WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:06.000 All right, it is seven oh five here Kentucky and 2 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:09.240 it's morning News Coffee and Company on News Radio eight 3 00:00:09.279 --> 00:00:13.679 forty whas Nick Coffee. That's me and John Shannon just 4 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:16.000 delivered a phenomenal newscast and he is sticking around with 5 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:21.239 us here because when it comes to the crimes involving 6 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:25.559 children here in Louisville, the violence with children here has 7 00:00:25.559 --> 00:00:27.760 been a big talking point. But I was surprised to 8 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:31.640 see that the actual number is down from a year ago. 9 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:35.280 That's encouraging. It's not what I was expecting. However, still 10 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:37.520 clearly a big issue, and maybe the awareness of it 11 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:40.759 and people realizing just how frequent it's happening, maybe that's 12 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:42.200 why it just feels as if it's at an all 13 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:45.960 time high. But Chief Humphrey has said something here and 14 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:47.719 there in recent weeks, and I know it was at 15 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:50.600 least two weeks ago where he directly said that ultimately 16 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:54.320 it is the parents in the community's responsibility to take 17 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:56.159 care of this. Again, that was two weeks ago. He 18 00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:57.439 also went on to say, you need to know where 19 00:00:57.439 --> 00:00:59.159 your kids are. If I had a mechanism to deal 20 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:02.039 with parents better whose kids commit violent crimes or caught 21 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:04.879 in doing these types of crimes. I would prosecute parents 22 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:08.959 all day long, and I needed to hear that, just 23 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:13.159 because that's a given. And yet it just hasn't been 24 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:16.079 said enough that when it comes to children that are 25 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:20.760 involved in violent crime, law enforcement certainly needs to be 26 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:24.760 there to hold those accountable and address it after the fact. 27 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:28.959 But the preventive part of this is it starts at home. 28 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:30.280 And I just don't know. 29 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:33.599 I mean, to me, it's just a shift in society 30 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:37.640 to where parents they just assume if their kid ends up, 31 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:40.159 you know, getting in trouble at school, or if they 32 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:42.599 end up, you know, getting in trouble with law enforcement. 33 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:46.359 I just feel like now more than ever, there's at 34 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:49.519 least some segment of the parents that assume, well, hey, 35 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:51.120 they're out to get my kid, because there's no way 36 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:52.840 I got to do my own investigation because I don't 37 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:56.200 trust law enforcement or somebody that's an educator telling me 38 00:01:56.239 --> 00:01:57.959 that my kid was bad. And that's just not how 39 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:00.560 it was when you and I were growing up. And look, 40 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:02.200 you and I, we got some age between the two 41 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:03.799 of us, but still it just I feel like that's 42 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:04.560 got to be a part of this. 43 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:08.000 It is, and I think we're beginning to maybe starting 44 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:11.599 with your age group and younger, we're beginning to get 45 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:15.400 into parents who were raised with the nothing is ever 46 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:18.120 their fault, it's always somebody else's fault kind of thing. 47 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:22.039 Nobody was really acceptable for their actions you did. It's 48 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:24.360 not your fault, you screwed up. It's society. It's the 49 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:27.280 teacher not watching after you. It's the policeman not policing 50 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:30.280 you and totally taking the blame off of the person 51 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:34.120 that's in trouble. And now that's manifesting itself in the parenting, 52 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:36.360 no doubt. Well, it can't be my kid, you know, 53 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:40.439 and why it's your fault for not watching my kid 54 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:41.280 at school doing this? 55 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:43.000 You know that that type of thing. 56 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:46.120 It's it's beginning to manifest itself in parenting, and it's 57 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:49.240 it's affecting how these kids act. And with the crime 58 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:51.080 rates like we're seeing, I mean that that's one part 59 00:02:51.159 --> 00:02:53.639 of it. There's a gang aspect to it that the 60 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:56.680 police could probably better address. But the gangs like using 61 00:02:56.759 --> 00:02:59.240 the juveniles because they get lighter sentences. They're dealing with 62 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:02.800 a different courts. But we're not in the age where 63 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:05.080 like when you and I were growing up the neighborhood, 64 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:07.599 watched the kids. It's not that it takes a village 65 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:10.479 type of thing, but it was you know, you were 66 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:12.240 expected to behave a certain way if you were out 67 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:14.840 in public, because it did reflect bad on your parents. 