February 3, 2026 • 32 mins
Conway kicks things off with classic stories and big media news as Disney names parks chief Josh D’Amaro as its new CEO, succeeding Bob Iger.
Reporter Michael Monks joins the show as LAPD says it will not enforce a federal agent mask ban, calling the policy poorly thought out. Chief McDonnell faces pushback from the L.A. City Council over the decision.
A shocking national crime story: Jill Biden’s ex-husband is arrested in connection with the murder of his current wife, sending shockwaves through political and legal circles.
An emotional and inspiring story to close: the Santa Clarita girls hockey team wins a tournament just days after a deadly crash in Colorado. Online fundraisers and a GoFundMe for the victims have raised more than $120,000 to help families, including funeral expenses for Manny Lorenzana. RIP.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's I Am six forty and you're listening to The
Conway Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
I Am six forty. It is The Conway Show. Ding Dog.
I was just in the newsroom telling a story that
I told on the air about that's all I do.
I walk around here. I got the nine stories and
then I just changed. My wife accused me that, she says,
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you only have nine stories. You just change your friends
every couple of years and lay those new stories on them.
I said, okay, all right, what did I do to you?
You know, why? Why are you banging on me? So
I was in the newsroom and I told the story.
When I was a kid, my dad had six kids,
and so there's no way he could spend, you know,
six hours on a Sunday with one of his kids
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with me going to a Rams game and then you
have to come home and he had to spend your
time with all the kids, you know, and he could.
He loved doing that, but he just couldn't afford the
time every Sunday or every other Sunday. So his friend,
who's an actor, I would come by, pick me up,
take me to the coliseum. I would enjoy the football
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game with him and they drop me off and it
was a great day. He had seasoned seats. We'd go
down there, we'd watch, you know, almost every Sunday, every
Sunday the Rams were in town. He'd pick me up,
we'd go to the Colisseum one o'clock start. I'd be
home by five o'clock. So I've told that story. And
then a part of the story is one day we
were at the game and he had like, you know,
nineteen beers and he got pulled over by lapd near
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the coliseum and DUI back in the early seventies, was
just a ticket and they told you to slow down.
I think it's different nowadays. And I'm sure they recognized
him because he was a big celebrity. So I told
that story on the air probably for twenty five years,
you know, maybe two or three times a year. And
I never ever revealed who the actor was because I
(01:58):
didn't want to embarrass him or his family, even though
he's passed away. And I told that story on the
air one day and Mark Thompson was here and he said, oh,
he goes. I love that McClain Stevenson story. And I said, Mark,
I said, I've never mentioned the guy's name. He's like,
ah Christ, Oh, well the hell, but I had never
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mentioned his name. And I told the guys in the
newsroom that because I was telling another story about a
friend of mine who I it was a couple of
days ago. And they said, oh, I can't believe you
told that story on the air, And I said, I
didn't include the friend's name, and I'm not going to
include that friend's name unless that friend outs himself and
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then that he owns it.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
What the hell.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
But anyway, so the reason I told you that is
because I was telling the guys that story in the
newsroom and they were laughing. I'd say about an eight
out of ten, maybe a nine out of ten, right,
belly hallway, okay. And then I left the newsroom and
Bellio said, you haven't made me laugh that hard in
a long time. And my response was, I used to.
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It's like a married year I left it.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
I used to, I used to, I used to get
you good, and now it's you know, I'm like, repeat, repeat.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Right, right, that's true. You've heard them all, but you
know it's amazing. I got a letter. Maybe I'll do
it today. I got a letter from a woman in
Orange County and her dad, I think his name is Frank.
Her dad, Frank is not well. He has uh, you know,
stage three or four cancer and they don't expect to
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him to be around for Christmas. It's very sad email,
and he said, and she said, between now and like,
I don't know, July or so, so we had plenty
of room time. She said, will you tell that. She goes,
I know you want to wait till Thanksgiving maybe to
tell the story. But my dad, she said, maybe I'll
(04:20):
find the email. She said. My dad sleeps all day,
wakes up at three, has what he calls breakfast until
three point thirty, showers, gets back in bed, watches TV,
shuts it off at four o'clock, listens to the radio
from four to seven, then has a beer and goes
to sleep. And he said, and she said, he's been
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doing that for way before he had cancer. He's been
doing it for a long time. It's just you know,
he's retired and that's his sort of life. That's very cool.
And she said, will you please tell the Thanksgiving story
with your mom, you know, sometime in the next couple months.
And I said, I promise I will, And I'll email
you before I do it, and she said, that's her
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dad's favorite story of all time. It's probably one of
the all time, is that right? Yeah, ah, that's great,
So I will do that. But it's funny how I
you know, and she said she's never heard that story
and she's been listening for a long time. But it's
amazing if you do tell a story on the air.
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I have. I have told a story on the air
about me going to the racetrack and with a buddy
and the body thought that, you know, the racetrack, if
you bet and you lose, you get your money back.
I've told that story in the air for thirty years
and I still have very good friends who say they've
never heard it, you know, because they don't listen to radio,
or I didn't tell them around them. But it's amazing,
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you know, when you when you tell a story in
the air, you so you think, okay, everybody you heard that,
but you'd be surprised how many people don't hear it
and don't listen to it.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
And so if well, yeah, the audience is constantly changing
in and out of.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Their car, right exactly, So if I do tell story
you've heard it before I apologize, but I'm probably doing
it for somebody who is dying, so maybe you can
give me a break or maybe a new audience. That's right, Yeah,
that's possible as well. That's certainly as possible. All right,
let's get into some news here. Disney has a brand
new CEO. This is a big deal. This is a
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big deal. Disney very rarely changes their CEO. Isn't it
Bob Iger? Is that who it is?
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Now?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
I think it's Bob Eiger. It was Bob. Yeah, well
it still is until March, I think is when he finally,
you know, takes off his ears and moves on. But
Disney is a hugely successful company, and anybody that can
rise through the ranks. I think this guy started for
working for Disney in twenty nineteen ninety six, so he's
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been with Disney for what thirty years, I think thirty years,
and he has kept his nose clean, has crawled up
the ladder, and now he's going to be the CEO
of Disney and that's a major major accomplishment. He was
He ran Disneyland for a while and then they sent
him back to Disney World and he ran disney World.
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But he runs basically the parks, and the parks make
a lot of money. Disneyland. It cost Disneyland five point
seven million dollars a day to keep Disneyland open. Five
and a half million dollars a day is what it
costs that company to keep the park open because they
got to pay employees, electricity, insurance. You know, there's so
many expenses that come along with the park, fixing the rides,
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designing new rides, all that stuff. And they they bring
in twenty million dollars a day, so they're making fifteen
million dollars a day with Disneyland. And the governor made
Disneyland closed during the pandemic. The one disney World open
one hundred and sixteen days later, which you know, they
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were closed for three months, but Disneyland was closed for
more than a year. I think it's four hundred and
ten or four hundred and twelve days. I don't remember
what the number was, but they were closed one hundred
or ninety six more days than disney World. And you know,
quick calculation here, Let's see what that costs Disneyland. You know,
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when you're closed for all right, let's say they make
fifteen million dollars a day and multiply that by ninety six,
So that costs Disneyland one point four billion dollars, which
is a lot of money, a ton of money. And
this guy was able to negotiate and navigate all the hurdles,
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all the ups and downs, and he becomes CEO of Disney.
