You would be you'd be less surprised to see
a cop car driving like that than any other car.
But then you'd also have a level of surprise. Why
don't they have their lights on? Why don't they have
the sirens on? And look, sometimes that can just be
a mistake. Humans make mistakes. It's unfortunate this mistake costs
somebody of their life because sixty one year old Charles
brisco would I guess he was turning onto Fern Valley
(08:02):
when his vehicle was struck by the officer's cruiser and
he died on the scene. This officer's been on an administrative
leave while LMPD continues their own internal investigation. And uh,
you know, just an awful situation all the way around.
And in a statement, LMP did acknowledge that the officer
was speeding and did not you know, they confirmed what
what was what was alleged, which is that there were
(08:23):
no active emergency you know, lights and sirens and whatnot.
And uh again they cited that the ongoing nature of
that investigation, uh as the reason why they have with
with with they've were they're still withholding more as far
as just I guess comments maybe there's you know, clearly
they're doing their investigation on there, and as far as
why those things were not were not turned on, but
(08:45):
I mean, I think that is truly a understandable situation.
It's it's tragic that an officer made a mistake while
on the job that that mistake ended up costing somebody
their life. But clearly knowing, I think the intent was
to get somewhere, to try to try to help somebody,
because that's what they do, that's what they sign up for.
(09:07):
This isn't this is a law enforcement officer, So just
to you know, tragic situation all the way around, and
you know, I feel for everybody involved here, not only
obviously the family of Charles Brisco, but this officer. I mean,
this is I mean, clearly just doing your job. And again,
maybe we'll find out why the lights weren't on and
the sirens weren't activated, but it's likely just a mistake.
(09:29):
And look, people make mistakes that end up involving criminal
charges that cost them their lives. However, this is somebody
that is out here risking their life. So it's a
it's a tough situation all the way around. All right,
we've got another traffic update coming your way. Bobby Ellis
will tell us how the roadways are looking on a
Friday morning. Also Matt Melosovich with the latest on the forecast,
(09:49):
and scottig Jerald's back with us for.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Another sports update.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
As we roll along here, it is Kentucky and this
morning News Coffee and Company with you on News Radio
eight forty whas. That's right, A fresh servi is coming
your way here on news Radio eight forty whas. It
is Kentucky and his Morning News Coffee and Company. I'm
Nick Coffee. Thank you very much, John Shannon, We've got
John Allen alongside, and Scott Fitzgerald just exited studio. Is
(10:12):
this studio A it is right, okay, just making sure
the showcase studio there we go. Yeah, We've got this
is This is when I really feel like I've elevated
in this world of broadcasting, because this is the first
time ever that I've been been able to do a
live show every day and have a window. And thankfully,
because it's very early in the morning and we are
here at four Street Live, there's not much distractions to
(10:35):
look at.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
I always worried about.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
I'd like to have some because really everywhere I've been
it's been a cave essentially, which is probably good as
far as distractions, But when it comes to having a window,
like if we were in I think it's WGN. They
may not have it set up anymore. But in downtown Chicago,
I can't think of the name Michigan Avenue I believe,
which of course is the heart of downtown Chicago, at
(10:57):
least in my eyes, they have their setup like on
the corner of Michigan in one of those streets, and
like the foot traffic in Chicago, of all places is
it's one of the biggest cities.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
In the world.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
I don't know if I would be able to do
a show without just getting distracted by, you know, everybody,
not even people trying to distract me, but it would
just be easy to just kind of get lost looking
out that window and taking in the amount of people
and who knows what you see down there. So again,
I'm happy to have the window, but also probably a
good thing that there's not any distractions here for me.
But the reason I mentioned Scott is because we were
(11:34):
talking about the fitness test and making a return in
schools and whatnot, and he'd mentioned yesterday that, you know,
he was never able to accomplish it because he was
a chubby little kid at that time, and I oftentimes,
in fact, i'd forgotten completely Scott Fitzgerald lost one hundred pounds.
And I used to see Scott pretty regularly, I mean
(11:56):
every day really, whenever I was doing Mornings on set
ninety and he was he was still here in the
Mornings with with Tony Cruz. But at that time, you know,
I started at seven, they started at five, and I
usually just stayed in studio. He stayed in studio, so
I may run into him before the show and chat briefly,
but I didn't see him a whole lot. And then
once COVID happened, I mean I never saw Scott. I
(12:19):
think I saw him and we would work derby together,
and uh, it just it led me to now that
I see him every day. I see this man who looks,
you know, healthy as can be, and he's lost a
hundred pounds, and I like, that's that's insane to lose
one hundred pounds. And then I mean, and it's insane
in a really, really good way, I guess it's the
same for you, John, Like did you? Because I feel
(12:39):
like anybody who if you if you saw somebody consistently
every day for many, many, many years and over time
they dropped one hundred pounds, I feel like it would
take a long time for you to get used to
looking at someone that is quite frankly unrecognizable.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
It was crazy. I never knew Scott before that makes
seen pounds, so it'd be weird to see what he
looked like before.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Then, I tell you what that reminds me of just
what the COVID era, if you will, the pandemic that
completely threw me off with every bit of perception of time,
because I now think of things like before.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
COVID, pre and post COVID. Yeah, like pre.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
COVID, like twenty nineteen, twenty eighteen. I now think, yes,
a few years back. No, it was seven eight years back,
depending upon how long we're going. And I don't know
if I can just chalk that up as COVID made
time kind of stand still and really just throw us
off as far as just everything. It was something that
you know you will only experience once in one hundred years,
(13:39):
and we experienced it, and it was it was wild
and it sucked in every way, and looking back on it,
let's be real, even if some people don't want to
admit it, some of what was done was ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
I mean it just was.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
So I don't know, it makes total sense that you
would have never worked with Scott because I mean, you
didn't become a full time employee here until.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Until twenty twenty one. Yeah, yeah, so.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
Anyhow, Yeah, I just I don't give him props enough
for that, because you know, that's a big accomplishment and
it speaks to just an ability to to dedicate yourself
to something and stick with it. Because most people who
who in fact lose a lot of weight, eventually they'll
they'll ease up and put some weight back on, or
(14:23):
maybe they'll put all of it back on. Because it's
and I'm not, I'm no expert by any means. I've
I've made some some some jumps and some uh some
improvement here and there, and then I put weight back on.
