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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Are we ready to get it started here on a
Tuesday morning. I don't even know why I asked, because
it doesn't matter if.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
You're ready or not. I'm ready, We're ready, and we're
going to rock and roll.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Here it is Kentucky in this morning, news coffee and
company with you news Radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
So we'll get you caught up. That's what we do.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Traffic, weather, news, the things you have come to expect.
You will be delivered those things this morning, and of
course maybe some nonsense along the way.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
But I've got a story, Tom Fellows. Are you ready
for a story? I love storytimes do it?
Speaker 3 (00:28):
So?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Yesterday I had a situation that ended up not nothing major,
but it was probably something I kind of feel like
I'll remember for a long time because it's very unusual.
So I'll start with telling you I don't know why,
but I've learned over time I get nosebleeds more so
than most people. I thought it was like rather common
for people to just randomly have a nosebleed. Apparently it's not.
(00:50):
You guys ever have just randomly your nose starts bleeding.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I was a kid.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Yeah, and when it's dry, my hands are really dry.
So the weather's changing.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
We've got some you know, so I mean I can,
I can legitimately tell you whenever I know that it starts,
because I can. It's almost like I feel my note,
like my nose hole gets so dry, and then all
of a sudden it's not. And I know that it's not,
you know, not to be gross, but it's not.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Not sure.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
So yesterday I'm driving on I sixty five and it happens,
and I don't have any napkins in my car. I
don't really have anything. And it's not just a little like, hey,
let me let me just you know, every now and
then put a little Kleenex here in there, because I
did have a Kleenex, but it was, you know, a
lot more than than the Kleenex was going to be
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able to help with. So I ended up getting off
of the Shepherdsville exit and I ended up just going
to the first place I saw, which was a McDonald's,
I mean, the first place I could get to where
I just turned.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
And I don't really have a plan.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
I just know I am bleeding really really bad, and
I don't know what to do, but I need to
I need to not you know just I need to
get out of the car, so sure of I don't
really think about what I look like, like, I don't
think about sort of I guess the visual. I just
think like I need I need to I need to
find first of all, I need to find like a
cleanex or something. I need to find napkins or something,
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just to because there was nothing I could do to
stop it. And again that happens from time to time,
usually when we go through some weather changes, the seasonal changes.
This one was an extreme one, but it like it
wouldn't shock me if next week I have the same
thing happened. And usually I've been in a situation to
where I can just go grab cleanexes or you know,
it's not what I'm driving going seventy miles an hour
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on an interstate.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
So I get out of the car, I open the door.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
I'm kind of like I'm awkwardly opening the door because
I'm not for some reason, i feel like I've got
some control, I have no control, but like I'm moving awkwardly.
So I guess it looks like I'm hurt because like
I don't want to like have my head down because
then it goes I'm trying to honestly say, a pair
of pants. That was my main My main thought was
I need to I need to pull over. I need
to get situated. And if I'm not careful, there's going
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to be so much This is gross. I didn't plan
for to be this gross.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
There's going to be so.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Much blood on my on my gene. They're like, it'll
probably ruin them. I mean, that's how that's how bad
it was, so not really thinking about anything other than that,
and other than finding some paper towels, whatever it may be.
And I get out of my car at the same
time a woman is walking to her car and she's
probably five feet from me whenever I opened the door,
and I think she thought she witnessed somebody who'd been stabbed,
(03:20):
right yeah, and she's she says, oh my god, what happened.
And I wouldn't even thinking she was talking to me,
because I'm just like, you know whatever.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
And then I realized she was.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
And again, for some reason, I'm moving awkwardly like I'm hurt,
and it's because I just, you know, my nose is gushing.
Therefore any movement I might sling it on somebody I
don't know. So she you know, she yells to I
need to call nine one one and I said, oh, no,
it's just a nosebleed and she was like are you
sure and I was like, yeah, it happens.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
And she was like like this, oh my god.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
And it hit me at that point to to realize
what I look like. And uh, you know, I mean
not to be too graphic. I've already gone past that,
so here we are, but like, you know, like even
my the window of my car from where I'm trying
to like maneuver.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Just grab stuff to stop my nose and h yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
So I ended up she had a towel in her car,
was a beach towel, and she was like take this,
and I'm like, no, I don't want to ruin your beef.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
She goes, no, you can have it.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
It's fine. And then I'm thinking, like, I'm sure you
wouldn't want me to give it back to you. But
she helped me, and I at least got it to stop.
But then I went home and I felt like I
was working for you know, CSI cleaning up a crime
scene out of my vehicle. Uh, and I'm probably, you know,
as much as that's gonna be an embarrassing thing for me.