Is this is a huge, huge job. It's probably the
premier job, maybe in the world, but certainly in Hollywood.
It's the premiere job, the best job in Hollywood, I
think by far.
Speaker 6 (08:56):
A major leadership announcement about the Walt Disney Company, Josh
Tomorrow will be the new chief executive Officer of Disney,
a twenty eight year Disney veteran and current chairman of
Disney Experiences, succeeding Bob Eiger after nearly two decades at
the helm. Wow board chairman James Gorman praise Tomorrow's quote
rare combination of inspiring leadership and innovation, adding that his
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strategic vision and passion for the Disney brand make him
the right person to leave Disney's next chapter. Iiger echoed
that confidence, calling Tomorrow quote an exceptional leader with an
instinctive appreciation of the Disney brand and a deep understanding
of what resonates with audiences.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
This is a big deal. When you drive home and
you tell your wife and your kids you are the
main guy for Disney. There's nobody above you.
Speaker 6 (09:46):
That is a big deal, and saying his ability to
combine creativity with operational excellence is exemplary. Iiger will remain
a senior advisor and board member through twenty twenty six
to help guide the transition. Walden will become Disney's first
ever president and chief creative officer. Tomorrow, who has led
Disney's Parks and Experiences division, said he's quote immensely grateful
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for the opportunity, adding there is no limit to what
Disney can achieve. This is a special and exciting day
for the company. Iger and Tomorrow will sit down with
David Muir later today on World News Tonight for an
exclusive interview. Congratulations Josh and Dana, and a big thank
you to Bob Iger from all of us here at
ABC seven, reporting from Burbank, Irene Cruz, ABC.
Speaker 7 (10:33):
Seven, All Right, that sounded like such, It's like what
that sounded like an employee of the company is what.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
That she is? Just it is so over a big congratulation. Yes, yeah,
I don't get down on her for that. Man. That's
how you rise in that company. You got a mind,
you know, you can't be a bitter, you know, just
do you nine to five and and complain about doing
additional work. You that's how you get up and then
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through that company you work your ass off.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
Tim.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
I still find you very funny your story. Thank you,
thank you, Thank you. Great timing. We'll talk about that
during the break.
Speaker 8 (11:14):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Monks is here? Money bags now you bub I'm well,
how's it going, man, I'm doing excellent. Thanks for sharing
that story about your youth driving in the back of
a drunken actor's car on the way to the Rams game.
What a delight. Well, you know there's more to that story.
So I told that story, and you guys were awfully
nice to you know, to give me the courtesy list
genuinely funny. Oh okay, then I'll take that. And then
as I laughed, Bellio said, he goes, oh, they really
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they really liked that story, And I said yeah, and
she said, she said, you don't make me laugh like that. Anymore. Yeah,
And I said I used to like an old George
Jones Tammy Wyette song. That's right. Yeah, yeah, but I
used to make Bellio laugh. And we're just an old
married now. Bellio also visited the newsroom today and we
chatted a bit, and we asked each other, when is
(12:06):
the last time you think Tim Conway Junior ate a vegetable? Okay,
that is a true story. I will tell you it was.
Was it last night? Let's see what I had for
dinner last night? It was do you consider pepperoni a vegetable?
Speaker 9 (12:22):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Yes, I had last night. Okay, No, it was I'd
had chicken wings and pepperoni pizza last night. I eat
like a twenty year old who's not going to see.
Speaker 10 (12:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
That's what we were saying, is like this guy is
always starting stories with Well, I was in the Jack
in the Box drive through. Okay, I ate a California
Pizza Kitchen chopp salad on Saturday and what else? You
didn't go there just for the salad?
Speaker 3 (12:45):
No?
Speaker 2 (12:46):
I went there because I have four friends that we
went and I've known these guys ss like third grade.
That's fair. Yeah, we're just worried about Jaseael. Okay, I
do eat vegetables, though, I do. Like I get red
peppers from Walmart, cut them up, put salt on them,
and down them. I really enjoyed that. Really buy themselves
by themselves.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Cold.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Wow. Yeah, cold red peppers. Good for you. And I'm
trying to think of what I had on Sunday. But
I bet I had vegetables on Sunday as well. Oh,
I had a cucumber. I slice up a cucumber, I
put salt and pepper on it, and I eat it raw. Yeah,
at this rate, you might have a bowel movement by Saturday.
How do you say cucumber? Maybe?
Speaker 3 (13:20):
Maybe?
Speaker 2 (13:20):
I don't know, but I did see. I did see
the big Sharman role. They've got a new roll out
with I think it's five hundred and fifty feet of
toilet paper. Have you seen it?
Speaker 3 (13:30):
No?
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Okay, it's on our social media bellio. Where is that
on social Instagram? And TikTok okay x and an x Okay.
But I'm gonna show you, mister monks here because I
want to. I want you to see how large the
role of the new Sharman role will. You don't have
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to change it, but once every three or four months.
It's literally like three football fields full of toilet paper.
I'll find it. We were talking about spooping that much.
I don't know. I don't know, certainly, not not me.
Speaker 8 (14:04):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
I don't know, but somebody, you know, some I think
what Charman realized is the biggest hassle people have in
the in the bathroom is changing out the toilet paper.
Here it is, Oh, look at that. It's a picture
of you holding it. Yes, in Target, we didn't buy it.
It's not a bad ad because you look a little constipated.
But I will say that it's a great idea. It's
(14:27):
a thousand you know, it's five hundred and fifty feet
of toilet paper. That's for like a juvenile hole. Yes,
you know, but I noticed that the you have to
buy a new hangar for it, a holder for it,
because the one you have is not that big, and
it's not it's not heavy enough, so it's going to
tip over. Well, look quickly. The city Council in Los Angeles'
upset with the LAPD Chief Jim McDonald made last week.
(14:49):
So let me just set the stage for you today.
The LAPD is before the city Council saying, look, we
we know times are tough, but you know us, we
love coming to ask for more positions, and this time
they were asking for one specific position. And this is
a guy who or gal who would handle communications inside
the department, basically the communications that go internally, primarily at
a salary of one hundred and ninety one thousand dollars.
(15:11):
It's not a bad gig at all. Wow. And some
of the council members had raised some questions like, look,
we're laying people off, or people are facing the threat
of layoffs, you know, even still, and here you are
coming yet again with a position that we don't necessarily
have funding for. But there was another question raised by
multiple members of the city council who said last Friday,
when Jim McDonnell was rolling out the crime data which
(15:33):
was very positive for the department in the city, low
murder rates and all that, the chief, the chief was
asked about the state ban on federal agents wearing masks okay,
and whether he was going to force and he said no, Yeah,
he says it's bad public policy. It creates a weird
tension between two departments that have guns. Right, it's kind
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of a weird situation. Is it's bad public policy and
we wouldn't enforce it. He says that best it's a
misdemeanor offense. We're not going to worry about that. And
the city council members said this is unacceptable. In fact,
here is what LA City Council President Marquise Harris Dawson said.
