Billy Cunningham, Welcome to eclipse Monday afternoon. The big event takes place about
three h nine, really begins about one fifty fifty two for about two and
a half hours partial eclipse. Really the eclipse also is from the west to
the south to the east. Even Florida has about a seventy five percent eclipse.
And all hell's breaking loose, cats and dogs are living any other Maybe
turtles are fornicating. I saw that on Fox nineteen this morning. There's large
numbers of turtles and the zoos that are getting on top of each other.
I don't know what's going on. Plus we have birds flying upside down reports
but in a serious way. We have Governor Mike DeWine with us this Monday
afternoon somewhere near Indian Lake. Is the scene you should make with your little
one and Governor Mike Dwine welcome again in the Bill Cunningham Show. And can
you talk about the state government reaction to what's happening. We had a report
from Tony Bender that essentially you have the National Guard on hold. Can you
tell the American people what's happening of all? I think you should sing for
your listeners. Indian Lake, because you and I are old enough to remember
when Indian Lake came out and the song we're talking about, Yes, yeah,
Tony, can you sing it? Indian Lake is the scene you should
make with your little one. That's about the only part of it I know.
But Tony Bender is a DJ type kind of a guy. He could
probably find it for you. Well, you know, maybe you could.
You could play it sometimes. We're going to play it this afternoon if you're
there. What about the National Guard? What are the concerns you have from
a governmental angle about people acting up, traffic, et cetera. So Bill
looked at what happened in other states when they've had total clips over you know,
the last few years, and just tons of people rolled into those communities,
and the biggest concern was just traffic. Uh. And so we had
the National Guard. They were actually doing you're training over the weekend. Uh.
And so that was that was good. But they were ready to hold
over till today. But we made a decision, frankly, to let them
go back to their normal lives, uh and not not uh, you know,
stay assembled, because we don't think we're going to have a huge problem
today. The biggest problem probably is going to come after you know, it's
over, and then people all want to go back home wherever they're, where
they've come from. And the good thing is they've been coming in here.
You know, over the last three four days. All our camp sites,
uh, every state park is full as far as camp sites, people camping
out, all of them that are within the you know, within the the
the area where that is that is going. So bottom line, everything looked
good this morning. I had a briefing couple hours ago, and uh,
it looks good. We're fan. I are at Indian Lake. Her sister
has a house up here, and beautiful day, very very clear. And
what we did is we came up north. You know, we lived out
in Cedarville. We came up north to get right into the actual you know,
the pathway, so we could see a longer time of totality. But
the state state's doing well. I continue to get reports. But you know,
everyone looks pretty good today at this point. Here we are Monday afternoon,
and of course the eclipse at least here's about three oh nine or three
ten. You're about one hundred miles north of Cincinnati. But what would be
a triggering event? You have the General and the National Guard. On hold,
are we talking about M sixteen's and tanks or are we talking about traffic?
Well, it's all traffic. Look, look, there's two there's two
concerns that people should have today. One is you know, in traffic,
and then people you know, pull over when the thing is starting and pull
someplace where they get rear ended, you know, something crazy on the roads,
and we worry about that. We worry about when people when it's fall
over and then everybody's okay, last time, you know, to go back
home, and we think there's a lot of a lot of traffic. Then
the other thing you worry about, of course, is people looking at the
sun and without you know, these these special glasses and you know sunglasses don't
work. These things are you know, multiple times stronger than sunglasses. So
those are two big things. I think people should just enjoy today, have
a good time. This is something that uh, you know, it's not
going to occur in Ohio probably you're in my lifetime Bill. It's that the
latter part of the century when happens again. And you know, we were
talking the other day, I think the last time this was was an wasn't
eight eighteen o six something like that. And the story was that the Cumps
and his brother who was called the Prophet, knew about this because they,
you know, they'd been talking to settlers and it was known at that time
when it was coming, and they kind of predicted it, and that,
you know, to show their show their power. At least that's one of
the story. I'm not sure how is it possible to come and the profit
they would know about the total eclipse of the sun. Well, they were
talking to settlers. I mean, they had a lot. What we forget
is there's a tremendous interaction going on with the settlers at that at that time.
Sometimes it was violet. Sometimes they're fighting, but a lot of times
they're trading, trading things back and forth. You know. It does bring
up that in June, we're going to open uh and this is going to
be Joe Dieters as he's been he's been telling me about how important things this
is. We are opening a brand new state park, very very small estate
park between Zinga and Yellow Springs. It was it's called Old Town and Uh.
The Shawny Indians, it was their main encampment in the mid in the
mid seventeen seventies, and this is actually the place if you remember the store,
if you're for your folks down in Kentucky, this is where, uh,
the Shawnees want shoddy and just went down into their hunting ground down in
Kentucky and then captured Daniel Boom and brought him back to Old Town in what
is now Green County, helding for a long time. They must have got
along pretty well because he was a good hunter. They went out hunting trips
together. But then one day he heard that they were getting ready to attack
Boonsboro, and so he escaped and what back across jo Hio River cleared out
into there. They didn't catch him, and he warned the people at Boonsborough
they were ready for the attack. So all that history is going to be
kind of We're going to tell the story of the Shawnees, the Native Americans,
and we're going to do it in this new little state park that's right
on the place where the Shawnees were entamped and where their main main place was
for at least three three very very impactful years. Governor Mike DeWine, you
mean to tell me that Takumsa and a profit took Daniel Boone hostage and I
seventy five didn't exist at the time. Somehow there were just woods and rivers
and creeks everywhere and marched him from Kentucky up to one hundred miles north into
Ohio. And then he escaped and went back to Boonsboro and said, the
Indians are coming. Yes, that is through story that that one we know
is know is true. Wow, that great story. I never fascinating,
fascinating story. And this is just a great part of Ohile history that uh,
you know, we want to tell in this state park and the visitor
center there is almost almost completed, still be a place where people can go
and learn and you know, here here hear these stories and kind of learn
more about the Native Americans but also learn more about the European pioneers that were
coming and uh kind of how they how they interacted. Could you have imagined
when when you're running for office, what about six years ago, to become
the governor, that you would deal with massive pandemics, you would deal with
warring factions in the House and the Senate and Columbus. Now you're dealing with
the total eclipse of the sun. This is a song talking about like Carly
Simon style, the totally did you could you even imagine this would have happened?
Well on ad add to that a horrible, horrific train wreck in East
Palace. Tee No, no, I haven't no idea any of this,
but you know that's what governors do. You try to get ready for these
things, or or if you have no warning, you know, you try
to react. So yeah, it's it's part of the deal. It's unbelievable
for it kind of you're sitting at your desk and somebody knocks on your door
and say, hey, hey, governor, we've had a terrible train to
railmen and East Balestine, teeth, hair and eyes everywhere. Is going to
be years to clean that up. Oh governor. By the way, we
have a once in a lifetime pandemic. What do we do now, oh
governor? By the way, we got we have the reenactment of to Come
and the profit kidnapping Daniel Boone taking him into Ohio. And by the way,
there's a total eclipse of the sun that last happened in eighteen o six
during the Jefferson administration, and it won't happen again until twenty seventy nine.
And by the way, Governor, what else is going on? I mean,
well, the other thing we're going to sell it celebrate shortly the two
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the United States. And that's we've got preparations to
do that, and they're doing that all across the country. So exciting time.
Bill, never never do a moment. So lastly about the National Guard.
There's no anticipation of civil disobedience or civil disa no, no, no,
no, this is gonna be a happy day. People are going to
have a good time. I'm looking at the sky and don't see many clouds,
at least at Indian Lake. And you know, this part of Ohio
looks looks very very very clear, and we're going to have a chance to
see this. And for you and me, Billy, I hate to say
this, but this, this is it the only time we're going to have
a chance to say that. I had on an optometrist a couple of days
ago. I'm going to get another one on in about an hour. And
he says that when the total eclipse happens, which might be two to four
minutes, you can look at the sun at that moment only of the total
eclipse. Now, the problem is you put that message out and people may
anticipate a little bit ahead of time and drill holes in your in your eyeballs.
But are you going to risk it all in that two minutes and take
off your glasses look at the sun? No? No, no, no,
I'm gonna I'm gonna have those things on. But the other thing is,
you know you're gonna see I guess, uh, it's going to get
pretty pretty dark. And uh, you were kind of kind of doing a
tease at the beginning there. But apparently one of the things that people are
interested in is getting reports of how animals act during that three or four minutes.
It's it's dark. I mean, it's like, oh, what's going
on? What are your what are the cows do out in the field?
They think it's time to come in, and you're kind of you're kind of
a farm boy. You grew up on farms. I mean, you were
probably a second cousin of Daniel Boone. What what a farm an? I
have a friend of mine, Michelle Schneider, you know her well, and
she has six horses and she wants to call in and talk about what her
horses are doing, And I thought, well, calling, I don't know,
well what is people are? The other thing people are doing. They're
going to see literally at zoos. What do these animals do? What did
the gorillas do during the four minutes? I don't know, but well we're
going to find out. All right, Governor, this this is I don't
want to tell you how you do your job, but you should have somebody
reporting live from the Cincinnati Zoo, Great Zoo. What are the gorillas doing?
What are the drastic Well, you know Joe Dieters killed Harambe. Harambe
is dead, so we don't know about Harambe. But uh uh, last
thing I want to ask you again, if called by President Donald Trump,
would you become a vice president. I don't think he's calling Billy. I
don't think that's happened. I don't think I've read the short list, and
I don't think they didn't say. Uh, let's call well, Mike DeWine.
You've been in the Congress, you've been in the Senate. Uh,
you've been lieutenant governor, you've been prosecutor, you're now the governor. Did
I miss anything? Uh? And so you seem to know where the bodies
are buried. If it's a broker convention and uh in Milwaukee, and and
they come to you, will you come out of the back and say here,
I am Governor Dowine, Vice President h I can count. And it
looks like Trump is over the numbers. I don't think you're gonna be a
broker convention. I think that he's clearly clearly nominated. Are you going to
it? Will you be there? Yeah? Yeah, we're doing an the
Governor Oways does excuse me. Governor Oways does a welcome uh for the for
the delegates and other people from Ohio. So we're gonna do that on the
Sunday night before uh it starts. There's also I think a Brewer's game that
day that I may they may go see. Yeah, the res are not
playing, but you know, I kind of like to see that ballpark.
