Speaker 1: We're in Kentucky. Anda Happy Monday.
Speaker 2: It is Kentucky and it's Morning News with Coffee and Company,
Speaker 2: and it coffee. That's me Scott this year alongside you
Speaker 2: just heard John Shannon there for the latest newscast, we'll
Speaker 2: get you caught up on traffic and whether Bobby Ellis
Speaker 2: will get us updated on how the roadways are looking
Speaker 2: to get this week started. Also, we'll get the latest
Speaker 2: forecast from Susanne Horgan. But if you are just now
Speaker 2: joining us, we did talk a lot about the TVT
Speaker 2: and I really just can't get over how much we
Speaker 2: as a city and as a fan base. And it's
Speaker 2: not just I guess Louisville and Louisville fans, but I
Speaker 2: know in Lexington you could see if you watched the
Speaker 2: Lat Familia game yesterday that they they have a similar
Speaker 2: crowd where it's probably not I mean, it's nothing close
Speaker 2: to what you'd see as far as the turnout whenever
Speaker 2: you've got Louisville and Kentucky playing in the Young Center
Speaker 2: and Rapperena. But there's enough of us because we have
Speaker 2: a I mean, this area loves college hoops more than
Speaker 2: anybody this region really, so when you've got former players
Speaker 2: that come back. All it takes is a crowd of
Speaker 2: you know, I don't know, I'm not even sure what
Speaker 2: the announced attendance was yesterday in RUP or at Freedom Hall,
Speaker 2: but clearly the atmosphere looks awesome and it's just it's
Speaker 2: I think it's perfect for this city, and clearly the
Speaker 2: TVT knows that, which is why they continue to have
Speaker 2: Louisville and Lexington as host sites. Also coming up later today,
Speaker 2: we're going to get the sentencing of Brett Hankerson. So
Speaker 2: of course last week it became, i mean, regardless of
Speaker 2: whatever came from the DOJ as far as what they
Speaker 2: were going to recommend, it was going to be a
Speaker 2: big news item because clearly this thing has lingered for many,
Speaker 2: many years. But the sentencing recommendation was one that a
Speaker 2: lot of folks certainly were surprised by pleasantly and then
Speaker 2: of course others probably upset about it. Clearly, Mary Greenberg,
Speaker 2: he's made it quite clear that he's he's not a
Speaker 2: fan of the one day sentence that was recommended by
Speaker 2: the DJ for former l and PD officer Brett Hankerson
Speaker 2: for his role and what took place that of course
Speaker 2: ultimately led to Breonna Taylor losing her life. So sentencing
Speaker 2: is set for today, I believe it. One thirty so
Speaker 2: years of legal proceedings mistrials too along the way, the
Speaker 2: sentence is going to come down today. So what I
Speaker 2: think is important to note here is that just because
Speaker 2: that's the recommended sentence doesn't necessarily mean that that's what's
Speaker 2: going to happen here with Hankison. So typically the judge
Speaker 2: will follow a DOJ recommendation, but this is just a
Speaker 2: different case, and I think we all know that, right
Speaker 2: this is spanning two presidential administrations and the climate being
Speaker 2: different throughout this multi year process of closure, I guess
Speaker 2: as far as just putting this thing in the rearview
Speaker 2: where he's no longer going to court and having these trials,
Speaker 2: and it's just whatever the sentence is, it is. And
Speaker 2: I don't mean where you move on, meaning him clearly,
Speaker 2: I'm sure he wants to move on from this as well,
Speaker 2: But I also think Louisville is a city you want
Speaker 2: to you want to put this in the rear view,
Speaker 2: but also you've got to balance it with Okay, let's
Speaker 2: let's also see what we could have learned from that whole,
Speaker 2: that whole situation, because certainly a lot to take from it.
Speaker 2: So again Mary Greenberg has has been pretty clear that
Speaker 2: he's he's not, you know, he's not he's not necessarily
Speaker 2: in favor. And again that's probably putting it mildly when
Speaker 2: it comes to just leniency that the DOJ appeared to
Speaker 2: show here by just the recommendation of one day sentence.
Speaker 2: So again that doesn't the recommendation sentence is not it's
Speaker 2: not binding. So the federal judge they can choose to
Speaker 2: follow it, They can choose to reduce or increase the
Speaker 2: sentence with federal sentencing guidelines, or they could disregard the
Speaker 2: recommendation entirely, to be honest with you, So we shall see.
