WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:04.719 Keep it going, John Shannon, well done, well done. Operation 2 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:06.040 Midnight Hammer. 3 00:00:07.559 --> 00:00:08.039 Is that. 4 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:13.160 The strike that took place over the weekend as the 5 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:16.399 United States struck Iran? Or is that the name of 6 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:20.600 the latest WWE pay per view Operation Midnight Hammer. Could 7 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:24.160 be a lot of things, but maybe that's just me. Anyways, 8 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:25.879 It is seven o five here, Kentucky in his morning 9 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:28.480 news on news Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you. 10 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:31.920 We've got John Allen alongside today Scott Fitzgerald with the sports. 11 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:33.679 We'll have another sports update coming your way in about 12 00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:36.280 twenty minutes, and of course you just heard John Shannon there. 13 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:38.359 We are going to be joined coming up in roughly 14 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:43.000 ten minutes by another guest. It is Ali Piccoran of 15 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:46.359 ABC News. She's going to join us to discuss the obvious, 16 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:49.399 and that is the situation as the United States has 17 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:53.240 has intervened here and is not at war with Iran, 18 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.960 they want to make that pretty clear, but certainly at 19 00:00:55.960 --> 00:01:00.000 war with the nuclear programs that Iron has. And course, 20 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:03.880 as I've said throughout the morning here probably isn't something 21 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:05.400 that needs to be said as much as I have 22 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:09.719 said it, but why not reiterate because I think many 23 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:12.519 are sharing opinions on this, and look, I think it's 24 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:15.640 it's expected that people would have strong opinions one way 25 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:19.159 or another about the decision that Donald Trump made. But 26 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:22.640 you know, as far as what really plays out the 27 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:25.879 rest of the way, as far as where this goes 28 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:29.959 good or bad, it's it's completely unknown at this point, 29 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:32.879 but certainly something We're going to keep you updated as 30 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:36.959 best we can here at NewsRadio eight forty whas. At 31 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:40.640 times I've thought to myself, as this is this real, 32 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:42.519 meaning just you know, some of the things that have 33 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:45.719 taken place in this world, not just this country in 34 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:46.799 recent years. 35 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:50.359 But whenever I mean, I'll take you back to the 36 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:51.879 this is I guess. 37 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:54.640 Week two for me, whenever I was making the transition 38 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:57.439 here to news Radio eight forty WHS, we had some 39 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:00.200 coverage of an internet fight that you don't often see, 40 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.640 maybe the most powerful man in the world, Donald Trump, 41 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:05.079 and maybe one of the one of the most of 42 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:06.840 one of the most wealthiest men in the world, and 43 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:10.280 Elon Musk and they're having their they're having their internet 44 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:13.800 fight and and throwing some big time jabs at each other. 45 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:17.199 Obviously some big time accusations made on both sides, and 46 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:20.159 I remember one of the first responses that I saw 47 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:23.240 was that when you consider just what was what was 48 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:25.639 said back and forth and a brief amount of time 49 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:30.520 on a social media platform that Elon Musk owns. I mean, 50 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:35.520 a WWE storyline that would probably take like a year 51 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:37.080 and a half to play out, it played out in 52 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:38.960 about forty eight hours on the internet. It's one of 53 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:40.400 those moments where you think, Okay. 54 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:41.360 Is this is this real? 55 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:44.280 Is this is this this just there's no way we'd 56 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:46.840 have these people of of of the status that they 57 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:51.159 have fighting on the internet. But it happens, and uh yeah, 58 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:56.319 the I swear whenever. Let's go back to the presidential debate, 59 00:02:57.080 --> 00:02:57.960 this was of course. 