But I'm trying to get you to say yes. If there's a knock on
the door, where you respond, there will be no knock. All right,
Governor, you're an Indian lake. It's wonderful. It's fabulous, most
beautiful Indian like Lemon Lake. As you remember. Now, hold on,
Governor, listen up, Tony Bender. You say we play it. Hit
it, Tony Bender. This is for you, Governor Mike Dwan. We're
not playing Jetson's anymore. We're playing Indian Lake. Here we go. You're
the I can see you and Fran right now, swaying. The air's fine,
spelling in the country. Countryside is pretty in Indian Lake. Hit the
post, Hit pretty, Hit the post. I gotta come before it's drained
off. Hey, hit it. Keep it in mind, Governor Mike Dwining.
Fran has found a place in the summer sun. That's gonna be the
total week clips, Governor Mike beautiful. I wish I had time to out,
Billy, if you had that Jetson thing ready to go, I'd fly
up there right now. If you had that. You should be an Indian
like this is the place to be if it's beautiful to government. Absolutely.
How many miles north of Cincinnati is about eighty or ninety. Yes, it's
the way. It takes us an hour to an hour and ten to get
up here. You go up about sixty eight the state, straight up sixty
eight. By the way, Billy was with the with the Indian Path before
else wil To comps that took hostage Daniel Boone. So all right, Governor
Mike dan thank you very much for kind of waylaying the fierce Tony Benner thought
that would be Shawnee, wouldn't you It was a Shawnee to come. Sorry,
all right, Governor Mike Dowan, thank you, Billy, thank you,
thank you all. Let's continue with more. Unbelievable. This is truly
unbelievable. The Shawnees kidnap and take hostis Daniel Boone from Boone County, take
him up one hundred miles north and then help shooting animals. Then he escapes
when he found out undercover that there was going to be an attack on Boonsboro
and down he went to warn his fellow Kentuckians. Unbelievable. Let's continue with
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Indiana border. But until then, Chuck Ingram, Yes, sir, you're
my man. I'm told by Tony Bender and others do not drive west of
I seventy five. That's about right. How bad is it? Give the
American people a full report we start to see the braakelights on westbound seventy four
just after you get passed North Bend Road, and it is nothing but red
on my maps to the Indiana state line. Then you got all the cameras,
awful lot of people trying to exit there in Miami Town. It's also
affecting traffic on southbound two seventy five that's just about backed up to the Reagan
Highway. So everybody in northern Kentucky said, okay, fine, what I'm
gonna do is I'm going to take two seventy five. Well, trick right
there, ha ha ha ha. Right after you get past Hebron there,
come to the brake lights. Everything, I'm thinking the same thing. That's
right, that's exactly right. This is twelve forty Yeah. Now to give
some parameters. According to I think you two fifty two begins the partial eclipse
that continues till about four to twenty correct, and that in the middle about
three oh nine for two to three minutes is the total eclipse of the sun,
just like in the music. Is that correct? I was gonna say
you should write a song. I should totally. And also in the lake,
the scene you should make with your little one. Yeah, and also
Carly Simon whoused to date her in the seventies. You remember, remember that,
you know what you said you did? But now I'm pretty sure of
it. Is that who you're taught? Is she talking about you? I
don't want to say. Is either me or Warren Baty or maybe Mick Jagger.
It's one of us three. I'm not sure who it was. Well,
I'm pretty sure I know now that's the lerge out up the Nova Scotia
to see the total eclipse of the Sun. I can't say exactly, yeah,
who it was? Yeah, how was the trip? Can't say,
Okay, can't say, fine, but two fifty two, the four to
twenty, the midpoints about three h nine depending. We have a call coming
in from News Nations H. Brooks Schaeffer about what's happening in the speedway that's
coming up in Indianapolis. Motor Speedway. Forty thousand have shown up twenty bucks
ahead, hot dogs, Hamburgers, glasses, and there's plenty of space available.
I think if you go to the website first, go to the website,
check it out. But as far as traffic, it is now twelve
forty two. Anticipate is going to get better or worse. Like in Oxford,
Ohio, It's going to get better or worse. It's going to get
worse because you've already got break lights on twenty seven near uh Ross, near
one twenty eight, the rams, then Millville, Millville, backing up there.
Yeah, it's all bad, is what you're saying. Should you stay
in place at this point and just listen to the radio? I think caps
you always want to listen to the radio. It's just the worst you've seen
in the middle of the afternoon and nothing going on other than the total eclipse
the sun. Where will you be at three nine nap staring at the back
of No, No, it's once in a lifetime. I got to try
to experience it somehow, But I think I'll stick to the confines of I'm
okay with ninety nine points since township Anderson Township. And by the way,
Florida is like thirty to forty percent. Oh so you can get to Florida.
You can go, but do not you'd encouraging motorists to be careful.
And if you haven't picked out a spot yet you can easily get to it
might be too late. Are you talking to anybody in Cleveland. They what
about their game? They changed the game time just for that. It's opening
day in Cleveland. Can you imagine if you two were sitting down at the
Holy Grail, all of a sudden it gets really dark outside. Whoa,
whoa? Wait, wait, what I say? Sign of the apocalypse is
what that would be? Yes, sir, some say it is. Anyway.
We've had earthquakes, yep, We've had tornadoes, We've had trained derailments,
we have floods. Now we have the total eclipse of the sun along
with all the other supernatural events transpiring. This is not good. And it's
not even November yet. And Israel's in trouble militarily because Joe Biden wants them
to lose the war against the Moss and that's the elimination of Israel. And
that's a problem. Everywhere I look, I see nothing but problems. Oh
my, So are you going home now? You've had enough? Yeah?
What a list? What time did you start this morning? I was here
at five am, so you've only put in about eight hours at this about
eight all right, we'll see, well, Chuck, Finally, once again,
where are the trouble spots as we speak? The biggie is about a
fourteen mile backup. We're talking about westbound seventy four. The break lights start
at North Bend and go all the way to the state line, and it's
only going to get worse. So I seventy four is a disaster for the
next hour. Disaster. Noah, they cleared the accident near Miami Town from
earlier, so we're just one step above disaster. Now, well, what
happens when three ten, three fifteen, three thirty comes? Then what everybody
go home? Then it's a disaster. But that'll be eastbound Keith Hare and
I everywhere. That's exactly right, Chuck Ingram, thank you. How many
years have you and I done this together? Thirty two? So you're I'm
the thirty two. You're older than that. Forty one. Yep. Seemed
like yesterday, doesn't it. Oh heck yeah. I have to remember from
good old times, like nine to midnight in Mount Adams. Those are the
days that men women and talking about manly things things. Now we're done none
of that no more. We live in the world of transgender rights. Yes,
we do Gender Awareness Day on Easter. That's where we are. Check
Gingram, Thank you very much. I'll see you, Willie. Let's continue
with more. By the way, I got a tip here from Jim Scott's
wife. How about this? Write this down? UH to seventy five west
is standstill from the Lawrenceburg exit to the airport exit as far as I can
see. Same for two seventy five traffic exiting at Lawrenceburg from the other direction.
I dictated this bill. Hopefully it's not too messed up. No,
that's the one I told you about. I said West two seventy five was
slow out of Hebron all the way around, trying how do you get there?
Now? What do you do? You don't you don't know. It's
crowded, it's not on time anyway, and it's not going to get any
better. I wouldn't think so, not for the next hour to hour and
a half. Donna, thank you very much. That's good. Donna Scott
once again, Chuck Ingram, thank you. May you have thirty two more
and I may have forty one more years. That'd be awesome, wouldn't that
be good? Yes, we might see that. No, let's stretch it
out. Let's go for the next one. The next I wrote that down,
is that twenty one to fifty three. Yeah, twenty one fifty three,
Yeah, I have I have the money, honey. If you got
the time, freeze us now, freeze me. Put me in a I'll
be with Joe Demaggio. I thank you very much, Chuck Ingram, Bye,
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Great American You're gonna love the result. I'm nineteen as in Oxford, Ohio
as I and first of all, Frankie, thanks for coming on the Bill
Cunningham Show. I know how busy you are right now. As far as
the total eclipse of the sun. What is happening as we speak now in
Oxford, Ohio? If anything, I tell you, it looks like Saturday,
wild and crazy night here at Oxford. You know, the Coast College
sounds really the crowds are huge. I mean, it's still very manageable,
but we still have a good two hours, what two and a half hours
until we get things going here. It's they got the road shut down the
campus. There's plenty of space here. We're right in the main stretch on
High Street. I've talked to women from a group of women from Minnesota came
down. They had three locations circled on their map. They started planning this
a year ago. They circled Oxford and they came right here at Oxford.
Another family from Oregon also here. So folks are across the country and we've
got some of the best weather in the nation right here in the Tri State.
Are those sky's cleared out nicely. There's a little high sitting cloud cover,
Willie, But it's going to be nothing that's going to be a big
concern for you here as far as the availability to go there now, of
course, threeho nine to three ten pm is the moment of the tease of
the total eclipse. The te is going to be. Then is there a
room if individuals want to get in their car and drive to Oxford? Would
you recommend that because going up twenty seven can be extremely difficult at times.
You know what I'm saying. Oh, I know what you're saying. It
wasn't at three fifteen this morning when I was coming up here, But I
know what you're saying. No, I would say, yes, do your
best to get up here now if you can't make it to Oxford. And
the nice thing is all the rush I mean the businesses. I talked to
the guy just open of a pizza joined six weeks ago and he's usually closed
on Mondays. He's like, I'm opening today. The businesses are doing fantastic.
It was a really good pizza place too. It's called Bellow and they
have really good wood fired pizza. But I would say you could also make
it to brooks Brookville, Indiana. You can also make it. It's kind
of underrated. There's there's portions of Harrison UH and right in Hammel western Hamilton
County that will be in totality, like Whitewater UH Forests. UH. They
will be in totality. So if you can make it out there, you
will see one hundred percent. Because even in Cincinnati, where it's like ninety
nine point five percent, you might not even notice it. It will dim
a little bit we're so close to totality. You've got to get there.
You've got to get to totality. You don't got to go to some big
event. Just get into the areas of Oxford or Batesville or you know,
Middletown and pull off safely side of the road, off the interstates obviously,
and uh and take a look at this thing. A little after three o'clock
today. Now, you got to have those glasses though, Willie, I
have to because we have an Optomisri's coming on later. It could be as
little as two to three seconds of looking at the sun unprotected, in which
you can ruin your eyesight for eternity. However, when the media puts out
the idea that when the total eclipse takes place, it is safe to take
off your glasses because no sign is coming out, are you going to do
that? You know, I'm trying to think what I did last time.
