WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.600 Good morning, Kentucky and a happy Monday. It is Kentucky 2 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:05.679 and his Morning News with Nick Coffee on News Radio 3 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:09.679 eight forty whas getting the week started here and the 4 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:13.279 crew has a symbol Scott Fitzgerald alongside John Alden he's 5 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:16.280 here as well, and John Shannon in the mix. We'll 6 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:19.280 have your first newscast coming your way at five thirty. 7 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:21.879 And obviously I think we know what is going to 8 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:25.519 be a big topic of discussion today for a good 9 00:00:25.559 --> 00:00:28.760 part of our morning. But I'll start with you, fellas. 10 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:30.839 How was the weekend? Good weekend? 11 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:33.759 It was fantastic, bro. I spent a lot of times 12 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:35.520 someone was in town, got to watch a little the 13 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:38.280 NBA Finals last night. I got to hang out, grilled 14 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:39.880 out all weekend long. 15 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:40.960 But was sweating. 16 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:42.240 No, I was gonna say it was. 17 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:45.520 If you were outside this weekend, you were sweaty and ready. 18 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:46.159 I mean it was. 19 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:48.719 It was brutal, and today is going to be just 20 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:51.039 as bad, maybe worse. John, how about you? 21 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:53.119 A lot of good vibes this weekend. Whent over to 22 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:57.079 the end laws, gotten their hot tub, which thankfully because hot, 23 00:00:57.359 --> 00:00:59.359 so hold on, hold on, let me explain. It's a 24 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:04.599 swim seap he can lower the temperance. It's yeah, I did. 25 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:08.640 Maybe I shouldn't have off that way, but uh, it was. 26 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:10.879 It was a good little Saturday afternoon over at the 27 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:12.000 end laws nice. 28 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:12.680 Well, nice to hear. 29 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:13.120 Uh. 30 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:17.000 My weekend also was was very solid, very warm. And 31 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:20.040 of course last night the Pacers end up losing and 32 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:22.560 that that's a bummer, but you know, we can certainly 33 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:24.680 get into that this morning. And I don't really have 34 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:28.680 any I'm bummed, but I really felt throughout the entire 35 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:31.640 run they were on in the postseason that the likelihood 36 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:35.400 of them winning the whole thing was was unlikely. But 37 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:38.079 there's also this reminded me a little bit of when 38 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:40.599 the Bengals lost in the Super. 39 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:42.280 Bowl to who was it? 40 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:45.159 I know they beat the Sheeps, Yeah, the Rams got them, 41 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:49.200 and and I remember telling Bengals fans like, I mean, 42 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:49.840 you kidding me? 43 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:51.519 How could you be disappointed. 44 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:53.719 The Bengals made the Super Bowl? This is insane that 45 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:56.519 this really happened. And Joe Burrow, I mean, he's young, 46 00:01:56.519 --> 00:01:59.280 He's only going to get better. And I don't think 47 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:02.640 I don't rememb remember getting any kind of pushback from that. However, 48 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:05.920 one of my Buddies, who's a big Bengals fan, said them. 49 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:07.879 That always stuck with me, and I thought of him 50 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:11.400 last night because all that can be true. But when 51 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:14.000 you're right there and it's I mean, you're to Game 52 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:16.080 seven of the NBA Finals, that's first time that's ever 53 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:19.400 happened to the Pacers, you can be substantially better than 54 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:21.840 you were this year, and you don't know if you're 55 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:23.400 ever going to be in that spot. So to get 56 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:27.400 that close and come up short, it sucks. But the 57 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:28.800 biggest issue. 58 00:02:28.439 --> 00:02:29.120 Is now next year. 59 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:31.000 I mean, they're probably going to be without Haliburton because 60 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:35.039 of the Achilles injury, so that's a bummer. But overall, okay, 61 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:36.400 see as your winner, and we got a lot to 62 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:38.039 get into the sports, you've got a lot to react to. 63 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:38.080 You. 64 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:41.879 You ask a good question amongst sports fans in life 65 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:44.439 in general, when you get to that point, whether it 66 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:46.159 be sports, whether it be anything in life, when you 67 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:49.000 get to that magical point and you fall just short, 68 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:52.599 whether it's career, whether it's sports, whether it's anything. Because 69 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:54.080 I went through that with the Lions when they lost 70 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:56.039 that to the forty nine ers, Sure, and then of 71 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:57.520 course got bounced by the commanders. 