60 00:02:58.199 --> 00:02:58.319 Uh. 61 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:01.000 I mean, obviously, any any residential debate's going to get 62 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:02.680 a lot of attention because it's important, right, You're going 63 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:05.719 to hear from both sides, and it's a big decision 64 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:07.599 to make, right as far as who we as a 65 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:09.759 country decide is going to be the leader that's going 66 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:13.719 to be the president. But this exchange between Trump and Biden, 67 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:16.479 it kind of you I trust me, I'm not trying 68 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:19.719 to correlate everything to professional wrestling, and I hope you 69 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:22.560 guys can can understand, you know, you can sense the 70 00:03:22.599 --> 00:03:25.840 sarcasm here, But this, this exchange really happened. As I'm 71 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:29.439 reflecting on just various things over the years that wow, 72 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:31.319 you didn't. I don't know if I would have expected 73 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:33.360 had you told me five six years ago, that you'd have, 74 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:36.319 you know, this back and forth between two people that 75 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:40.400 are fighting to become or at least you know, one 76 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:43.159 person was trying to maintain the spot as president and 77 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:44.400 Trump was trying to get it back. 78 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:46.000 But this was in fact real. 79 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:48.840 I'm having sex from a porn star on the night 80 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:50.159 image every while. 81 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:51.000 Your wife was training it. 82 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:55.199 What are you talking about? You have the morals of 83 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:55.879 an alley cat. 84 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:57.840 I didn't have sex with a porn star. 85 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:00.400 I mean, you would think that that was doc that 86 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:03.400 was not real. And if I'd have said ten years 87 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:07.400 ago that will be in exchange between two candidates to 88 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:09.960 be the president of the United States, I don't think 89 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:13.199 for a second you would believe me. But here we are, 90 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:18.560 so again we'll talk coming up here shortly and get 91 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:22.759 the latest because again I'm sure it's a continuously developing situation. 92 00:04:22.920 --> 00:04:27.279 But again we'll talk with Ali Picoran. She's an ABC 93 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:29.399 News correspondent. She's going to join us coming up here 94 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:32.560 at seven fifteen, but before that, we've got another update 95 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:35.360 on traffic and weather right here at Kentucky and is 96 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:39.720 Morning News on News Radio eight forty whas it is 97 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:42.160 seven fifteen here Kentucky and is Morning News on News 98 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:45.199 Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you, and we 99 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:49.560 are now joined by ABC News correspondent Ali picorin Ali. 100 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:52.560 When it comes to Operation Midnight Hammer and the reaction 101 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:57.399 from leaders here in Congress, I think from my perspective, 102 00:04:57.439 --> 00:04:59.879 it seems as if the reaction on both sides with 103 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:03.079 was as expected, just given the current temperature in the 104 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:06.399 climate of politics right now. But I guess was there 105 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:09.399 any reaction that you felt like was a surprise as 106 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:11.720 far as reacting to what took place over the weekend. 107 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:15.720 I think that your assessment of it is largely fair. 108 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:16.000 Right. 109 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:18.720 It's pretty typical that we would expect to see Republicans 110 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:21.920 largely falling in line with President Trump's actions. Will Democrats 111 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:25.000 suppose what he's doing, and I think pretty across the board, 112 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:27.199 that's what we've seen. But I will say there are 113 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:30.639 a number of Republicans that have had no worthy reactions 114 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:33.439 to this action that they do feel that President Trump 115 00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:38.000 has overstepped his authority here by unilaterally acting in Iran 116 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:41.519 over the weekend. Congress, as you know, has an authority 117 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:44.560 to declare war, and so the debate that's going on 118 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:47.519 on Capitol Hill right now is whether these targeted strikes 119 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:52.079 on Iran nuclear site constitute a war action that Congress 120 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:54.879 would have needed to authorize, as opposed to President Trump's 121 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:58.720 acting under this authority that the Constitution grants him to 122 00:05:58.839 --> 00:06:01.920 take action and there's an immediate threat against the United States, 123 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:03.480 and so that's a debate that's going to be playing 124 00:06:03.519 --> 00:06:05.680 out pretty aggressively on Capitol Hill this week. 125 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:08.040 I know you can't speak for anybody but yourself, but 126 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:11.519 did it seem as if the emphasis yesterday that they're 127 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:14.160 not we're not at war with Iran or at war 128 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:17.120 with their nuclear programs. It seems as if that there's 129 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:18.399 a to me. It seems as if there may have 130 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:20.240 been a real reason emphasized that because of what you 131 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:20.759 just mentioned. 132 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:24.399 Yeah, certainly, it seems like, especially when we saw a 133 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:28.800 President Vans out yesterday making those comments, it's certainly working 134 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:32.439 to underscore this message from the administration that they don't 135 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:35.040 do this as an act of war against another country. 