WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:04.320 Good morning, Kentucky, Anda hump Day is upon us. Welcome in. 2 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:06.679 It is Kentucky at It's Morning News with Nick Coffee 3 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:11.839 on news Radio eight forty WHAS five o six here 4 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:15.279 on a Wednesday morning, and we've got you for the 5 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:18.399 next four hours. Hopefully that's a long commitment, four hours 6 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:21.519 of your time. That would be very, very courteous of you. 7 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:24.679 So if you can't give us four hours, I do understand, 8 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:27.199 but just know that wherever you go you can take 9 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:29.839 us with you. Listen live on the iHeartRadio app. Also 10 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:33.880 listen live at WHAS dot com. Certainly a lot to 11 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:37.039 get into today, which I don't think we're going to 12 00:00:37.079 --> 00:00:39.759 get any definitive answers within the next four hours, but 13 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:43.079 maybe we do. Are we going to war? Is that? 14 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:44.079 Is that happening? 15 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:44.679 I mean? Is that? 16 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:48.719 Is that something that is we need to be worried about? 17 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:51.520 I mean, you've got I mean, I'm looking here. This 18 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:53.920 is this is a story that PBS put up last night. 19 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:59.679 Trump bases difficult choices in support of Israel's war on Iran. 20 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:00.479 Uh. 21 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.840 This is from Vox Vox Vox News, not Fox Vox, 22 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:07.159 with a v v for Vicky Uh. The surprising right 23 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:10.040 wing push to keep us out of war. Uh this 24 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:13.079 is from the Guardian. Trump cannot avoid the question much longer. 25 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:16.920 Is he going to join Israel's war or not? And 26 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:18.760 I don't know if we're gonna get answers to these questions, 27 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:20.760 but we are going to talk to Rory O'Neil. It'd 28 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:22.280 be a it'd be a tall task to put on 29 00:01:22.319 --> 00:01:24.319 Rory right, there'd be a lot of a lot on 30 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:26.879 his shoulders if we if we if we depend on 31 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:29.120 him to tell us in fact, are we going to 32 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:31.840 war or are we not? But uh we shall, we 33 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:34.439 shall see. I guess over the next, uh over the next. 34 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:34.879 I don't know. 35 00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:37.760 Tough for me to say when we'll get any defenditive answer. 36 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:40.400 And it's also tough to really know exactly what our 37 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:44.079 president wants to do because when you have the reversal 38 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:48.079 of the ice raids as far as who they are 39 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:51.799 targeting when it comes to getting illegal immigrants out of 40 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:53.959 this country. I mean, this is just this is where 41 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:57.920 it's a little bit tough to to know exactly where 42 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:03.519 he stands. Because after aially putting a halt on rating 43 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:09.199 certain businesses, right restaurants, hotels, those type of industries, just 44 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:12.879 within what four days now there's been now there's been 45 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.560 a reversal, So yeah, I mean they reverse course and 46 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:20.199 instructed these ICE agents to resume rating illegal immigrants who 47 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:22.960 are in the agriculture business and hotels. So I guess 48 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:26.120 maybe restaurants aren't part of that. But either way, when 49 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:29.159 you see again, I said this, the whenever the news 50 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:32.120 over the weekend became out that they were not they 51 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:34.919 were no longer, at least at that time, focusing on 52 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:37.319 those that were working in certain industries. Because you know, 53 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:39.599 I think we all were aware, regardless of your thoughts, 54 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:45.199 and when it comes to ICE and legal immigrants in 55 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:47.360 this country, I think we all, if we're being honest 56 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:49.439 with ourselves, realize we have industries here in America that 57 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:52.800 are very much dependent on migrant workers. So we knew 58 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:55.319 that going in, and if you claim that we don't, 59 00:02:55.479 --> 00:02:58.400 you're a liar. But now we had the pause and 60 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:01.479 then days later and again this is just my thought. 61 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:04.319 I can't prove it, just something that I kind of 62 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:07.199 think maybe a factor here that just with things getting 63 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:11.919 so contentious with the with Iran and Israel, it's just 64 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:14.719 things are heated to where, Okay, wouldn't it wouldn't shock 65 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:16.360 me at all if there was a all right, well 66 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:18.080 the hell with it, we're gonna now we're now, we're 67 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.919 now enforcing it everywhere, right, I mean, poly. 68 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:23.639 Market's one of the it's one of the top cryptocurrency. Well, 69 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:26.199 it's not cryptocurrency. It's just a currency market where people 70 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:27.960 come bet on futures. And that's that's how I told 71 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:29.919 Tony this story. That's why I knew Donald Trump was 72 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:31.680 going to win the election the first time around before 73 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:33.560 I went to bed, because it was everybody was putting 74 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:34.240 money on him. 75 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:35.639 And it's a great system. 