Trending News November 19, 2025

Our top trending stories for this Wednesday November 19, 2025. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, this is West Michigan's morning News Steve Kelly, Bretakeita,
Lawrence Smith. It is Wednesday, November nineteen, twenty twenty five,
the twenty second annual Turkey drop for Mel Trotter Ministers.
More about that as we get to today's Trending segment,
brought to you by Consumer's Energy, dedicated to Michigan and

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the communities we serve.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
What's not online and what talk now at Woodradio dot
how This is the Trending Now report on Wood Radio.

Speaker 1 (00:30):
Start with a little national news. The House Senate voted
almost unanimously yesterday to pass a bill that would force
the Justice Department to publicly release all of its files
on child sex vender Jeffrey Epstein. Here is South Carolina
Representative Nancy Mace For.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
The women out there, like myself who haven't gotten justice,
This is a moment that gives I hope, all of
us hope across the country.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
That was on Fox's News at night last Night's headed
to the President's desk speaking of it, President Trump spent
too much money, I'm sorry, spent much of Tuesday. I'm
not sure where that came from. With Saudi Arabian counterpart
at the White House. By the way, that guy's got
some cash to spend. Senator Ted Cruz on that relationship.

Speaker 4 (01:20):
I believe the Saudis will enter the Abraham Accords. And
you want to talk about taking a massive step forward
for peace in the Middle East, expanding the Abraham Accords
to bring together Arabs and Jews. That is historic and
only Donald Trump has been able to do that in
our lifetime.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
Could be nearly a trillion dollars deal with the United
States and Saudi Arabia and President Trump proposing the government
issue a two thousand dollars dividend check to all Americans.
Senator Tommy Tumberville.

Speaker 5 (01:52):
Will take in three trillion dollars in the next ten years.
The tariffs are working, number one. Democrats screaming and you ow,
and they're not working. President Trump doesn't know what he's doing. Yes,
they're working.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
You'll find Morewoodradio dot com.

Speaker 3 (02:05):
All right. Also trending today is the day the Turkey
drop for Meltrotter Ministries. Is that our second one of
the morning. I'm gonna start telling this is a really
phenomenal day, West Michigan. It's your chance to step up
and help us feed families all across our neighborhoods to
make sure they have a holiday meal. So it's very easy.
You're thinking right now as you wake up, grab a

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frozen bird or two from your local establishment of choice,
and stop out to any one of our locations. This
officially kicks off at seven this morning, goes until seven tonight.
We are going to be live later this afternoon at
Celebration Cinema North, but you can also drop off at
Celebration Cinema South, the Meltrotter Ministries downtown Grand Rapids location.

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They're Thrift Store in Jennison and for our Lake Shore
Friends Gateway Mission Men's Center in Holland and Muskegan Rescue
Missions Men's Shelter. So please please, we'll also take monetary
donations at Turkey he dropped dot.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
Org well said.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
College football Playoff Rankings Week three came out last night
between the college men's basketball games at Madison Square Garden.
Real interesting. So let me take you through this first
round bys as it sits right now, and this is
going to change. You got two weeks left, plus you
got Championship week. So Ohio State one, Indiana two, Texas
A and M three Georgia. Now moves in at number

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four Alabama losing it home to Oklahoma, Alabama dropped to
number ten. You have at five Texas Tech out of
the Big twelve Ole Missus six, Oregon, seven, Oklahoma eight,
Notre Dame nine. Then I mentioned Alabama ten, usc Is
the next Big ten team at fifteen at eight and two,
Michigan at eighteen at eight and two, and then Illinois

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got into the top twenty five at number twenty one
at seven and three. So your first round buys would
be Ohio State, Indiana, Texas, A and M and Georgia.
Your first round games that would be on campus December
nineteenth and twenty right now would be number twelve two Lane.
They would get in as the American Conference champion at
number five Texas Tech, then number eleven, Miami out of

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the ACC at number six, Old miss number ten, Alabama
at number seven, Oregan and number nine Notre Dame at
number eight Oklahoma. I mean great matchups for the opening
round