Speaker 7 (16:09):
But I want to join my colleagues in communicating how
disturbing it was to hear that specific message that something like, well,
it isn't a smart law and I don't like it,
so we're not doing it. That just was way beyond
the pale. And I haven't talked to the chief directly.
I'll have that conversation with him, but we you know,
(16:31):
I want to join the council members from this desk
and telling you that that was just wholly unacceptable. The
other thing I'll point out to members is I had
occasion to listen to nine one one calls and people
are calling and saying, I have a van with covered
license plates rolling up to my business. I don't know
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whether to let them in or not. I don't know
if they're ice or not. And the person on the
phone saying, well, you know, the police. We're not going to
send the police to help you, like absolutely heartbreaking, so
and infuriating frankly, that we set up a police department,
we give a number for people to call for help,
and then they call for help and they're basically told
(17:16):
call somewhere else because we're not going to help you.
So I think there's a lot of work that needs
to be done.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
I know this, and that is kind of the sentiment
that the council members were sharing was, Look, we're all
ten toes down on the situation involving immigration agents in
this city, and we're saying, you know, ice out of La,
Ice out of la But the police department does not
seem to share that value. So they voted. Five of
them voted against this hire, which had nothing to do
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with the chief's comments. And did this hire go through yes,
ten to five. In fact, the council president, who you
just heard, also voted for this position. He separated his
feelings about the position and the recent comments by Chief MacDonald. Okay,
but real quickly, Chief McDonald, I think is right. He
doesn't want to create a weird relationship between the federal
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officers and the state in the city. It's an awkward
position for the police department to be in because they
do not do immigration enforcement. They make that clear that
they have to keep a good relationship with illegal immigrants
because there are other crimes that they need to have
sources help them solve. But they are also the ones
who are out there during these protests keeping the crowds
at bay as best they can just various levels of success,
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and they have to have relationships with these federal agencies
on a multitude of other issues outside of immigration. That's right,
all right, Well, there's gonna be more to this, obviously,
this is where it's going to end. No, Yeah, all right,
Monks Nanika eight to ten on Saturday Night. Yeah, look
at that. You got Monks Saturday Night eight to ten.
All right, nice to see it.
Speaker 8 (18:46):
Bob, you're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
You know Jill Biden, remember Joe Biden the President of
the United States. It was president after Trump and before Trump. Yeah,
he sort of bookend the Trump era. So Joe Biden President.
Joe Biden is married to a woman named Jill Biden,
and Joe Biden was married to a man before Joe Biden.
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I didn't know that. I thought they were you know,
they met when they were young, and they got they
fell in love and married, and maybe she married for
the first time. And I had this whole fantasy that,
you know, that he was a little older, accomplished, you know, politician,
and she was a nurse or a teacher, whatever the
hell she did, and they fell in love and became married.
(19:38):
I didn't know she was married before. And her ex
husband is now in a boatload of trouble. I don't
think you can be any any more trouble than this
guy's in.
Speaker 9 (19:51):
The ex husband of former First Lady Joe Biden has
been arrested for allegedly murdering.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
His wife he killed. Allegedly he killed Jill Biden's ex
husband is being accused of killing his wife, and it
happened back in December, but the word is just getting
out there.
Speaker 9 (20:13):
Investigators believe William Stevenson killed his wife Linda after a
call to police about a domestic dispute in December. Officers
responding to the call founder on the living room floor,
where she was pronounced dead at the scene, and.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
He wasn't arrested immediately for that. I wonder why.
Speaker 9 (20:29):
NBC News Legal affairs reporter Gary Grumback joins us. Now
Gary Stevenson was taken into custody just yesterday. He is
now in jail.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Okay, for people who go to the racetrack, this is
going to seem confusing.
Speaker 9 (20:41):
Gary Stevenson was.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Okay, she's saying Gary and then Comma Stevenson was arrested,
Not Gary Stevenson. Gary Stevenson is a well known jockey
at San Anita, retired and now he's an analyst for
I think NBC Sports. She's not saying Gary Stevens was
arrested for beat for killing his wife. She's saying Gary
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Stevens was arrested.
Speaker 9 (21:07):
Gary Stevenson was taken into custy Stephenson.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
It's not even the same name.
Speaker 9 (21:11):
Gary Stevenson was taken into custy just yesterday. He is
now in jail after failing to post the five hundred
thousand dollars cash bail. What else are we learning? Why
did it take authorities so long to make this arrest?
Speaker 2 (21:22):
Great question? The question I had why when you show
up at a domestic dispute, the woman's dead in the
living room and you don't immediately arrest the guy. How
did this happen?
Speaker 11 (21:35):
That's one of the big questions we don't actually really
have answered yet. Stephenson was found dead on December twenty eighth,
and just yesterday William Stevenson, her husband, was indicted by
a Newcastle County grand jury on first degree murder.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Okay, what does that tell you? That she was killed
on December twenty eighth? Tons of anger and hostility and
craziness in that house, because the couple weeks leading up
to Christmas and then the week between Christmas and New
Year's is always casual around the house. You have family in,
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you have friends in, you just did Christmas, you're cleaning up,
you're in the Christmas mood. I think Coast is still
playing Christmas music on Coast one O three point five,
and it's casual. It's not crazy week. But there is
so much anger in this lad that he killed her
allegedly between Christmas and New Year's.
Speaker 11 (22:30):
The way indictments work in local criminal court in Delaware,
it's a one page indictment. All it says is that
he has been indicted of that charge. There's no further
detail on exactly how the grand jury came to that conclusion.
As you say, he does remain behind bars because he
was unable to pay a five hundred one thousand dollars
bail to get out.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
Gary W.
Speaker 9 (22:51):
Moore, can you tell us about Stevenson's relationship with the
former president and first Lady? How long were they married?
When did they divorce?
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Great? Is she still in contact with this guy, her
ex husband who is accused of killing his current wife?
Speaker 3 (23:08):
Yes?
Speaker 11 (23:08):
So, Jill Tracy at the time was married to Bill
Stevenson for five years. They got married in February of
nineteen seventy.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
I wonder why they divorced. Does you think he has
anger issues?
Speaker 3 (23:19):
I don't know.
Speaker 11 (23:20):
I'm divorced officially in nineteen seventy five. And it was
during that time where Jill Biden was a student at
the University of Delaware. William Stevenson was the owner of
this place called the Stone Balloon Club, which is one
of the biggest at the time, one of the biggest
music clubs in the country near a college campus. The
likes of Bruce Springsteen, the Allman Brothers, Dave Matthews Band
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all performed there.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Jill, Yeah, I guess that was the biggest bar in
town and I don't think money was an issue, although
he doesn't have the half million dollars to get out
of jail, So maybe it was, you know, maybe all
the you know, the bars slowed down, the drinks were
in his you know, the alcohol wasn't flowing like it was,
and people found a new place to go, and maybe
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that led to his you know, his wild anger. I
don't know.
