Trending News September 5, 2025

Our top trending stories for this Friday September 5, 2025. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is West Michigan's morning News. Steve Kelly, Bret Pakata,
Lawrence Smith. It is Friday, September fifth, twenty twenty five.
In Our Trending segment is brought to you by Consumers Energy,
dedicated to Michigan and the communities we serve.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
What's taught online and what talk now at Woodradio Dot how.

Speaker 3 (00:19):
This is the Trending Now report on Wood Radio.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
President Trump signed an executive order yesterday to formalize a
trade deal with Japan that was announced earlier this summer.
In a video shared a platform, ex Commerce Secretary Howard
Lutnick touts the five hundred and fifty billion dollars in
investment from Japan that was also part of the trade deal.

Speaker 4 (00:43):
President Trump can commit those funds to building the infrastructure.

Speaker 5 (00:48):
Of America to help America.

Speaker 4 (00:50):
Reach its nationally economics security.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
Japanese automakers have faced heavy losses because of the tariffs.
Rhode Island and Connecticut are suing the Trump administration for
halting its Revolution Win project, which was eighty percent complete.
Government issue to stop work order and said in August
that it will review the project over national security concerns.

(01:16):
Energy Secretary Chris Wright they're.

Speaker 4 (01:18):
All still collecting subsidies. They're all still there. At least
we can stop the damage. Let's stop digging the hole,
and then let's build some more natural gas power plants.
Let's build some nuclear plants. Let's expand the capacity of
existing plants.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
And Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior,
testifying to the Senate Finance Committee yesterday morning, the HHS
secretary answering question from committee ranking member Ron Whyden on
whether he pressured former CDC Director Susan manaiaz to Be
to reapprove recommendations from a vaccine advisory panel.

Speaker 5 (01:54):
Didn't you, in fact do what Director Monaras said you did,
which is tell her to just go along with vaccine
recommendations even if she didn't think such recommendations aligned with
scientific evidence. No, I didn't.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
In a couple words, you'll find more Woodradio dot.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
Com also trending this morning. Of course, our Detory Lions
have their first game one week one game this Sunday,
even though it's on the road next weekend on the fourteenth.
If you're headed to Ford Field, you'll have a new menu.

Speaker 3 (02:26):
Oh check out.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
So a new lineup features a ton of local partnerships
and creative dishes. It includes things like a Fuz Brisket, sandwich,
dill Tator Tots, and a Coney Flight which sounds.

Speaker 3 (02:40):
Really really cool.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
Oh yeah, but their big one, the Jamier Spin Dash Combo.
This is inspired by Lions running Back. Jamier Gibbs actually
kind of co created this with them. It features a
pizza on top of a burger, served with custom Sonic
Golden Ring Tots and Honolulu Blue Sour Patch kids all together.

(03:03):
I don't think altogether. That's what I was trying to
figure out. I think you get the tots and the
Sour Patch kids on the side, but the burger is
on top.

Speaker 3 (03:12):
Of it like a kid's meal. I'll take my sour
Patch and my yeah.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
So you can get that. The Jamiir Spin Dash Combo
will be exclusively at Ford Field.

Speaker 1 (03:21):
She doesn't like to mix his foods all up. But
I would eat all of those things.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
But a lot of people do.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
Pizza though, could be good, yeah.

Speaker 3 (03:27):
Or just to make it a pizza burger, you know
what I mean? Yeah, just combined. Whoever came up by
the way with flight, Yes, is awesome. Anything I told you,
I went to a dairy on our trip out west
and they had ice cream flights. Oh that's good, three
different scoops.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
I would like three versions of vanilla and make delicious.

Speaker 3 (03:49):
Come on, Steve, Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark coming out
with some bad news for all the Fever fans and
her fans. She has ruled herself out for the remainder
of the twenty twenty five WNBA season due to injury.

Speaker 1 (04:02):
That's not good for the least.

Speaker 3 (04:03):
Yeah, She's been limited to thirteen games this season, hasn't
appeared since July fifteenth, when she suffered a right groin injury.
She's also had a bone bruise. Different things happened, and
she said, I'm so thankful and proud of my teammates
as they're scrapping through trying to get a playoff spot
and everyone's had my back. But unfortunately bad news. I've
been trying to work hard to come back. Caitlyn Clark
done for the year.

Speaker 1 (04:24):
Strangely though her back has actually been okay. That those
some of the stories we are following for you today.