68 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:17.479 Your parents would discipline you. The worst thing I used 69 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:19.120 to hear if I messed up in public was my 70 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:21.360 dad going, wait till we get home. 71 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:23.360 Oh yeah, and it would be and it would be 72 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:25.759 a You probably were a nervous wreck, wait until you 73 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:27.680 got home because you knew what was coming. And that's 74 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:30.840 I think, and I should say this too. There are 75 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:32.800 parents who I'm sure try their best and they do 76 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:34.759 everything they can, and you just end up in a 77 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:37.560 situation that's just it's awful for you to wear your 78 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:41.159 kid just a is a bad apple. And I know 79 00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:45.199 that that is a real thing. However, there's clearly people 80 00:03:45.199 --> 00:03:46.879 who just don't even really know what their parents, what 81 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:48.599 their kids are exposed to, and what it is that 82 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:52.840 they're doing. And to your point about the community, my parents, 83 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:56.080 I know my mother certainly would have appreciated if somebody 84 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:58.199 came to her and let her know that I was 85 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:00.960 being a knucklehead. It wouldn't have been well, wait a second, 86 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:03.520 you're talking about my kid, and now I think you 87 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:05.680 hear more of that, and it's not just with I mean, 88 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:08.240 I think that's a factor in why you see people 89 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:10.879 not wanting to be educators anymore and get into being 90 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:15.240 teachers or leaving that profession because they really can't. You know, 91 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:18.399 the battle with the parents is probably something that just 92 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:20.439 doesn't make it make it worthwhile for them. 93 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:21.319 I think having a. 94 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:24.959 Comfortable fear of authority, whether it be your parents or teachers, 95 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:26.600 whoever it is, as a kid is a good thing 96 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:29.199 for everybody to where you know that you're not scared 97 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:31.120 to go to work or to go to school every day. 98 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:33.040 You're not scared of your parents like they're gonna harm you, 99 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:35.519 but you have that comfortable fear of knowing that if 100 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:37.879 you get out of line, you're gonna be dealt with, 101 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:39.199 and you want to avoid that. 102 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:41.040 The worst thing that ever happen could have happened to 103 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:43.000 me when I was in school, even up through high school, 104 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:45.519 was a teacher calling my parents and saying, hey, your 105 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:48.680 son's being a knucklehead. Yep, Because whatever the school could 106 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:52.240 have done to me, licks detention was not gonna be 107 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:54.199 as bad as having to face my mom and dad 108 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:55.600 about being a knucklehead at school. 109 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:57.000 Yeah, not even the punishment. You just didn't want to 110 00:04:57.040 --> 00:04:58.920 let your parents down. You didn't want to disappoint them. 111 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:01.519 That was a big, big deal. But now I'm sure 112 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:03.040 there are many parents who they want to do their 113 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:06.319 own investigation. They don't trust what those are telling them 114 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:08.000 about their kid. They just assume that, well, there's no 115 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:10.319 way my kid wouldn't do that, And that's clearly I 116 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:12.560 think it's clearly a factor to an extent as to 117 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:14.920 why we're in the situation that we're in. 118 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:16.160 Agreed, Thank you, John. 119 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:18.519 He'll have another newscast coming for you guys in about 120 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:19.240 twenty minutes or so. 121 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:20.920 We've got a check of traffic and weather. 122 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:22.680 Bobby Ellis will tell us how the roadways are looking 123 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:24.720 here on a Thursday morning, we'll get a look at 124 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:27.600 Matt Melosavich's forecast. As it is hot as you know what, 125 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:31.839 which could lead to some youth football, soccer, whatever sports 126 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:34.120 are going on. The heat IndX today may get to 127 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:36.360 the point where you won't have practice. We'll talk about 128 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:37.160 that a little bit more as well. 129 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:46.800 Right here. 130 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:50.920 So, I just saw an updated forecast for the next 131 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:53.279 week or so, and man, the hot weather is not 132 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:57.959 going anywhere. I think Tuesday the highest ninety nine degrees. Now, 133 00:05:58.000 --> 00:05:59.839 of course, heat indecks will probably be a lot higher 134 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:02.639 than that, and heat indcks is where it really gets dangerous. 