WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.240 It is seven oh five here Kentucky. This Morning News 2 00:00:02.279 --> 00:00:07.960 with Nick Coffee on News Radio eight forty whas Happy Thursday, everybody, 3 00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:11.720 whole cruiz here. We got Scott Fitzgerald, John Alden and 4 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:16.160 you just heard John Shannon. And the NBA to Louisville 5 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:19.760 used to be used to be like an actual organization, 6 00:00:19.879 --> 00:00:22.440 and maybe they still exist, and if so, I apologize 7 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:25.039 to act like they're dead, But I just there used 8 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:27.239 to be a lot more noise locally. At least I 9 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:31.160 feel like about people pushing the NBA to Louisville saying 10 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:33.960 it would work, how big of a deal it would 11 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:37.880 be to the economy, And I mean personally, I would 12 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:40.439 love if we had an NBA team here. And the 13 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:42.960 reason I bring this up is because Adam Silver, he 14 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:48.119 was on yesterday with Dan Patrick, and Patrick asked him directly, Hey, 15 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:51.320 I'm retiring in three years. Will we have NBA expansion 16 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:56.000 in three years? And the response was honestly not sure. 17 00:00:56.119 --> 00:00:59.079 I don't mean to tease people with this, but this 18 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:01.520 is the summer. We're going to look at it seriously. 19 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:05.079 So I wouldn't be shocked if those that are real 20 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:09.640 big supporters of bringing the NBA to Louisville used this 21 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:11.680 as maybe a chance to have another push, And I 22 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:13.719 don't know exactly what goes on and how you end 23 00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:16.920 up on the radar of the NBA. Clearly Louisville would 24 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:21.000 be in a list of ten cities as far as 25 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:29.159 expansion deserving. Yeah, that's so. I've always felt like the 26 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.480 time was, the timing was there, it just didn't happen. 27 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:35.439 You had a chance a couple of different times to 28 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:38.519 bring an NBA team here, and there's different stories as 29 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.400 far as what kept that from happening. It wasn't a 30 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:44.040 secret by any means that when Tom jurch was the 31 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:46.040 athletic director at the University of Louisville, he was very 32 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:49.519 much against having an NBA team here, and a lot 33 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:52.439 of people listened to Tom Jurich and he was a 34 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:55.879 great athletic director, but he was also somebody who was 35 00:01:55.959 --> 00:01:58.239 very good at persuading people. And it is wild to 36 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:00.519 me that there were people that believe that the NBA 37 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:02.359 being in louisvill would be a bad thing, I mean, 38 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:06.560 be phenomenal, and yet I think the noise just more 39 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:08.919 so became well, yeah, but it would take away a 40 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:11.319 lot of the corporate support that you get that, you 41 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:14.599 get the U of L gets because then there would 42 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:17.280 be more of a push to maybe have that towards 43 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:20.159 the NBA franchise. And that isn't like a crazy thing 44 00:02:20.199 --> 00:02:22.919 to bring up, but it's a win win for every 45 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:26.680 single person. If an NBA team was here, I just 46 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:30.319 I find a hard I think now you have fallen 47 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:33.599 to where they used to be unheard of to think 48 00:02:33.639 --> 00:02:36.960 about a professional sports team in Las Vegas. Las Vegas 49 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:39.240 will now be the next will now be the next 50 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:41.120 city that has an NBA team. I don't think there's 51 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:44.759 any question. Well, Lebron James wants to own it, and 52 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:47.280 he but he can't be a player and own it. 53 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:50.240 So when he when if expansion happens in three years? 54 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:55.159 And in Vegas, Vegas, we've seen now that the NFL 55 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:58.039 works in Vegas, the NHL works in Vegas, the w 56 00:02:58.199 --> 00:02:59.879 n B a is in Vegas. Is there a base? 57 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:03.120 Is that where the a's are going to Vegas? So 58 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:05.120 the NBA is going to go to Vegas at some point, 59 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:08.719 and obviously Seattle also will be first in line. Right 60 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:11.080 outside of Vegas. I think Seattle was first in line 61 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:15.599 to get an NBA team before before Vegas until it 62 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:17.599 became a clear thing that it can work there. And 63 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:22.719 now sports gambling is embedded within how we consume sports content. 64 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:24.719 So I just think we missed the window. 65 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:27.199 Do you think that the NBA is more inclined to 66 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:29.199 give a franchise to a team that already has a 67 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:30.719 w NBA franchise. 