72 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:00.120 You know, would you rather not make it that far. 73 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:03.400 In just or just go all the way? 74 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:04.360 You know what I'm saying. 75 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:06.400 I think the obvious answer is, of course, the further 76 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:08.319 you go, the better it is. But as a fan, 77 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:11.319 the emotional component changes a little bit to where you 78 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:14.520 set yourself up for a bigger disappointment when it comes short. 79 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:16.759 So just part of being a sportsman. But we'll get 80 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:18.919 into sports coming up here in about fifteen minutes. It 81 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:21.120 is five h nine here at news Radio eight forty. 82 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:24.439 Whas and what I referenced a moment ago, as far 83 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:26.360 as what will be of course a big topic of discussion, 84 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:31.319 not just today but probably for the foreseeable future. Really 85 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:35.159 everywhere as it happened, I said, last week, you know, 86 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:40.360 we heard two weeks was the timeline mentioned by Donald Trump, 87 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:42.960 And yet I said, I kind of feel like we'll 88 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:46.159 find out sooner closer to now than two weeks from 89 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:47.120 said date. 90 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:48.280 And I was right. 91 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:50.280 I can't say I told you so very often, so 92 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:52.960 I'll say I told you so now. But yeah, he 93 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:56.159 made the big moves that I guess really isn't a 94 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:59.520 surprise at all. He's thrown some US muscle behind Israel's 95 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:03.960 air Campaigan hitting Iron's nuclear programs. I mean, this is 96 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:06.280 something that has been discussed, and I guess now that 97 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:09.000 we sit here a couple of days after it's happened, 98 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:11.159 no surprise really at all, right, I mean I kind 99 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:13.280 of felt like this was coming. So the US has 100 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:18.240 joined in on Israel's attack of Iran and their nuclear programs. 101 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:20.399 And here's what I'll say. And of course we'll talk 102 00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:22.199 about it all throughout the morning and keep you updated 103 00:04:22.240 --> 00:04:23.000 as best we can. 104 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:25.439 But I think if anybody. 105 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:29.000 Tells you they they know where this is going, good 106 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:31.720 or bad, they don't know what. 107 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:33.839 Nobody knows. Nobody truly knows. 108 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:34.120 Now. 109 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:36.199 I kind of wish there was more acknowledgment of that 110 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:38.000 because I think I don't think you'd hit a whole 111 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:38.800 lot of resistance. 112 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:39.240 I don't know. 113 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:41.959 Maybe I don't really know what waters I'm stepping in here, 114 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:43.519 But nobody knows where this goes from here? 115 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:46.480 No, in what's impointant to keeping context, because you're gonna 116 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:48.959 hear a lot from the split boxes, the talking heads. 117 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:50.040 Everybody's an analyst. 118 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:52.360 This time of year, My inbox has already been inundated 119 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:55.399 with people who are analysts. Look, there are people that 120 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:58.319 work in the intel world. This was a calculated move 121 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:00.720 by the where you love then tration or you don't. 122 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:02.800 There are people that are trained to do this that 123 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:05.639 do this. Do they know what they're doing all the time, 124 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:08.360 none of us do, I get it. But they're privy 125 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:11.959 to more intel, more information. They know the bigger picture 126 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:13.480 than It's kind of like the guy who sits up 127 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:16.279 in the stands and tries to call a strike that's 128 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:18.279 not a strike when the umpire is clearly behind the 129 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:20.360 plate and has a better view. So it's kind of 130 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:21.399 important to keep that in person. 131 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:23.240 Yeah, a lot of people supportive of it, a lot 132 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:24.879 of people saying this was a big mistake. 133 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:27.360 And again you can make points on. 134 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:29.759 Both sides, But as far as what really comes of this, 135 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:32.600 I don't think anybody has any real clue at all, 136 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:35.319 Maybe more so than ever when it comes to these 137 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:37.240 kind of situations. So again, we'll keep you updated as 138 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:39.360 best we can throughout the morning. It is five eleven 139 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:41.839 here Kentucky in his morning news on news radio eight 140 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:44.879 forty whas let's get an update on traffic and weather. 