You know, she's probably telling stories. She's probably told the
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stories again time since yesterday. You believe what I saw
this McDonald's in Bulla County. This guy gets out. He
looked like he got stabbed. I thought it was gont
to call mine one one so.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Well, at least you were at least you weren't on
the road.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
I've had that happen when you're on the road and
you can't find anything and it can impact your driving.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Oh, it was like you had a handle.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
If I would have been able to, if I would
have if I could not have found an exit, I
would have just over and that probably would have been
my best bet. But I mean it was an ultimate
panic of I looked in my there's nothing in my car,
and look, if I would have had a T shirt,
I would have sacrificed, say this T shirt's just gone
now because I don't want to, you know. And I
think also what weirded her out was that I wasn't
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I wasn't in any way like alarmed. Yeah, I was
just moving awkwardly. So I'm sure I gave her a
memorable experience.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
And heat tissues in your car, bro, Yeah, heat tissues
in your car.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
But I'm glad you said, Scott that when when the
air which again I say the air is dropting even
know what that technically means, but like when you can
feel a sense of that, like especially springtime, it's terrible
for me. But yeah, the more I talk to people
to my realize, yeah, they don't get him very often.
For me, when it comes to fall and spring starting
those seasons, it's pretty routine.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
Well, there's no there's no humidity out there, and that's
why we were talking about how at night it's still
going to feel cool or you're not gonna be as
warm even though the temperature is going to be in
the nineties.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
There's no humidity.
Speaker 4 (05:54):
And to your point, I can see how that happened.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Yeah, and yeah, I will keep clean excess in the
vehicle moving forward. Wow, all right, we've got traffic mother
updates for you this morning. Also, we've got news coming
up around five thirty. We've got sports in about twelve
minutes or so. To stick with us right here on
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on news radio eight forty whas it is Coffee and
(06:17):
Company with you, Kentucky and it's morning news. So the
powerball winners in Kentucky. So there, let me just make
sure I get this correctcause I thought I had heard
last night on our partner's newscast WKY that there were
no local winners as far as our region when it
comes to the power ball, and I guess that is correct.
But there was a winner last week that I'd missed
(06:38):
that had won a lot of money. But anyways, the recent,
the recent, the recent sales here the one point seven
eight billion powerball jackpot that was one on Saturday night
that was from a person in Texas and one in Missouri.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
It said, yeah, so there were multiple.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Winners in Kentucky, but again not really in the Kentucky
and area, the little area, I should say, but yeah,
three major wins came, including a one hundred thousand dollars
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and one that was I guess one in Louisville and
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(07:15):
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to sound the back of tickets and claim prizes at
the headquarters here in Louisville.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
So even if you.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Don't win one point seven eight billion or a share
of that, hey, if you're playing the lottery and you
can get fifty k or one hundred k, I mean,
you got it. I would imagine with all the lottery
tickets you may have purchased in your life, that's you're
still coming'll, You're still on the up there, You're still
making money.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
That's a big, big time payoff.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
For you if you play the lottery often. But yeah,
congrats to those who were winners. I wouldn't know what
that feels like. But I guess the only way I
could ever know if it feels like if I actually
you know, if I actually play. All Right, speaking of winning,
I won this weekend when it comes to betting on sports,
but last night not so much. I did not see
(08:06):
the Vikings making a comeback the way they did, and
that was the first time I think since I've been
in this new role here in the mornings or newish,
I should say, where I fell asleep and thought there
was no scenario that the outcome would be different than
what it was, at least the way it was looking
when I went to sleep, when I fell asleep. Now,
I stayed up late Sunday and watched that entire game
(08:28):
because it was great, but the Bears were I mean,
the Bears seemed to have no moment The Bears had momentum,
they weren't playing great, but McCarthy was struggling, and it
just looked like, hey, this is the sign that Minnesota
made the wrong decision. They shouldn't. They should not have
let Sam Darnold go. And then sure enough I see
that the Vikings came back and McCarthy had a couple
(08:51):
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it Cam Newton to make his to have his starting
debut result in a rushing touchdown and a passing touchdown.
Did you want much last night's game, John, I did not. Yeah,
you didn't miss out. It wasn't a great showing. I
don't think as far as just you know, I don't
think the Bears are going to be a whole lot
better this year, and I'm not sure what to making
the vikings again. McCarthy had a rough start in his
(09:14):
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I don't understand. I will never claim to be a
quarterback expert. But why are they gaslighting us to try
to make us believe that Kayleb Williams is good. I've watched.
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I'm not an expert.