I mean, I'm not, I'm not obese by any means.
I'm I'm I'm I'm pretty much where I want to
be as far as weight. But I do know that
it's it's if you're gonna try to really stick with it.
(14:43):
It's a lifestyle change. It's not a fad diet. It's
not it's not you know, I'll just I'll just do that,
make this minor change and everything will be better. No,
you have to make a lifestyle change. And he was
able to do that, and he's been able to stick
with it, and uh, I just I I admire that
because losing one hundred pounds and doing it just by
being self disciplined and holding yourself accountable, it's pretty bad ass,
(15:07):
to be honest with you. So congratulations to Scott.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
Again.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
He hasn't lost any weight recently, but I totally forgot
that this guy used to be one hundred pounds heavier,
and you know now he's not so good for him
now it makes me want to be more self disciplined
and watch what I eat.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
So thank you, Scott.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
All Right, we've got a quick time out coming your way,
but you'll get caught up on how the roadways are
looking this morning. Bobby Ellis will get us updated on that.
We've got weather coming your way with Matt Melosovich, and
we've got a warning which I'm glad I saw this
morning today as I'm about to catch a flight tomorrow
to go to Florida for vacation. But the TSA has
a new warning about what you should not be doing
at airports. We'll talk about that next. Right here on
(15:44):
there's Radio Way forty whas. TSA has issued cybersecurity warnings
for those traveling this summer. And this is one of
those things that I would have never really even thought about,
but totally makes sense. And it's consecutive's morning news here
on news Radio Ate forty whas Nick Coffee with you.
And this issue is about public Wi Fi public USB
(16:10):
charging stations, So there are a few different risks here.
One is juice jacking. They are warning travelers not to
plug phones directly into public USB ports at airports, hotels,
or cafes because there's a risk that those ports could
end up with your device getting some malicious I guess
malicious malware if that's the thing. I don't think I
(16:32):
made that word up, But anyways, they could put something
on those on your devices that could secretly access and
steal your data and information. So they did say that
these are rare, but they do recommend you bring your
own charging brick or portable battery and just not use
those public ports. I guess there's been I mean, gosh,
(16:53):
just the thought of how they could, you know, meeting
the hackers, the scammers, how they could do this. I mean,
there could be like a criminal underworld of people traveling
to airports and plugging something into those devices and little
do we know what they're plugging in is making that
an infectious port. So yeah, instead of using and by
(17:15):
the way, they don't give you any juice anyway, Like
I better off, just like you, if you're using your
phone and you have it plugged into a public port
at an airport, I feel like your battery is still
gonna drain. I guess it's better than you know, using
it without any juice, which I've become Like I get
so irritated when I have my phone plugged into something
and it's so clearly not much of a much of
(17:37):
a charge. I mean, like if you plug your if
you plug your phone into the USB port at that's
in your hotel room, connected to your your lamp in
between the beds or next to the bed, I mean
it can sit there and be I've had this happen.
Let's say my phone's on like thirty percent. I got
(17:57):
it plugged in overnight on that USB. I wake up
six seven hours later, it's gone from like twenty five
to thirty percent to sixty percent. Like it just doesn't
do much of anything. So always plug it into the wall.
They won't tell you that, but that's where you're actually
going to get some real, real juice. But anyways, Yeah,
you can buy a charging brick at the airport through
(18:18):
there for like what fifty bucks. I'm exaggerating, but anything
at an airport is just robbery. Also, they say do
not use free airport Wi Fi, especially if you're shopping
online or entertaining any kind of sensitive info, which often
people are used are are pulling up sensitive info on
their devices because a lot of people have their information
and even their airline ticket on their on their phone.
(18:42):
So high risk locations are airports, hotels, rideshare hubs, cafes,
and when it comes to the United States, LA, New
York City, Portland, Miami, and Seattle are the I guess
the hotspots for you plugging your phone in or using
public Wi Fi and it being a.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
Real regret after the fact.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Also, that's one of those things where I bet if
people when people get their information compromised and it ends
up in identity theft and all that. Would you even
be able to trace it to it happening here? You
never know, but this is what I wouldn't have expected.
But it makes total sense, so be advised. All right,
we've got another sports update coming your way with Scott Fitzgerald,
but first let's get to an update on the roadways.
(19:21):
Bobby Ellis will getus caught up on how traffic's looking
this morning, and Matt Melosavitch will tell us what we're
in for as far as the Friday forecast
Speaker 2 (19:27):
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