68 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:34.919 I don't. I wouldn't think that that matters a whole lot, 69 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:37.960 because there's just it's a different planet when it comes 70 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:41.280 to the support and the reach. I mean, the WNBA 71 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:45.520 is not in any way profitable, and it without and 72 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:48.479 I mean this is just fact, Without Caitlin Clark, it's 73 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:50.439 not a needle mover for most people. It just isn't. 74 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:53.039 That's just that's just that those are facts. It might 75 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:54.879 hurt people's feelings, but that's just the way that it is. 76 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:58.719 So h There's other cities that come up, like Kansas 77 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:02.479 City has has been as a place that is big enough. 78 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:06.479 They've clearly had success with their pro teams there. I 79 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:08.919 just don't think for a long Louisville, I think, has 80 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:12.479 always been known as a basketball city. Kentucky's been known 81 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:14.680 as a basketball state. Obviously, the Colonels were here in 82 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:18.639 the ABA long ago, and I think it's been viewed 83 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:21.000 as a city that would embrace and want the NBA 84 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:23.120 in the last you know, ten to fifteen years. But 85 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:25.560 I just think it's just hard for me to envision 86 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:29.560 when they're looking at expanding by two or expanding maybe 87 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:31.519 by four. I just feel like we would miss the 88 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:35.279 cut as a city, not because of anything specifically wrong 89 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:37.439 with us, it's just I think for what the NBA 90 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:41.600 is looking for, market size, proof of high level professional 91 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:45.839 sports succeeding, I just think it makes it tough. And 92 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:50.240 I guess maybe one thing you could say is that, well, 93 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:53.360 you know, Louisville has never had a major pro sports 94 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:57.959 team before. Now we have Racing Louisville, but never an 95 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:00.560 MLB team. Actually they did way way back in the day, 96 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:02.839 like hundreds of years over one hundred years ago. So 97 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:05.000 maybe they would get the benefit of the doubt because 98 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:07.160 we are known as a basketball city. But I just 99 00:05:07.160 --> 00:05:09.360 feel like when the opportunity was there with the Hornets, 100 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:13.079 and I believe also might have been the there was 101 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:16.279 another potential, not expansion, I mean it was it was 102 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:18.720 basically taking over for a team that needed a new 103 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.040 home and was looking to move. I feel like that 104 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:23.759 would have been your best window. I think expansion, You're 105 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:26.160 not going to be as attractive as other cities to 106 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:28.560 where your best chance of ever getting an NBA team 107 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:32.199 in Louisville, in my opinion, would be the Kings or 108 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:35.079 the Grizzlies or somebody like that. And I'm not saying 109 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:37.600 this is realistic New Orleans. Maybe if those teams it 110 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:39.399 just wasn't working there, it had run its course and 111 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:42.800 they realized there's no ceiling here, maybe then you could 112 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:45.319 you could get somebody to relocate. But as far as 113 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:47.759 an expansion candidate, I think you're in the mix. I 114 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:50.319 just I think you have to have a big expansion 115 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:50.920 for that to happen. 116 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:54.279 Do you think that keeping on comparing the Colonels to 117 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:56.839 success here is kind of unfair because that was so 118 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:59.319 long Ayeoh and of course yeah. All it's a different 119 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:01.319 time right now than it was in the NBA. 120 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:03.120 I mean, I've always believed that we would support an 121 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:06.639 NBA team, but that's just my belief. Maybe that's wishful thinking. 122 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:09.040 You know, you just don't know until until you have one, 123 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:11.920 and I think you getting one at this point this 124 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:15.279 in the current climate, I just think you're you're better 125 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:17.240 off getting you have a better chance of getting one 126 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:19.519 if if somebody is looking to move, then looking to 127 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:22.199 expand and start a new franchise. All right, we got 128 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:24.560 an update of traffic and weather coming your way right here. 129 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:27.839 It is seven to eleven a news Radio eight forty whas. 130 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:32.600 It is seven seventeen here at news Radio eight forty whas. 131 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:35.920 It is Kentucky Anda's Morning News with myself, Nick Coffee. 