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He's not good in the NFL and he got the
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Speaker 2 (10:37):
Thank you very much, Joe.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
It is Kentucky and it's morning news, coffee and company
with you on news Radio eight forty Whas five thirty five.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Here on a Tuesday morning.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
So I bet there's many of you listening right now
that have have had maybe a nightmare situation when it
comes to getting your driver driver's license renewed, or a
real id or maybe not a nightmare but just a hassle,
a situation where you were really inconvenienced just to you know,
renew your driver's license. And Bashir has recently, I think
(11:11):
it was earlier this month, might have been late late August,
I'm not sure, but he's pushed back on going back
to the original way things used to be done when
it comes to how folks in Kentucky would get their
driver's license, and some folks in Bullet County are pushing back.
They want to return to local driver's license offices, which
who says no to that? So Bullet County officials that
(11:31):
urge a Kentucky to scrap its regional driver's license hubsystem
and bring services back to county courthouses because of course
you've got long drives, wait times, and really just a
system that doesn't cut it. That is not it doesn't work,
it's not good. Now state leaders say moving back would
require rebuilding infrastructure and could take years.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
That's unacceptable.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
You broke it, and now it's worse and we just
have to sit in this because it will take you
years too. I mean, by the way, I will admit,
what do I know? I don't think they would say
this just to say it. I don't know, maybe they would.
It would take years to go back to something that
was already built, Like what do you got to go
reinvent something? I mean, who says no to this? And
(12:21):
some leaders in Bulla County are voicing frustration over this
regional system that's been in place now that it's again
been a burden to a lot of people when it
comes to travel, there's a backlog. It used to be
pretty easy, right, so state Repen Buller County, Peyton Griffy.
This is in a conversation you have with our partners
(12:41):
at WKY SOD the move quote caused a real backlog
and a real problem. And a magistrate, Karen Johnson, she
shared her own struggles, including repeated trips, time off work
and lengthy drives. And again, I know many people listening
have probably experienced the same thing, and it's just inconvenient.
Not only just is it more difficult than it should be,
more difficult than it used to be. Sometimes it can
flat out be a nightmare. I mean, I know people
(13:02):
who have driven across the state for appointments to get
there and oh, I'm sorry we didn't have you or
we're closed today. I mean, those things have happened and
hadn't happened to me, but I would be infuriated. I mean,
it's not like you're paying for a service getting a refund.
This is something you have to have and the state
is letting you down and it's not really that's not
really up for debate. I mean, I don't want to
(13:23):
point fingers at one specific person, but whoever's in charge
of how this whole thing came about, it didn't work,
Let's go back to what we used to do.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Who says no?
Speaker 1 (13:33):
And let's be real, would it be a bad move
to throw Kentuckians a bone here, because I don't think
that there'd be many people that would that would oppose
going back to it.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
And I'm look, I'm.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Aware that it probably isn't just something you snap your
fingers and it's done. But still, I mean, considering the
allegations recently that state workers were selling fake IDs and
licenses to illegal immigrants, no tests, no drivers test like that,
while you've got hard work at Kentuckians that have been
jumping through hoops to get to get something done in
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a way that you set up your system. I mean,
that's that's that's a tough look. Timing was not good there, right,
You've got many complaining about how awful the process is.
I mean, it's been a story here and there when
any local news station really in Kentucky is it's an
easy story. Hey, let's go talk to somebody who's upset
(14:28):
about the pain in the rear end it is to
go get your license made that.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Slow news day.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Let's go talk to some people who have driven across
the state for an appointment and had to take a
day off work. I mean, it's a real issue.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
So that happens.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
And then you've got, of course, the I guess ongoing
investigation where you had and thank thank goodness for the
whistleblower who put it out there that she was let
go because she brought attention to the situation where there
were state workers that were selling driver's license under the
table to illegal immigrant a couple hundred dollars a pop,
for multiple times a day, for seemingly a long time.
(15:06):
Now again, I think that investigation is probably gonna be
thorough enough to where it will take a long time,
and they're gonna hold everybody accountable in every way who
is responsible, and maybe that does take some time, but
I still feel like that I don't want to act
like it get swept under the rug by any means,
but like that's a huge deal, and hopefully when the
investigation is complete, there'll be some transparency and some acknowledgment
(15:27):
of how Kentuckians were done wrong. And look, it's not
insane that somebody who works for the state takes advantage
of the position they have. It happens probably more often
than you realize. So it's not like this has never
happened before. I mean, it's happened in Kentucky, it's happened
in another state. It happens all the time. But timing wasn't
great here, considering you've got people who have been completely inconvenienced,
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and yet you got illegal immigrants here that are paying
somebody a couple hundred bucks cash to get an ID
and they don't.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
I mean, it's just insane, Just say it. It's crazy.
Speaker 5 (16:01):
All right.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
We've got a up bit of trafficking weather coming up
right here right now.
Speaker 1 (16:04):
Also, we've got Rory O'Neal of NBC News set to
join us in about five minutes, So.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
News Radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
It is coffee and company with you here on news
Radio eight forty whas. And we have Rory O'Neil of
NBC News joining us here. We've got the jury selection
underway as the trial and the man accused of attempting
to assassinate Donald Trump on his Florida golf course last summer.