76 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:38.120 It's not always accurate, mind you, but it's a great 77 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:40.319 system for kind of seeing where things are going, where 78 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:43.199 they're trending. And according to poly Market, because I asked 79 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:45.919 the same question you did, I looked up yesterday about 80 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:49.319 fifty five, they're about fifty five percent that yes, the 81 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:52.800 US is going to go ahead with intervention in what's 82 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:54.240 going on in Israel, so. 83 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:57.240 Fifty five, So we're just over half. I mean in 84 00:03:57.280 --> 00:03:57.840 that direction. 85 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:02.719 Just try, you know, from someone that's very much outside 86 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:05.479 of things to put it to put it lightly, when 87 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:07.240 I try to check the temperature as best I can, 88 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:09.719 which is not very good. It seems as if we're 89 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:10.520 heading that way, and. 90 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:13.280 Then then the question becomes what happens to our gas? Now? 91 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:17.920 Was it my first thought? But that's I'm sure others 92 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:20.439 will will will probably think the same thing, and certainly 93 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:23.000 that'll be a factor. I mean, there's the hard hard 94 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:25.240 to imagine that we won't see a change there at 95 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:27.519 the gas pump. So again, we'll talk to Rory O'Neil 96 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:29.839 coming up here about five forty five. What a loaded 97 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:33.839 Wednesday we have for you. UFL Baseball survives yesterday. They're 98 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:36.720 gonna play once again today taken on Coastal Carolina, which 99 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:39.879 I'm just gonna say it for today specifically, but maybe 100 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:42.480 even long term. I'm anti Shanta clear. 101 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:47.199 I love those jerseys though, Oh man, they're they're really 102 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:52.480 really manufacturing some some disrespect that's not really there. 103 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:54.800 Which again, you got to get an edge. It's competition, 104 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:57.759 I get it, So we'll get into that. Also, no surprise, 105 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:00.600 the TikTok band is going to get exten meaning it's 106 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:03.279 not going anywhere just yet. And then yesterday some news 107 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:04.480 broke at the end of the show. For those that 108 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:06.399 might have missed it, I'm sure you've heard it by now, 109 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:07.959 but U of l in the City of Louis, we're 110 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:11.199 going to honor Tom Jurich where a part of Floyd 111 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:14.920 Street will be named after Jurich. I've got some belated 112 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:16.879 thoughts on that and just kind of my thoughts on 113 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:18.759 the reaction to it, and we'll let you hear a 114 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:20.759 little bit of what Mayor Greenberg had to say. So 115 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:23.600 we've got you covered this morning again. It's Wednesday, it's 116 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:27.000 five eleven. Let's get our first update of traffic and 117 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:31.720 weather right here on news Radio eight forty whas it 118 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:34.399 is five sixteen here at Kentucky had his morning news 119 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:37.639 with Nick Coffee on News Radio eight forty whas. We'll 120 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:39.519 have an update on sports coming your way in about 121 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:42.759 ten minutes. John Shannon with his first newscast coming your 122 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:46.600 way at five thirty and our news partner's over at WLKY. 123 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:49.600 One of the stories that I see on their front 124 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:52.560 on their front page of their website here, I'll just 125 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:54.839 read you the headline and stick with me, because I'm 126 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:58.639 going somewhere with this community pleading for justice after boy 127 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:03.399 dies in Alca when neighborhoods shooting. And then there's also 128 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:09.240 another story that gives some details about a separate incident 129 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:13.079 where a man and a teenage boy were injured, and 130 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:16.079 it sounds as if there have now been two miners 131 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:18.959 children that have been charged in some form of fashion 132 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:22.720 with this crime. And I don't know if it's because 133 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:26.000 I'm I think if you're a parent and you don't 134 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:28.839 maybe maybe some would not agree with this. All of 135 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:31.319 us here are parents, but I think a lot of 136 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:34.360 things change as far as perspective when you become a parent. 