9.29: More Shootings - Hour 3

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's seven oh five here on a Monday morning on
Who's Radio eight forty whas Coffee and Company with you
on National Coffee Day, So, Congress, I guess Happy National
Coffee Day to those who celebrate. I know coffee is
a big part of your morning. You wake me up,
you're pick me up. And seventy five percent of all
caffeine Americans consume comes from coffee. Two thirds of women,

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sixty six percent drink coffee every day. Sixty two percent
of men drink coffee every day. I wouldn't have had
any real guests as far as which one of the
two men or women drink more coffee, but clearly both
to drink a lot of coffee. And the average American
has just one cup per day, but that adds up
to four hundred million cups consumed across the country every

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single day. So if you are just getting up to
start your day, wouldn't be shocked if you're looking forward
to getting your first cup, because it's just become routine
for a lot of people.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
I'm already above the average that you mentioned. I'm at
number two. Mike probably have number three by nine o'clock today.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
How many do you go how many. So when you
wrap up with Tony and Dwight around noon, on average,
how many cups of coffee have you consumed?

Speaker 2 (01:07):
Usually the third one is the last one that does
me in. I'll usually crash in the middle of the afternoon.
Four is four means I'm really tired. Okay, So four
if you get to four, is it? Is it just
a known thing that by a certain time you're gonna
pay for that fourth and it's gonna be the ultimate crash. Yeah,
it's It's one of those things. You don't like to

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take it, but sometimes when you're you know, when you're
here this early and you're here for eight hours, you
know you need that lasstle to pick me up. And
then sometimes the crash when you get to the middle
of the afternoon is worth it. You can enjoy a
couple hour nap. But I'm also not somebody who likes
to always take the nap.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
You know, I'll fight through whatever I got to fight
through in order to avoid a caffeine crash.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
That's the worst.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
I mean, I'd rather be kind of going through it
as far as just maybe a little tired and just
kind of sluggish. I would rather do that than get
a nice boost and then have the ultimate crash because
it's just I mean, I've become a zombie, especially now
with the early wake up call that I get. That
is the earliest I've been getting. Me waking up before

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four am every day is not something I ever expected
to be part of my daily routine. But here we are.
But I found a good balance do where I can
get an energy drink in to start my day and
then I go with a lot of water and eventually
I'm gonna have somewhat of a crash. But if I
go more than one energy drink and I'm not hydrated,
which hydration is a big part two for me at least,

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there's nothing worse than that than that caffeine crash. But hey,
a lot of people know what's coming and they deal
with it because that's how much they rely on their
coffee to get their day started. So again, happy National
Coffee Date everybody. If you like wine, I'm assuming that
many of you out there are drinking wine to start
your day, but hey, if you are, you know, do
it responsibly. That's a weird way to start your day,

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but hey, do what you want. We're gonna give away
tickets to wine on the River coming up here in
about seven minutes or so. And I believe I've never
given out phone number on this station before. I think
it's five seven one eight eighty four. Is that right?

Speaker 2 (03:04):
It sounds correct.

Speaker 1 (03:05):
Okay, hopefully I didn't get out the wrong number and
then people are going to be bombarded with phone calls
at seven fifteen, but I believe it's five to seven
one eighty forty four. And of course five oh two
if you are you know, using if you've got a
dial on the if you're not within our our area code,
you will have to dial that. But again five oh two,
five seven one eighty forty four. When we go to
break here after after our actually we'll get traffic, weather

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updates and of course, and we'll come back around seven
to fifteen ish, and at that point we'll just keep
it boring. Today. We'll try to get I'll try to
get creative throughout the rest of the week. Because this
is the first time I've given away anything on this show,
and obviously this is a little bit of a different
schedule and format than what I'm than what I'm used to.
We can still have fun, we can still mix it
up and make it fun when when it comes to
giving things away, But the first person to get through

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to John whenever we do open up with the phone
lines when we go to break here, you will be
the winner and you'll have to give John your your information, name,
phone number, address, all that kind of stuff and congratulations
to whoever it is that ends up winning. But again,
the Wine on the River event is coming up here
October eleventh. It's at the Belvitere. We've had this event previously.
I know we did not have it last year. I'm

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not really sure the last time we did have it,
but anytime we do have it, it seems to be
a really big hit. And again it's going to be
at the Belvitere October the eleventh, two to six pm.
You can come out and sample all kinds of great
wines and take in all the great sites of the
Belvitere right there on the on the river front there,

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and of course there'll be food, all kinds of different
beverages entertainment as well. So again we're giving away tickets
all week and your first your first chance to well,
you can call now. I'll announce who the winner is
once we come back here at seven fifteen ish, But again,
let's get a quick update of traffic and weather. We'll
see how the roadways are looking to get this week started.
The forecast, we'll get an update from Matt Melosavitch of Wlky.