What can you tell us about the process thus far?
And it looks like this individual is representing themselves, so
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that should go well, right.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
Yeah, right. He is Ryan Routh, fifty nine years old.
He's not a lawyer. He was a construction worker for
most of his.
Speaker 5 (16:43):
Life, living in North Carolina and for a time Hawaii.
And he's representing himself in this process. So we had
day one up jury selection yesterday. The process resumes today.
It's been a little bit slow since Ralph doesn't know
what he's doing, essentially, and the judge is trying to
attom along and say, look, you've got to be ready
for this stuff. They're still optimistic that they can get
(17:04):
the trial started on Thursday. That's the current track. They
want twelve jurors plus four alternates just in case. But
this is fascinating because, as you said, Ralph representing himself
is facing five felony accounts that could send them to
prison for the rest of his life.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Construction worker turned lawyer, that'll certainly go well, how I mean,
is this some type of attempt to maybe show that
you're not really all there from a confidence standpoint, because
I just to me again, he has the right, he's
entitled to represent himself, but it's just making this process prolonged.
And I can imagine when these type of situations happen.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Again.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
I know these judges respect the process, but it just
makes their job a little bit harder, right.
Speaker 5 (17:45):
And you know the judge I mean Canon by the way,
This is the same judge that handled the Trump documents case,
by the way there in South Florida as well, So
a small, small little group of judges down there. But yeah,
she also has lawyers on standby, essentially ready to advise
him should he need it.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
So they're going to try to move this along.
Speaker 5 (18:06):
It looks like he had two witnesses, but they may
not be willing to testify, he claimed in court, So
we'll see if they want to move forward. With that,
you know, he might not have much of a case
to put up, so it's going to really depend on
what his cross examination could be of the prosecution's witnesses.
But there's going to be some forensic evidence in talking
about the weapon that was used and things like that.
So this could get to a pretty detailed trial, and
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you would want someone with experience in this kind of
situation when quite literally your life is on the line.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Royal Neil of NBC News is our guest joining us
here on News Radio eight forty whas we've got a
new study that tells us how happy the states here
in America are. Let us know, how does our state
stack up in Kentucky? How happy are we compared to others?
Speaker 5 (18:50):
Well, let's see, this is a wallet Hub survey and
then have a whole bunch of different metrics to compile
this list. So it's not a great number for Kentucky.
Let's focus on the top. What do you think is
the number one happiest state to live in America? Pretty logical?
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Is it?
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Hawaii?
Speaker 5 (19:07):
It is Hawaii, by Maryland and Nebraska. New Jersey though
at number four was a bit of a what now,
and Connecticut comes in there at number five now for Kentucky,
forty third on the list.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
Yes, it's not great, not great.
Speaker 5 (19:24):
What's the category you did the worst? In the work
environment rank? You came in forty seventh, so that was
was not great.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
Yeah, work environment being where we are where, I mean,
I'm not surprised. It seems like a lot of conversations
I hear from people is that they don't love their
work environment.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
But hey, we can.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
It's I guess it's nice to know that there are
at least some other states that are a little unhappy
or could be worse.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
I guess there you go. That's that's one way.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
Who's the unhappiest state?
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Be worse? That's right? Making yourself happy over it?
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Yeah, who's the unhappiest unhappiest?
Speaker 3 (19:59):
Scrolling score? Rolling scrolling? It's fifty? Is a lot to
scroll through?
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Is it Alaska?
Speaker 5 (20:04):
It is not bottom of the barrel? Arkansas, Louisiana. Dead
last is West Virginia.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
Okay, Yeah, not so surprised, but yeah, again, we got
to work on that. Let's get happier Kentucky. Let's just
believe in the power of positivity.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Rory right. That can only help that's here you go.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
That's the start.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Rory, thank you as always for your time. Enjoy your day.
We'll talk to my friend.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Thanks tart to you tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
That's Rory O'Neal of NBC News again. Believe in the
power of positivity, folks. Just saying that and embracing it
can only help, at least I think. All right, it's
about fifty. We've got another traffick and weather update on
the way. We'll let you know how the roadways are
looking out lied. We won't let you know.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Bobby Ellis, he's the pro. He's gonna let you know.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
And we've got a forecast coming up as well from
WKY right.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Here on news radio. Wait forty whas
Are we ready to get it started here on a
Tuesday morning. I don't even know why I asked, because
it doesn't matter if.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
You're ready or not. I'm ready, We're ready, and we're
going to rock and roll.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Here it is Kentucky in this morning, news coffee and
company with you news Radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
So we'll get you caught up. That's what we do.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Traffic, weather, news, the things you have come to expect.