137 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:38.839 But when I see this become not so surprising that 138 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:40.879 some of the violence in our community, and you know, 139 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:45.360 murders that take place involve children rather it be them 140 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:48.480 being the victims or them being the ones who commit 141 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:52.680 the crime, I don't want it to ever become not surprising. 142 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:55.720 So I guess my question is, and there's really no 143 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:58.800 way to know this. This isn't normal, right, Like, this 144 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:01.000 isn't something that's been like, you know, I feel like 145 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:04.040 whenever preach children. Long before I became a dad, I 146 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:07.759 don't feel like these kind of stories were as common 147 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:09.639 and I don't act like it happens every single day, 148 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:13.000 but it happening, ever is certainly an issue and concerning. 149 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:15.360 But I don't know if it's more so just me 150 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:19.600 having a different really a different life when you've become 151 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:22.399 a parent. It's just different. But man, it's just it's 152 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:26.240 it's so sad and scary. Like I the first thing 153 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:30.000 that comes to mind for me when I see especially 154 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:32.600 these kind of situations, but even not not even violence 155 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:34.920 to this level where you're talking about murder or whatnot, 156 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:38.920 but just the youth, right, like, who's raising these kids? 157 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:41.759 Like like like yes, I mean it's yeah, And I 158 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:44.079 hate to sound like well back in my day, but 159 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:45.439 I guess I will do it back. 160 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:47.319 I just when it comes. 161 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:50.800 To parents now, and I don't want to put everybody 162 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:52.879 under the same umbrella, but there certainly seems to be 163 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:56.319 way more of well, there's just no way my kid 164 00:07:56.360 --> 00:07:58.079 did something wrong. I got to go address this with 165 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:00.839 the teacher or the administrator or whoever's in charge, whoever 166 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:03.720 my kid is, because there's just no way. That wasn't 167 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:06.160 how it's that was not how things were when I 168 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:09.959 was growing up. Because teachers, you know, grown ups, way 169 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:12.199 more often than not they got the benefit of the 170 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:14.959 doubt over a kid just saying oh no, mom, it 171 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:17.480 wasn't me. They're they're picking on me. Now the teacher 172 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:20.399 doesn't like me, or the assistant principal. No, I had 173 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:22.079 to punch him in the face because you know he 174 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:23.480 was just looking at me. Funny, mom, you have to 175 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:26.160 like to me. It just it's it's scary. 176 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:28.680 I think. I think it's you're right, you're you're a 177 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:29.040 spot on. 178 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:31.240 And I think it all started back even when my 179 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:33.799 daughter was coming up, maybe about twenty years ago. It 180 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:37.159 was the first generation that where parents couldn't parent their 181 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:39.440 own kids the way they were parented in a lot, 182 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:41.879 in large part due to technology at the time, you know, 183 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:45.279 MySpace and these were all the early infancy ones and 184 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:47.399 then of course now they're on. My wife couldn't tell 185 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:49.519 you how Snapchat works, you know, she couldn't tell you 186 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:51.720 how some of these apps work. And I'm not saying 187 00:08:51.720 --> 00:08:54.120 that directly attributes to it. I'm saying it's a huge 188 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:57.480 culture gap that lies here, and some parents are just 189 00:08:57.519 --> 00:09:00.960 beside themselves and they're like, I can't get a handle 190 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:01.279 on this. 191 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:02.360 You know, our parents. 192 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:03.960 Used to be able to sit and listen to us 193 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:06.879 talk on the phone, and you know, we couldn't go anywhere. 194 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:09.159 We had to be more not so much. 195 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:11.360 Maybe your generation where you guys, I think you came 196 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:13.200 in with you still had the cell phones. 197 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:16.639 Growing up, we were in a I say we those 198 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:18.559 of those that are sort of I guess in my 199 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:21.200 in my age range, I feel like I had the 200 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:24.080 best of both worlds because as a young kid, we 201 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:27.080 didn't have technology where the Internet was really anything other 202 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:29.960 than a dial up thing that wasn't that useful, and 203 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:31.960 we didn't really we didn't have smartphones. Put it that way. 204 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:33.720 We had cell phones when I was like when I 205 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:36.080 was a teenager, but you couldn't really do a whole 206 00:09:36.080 --> 00:09:38.559 lot on them other than maybe phone for call somebody, 207 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:40.679 And the text message didn't become a thing until like 208 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:43.799 I was about seventeen, So you know, it was different. 