WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:04.120 All right, good Monday morning, Kentucky Anda. Welcome into Kentuckyana's 2 00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:08.160 morning news here on news Radio eight forty whas five 3 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:10.439 six on a Monday. 4 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:12.480 As we get the week started, Nick Coffee with you. 5 00:00:12.519 --> 00:00:15.960 We've got Scott Fitzgerald alongside John Alden as well as 6 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:19.039 John Shannon. Your first update on traffic and weather coming 7 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:22.440 up here in roughly four minutes. We'll also have news 8 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:24.600 coming your way with John Shannon around five thirty, and 9 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:28.239 a lot of things we'll get into throughout the morning here. 10 00:00:28.359 --> 00:00:31.480 I know Scott's looking forward to his first sports update. 11 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:33.640 I don't, I don't, I don't know. Do you take requests? 12 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:35.640 Yeah, of course, just because you know, I'd love to 13 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:37.799 talk some moiv of baseball early on, because how about 14 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:40.759 that right back in the College World Series for day 15 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:43.840 McDonald and his club, And this one's got to feel 16 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:45.920 better than maybe most of them. I'm sure they all 17 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:47.960 feel great when you punch the ticket and you've made 18 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.159 it to Omaha, but this one been a while since 19 00:00:51.159 --> 00:00:53.719 they've been there, and certainly not a lot of momentum 20 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:54.960 as they entered the postseason. 21 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:55.679 But here they are. 22 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:56.159 Yeah. 23 00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:59.200 Interesting presser with coach McDonnell yesterday, a lot of inward 24 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:02.600 reflection the coach on a number of levels, to include 25 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:05.079 throwing in a religious reference as well. I mean, this 26 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:07.079 is this is pretty spiritual to the coach, to your. 27 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:10.439 Pott, he's very outspoken on his faith, and he was 28 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:13.159 not at all bashful to acknowledge that that he had 29 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:15.040 to lean. He had to lean a lot on his 30 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:18.319 faith throughout the last I guess. I mean that's really 31 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:19.879 just that's a big part of who he is. But 32 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:23.159 obviously things in the last i don't know four years 33 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:26.560 roughly for the program were not anywhere near as successful 34 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:29.560 as prior to that. That happens, but yeah, I mean 35 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:33.159 to bounce back and show that you can still still 36 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:36.079 get it done at a high level. Really, when college 37 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:38.879 athletics has changed for everybody in a dramatic way. The 38 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:41.079 landscape is much different now than it was just a 39 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:45.079 few years ago. And the new world of college athletics nil, 40 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:47.840 all that stuff is just created a fresh set of 41 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:52.920 challenges for programs that are not big revenue producers like baseball. 42 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:56.519 And even with those new challenges here they are they're 43 00:01:56.519 --> 00:01:58.680 making it so good stuff. I'm sure we'll also talk 44 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:00.879 about last night's game two of the NBA Finals and 45 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:03.200 some other things we'll get into this morning. Coming up 46 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:05.319 around five forty five, we'll have our chat with Rory 47 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:08.400 O'Neal of NBC News. He'll give us the latest on 48 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:13.319 the protest going on in Los Angeles as obviously there's 49 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:16.919 many there are that are fighting ICE as they're trying 50 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:20.400 to track down on immigration, and that of course will 51 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:22.960 be a continued talking point as they're still going on 52 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:26.879 as we speak. Also, a former Louisville basketball player, Louisville 53 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:30.439 legend Russ Smith, was arrested over the weekend for DUI, 54 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:33.439 and obviously will that will be something we discussed this 55 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:35.520 morning because the details are now out and it's one 56 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:38.719 of those things where I got to say, just reading 57 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:42.639 the details yesterday and even more so this morning, you 58 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:44.560 can't make this stuff up. Just as far as the 59 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:48.120 connection where the officer that that really it was his 60 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:51.080 discretion to charge Russ or not, because he was actually 61 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:55.400 below the legal limit. So that officer deciding to do 62 00:02:55.479 --> 00:02:58.879 that and arrest him for DUI is also the same 63 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:02.360 officer who took Scottie Scheffler to jail after he was 64 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:05.719 arrested right before team off in the PGA Championship. Again, 65 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:07.159 it's one of those things where you just think, well, 66 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.039 you can't make this stuff up. So we'll get into 67 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:12.319 that end. This is something that I do want to 68 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:14.919 spend some time on at some point, because I know 69 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:17.639 college athletics has been hard to keep up with in 70 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:20.680 recent years with nobody really knowing are there any rules? 