You will be delivered those things this morning, and of
course maybe some nonsense along the way.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
But I've got a story, Tom Fellows. Are you ready
for a story? I love storytimes do it?
Speaker 3 (00:28):
So?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Yesterday I had a situation that ended up not nothing major,
but it was probably something I kind of feel like
I'll remember for a long time because it's very unusual.
So I'll start with telling you I don't know why,
but I've learned over time I get nosebleeds more so
than most people. I thought it was like rather common
for people to just randomly have a nosebleed. Apparently it's not.
(00:50):
You guys ever have just randomly your nose starts bleeding.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I was a kid.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Yeah, and when it's dry, my hands are really dry.
So the weather's changing.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
We've got some you know, so I mean I can,
I can legitimately tell you whenever I know that it starts,
because I can. It's almost like I feel my note,
like my nose hole gets so dry, and then all
of a sudden it's not. And I know that it's not,
you know, not to be gross, but it's not.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Not sure.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
So yesterday I'm driving on I sixty five and it happens,
and I don't have any napkins in my car. I
don't really have anything. And it's not just a little like, hey,
let me let me just you know, every now and
then put a little Kleenex here in there, because I
did have a Kleenex, but it was, you know, a
lot more than than the Kleenex was going to be
(01:34):
able to help with. So I ended up getting off
of the Shepherdsville exit and I ended up just going
to the first place I saw, which was a McDonald's,
I mean, the first place I could get to where
I just turned.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
And I don't really have a plan.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
I just know I am bleeding really really bad, and
I don't know what to do, but I need to
I need to not you know just I need to
get out of the car, so sure of I don't
really think about what I look like, like, I don't
think about sort of I guess the visual. I just
think like I need I need to I need to
find first of all, I need to find like a
cleanex or something. I need to find napkins or something,
(02:10):
just to because there was nothing I could do to
stop it. And again that happens from time to time,
usually when we go through some weather changes, the seasonal changes.
This one was an extreme one, but it like it
wouldn't shock me if next week I have the same
thing happened. And usually I've been in a situation to
where I can just go grab cleanexes or you know,
it's not what I'm driving going seventy miles an hour
(02:31):
on an interstate.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
So I get out of the car, I open the door.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
I'm kind of like I'm awkwardly opening the door because
I'm not for some reason, i feel like I've got
some control, I have no control, but like I'm moving awkwardly.
So I guess it looks like I'm hurt because like
I don't want to like have my head down because
then it goes I'm trying to honestly say, a pair
of pants. That was my main My main thought was
I need to I need to pull over. I need
to get situated. And if I'm not careful, there's going
(02:54):
to be so much This is gross. I didn't plan
for to be this gross.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
There's going to be so.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Much blood on my on my gene. They're like, it'll
probably ruin them. I mean, that's how that's how bad
it was, so not really thinking about anything other than that,
and other than finding some paper towels, whatever it may be.
And I get out of my car at the same
time a woman is walking to her car and she's
probably five feet from me whenever I opened the door,
and I think she thought she witnessed somebody who'd been stabbed,
(03:20):
right yeah, and she's she says, oh my god, what happened.
And I wouldn't even thinking she was talking to me,
because I'm just like, you know whatever.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
And then I realized she was.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
And again, for some reason, I'm moving awkwardly like I'm hurt,
and it's because I just, you know, my nose is gushing.
Therefore any movement I might sling it on somebody I
don't know. So she you know, she yells to I
need to call nine one one and I said, oh, no,
it's just a nosebleed and she was like are you
sure and I was like, yeah, it happens.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
And she was like like this, oh my god.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
And it hit me at that point to to realize
what I look like. And uh, you know, I mean
not to be too graphic. I've already gone past that,
so here we are, but like, you know, like even
my the window of my car from where I'm trying
to like maneuver.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Just grab stuff to stop my nose and h yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
So I ended up she had a towel in her car,
was a beach towel, and she was like take this,
and I'm like, no, I don't want to ruin your beef.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
She goes, no, you can have it.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
It's fine. And then I'm thinking, like, I'm sure you
wouldn't want me to give it back to you. But
she helped me, and I at least got it to stop.
But then I went home and I felt like I
was working for you know, CSI cleaning up a crime
scene out of my vehicle. Uh, and I'm probably, you know,
as much as that's gonna be an embarrassing thing for me.