Speaker 11 (24:10):
Joe Biden when they got divorced, did try to maintain
her half share in that ballroom, but was denied. It's
unclear what their relationship has been in the past forty
five years or so since they got divorced.
Speaker 2 (24:23):
Wow, what a story that is, you know, I mean,
that's that's wild. The ex husband of the first lady
allegedly wipes out his wife and kills her. Ah man,
and he says had that whole family and is a wild,
wild story. Crazy all right, I'm sure there'll be more
details going out. We are live on KFI AM six
(24:45):
four wink back. We got a happy, great story for
you about these these young girls who were playing hockey
out of Santa Clarita, the I think they call him
the Flyers, and and they went to Colorado to play
in this big tournament, this big hockey tournament, and there
was an accident in the way and one of the
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fathers died. Well, there's a silver lining and there's a
there's at least one great story coming out of that,
and we'll have that for you next.
Speaker 8 (25:14):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on de Mayo from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
You may remember the story that we did. I think
it was on Friday. Maybe it was Thursday. I think
it was Friday. Them where there's a horrible accident. These
Lady Flyers they're calling them. It's the twelve and under
ice hockey team. I think they played at the Cube
out in Valencia or Santa Clarita. I can never get
that straight. I don't know where Santa Clarita starts. Is
(25:42):
Santa Clarita in Valencia? Is Valencia in Santa Clarita, I
don't know, and people have told me in the past,
and I just forgot. So the Lady Flyers they get
on vans and it's a great trip for kids. To
get in vam and travel with kids to another state
to play is the most bonding thing you can do
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as a young person, and they look forward to the
trip more than they do the game. When my daughter
was cheering for Burrows High School, they had an event
in Las Vegas and I told her, I said, hey,
I said, the bus ride there and bag is going
to be the most fun of the trip. And she
(26:28):
was like what I said, Yeah, yeah, trust me, you're
going to have you know, they went on one bus,
a huge bus, and or I think it's two buses,
and that's where you know, you sit next to your
best friend or you know, four or five of your
best friends on a bus and laugh and tell stories
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and it's great. However, when these girls went to Colorado,
there was a horrible accident. A snowplow crossed over into
their lanes from they're going eastbound, stone plow was going westbound,
lost control, hit their van and one of the fathers died.
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One of the fathers died and one of the girls
had to be airlifted to a hospital and the and
there was I think five or six girls in that van,
that's printer van, and some of them got hurt. And
so they asked the girls, do you want to play
the game? Knowing that one of the fathers had passed away,
(27:30):
and one of the girls was injured, and they said, yes,
we want to play for them, and they did and
and you got to And those kids were raised by
beautiful parents to say yes. They didn't quit and they
did very well in this tournament.
Speaker 8 (27:50):
But after a week of grief, a California girls hockey
team is bank home with a trophy.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
What it does with flyers player.
Speaker 5 (28:01):
The Santa Clarita Lady Flyers winning the Colorado Tournament they
were playing in. That victory coming just days after the
father of one of the players was killed after a
snowplow crashed into the team. Van Eyewitnesses reporter Liz Nakey
is live in Santa Clarita as the team has just.
Speaker 12 (28:17):
Returned home links Jovana. It's hard not to smile when
you see that clip of the girls winning that championship moment,
the moment that all happened. The Santa Clarita Lady Flyers
are back. You're at their home rink tonight being celebrated
as champions, but they're also recovering after several very emotional days,
and this memorial outside the rink was waiting for them,
celebrating their big accomplishments, but also recognizing the pain of
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several families that were involved in that deadly crash in
Colorado on the way to the tournament. Now, the team's
coach says, just about a half hour shy of their
destination on Thursday, one of the team vans that was
crashed into by a snowplow that crossed over the road.
It killed the driver in that van, Manny Lorenzana, who
was the father of one of the girls. Several of
the mothers of team players were also in the van
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at the time. They were then sent to the hospital.
The girls then decided not only were they going to
continue on with this tournament and play for their players
who were involved in all of this, but they went
on to win six games and walked away as Western
Girls Hockey Champions.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
Wow, what a great story. This is like a movie
of the week. If they still do a movie of
the Week. I don't know if they still do that,
but this is a great maybe a Hallmark story, but
this is a fantastic idea for a movie, and I
love the You know, it's sad that Manny passed away,
and I'm sure that he did something at the end
trying to protect these kids. You know, turn the van
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where the snowplow hit his side first. I'm one hundred
percent positive this guy went out a hero. But this
is great. They won the tournament. They won all six games.
Speaker 12 (29:50):
But they went on to win six games and walked
away as Western Girls Hockey champions.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
I don't think it's ever happened for that area. I
don't remember ever hearing the that the Lady Flyers or
Valencia or Santa Clarita won some kind of hockey trophy.
I've never heard that, and that would have been big,
you know, it would have been news. Never heard it before.
It might be the first time that's ever happened.
Speaker 12 (30:12):
It was quite a moment when we talked to the
teams captain about a two and a half hour conversation
between these girls between the ages of ten and thirteen
years old about whether they were going to proceed with
this tournament, and then the head coach said, there was
one very special moment that happened in one of those games.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
We all got around in a circle and we all
kind of just talked about if fisha player or not,
and our decision was that we should play because not
for ourselves, but for Manny who was the father, and
for our girls.
Speaker 10 (30:44):
We had a short bench and on the fourth game,
the young girl's father that passed away actually showed up
on the bench. Game four scored about forty seconds into
the game. Wow, as the girls cheering, she was walking
onto my bench with a helmet on, and all the
girls hopped over was giving her hugs because that was
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the first time we saw her, and I think that
just gave all the girls that inspiration to continue on.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
Now.
Speaker 12 (31:11):
You could sort of see the emotional exhaustion in these
girls as they showed to uppear to the rink today,
But they are very proud of themselves, as they should be.
Right now. There are two different online fundraisers that have
been set up to help all of the families involved
in this deadly crash, and collectively they have raised more
than one hundred and twenty thousand dollars to help some
of the families. There's one mother of the team, we're
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told who is still in the hospital in Colorado tonight.
Some of those funds will be used to help the
family return and in their recovery process. We're live in
Valencia tonight, Lizneggi ABC seven idels.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
What a great local story after the disaster. I mean horrible,
uh you know situation where one of the fathers had
passed away. But for those kids to vote to play
and then go on to win the tournament is something
that you know that you would read about in in
a novel. You'd read about it in a book, or
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a screenplay would be written about it. But this is
real life, and I think that they should turn that
into a movie. If somebody in one of your Hollywood
types are listening, that is a great idea for a movie.
And let the kids play themselves. Right, they're probably you know, ten, eleven,
twelve years old, but I think that that is a
(32:25):
you know, it's a story. Those kids are gonna remember
that the rest of their lives. Will also put the
gofundmeme we'll put up on social media to help that
family out. But what story? All right? We're live on
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
Conway Show on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Now
you can always hear us live on KFI AM six
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It's I Am six forty and you're listening to The
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
I Am six forty. It is The Conway Show. Ding Dog.