136 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:38.439 Whether that's going to actually have a fact on Capitol 137 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:40.759 Hill is a little unclear, And I should say the 138 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:44.759 vast majority of Republicans who control both chambers of Congress 139 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:48.079 right now are very much standing behind what President Trump 140 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:50.959 did this weekend. So when I say there's Republicans that 141 00:06:50.959 --> 00:06:53.800 are raising concerns about this, it's a pretty small group 142 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:56.879 of them. But we should expect to see efforts on 143 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.319 Capitol Hill this week to try to force the issue 144 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:01.720 onto the floor. There's going to be members who want 145 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:04.360 to see Congress take a vote on whether they need 146 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:07.480 to authorize these strikes. They is called war powers votes. 147 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:10.759 But again Democrats told them minority in both chambers. So 148 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:13.000 whether either of those bills, or any of those bills 149 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:15.800 get any traction, will have to see, because in Trumbull 150 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:18.279 also have the ability to veto them, and I don't 151 00:07:18.279 --> 00:07:20.519 expect that there would be a veto proof majority on 152 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:21.439 any of that stuff. 153 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:24.399 Ali bikorna ABC News is our guest joining us here 154 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:27.199 on News Radio eight forty w h AS. When it 155 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:31.560 comes to Congress, what are the what are the key 156 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:35.519 concerns here as far as reaction, you know, initially from 157 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:37.680 from Iran. Obviously they've let it be known that they're 158 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:40.720 going to react and already have in some form or fashion. 159 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:43.839 But I guess what's what's the biggest concern initially following 160 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:45.720 this this strike over the weekend as far as where 161 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:48.800 they think the retaliation is going to come, right, So 162 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:49.720 the big. 163 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:53.120 Thing from a congressional perspective is trying to esport that 164 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:56.040 line of what it would mean to attack a very 165 00:07:56.079 --> 00:08:00.000 specific site in Iran as opposed to a larger US response. 166 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:04.000 So what Iran does here will very much dictate how 167 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:05.920 the United States responds to it. And so what we're 168 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:08.920 seeing is a lot of Republicans coming forward and saying, look, 169 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:11.639 we don't want to enter a war, but it would 170 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:15.680 also be completely unacceptable for Iran to hit American assets 171 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:19.279 or to injure in any way Americans or American service members. 172 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:22.480 So the way that the United States responds, they say, 173 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:24.759 will be dictated by what Iran does here. And there's 174 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:28.360 certainly a heightened threat environment going on right now. It's 175 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:31.000 a little bit unclear, and I think lawmakers are waiting 176 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:33.320 for more information about how much they need to be 177 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:36.960 concerned about that heightened threat environment. We would expect members 178 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:39.759 to receive a classified briefing on this. They're scheduled to 179 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:42.720 receive a briefing on Tuesday, kind of laying out the 180 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:45.720 situation at hand, and if they get noticed that the 181 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:48.080 threat environment is really escalated, then I think you could 182 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:50.759 expect to see calls for greater action in BI the 183 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:51.759 United States. 184 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:53.679 Ellie, thank you so much for your time. 185 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:55.159 Thank you. 186 00:08:55.519 --> 00:08:59.559 That's Alli Picorn of ABC News. Always good to get 187 00:08:59.559 --> 00:09:02.759 her thoughts on what's going on here, and certainly a 188 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:05.200 lot going on. And I say, and I'm glad she 189 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:07.360 did emphasize it, because this is, by the way, this 190 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:09.519 is my words and nobody else's. I'm not certainly putting 191 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:11.120 words in her mouth. But she mentioned that there was 192 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:14.720 at least some level of maybe not pushback, but just 193 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:17.759 some level of not being as supportive or maybe some 194 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:20.240 just not being really supportive at all as far as 195 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:23.320 what Donald Trump decided to do. But I think what 196 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:26.399 made it seem surprising, even if it is a real small, 197 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:30.480 very small representation from the Republican Party, I feel like 198 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:34.200 any level of pushback or resistance, especially at a public way. 199 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:37.120 As far as saying I don't agree. I don't think 200 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:40.200 we should do this, and then obviously now it did happen. 