135 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:06.079 So if you are a parent or a grandparent, or 136 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:10.600 maybe a coach that is involved in youth sports that 137 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:12.759 take place in the summer, maybe even you know, high 138 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:15.800 school sports. I think camps have started for the high 139 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:19.720 school football teams in the area, which is an exciting time. 140 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:23.199 But man, I'm sure it's also you know, you're excited 141 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:24.839 the season to get in here and you're going to 142 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:27.839 be playing under the lights on Fridays before too long. 143 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:31.079 But the lead up to it, the two days at times, 144 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:33.199 and just the practice that go I mean, just the conditions. 145 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:35.160 I mean it's brutal when it comes to the heat, 146 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:38.160 and you may be in luck and not actually have 147 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:40.879 practice because of just how hot it is. So the 148 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:44.000 heat in Decks is up to one hundred and seven 149 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:47.560 degrees that's the expectation today, which if that is the case, 150 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:51.199 that would mean that here in Kentucky you you would 151 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:57.120 not be able to have any outside activity. So yeah, 152 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:01.160 here's a breakdown of the Kentucky This the KHSBA, and 153 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:04.480 I believe, in fact, my son, he plays flag football, 154 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:07.480 they have conditioning tonight, and I'm hoping they don't have 155 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:09.920 it because of the I mean, even if it was 156 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:14.560 just below like the actual rule, I mean, I prefer 157 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:17.040 that they just not do it, because you know, I 158 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:19.759 don't just drop him off. We still have to go. 159 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:23.319 I mean, he's he just turned five years old. So anyways, selfishly, 160 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:24.959 I'm hoping that they don't have it tonight, but we 161 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:28.360 shall see. Although conditioning for five and four year olds 162 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:30.439 playing flag football seems a little excessive, but hey, you 163 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:33.000 got to start him early and anything to get an edge, 164 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:37.160 I suppose. But if it's under ninety five degrees, sports 165 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:41.680 can proceed. But water should always be available, and you 166 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:45.480 have an optional ten minute water breaks every thirty minutes. 167 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:47.759 That's what's recommended, but it is optional. So under ninety 168 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:49.639 five degrees, it's kind of you do whatever you want. 169 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:51.639 But when you get to ninety five to ninety five degrees, 170 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:54.120 when it comes to the heat index, water should always 171 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:57.199 be available in a mandatory ten minute water break every 172 00:07:57.279 --> 00:08:00.879 thirty minute is required. Ice howel should be available for 173 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:04.600 cooling and athletes are supposed to be monitored carefully. Now 174 00:08:04.600 --> 00:08:07.600 when it comes to contact, sports helmets and other protective 175 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:10.279 equipment should be removed when not in contact, meaning if 176 00:08:10.279 --> 00:08:12.560 you're not in the action, you could take your helmet off. 177 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:14.519 But here's where it gets tricky. If it is. 178 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:16.480 Above one hundred and four degrees, as far as the 179 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:20.680 heat indecks, all outside and inside activity must stop unless 180 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.240 you have air conditioning. If you have air conditioning in 181 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:24.519 a gym, they'll let you do that. But we have 182 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:27.480 heated the expectation today as far as the heat indecks, 183 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:32.039 could eventually have a lot of these practices canceled. And 184 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:34.799 if it's ninety if it's ninety nine to nine oh four, 185 00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:37.320 I'm sorry, from ninety nine to one oh four, it's 186 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:41.519 a threshold that just triggers more, I guess just I mean, 187 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:44.000 there's certain things you got to do as far as 188 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:48.440 water and breaks. But really, it sounds like a lot 189 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:50.120 of folks if it gets in that eight in that 190 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:53.519 range of ninety nine to one oh four, most just 191 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:55.679 decide not to not to practice. It looks like I 192 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:57.039 guess there's no way to know that for certain, but 193 00:08:57.080 --> 00:08:59.799 it says here that it's become a trend that you'll see. 194 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:03.200 You'll see practices moved indoors or canceled if it's around 195 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:05.519 one hundred. But again, one O four is the rule 196 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:08.080 that you must stop. All right, let's get to a 197 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:10.240 quick break. We'll come back after a check of traffic 198 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:12.519 and weather. We'll get the roadways, see what's going on 199 00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:13.919 out there with Bobby Ellis, We'll get a look at 200 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:16.320 Matt Melosa its forecast from WLKY, and then we've got 201 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:18.519 another sports update coming your way right here on news 202 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:32.559 