Speaker 2: But coming up a little bit later on, we will
Speaker 2: well know because I believe one thirty today is is
Speaker 2: when that's expected to uh to take place. And I'm
Speaker 2: sure we'll get you get you the latest right here
Speaker 2: on news Radio eight forty whas also we talked about
Speaker 2: the CEO of a company that probably needs to change
Speaker 2: their name. No astronomer, None of us have ever heard
Speaker 2: of astronomer right well now, when we think of it,
Speaker 2: if we ever do. I mean, it's going to be
Speaker 2: because of this CEO, Andy Byron, who his life has
Speaker 2: been changed in a drastic way in a matter of
Speaker 2: what three or four days, And it is fascinating to
Speaker 2: me to see how stories like this just take off
Speaker 2: the way that they do.
Speaker 1: Right, It's it's I I think I was caught off
Speaker 1: guard by that.
Speaker 3: I think you were talking with the Rory about seeing
Speaker 3: all the different memes that were out there and the
Speaker 3: way and you mentioned the Savannah bananas. Even the Philadelphia
Speaker 3: Phillies had fun with it with their mascots, and you
Speaker 3: know this guy, as you mentioned, his life is going
Speaker 3: to be changed forever as is hers. So it's I
Speaker 3: did hear an interview over the weekend with a someone
Speaker 3: who runs camera for at sporting events where they do
Speaker 3: the kisscam thing, and they say what a challenge it
Speaker 3: is to sometimes find folks to point on the camera,
Speaker 3: and you know, for someone.
Speaker 1: To pick these people out of a crowd.
Speaker 3: And I'm a firm believer and a lot of stuff
Speaker 3: happens for a reason, and there may have been some
Speaker 3: underlying issues here now that he's going to be forced
Speaker 3: to address he's resigned.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean addressed with his family. I guess, yeah,
Speaker 1: so what I mean, yeah?
Speaker 3: And does this change him now as a person moving forward?
Speaker 3: And what becomes of these two as a couple now,
Speaker 3: And it's it's a sad story and the fact that
Speaker 3: maybe it just doesn't work out for anybody, but it'd
Speaker 3: end up.
Speaker 1: Being a Netflix documentary I think, right.
Speaker 2: And I don't really know how much range that this
Speaker 2: story has moving forward, but there's no doubt that when
Speaker 2: it comes to just you know, would I mean, these
Speaker 2: these aren't necessarily every day average Joe's. This guy was
Speaker 2: a CEO of a huge company in Boston, so he's
Speaker 2: not just anybody. However, Man, the Internet can change your
Speaker 2: life really really quickly. Fact, and these two are great
Speaker 2: examples of that. But he did resign as the CEO,
Speaker 2: and there was a fake release from the company Friday
Speaker 2: that I just I can't believe. But then again, I
Speaker 2: guess I shouldn't be surprised how many people just ran.
Speaker 1: With it because it didn't.
Speaker 2: It looked legitimate, and you would expect a company to
Speaker 2: release a statement after they're getting all this attention from it.
Speaker 2: But little things you got to pay attention to. And
Speaker 2: I don't want to act like I never get got
Speaker 2: like other people it happens. But to use a to
Speaker 2: use a cold play lyric at the end of your statement,
Speaker 2: that to me's the giveaway that all right, this is
Speaker 2: not real, And sure enough it wasn't. But the company,
Speaker 2: they've since released a statement and it includes that Andy
Speaker 2: Byron has has resigned and they're stressing leadership accountability. The
Speaker 2: co founder that company, Pete de Joy, has stepped in
Speaker 2: as the interim CEO. So I would I would recommend
Speaker 2: a name change because the brand uh. And again I'm
Speaker 2: not I'm not real familiar with their field and what
Speaker 2: it is they do and whatnot, but I would I
Speaker 2: would maybe look at rebranding a little bit because this
Speaker 2: story is taken off for sure. All Right, we've got
Speaker 2: an update of trafficking whether coming your way, so stick around.
Speaker 2: Bobby Ellis will tell us how the roadways are to
Speaker 2: get This Monday started right here on News Radio eight
Speaker 2: forty vs. It is six eighteen here at News Radio
Speaker 2: eight forty whas nit coffee with you here It's Kentucky
Speaker 2: and this morning News with Coffee and Company.
Speaker 1: He's got his journ alongside.