I probably won't. You know, I'm getting old now, Willie. I'm
not the young spried chicken from back in the two thousand. I can't handle
any sort of illnesses here. So yeah, no, I probably will keep
minds. I know they say you can't. And also, if you looked
out of the ground, you'll see little crescence. Yeah, because it's reflecting
off the leaves. You know who. I'm here with Willie. Who's at
your girlfriend? Trician Mackie. Which one, Tricia McKie. Yes, she's
the best there ever, was the best there is. She beat me at
three point shooting. I have great respect for Tricia mckin here. Hold on
one second, I'm walking over to her right now, Willy and I'm going
to put around with you. I'm with Willie, Willie and I. He
said he beat you. We're alive on the air. He said he beat
you at three point shooting. He did not said just the opposites that you
beat me in three point shooting. Oh yeah, oh you go out.
But you did beat me in free throw shooting. That's different. Now,
now let me ask you this, Trisha, in your long career at Channel
nineteen, where does this thing rank? This is almost a religious event.
Where does it rank and coverage of these type events? Is it like in
the top of the last wedding chandles? Right now all around her, I'm
in the middle of the stay on. Frank actually just interrupted me. I
say it from one to what from one one to one hundred hundreds the best?
Where does this one? Where does this one rank? I don't know,
man, I live a pretty exciting life. No, we have a
witnesses. You have a witness yet, well we have to actually see it.
We got to see it maybe in the from one to one hundred,
maybe in the twenties. So you got me. You're not going nuts as
some people are. They think it's proof of God. Others say it's proof
there is no God. I say it's proof there is a God. But
a total eclipse. The next one's going to happen, like one hundred and
seven in the year's totally clips. And so this is the one you got.
You got the mannage somehow. Yeah, you know, it's funny because
so I was coaching basketball yesterday and I was up an Indian. I was
around a bunch of kids, and the kids, who are all right around
sixteen seventeen, we're all kinds of freaked out because it's just they're just reiterating
what they've heard. You know that they're afraid that things are going to happen.
I said, you, I said, the worst thing that we lived
through our age was probably nineteen ninety nine when we thought like planes were going
to fly out all out, Yeah, River because you're shut down. Well
no, no, no, I'm talking about like an event that you know
what I mean. Like the anticipation was nineteen ninety nine going into two thousand
and nothing happened. No, you know we were on year. I remember
that. Yes, Wow, that was like a big deal, which turned
out to be not the big of a deal. Well, you know,
we did earth quick we did have an earthquake in New York. You're talking
about things, So you're talking about Yeah, I guess maybe, I mean
maybe the eclipse, maybe the sun, maybe the moon. Maybe maybe birds
will start flowing upside down. You don't know what's gonna happen at three h
nine pm. You have no idea. Well we will wait, maybe frank
will stop talking and maybe possible many maybe horse myle retire and I can actually
sleep in. All right, both of you, Frankie and Tricia, thank
you for coming on. I appreciate it. Get back to hard coverage at
the greatest event of our lifetime. Hype this thing up here, the total
eclipse of this on unbelievable a Tricia, We're on LIVEL seven PM will lease
so soon in God bless you, thank you well, let's continue with me.
But Bill Cunningham, Uh. This of course is brought to you by
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and Weather. News Radio seven hundred w l Cincinnati. People in place,
some still trying to drive as the countdown is on. With the one o'clock
report, I'm Jack Crumbley breaking now. The rarity of this is incredible,
Like we haven't had a total solar eclipse in Cincinnati since the year thirteen ninety
five. Local astronomer Dean regas As. We are seeing lots of traffic issues
from people looking to see this afternoon's solar eclipse. Cincinnati not directly in the
path of totality, but it'll still get start getting dark at about three o'clock.
The importance of being here today. Why are you here? Oh,
bucket list? Yes, this is on my bucket list. Jill Wiedeman of
Montford Heights is with her grandchildren at Miami Whitewater. She was talking with seven
hundred wlw's Matt Reese. He'll be at the observatory in Hyde Park this afternoon,
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how those roads are doing. The latest traffic and weather together from the UC
Health Traffic Center. You see, Health has been performing life saving transpliants and
providing second chances in Greater Cincinnati for more than fifty five years. And we've
got the Eclipse traffic slowdowns. Crash two now on seventy five northbound approaching town.
That's a twelve minute delay with the left lane block delay. US back
to Mitchell. Two seventy five west bound between Highway four ninety five and the
Kentucky Indiana state line is slowing. And also between US fifty Lawrenceburg and the
Indiana Kentucky state line, we've got heavy traffic. Seventy four west bound between
two seventy five and the Ohio Indiana state line sluggish. Seventy four west north
bend to two seventy five also stop and go with the eclipse traffic Here,
we do have an accident at Madison at Ridge Road. Police on the scene,
and a breakdown on Ron of Reagan Highway approaching Coal Ring causing delays.
And State Route twenty eight near two seventy five crash my Bridge Shrimps Radio seven
hundred double D Well Double D also seeing big backups US twenty seven north bound
through ross As a lot of people are trying to still get up to Oxford
to see the eclipse. Heavy traffic on US twenty seven, lots of roads
that are heavy if you're trying to go north trying to get to the eclipse.
Westbound. One twenty nine is also backed up with a report of a
crash just west of Route four. If you're trying to get anywhere quickly,
that's anywhere in the path of the eclipse this afternoon, it's probably not going
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It is seventy three degrees right now. Cincinnati Police on the scene at
the White Castle on reading it Taft In Avondale, a person was shot there
in a drive by this morning. That victim in critical condition. Police was
said the suspect maybe driving a gray Honda Odyssey van. Congressman Mike Turner of
the Dayton area says Russian propaganda has made it to his chambers floor. We
see directly coming from Russia, attempts to mask communications that are anti Ukraine and
pro Russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the house
floor. I mean, there are members of Congress today who still incorrectly say
that this conflict between Russian Ukraine is over NATA, which of course it is
not. Turner, telling CNN's State of the Union, he believes a quote
good chunk of the Republican base has been quote infected by Russian propaganda when it
comes to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine on Wall Street. Right now, the
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and P is up six. In sports, more people than ever watched this
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men's turn, Yukon versus Purdue. There's no Kaitlin Clark and the Boilermakers lineup,
but Purdue does have seven foot four Zach Edy, some one Yukon head
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career and never you know, coach or play against somebody of his statue.
Now, do is dy feel taking on the reigning champ Huskies. They're a
good team. It's obviously this is the matchup we want and the men one
again. Any other way, Both Purdue and Yukon are number one seeds.
They'll meet tonight in Glendale, Arizona. Sherry preston ABC News. You can
hear that game tonight on Fox Sports thirteen sixty. Here's a Red's updates.
The Reds are back of the Big One this evening, starting a series with
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Joining me now is the main anchor of Channel nine, where nine stands
for News' is Tanya O'Rourke. Tanya, welcome again to the Bill Cunningham Show.
And Tanya, is it now time to panic. I'm looking to my
left. CNN. The eclipse is now happening in parts of Mexico, traveling
at two thousand miles an hour. Give us a full report. Is it
time to panic? Batten down the hatches, buddy, here it comes.
We are in total eclipse mode all day here at w CPO nine. This
is the moment we've all been waiting for. Or do you have your clips
glasses ready? Yes? Keeping your phone away from the sun. No?
Are you prepared? Yes, yes you are. I have an optometist coming
on in about ten minutes. I have doctor Mike Giavanetti on the west side.
I noticed them on your website. I called in, but come on
to talk about whether to look at it or not. I'm looking at Fox
News other websites. It sure is no. The answer is no. But
it appears that if you want to risk it and there's a total eclipse,
no sun is coming whatsoever. Maybe for that minute or two it might be
safe. But I'm not going to risk it, are you No? And
by the way, I'll be in a studio so no, me too.
So from two to four World be on air, Craig McKee and I'll be
in our studio. You know we are you know, control Center, I
guess. And then we have every meteorologist stand out through the total totality line
of whatever. And so we've got like Brandon Spinners and Batesville, Indiana,
Steve Rawley's up in Hamilton, Jennifer catch Marcus somewhere along the line like oh,
Oxford, Ohio. So, and then we have a camera, literally
a camera just trained on the sun with a special filter on it. You
can just sit at home and watch WCPO nine and not have to wear those
glasses and just you can look at the sun the whole time through our lens.
That will make it okay for you to see it. But you know,
really you got to get your vocabulary ready. Are you ready for first
contact? Bailey's beads, diamond rings? Second contact? Are you preparing yourself
for the phraseology you're going to need over the next several hours? Here,
No, sounds like a Star Trek episode. First Contact. I'm thinking,
I don't well what I did with my glasses. I put my my cell
phone camera light and I could not see my camera light through my glasses.
So what what go to the glasses? You see like a tiny orange it's
like kind of almost like an orange dot. It's not much, but we
did it here a few minutes ago, and you can see an orange dot,
but you're not you're not sure what you're looking at. So it takes
a second to go, oh, that's what I'm seeing. It literally takes
so much away that it's just like a little tiny orange dot, yellow dot.
So yeah, I mean, look, here's the thing about these glasses,
right, so when I say first contact this this eclipse is only when
I see the eclipse is only going to be three minutes long. That's when
we're in totality. That's three minutes long essentially, right, maybe give or
take a few seconds. And that's the time that if you're in the one
hundred percent totality, you can look at it because the sun is blocked,
right, you can look up without glass sun. Now you're in Cincinnati,
you're downtown Cincinnati. Don't do that. You got to wear the glasses because
you're not in one hundred percent totality. But from like two o'clock, starting
at two o'clock, when we hit the air at two o'clock, we are
going to be in first contact, which means the moon will be starting to
cross the Sun. So from the minute we hit air at two o'clock until
we go off at four o'clock, we are going to be in a partial
eclipse the whole time. So you can't look at the Sun without these well,
I guess you can. You shouldn't look at the sun bill, So
don't do it without the glasses unless you're in a total total in the totality
area and we're in the actual sol eclipse, and then you can take off
your glasses. And in the Kenwood area that will never be the case because
it looks as if the total eclipse is more or less in Harrison, the
home of Rocky Bloyman that that's where you're No, there's too many people.