141 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:47.680 Yes, it is. 142 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:50.839 Monday morning, five sixteen here Kentucky and his morning news 143 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:54.319 on news Radio eight forty whas nit coffee with you. 144 00:05:56.160 --> 00:05:57.560 I guess this gets it out of the way. Thank 145 00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:00.240 you John for that. Because it is Monday. I guess 146 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:03.600 just embracing it with a little uh mark chestnut. That's 147 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:05.240 I mean, that's how you that's how you get it 148 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:05.720 out of the way. 149 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:06.399 You deal with it. 150 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:09.120 Mondays are always difficult, especially after a fun weekend. 151 00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:09.639 Uh. 152 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:12.560 And maybe it's just me, but the heat, I mean 153 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:15.480 that just makes that just I feel just going outside 154 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:17.160 for a little while and then coming back in to 155 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:20.000 catch my breath and need a shower. Honestly, just because 156 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.879 of how humid it is outside. Uh, it just it 157 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:25.240 wears you down. So if you are tired this morning, 158 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:28.519 I get it, just but just embrace Monday. There's nothing else, 159 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:29.519 There's nothing you can do about it. 160 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:29.920 It's ere. 161 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:33.639 So let's let's have a Monday, ladies and gentlemen. So again, 162 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:40.160 uh the the let's start with this Operation Midnight Hammer, 163 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:42.839 that is uh, that is what Donald Trump and his 164 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:46.480 team have U have named their attack on an Iran 165 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:49.000 from over the weekend, attacking three of their nuclear sites. 166 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:51.519 Can we just get that out of the way, Operation. 167 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:52.720 Midnight Hammer is a badass name. 168 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:53.680 That is a killer name. 169 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:54.600 I mean, that is awesome. 170 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:57.040 I mean, I'm I mean, I don't say that with 171 00:06:57.439 --> 00:07:00.680 any indication that I'm sharing any strong opinion in one 172 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:03.439 way or the other as far as the decision to 173 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:06.120 do to do what we did as a country, and 174 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:09.199 of course the reaction in the aftermath, because that's that's 175 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:13.839 the big unknown. But just the name itself, operation Midnight Hammer. 176 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:15.839 That could be a lot of things, like you like 177 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:18.079 bring up like have you guys heard? And they could 178 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:18.920 be like, what are you talking about? 179 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:19.600 Have you heard what? Like? 180 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:22.360 They could think you're talking about a movie. They could 181 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:26.959 think you're talking about what actually happened. I mean, the 182 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:31.800 different the different things that could technically tie into something 183 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:34.319 being called Midnight Hammer are endless. But no matter what 184 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:38.040 it is, it just sounds pretty badass, I think. So anyhow, 185 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:40.279 that is, of course the big news. I doubt that 186 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:43.439 as of five eighteen, here on a Monday morning, I 187 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:45.920 am I'm sharing this news with you for the first time, 188 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:48.360 so I'm not telling you anything you didn't already know. 189 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:51.560 And again, what we also don't know is what truly 190 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:55.879 comes from this. But here is President Trump on Saturday 191 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:57.040 after the big news. 192 00:07:57.399 --> 00:08:01.759 Our objective was the destruction of a range nuclear enrichment 193 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:06.199 capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by 194 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:09.800 the world's number one state sponsor of terror. Tonight, I 195 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:12.920 can report to the world that the strikes were a 196 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:19.680 spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear and Richmond facilities have 197 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:22.360 been completely and totally obliterated. 