Speaker 2: We'll have another update on sports with Scott coming up
Speaker 2: here in about seven minutes. Also John Shannon will get
Speaker 2: you the latest news around six thirty. So the chief
Speaker 2: of ICE has has announced tougher immigration crackdown. I mean,
Speaker 2: it's been quite clear that this is a real emphasis
Speaker 2: for President Trump and his second stint as the president,
Speaker 2: to get illegal immigrants out of the country, regardless of
Speaker 2: their situation, meaning that illegal, that's it, that's all the matters.
Speaker 2: You could be productive, you could be no danger to
Speaker 2: the community. You can maybe be somebody that is a
Speaker 2: productive citizen and whatnot, and it really just doesn't seem
Speaker 2: to matter. So the head of US Immigration and Customs
Speaker 2: Enforcements has made some news here with a bold new
Speaker 2: enforcement strategy. ICE Director Todd Lyne. He spoke on Sunday
Speaker 2: to face the nation, laying out a tougher approach. So
Speaker 2: agents are going to arrest anyone found to be in
Speaker 2: the United States illegally, no expectations. Now, these sweeps have
Speaker 2: been expanded across multiple states. It's not just the states
Speaker 2: of course, that have been featured more so than any
Speaker 2: when it comes to the news, just because of what's
Speaker 2: going on in Los Angeles and and and it's it's been,
Speaker 2: it's been everywhere. But I feel like you're going to
Speaker 2: start to see maybe some some bigger stories coming from
Speaker 2: these sweeps that aren't just in the you know, the
Speaker 2: areas you've heard about for the last few months, which,
Speaker 2: by the way, it's happening everywhere, including here in Kentucky.
Speaker 2: We can get in that maybe a little bit later on,
Speaker 2: as far as just some numbers that'll that'll get you
Speaker 2: to get you caught up, as far as how many
Speaker 2: people in Kentucky have been here illegally that have been
Speaker 2: that have been snatched up by ice and getting set
Speaker 2: to be deported. So also, this is another one that
Speaker 2: I feel like is just a sign that and I'm
Speaker 2: not surprised this is. I think it's been clear at
Speaker 2: every turn how how much this this is going to
Speaker 2: be emphasized in presidents by President Trump. But if you
Speaker 2: are an employer hiring undocumented immigrants, you're now potentially going
Speaker 2: to find yourself in trouble as well. So lions warned
Speaker 2: of steep minds, possible jail time if you are caught
Speaker 2: hiring undocumented immigrants. So I mean, again, it's been a
Speaker 2: real thing for a while. For lack of a better word,
Speaker 2: and I imagine if you are here legally, regardless of
Speaker 2: your situation, you've probably been been anxious and scared, to
Speaker 2: be honest with you, but to know that this is
Speaker 2: just this is the emphasis. It doesn't matter anything about
Speaker 2: your situation. If you are here illegally, you're you know,
Speaker 2: we're coming for you. And also, I'm telling you the
Speaker 2: the the ICE getting access to all the data, all
Speaker 2: the information with medicaid medicare, I mean, that's giving them
Speaker 2: private information by every you know, millions of people. So
Speaker 2: it just gives them better access and resources to do
Speaker 2: what they want to do, which is to get everybody
Speaker 2: out of this country that is not here illegally, regardless
Speaker 2: of their situation. And certain there are many that think
Speaker 2: this is the right way to do it and that
Speaker 2: things are great. There are many that, of course, think
Speaker 2: this is in humane and we shouldn't bother those that
Speaker 2: are not causing issues, and we shouldn't bother those that
Speaker 2: work in an industry that America really relies upon when
Speaker 2: it comes to the economy. So you're hearing both sides
Speaker 2: of it, certainly, But one thing you don't hear a
Speaker 2: whole lot about is that you know, there have been
Speaker 2: other prevident, other presidents that put in place, you know,
Speaker 2: things like this to get a ton of illegal immigrants
Speaker 2: out of the country. You just didn't get the same
Speaker 2: type of coverage because we weren't at war with each
Speaker 2: other like we are now. I mean, I think that's
Speaker 2: that's the reason. But just my thoughts, quick break, we'll
Speaker 2: come back. I'll remember it. But like if there was
Speaker 2: a newspaper article that I'm reading and I'm holding it,
Speaker 2: it just it's different. Maybe it's nostalgia. I'm not sure.
Speaker 2: But anyways, let's get let's get you caught up on
Speaker 2: the traffic and whether Bobby Ellis will tell us how
Speaker 2: the roadways are looking here to get the Monday morning started. Also,
Speaker 2: we'll get Susanne Horrigan's forecast from WLKY as we keep
Speaker 2: this thing rolling along again. It is Kentucky and it's
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Speaker 2: AS so the CEO I guess I should say former
Speaker 2: CEO of a company that I could be wrong here.