Have you seen the traffic nightmare going on in western Hamilton County? Really that
is a big story. And we have Raven Richard is here taking control of
the traffic cameras to you know, it's a big deal, Like you know,
the mess already on the highways. And it's so interesting because all on
the west side. You wanted to go to Batavia today you have clear saling,
no problem. But if you want to go do you want to go
anywhere? West of two of seventy five northwest, you know west West,
forget it, don't you know know what you're dealing with. And that's the
other thing that we've been telling people is, you know, you better have
a full tank of gas so you could be stuck in traffic. What if
God forbid, there's a terrible accident, right, so you might be stuck
in traffic for hours. Bring some water and snacks because it could take a
minute, especially when you consider tens of thousands of people are you know,
moving into Oxford, Metamora, Indiana, Batesville, blah blah blah for this
this show. Yeah, and then they're all going to want to go home
at the same time. So yeah, pretty much kind of like the ava
and fireworks to leave the fireworks at nine thirty five. According to correct me
if I'm wrong, it begins about one fifty pm in this part of the
one fifty pm goes to about four to twenty pm. The midpoints about three
oh nine to three ten to three eleven. And that's going to have yes,
and so what's kind of cool. So we're owned by Scripts and Scripts
has stations, as it turns out, all along the path of totality.
So when we go in there, we're going to show you what looks like
above us. But then we're going to go to one of our stations cameras
in Texas. Now Texas is having some clouds. We got lucky. I
don't know how in the world has worked out, because for the last two
weeks, all we've heard every day uh uh oh, it looks like it's
going to be cloudy, but right now looks good. And so we're going
to we have we have stations in Texas, we have stations in Indianapolis,
we have station in Buffalo, New York. So all the way on that
path, we have Cleveland, you know, the whole thing. So we're
going to show you these cameras as we can as it continues to move across
the United States. Very cool that we can tap into that network of cameras
and it's just lucky. You know, that's the way the path goes across
the United States, and our station in Buffalo, you know, should be
the last view of it in the in the in the konas right, so
it should be pretty cool. I am not like a space geek and a
bit of a nerd criigmate, key, total massive geek. So sad that
he is stuck inside the studio for this day, but I think it'll be
really fun also to see all the like being in that studio watching all the
views from different places. And you know, I do have glasses in case
for some reason. Right as it's about to hit, we hit a commercial
break and we can go run outside and look. So he's got the glasses.
But I just want to know, are you on the air, You
know, on the air at three o'clock you can go outside. Yes,
I'm going to leave at two fifty four pm for a five minute break,
go to the news for two minutes, then right out to Eddie and the
Rock and this palatial estate in Harrison, which should be the edge of a
total eclipse. We're never going to have it in Kenwell, but even the
state of Florida has about a thirty five percent darkness in the state of Florida.
This is across the whole country. And it last happened here at total
eclipses eighteen oh seven, and the next one's going to be only one fifty
three. So I think this is our last opportunity. I'm not sure I'll
be here in twenty one fifty three. I'm not sure I'll be here in
twenty four, twenty oh fifty three, but no question about it. This
is historical well, Tyna, great coverage, and I love the idea that
if you're east of that line or west of the line. We have a
lot of listeners in central and eastern Illinois and western Indiana. Don't look at
the sun because you will never have a total eclipse, right unless you got
those glasses on. Do not stare at the sun, folks, do it
at your own peril. I guess all right. Once again, Tanya A.
Rouric, the face and name of Channel nine, thanks again for coming
on the Bill Cunningham Show. And Tyne, you're a great American. Sure
you, Bill, Thank you, God bless America. Let's continue with more
if the line becomes available, which it never does. Seven four nine,
seven thousand. Coming up next is a real live optometrist, doctor Mike Giavannetti.
I love that name, Giavanetti. How to be a Renaissance painter.
Doctor Giavannetti will be here to talk about what to do, what not to
do. Then later on also's a live update from the Indianapolis Speedway. We
have a reported through News Nation there and more at to Home of the Reds.
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We have live updates coming from Rocky Boyman Eddie Fingers in Harrison, Ohio
from his driveway. But until then, I noted an interview that doctor Mike
Giabanetti did optometris on the West side of town with Channel nine News. I
thought some of the information was quite interesting. And doctor Giebaneddie, understand right
now, you're on somewhere in a farm in Indiana. Is that correct?
That's correct. You know we're out there for sales, so we should be
right into mentality when it's right around three oh five, the three h nine.
Yeah, Well, let me ask you this as an optometrist of great
notes, there are some who have said that when you have the actual total
eclipse, and that is that it's completely dark for those two or three minutes,
you can take off your glasses and look at the sun. Do you
recommend that, Yes or no? I would not recommend. I mean,
yeah, it's true, but if you don't know exactly when that moment is,
it's not worth taking the risk, you know, with your eyesight,
because the damage is always permanent and there's nothing they can do to treat it
either. So it's it's you know, your eyesight is so valuable for those
few minutes in your lifetime, it's not worth taking the risk. What damage
would be caused. I'm sure it's going to happen. There'll be some malcontent
or some derelict that's going to do it. If they stare at the sun.
How long is it as little as or four seconds? Or is it
a minute or two? How long will it one have to look to have
ideas? No, it's it's as little as two to four seconds can do
a permanent burn, and the longer they look, the more it's burning.
So it's the same thing as if you took a magnifying glass and we're using
the Sun's rays to burn a hole in a piece of paper. It's doing
the same thing through the magnifying effect of the eyes on the retina, and
you're telling me it's not repairable. Once that happens, you're done. You
can't see anymore. Exactly. Yeah, well that sounds pretty serious to me
because I thought, as an adult, maybe I'll take off my glasses at
three zero five or three oh six. But you're telling me that would be
a very bad decision by the great American Exactly. You know, they say
that during totality, for there's a few minutes during entire totality that you probably
could. I'm not going to take the risk, and I don't recommend it,
just for that very reason that any any damage is always going to be
permanent, no question about it. I'm looking at a Fox News website and
the number one item is this it's okay to look at the sun for just
a minute or two. And this expert says, one common misconception is the
belief that it say it to look at the sun if it's only for a
minute or two. Eclipse viewers should never look directly at the sun has going
to hand cause permanent eye damage. And one cannot actually determine the few seconds
when there's a total eclipse, because there still could be damage. Exposing your
eyes to the sun without proper eye protection during a solar eclipse can be a
permanent damage to one's eyes and you'll be blinded. Well, doctor Mike Giavanetti,
thank you for coming on the Bill Cunningham Show. Only several minutes remained
before this thing happens. Once again, thank you for taking time and telling
the American people what not to do. Doctor Mike Giavanetti, thank you very
much. Oh, thank you, Bill. I appreciate it. God bless
you. Talk to you, God bless America. Thank you very much.
Doctor. Thank you God, let you too, Thank you all. Let's
continue with more and look at some of these websites that given a sense of
permission to look at the sun when there's a total eclipse. That is a
serious mistake, says in doctor gievan EDDI just said that a brief period during
a total solar eclipse can be safely removed, but one cannot determine exactly those
few seconds. The few seconds are not worth your eyesight. So let's continue
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News Radio seven hundred WLW, Cincinnati. Lots of folks lined up, other
people still waiting in line with the one thirty report. I'm Jack Crumbley breaking
now. Today is the big day. I've had this marked on my calendar
for oh twenty five years or so, and so it's pretty exciting because this
is something that's coming so close to the tri State and probably will be the
closest the clips to Cincinnati and our lifetime easily. Local astronomer Dean regus On
with Scott Sloan this morning. He is among those who will be looking up
with special safety glasses on in a little over an hour. Our own Matt
Reese was at Miami Whitewater Forest earlier today. The weather is perfect here at
Miami Whitewater Forest on the west side of Cincinnati, where Rocky Lobs with Great
Parks says, when the sun's totally blocked they'll be spying on the wildlife with
a microphone in the woods, so we're gonna be listening to what all the
animals are doing. So we're going to see if they get quiet, what
they do. We're gonna hear all those Bury calls quiet down, and then
we're going to actually send those findings back to other companies and to NASA,
and they'll have all that day. So we're excited to be part of that.
Also tracking the temperature. Threeh eight is showtime here on the edge of
totality when she expects total darkness for about a minute and a half. From
Harrison, I'm Matt Reeese News Radio seven hundred double D Weld double D.
It has been a busy day in downtown Cleveland, which is in the path
of totality. Today is also the Cleveland Guardian's home opener, so lots of
people downtown there at the Great Lake Science Center and more. We've got a
lot of people trying to travel around here in the tri State, many of
them still trying to get a good look at the eclipse. The latest traffic
and weather together from the UC Health Traffic Center. You see, Health has
been performing a life saving trans Pliants and providing second chances in Greater Cincinnati for
more than fifty five years. And we do have seventy five northbound approaching town
with their shoulder boxed crash here to the easter of Mitchellland about and eleven minutes
slow down. And again we have the heavy traffic with the eclipse with again
seventy two seventy five northbound between the Indiana, Ohio state line and Lawrenceburg heavy
and then two thirty seven two seventy five westbound between two thirty seven and the
Kentucky Indiana state line. That's about a fifty two minute delay. Seventy four
is sevy westbound between North Bend and two seventy five by to twenty eight minute
delay through that area where s down to go seventy four westbound two seventy five
to the Ohio Indiana state line as well. And we're looking at two seventy
five westbound after Ronald Reagan Highway with again slow down's here with the eclipse traffic
and abound a twelve minute delay through the area. Rick Schrempernous Radio seven hundred
double DOLW A couple other slow spots that are non highway US fifty through North
Bend and Cleeves if you're westbound, that's all backed up as well. One
twenty eight through Miami Town is slow if you're trying to go north, and
then there's US twenty seven which is very backed up on the way to Ross
and then again as you're continuing north into Millville, a lot of people taking
twenty seven to get up into Oxford. It's busy also westbound one twenty nine
with a report of a crash wes west of Route four. Pretty sluggish track
they're on one twenty nine getting into Hamilton. It's not easy to go anywhere
if you're trying to go in the path of the eclipse this afternoon. Now
the Ladies forecast from the Train Heating and Cooling Weather Center on news radio seven
hundred wls W. We do have a chance of showers and storms late today.