198 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:25.560 So one thing that really stood out to me as 199 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:27.240 I am and I have no problem of admitting this. 200 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:29.120 Maybe I shouldn't. Maybe I'll get a phone call later, Hey, 201 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:31.480 don't don't do that. Don't I wouldn't. I wouldn't bring 202 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:33.480 that up unless it has to be brought up. I'll 203 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:35.639 just say it. I'm learning a lot about this kind 204 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:39.200 of stuff as far as just the actual steps that 205 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:43.639 take place for something like this to happen, meaning bombing Iran. 206 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:47.159 So what I think is and again this isn't all 207 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:51.519 new information to me, but the last four presidents Obama, Trump, 208 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:55.600 Biden and now Trump again have all launched military actions 209 00:08:55.919 --> 00:09:00.360 from drone strikes to again bombing Iran's nuclear sites without 210 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:05.960 Congress giving the green light. So regardless of political affiliation, 211 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:08.919 this has now become a thing that not only is 212 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:12.360 is rather common it doesn't really seem as if anybody 213 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:14.879 truly thinks that they need Congress to give them the 214 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:18.600 green light, right, I Mean, the Constitution's pretty clear, right, 215 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:21.279 only Congress can declare war. That's not just a rule. 216 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:24.200 I mean it should be a safeguard to keep us 217 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:27.440 from rushing into conflicts. So, yeah, you've now got voices 218 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:31.120 on both sides, from Rand Paul to Bernie Sanders that 219 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:34.320 that will sound the alarm and and let it be 220 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:36.879 known that you know, this is this is this was 221 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:39.120 not the action was not taken the way that it 222 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:40.960 was supposed to be taken. Like there's there's certain things 223 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:43.279 you're supposed to do that people just now don't seem 224 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:48.240 to care as as much about. And I don't you know, 225 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:51.960 I think right now the those bringing it up, they're 226 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:53.519 drowned out every time. 227 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:54.559 And it's I think. 228 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:57.279 It's because it's easier to act first and then debate 229 00:09:57.360 --> 00:09:59.840 later and just know that it'll be just a back in. 230 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:04.960 But ignoring the risks of this, I just it's going 231 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:08.519 to potentially drag us into deeper, deeper, deeper into war, 232 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:12.759 which I don't think anybody wants, right. So again, that's 233 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:16.639 that's the the lead topic today will be for a while, 234 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:19.639 and we will wait and see because I'm very comfortable 235 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:23.200 and content and letting you know that, regardless of what 236 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:26.039 side you're on when it comes to the politics or 237 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:29.200 what you claim to read, who you follow, who you 238 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:31.279 think has the best news, as far as sources and 239 00:10:31.279 --> 00:10:33.679 all that kind of stuff, nobody knows what truly comes 240 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:36.120 of this, so we'll try our best to keep you 241 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:38.399 updated as best we can. Again, it's five twenty one 242 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:40.360 here at Kentucky and it's morning News on news Radio 243 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:42.960 eight forty whs, let's get another update of traffic and 244 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:44.919 weather and our first update of sports right here on 245 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:49.320 news radio eight forty whas. All right, I may have 246 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:51.679 to challenge John Shannon to keep that going as long 247 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:55.080 as he can. A fresh batch, a fresh helping. 248 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:55.919 I like that. 249 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:59.879 A fresh helping reminds me of eating like Thanksgiving dinner 250 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:02.639 my grandmother's house as a kid. So thank you for that, John, 251 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:04.639 And you're right, it's a fresh helping coming your way. 252 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:06.720 It's five thirty five here a Kentucky and this morning 253 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:10.000 News with Nick Coffee on news Radio eight forty whas. 254 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:12.720 Rory O'Neil is set to join us coming up here 255 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:15.960 in ten minutes of NBC News will get the latest 256 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:20.399 and get his thoughts on sort of I mean, is 257 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:22.519 it worth asking what's next? 258 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:24.960 Where do we go from here? What can we expect? 259 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:27.320 I mean, I don't think if I did ask that 260 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:30.240 anybody would be alarmed as if what kind of question 261 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:30.679 is that? 262 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:32.440 But none of us really know. 263 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:35.000 But again, what Rory can do is he can keep 264 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:38.679 us up to date on what's out there, the latest 265 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:40.679 as far as what is developing. So again he'll join 266 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:44.279 us coming up here shortly. Here is something to be 267 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:47.519 mindful of, and this is certainly scary, but there are 268 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:50.159 aspects of this that, of course are scary in a 269 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:52.759 lot of different ways. But NBC News is reporting that 270 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:58.159 Iran warrened President Trump that they would activate sleepers sell 271 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:01.519 terror inside the United States if it were attacked. And 272 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:04.720 I don't know if these two things are I mean 273 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:08.840 totally aligned here. But you also have reports coming out 274 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:13.080 that during the you know, during the Biden administration, that 275 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:18.120 more than seven hundred Iranian nationals illegally entered the US 276 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:20.840 and they were released into the country again during the 277 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:24.840 Biden administration. That's according to data obtained Sunday by the 278 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:27.679 by the center square from a from a Border patrol agent. 