132 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:38.199 I hope you guys know who I am. If not, 133 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:40.199 now you do, and I hope you remember, and I 134 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:42.680 hope you come back and start your morning with us 135 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:45.079 each and every day, and just know that whatever you're doing, 136 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:47.720 wherever you're going, take us with you. Listen live on 137 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:51.639 the iHeartRadio app. Also listen live at whas dot com. 138 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:54.480 I've been mentioning throughout the morning that we have a 139 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:57.199 way for you to interact with us, and that is 140 00:06:57.199 --> 00:07:00.639 with the talkback feature on the iHeartRadio app. Where I 141 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:03.879 come from in sports radio, interaction is a big part 142 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:06.319 of it. Right People call in and yell and talk 143 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:08.959 about their favorite teams and tell you how stupid you are, 144 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:11.319 how stupid the coach is. And there is a part 145 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:13.360 of me that will miss that world. It was a 146 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:15.959 lot of fun. Obviously this is a little bit different, 147 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:18.519 but I do think it's important to let listeners know 148 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:22.920 that they have a way to interact with us live 149 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:24.920 on the show. And obviously you can get in touch 150 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:27.000 with us on Twitter and Facebook and all that, and 151 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:28.759 a lot of people still do that. But the talk 152 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:32.399 back feature is really easy, and it's a tool that 153 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:35.120 iHeart has implemented that we'd be foolish not to really 154 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:37.680 utilize to where if you're listening on the app and 155 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:41.800 you click the microphone on your device, it will then 156 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:45.439 prompt you to record up to thirty seconds of whatever 157 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:49.199 you want. What I always say is questions, compliants, compliments, insults, 158 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:52.000 feel free to send them in. Not everything, of course, 159 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:53.759 would be and look, there may be people that just 160 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:55.800 want to share something that maybe they don't expect to 161 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:57.519 be played on the air. We're not going to just 162 00:07:57.800 --> 00:07:59.920 play everything that comes in. But if we are to 163 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:02.120 talking about something that you have a strong opinion on, 164 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:05.240 we're talking about something that you you know, you really 165 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:07.480 want to express the way you feel, you have the 166 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:10.079 option to do that, and we'll certainly try to mix 167 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:12.519 in some of these What do we call them. We 168 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:14.759 can't call them talkbacks, like what do we We got 169 00:08:14.800 --> 00:08:18.399 to figure out a way to smoothly reference what this 170 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:22.079 is because I'm a company man. But talk back feature, 171 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:24.560 I don't love that. I don't love the way that's worded. 172 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:27.399 I can't come up with a better one necessarily, but uh, 173 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:30.720 you know, let's let's hit the talk back. Let's you know, 174 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:34.639 and there's ways to to to to word it. But anyways, 175 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:37.360 if you want to share something and it is a 176 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:40.559 different perspective than maybe we are discussing or thinking about, 177 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:43.200 you know, that can always continue the conversation. Sometimes you 178 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:46.080 could potentially help take our conversations in a different direction. 179 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:49.360 So again we'll we'll try to utilize that more so 180 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:52.559 here on the show. And again, whatever you got, feel 181 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:55.240 free to uh to send it in. That'd be nice. 182 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:58.039 It's a great feature, Nick, because it does give listeners 183 00:08:58.080 --> 00:08:59.879 a chance to be part of the show. And as 184 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:01.919 a matter of fact, you know, something's going on out 185 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:03.600 in town, and you know, I can't tell you the 186 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:06.440 number of times that people have called in and said, hey, listen, 187 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:08.799 by the way, I'm on my way sixty for them 188 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:11.919 at the WADDI exit, and I just witnessed an accident. 189 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:13.559 That's right, those are the ones I love. 190 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:15.799 I mean, Bobby Ellis does a great job with our traffic, 191 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:17.639 you know, and I love that folks call in. Don't 192 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:20.120 get me wrong, don't stop calling in. But Bobby's pretty 193 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:22.639 on top of that. Where what Bobby needs help with too. 194 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:25.879 What we all do is when you're we've all seen it, 195 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:27.879 we've seen an accident happen when we're in our car. 196 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:29.759 And if a listener can reach out to us and 197 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:33.080 let us know, hey, look this just happened. You know 198 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:35.080 how many times people have emailed me and said, thanks 199 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:37.000 to you all, I was able to get off before 200 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:38.679 the Waddy exit and make the detour. 