209 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:47.480 On parents could parents were more dialed in and culture's changed, 210 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:50.360 and eventually we'll evolve and parents will figure this out. 211 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:53.639 And I also I still think though a large number 212 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:56.600 of the younger generation is probably our next greatest generation. 213 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:58.080 I think there's a lot of good that comes out 214 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:00.960 of that generation. But to your point, it's an issue 215 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:01.679 for parents. 216 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:05.600 Look, it's one thing to be involved to a level 217 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:08.080 of where you are a victim of gun violence or 218 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:11.919 you are you are somebody who's who's a criminal. That's 219 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:14.960 one thing, But I just the amount of exposure that 220 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:19.519 kids have to that lifestyle is insanely scary to me. Exactly, 221 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:22.759 just is so agree scary stuff. All right, We've got 222 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:25.399 an update of traffic and weather coming your way. Also 223 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:27.480 our first update of sports with Scott right here. It 224 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:29.320 is five twenty one. Kentucky had his morning news with 225 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:33.879 Nick Coffee on news radio eight forty whas. Thanks so much, 226 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:36.200 John Shannon. It is five thirty five. Here Kentucky at 227 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:38.399 his morning news with Nick Coffee on news radio eight 228 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:43.600 forty whas so Mayor Greenberg. He joined us yesterday at 229 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:47.919 eight forty five. Big thanks to Mayor Greenberg for breaking 230 00:10:47.919 --> 00:10:48.879 that news with us here. 231 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:50.879 That was right job. By the way, thank you that. 232 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:55.360 Yeah, you know, I've had people ask me, hey, how'd 233 00:10:55.360 --> 00:10:58.840 that come about? And it's really not a wild story. 234 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:03.080 I've known Craig Greenberg for a while before he was 235 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:06.039 the actual mayor, which I'm very glad that I've got 236 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:08.519 to know him prior to him, you know, running for 237 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:11.159 mayor and of course becoming the mayor of Louisville. And 238 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:13.360 I consider him a friend. I would hope he'd say 239 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:14.039 the same about me. 240 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:15.240 But he was. 241 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:18.480 He was here for his first in studio appearance a 242 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:21.279 couple of weeks ago, in my first week. And he's 243 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:23.759 a big Louisville fan. I know some people give him 244 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:26.000 a tough time because you know, he has been to 245 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:28.919 UK events. He's not. I mean, look, he's the mayor 246 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:31.639 of Louisville, where there are a ton of Kentucky fans, 247 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:36.159 bet our residents. He'd be foolish to be very anti UK, 248 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:38.519 but make no mistake about it, he's a Louisville fan 249 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:41.360 and when the two are playing, there's no hesitancy as 250 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:45.320 far as which way he's leaning. But anyhow, you know, 251 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:46.919 he and I we talked. We've talked about uf L 252 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:49.399 stuff for a long time, and he was he was, 253 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:51.320 I think, itching to tell somebody. He knew I would 254 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:53.480 certainly appreciate the news. So he said, you won't believe 255 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:56.639 what we're doing coming up later this month. We were 256 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:00.000 planning to do something special for Tom Jurch on campus, 257 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:03.440 and I just said, man, there's this new show or 258 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:07.120 a new host in town that might really be able 259 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:10.039 to benefit from having this piece of news. Maybe break 260 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:14.279 on that show and He's like, yeah, that'd be great. 261 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:16.480 And I didn't think he'd think much about it because 262 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:18.240 and he didn't owe that to me by any means. 