279 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:30.360 So take of that which you will, which, by the way, 280 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:31.919 I will say, I was listening. 281 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:32.600 And this is in no. 282 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:35.399 Way a shot or a slight at our great partners 283 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:39.720 at WLKY, because I'm sure, I mean, that's all they 284 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:41.759 can do. They did nothing wrong here, but something did 285 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:44.600 just stand out to me when they were I don't 286 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:47.080 even remember which story it was, but we always keep 287 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:50.080 our TV in the studio here on WOKY, and their 288 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:53.120 four thirty newscast was on and I'm just getting prep 289 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:56.240 for the show, and I just I hear them wrapping 290 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:58.600 up a story and it was a reminder for their 291 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:02.919 listeners to make sure that any reporting that they do 292 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:06.720 in fact see is is accurate. And I'm thinking, good luck, 293 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:10.120 good luck if that. I mean, I don't think that's 294 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:12.879 as easy as you think it is. I mean, I 295 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:16.399 wish there was a way to just know that what 296 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:19.919 is out there and what's being shared is truly accurate 297 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:23.960 or not. I mean, so again, that's that's I feel 298 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:26.360 like something that hasn't really needed to be to be 299 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:28.919 said for quite some time, because you know, the old, 300 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:30.639 the old joke of well wouldn't be on the internet 301 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.279 if it wasn't true. I mean, that's that's I think 302 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:34.960 there's a lot of things. In fact, maybe there's more 303 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:37.159 on the internet that's not true than what in fact 304 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:40.759 is true. But with this type of situation, I mean, 305 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:46.320 good luck. I think there are certain outlets and whatnot publications, 306 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:50.320 even just specific journalists reporters that you feel as if 307 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:52.679 if you're seeing it directly from them, if they're on 308 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:56.519 live television and they're they're sharing news, breaking news, you 309 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:57.320 feel as if you. 310 00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:57.720 Can trust it. 311 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:01.039 But I now take it, I now take everything from 312 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:05.840 every side of coverage, especially on national news and politics, 313 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:10.519 there's at least some level of okay, well, maybe there's 314 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:14.840 probably some exaggeration, you know, some stretching of the truth, 315 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:17.480 if you will. Also, I know a lot of folks 316 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:22.519 who maybe just don't let this consume them the way 317 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:24.480 others do, because they just think it's out of their 318 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:28.279 control and they just they're more so preoccupied by how 319 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:30.919 this impacts their day to day life. Well, one way 320 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:36.080 that it will is gas prices. So right now, the expectation, 321 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:40.240 of course, is that gas prices could jump quickly, possibly 322 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:43.360 buy a dollar twenty five per gallon if oil hits 323 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:47.120 one hundred and twenty dollars, so that will be I mean, 324 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:49.639 there's a lot of folks out there that even if 325 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:52.639 they wanted to avoid this type of news and whatnot, 326 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:54.480 it'd be hard to do just because of what we're 327 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:58.960 dealing with. But they'll start looking for the latest as 328 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:01.720 far as hey, can we get this figured out so 329 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:03.039 the gas prices. 