You know, she's probably telling stories. She's probably told the
(04:38):
stories again time since yesterday. You believe what I saw
this McDonald's in Bulla County. This guy gets out. He
looked like he got stabbed. I thought it was gont
to call mine one one so.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Well, at least you were at least you weren't on
the road.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
I've had that happen when you're on the road and
you can't find anything and it can impact your driving.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Oh, it was like you had a handle.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
If I would have been able to, if I would
have if I could not have found an exit, I
would have just over and that probably would have been
my best bet. But I mean it was an ultimate
panic of I looked in my there's nothing in my car,
and look, if I would have had a T shirt,
I would have sacrificed, say this T shirt's just gone
now because I don't want to, you know. And I
think also what weirded her out was that I wasn't
(05:15):
I wasn't in any way like alarmed. Yeah, I was
just moving awkwardly. So I'm sure I gave her a
memorable experience.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
And heat tissues in your car, bro, Yeah, heat tissues
in your car.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
But I'm glad you said, Scott that when when the
air which again I say the air is dropting even
know what that technically means, but like when you can
feel a sense of that, like especially springtime, it's terrible
for me. But yeah, the more I talk to people
to my realize, yeah, they don't get him very often.
For me, when it comes to fall and spring starting
those seasons, it's pretty routine.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
Well, there's no there's no humidity out there, and that's
why we were talking about how at night it's still
going to feel cool or you're not gonna be as
warm even though the temperature is going to be in
the nineties.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
There's no humidity.
Speaker 4 (05:54):
And to your point, I can see how that happened.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Yeah, and yeah, I will keep clean excess in the
vehicle moving forward. Wow, all right, we've got traffic mother
updates for you this morning. Also, we've got news coming
up around five thirty. We've got sports in about twelve
minutes or so. To stick with us right here on
news RADIOA forty WHS. We're just a couple of minutes
away from your next update on traffic and weather here
on news radio eight forty whas it is Coffee and
(06:17):
Company with you, Kentucky and it's morning news. So the
powerball winners in Kentucky. So there, let me just make
sure I get this correctcause I thought I had heard
last night on our partner's newscast WKY that there were
no local winners as far as our region when it
comes to the power ball, and I guess that is correct.
But there was a winner last week that I'd missed
(06:38):
that had won a lot of money. But anyways, the recent,
the recent, the recent sales here the one point seven
eight billion powerball jackpot that was one on Saturday night
that was from a person in Texas and one in Missouri.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
It said, yeah, so there were multiple.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Winners in Kentucky, but again not really in the Kentucky
and area, the little area, I should say, but yeah,
three major wins came, including a one hundred thousand dollars
ticket in Louisa, Kentucky, and two fifty thousand dollars tickets
and one that was I guess one in Louisville and
one online, so there was one in Louisville. Anyways, This
follows a streak of other wins last week and included
(07:15):
a one million dollar online ticket and two more fifty
thousand dollars winners. So Kentucky Lottery officials are encouraging winners
to sound the back of tickets and claim prizes at
the headquarters here in Louisville.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
So even if you.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Don't win one point seven eight billion or a share
of that, hey, if you're playing the lottery and you
can get fifty k or one hundred k, I mean,
you got it. I would imagine with all the lottery
tickets you may have purchased in your life, that's you're
still coming'll, You're still on the up there, You're still
making money.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
That's a big, big time payoff.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
For you if you play the lottery often. But yeah,
congrats to those who were winners. I wouldn't know what
that feels like. But I guess the only way I
could ever know if it feels like if I actually
you know, if I actually play. All Right, speaking of winning,
I won this weekend when it comes to betting on sports,
but last night not so much. I did not see
(08:06):
the Vikings making a comeback the way they did, and
that was the first time I think since I've been
in this new role here in the mornings or newish,
I should say, where I fell asleep and thought there
was no scenario that the outcome would be different than
what it was, at least the way it was looking
when I went to sleep, when I fell asleep. Now,
I stayed up late Sunday and watched that entire game
(08:28):
because it was great, but the Bears were I mean,
the Bears seemed to have no moment The Bears had momentum,
they weren't playing great, but McCarthy was struggling, and it
just looked like, hey, this is the sign that Minnesota
made the wrong decision. They shouldn't. They should not have
let Sam Darnold go. And then sure enough I see
that the Vikings came back and McCarthy had a couple
(08:51):
of touchdowns, I think the first quarterback since it was
it Cam Newton to make his to have his starting
debut result in a rushing touchdown and a passing touchdown.
Did you want much last night's game, John, I did not. Yeah,
you didn't miss out. It wasn't a great showing. I
don't think as far as just you know, I don't
think the Bears are going to be a whole lot
better this year, and I'm not sure what to making
the vikings again. McCarthy had a rough start in his
(09:14):
NFL debut, but he clearly settled in. And here's what
I don't understand. I will never claim to be a
quarterback expert. But why are they gaslighting us to try
to make us believe that Kayleb Williams is good. I've watched.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
I'm not an expert.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
He's not good in the NFL and he got the
benefit of out last year with the coaching. But like,
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Speaker 2 (10:37):
Thank you very much, Joe.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
It is Kentucky and it's morning news, coffee and company
with you on news Radio eight forty Whas five thirty five.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Here on a Tuesday morning.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
So I bet there's many of you listening right now
that have have had maybe a nightmare situation when it
comes to getting your driver driver's license renewed, or a
real id or maybe not a nightmare but just a hassle,
a situation where you were really inconvenienced just to you know,
renew your driver's license. And Bashir has recently, I think
(11:11):
it was earlier this month, might have been late late August,
I'm not sure, but he's pushed back on going back
to the original way things used to be done when
it comes to how folks in Kentucky would get their
driver's license, and some folks in Bullet County are pushing back.