radio eight forty WHS. Thank you very much, John Shannon, 203 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:34.720 it is Kentucky and his morning news coffee and company 204 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:39.200 Nick Coffee with you here on news radio eight forty whas. So, 205 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:44.080 frustration continues to mount across this state over long wait 206 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:51.320 times at these regional driver driver licensing offices and the problem, 207 00:09:51.399 --> 00:09:54.600 I mean, it's not new, and they've thrown out some 208 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:59.039 potential fixes that just don't seem to be sticking. So 209 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:02.840 Kentucky moved to one hundred and twenty local licensing offices, 210 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:06.000 I'm sorry, moved from one hundred and twenty local licensing 211 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:09.039 offices to just thirty four regional ones back in twenty 212 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:13.200 twenty two, and it's I mean, look, the people are 213 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:18.279 fed up. You've got long lines, confusing systems. There are 214 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:21.720 rural areas within the state where those residents are forced 215 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:25.519 to travel pretty good ways just to go get an 216 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:29.919 updated driver's license. There's a judge in Harrison County that 217 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:33.039 put out a post on Facebook earlier this week just 218 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:37.799 blasting the new system and just really calling for a change. 219 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:41.320 And there's a House Bill five one eight that would 220 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:45.159 return to the standard license issuing power, that is that 221 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:47.559 would go back to the local circuit clerks, but it 222 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:50.240 failed in the last session, and there's some reps that 223 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:54.600 are going to reintroduce it in hopes to expand it 224 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:56.679 and basically just get back to what we were doing 225 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:59.080 prior to this move in twenty twenty two, because clearly 226 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:02.039 this has not been effective. Now, they did hire I 227 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:03.799 think it was one hundred and twenty five new workers 228 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:08.799 to help get this situation resolved. They've also had some 229 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:13.159 tech upgrades as far as just improving the system. But 230 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:17.200 I mean, it has been a lingering point of frustration 231 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:20.039 for people in the community. And I'm lucky my wife, 232 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:23.080 she kind of takes care of me. Adult type of 233 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:24.720 things like this, you know, making sure I get my 234 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:28.519 ID updated before it expires. You know, she usually monitors 235 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:32.399 that stuff for me. Actually she really And I'm going 236 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:34.200 to try to speak for her, which maybe I shouldn't, 237 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:37.840 but she'll know, hey, my license is about to expire. 238 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:39.360 I need to go get that done because she's a 239 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:42.840 responsible adult. And then she probably realizes, oh, yeah, I'm 240 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:45.080 sure Nick is not going to pay any attention to that, 241 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:46.759 so I'll check on his and I'll get it taken 242 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:48.360 care of to avoid any kind of hassle. And I 243 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:52.240 certainly appreciate her for adulting for me at times. But 244 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:53.879 I didn't even realize that I had a real ID 245 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:55.879 and I got went a long time ago, which is 246 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:58.200 a reminder that if you waited to get a real ID, 247 00:11:59.200 --> 00:11:59.600 I mean you. 248 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:00.360 Had a lot of time. 249 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:02.120 Now, not to say that it would have been a 250 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:04.200 super convenient thing for everybody to do as far as 251 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:06.360 just the process, but the time there was a lot 252 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:09.799 of it, and when that deadline hit, many people didn't 253 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:12.600 have it, and I'm sure they still don't have it 254 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:15.399 because it just the links you got to go currently 255 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:18.879 here in Kentucky to get a new ID. But I mean, 256 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:22.159 I've heard some disaster stories about the appointments available being 257 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:25.559 months out, or you get an appointment that's within a 258 00:12:25.559 --> 00:12:28.360 few weeks and it's hours away from you, only for 259 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:30.639 you to get up, only for you to get there 260 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:34.600 and wait in line, and the appointment was set it 261 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:37.679 a certain time and you're still in line two hours later. 