330 00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:03.240 Aren't so high. 331 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:05.399 And I don't want to act as if the majority 332 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:07.759 of America just doesn't care about this stuff, because that's 333 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:11.799 not true. But there are many that just they don't 334 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:14.799 they don't follow it as much, and they maybe just 335 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:17.360 know that they don't have any controls, so they're just 336 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:19.360 going to let it play out and live their life 337 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:21.279 and be in their own world. And honestly, I don't 338 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:23.399 think there's anything really wrong with that. I mean, you 339 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:25.600 have the right to do that, and honestly, if you 340 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:29.440 do that, I totally get it. So again, the concern 341 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:32.600 about rising gas prices in the United States is something 342 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:36.159 that regardless of your status politically or your thoughts on 343 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:39.120 what took place over the weekend as the United States 344 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:42.480 got involved here intervened, if you will, with what's going 345 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:45.879 on between Iran and Israel. Gas prices are certainly expected 346 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:48.440 to make a big jump here, so we shall see. 347 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:50.639 But Roory O'Neil of NBC News, he joins us here 348 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:52.440 on the other side. And then of course we've got 349 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:54.240 another data sports coming your way at around a five 350 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:56.279 to fifty five, So hang out with us. It's a 351 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:58.960 Monday morning. It's Kentucky and His Morning News on News 352 00:15:59.039 --> 00:15:59.960 Radio eight forty w. 353 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:03.080 Five forty five. 354 00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:05.159 Here Kentucky and his Morning News with Nick Coffee on 355 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:09.480 News Radio eight forty whas Happy Monday, everybody. Let's welcome 356 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:13.759 in our friend Rory O'Neal of NBC News. Rory, we 357 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:17.519 heard two weeks was the time frame for President Trump 358 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:19.919 and didn't take close to two weeks for him to 359 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:23.200 make the decision. And obviously that's been the big story. 360 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:26.480 What is the response right now as far as what 361 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:29.000 we can expect from Iran when it comes to just 362 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:32.440 where they plan, you know, to strike back. Clearly, they're 363 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:35.480 not just going to act as if this didn't happen, all. 364 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:37.759 Right, And we've seen more of the similar back and 365 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:41.039 forth with them lobbing more missiles and drones that Iran. 366 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:45.240 Iran launching some significant attacks towards Tehran in the past 367 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:49.639 few hours, but not the big retribution against the US 368 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:52.919 that we're fearing. Remember, President Trump has said, look, this 369 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:55.559 can be a one and done that all we wanted 370 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:57.879 to do was to take out the nuclear facilities. If 371 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:00.080 you guys want to come to the table where we'll 372 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:02.440 to talk, so long as you pledge that you're not 373 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:07.079 going to renew your nuclear ambitions. But Iran has said no, 374 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:09.720 they are going to retaliate in some way. They have 375 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.759 a lot of things at their disposal. Yes, they're a 376 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:15.039 lot weaker than they were, but there's still cyber there's 377 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:17.559 still We've got a lot of military assets in the 378 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:21.599 region that are within their ballistic missile range, and they 379 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:24.000 could take some action that would close down the Strait 380 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:27.359 of Hormuz. That's like twenty million barrels of oil a 381 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:30.559 day go through there, so that could really disrupt international markets. 382 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:36.440 Vpjd Vance reiterated yesterday that I'll read the quote, we 383 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:39.319 do not want war with Iran. We actually want peace. 384 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:41.279 He went on to say that we are not at 385 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:44.960 war with Iran, and we're at war with Iran's nuclear program. 386 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:47.799 Do you get the sense that there's been a real 387 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:50.440 push to emphasize that. It seemed as if that's really 388 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:54.119 been something that was that took off yesterday, that maybe 389 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:57.960 the reaction to the decision from President Trump has I 390 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:00.960 guess had his administration wanting to really enforced that this 391 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:02.200 is not a war with Iran. 392 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:03.319 It's in again. 393 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:05.160 They can word it however they want, but just seems 394 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:07.440 like yesterday that was a bigger talking point than I 395 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:08.359 maybe would have expected. 396 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:09.960 Well, right, I. 397 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:12.599 Look, I was having my morning coffee, I was watching 398 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:15.079 Meet the Press. I watched that whole thing happen live, 399 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:17.720 and I said, oh, that's interesting that they're taking this tact. 400 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:20.559 And then by the afternoon, President Trump is tweeting all 401 00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:25.359