263 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:21.720 But he called me Monday and said, Hey, I'm going 264 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:25.360 to post the video at nine am, but how about 265 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:26.960 coming on with you at eight forty five. I can't 266 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:28.480 be in studio, but I come on eight forty five, 267 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:30.320 share with you first, and then I'll and then it'll 268 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:33.440 be public at nine. And I was like, yeah, let's 269 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:37.000 do it. Sounds good to me, which it worked out well, 270 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:39.759 but that I shouldn't admit this, But that's the first 271 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:44.360 time I really knew what like embargoed means. You know, 272 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:46.159 I knew of it, I knew generally, I knew what 273 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:48.600 it meant, but I'd never really been I mean, in 274 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:52.279 the news that I've been covering in for the majority 275 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:56.440 of my career, it's not big, big time breaking news. 276 00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:59.320 So it was nice to have to have the mayor 277 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:02.080 share that for here with us, and we certainly appreciate it. 278 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:06.879 And I think this news is I believe it's only 279 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:10.360 going to benefit everyone involved with the U of L 280 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:15.200 athletics community, because there are some that were so close 281 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:18.879 to Tom Jurich, and we're clearly well aware of how 282 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:22.000 impactful he was. This is not and I'm not here 283 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:26.320 to glaze Tom Jurich and gas him up because he 284 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:29.559 doesn't need that. I'm just sharing the honest truth is 285 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:33.279 this is a fact, not an opinion. The success that 286 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:37.480 is going on currently with UL athletics and the success 287 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:42.039 that will hopefully take place in the future, a lot 288 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:45.279 of that is because of the foundation that was set 289 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:50.919 by Tom Jurich. And now, as we speak here at 290 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:53.879 five thirty eight on June eighteenth, and we are just 291 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:56.600 hours away from the Louislle baseball team playing once again 292 00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:59.279 in the College World Series, there is a lot of 293 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:02.799 really good energy right now, more so that I can 294 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:04.759 than I can remember in a long time. I mean, 295 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:07.679 you've got so much good energy with Pat Kelsey, You've 296 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:10.600 got Jeff wall still having the women's program in such 297 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:13.519 a great place, and obviously how about Dan McDonald now 298 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:16.320 in the final four in college baseball, and of course 299 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:20.480 with football, you're clearly ahead of schedule with Jeff Brom, 300 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:24.759 and you could have unlimited money and not be able 301 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:27.000 to pay somebody that can give you what Jeff Brom 302 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:29.039 gives you because Jeff Brom is one of us we 303 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:31.279 don't have to worry about. Does he understand the job? 304 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:33.720 Is he cool that we play on Friday nights? No, 305 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:37.399 he's This is a I mean, the Brom DNA in 306 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:39.600 Louisville football DNA are kind of one and the same. 307 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:43.360 So to do this when there's really good energy and 308 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:46.039 to have such good leadership from Josh Hurd right now 309 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:48.519 and him not in any way be bothered or threatened 310 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:50.559 by this, and I don't I don't think. I don't 311 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:52.360 know why anybody would ever assume that he would. But 312 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:54.320 let's be honest. Some of this, some of this back 313 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:57.720 and forth, there've been some administrative there's been some administrative 314 00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:59.360 things that have happened with you have athletics where there 315 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:02.200 is a little bit of a cattiness and a competitiveness 316 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:04.879 as far as who's getting credit the previous regime, you know, 317 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:07.080 current regime, all that kind of stuff. So h and 318 00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:08.759 by the way, for those who don't know, Josh worked 319 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:10.639 under Tom initially when he was first here at. 320 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:11.000 U of L. 321 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:13.159 So I think this is this is this is a 322 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:16.120 win win because if there were people that were maybe 323 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:19.840 hesitant to be as supportive of u of L, or 324 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:24.279 maybe they were hesitant to support financially u of L 325 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:27.919 because of the Tom Jurich departure and how messy that 326 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:31.320 got at the end. This can only help that, and 327 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:33.519 I'm happy that Tom's agreed to do it and he's 328 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:35.360 going to be here. I think you know as far 329 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:36.960 as what this means for like the future of you 330 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:38.919 OFL athletics when it comes to success, I don't know, 331 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:43.639 but this, to me, this is perfect timing. And regardless 332 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:46.360 of your thoughts on Jurich, I'm not here to try 333 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:50.120 to change your opinion of him, but I think it'd 334 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:52.799 be hard to imagine in one hundred years we look 335 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:55.799 back and say there was anybody as impactful for the 336 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:58.840 universities athletic department than Tom Jerrich. 