201 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:42.080 I think that just stands out because I feel like 202 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:45.960 that's a rare thing in today's climate from the Republican side. 203 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:48.039 But again, big thank you to Alec Picorna, ABC News 204 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:49.639 for joining us. We're going to take a time out. 205 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:51.200 Let you get an update on traffick and weather, and 206 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:52.720 then we've got an update of sports coming your way 207 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:56.720 right here on news radio eight forty whas. Thank you 208 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:59.600 very much, John Shannon. It is seven thirty five here, Konseucky. 209 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:02.039 It is more News with Nick Coffee on News Radio 210 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:08.360 eight forty whas. You've heard over the years, Gen Z Millennials, 211 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:12.919 Generation X baby boomers, and I guess the latest is 212 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:16.480 those who were born from twenty thirteen to currently, and 213 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:19.039 those are that's Generation Alpha, which I got to be 214 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:22.840 honest with you, I'm nowhere near in that demo because 215 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:26.799 if you're born in twenty thirteen, you know you're basically 216 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:31.000 your preteen. But I'd not heard of Generation Alpha. That's 217 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:33.440 I mean, I would have I wouldn't have guessed that's 218 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:35.000 the name. But I'm sure there's a reason as to 219 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:36.279 why they've come up with all these names. But the 220 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:38.720 reason I bring this up is because and we'll talk 221 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:41.279 a little bit later with Rory O'Neill of NBC News 222 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:45.799 about this, but there's a study that shows that gen 223 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:50.039 Z leans more conservative, and a lot of that is 224 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:53.799 believed to be I guess surprising to some, and it's 225 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:56.039 it's you know, one of the factors is because of 226 00:10:56.080 --> 00:11:01.159 how the pandemic was handled. So gen Z is those 227 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:04.919 born nineteen ninety seven, between nineteen ninety seven and two 228 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:08.799 thy and twelve, which means we've got a gen Zer 229 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:11.519 within the program here, because that's that's John Alden. But 230 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:15.960 you are just two things. One, you're barely gen Z, 231 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:18.120 you're leading the charge. 232 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:19.080 You are a year. 233 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:22.360 Away from being a millennial like myself, because eighty one 234 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:24.759 to ninety six is the is the age range there, 235 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:27.480 But gen Z is ninety seven to twenty twelve, so 236 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:30.039 people that are thirteen to twenty eight. And I do 237 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:33.559 think when you consider that age range, a lot of 238 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:37.720 folks on the older end of that of that demo 239 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:43.320 were I guess forming their real opinions of politics. Maybe 240 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:46.279 around that time. Not everybody certainly, but I wouldn't be 241 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:49.759 shocked at all. If if you're you know, you're you're teenager, 242 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:52.159 you're you're just getting out of your teenage years, and 243 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:54.840 you know, a global pandemic is something that happens once 244 00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:58.559 every one hundred years, So there's there's no way to 245 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:01.240 really know when it's going to happen and what you 246 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:03.759 can expect as far as how the country handles it. 247 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:07.320 But obviously the way in which it was handled by 248 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:10.840 the Biden administration at the time was not great in 249 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:12.440 the eyes of a lot of people. And to be fair, 250 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:15.919 I mean, there was some lying about stuff that we've 251 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:17.720 later learned, which is which is, you know, not a 252 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:20.600 good look by any means. But then I don't know, 253 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:21.879 I was going to give. I was going to give 254 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:23.799 somewhat of the benefit of the doubt when it comes 255 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:26.159 to well, you know, let's just be real, we're all 256 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:28.519 kind of learning on the go here. We've never encountered 257 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:30.960 this type of virus before, we've never been here. You know, 258 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:34.440 you're trying your best, but the reality is that nobody 259 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:37.840 really knows because again, this is not something we've ever encountered. 260 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:40.440 Before as far as this specific virus. 261 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:42.799 But again, we later learned that some of the things 262 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:45.879 they told us that they knew weren't true, But anyhow, 263 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:48.240 I could see you what I want to. The reason 264 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:49.519 I wanted to bring this up is because I think 265 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:54.440 the surprise from folks about gen Z being more conservative 266 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:57.320 than they would have expected, it really shouldn't be that surprising, 267 00:12:57.480 --> 00:12:59.399 because I do think when you were in that age 268 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:03.080 range where you're you're seeing something play out like that 269 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:06.840 at a very impressionable age, and now here were you 270 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:08.679 are years later. Let's be honest, A lot of people, 271 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:10.960 a lot of people don't care. I'm sure a lot 272 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:13.919 of people are strongly defending the way it was handled 273 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:16.720 by the Biden administration and Fauci and whatnot. But then 274 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:18.480 there's also others that just look back and say, what 275 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:19.440 did we were we doing? 