I was just in the newsroom telling a story that
I told on the air about that's all I do.
I walk around here. I got the nine stories and
then I just changed. My wife accused me that, she says,
(00:31):
you only have nine stories. You just change your friends
every couple of years and lay those new stories on them.
I said, okay, all right, what did I do to you?
You know, why? Why are you banging on me? So
I was in the newsroom and I told the story.
When I was a kid, my dad had six kids,
and so there's no way he could spend, you know,
six hours on a Sunday with one of his kids
(00:53):
with me going to a Rams game and then you
have to come home and he had to spend your
time with all the kids, you know, and he could.
He loved doing that, but he just couldn't afford the
time every Sunday or every other Sunday. So his friend,
who's an actor, I would come by, pick me up,
take me to the coliseum. I would enjoy the football
(01:14):
game with him and they drop me off and it
was a great day. He had seasoned seats. We'd go
down there, we'd watch, you know, almost every Sunday, every
Sunday the Rams were in town. He'd pick me up,
we'd go to the Colisseum one o'clock start. I'd be
home by five o'clock. So I've told that story. And
then a part of the story is one day we
were at the game and he had like, you know,
nineteen beers and he got pulled over by lapd near
(01:37):
the coliseum and DUI back in the early seventies, was
just a ticket and they told you to slow down.
I think it's different nowadays. And I'm sure they recognized
him because he was a big celebrity. So I told
that story on the air probably for twenty five years,
you know, maybe two or three times a year. And
I never ever revealed who the actor was because I
(01:58):
didn't want to embarrass him or his family, even though
he's passed away. And I told that story on the
air one day and Mark Thompson was here and he said, oh,
he goes. I love that McClain Stevenson story. And I said, Mark,
I said, I've never mentioned the guy's name. He's like,
ah Christ, Oh, well the hell, but I had never
(02:20):
mentioned his name. And I told the guys in the
newsroom that because I was telling another story about a
friend of mine who I it was a couple of
days ago. And they said, oh, I can't believe you
told that story on the air, And I said, I
didn't include the friend's name, and I'm not going to
include that friend's name unless that friend outs himself and
(02:44):
then that he owns it.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
What the hell.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
But anyway, so the reason I told you that is
because I was telling the guys that story in the
newsroom and they were laughing. I'd say about an eight
out of ten, maybe a nine out of ten, right,
belly hallway, okay. And then I left the newsroom and
Bellio said, you haven't made me laugh that hard in
a long time. And my response was, I used to.
(03:15):
It's like a married year I left it.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
I used to, I used to, I used to get
you good, and now it's you know, I'm like, repeat, repeat.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Right, right, that's true. You've heard them all, but you
know it's amazing. I got a letter. Maybe I'll do
it today. I got a letter from a woman in
Orange County and her dad, I think his name is Frank.
Her dad, Frank is not well. He has uh, you know,
stage three or four cancer and they don't expect to
(04:00):
him to be around for Christmas. It's very sad email,
and he said, and she said, between now and like,
I don't know, July or so, so we had plenty
of room time. She said, will you tell that. She goes,
I know you want to wait till Thanksgiving maybe to
tell the story. But my dad, she said, maybe I'll
(04:20):
find the email. She said. My dad sleeps all day,
wakes up at three, has what he calls breakfast until
three point thirty, showers, gets back in bed, watches TV,
shuts it off at four o'clock, listens to the radio
from four to seven, then has a beer and goes
to sleep. And he said, and she said, he's been
(04:41):
doing that for way before he had cancer. He's been
doing it for a long time. It's just you know,
he's retired and that's his sort of life. That's very cool.
And she said, will you please tell the Thanksgiving story
with your mom, you know, sometime in the next couple months.
And I said, I promise I will, And I'll email
you before I do it, and she said, that's her
(05:02):
dad's favorite story of all time. It's probably one of
the all time, is that right? Yeah, ah, that's great,
So I will do that. But it's funny how I
you know, and she said she's never heard that story
and she's been listening for a long time. But it's
amazing if you do tell a story on the air.
(05:23):
I have. I have told a story on the air
about me going to the racetrack and with a buddy
and the body thought that, you know, the racetrack, if
you bet and you lose, you get your money back.
I've told that story in the air for thirty years
and I still have very good friends who say they've
never heard it, you know, because they don't listen to radio,
or I didn't tell them around them. But it's amazing,
(05:45):
you know, when you when you tell a story in
the air, you so you think, okay, everybody you heard that,
but you'd be surprised how many people don't hear it
and don't listen to it.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
And so if well, yeah, the audience is constantly changing
in and out of.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Their car, right exactly, So if I do tell story
you've heard it before I apologize, but I'm probably doing
it for somebody who is dying, so maybe you can
give me a break or maybe a new audience. That's right, Yeah,
that's possible as well. That's certainly as possible. All right,
let's get into some news here. Disney has a brand
new CEO. This is a big deal. This is a
(06:21):
big deal. Disney very rarely changes their CEO. Isn't it
Bob Iger? Is that who it is?
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Now?
Speaker 2 (06:27):
I think it's Bob Eiger. It was Bob. Yeah, well
it still is until March, I think is when he finally,
you know, takes off his ears and moves on. But
Disney is a hugely successful company, and anybody that can
rise through the ranks. I think this guy started for
working for Disney in twenty nineteen ninety six, so he's
(06:49):
been with Disney for what thirty years, I think thirty years,
and he has kept his nose clean, has crawled up
the ladder, and now he's going to be the CEO
of Disney and that's a major major accomplishment. He was
He ran Disneyland for a while and then they sent
him back to Disney World and he ran disney World.
(07:12):
But he runs basically the parks, and the parks make
a lot of money. Disneyland. It cost Disneyland five point
seven million dollars a day to keep Disneyland open. Five
and a half million dollars a day is what it
costs that company to keep the park open because they
got to pay employees, electricity, insurance. You know, there's so
many expenses that come along with the park, fixing the rides,
(07:34):
designing new rides, all that stuff. And they they bring
in twenty million dollars a day, so they're making fifteen
million dollars a day with Disneyland. And the governor made
Disneyland closed during the pandemic. The one disney World open
one hundred and sixteen days later, which you know, they
(07:55):
were closed for three months, but Disneyland was closed for
more than a year. I think it's four hundred and
ten or four hundred and twelve days. I don't remember
what the number was, but they were closed one hundred
or ninety six more days than disney World. And you know,
quick calculation here, Let's see what that costs Disneyland. You know,
(08:16):
when you're closed for all right, let's say they make
fifteen million dollars a day and multiply that by ninety six,
So that costs Disneyland one point four billion dollars, which
is a lot of money, a ton of money. And
this guy was able to negotiate and navigate all the hurdles,
(08:39):
all the ups and downs, and he becomes CEO of Disney.
Is this is a huge, huge job. It's probably the
premier job, maybe in the world, but certainly in Hollywood.
It's the premiere job, the best job in Hollywood, I
think by far.