Right now though sunny with a high in the seventies, it will be
cloudy tonight a low of fifty five, Chants of showers and storms Tomorrow during
the day with clouds in a high of sixty eight. Still a chance for
rain tomorrow night and Wednesday, rain likely during the day as well. Radar
right now showing clear sunny skies. In the tri State it is seventy five
degrees. News is a service of a one concrete leveling. Flooding of the
Ohio River is getting better. It crested early this morning in downtown Cincinnati fifty
two feet. Still have a lot of flooding that was reported this morning through
the East End. In California, things should be below action stage of forty
feet by Wednesday nights. The Hamilton County Corner identifying the victim in a South
Fairmount crash over the weekend, forty three year old Arthur Ford. He was
a passenger and a car involved in ash at the intersection of Harrison and Queen
City that's been identified as one of the worst for speeding in the city as
cars come off that wide new ramp from the viaduct funneling into Harrison and Queen
City. One of the nation's largest low cost airlines is now making moves amid
financial problems. Both Jet Blue and Spirit have been signaling financial strains after a
merger between the two fell apart. Now, Spirit, which has not been
profitable since before the pandemic, says it will furlough about two hundred and sixty
pilots and is telling air Boss who will hold off on new plane deliveries with
the goal of boosting liquidity. Spirit CEO says and moves are needed to ensure
a strong future for the airline. The pilot furloughs will take effect in September
at like Stone, ABC News on Wall Street. Right now, the DOW
is up thirty three points, the NASDAK is even, the S and P
is up four. Here's a Reds update the five and four Reds starting a
series with the six and two Brewers. This evening seg has more coming up
in the Stooge Reports. I'm Jack Crumley. Our next update at two o'clock
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It's gonna be close. Location in Harrison is where Rocky and Eddie are going
to be. They can't say where they're gonna be, no, but right
that I think I think it's in that housing project he's been talking about.
Look at frank Marzoulo there in Oxford walking up to a bunch of co Ed's
sun bathe. They're thinking, what the hell is going on with this?
It's just what he needs, Frankie Marzulo. Nobody's talking, nobody's thinking,
nobody's doing anything. If you're on US twenty seven, get ready, you're
gonna get home by Friday. I've been I've been in traffic jams that you
see in Miami football up there. Not good. Forget it one way in,
one way out Bingo, and it'll be like the EBN firework because if
you go west into Indiana, worse. Thank you. Now, we got
issues. Apparently they're shutting down some rest areas around Indianapolis and that on I
seventy four because those rest areas are jammed with eclipse watchers. We've got Brooks
Shaeffer coming up in about twenty minutes from the Brickyard, from the speedway itself
hallowed ground right there will he forty fifty thousand people pack. Looks like the
erase is gonna start any minute. People are it's only April eighth. Well,
it starts supposedly in about ten minutes, parcel eclipse to four to twenty.
In the meantime in the middle was like three eight three oh nine is
when the real crisis takes place. Where will you be? A look at
that guy? Like the hell is that The anchors on CNN one one the
male anchor is dressed up as the sun. The female anchor is is that
the Earth? I think it might be. She looks dark. Holy cow.
But they started I didn't know they started a children show in the middle
of the day on CNN, where I guess I got to do something.
Where will you be at three oh seven pm? I think I'm going to
be in Middletown, Middletown that What in the world are they doing? Now?
No idea. He's getting behind her right now. Flip that off.
So give me some sports in CNN's got to do anything time. How about
the Cleveland and New York teams? Cleveland had their home openers. How about
today? How about today? You got the home opener for the Indians and
the total eclips coming up in Cleveland. Do you see something religious going on?
We've had earthquakes, yeah, tornadoes, yep, flooding yeah, total
eclipse of the Sun. There's that song again and more when I flew up
the Nova scot shut to see that. You know, Curly Simon wrote this
song either about me right or Warren Baby or possibly the lead singer of the
Rolling Stone. Well, now wait a minute, it's also it's also going
over Niagara Falls. Does that mean Niagara Falls is gonna start going backwards?
Can't say? What about the animals at the zoo? The turtles are swimming
backwards? What are they? What about Fiona, Fritz Tucker and Beebee?
You know what's happening there. They've escaped, going down to the Ohio River
to get to the Mississippi a lot more water, golf of Mexico, then
across the Atlantic. They're going women home, They're going back to Africa.
Okay, so they're gonna lose all their hippos. Will Hey, the stood
reporters of Proud service of your local TEMP Star. He didn't get air conditioning
dealers temp Star quality. You could feel a beautiful Milford the home of one
main gallery called Beaker Heating at five one three eight three one fifty one twenty
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Call today, swim this year. That's Frank's Ibel's slogan. Red's Update,
Willie. The Mets beat the Reds yesterday, of course, and they've met
Metropolitans, take two or three in the series. Reliever tj Antne left the
game apparent elbow injury, throwing one pitch in the sixth innings. Get well,
I don't know yet. It is an MRI schedule for later today.
Not good. Milwaukee's in town for the first of for tonight. Left hander.
There's that word again. Aaron Ashby up against Graham Ashcraft, five forty
RNL carriers Inside Pitch Kelsey Chevrolet Extra Inning Show after the game. Did they
miss Matt McClain and TJ Freedom of my likely Yet mister Ashby is going to
be making his first Major League appearance in eighteen months for the Brewers tonight.
Eh Nick Lodolo at A Louisville started yesterday at a long third inning cost rehabbing.
Nick Goldolo a chance to pitch deep into the start at Triple A Louisville.
So he looks like he's going to be back. We need him this
weekend against the White Sox. How about this note from Elmo. Yesterday the
Reds were in this series against the Mets three and twenty eight with runners in
scoring position. Correct. Not good. It was down there yesterday and not
good. Not good. Buster unfolded last night as everybody was asleep, especially
in Big Blue Nation. John Caliperi, coach col finalizing a five year deal
to become the new head coach at Arkansas couldn't take it anymore. Reportedly,
out of Columbus coach cow was interested in the Ohio state job before they gave
it to Jake the Snake Deebler. Really, how about that you stamp on
coach cal in Ohio? Possible, but not now. Arkansas did win a
national title with Nolan Richardson, Peig suey as a home of Big Bobby Williams,
one of the best offensive linemen the Bengals ever had say, look at
the eclipse right now. It's in Mexico. There it is, and it's
half done. We begin a partial eclipse in about three minutes, so get
ready for Tristia McKee has stolen Sarah Elise's glasses again. I don't know what's
going on there, but he's saying, Sarah, elease, your glasses are
on your sunglasses. Trisha Mackie stole them? Can I say she's looking good?
Is that sexist? NCAA Men's National Championship set for tonight Arizona the site
Who do you like? Purdue? In Yukon? Go Boilers? Who do
you like? Seven thirty on Fox Sports thirteen sixty. You know the spread
is six and a half that Yukon is giving six and a half over under
is one for four. Who do you like? And why I'm going with
the Boilers? Look at the massive crowd see the chiron What does it say?
Massive? Massive crowd in Oxford? There's what ten or four hundred people?
Take a look. Most of them are in class none of them earth
the massive crowd, get rid of the word massive crowd seems to be about
ten people. Well, there's the massive Chris streets are jammed, will he
us twenty seven is jam. There's the massive crowd right there. What do
you think is that massive? You're looking co Eds, I'll say that amend
the moon. Now, let's see South Carolina completes an undefeated season, Willie
beating Iowa eighty seven to seventy five for the women's crown. The game Cocks
wind up thirty eight and oh, pretty good, Caitlin Clark with thirty points.
She ended up with what three and fifty one? Correct? Now,
going back to who do you think may take over for coach cow Scott Drew
a Baylor, I'm going with Pete Gillen. What about Tommy Lloyd of Arizona?
Pete Gillen? How about Nate Oates of Alabama? Up and coming coach
here, Willie took him to the that's one there, huh. Alabama's a
football Brad Underwood at Illinois and let's see the University of Cincinnati Bearcats are among
five finalists. Now for NKU senior guard Mark hez Warwick, who has entered
the transfer portal. How much he's also looking at Southern Cow, Missouri,
Penn State, and Seaton Hall how much? Well, I don't know it.
It doesn't say he's entered the transfer portal, declared for the NBA Draft
while maintaining his college eligibility. How about that? So I guess it's a
versus that uh Doctor Pepper commercial where the quarterback goes through the portal. I
guess you can come back out of the portal. And then, of course
eighty plus thousand on hand last night and Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia
for WrestleMania, I need the update. Cody Rhodes defeats Roman Reigns. Really
that's a bit of an upset that undisputed WWE Universal Championship. What would Dusty
have said about that? Probably not good? La Knight over aj Styles Logan,
Paul defeated the Viper, Randy Orton and Ko Kevin Owens what to retain
the United States Championship? What about Mike Tyson? He didn't, he did,
He wasn't in WrestleMania. He's in the seven deal. Do you know
who was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame? Uh, that was Paul
Hayman, one of them. Mohammed al Lee. Drew McIntyre wins the World
Heavyweight Championship beating seth Rawlins and Look. Pete Rose is in the WWE Hall
of Fame. Sammy Zane at Night Number One defeated Gunther for the Intercontinental title.
Jay Uso beat his brother, his brother Jimmy. What about the Rock?
Ray Mysterio defeated a couple of guys along with his Sonne because Jason Kelsey
and another guy from the Eagles came in as a special tag team. In
that match, Jason Kelsey took on the Rock clean. No, No,
he took on Santos Escobar and Dominic Mysterio. Why doesn't he take over and
take on the Rock? Wouldn't that? I don't think anybody wants to take
on the Rock. Let's see the mizz and Our Truth wins the Raw tag
team title. How about that? In a six six pack ladder match?
A six pack ladder match. Ricky Chino's coming back from Philadelphia. He'll have
a full report, I think tomorrow, or I think I don't think he
gets back till two Friday. Either. If you're up in Miami University right
now somewhere Indiana. You're not coming back to tomorrow. So tomorrow, Mara,
Tomorrow, tim Night, Mara. Look at Mases Lawn, Mas and
Lawn. Mexico is packed. Didn't look that dark doesn't not yet, It
says Sky's darkening is city near his totality. Plenty, plenty of room in
Oxford, folks, if you want to head there. What Oxford, Mississippi,
Now Oxford, Ohio. Look, I'm not Fox nineteen talking to girls,
Rob Williams. I mean Frank Marzilla has got tough coverage right now.