262 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:40.799 It's been I mean, it's been a disaster. So again, 263 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:43.399 I think they're trying to improve some things, but Sheher's 264 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:45.240 made it a point that they're I mean again, they 265 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:47.000 hired one hundred and twenty five new people to help 266 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:51.879 and added new tech upgrades, so they're trying to implement 267 00:12:51.960 --> 00:12:55.320 some fixes, but it doesn't appear that it's really working, 268 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:58.600 meaning going back to what they did for many many 269 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:02.000 years that they decided to change in twenty twenty two. 270 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:04.879 I mean, it sounds like that's what a lot of 271 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:07.360 a lot of people are asking for, which is, you know, 272 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:12.200 totally understandable. Yeah, And I know that the DMB is 273 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:14.519 just thrown in there as far as places people just 274 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:16.799 don't want to be and they want to avoid in 275 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:18.840 the thought of waiting at the DMV is just this 276 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:22.039 awful experience. I'm very lucky that I've never had any 277 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:27.679 bad DMB experience really at all. 278 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:28.399 So hopefully I never have one. 279 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:30.799 But if I needed, I'm sure if I needed to 280 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:34.360 get a new ID anytime soon, that would be that 281 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:36.360 would be my first experience there was a bad one. 282 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:41.440 In fact, my ID does expire, and I think it 283 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:47.559 expires relatively. In fact, I'm gonna look right now because 284 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:50.840 now I'm thinking, did I am I driving around? Should 285 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:52.799 I admit on this radio station that I may be 286 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:57.000 driving with an expired license? My license expires on August seventh, 287 00:13:57.039 --> 00:13:58.480 so I've got a little bit of time. But I 288 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.440 went through the process online a while back. In fact, 289 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:03.480 I lied my wife went through the process for me 290 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:07.039 online to get my license updated, because all they've got 291 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:08.720 to do is just basically issue me a different one 292 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:10.240 and not you know, I don't have to go and 293 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:12.120 get a new picture taken or anything like that. And 294 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:13.639 they're supposed to mail it to me, but I haven't 295 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:15.559 got it yet, so and I don't even know what 296 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:18.360 the timeline was. But if it's late, because it just 297 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:21.360 how slow they are at doing everything, rather it be 298 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:23.919 getting it mailed to you or taking your appointments in person, 299 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:25.519 I guess that's to be expected. 300 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:27.919 But also like I'm. 301 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:30.120 Flying when I go on vacation in a couple of weeks, 302 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:31.799 And even if I don't have my new ID, I 303 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:33.759 have my passport and that works too. So I don't 304 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:36.360 know if people know that, but the real ide is 305 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:37.840 probably what you want to get. But if you have 306 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:40.519 a passport, that'll that'll suffice when it comes to the airlines. 307 00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:42.679 All right, let's get a check of traffic and weather 308 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:45.080 and also what I want to get to coming up 309 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:47.200 here in just a few minutes. The just story that 310 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:50.360 doesn't seem real, but in fact it is about the 311 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:52.639 organ donation scandal here in Louisville. 312 00:14:53.279 --> 00:15:04.519 Yikes, this clean. 313 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:14.320 So we've got an organ donation scandal that has sparked 314 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:19.600 some congressional scrutiny, and of course it's got some Louisville ties. 315 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:22.440 In fact, it's it's because of what went on in Louisville. 316 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:26.480 A Louisville based nonprofit is under intense federal scrutiny following 317 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:33.399 allegations that it tried to have organs from patients, basically 318 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:37.600 taking organs from patients who were not actually dead yet. 319 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:40.240 I mean that that doesn't seem. 320 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:43.240 Real, but it is, And there's been a conspiracy theory 321 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:45.440 out there for a while that you don't really know 322 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:49.919 what happens to your loved one's organs whenever they pass away, 323 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:52.159 because they can just tell you whatever and you'll you'll 324 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:56.720 never know, and that I'm sure there have been some 325 00:15:56.960 --> 00:16:00.399 examples of that happening over the years. But I just assume, well, 326 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:03.000 that's that's that's not there's no way who would do that, 327 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:06.720 And I'm naive clearly, because it's there's a real market 328 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:10.480 for organs in the black market, and there are people 329 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:13.200 stupid enough to and just awful. I mean, not only 330 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:15.639 is it just a disgusting and vile thing to do 331 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:20.000 in every way, it's just really stupid to think you would, 332 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:22.000 I mean, you'd be able to do it and eventually 333 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:23.080 it wouldn't catch up with you. 334 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:25.759 But who knows. Maybe look, there may be people who have. 335 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:28.200 Who have come and gone here in the world that 336 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:31.399 that did that and just knew that it was a 337 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:35.320 pretty full proof thing as far as actually getting getting exposed. 