Speaker 6 (08:56):
A major leadership announcement about the Walt Disney Company, Josh
Tomorrow will be the new chief executive Officer of Disney,
a twenty eight year Disney veteran and current chairman of
Disney Experiences, succeeding Bob Eiger after nearly two decades at
the helm. Wow board chairman James Gorman praise Tomorrow's quote
rare combination of inspiring leadership and innovation, adding that his
(09:18):
strategic vision and passion for the Disney brand make him
the right person to leave Disney's next chapter. Iiger echoed
that confidence, calling Tomorrow quote an exceptional leader with an
instinctive appreciation of the Disney brand and a deep understanding
of what resonates with audiences.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
This is a big deal. When you drive home and
you tell your wife and your kids you are the
main guy for Disney. There's nobody above you.
Speaker 6 (09:46):
That is a big deal, and saying his ability to
combine creativity with operational excellence is exemplary. Iiger will remain
a senior advisor and board member through twenty twenty six
to help guide the transition. Walden will become Disney's first
ever president and chief creative officer. Tomorrow, who has led
Disney's Parks and Experiences division, said he's quote immensely grateful
(10:10):
for the opportunity, adding there is no limit to what
Disney can achieve. This is a special and exciting day
for the company. Iger and Tomorrow will sit down with
David Muir later today on World News Tonight for an
exclusive interview. Congratulations Josh and Dana, and a big thank
you to Bob Iger from all of us here at
ABC seven, reporting from Burbank, Irene Cruz, ABC.
Speaker 7 (10:33):
Seven, All Right, that sounded like such, It's like what
that sounded like an employee of the company is what.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
That she is? Just it is so over a big congratulation. Yes, yeah,
I don't get down on her for that. Man. That's
how you rise in that company. You got a mind,
you know, you can't be a bitter, you know, just
do you nine to five and and complain about doing
additional work. You that's how you get up and then
(11:01):
through that company you work your ass off.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
Tim.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
I still find you very funny your story. Thank you,
thank you, Thank you. Great timing. We'll talk about that
during the break.
Speaker 8 (11:14):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Monks is here? Money bags now you bub I'm well,
how's it going, man, I'm doing excellent. Thanks for sharing
that story about your youth driving in the back of
a drunken actor's car on the way to the Rams game.
What a delight. Well, you know there's more to that story.
So I told that story, and you guys were awfully
nice to you know, to give me the courtesy list
genuinely funny. Oh okay, then I'll take that. And then
as I laughed, Bellio said, he goes, oh, they really
(11:45):
they really liked that story, And I said yeah, and
she said, she said, you don't make me laugh like that. Anymore. Yeah,
And I said I used to like an old George
Jones Tammy Wyette song. That's right. Yeah, yeah, but I
used to make Bellio laugh. And we're just an old
married now. Bellio also visited the newsroom today and we
chatted a bit, and we asked each other, when is
(12:06):
the last time you think Tim Conway Junior ate a vegetable? Okay,
that is a true story. I will tell you it was.
Was it last night? Let's see what I had for
dinner last night? It was do you consider pepperoni a vegetable?
Speaker 9 (12:22):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Yes, I had last night. Okay, No, it was I'd
had chicken wings and pepperoni pizza last night. I eat
like a twenty year old who's not going to see.
Speaker 10 (12:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
That's what we were saying, is like this guy is
always starting stories with Well, I was in the Jack
in the Box drive through. Okay, I ate a California
Pizza Kitchen chopp salad on Saturday and what else? You
didn't go there just for the salad?
Speaker 3 (12:45):
No?
Speaker 2 (12:46):
I went there because I have four friends that we
went and I've known these guys ss like third grade.
That's fair. Yeah, we're just worried about Jaseael. Okay, I
do eat vegetables, though, I do. Like I get red
peppers from Walmart, cut them up, put salt on them,
and down them. I really enjoyed that. Really buy themselves
by themselves.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Cold.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Wow. Yeah, cold red peppers. Good for you. And I'm
trying to think of what I had on Sunday. But
I bet I had vegetables on Sunday as well. Oh,
I had a cucumber. I slice up a cucumber, I
put salt and pepper on it, and I eat it raw. Yeah,
at this rate, you might have a bowel movement by Saturday.
How do you say cucumber? Maybe?
Speaker 3 (13:20):
Maybe?
Speaker 2 (13:20):
I don't know, but I did see. I did see
the big Sharman role. They've got a new roll out
with I think it's five hundred and fifty feet of
toilet paper. Have you seen it?
Speaker 3 (13:30):
No?
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Okay, it's on our social media bellio. Where is that
on social Instagram? And TikTok okay x and an x Okay.
But I'm gonna show you, mister monks here because I
want to. I want you to see how large the
role of the new Sharman role will. You don't have
(13:52):
to change it, but once every three or four months.
It's literally like three football fields full of toilet paper.
I'll find it. We were talking about spooping that much.
I don't know. I don't know, certainly, not not me.
Speaker 8 (14:04):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
I don't know, but somebody, you know, some I think
what Charman realized is the biggest hassle people have in
the in the bathroom is changing out the toilet paper.
Here it is, Oh, look at that. It's a picture
of you holding it. Yes, in Target, we didn't buy it.
It's not a bad ad because you look a little constipated.
But I will say that it's a great idea. It's
(14:27):
a thousand you know, it's five hundred and fifty feet
of toilet paper. That's for like a juvenile hole. Yes,
you know, but I noticed that the you have to
buy a new hangar for it, a holder for it,
because the one you have is not that big, and
it's not it's not heavy enough, so it's going to
tip over. Well, look quickly. The city Council in Los Angeles'
upset with the LAPD Chief Jim McDonald made last week.
(14:49):
So let me just set the stage for you today.
The LAPD is before the city Council saying, look, we
we know times are tough, but you know us, we
love coming to ask for more positions, and this time
they were asking for one specific position. And this is
a guy who or gal who would handle communications inside
the department, basically the communications that go internally, primarily at
a salary of one hundred and ninety one thousand dollars.
(15:11):
It's not a bad gig at all. Wow. And some
of the council members had raised some questions like, look,
we're laying people off, or people are facing the threat
of layoffs, you know, even still, and here you are
coming yet again with a position that we don't necessarily
have funding for. But there was another question raised by
multiple members of the city council who said last Friday,
when Jim McDonnell was rolling out the crime data which
(15:33):
was very positive for the department in the city, low
murder rates and all that, the chief, the chief was
asked about the state ban on federal agents wearing masks okay,
and whether he was going to force and he said no, Yeah,
he says it's bad public policy. It creates a weird
tension between two departments that have guns. Right, it's kind
(15:54):
of a weird situation. Is it's bad public policy and
we wouldn't enforce it. He says that best it's a
misdemeanor offense. We're not going to worry about that. And
the city council members said this is unacceptable. In fact,
here is what LA City Council President Marquise Harris Dawson said.
Speaker 7 (16:09):
But I want to join my colleagues in communicating how
disturbing it was to hear that specific message that something like, well,
it isn't a smart law and I don't like it,
so we're not doing it. That just was way beyond
the pale. And I haven't talked to the chief directly.