Of all the co eds Miami. Sarah Leash, where is she? Chrisia
Mackie stole your sunglasses? Where is Sarah Elise? I'll be up there among
the masses. Pretty good crowd right there. Great they named it after me,
The great American Solar eclips where they come up, where they go right
there? See you got You're gonna have the bridge at the building. You
got John Barrett's headquarters, ballpark, the ballpark, and now the eclipse is
named after you. There are many many cities along the path named Jerusalem or
Jericho. This is a sign of the end of time because of what's happening
with the hurricanes, the tornadoes, the earthquakes, solar eclips East Palestine,
They're all related. What if this thing goes over Niagara Falls, which it
will, and we got issues and we got it as if the Niagara Falls
starts going backwards. All I can tell you is the turtles at the zoo
are swimming backwards as I speak, and the birds are flying upside down.
You don't think that's a problem. I guess you know whatever graves are goad
of heaven are opening up, and the corpse are walking on the h They
did they and they just showed the Beatles, the beat in Russellville, Arkansas.
How are the Beatles? And are there the fab forest back? Does
that mean Elvis is coming back? Yes? Now take a look at where
Elvis coming there It is getting dark and dark in Mexico segment Thank you,
but coming the ocean's going the other way. At two of five, we
have a live report from the Brickyard, Kentucky Speedway with Brooks Shane. The
Indianapolis Motor speed called the I call it the Brickyard. I know that is
the Brickyard, but you said Kentucky Speedway. I'm thinking of Cow. Thank
you. Let's see, we'll see what happens. Brooks Shaeffer coming up from
inside the speedway. Yeah, the Indianapolis so spreed sixteenth in Georgetown to you,
mister col has left Lexington. See there's another assign of the eclipse apocalypse
too. We're in trouble. Yeah, the coach Cow's left the Bluegrass,
Big Blue Nation running him out of town could be his next end times Who's
next? Stay tuned for the ACR Guny Pools and Spas Report segment. Give
me out of the Stooge report if you don't mind call today swim later this
year, Willie and Hot are of the eclipse and you we'll get your thoughts
from Eddie and Rocky coming up. It won't be long. Seven hundred wulw.
You gotta get me in doing that when you get out of the shower.
You picture me getting out of the shower. I have a little trouble
by this team. Now she would take it there, Oh MG, Dan
Hordes getting out of the shower. We leave you with the immortal We left
you. See I'm all mess I'm messed up because of the eclipse. See
I'm telling you the birds are flying backwards. Animals are meat mating as we
speak. Niagara Falls is going to turn backwards. We got problems segment,
and there's Tricia mackew once again with those Sarah Elise glasses sole them on news
radio seven hundred WULW the Great North American Total solar Eclipse. What will you
do during our three minutes of daytime darkness. I'm going to watch my cows
to see if they really do put on some Tito plinting and start a congo
line. I've always heard that they do. I'm going to try on my
wife's panties, you know, just to see if they fit. Okay,
good luck with that. I'm going to force myself to pass this kidney stone
and I'm going to catch it all on video for TikTok. The eclipse is
coming. Oh man, I want to see that video. We're helping you
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a day. Ten minutes is updates all over the tri State of what's happening
with the total eclipse of the Sun Joining us now from the Indianapolis Speedways News
Nations, brook Schaeffer, Brooks Shaefer, Welcome to the Bill Cunningham shown.
Can you set the stage for what's happening in the Indianapolis Speedway? How many
people? What is the deal? How clear is this guy? Give us
a full report? Yeah, thanks for having me. Very exciting day across
Indiana and Indie specifically. It's so fun out here right now. We're at
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. About forty thousand people are expected to come out here
to the brickyard to watch the total eclipse. It happened around three ZHO six
pm Eastern time. And joining the crowds of people out here, we also
have some NASA scientists. NASA is going to be doing a live broadcast from
the speedway. Some astronauts as well, who graduated from Purdue University are here.
So there's a lot of excitement, of course, but there's also a
lot of you know, educational moments out here as well. And I can
tell you there's amongst the forty thousand people are a lot of kids as well,
which is really fun to see so many families out here. I've talked
to a lot of moms and dads who say, you know, my son
or my daughter is really into science and we wanted to make sure that they
could be here for this once in a lifetime event, even though the total
eclipse is still a couple hours away. Could anyone, any any schlep anywhere
in central Indiana simply go to the brickyard walk in. Is there an admission
fee? What do you get when you come in? Where do you sit
or you're in the middle? Are you in the stands? Give us a
full report on that. Yeah, so I know that there were tickets.
I believe they were about twenty bucks. I'm not sure if they're still available
yet, so I apologize for not knowing that. But if you go up
on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway website and you still want to come out here,
I'm sure there's a way to figure that out. But very cool. You'll
be able to sit in the stands. They have, of course, tons
of eclipse glasses for people who need them. You can sit in the stands,
but you can also they're going to open part of the track, so
some people are going to be able to stand out on the track and watch
the eclipse. So it's just very quintessential Indie. I mean you know,
this area, this surrounding town is called Speedway. The Speedway is so much
of life here in Indy. So really the combination of the two. Everyone
just keeps telling me it's quintessential. Indie had to come out here and be
a part of this. And Brook Schaeffer as far as a moment in time
in Cincinnati where we're broadcasting, from the last time it happened here was eighteen
oh six during the President Jefferson administration. It's likely not to happen again for
another seventy or eighty years, which is unlikely. And so just as a
reporter, well, we have so much contentiousness, we have so much anger,
so much vitupative behavior between Republican Democrat Independent RFK Junior. Isn't it wonderful
that there can be an event in which politics and other differences are protecide and
we simply as one time celebrate as Americans a special event. Exactly. We
actually were at a press conference earlier with some officials out here at the Speedway.
The governor of Indiana is out here as well, and somebody during that
press conference said, you know, how incredible that today millions of Americans are
all going to stand together and look up at the sky and just how inspiring
that is, not just you know, as a collective, just as you
know, human beings together, but also inspiring to you know, all the
kids and the students that are out here to you know, want to study
science and get into STEM and really kind of inspire that future generation. And
you know, I actually just talked to a guy out here who already started
getting emotional just kind of thinking about that moment of everybody just all together.
Just what an incredible, just kind of you know, awe inspiring, you
know, few minutes we're going to have here in Indie. I think some
scientists said that about fifty percent of people who watched the eclipse, the total
eclipse, get emotional and might, you know, might cry a little bit.
I think it's very possible I'm going to be one of those fifty percent,
no question, because in your lifetime this may never happen again. In
fact, I saw the map on news Nation and large parts of Florida are
going to have a forty percent eclipse. So we're not just talking about the
one hundred and time one hundred and mile wide ban from Texas up through Maine.
We're talking about the entire nation is going to feel this collectively. At
the same time, some consider it proof of a god, that there's no
way the universe is not ordered in such a way that these events could transpire.
Other people say it's a proof there isn't a god because the universe is
so vast. We have our sun as one of a trillion trillion suns all
over the galaxy and all over the universe, in the Milky Way, and
all the lights in the sky. So, whether you believe in God and
this is an example that he does exist, or whether you don't believe in
God and this is an example he doesn't exist. Either way, someone's got
an answer to do this. And thank God, we have good weather.
So as we speak right now, the speedway is clear, the skies is
bluesy. Oh yeah, we've got great weather out here. I know some
other states are dealing with some cloudy weather today. Not the case here in
Indie. We've got a beautiful blue sky day right now. I talked with
somebody who visit Indie. One of their tourism departments out here. She said,
because of the weather here, they got a lot of last minute,
you know, inquiries of people wanting to come out here to Indie because it's
going to be such a beautiful day. But yeah, talking about the timing
of all of this too, I think Indie, the next time it will
be, you know, in that path of totality is in one hundred and
twenty nine years. So this is just really I know people keep saying it's
a once in a lifetime, once in a generation thing, but it's you
know, we're not being traumatic when we say that. It really is.
And I think I'm just really looking forward to, you know, kind of
just standing there taking it all in and for that moment just maybe in a
weird way, just kind of feeling so small and just you know, having
that moment of man, this world is so big and all of us together
are you know, at the same time millions of people looking up at the
same skuy Well, when News Nation, will you go live at three oh
nine Eastern time? Will you go live from the in and Ouplis Speedway.
Oh yeah, We're going to be live all afternoon and I We're going to
be live on the air as the total eclipse is happening. So wish me
luck because I'm telling you, I really think I might get a little emotional.
It's it's going to be a really on firing moment. I can't wait.
I've done some quick deer Park math. The next time this is going
to happen at the Brickyard will be the year twenty one fifty three, twenty.
I'm not sure a lot of us will be here in twenty one fifty
three. But for how many minutes will you be in the dark completely?
It'll be about three to four minutes, and you'll be Will you be looking
up with the sky with your feet on the ground. Yeah, I mean
I think I will be. I'm going to try and do my best bit,
you know, be on TV, but also kind of take it all
in at the same time. I don't know. I really don't know what
to expect, and I think that's part of the excitement and all of this.
All right, good luck to you. I'll be watching, I'll be
viewing. Keep your eyes to the sky, but keep your feet on the
ground. Bricks, Shit News Nation, Thank you very much for coming on
the Bill Cunningham Show. Thank you, Brooke. Yeah, thanks Bill,
God bless you. Let's continue with more. You know, some say it's
proof of a god. Others say it's proof there is no God either way.
This is unbelievable. To have a veteran news correspondent like Brooks. Schaeffer
says she may have tears in her eyes demonstrates the emotion of this moment.
So let's continue with more Right to You by Frank Cybell ACR A gunny Pools
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Listening to a woman shop in the produce section isn't funny? Yeah, A
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is funny. Eddie and Rocky are also funny. So when you think of
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afternoon at three one, seven hundred w Lddston, of course, is the
President and Chairman of the Board of the Sycamore Township Trustees in Batesville, Indiana.
Tom Weedman, Welcome again to the Bill Cunningham Show. It's now two
twenty two Eastern time. Where are you now and what is happening? Willie?
I am in downtown bit beautiful downtown Batesville. I am in the Veterans
Park. It's loaded with people telescopes, people from Florida, people from Tennessee,
people from Kentucky, people from everywhere here in beautiful Batesville, Canada.
Company. Absolutely people are dying to get in here. They so they it
looks like this. It looks like we got about twenty five percent coverage at
this time. Can you tell a difference from an hour ago? No?
No, no? And at what point are they saying three h eight pm
in Batesville? They're on Eastern time, I think, so you have one
about another forty five minutes to go. How was the traffic thither and fro?