276 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:20.679 What was that like? 277 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:22.600 We had a lot of things shut down, we had 278 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:26.879 a lot of lives impacted, And yes, you can easily 279 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:28.679 just say, well, hey, we were trying to keep everybody safe, 280 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:31.720 and that's not a lie. I mean, tough to know 281 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:33.799 the true motives of every decision that was made during 282 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:35.840 such an important time, but that's an easy thing to 283 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:39.279 put out there, and you know it's legit to an extent. 284 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:41.279 The extent of how much that's true, we'll never know 285 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:44.559 for sure, but looking back, like some of the things 286 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:47.840 we did, I'm not the only one I'm sure that fails, like, yeah, 287 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:50.600 that was probably not necessary. We probably didn't need to, 288 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:54.000 you know, shut down the world quite like we did 289 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:56.679 at that time. So I'm not bringing it up to 290 00:13:57.279 --> 00:13:59.519 try to go back in time and dunk on those 291 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:00.679 who made the those decisions. 292 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:01.919 But I do think. 293 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:06.720 The not only the handling of the of the coronavirus 294 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:09.120 and whatnot, and just the pandemic, and of course the 295 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:11.759 election that took place in twenty twenty, and of course 296 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:14.440 the one that just took place here recently, I'm not 297 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:20.399 at all surprised that a younger, impressionable demo at that 298 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:22.879 point without even maybe giving it much thought, Like I 299 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:25.519 don't think it would to me. I would not be 300 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:29.360 surprised if those who just now realize they align with 301 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:33.000 being conservative, and they are aligned with being Republicans. I'm 302 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.879 sure there's many that it's not based off of their 303 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:37.639 family or how they were raised. It's just they made 304 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:40.399 the decision for themselves because of how they saw things 305 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:41.399 playing out. 306 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:42.559 And I get it. 307 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:45.639 I think there's some that will say, well, my goodness, 308 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:47.879 they just they're so entertained by Donald Trump, the way 309 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:50.720 he carries himself and you know, grab her by the 310 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:53.240 you know what, like all these young idiots. They just 311 00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:55.480 think that's funny. And I'm sure there is an there's 312 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:58.559 a segment of that is that does identify that way 313 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.720 as far as just thinking, you know, guy, he's he's 314 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:03.960 a loud mouthed and he you know, he's in the 315 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:06.879 he's been in the WWE before, like, But then also 316 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:08.600 I think there's others that it has nothing to do 317 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:11.000 with that aspect. It's just they were able to see 318 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:13.799 how things played out and they maybe without even really 319 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:16.840 giving it a whole lot of consideration, they just realized 320 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:20.360 where they where their beliefs are. So I don't think 321 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:21.799 it's that big of a shock. But of course it's 322 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:24.200 in the news because it's being shared as well. A 323 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:27.039 surprise here, gen Z is more conservative than people expected. 324 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:30.080 All right, we've got traffick in weather coming your way. 325 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:32.360 We'll get to another sports update in about fifteen minutes. 326 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:34.440 What I want to get to on the other side, though, 327 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:38.120 is just how how much should we be worried about 328 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:44.360 the dark Web and passwords being exposed, and it's if 329 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:46.200 you're somebody that's never been worried about it before, you 330 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:48.399 may want to be mindful of it right now because 331 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:50.039 we are expected to have one of the biggest data 332 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:52.480 breaches we've ever had in America. So again we'll get 333 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:53.679 to that on the other side right here on news 334 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:57.720 Radio eight to forty whas I will admit I am 335 00:15:57.720 --> 00:16:02.840 guilty of logging in one of the many things I 336 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:05.799 log into each and every day, and logging in for 337 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:07.960 me is just clicking log in. I don't have to 338 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:11.000 enter a password or a username because it's already set 339 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:13.840 up to auto say, which makes things very convenient. In fact, 340 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:19.480 on my iPhone, I now have the facial recognition to 341 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:22.240 where if I just if it sees my face, it 342 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:25.200 logs me in automatically. It's super convenient and I at 343 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:29.399 times have had You may want to reset your patsword. 