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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And this is West Michigan's morning News Steve Kelly, Brett
Pakita Schmidty kicking off day two of the radiothon on
Star War five point seven at seven o'clock this morning.
So she's just down the hall getting ready. Woodradio dot Com.
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the communities we serve.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Oh yeah, Brett Pekita's here too.

Speaker 3 (00:24):
What's talk online and What's Talk now at Woodradio dot how.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
This is the Trending Now report on Wood Radio. Not
leaving you out, Brett. Just so you know, I know.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
The Drug Enforcement Agency aka the DEA launched a new
nationwide initiative this week called Fentanyl Free America, allowing the
agency to ramp up its crackdown on fentanyl in the
United States. Dan Aleski is a DEA Special Agent in charge.

Speaker 4 (00:53):
As much as each and every day, I'm going out
there in my colleagues at DA talking about the cartel
threat and the tragic lossle life. It's still obviously that
we're not reaching enough people. And so that's why there
is the enforcement part of this initiative, but also the
public messaging campaign.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
So you heard during Top of the Hour news thirty
year old Virginia man has been arrested. Thirty year old
and accused of planting two pipe bombs outside both the
Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters before the January sixth
Capitol riot almost five years ago.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
FBI Director Cash Battel.

Speaker 3 (01:28):
This FBI was able to pull data out of the
millions of lines of information and cell phone dumps to
triangulate not just who it was and the location, but
we were able to use our tools and build evidence
that's usable in a court of law.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
Director Petel also said the suspects shoes were also helpful
in finding him, and the Trump administration's cracked down on
crime has faced backlash from Democrats in Congress and state
leaders from coast to coast. Homeland Security Christie Secretary Christine
Nome on Ingraham Angle yesterday on Fox News.

Speaker 5 (02:01):
They've arrested literally thousands of terrorists and removed them from
our country. And these are terrorists that are affiliated with
ISIS al Qaeda HAMAS. They're also affiliated with MS thirteen TDA.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
Recent protests have erupted in New Orleans after the Department
of Homeland Security targeted the city on a mission to
detain criminal migrants who have entered the nation illegally. More
Atwoodradio dot com.

Speaker 6 (02:25):
It's all about college football Conference championship weekend coming up
starting tonight with some games included a Big American Conference Championship.
I just want to run you through the docket because
you don't need to do anything else from tonight through
tomorrow nights, right except watch college football. So twenty fourth
rank North Texas at eleven and one will take on
twenty Threrank to Lane at ten and two. That's eight

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o'clock on ABC tonight. That it all goes crazy tomorrow
at noon with three games ESPN MAC Championship Game Mya
Ohio versus Western from Ford Field. But you also have
the Big twelve Championship game Nude on ABC number eleven,
YU at eleven and one versus number four Texas Tech
at eleven to one. Gonna be a great game. Four
o'clock on ABC SEC Championship Game number three Georgia, can

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they finally beat Alabama? An SEC Championship game number nine
Crimson Tied come in at ten and two. Georgia at
eleven and one. This is all for trying to get
that first round by two and where you're placed or
if you fall out of the college football playoff eight
o'clock on ABC ACC Championship game. Probably the least amount
of excitement around this when you got Duke at seven
and five, Number seventeen, Virginia ten and two, and then

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of course eight o'clock Fox seventeen Tomorrow night, Big Ten
Championship game from Indy number one and unbeating Ohio State
at twelve and zero against number two Indiana at twelve
and zero. Fernando Mendoza, the quarterback for the Hoosiers against
Julian Sane, the young quarterback for Ohio State. Many people
are saying, if one of them stands out in this game,
could they win the Heisman Trophy. They're both really considered

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finalists in that. And then if that's not enough, Steve Kelly,
how about the Division two quarter final playoff game for
number one and un beaten thirteen to zero farri State
hosting Minnesota State tomorrow. That'll be one o'clock up at
top Tiggert Field. Tickets are still available Farristate Bulldogs dot
Com Noon the coverage on ninety six to one the game.

Speaker 1 (04:11):
There's a lot of information there. Back up a minute,
did you reference Duke having a football team with some
sort of success.

Speaker 6 (04:18):
Yeah, their basketball team plays Michigan State tomorrow in a
big game at noon at the Bresident Center. But their
football team actually qualified for the ACC Championship.

Speaker 2 (04:28):
News to me. That's why we listened to Brett Bikita.
I try