I'll tell you what. The traffic coming over here was absolutely bumper to
bumper. And the funniest thing I ended up taking pictures of it on the
way because the eastbound traffic there was literally not one single car truck on the
road going eastbound. Everybody was going westboud Right now, it's almost gridlock.
I would think at this point, do you have your glass? I think
it might I'm not. Yeah, I got my glasses on. You don't
think I'm looking at this thing without glasses, do you? Well? Allegedly
I on Wednesday just not last Wednesday. Yeah, I've met on this optometrist
who said basically that even if it's a total eclipse and you're looking up,
you have to time it perfectly because otherwise two to three seconds of staring at
the sun could cause permanent eye damage. So you know you don't want to
time it quite out that well, no, no, no, I'd rather
just use the glasses full time to call it today. What did you and
your wife decide to do this out of Sycamore Township, Debatesville? Why?
Uh? You know what. We were originally thinking about going to Dayton,
but we've the traffic, the people coming from the south might be too much,
too much traffic going to Dayton, so we figured, you know what,
And our son lives in Indianapolis, and he I want to know if
we want to go out on his in laws boat. But I didn't want
to get into all that mess in Indianapolis, so I thought baseball was a
good opportunity. It's a small town, and uh it was. It's not
that far, but it's inside the actual full belt of the of the eclipse.
So we figured that with it, we'll go here, have lunch and
then sit in the park. With all these other great folks and watch the
eclipse, and that's what we're doing. Do you have a plan to leave
at some point? Because it could be like after the EBN fireworks. I
think it could be worse than the EBI after the eb AND fireworks. To
be honest with you, I have no plans the rest of the evening except
for basketball later on, so I've got plenty of time to get home.
This is unbelievable. Well, the next time it's going to happen, it's
in about seventy five years from now, so we may not be around for
that. And the last time is a good chance to the other six the
Jefferson Jim Scott was just starting radio at that point. It's kind of unbelievable.
People. A half a million. I had on Mike Dewe at the
noon today and he said, a half a million minimum. We're coming into
Ohio and the Speedway. We just had a report from Brooks Schaeffer of News
Nation that they had fifty thousand people at the Kentucky Speedway. Don't get much
better than that, you know. I understand that Indiana University is filling their
football stadium today because it's going I mean they're they're right on the line.
Yeah. And as it comes across Bloomington and then across Indianapolis and Oxford.
Somebody told me there was gonna be fifty thousand people in Oxford. And I
can tell you this. Going south, going westbound on two seventy five,
at the Colrraine exit, they were backed up for a quarter mile getting off,
so they were all going to Oxford. All right, Tom, we've
been chairman on the board of Sycamore Township. Trustees. I'll call you later
tonight at the house and see what's going on. How'd you got back?
You got it, Tom, Thank you very might much good luck. See
let's continue with more. And of course Willies in Hidden Valley is close to
it. Joining us now is Steve washing Machine. And Steve, can you
hear me? Are you with me? Billy Cunningham the great American? Of
course, Steve washing Machine is the proprietor of Willy's Sports Cafe and Hidden Valley
had the good judgment, however, to set up around a golf in Columbus,
Indiana, which is right in the middle of things. Steve Vanhoven,
also known as Steve washing Machine, welcome again to the Bill Cunningham Show and
Steve tell the American people how you schedule a golf trip to leave Hidden Valley
on today's day to go about sixty miles west. Well, Billy, I
have to give credit four months ago to Adam and Russell who set it up.
We called out a creak and beautiful Columbus, Indiana. I don't think
maybe what the dat is when we called, but we got out here in
the middle of totality. What is happening now is I speak? It's about
forty five minutes from the total eeclips here. What is it like now in
Columbus, Indiana? We have clear skies, We've got I'll give it twelve
and a half percent coverage at this point. I just made it. Things
are good. And how many guys are with you? They're at Otter Creek.
This is beautiful. We brought twenty four from around the Cincinnati area,
but out of Hidden Valley Golf Club. When when Otter Creek discovered what today's
date was in the afternoon, do they raise a stink or not? Absolutely
not. But they are currently stacked and packed, so we might have been
the first, but we were definitely not solo out here. I think the
totally cliffs where you are is about three ten. Do you have a plan
and at that point, which is only about forty five minutes away of actually
stopping, laying in the fairway, put your glasses on and watch it,
or are you going to keep playing golf? Well, I think number one
things to call the group behind us, to tell them we're stopping so that
aerant balls aren't flying at all times. But yeah, we're gonna We're kind
of playing it by year on how much you can see and what it's like
at this point. How dark is it? It's still you know, it's
still daylight, still beautiful out here, seventy something degrees and it just kind
of started, so we're If you look up with your glasses you can see
it moving in, but nothing has changed at this point significantly. How busy
is Hidden Valley in your absence? Hidden Valley is going strong? Actually,
if you look at the map, the totality line ends in the middle of
the lake Hidden Valley. So with Willies is technically ninety nine point nine a
repeating but they're doing they're doing very well. Have you thought about what is
going to be like when you drive back home along with a half a million
of your favorite friends. Have you thought about that? Well, Indiana is
known for its beautiful back roads, but I do have a feeling it's going
to take us a lot longer to get home to watch. They're pretty blueler
makers. Pee it up tonight, hopefully make it back for tip off.
Well, Purdue gets six and a half points, with jnclined to take that
tonight. Connecticut is good, but I don't think they're that good. Six
and a half points. All right, Well, Steve, thanks for calling,
and I'm glad you accepted our call from Otter Creek Golf and Country Club
and beautiful Columbus Indiana don't get much better than that. And to make it
six foot putt as the total eclipse begins, and then possibly you could consider
waiting for the total eclipse you're in the middle of it, to maybe drive
a hit a ball off a par three for a hole in one. How
many holes in one have you had? I have had two? Yes,
Well, if you would have a hole in one during a total eclipse,
that would be a religious moment of great note. Steve washing Machine of Hidden
Valley Willies, thank you for accepting my call. Keep playing golf. You're
going to play right through this thing, correct? Absolutely where else would you
rather be? Ye, Steve, You're the best. God bless you in
thank you. Let's go. That's beautiful, that is wonderful. Hidden Valley
set it up eight weeks ago on Monday afternoon, April the eighth, and
then the airplane golf making punch during the total eclipse of the sun. Get
ready for more, by the way, in about fifteen about fifteen minutes,
we're gonna go live to the driveway of Rocky Boyman and Eddie Fingers and Harrison.
All brought to you by ACR Gunny Pools and Spas called Today and Swim
this year on News Radio seven hundred WLW News Traffic and Weather. News Radio
seven hundred w l JELIK, Cincinnati. The moon has begun to move in
front of the sun locally with the two thirty report, I'm Sean Gallagher breaking
now we're still about thirty nine minutes away from its peak. As many across
the tri city in the US are taking in the solar eclipse today, with
parts of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana in the path of totality. This
includes state in Indianapolis and Cleveland, as well as western Kentucky cities like Paduca
and Henderson, where some of the larger crowds are expected. The eclipse got
underway at one fifty two here in the Greater Cincinnati area. It will conclude
at four to twenty four. Communities are across the area holding viewing parties for
an event that won't be seen again here until twenty ninety nine. Expecting thousands
here at Miami Whitewater Forests. I don't know. I came out here to
fish, really and then see a dark hole in the sky. Fifteen year
old Anthony Saldano from Dell High here with grandma, who is Jill Wiedeman of
Montford Heights. The importance of being here today. Why are you here?
Oh, bucket list? This is on my bucket list. Mary Wrath of
White Oak also brought her grandchildren. We've got lunch, We've got snacks,
we've got drinks, we have footballs, basketballs, frisbees, We've got everything
to entertain these two guys for a few hours. Here from Harrison, I'm
Matt Reeves News Radio seven hundred WYLW, and right now there are a few
clouds in the sky, but not enough to obstruct the view as the Moon
is almost halfway across the Sun at this point, giving it more of a
crescent form of making the Sun look like across the moon. The eclipse will
reach its peak at three h nine pm, turning day and tonight with a
cup for a couple of minutes as the Moon continues to pass by the side.
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we see heavy traffic as well, and then two seventy five north between the
Indiana Kentucky state line and Lawrenceburg and two seventy five west bound Ronald Rick and
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Pools and Spas presents the edding Rocky Solar Eclipse Show live. First of all,
can you set the scene? Rock the money, the crowds, the
one hundred dollars cover charge a little bit more than the speedway in Innapolis.
What's happening and Harrison as I speak, Well, well, I can tell
you right now we are set up right in a smack in the middle of
my driveway. We couldn't have a better view of this eclipse which is starting
to happen right now. Thousands of fans around. There's cars everywhere. We've
seen Accessy in a Winnebago all the way from California. Okay, I believe
that it has come all the way out here to Harrison West Harrison to view
this remonous event. How about that any The important thing here is we understand
from Dean Reguez the last time a similar event happened was like during the presidency
of Thomas Jefferson. Will not happen again to the year twenty one to fifty
three. We may not be around for that. Put in historical context what
you're watching. You've been to every EBN fireworks for the last fifty seven years.
How does this compare to the crowd from the fireworks to this. I
see a lot of the same people here, Willie, just about as drunk
as they were there. But it's it's a great setting. Yeah. Here
the Boyman estate security. I got to hand it to you, son,
Yeah, I want all that. I make sure you know, a big
star celebrity like you, I got to make sure you're protected. And then
we went to know we spared no expense. Will He Well as far as
getting ready for this thing, when you get with your wife and got with
Cindy Abrams and her husband and Harrison City Council that you're so close to,
were they cooperative and making sure this turned out the right way? No,
no, but we handled it. We got it off set, we got
everything together. All the eyes are dotted. When your boyman get it,
come on man, when you're boyman and Harrison the wheels turned, if you
know what I mean. And everybody was corpera get a little grease. Even
Harrison City Council was cooperative. So we we give a shout out to them.
How do you explain this? Since you have so many young children?
Rock had to explained this to the three Rocks about what they're watching? You
get with your wife last night you're lying in bed playing left center right,
haven't completed another long round? What you say to your kids about this?
Now? It's been pretty cool because you know, bo my tenure always been
asking a million questions about it. Well, what does this mean? And
how often does this happen? I'm like, Buddy, this this, this
doesn't happen when you're talking about total solar eclips in this area. It won't
happen again until maybe way way way late in your life. It won't be
during my lifetime again. So and I was thinking about this, will you
namely a singular event that all of America or most of America gets behind?