344 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:32.799 There's a chance that your account could have been involved 345 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:36.440 in some kind of a data breach and I just 346 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:38.919 ignore it. John, let me ask you this. You seem 347 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:41.679 to be somebody that that would be more cautious of 348 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:45.159 that than me, meaning you are you know you would 349 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:48.000 avoid that whereas I would be the idiot and not 350 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:51.120 if has that happened to you? And if not, would 351 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:52.639 you quickly change your password? 352 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:57.000 You know, I'm somebody who usually puts off putting, you know, 353 00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:59.759 changing their password, especially like for example, here at iHeart 354 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:01.679 that ask us to do it every six months, I 355 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:03.200 usually wait to do it the very last second. 356 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:04.039 So I'm probably. 357 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:08.480 You know, we're not the only workplace that does that, 358 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:10.799 But I think you're right. I think I would be 359 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:12.400 very it. It'd be tough for me to fall for 360 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:12.920 something like that. 361 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:15.640 Yeah, So I And there's a reason they that this 362 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:18.759 is in place, you know, because they're trying their best 363 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:21.880 to keep keep everything safe to where you're not having 364 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:25.680 your accounts compromised and data breach. And I mean there 365 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:28.559 are people that the hacking is it hacking is an industry. 366 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:31.519 I mean it's it's quite literally a booming industry. And 367 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:35.000 I mean how many times do you log into anything 368 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:37.759 and get them I mean the amount of times you 369 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:42.680 see something within any type of social media account, email, 370 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:46.920 I mean, like spam bots. All of that is rooted 371 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:50.400 from people trying to scam you or trying to take 372 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:52.720 advantage I mean, or get your information in some way. 373 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:55.880 Think about all the nonsense, all the fluff you see 374 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:58.440 within everything that you are on in the Internet. I'm 375 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:02.279 not talking about advertisements on web pages. I'm talking about spam. 376 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:05.000 I mean, I guess certain spam can just be there 377 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:07.240 just trying to flood your inbox to promote whatever it 378 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:10.119 is they're doing. But like so many like if you 379 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:13.640 go to Instagram or x and even Facebook to an extent, 380 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:16.759 like you'll get messages from somebody that like clear like 381 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:18.960 And what's what's wild to me is that like so 382 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:22.000 many people fall for That's a sad thing, but it's 383 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:23.960 a real thing. There's a reason that people get into 384 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:27.119 the scamming business of getting your information, hacking your account 385 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:30.599 because they've been able to see that there's enough vulnerable 386 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:33.400 people out there to where you can get exposed. So anyway, 387 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:34.960 the reason I bring this up is because we've got 388 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:39.000 watchdog warnings that billions of passwords are expected in the 389 00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:42.519 on the dark web. Around sixteen billion passwords are reportedly 390 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:44.960 compromised after one of the largest data breaches in history. 391 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:47.920 This is according to cyber news loggainst to social media 392 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:53.799 VPNs user accounts you know for Apple, Facebook, Google, telegram, 393 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:58.119 all these different I mean even government services. So you 394 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:00.920 may you may want to get some annavirus or some 395 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:03.359 kind of protection out there that you haven't had before, 396 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:04.640 or just change. 397 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:06.680 Your passwords if you haven't, because this is one. 398 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:08.200 Of those things where a lot of people and I'm 399 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:10.119 guilty of being this person that would say all that 400 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:12.160 wone impact me, and then it does, and you're like, 401 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:14.960