They want to return to local driver's license offices, which
who says no to that? So Bullet County officials that
(11:31):
urge a Kentucky to scrap its regional driver's license hubsystem
and bring services back to county courthouses because of course
you've got long drives, wait times, and really just a
system that doesn't cut it. That is not it doesn't work,
it's not good. Now state leaders say moving back would
require rebuilding infrastructure and could take years.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
That's unacceptable.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
You broke it, and now it's worse and we just
have to sit in this because it will take you
years too. I mean, by the way, I will admit,
what do I know? I don't think they would say
this just to say it. I don't know, maybe they would.
It would take years to go back to something that
was already built, Like what do you got to go
reinvent something? I mean, who says no to this? And
(12:21):
some leaders in Bulla County are voicing frustration over this
regional system that's been in place now that it's again
been a burden to a lot of people when it
comes to travel, there's a backlog. It used to be
pretty easy, right, so state Repen Buller County, Peyton Griffy.
This is in a conversation you have with our partners
(12:41):
at WKY SOD the move quote caused a real backlog
and a real problem. And a magistrate, Karen Johnson, she
shared her own struggles, including repeated trips, time off work
and lengthy drives. And again, I know many people listening
have probably experienced the same thing, and it's just inconvenient.
Not only just is it more difficult than it should be,
more difficult than it used to be. Sometimes it can
flat out be a nightmare. I mean, I know people
(13:02):
who have driven across the state for appointments to get
there and oh, I'm sorry we didn't have you or
we're closed today. I mean, those things have happened and
hadn't happened to me, but I would be infuriated. I mean,
it's not like you're paying for a service getting a refund.
This is something you have to have and the state
is letting you down and it's not really that's not
really up for debate. I mean, I don't want to
(13:23):
point fingers at one specific person, but whoever's in charge
of how this whole thing came about, it didn't work,
Let's go back to what we used to do.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
Who says no?
Speaker 1 (13:33):
And let's be real, would it be a bad move
to throw Kentuckians a bone here, because I don't think
that there'd be many people that would that would oppose
going back to it.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
And I'm look, I'm.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Aware that it probably isn't just something you snap your
fingers and it's done. But still, I mean, considering the
allegations recently that state workers were selling fake IDs and
licenses to illegal immigrants, no tests, no drivers test like that,
while you've got hard work at Kentuckians that have been
jumping through hoops to get to get something done in
(14:07):
a way that you set up your system. I mean,
that's that's that's a tough look. Timing was not good there, right,
You've got many complaining about how awful the process is.
I mean, it's been a story here and there when
any local news station really in Kentucky is it's an
easy story. Hey, let's go talk to somebody who's upset
(14:28):
about the pain in the rear end it is to
go get your license made that.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Slow news day.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Let's go talk to some people who have driven across
the state for an appointment and had to take a
day off work. I mean, it's a real issue.
Speaker 2 (14:40):
So that happens.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
And then you've got, of course, the I guess ongoing
investigation where you had and thank thank goodness for the
whistleblower who put it out there that she was let
go because she brought attention to the situation where there
were state workers that were selling driver's license under the
table to illegal immigrant a couple hundred dollars a pop,
for multiple times a day, for seemingly a long time.
(15:06):
Now again, I think that investigation is probably gonna be
thorough enough to where it will take a long time,
and they're gonna hold everybody accountable in every way who
is responsible, and maybe that does take some time, but
I still feel like that I don't want to act
like it get swept under the rug by any means,
but like that's a huge deal, and hopefully when the
investigation is complete, there'll be some transparency and some acknowledgment
(15:27):
of how Kentuckians were done wrong. And look, it's not
insane that somebody who works for the state takes advantage
of the position they have. It happens probably more often
than you realize. So it's not like this has never
happened before. I mean, it's happened in Kentucky, it's happened
in another state. It happens all the time. But timing wasn't
great here, considering you've got people who have been completely inconvenienced,
(15:49):
and yet you got illegal immigrants here that are paying
somebody a couple hundred bucks cash to get an ID
and they don't.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
I mean, it's just insane, Just say it. It's crazy.
Speaker 5 (16:01):
All right.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
We've got a up bit of trafficking weather coming up
right here right now.