337 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:00.279 Well, that was the social media chatter. 338 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:02.039 I looked at that after your interview with the mayor 339 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:06.480 and there is nothing but it was overwhelmingly positive for 340 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:09.159 Tom Juriche. There will always be distractors, but yeah, I 341 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:11.799 think you're spot on it. It's perfect timing. The vibe 342 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:14.120 is good as the cherry on top for Louisville. If 343 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:15.919 you're a U of L fan, you're certainly excited. 344 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:16.840 No doubt hanging in. 345 00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:18.960 The vibes are good, and the vibes are good with 346 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:20.519 us here Kentucky and it is morning News. We've got 347 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:22.960 Rory O'Neil. He is a vibe enhancement if I've ever 348 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:25.080 seen one. Rory's going to join us coming up on 349 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:28.519 the other side to give us the latest on are 350 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:31.279 we going to war? Why was there a quick reversal 351 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:34.840 of the of the ice raid policy? As far as 352 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:36.480 who they're targeting. We'll see what Rory can tell us. 353 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:38.080 On the other side. It's Kentucky and it's Morning News 354 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:42.519 on News Radio eight forty whas five forty five. Here 355 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:44.360 Kentucky and it is Morning News on News Radio eight 356 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:47.360 forty whas. Nick Coffee with you, and I am now 357 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:51.559 joined by Rory O'Neill of NBC News. So we have 358 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:54.879 seen a reversal here on the brief pause that was 359 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:57.639 out there for a few days roughly on the ice 360 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:01.840 raids that were targeting illegal immigrants and work places like farms, hotels. 361 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:05.759 So now we are back to the aggressive enforcement. Do 362 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:09.680 we know, Rory, what led to a quick change, Well. 363 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:11.759 You know it was last week when President Trump, I 364 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:14.039 think it was on truth Socials said, Okay, I've been 365 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:16.519 talking to some of my friends in agriculture and in 366 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:20.680 the hospitality industry. I recognize that these ICE raids have 367 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:23.960 been disruptive for you. So he sort of just mentioned 368 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:27.519 stuff online that maybe they'd be taking their foot off 369 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:30.880 the gas pedal. But on Monday, the Department of Homeland 370 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:34.599 Security clarified things and said, nope, we are proceeding full 371 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:39.880 bore just as before, to continue these enforcement operations regardless 372 00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:43.200 of where they may happen, So there will be no 373 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:46.200 special treatment for the hospitality and agriculture industries. 374 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:50.400 I mean, this certainly seems as if there's the priority 375 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:56.119 is immigration enforcement over economic concerns. Clearly, the decision last 376 00:17:56.119 --> 00:18:00.519 week to no longer pursue illegal immigrants in those industries 377 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:02.839 made it seem as if there was awareness that, yes, 378 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:05.759 we do as a country in certain industries heavily rely 379 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:09.079 upon migrant workers, and this is going to impact the economy. Right. 380 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:11.160 I don't see a scenario where, if in fact, they 381 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:14.799 are successful, meaning ICE, in really enforcing this to the 382 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:16.920 extent they want to, I'd be shocked if we don't 383 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:19.119 see an impact on the economy. 384 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:25.839 Well, look, there is this generally accepted wink in a nod, right, like, Okay, well, 385 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:27.759 well sort of let you stay if you're the one 386 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:30.960 picking the tomatoes and doing the dishes and processing the 387 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:34.279 meat at the poultry plant, right, we sort of that's 388 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:37.720 sort of the tacit agreement. But we're going to be 389 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:40.440 more aggressive. Of course, if you break any laws, then 390 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:43.240 we're going to come after. But if you quote unquote 391 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:47.480 behave and do the jobs that Americans don't want to do, well, 392 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:50.079 we'll turn to blind eye to the situation. Problem is 393 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:52.759 so many economies have become dependent on that, in the 394 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:57.400 construction industry, in agriculture, in hospitality, and this can be 395 00:18:57.480 --> 00:19:02.279 disruptive when you then scare people who now won't step 396 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:04.880 forward to take up those day labor jobs or things 397 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:07.799 like that. You're right, it really can have a significantly 398 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:09.440 negative impact on the economy. 399 00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:13.240 ICE reports that seventy three percent of recent arrests target 400 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:16.680 immigrants with criminal records. That of course challenges the narrative 401 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:20.480