I'll have that conversation with him, but we you know,
(16:31):
I want to join the council members from this desk
and telling you that that was just wholly unacceptable. The
other thing I'll point out to members is I had
occasion to listen to nine one one calls and people
are calling and saying, I have a van with covered
license plates rolling up to my business. I don't know
(16:53):
whether to let them in or not. I don't know
if they're ice or not. And the person on the
phone saying, well, you know, the police. We're not going to
send the police to help you, like absolutely heartbreaking, so
and infuriating frankly, that we set up a police department,
we give a number for people to call for help,
and then they call for help and they're basically told
(17:16):
call somewhere else because we're not going to help you.
So I think there's a lot of work that needs
to be done.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
I know this, and that is kind of the sentiment
that the council members were sharing was, Look, we're all
ten toes down on the situation involving immigration agents in
this city, and we're saying, you know, ice out of La,
Ice out of la But the police department does not
seem to share that value. So they voted. Five of
them voted against this hire, which had nothing to do
(17:43):
with the chief's comments. And did this hire go through yes,
ten to five. In fact, the council president, who you
just heard, also voted for this position. He separated his
feelings about the position and the recent comments by Chief MacDonald. Okay,
but real quickly, Chief McDonald, I think is right. He
doesn't want to create a weird relationship between the federal
(18:04):
officers and the state in the city. It's an awkward
position for the police department to be in because they
do not do immigration enforcement. They make that clear that
they have to keep a good relationship with illegal immigrants
because there are other crimes that they need to have
sources help them solve. But they are also the ones
who are out there during these protests keeping the crowds
at bay as best they can just various levels of success,
(18:28):
and they have to have relationships with these federal agencies
on a multitude of other issues outside of immigration. That's right,
all right, Well, there's gonna be more to this, obviously,
this is where it's going to end. No, Yeah, all right,
Monks Nanika eight to ten on Saturday Night. Yeah, look
at that. You got Monks Saturday Night eight to ten.
All right, nice to see it.
Speaker 8 (18:46):
Bob, you're listening to Tim Conway Junior on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
You know Jill Biden, remember Joe Biden the President of
the United States. It was president after Trump and before Trump. Yeah,
he sort of bookend the Trump era. So Joe Biden President.
Joe Biden is married to a woman named Jill Biden,
and Joe Biden was married to a man before Joe Biden.
(19:16):
I didn't know that. I thought they were you know,
they met when they were young, and they got they
fell in love and married, and maybe she married for
the first time. And I had this whole fantasy that,
you know, that he was a little older, accomplished, you know, politician,
and she was a nurse or a teacher, whatever the
hell she did, and they fell in love and became married.
(19:38):
I didn't know she was married before. And her ex
husband is now in a boatload of trouble. I don't
think you can be any any more trouble than this
guy's in.
Speaker 9 (19:51):
The ex husband of former First Lady Joe Biden has
been arrested for allegedly murdering.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
His wife he killed. Allegedly he killed Jill Biden's ex
husband is being accused of killing his wife, and it
happened back in December, but the word is just getting
out there.
Speaker 9 (20:13):
Investigators believe William Stevenson killed his wife Linda after a
call to police about a domestic dispute in December. Officers
responding to the call founder on the living room floor,
where she was pronounced dead at the scene, and.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
He wasn't arrested immediately for that. I wonder why.
Speaker 9 (20:29):
NBC News Legal affairs reporter Gary Grumback joins us. Now
Gary Stevenson was taken into custody just yesterday. He is
now in jail.
Speaker 2 (20:37):
Okay, for people who go to the racetrack, this is
going to seem confusing.
Speaker 9 (20:41):
Gary Stevenson was.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Okay, she's saying Gary and then Comma Stevenson was arrested,
Not Gary Stevenson. Gary Stevenson is a well known jockey
at San Anita, retired and now he's an analyst for
I think NBC Sports. She's not saying Gary Stevens was
arrested for beat for killing his wife. She's saying Gary
(21:05):
Stevens was arrested.
Speaker 9 (21:07):
Gary Stevenson was taken into custy Stephenson.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
It's not even the same name.
Speaker 9 (21:11):
Gary Stevenson was taken into custy just yesterday. He is
now in jail after failing to post the five hundred
thousand dollars cash bail. What else are we learning? Why
did it take authorities so long to make this arrest?
Speaker 2 (21:22):
Great question? The question I had why when you show
up at a domestic dispute, the woman's dead in the
living room and you don't immediately arrest the guy. How
did this happen?
Speaker 11 (21:35):
That's one of the big questions we don't actually really
have answered yet. Stephenson was found dead on December twenty eighth,
and just yesterday William Stevenson, her husband, was indicted by
a Newcastle County grand jury on first degree murder.
Speaker 2 (21:49):
Okay, what does that tell you? That she was killed
on December twenty eighth? Tons of anger and hostility and
craziness in that house, because the couple weeks leading up
to Christmas and then the week between Christmas and New
Year's is always casual around the house. You have family in,
(22:09):
you have friends in, you just did Christmas, you're cleaning up,
you're in the Christmas mood. I think Coast is still
playing Christmas music on Coast one O three point five,
and it's casual. It's not crazy week. But there is
so much anger in this lad that he killed her
allegedly between Christmas and New Year's.
Speaker 11 (22:30):
The way indictments work in local criminal court in Delaware,
it's a one page indictment. All it says is that
he has been indicted of that charge. There's no further
detail on exactly how the grand jury came to that conclusion.
As you say, he does remain behind bars because he
was unable to pay a five hundred one thousand dollars
bail to get out.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
Gary W.
Speaker 9 (22:51):
Moore, can you tell us about Stevenson's relationship with the
former president and first Lady? How long were they married?
When did they divorce?
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Great? Is she still in contact with this guy, her
ex husband who is accused of killing his current wife?
Speaker 3 (23:08):
Yes?
Speaker 11 (23:08):
So, Jill Tracy at the time was married to Bill
Stevenson for five years. They got married in February of
nineteen seventy.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
I wonder why they divorced. Does you think he has
anger issues?
Speaker 3 (23:19):
I don't know.
Speaker 11 (23:20):
I'm divorced officially in nineteen seventy five. And it was
during that time where Jill Biden was a student at
the University of Delaware. William Stevenson was the owner of
this place called the Stone Balloon Club, which is one
of the biggest at the time, one of the biggest
music clubs in the country near a college campus. The
likes of Bruce Springsteen, the Allman Brothers, Dave Matthews Band
(23:42):
all performed there.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Jill, Yeah, I guess that was the biggest bar in
town and I don't think money was an issue, although
he doesn't have the half million dollars to get out
of jail, So maybe it was, you know, maybe all
the you know, the bars slowed down, the drinks were
in his you know, the alcohol wasn't flowing like it was,
and people found a new place to go, and maybe
(24:05):
that led to his you know, his wild anger. I
don't know.