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Looking like the warm weather is here to stay, at
least for now, despite it being you know, fall season,
doesn't feel like it, but I'm sure some are still
enjoying this warm weather before the fall actually gets here
when it comes to the temperatures. But stick with us.
It's seven to ten here at News. Ready to wait
forty whs. Congratulations to Brad. He is our winner of

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the two tickets to the Wine on the River event
that we've got here at. iHeart Louisville coming up on
October the eleven. It's gonna beat the Belvetyre. We're gonna
give tickets away all throughout the week and I'll try
to have some fun with it, more so than what
we just did there. But again, congrats to Brad. Hopefully
this gets your week off to a good start, Brad,
because you've got two tickets and I hope you enjoy
all Right, So we've got just a few minutes before

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we get another check of traffic and weather. Been a
busy Monday as we react to a busy, busy weekend.
Very sports heavy this morning, considering the fact that on
Mondays during this time of year, there's a lot to
react to, not only with football season, but the Ryder
Cup wrapping up. We now know who's in who's out
as far as the baseball Major League Baseball's postseason. But

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something else we've discussed is the awful shootings that took place,
mass shootings over the weekend that unfortunately, these things just
aren't really a big surprise anymore, and they're going to
continue to get coverage because it is a big story,
there's no doubt about that. But when I see that
we've got two specifically from the weekend, it doesn't have

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much shock value at all. It's still just as sad
now as it was the first time these kind of things,
or I guess early on when these kind of things
would happen. But there were one hundred people at a
church in Michigan went around ten thirty yesterday morning. A
man showed up and open fire with an assault rifle.
Killed four people too. I believe were shot and killed

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because of the gunshot wounds, but he also set fire
to the church, and it sounds like two of the
bodies that were recovered were it looks as if they
may have passed away due to the fire, not necessarily
a gunshot. But we'll learn more about this individual. He's
no longer with us, this suspect year old Thomas Jacob Sandford.

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He's from nearby Burton, Michigan, where this church was. And
I guess this is just now routine, meaning either these
those who do these awful things, they either end up
dying because they take their own life, they get into
a shootout with law enforcement who shows up to of

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course address the situation, or they end up somehow surviving.
It seems like that's more so rare now. And when
that is the case, I feel like we get less info,
right because they're going to lawyer up, they're going to
maybe plead insanity, whatever it is. But we're when it
comes to just figuring out recent search history and what

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this person's life was like, what were their beliefs, what
you know, what could have potentially led them to do this.
I think there's always just going to be fascination and
interest in trying to understand how this could ever happen,
and how could anybody ever consider even doing something as
awful as this? And they'll never ever be a scenario where,

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at least in my opinion, that this makes sense where
you think, okay, yeah, oh yeah, yeah, of course that's
why he went and did this because of this or that.
I mean, you'll never find anything that gives you justification
for these actions. But I just hate that that's now
part of how I mean again, it's not it's to
be expected, but I guess what I'm getting at is

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the current climate makes it seem as if this isn't
going to be going like we're going to probably continue
to see this happening as much as we do, maybe
even more so than the other way around. And I
wish I had a solution. Clearly, I'm not somebody they
would ever rely on to fix this, but it's just sad.
It's awful because I'm only one person, so I don't

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want to speak for anybody but myself, but whenever we
have weekends like this where there's two The other one
that took place, of course, was a people eating dinner
water at a waterfront restaurant in Carolina where guy shows
up on a boat just start shooting people. So when
I see these two things happen, knowing that it's not
that rare to see this at all anymore, I think
to myself, I wonder if it's going to be me

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at some point. I wonder if I'm going to be
out somewhere with my family and something like this happens.
And that's no way to live, right. I mean, you
got to be mindful, you got to be careful of
your surroundings. But when you really consider how some of
this has played out, especially recently, if it's gonna happen,
it's gonna happen. All right, quick break, We've got tracking

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weather updates on the way, and also another sports update
coming up right here on news Radio eight forty WHAS.
I like the sound of that. I'm not sure if
we are the best part of waking up for everybody,
but I'd like to believe we are. We can only
we only try to help as we get you started
here this Monday, it is seven thirty five News Radio
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listen live on the out radio. I of also listen
live at whas so Kentucky has installed their first automated
speed enforcement cameras. They This is something we talked about
a couple of months ago because we knew that it
was coming. But for the first time ever, Kentucky highways
are going to have these automated speed enforcement devices. And
of course, the goal here is to make work zones