201 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:41.320 Yeah you can. I mean they listeners can then be 202 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:42.840 a resource for us, right. 203 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:44.320 Even with an app's not going to pick it up 204 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:47.039 that quick. So use that talkback feature Nick's talking about. 205 00:09:47.039 --> 00:09:47.639 That's amazing. 206 00:09:47.679 --> 00:09:49.600 Have you have you heard some of the commercials that 207 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:53.519 Our Heart runs promoting it that I like. I like 208 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:56.360 leaning into it because there are some people that that 209 00:09:57.080 --> 00:10:01.000 don't realize that it is a for it's a platform. 210 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:03.159 It's a feature that you can tell us you could 211 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:06.080 share something with us. Some people click the microphone and think, 212 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:09.120 you know, hey hey Alexa or hey Siri. They think 213 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:11.679 if you hit the microphone and tell the app what 214 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:14.200 you want, then it'll do it. And I mean your 215 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:17.519 your echo speaker may or whatnot. But the app on 216 00:10:17.679 --> 00:10:19.879 the microphone that's there when you're listening to us live 217 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:23.039 is for you to yell at us or yep or 218 00:10:23.080 --> 00:10:24.720 give it or tell us how great we are. We 219 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:28.879 love that, we love that. I'm kidding. We wouldn't. We wouldn't, 220 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:31.559 would we. I don't know, maybe we would. Maybe maybe 221 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:34.559 we would just play nothing but people praising us. Everybody 222 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:37.320 likes some compliments. That's right, every stuff all right, trafficking weather. 223 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:39.960 Your next update is now. Also another update on sports 224 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.759 coming your way right here on news radio eight forty whas. 225 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:46.840 Thank you, John. It is seven thirty five here Kentucky. 226 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:49.080 His morning news with Nick Coffee on news Radio eight 227 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:53.080 forty whas. We'll talk coming up in about an hour 228 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:55.720 a little under an hour with Rory O'Neill of NBC 229 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:58.360 News and get his get his thoughts on the latest 230 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:03.360 with the is stems going on, not only in California, 231 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:05.679 in La. LA's gotten the most of the attention as 232 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:08.440 you could expect, but you're seeing it here in Louisville 233 00:11:08.919 --> 00:11:11.399 protests that I think have mostly been peaceful from what 234 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:16.480 I've gathered, but cities across the country are preparing for 235 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:19.840 what I guess they hope is a peaceful protest, but 236 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:22.200 you really never know, and you need to be prepared if, 237 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:25.200 in fact, it turns out to not be peaceful. So 238 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:30.799 this weekend there I think there are a total of yeah, 239 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:35.000 there are a thousand, says here. The protests are part 240 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:40.279 of over a thousand demonstrations planned nationwide that are opposing 241 00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:43.600 President Trump' immigration policies and these ice rates. So here 242 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:47.000 in Louisville there are at least three that are scheduled 243 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:50.279 for Saturday, one downtown and two in the Highlands, with 244 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:55.039 additional protests planned across the river in Indiana. These follow 245 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:59.320 I guess the smaller peaceful anti ice protests that took 246 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:01.919 place in louis on Monday, and again, from what I've gathered, 247 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:04.559 they seem to be peaceful, certainly compared to what you've 248 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:09.480 seen at times in Los Angeles. However, there was footage 249 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:13.080 pictures surfacing of I can't think of which road it 250 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:15.440 is I can get anywhere I need to go downtown, 251 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:20.519 but I'm terrible at remembering specifically building. Yes, I'm oh 252 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:23.200 on Broadway? Was that Okay? I was going to say Broadway, 253 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:25.039 then I thought about main Street, and then I'm thinking, no, 254 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:28.519 it's not main Street. So you know, those that want 255 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:32.679 to really make a big deal about the protests going on, 256 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:35.120 and I'm not saying that at times they're not worthy 257 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:36.840 of making a big deal out of it. But the 258 00:12:36.919 --> 00:12:39.120 one thing that they were really able to put out there, see, 259 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:41.399 see this is an issue. See, somebody's got to fix 260 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:43.399 this is that they were in the street to where 261 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:45.960 if you wanted to drive down Broadway you wouldn't be 262 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:47.960 able to do so. I don't think it turned into 263 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:51.240 anything major, but you you've got to be prepared. Again. 