Trending News December 1, 2025

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:13):
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Speaker 1 (00:18):
This is the Trending Now report on Wood Radio. Members
of the Trump administration meeting with Ukrainian officials in Florida
yesterday to discuss a possible peace settlement to halt Russia's
invasion of Ukraine. Head of Ukraine's Security Council is Roustom.

(00:40):
It's Russian umarav and I think I got that right.

Speaker 3 (00:43):
We're thankful for the efforts of the United States and
it's team to helping us. US is hearing US, US
is supporting US, US is walking besides us, and we're
thankful for all what has been done until today, and
we're looking forward to have a successful, productive meeting today.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Ukraine had agreed on a piece deal last week. We
will keep you posted. And Afghan national in custody accused
opening fire on two National Guard troops near the White
House in Washington, DC last week. Here is Secretary Christine
Nome on CBS yesterday.

Speaker 4 (01:21):
All the information that was gathered on that vetting process
was gathered under the Biden administration. His asylum claim applications
started under the Biden administration. That information was provided by them,
and the responsibility lies with them.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
Of course, it gets political not so fast as Senator
Chris van Holland of Maryland.

Speaker 5 (01:38):
This is a desperate attempt of the Trump administration to
blame everybody else in the world and not accept any accountability.

Speaker 1 (01:46):
There's Morewoodradio dot Com.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Also turning this morning. I just love this part of
the Lions. So over the weekend, one of those big
high school playoff games for the finals Unity Christian against
Dearborn Divine Child, which just happened to be Aiden Hutchinson's
high school team against Isaac Tuslaws, and Aiden was asked
about it pregame.

Speaker 6 (02:07):
It's against Tuslaw's team, so that's another storyline that's fun.
So we were already chatting up about it if we're
going to go or not, but we'll see. But yeah,
it's it's fun. You're just a message to all those
players that look up to you, that are covering their
own path right now, keep it up. I mean they've
gone farther than I've ever gone in my high school career.
So that's the props to them, and the props of
their chemistry and teamwork. And man, be rooting for you.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
I like that, dude.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
I like him, both of them a lot. Unfortunately, Unity
christian A lost twenty three to twenty two, but just
goes to show what goes on in that lion's locker
room is a lot of fun.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
You're here, you know what.

Speaker 5 (02:43):
I've come to like Hutch because he's a line because
he went to that school that I really can't stand
to college. But I like the fact that even got
Isaac Tuslaw's name right, the way he got out right,
he knows how to do it well. Way to go, Hutch.
From there, we got to go to the college football
coaching care is always fun this time of year. And wow,
it was spinning.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
There goes coach Smith.

Speaker 5 (03:04):
Yeah, exactly, just spun right out of there like the
wash cycle. And Jonathan Smith has been fired at Michigan State.
You've probably heard the reports already. They were coming out
yesterday after the announcement of his firing. That fifty year
old Pat Fitzgerald, who reached a settlement with Northwestern in
August that was two years running, is going to be
the lead candidate. He denied wrongdoing for a hazing scandal

(03:28):
and sued for one hundred million dollars one hundred and
thirty million dollars. They did settle that and no announcement
on what it was. But Fitzgerald was an All American
linebacker of the Wildcats start in the nineteen ninety five
team that won the Big Ten and played in the
Rose Bowl. And if you're wondering had success, he's one
hundred and ten to one hundred and one and seventeen
seasons at Northwestern, but led them to two Big Ten

(03:48):
West championships in twenty eighteen and twenty into five Bowl victories.
So it looks like he's going to be announced, maybe
as early as today. The other side of that lane,
Kiffin leaving Old Miss to go to LSU twelve million
per year at seven seasons and there's a chance to
bonus on top of that. Come on, So he leaves

(04:10):
Old Miss and Ole Miss then says, guess what you're
going to LSU. You're not going to coach our team
at the college Football Playoff which they only have one loss,
and that's coming up. So they're gonna have an intrium
head coach that's already on staff who's a former NFL
head coach take over his spot.

Speaker 2 (04:26):
Unbelievable, bonusing twelve million is a little tight, that's right,