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safer for both drivers and construction crews. So these cameras
are going to get you if you're going faster than
you're supposed to in these construction work zone areas. Because
I hadn't really thought about this until the news was
out that we were going to have these cameras set
up throughout the state. Because if you do, I mean,
it goes without saying that you should. There's a reason

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that they have your speed the speed zone lower during
when you're driving through these areas where even if there's
not a work crew in place, the road is clearly
they're doing work to where it's not it's not set
up to where you should be going sixty five or
seventy whatever the speed Limit Act is. But you'd have

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a tough time pulling somebody over if you're law enforcement
and you're watching the roadways, right, I mean, so I
get while they're doing it, and this is a way
to where they can use these devices and then eventually
catch up to you and get you. And I'm not
somebody that really tries to. I mean, I will admit
I have have at times gone over the speed limit.

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I probably should admit that, but I know I'm not alone.
But i am. I've always been paranoid of getting caught
speeding in those areas. I wish I could lie to
you and say that it's only because I'm always mindful
of the safety of those out there working. I mean,
I am, but it's just when I see a work zone,
even though a lot of times when I drive through one,
I can tell that the crew is not currently working

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at that time. I just know that that's the last
place I want to get a speeding ticket, because what
is it, like double the fine or whatever it may be.
I mean, they'll put some signs up that make it
as if you get caught, you may never get out
of prison. I mean, I'm exaggerating, but they do try
to scare you to where you know, hey, this is
what you better not. You shouldn't speed anyway, but you
better not do it right here. So again, that's always
been my mindset. I've always been fearful of getting caught

(12:06):
speeding in that in that work zone area, but I'm
sure others maybe have have realized they could probably do
it and get away with it, because there's no safe
place for any law enforcement vehicle to be set up
to where they could easily get out and go get you.
Because again it's there's construction going on, it's it's not
set up the way it typically is when there's no

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work zones on these interstates. So the cameras are being
installed this week, and here is where they're going to be.
There's one right outside of Louisville, by the way, and
that is I sixty four in Shelby County. The other
two that are going to be a part of I
guess the first three to be installed US twenty five
in Fayette County and then I seventy one near Corbin.
But again the one that'll be here closer to US

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is I sixty four in Shelby County. So they're not
going to be active right away. Drivers are being given
time to adjust before enforcement officially begins. That's going to
be this this of coming month October. So this comes
under House Bill six sixty four, the Jared Lee Helton Act,
named after a highway worker who was killed in a
work zone crash. And I think this will probably bother

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those who get caught and get a speeding ticket, and
that's you know, that's not ideal, but it definitely makes
sense to have punishment for those that do go over
the speed limit to where there's there's more of a
people are more mindful of, hey, I need to be
I need to if you're only going to be going
slow because you're thinking about a potential speeding ticket and
you're not thinking about potential workers. Whatever it takes, right,

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whatever it takes to actually get you to slow down
and be more safe, that's that's the goal here, and
I think this can only help with that. So tickets
are still going to be issued in person by Kentucky
State Police based on the camera detector data. So fines
can reach up to five hundred dollars if you're speeding
when workers are present. And they're gonna have more locations
planned here before we wrap up twenty twenty five, including

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counties looks like Lawrence County, Martin County, Laurel County, and
Whitney Whitley County are the next counties that are going
to be having them set up. So be careful, be mindful.
I mean you always should, but now not only do
you need to be careful because there could be somebody
out there working, but also you could get it. You
could get a speeding ticket. And again if you're speeding
and you're going over the speed limit while there's a

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work crew on site, you could get up to five
hundred dollars and fines, which that's that's a lot of money.
So be careful. All right, quick break traffic and weather
updates on the way. We got a lot more to
get into before we get out of here, so stick around.
It is news Radio eight forty whas we do of ourselves.
A traffic situation. If you are heading into Louisville from

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the New Albany, Indiana side, there is a disabled vehicle
that looks like it's in the area of twenty second
Street if you're on sixty four East from New Albany.
It's causing some real delays the disabled vehicle. The disabled
vehicle has the right two lanes and the right shoulder

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currently blocked. And again from what I can tell here,
it looks like that traffic. It's backing up to the
Indiana side well into Louisville here around yeah, right around
twenty second Street. So hopefully they get they get that
cleaned up here sooner rather than later, because it looks
like it's only getting worse. So just be mindful. If
you were heading sixty four east from the New Albanney