264 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:53.879 Cities across the country are I'm sure they already have 265 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:58.000 plans in place. I know L and PD. They're balancing 266 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:01.799 public safety, but also of course protecting First Amendment rights 267 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:07.799 here and letting people demonstrate and protest peacefully. So they're 268 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:12.120 going to have bike patrols, mounted units, and of course 269 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:14.759 video recording for accountability, which is huge. 270 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:14.960 Now. 271 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:17.240 I wonder how many lessons we learned in the Breonna 272 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:20.440 Taylor protests. Then we took away from that, and that's 273 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:23.360 probably a question for someone like Jody Myman or even 274 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:23.799 the chief. 275 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:26.720 But to your point, I surely I think everybody learned 276 00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:29.200 some things in their own way, given sort of what 277 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:30.600 that entire thing was. 278 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:32.639 Well right, And I watched some of the footage from 279 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:35.120 the protest yesterday, and for the most part, everybody was 280 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:37.240 in I guess for all of it. 281 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:39.440 Really the people were peaceful. 282 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:42.200 As you mentioned, if you were trying to get down Broadway, 283 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:44.200 that probably was a problem. But let's be honest, this 284 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:48.679 is downtown Louisville. You're not in downtown Manhattan. I've encountered 285 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:52.240 not just protests, but a lot of construction this summer now, 286 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:54.120 which I think is fantastic because we've got to improve 287 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:57.200 our infrastructure. But I've always been able to find another 288 00:13:57.279 --> 00:14:00.639 way around it, and it hasn't delayed my tripsgnificantly. So 289 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:05.320 if people are protesting peacefully, I understand, you know, does 290 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:10.639 it make it to whom you're referring to? Is it illegal? Yeah, 291 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:12.679 if you don't have the permits, you better believe it is. 292 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:15.600 But let's put some context here. And so if I 293 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:17.519 were to see what I'm trying to say is if 294 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:20.559 I needed to get down Broadway and I needed to 295 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:23.279 get through that area and there were protesters there, it 296 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:25.879 wouldn't even occur to me to maybe take a turn 297 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:29.600 down or wherever and go around the protests and get 298 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:31.279 to where I'm going. I've got an app that can 299 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:33.559 get me there as long as people are being peaceful. 300 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:35.960 I don't care what you protest, yeah, I just what 301 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:39.320 fascinates me is to just try to put myself in 302 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:43.039 the many different shoes of many different people. Right if 303 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:46.519 you are somebody that was to turn down a road 304 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:51.600 Broadway and you see peaceful, protesting people walking towards you, 305 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:55.879 if you've never encountered that before, regardless of what you 306 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:59.600 think of protests or not, it could probably be alarming 307 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:02.480 to people or they may be worried. And it's because 308 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:06.559 a lot of the footage that gets really spread across 309 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:08.799 everywhere on the internet, all over the new it gets 310 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:11.519 sensationalized to where you may be fearful. I don't know 311 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:13.159 what the I don't know if these people are angry, 312 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:15.159 if they're going to try to make an example out 313 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:19.720 of me because they feel so strongly about why, you know, whatever, 314 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:22.759 it is that they're they're protesting. So I don't know. 315 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:25.720 I just I think even if it is peaceful and 316 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:29.320 it's not, you know, and they're not being held accountable 317 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:32.279 by not having a permit, you know, it still could 318 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:36.159 impact every people's people's every day lives and make them uncomfortable. 319 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:38.679 And that's just that's what you have to balance here. 320 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:42.240 I mean, LMPD, it's their responsibility and they know it 321 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:45.200 to to balance it as best they can. But I'd 322 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:46.679 be a liar if I told you I think it's. 323 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:49.919 Easy, right, right, because although, like you mentioned earlier, with 324 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:53.039 the school system and whatnot, let's be honest, nobody is 325 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:56.279 ever one hundred percent. And so I think you raise 326 00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:58.320 up a good question. I'm sure these questions are going 327 00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:59.960 to be thought long and hard about over the next 328 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:03.559 few days as we see these protests unfold. My bigger 329 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:06.360 concern with the protest is, like anything else, is they 330 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:09.080 start peaceful. We have peaceful protests, and then it takes 331 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:13.399 one offshoot thing to happen, whether it be by accident, 332 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:17.399 whether it be on purpose, somebody throws a wrench into 333 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:19.320 the whole thing, and then all of a sudden, you 334 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:20.360 know what breaks loose. 