Speaker 2: Maybe it's just me not being familiar with what it
Speaker 2: is they do, but I do feel like this company
Speaker 2: and when people think of the name, which it's, it's
Speaker 2: already it's already escaping me as we speak.
Speaker 1: Let me pull it up here.
Speaker 2: So the company's name is Astronomer and their CEO, Andy Byron,
Speaker 2: is the guy who but's what's funny? And I'm getting
Speaker 2: sidetracked here. I bet there are people who have seen
Speaker 2: all the memes on their Facebook or really wherever they're
Speaker 2: consuming content via social media that maybe don't.
Speaker 1: Even realize like what it is? Like what a second?
Speaker 2: Why do I keep seeing people recreating this same visual?
Speaker 2: You know, what's the context? And once you get curious,
Speaker 2: it's not hard to find out what it is because
Speaker 2: it's become such a big story. But he is now resigned,
Speaker 2: and I still stand by what I said on Friday.
Speaker 2: As this continues to be such a big story that
Speaker 2: so many people seem to just be.
Speaker 1: Enjoying.
Speaker 2: I guess I mean, I don't think I don't you
Speaker 2: enjoy people having h you know, having affairs, And I
Speaker 2: think we all know sort of what they can do
Speaker 2: to a family. But I guess all the layers here
Speaker 2: you've got karma because they got caught, You've got the
Speaker 2: in what I was going to say, as far as
Speaker 2: just sticking by what I said on Friday. Their reaction
Speaker 2: to it happening is the is why this became the story,
Speaker 2: because it was quite clear, so much so that the
Speaker 2: lead singer of cold Play had to make the joke
Speaker 2: that either they're not supposed to be together or they're
Speaker 2: really really shy, and then it just snowballed from there.
Speaker 2: H So it's it's the kind of summer story that
Speaker 2: can take off. And I I really this weekend was
Speaker 2: you saw it from start to finish. As far as
Speaker 2: just the Internet doing its thing, Minor League Baseball, major
Speaker 2: League Baseball, the Savannah Bananas, there are other sporting events
Speaker 2: going on. I'm sure they would have taken advantage of
Speaker 2: it as well to just play into it and have
Speaker 2: some fun with it. But we're also having fun at
Speaker 2: a story that is clearly going to not just negatively
Speaker 2: impact the life of the two here that are I mean,
Speaker 2: the woman was not married, she was divorced recently. It
Speaker 2: sounds like and again, I'm not even sure what's real
Speaker 2: and what's not. I think again, I've read a couple
Speaker 2: of different things about her, and I don't I don't
Speaker 2: know what's real or not. But nonetheless, he was married
Speaker 2: and now probably will not be, depending upon what his
Speaker 2: wife wants to do. So I don't think anybody feel
Speaker 2: sorry for this guy. But clearly, you know, if you're
Speaker 2: if that's your dad or your you know, your uncle,
Speaker 2: or your son or your brother, whatever it may be,
Speaker 2: I'm sure you feel for him because you know he's human.
Speaker 2: But also, I mean, the family could be broken up,
Speaker 2: and that's a tough thing for anybody to deal with.
Speaker 3: I think, you know, how much pub do you think
Speaker 3: astronomers gotten out of this? How do you you think
Speaker 3: their website is spiked people going to find out what
Speaker 3: astronomer does?
Speaker 1: Yeah, But also it's you know, is there? Yeah?
Speaker 2: Is their truth to any publicity is good publicity because
Speaker 2: I mean, this guy's resigned, therefore they've moved on from it.
Speaker 2: But yeah, just a it's gonna be one of those
Speaker 2: examples that I think, even though I just mentioned some
Speaker 2: of the layers here that make it so interesting to people,
Speaker 2: I still just it's still wild to me how it
Speaker 2: became such a big deal. But that's that's what the
Speaker 2: Internet can do. The Internet is powerful like that, and
Speaker 2: that's a good example of it. All Right, let's get
Speaker 2: an update on tracking and weather. Bobby Ellis will get
Speaker 2: is caught up on the roadways. It does look like
Speaker 2: there's at least one minor accident causing some delays. We'll
Speaker 2: get the latest from Bobby, and of course we'll get
Speaker 2: an update on the weather.