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side into Louisville, you're gonna have a little bit of
a delay at least as of right now. Are One
of the things we talked about here and there and
probably always will is the job market, the economy, and
one specific gig if you can get it. I don't
think you got to worry about anything when it comes
to the economy, AI taking your job, and that is

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being a high level college football coach, because it really
is amazing to see the contracts that these guys get.
And I don't mean the amount of money that they make,
because a lot of these football coaches that coach in
the SEC the Big ten, their sport makes a lot
of money and that's the going rate, right if you're

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coaching at a high level program, you're gonna make a
lot of money. But what gets me is that you
can be really bad at your job and then still
continue to make a lot of money not to do
the job. But this isn't new by any means, But
the Kentucky football program is in really a disastrous situation
financially because Mark Stoops. Maybe he'll eventually, if given time,

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pull out of this hole and get them back to
being competitive in the SEC. But the reality is right now,
when you look across the SEC, Kentucky is the worst
team in their conference. Now again, that would that doesn't
mean they'd be the worst team in other conferences because
the SEC is really really good. But I think to
see them really just get demolished by South Carolina on Saturday,

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I mean, and you look at the rest of the schedule,
this could be a three to nine season for Mark Stoops.
Maybe they go four and eight, maybe they go five
and seven. But even if that's the case, do you
really feel, if you're a Kentucky football fan, that he's
going to be able to get back to where he
was where they were competitive in the league and were

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often times finishing with winning records. Overall, I just think
when you look at how good that league is, teams
that were down are not down anymore. Bandy's not the
same bandy it used to be. I mean, even Mississippi State,
who was really really bad last year, the worst team
in that league, they've bounced back. They have a ranked
win against Arizona State, they took Tennessee to the wire.

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So I would assume most Kentucky fans, even if they
are fans of Stoops and appreciate what he did, they
are probably thinking about what life's going to be like
for them after Stoops because they know they're going to
need somebody to come in and get this thing turned around.
But I just don't know how that happens unless Mark
Stoops just decides he doesn't want to coach there anymore.

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And that's what really fascinates me. I talked about this
a lot last year when I was doing sports specifically,
because fans are noticing that he's just maybe checked out,
doesn't have the saying like he's he just doesn't seem
to be as into it. And I don't know if
that's actually a thing, or maybe they're just trying to
find a reason as to why they've they've taken some
steps back as a program. But one thing that just
I can't get over is that even after Saturday, I

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listened a little bit of the postgame reaction, the KSR
Postgame Show, and of course I have a lot of
friends who are Kentucky fans, and I think when things
get really bad, they just think, well, okay, he'll Stoops
is going to leave. He sees the writing on the wall,
he knows how upset fans are, he realizes that this
is just really an unsalvageable situation. All of that may

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be true, but what you're claiming he's going to do
if in fact he does what you say, walk away
and just move on, who would walk away from thirty
eight million dollars? And that's really what we're looking at here,
because he has such a great contract, not only because
he's making the amount of money he's making without really
a whole lot to show for it, but his contract

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states that if they fire him before the end of
his contract, he's owed all of the buyout within sixty days.
So if Mitch Barnhard decided to fire Mark Stoops today,
they got sixty days to give him thirty eight million
dollars in full. I mean, I don't know if any

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school can really make that decision. I mean, that's insane.
So I think even if they're three and nine this year,
the likelihood of him not being the coach next year
would all come down to him not wanting to be
the coach. And if that's the case, I mean, there's
a lot of things I don't want to do. But
you know what I'd do it if I knew I

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could get thirty eight million, I'll ride it out till
you fire me and then pay me. I mean, who
wouldn't do that? Obviously fans is sure for fanatic the
emotions of being a fan can get in the way
here and there, But think about it. Put it yourself
in his shoes as an individual, not just a football
coach who's walking away when you've got a contract that
makes it to where you can be as bad as

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possible and then they fire are you and they still
pay you that much money? I mean, he ain't walking away.

Speaker 2 (20:03):
Who would do that?

Speaker 1 (20:04):
And also the issue that they now have is that
who would hire him away? And that's that's that's why
it seems like timing was on their side until it wasn't.
If he'd actually gotten the job at Texas A and M,
that would have been perfect timing, and then it fell
apart and now here. He is really not as attractive
at all to other jobs out there. So not a

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good situation in Lexington, that's for sure. All Right, quick break,
we've got travck of weather updates on the way. We've
also got an we've also got another sports update coming
your way here in just a moment on there's radio
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