335 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:22.519 That's my concern when it comes to these protests. 336 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:24.480 Well, and you just never know. There's no way to 337 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:30.039 know if how who that is there is truly just 338 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:32.279 looking to make a change, or if they're there to 339 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:35.679 wait for somebody to make the first move to basically 340 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:38.840 cause chaos. And that's what you got to be worried about. 341 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:39.200 I was. 342 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:41.120 I was there when Remember why they went marched on 343 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.639 Daniel Cameron's house. 344 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:44.240 Yeah, I remember rolling. 345 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:45.200 Up because I had to go over to saying hey, 346 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:46.759 Albert at the time for an. 347 00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:48.159 Event, had to be a scene, dude. 348 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:50.480 There were so many cars with out of state license 349 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:51.679 plates that were parked outside. 350 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:55.120 There's to your point, I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised exactly. 351 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:57.320 All Right, We've got another update of trafficking weather coming 352 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:59.000 your way right here right now on Who's Radio eight 353 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:04.119 forty whas seven forty seven here at Kentucky this Morning 354 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:07.519 News on News Radio eight forty whas. We talked last 355 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:11.480 week about the Nintendo switch to being a big item 356 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:14.920 that had people lined up seemingly for miles to purchase, 357 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:18.960 and the purchase the people that purchased them, I'm sure 358 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:21.640 they're happy and a lot of you did exactly that 359 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:25.440 because there's been a record bro Yes. So the switch 360 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:29.000 To that released released last week managed to rack up 361 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:32.880 more than three point five million units sold in just 362 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:36.839 four days, makes it the fastest selling console in the 363 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:39.319 history of the company. The switch To retails for about 364 00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:41.920 four hundred and fifty dollars. Some stores are already out 365 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:44.960 of stock of the console, so I'm sure they'll be restocking. 366 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:47.319 And if you did, if you waited, this is what 367 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:50.599 we brought up last week. If you waited in line 368 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:53.119 and you got it and you paid the four hundred 369 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:56.279 and fifty bucks, you've probably been playing it NonStop because 370 00:17:56.319 --> 00:18:00.559 it's the new toy and you love it. But was 371 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:03.200 it worth waiting however long you waited, And I guess 372 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:06.799 that's all subjective, But you know, if you've already, if 373 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:08.920 you've got the Switch one or the Switch Original, whatever 374 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:11.680 it was called, I would just the thought of standing 375 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:14.279 in line. There's not many things that I would like 376 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:16.400 if it's something that I need as far as a 377 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:19.160 necessity for like my life, not necessarily my life depending 378 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:21.160 upon it, but just you know, something that like quite 379 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:24.119 literally I have to have. That's different. But this is 380 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:25.720 just a toy. And I don't mean to say that 381 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:28.119 if you're like a grown up and you waited in 382 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:30.160 line like you're playing with toys, you need to grow up. 383 00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:32.000 I mean, but literally, it's a video game. It's a toy, 384 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:35.039 and adults have toys too. I've got toys, so you know, 385 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:37.559 I'm not passing any judgment, but I just there's not 386 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:39.640 much that I would that I would say, Okay, yeah, 387 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:42.400 I'll sit here for four hours just so I can 388 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:45.680 get it a few weeks earlier. It just wouldn't be 389 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:47.640 worth it to me, but hey, maybe it's worth it 390 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:48.039 to others. 391 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:49.960 Do you remember the last thing you stood in line for? 392 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:50.799 No? 393 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:53.880 You know, because when you're talking about that, you're making 394 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:56.160 me think. Now, did you see the lines on TikTok 395 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:58.319 when Paul Skemes Bibblehead Night. 396 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:00.880 Was in Pittsburgh. No? Oh, insane, bro. 397 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:03.400 I mean, it was like a guy just walked along 398 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:06.519 the line and it was crazy to think what people 399 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.119 held out for. 400 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:09.400 It was the same with Terror School. Was he signing 401 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:12.839