338 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:39.000 And maybe that's led to just how reckless some people 339 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:41.879 were considering the fact that they were trying to encourage 340 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:45.200 people to you know, call it quits. On their loved 341 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:47.120 ones so they could go ahead and declare them dead 342 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:48.360 and take their organs. 343 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:48.960 Again. 344 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:52.039 This sounds like something in a movie, but it's in 345 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:57.919 fact real. So there is a a nonprofit called Network 346 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:01.639 for Hope that recently merged with the Kentucky Organ Donation 347 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:05.160 Affiliates CODA. That was in twenty twenty four, and this 348 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:10.200 pro followed allegations that organs were again nearly harvested from 349 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:11.119 living patients. 350 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:11.720 Think about that. 351 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:15.079 And also, out of the three hundred and fifty reviewed 352 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:19.240 cases here, seventy patients had neurological issues that should have 353 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:23.160 disqualified them from organ donation, but they weren't rejected. And 354 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:26.160 what's even more alarming is twenty eight cases involved patients 355 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:29.799 who may not have been dead when the donation process began. 356 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:30.960 That is just horrific. 357 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:33.680 And one case that really got a lot of attention, 358 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:37.359 it was right here in Kentucky and it was national attention, 359 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:41.039 was a gentleman named Anthony TJ. Hoover the Second who 360 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:45.160 was declared brain dead after cardiac cardiac arresident Richmond, and 361 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:50.279 while preparations for organ donation were underway, he reportedly opened 362 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:54.480 his eyes and began thrashing and pushing his hands away, 363 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:58.279 and two doctors refused to proceed. But, according to report, 364 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:02.200 a code of official Toults quote, find another surgeon or 365 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:03.240 you'll lose your job. 366 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:08.400 I mean, think about this. This is this is insane. 367 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:12.319 So the Department of Health and Human Services they vowed 368 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:15.960 to reform national organ donation policies to prevent these types 369 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:19.759 of things going on. And I mean that's not going 370 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:22.599 to be good enough for people, I think to just 371 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:25.359 assume everybody's on the up and up, because I mean, 372 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:29.160 I think, no matter what you put in place, there's 373 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:32.039 going to be a level of just trusting the judgment 374 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:34.880 and trusting the actions of those that are in this position. 375 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:39.000 But talk about I mean, this is now me overthinking it. 376 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:40.400 But I'm sure some of you have been thinking this 377 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:43.160 for a long time. But this has probably been a 378 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:46.039 real thing. For this there's probably and I shouldn't even 379 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:49.160 say probably because that's irresponsible to me to say that 380 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:53.240 without any real proven facts. But seeing this story develop 381 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:56.079 and getting all the info that we have here, when 382 00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:59.480 I see that there is a code of official, somebody 383 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:01.759 who you know as an official for the Kentucky organ 384 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:07.319 donor affiliates claiming, hey, despite this guy showing signs of life, 385 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:10.720 and these two surgeons not wanting to do it. They 386 00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:12.519 got to find somebody or they're gonna lose their job 387 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:16.359 because we need this organ from this guy, dead or alive. 388 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:20.759 I mean that to me just fuels the narrative that 389 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.359 it just became such a thing and they got reckless 390 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:25.079 thing and they never get caught. I mean, I don't know, 391 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:27.200 I don't know that for certain, but this is again, 392 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:31.960 I think the best way to describe this story is 393 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:38.720 one that quite literally does not seem real, and it's 394 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:42.480 disturbing beyond belief. All Right, we've got another update of 395 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:44.039 traffic and weather coming you way, Bobby all us to 396 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:46.839 get it straightened out on the roadways here in Kentucky 397 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:49.440 and to get the Thursday morning started. Also, we will 398 00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:51.400 get an updated look at the forecast from at Melosa 399 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:54.000 to WLK. Why another sports update coming your way in 400 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:55.880 about five minutes right here on News Radio eight forty. 401 00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:58.519