Speaker 1 (16:04):
Also, we've got Rory O'Neal of NBC News set to
join us in about five minutes, So.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
News Radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
It is coffee and company with you here on news
Radio eight forty whas. And we have Rory O'Neil of
NBC News joining us here. We've got the jury selection
underway as the trial and the man accused of attempting
to assassinate Donald Trump on his Florida golf course last summer.
What can you tell us about the process thus far?
And it looks like this individual is representing themselves, so
(16:34):
that should go well, right.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
Yeah, right. He is Ryan Routh, fifty nine years old.
He's not a lawyer. He was a construction worker for
most of his.
Speaker 5 (16:43):
Life, living in North Carolina and for a time Hawaii.
And he's representing himself in this process. So we had
day one up jury selection yesterday. The process resumes today.
It's been a little bit slow since Ralph doesn't know
what he's doing, essentially, and the judge is trying to
attom along and say, look, you've got to be ready
for this stuff. They're still optimistic that they can get
(17:04):
the trial started on Thursday. That's the current track. They
want twelve jurors plus four alternates just in case. But
this is fascinating because, as you said, Ralph representing himself
is facing five felony accounts that could send them to
prison for the rest of his life.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Construction worker turned lawyer, that'll certainly go well, how I mean,
is this some type of attempt to maybe show that
you're not really all there from a confidence standpoint, because
I just to me again, he has the right, he's
entitled to represent himself, but it's just making this process prolonged.
And I can imagine when these type of situations happen.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Again.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
I know these judges respect the process, but it just
makes their job a little bit harder, right.
Speaker 5 (17:45):
And you know the judge I mean Canon by the way,
This is the same judge that handled the Trump documents case,
by the way there in South Florida as well, So
a small, small little group of judges down there. But yeah,
she also has lawyers on standby, essentially ready to advise
him should he need it.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
So they're going to try to move this along.
Speaker 5 (18:06):
It looks like he had two witnesses, but they may
not be willing to testify, he claimed in court, So
we'll see if they want to move forward. With that,
you know, he might not have much of a case
to put up, so it's going to really depend on
what his cross examination could be of the prosecution's witnesses.
But there's going to be some forensic evidence in talking
about the weapon that was used and things like that.
So this could get to a pretty detailed trial, and
(18:30):
you would want someone with experience in this kind of
situation when quite literally your life is on the line.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Royal Neil of NBC News is our guest joining us
here on News Radio eight forty whas we've got a
new study that tells us how happy the states here
in America are. Let us know, how does our state
stack up in Kentucky? How happy are we compared to others?
Speaker 5 (18:50):
Well, let's see, this is a wallet Hub survey and
then have a whole bunch of different metrics to compile
this list. So it's not a great number for Kentucky.
Let's focus on the top. What do you think is
the number one happiest state to live in America? Pretty logical?
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Is it?
Speaker 2 (19:06):
Hawaii?
Speaker 5 (19:07):
It is Hawaii, by Maryland and Nebraska. New Jersey though
at number four was a bit of a what now,
and Connecticut comes in there at number five now for Kentucky,
forty third on the list.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
Yes, it's not great, not great.
Speaker 5 (19:24):
What's the category you did the worst? In the work
environment rank? You came in forty seventh, so that was
was not great.
Speaker 1 (19:33):
Yeah, work environment being where we are where, I mean,
I'm not surprised. It seems like a lot of conversations
I hear from people is that they don't love their
work environment.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
But hey, we can.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
It's I guess it's nice to know that there are
at least some other states that are a little unhappy
or could be worse.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
I guess there you go. That's that's one way.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
Who's the unhappiest state?
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Be worse? That's right? Making yourself happy over it?
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Yeah, who's the unhappiest unhappiest?
Speaker 3 (19:59):
Scrolling score? Rolling scrolling? It's fifty? Is a lot to
scroll through?
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Is it Alaska?
Speaker 5 (20:04):
It is not bottom of the barrel? Arkansas, Louisiana. Dead
last is West Virginia.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
Okay, Yeah, not so surprised, but yeah, again, we got
to work on that. Let's get happier Kentucky. Let's just
believe in the power of positivity.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Rory right. That can only help that's here you go.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
That's the start.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Rory, thank you as always for your time. Enjoy your day.
We'll talk to my friend.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Thanks tart to you tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
That's Rory O'Neal of NBC News again. Believe in the
power of positivity, folks. Just saying that and embracing it
can only help, at least I think. All right, it's
about fifty. We've got another traffick and weather update on
the way. We'll let you know how the roadways are
looking out lied. We won't let you know.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Bobby Ellis, he's the pro. He's gonna let you know.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
And we've got a forecast coming up as well from
WKY right.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Here on news radio. Wait forty whas
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