Maybe the super Bowl. But these days were so fractured right where, so
everybody's everywhere, every's their own camps. But this is like an event that
everybody from coast to coats is doing in America. It kind of kind of
brings us together in some way. And and he doesn't recall in mind what
happened to Y two K. You can't make a phone call. All the
computers are going to crash, airliners will fall out of the sky, and
none of that happened. Is this similar to HY two K? Well,
I will tell you about the only thing that's similar to Y two K is
that if you're driving on the road right now, you ain't moving. If
you're going anywhere west of downtown Cincinnati, you ain't moving anywhere. Then Rodney
try to get there to help engineering what happened to him? Can I drive
me to send a police escort? I called Harrison police and fire and when
they blocked the roads, we had to get him here. But he's here.
Obviously everything's set up and we're looking good. Saying to talk to Sydney
Abram's husband right to get that done? Yes, yes, yes, no
question about it. And Eddie, as far as the exiting because you think
of right now, it's supposed to be three toh nine, which is about
I don't know, twenty six minutes from now. It's all gonna happen.
I sent this scene Eddie. As far as what you're seeing, if you
didn't know an eclipse was going on right now, would you know it's even
happening, You know, you would just think that some heavy clouds had moved
in, because that's kind of the way it feels right now. I will
tell you that as you can hear the winds picking up, I don't know
if that's because of the eclipse or not. Yes, but we're getting these
very high clouds. But when the clouds move on by and we're getting we
can see it quite well really where we're sitting, like rock said, and
the crowd here is zooing, and I and Willie and I see Rocky security
light on his garage just came on. He came. Yeah, just from
it's starting to get dark out here, so we'll see. And I can
already feel again a little bit cooler. Rock absolutely getting cooler. It's and
I'm looking up with the sun right now, and again there's a right now,
just a little bit of a cloud, but I'd say it's about half
cover. I'm sure I saw everyone's experiencing the same thing. But we've got
the goggles out here and we're getting ready to go. But it is I
mean, since we've come on WILLI, it has definitely gotten darker and there's
a wind picked up. It's kind of an eerie feeling, to be honest.
Well, are the farm animals, I know, you got herds of
cattle, you're like my Tana ranch huttons, like the dutt and yellow is
the Yellowstone dutton or dutt and yellows. Don't even notice any odd behavior by
the farm animals, the sheep, the cows, the goats, you have,
all the other farm animals. What's happening with them? Well, my
one golden retriever Rhino, he's he's but he's always kind of weird, so
he seems to be acting kind of normal. The other one, Elvis,
who is fourteen years old, he's kind of calmly over on the side there.
But I think Elvis remembers, yeah, he was there for the last
eclipse. Yeah. But uh, in terms of the other animals, it
remains to be seen. That'll be interesting to see what happens with them.
Any how's the drink concession coming along? Because the Rock worked out with Harrison
City Council a temporary alcohol permit, and you have individuals walking around in bikinis.
How's that working out? By my count, there are seventeen bars set
up for the perimetery eighteen. You forgot the one on the east wing.
Yeah, got the east wing? Yeah, Dutton range. Have you ran
the four food trucks here? Trucks? And how many? Uh? And
how many portals do you have here? Wrong? Oh? He got six?
Not enough? You have the kind of fight that's not enough. That's
not enough. What I'm saying I heard him say to us some young lady
a lot while ago. I am getting get into the the potty and he
goes right there, the woods are right there. Just just let it rip.
Oh my god, it's the family together. Because there is some concern
about these are the end times. We've had earthquakes, we've had hurricanes,
we've had fires, and we got floods, and now we have a total
eclipse of the sun. And there's cities along the path like Jerusalem and Jezebel.
There's cities along the path like Shiloh. All of a sudden, people
are saying this is proof that God exists. Other people are saying it's proof
that God does not exist. Are you one of those rapture believers? For
yeah? Yeah, Are we going to start sailing? Well, I don't
know if. I probably won't, but are you going to sail into heaven
to I'm kind of concerned you may flip into the abyss because we now,
I mean, the turtles are swimming backwards at the zoo and I seriously had
a report on Channel nineteen this morning that some of the turtles started mating,
and I'm not sure turtles know how to mate. We've had floods, the
High River flooding. We've had the outbreak of tornadoes. We've had the hurricanes
that hit the coast. We've had the solar flares, the solar eclipses.
We've had massive pandemics. We've had the Holy Land, Israel's under attack,
we have bridge that are collapsing. And that's just a few of the stuff
going. There's something magically occurring that I think is signed of something greater,
and should the rapture occur? Should the words of John in Turkey when he
wrote down the revelation. Everything depends upon the rise of the fall of Israel,
and if Israel falls because of the Joe Biden policy, these other events
are taking place. I would be concerned for Eddie's eternal soul. Rock,
I'm not so concerned about you and I I'm concerned about Edie. Catholic,
Yeah, we're Catholic. When at the foot of the cross, if he
got himself comes down and takes Eddie, then it's been nice knowing him.
He's been a great partner to work with, and I love you man.
He look, I just scam my way out of it exactly as far as
the show would I think. I hope he does for your sake. But
after after three oh seven, three oh eight, it'll be about three minutes
and then you're done. Then you got three hours to fill from the driveway.
What is the plan? Well, we were told that you were gonna
come back to the rest of the show. What that's what. Yeah,
we're just kind of planning on hanging out and watching the eclipse. We're guests
on your show. You're doing our show. Better do a Jim Day podcast,
That's all I can say. Better kill those damn things up. Unbelievable.
I tell you what, guys, I don't know if this is gonna
be white two k with all these other signs of the apocalypse, and that
this is the final one. I'm concerned about the existence of Harrison and also
Batesville, Indiana. You're on the eastern edge of it, are you?
Is it my understanding that the total eclipse you too will experience it about three
oh nine pm? Is that true? We're told three to zero six time.
Yeah, I said the last about three minutes thirty seconds up to four
minutes, and of like marital sex, correct, gonna say, you know
rocky little length even you know rock going to sleep and glues, rolling over
and smoking a cigarette. But where are the three boys? Where are they
protected? Are they inside the bunker? Right here? There's a little rock
right here? There's another little rock behind me. He's got his baseball jersey
on his cleats. Uh. The other one he's got his shirt off.
He's running around like a madman. There he is up there. Where's the
old one? I got my my nephew. He is here. Jack Bunnell
there, say hello, Jack. Kids are running around the waits, Chris
and Tammy Waite and their son Tyler, daughter Madison's here, Deb hass is
here, of course, my sister Lindsey Bunnell, and then of course the
thousands and thousands of people from all across the country here as well. We're
all gonna sit around and be one and watch this thing. Can I can
I speak with your oldest son for a moment? Yeah? Here, hold
on, Oh boy, Yeah, what's up? Well? Can you tell
me how your dad actually treats you off the air? Is he a good
dad? Does he beat you on a regular basis? Do you have to
pay attention? What kind of father is Rocky Boyman? I mean when it
comes to football, he and I do something wrong? He always yos at
me. Does he beat you when he takes you home? Does he tie
you up and beat you and put you in a closet? That's what I
think. Wow, Wow, I'm getting a hold of Cydney Abrams immediately for
this one. We got we gotta get out of here running. We we
gotta get him off the phone. Two four one kids, put them on
speed dial. Two four one kids. All right, rock I tell you
what it's been great And right now, only about three and a half minutes
remain before we take a break. And I tell you what. I used
to do that to Charlie Luken's kids all the time. He had a kid
named Sam. I used to interview him and Charlie would listen on the phone.
You have to hurry home. But what I just said was a bunch
of bs, because I've seen you, coach, and I've seen what happens
when your son scores a long touchdown. I've seen your wife leave the little
baby alone and go running. Baby the championshe shane fence and I said,
And then someone was saying, where's the baby, where's the the baby?
I said, Baby's over there. I'm watching the baby. Kelly spiked the
baby. Spike the baby. It's it's beautiful. It's unbelievable. Well,
right now, Rocky, what's happening? It is now two fifty two.
What's happening right now? How dark is that? If you didn't know there
was an eclipse going on? Would you know it? Like I said,
right, an eerie feeling in the air, the wind kind of picks up.
It's definitely cooled down. And even since I mean as little as three
minutes ago, as the brightness has gotten I mean right and I'm looking up
right now through my my goggles here, I'd say the sun is about only
one one one fourth of it is probably visible right now. It is like
kind of like a crescent moon. And Eddie, what your plan when this
is over to drive back to your estate in Indian Hill. How can you
get from Harrison to Indian Hill before the start of the tip off tonight of
the NCAA Championship game. Well, there's a no. Charlie's right down the
street. I'm gonna stop down there. I have myself a couple of those
delicious roles they have. I bet I get a little dinner, uh maybe
uh tip a little a wee bit, yeah, and just kind of cruise
on back home about ten o'clock tonight, ten o'clock and I and the tip
off. I think it's like nine o'clock, and I think Connecticut is it's
gonna give about six and a half points to Purdue, a bunch of engineers
against the Huskies. I'll take vicious dogs over some pencil pushing engineer any day
of the week. Yeah, I know that, all right, boys,
It's unbelievable. The action is just beginning. The Great American Solar eclipse of
twenty twenty four should be total in this area between three oh seven and three
oh nine. And according to the optimologist I I'm sorry the optometrist I had
on a couple hours ago. He said, do not look at it,
even if you could, because there's a possibility of no sun rays getting through.
You don't know the two or three seconds before or after you might try
something, in which case you could cause irreducible damage to the iris of your
eye. You won't be able to see and you won't be able to see
the Rock score any more touchdowns late in the game for the glory of Harrison.
Yes, yeah, all right, guys, we'll go back to you
in a minute. We've got to take a short break here. When we
continue, we're going to go back to the Rock. And what we're gonna
do with that point is I take about a four minute break with the commercials,
go to our brief newscast, and as it happens live, we're gonna
have Rocky Boyman and Eddie Fingers live from his driveway somewhere in the Cindy Abrams
estate of West Harrison. You hear the crowd in the background, the food
trucks and the booze and the tequilas being consumed. Eddie compares this to the
EBN fireworks. What's gonna happen? I'm looking out at Oxford, Ohio to
my left on Fox nineteen. It has packed and stucked get ready for the
ac R Gunny pools in Spall solar event. From the driveway of Rocky Boyman
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