Speaker 11 (24:10):
Joe Biden when they got divorced, did try to maintain
her half share in that ballroom, but was denied. It's
unclear what their relationship has been in the past forty
five years or so since they got divorced.
Speaker 2 (24:23):
Wow, what a story that is, you know, I mean,
that's that's wild. The ex husband of the first lady
allegedly wipes out his wife and kills her. Ah man,
and he says had that whole family and is a wild,
wild story. Crazy all right, I'm sure there'll be more
details going out. We are live on KFI AM six
(24:45):
four wink back. We got a happy, great story for
you about these these young girls who were playing hockey
out of Santa Clarita, the I think they call him
the Flyers, and and they went to Colorado to play
in this big tournament, this big hockey tournament, and there
was an accident in the way and one of the
(25:05):
fathers died. Well, there's a silver lining and there's a
there's at least one great story coming out of that,
and we'll have that for you next.
Speaker 8 (25:14):
You're listening to Tim Conway Junior on de Mayo from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
You may remember the story that we did. I think
it was on Friday. Maybe it was Thursday. I think
it was Friday. Them where there's a horrible accident. These
Lady Flyers they're calling them. It's the twelve and under
ice hockey team. I think they played at the Cube
out in Valencia or Santa Clarita. I can never get
that straight. I don't know where Santa Clarita starts. Is
(25:42):
Santa Clarita in Valencia? Is Valencia in Santa Clarita, I
don't know, and people have told me in the past,
and I just forgot. So the Lady Flyers they get
on vans and it's a great trip for kids. To
get in vam and travel with kids to another state
to play is the most bonding thing you can do
(26:05):
as a young person, and they look forward to the
trip more than they do the game. When my daughter
was cheering for Burrows High School, they had an event
in Las Vegas and I told her, I said, hey,
I said, the bus ride there and bag is going
to be the most fun of the trip. And she
(26:28):
was like what I said, Yeah, yeah, trust me, you're
going to have you know, they went on one bus,
a huge bus, and or I think it's two buses,
and that's where you know, you sit next to your
best friend or you know, four or five of your
best friends on a bus and laugh and tell stories
(26:49):
and it's great. However, when these girls went to Colorado,
there was a horrible accident. A snowplow crossed over into
their lanes from they're going eastbound, stone plow was going westbound,
lost control, hit their van and one of the fathers died.
(27:09):
One of the fathers died and one of the girls
had to be airlifted to a hospital and the and
there was I think five or six girls in that van,
that's printer van, and some of them got hurt. And
so they asked the girls, do you want to play
the game? Knowing that one of the fathers had passed away,
(27:30):
and one of the girls was injured, and they said, yes,
we want to play for them, and they did and
and you got to And those kids were raised by
beautiful parents to say yes. They didn't quit and they
did very well in this tournament.
Speaker 8 (27:50):
But after a week of grief, a California girls hockey
team is bank home with a trophy.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
What it does with flyers player.
Speaker 5 (28:01):
The Santa Clarita Lady Flyers winning the Colorado Tournament they
were playing in. That victory coming just days after the
father of one of the players was killed after a
snowplow crashed into the team. Van Eyewitnesses reporter Liz Nakey
is live in Santa Clarita as the team has just.
Speaker 12 (28:17):
Returned home links Jovana. It's hard not to smile when
you see that clip of the girls winning that championship moment,
the moment that all happened. The Santa Clarita Lady Flyers
are back. You're at their home rink tonight being celebrated
as champions, but they're also recovering after several very emotional days,
and this memorial outside the rink was waiting for them,
celebrating their big accomplishments, but also recognizing the pain of
(28:40):
several families that were involved in that deadly crash in
Colorado on the way to the tournament. Now, the team's
coach says, just about a half hour shy of their
destination on Thursday, one of the team vans that was
crashed into by a snowplow that crossed over the road.
It killed the driver in that van, Manny Lorenzana, who
was the father of one of the girls. Several of
the mothers of team players were also in the van
(29:02):
at the time. They were then sent to the hospital.
The girls then decided not only were they going to
continue on with this tournament and play for their players
who were involved in all of this, but they went
on to win six games and walked away as Western
Girls Hockey Champions.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
Wow, what a great story. This is like a movie
of the week. If they still do a movie of
the Week. I don't know if they still do that,
but this is a great maybe a Hallmark story, but
this is a fantastic idea for a movie, and I
love the You know, it's sad that Manny passed away,
and I'm sure that he did something at the end
trying to protect these kids. You know, turn the van
(29:41):
where the snowplow hit his side first. I'm one hundred
percent positive this guy went out a hero. But this
is great. They won the tournament. They won all six games.
Speaker 12 (29:50):
But they went on to win six games and walked
away as Western Girls Hockey champions.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
I don't think it's ever happened for that area. I
don't remember ever hearing the that the Lady Flyers or
Valencia or Santa Clarita won some kind of hockey trophy.
I've never heard that, and that would have been big,
you know, it would have been news. Never heard it before.
It might be the first time that's ever happened.
Speaker 12 (30:12):
It was quite a moment when we talked to the
teams captain about a two and a half hour conversation
between these girls between the ages of ten and thirteen
years old about whether they were going to proceed with
this tournament, and then the head coach said, there was
one very special moment that happened in one of those games.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
We all got around in a circle and we all
kind of just talked about if fisha player or not,
and our decision was that we should play because not
for ourselves, but for Manny who was the father, and
for our girls.
Speaker 10 (30:44):
We had a short bench and on the fourth game,
the young girl's father that passed away actually showed up
on the bench. Game four scored about forty seconds into
the game. Wow, as the girls cheering, she was walking
onto my bench with a helmet on, and all the
girls hopped over was giving her hugs because that was
(31:04):
the first time we saw her, and I think that
just gave all the girls that inspiration to continue on.
Speaker 3 (31:11):
Now.
Speaker 12 (31:11):
You could sort of see the emotional exhaustion in these
girls as they showed to uppear to the rink today,
But they are very proud of themselves, as they should be.
Right now. There are two different online fundraisers that have
been set up to help all of the families involved
in this deadly crash, and collectively they have raised more
than one hundred and twenty thousand dollars to help some
of the families. There's one mother of the team, we're
(31:31):
told who is still in the hospital in Colorado tonight.
Some of those funds will be used to help the
family return and in their recovery process. We're live in
Valencia tonight, Lizneggi ABC seven idels.
Speaker 2 (31:42):
What a great local story after the disaster. I mean horrible,
uh you know situation where one of the fathers had
passed away. But for those kids to vote to play
and then go on to win the tournament is something
that you know that you would read about in in
a novel. You'd read about it in a book, or
(32:03):
a screenplay would be written about it. But this is
real life, and I think that they should turn that
into a movie. If somebody in one of your Hollywood
types are listening, that is a great idea for a movie.
And let the kids play themselves. Right, they're probably you know, ten, eleven,
twelve years old, but I think that that is a
(32:25):
you know, it's a story. Those kids are gonna remember
that the rest of their lives. Will also put the
gofundmeme we'll put up on social media to help that
family out. But what story? All right? We're live on
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (32:42):
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