71 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:23.120 Does the NCAA still exist, because it seems like a 72 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:27.039 complete free for all. Players can transfer anytime as many 73 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:29.680 times as they want. Players can now get paid money 74 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:31.639 through NIL. Well, there was a big piece of news 75 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:36.000 that took that dropped on Friday, really was the It 76 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:37.800 had been followed for a long time, but the house 77 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:40.240 settlement is now complete, and I just want to give 78 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:42.479 folks the basics as far as what this means when 79 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:44.319 it comes to college sports. We of course are a 80 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:47.520 big college sports market around here. I mean the local 81 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:51.960 teams kind of are our pro teams. So it's still 82 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:54.400 going to be a mess, I believe, but this is 83 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:56.840 at least a starting point as far as some level 84 00:03:56.960 --> 00:04:01.719 of rules, guidelines, guard rails that everybody has to follow. 85 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:04.599 So we are loaded this morning as we help you 86 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:06.479 get the week started here at news Radio eight forty 87 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:08.599 w h as week two for me, and I do 88 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:10.840 want to apologize to you guys. I didn't I didn't 89 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:12.520 want to sound like a stoner to both of you 90 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:15.159 this morning when I when I requested upon their arrival 91 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:17.399 at work today, do you guys. 92 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:20.279 Have any eye drops? Oh? 93 00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:23.000 Dude, it does it? It looks worse than when you 94 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.360 see Nicky. You got to tell everybody you don't have 95 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:27.079 pink as you just put a sign on this. I 96 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:28.879 don't have pink, guy, Yes I have. 97 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:33.120 I've got allergies and I got to figure something out. 98 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:35.800 I got, I mean, and I'm sure maybe there's other 99 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:37.279 there's some folks out there that can give me some 100 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:39.120 tips as far as how to handle it, because I 101 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:41.399 take like a daily allergy pill and it's not working. 102 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:45.319 But my weekend up up north probably didn't help because 103 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:48.120 I didn't realize. Yeah, when you go north near Lake Michigan, 104 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:52.399 near Chicago, they're probably seeing the effects of these Canadian 105 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:54.399 wildfires a little bit more than we are. And I'm 106 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:58.279 going to blame that on my eyeballs just being completely bloodshot. 107 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:00.920 It's that and nothing else. I promise I'm not a 108 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:03.759 stoner that was just needing some eye drops to be 109 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:05.759 a little bit more discreet about it, but we've got 110 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:08.879 your first update of trafficking weather right now. It's Kentucky 111 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:12.519 and it's morning news here on news RADIOA forty whas. 112 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:15.319 It's five point fifteen here at Kentucky and it's morning 113 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:20.040 news on news RADIOA forty whas. Happy Monday morning, everybody. 114 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:22.759 So I looked this up just to make sure I 115 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:27.160 wasn't crazy. But the Ohio Valley region, of course, including Louisville, Kentucky, 116 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:30.160 is widely regarded as one of the worst areas in 117 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:34.839 the United States for seasonal allergies. And I'd always heard 118 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:37.639 that because I've lived here my whole life, and I 119 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:40.040 believe I was sympathetic. 120 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:41.639 For those that dealt with allergies, but. 121 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.160 Maybe I wasn't. I think I would just think, Oh, 122 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:46.639 I'm really sorry you're dealing with that. Hope it gets better, 123 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:48.800 but I can't relate. I didn't say that that last 124 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:50.639 part out loud, but I think that's how I was feeling. 125 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:51.199 Well. 126 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:56.279 Now, after I guess roughly thirty thirty four thirty five 127 00:05:56.360 --> 00:06:00.319 years of being able to not deal with these outsies 128 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:01.639 that a lot of people deal with, they have hit 129 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:03.759 me because in recent years, I've realized I've got to 130 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:08.079 I got to medicate myself, and I ask people. 131 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:09.120 Hey, do you have allergies? Do you have allergies? 132 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:11.279 And a lot of people now are like, well, I 133 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:14.920 mean sometimes, well, I think now I know if you 134 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:16.800 deal I feel like, if you're somebody that deals with it, 135 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:19.480 to it to the extent of where you need to 136 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:22.480 take something every day or you're going to be miserable 137 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:24.680 like I am right now in my eyeballs. 138 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:26.279 That's the level of like, okay it. 139 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:29.519 Not to say that you can't defeat it, but if 140 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:31.480 you were taking something daily, doesn't that mean that like 141 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:33.279 it's it's it's something that you. 142 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:35.639 Got to deal with moving forward. It doesn't just go away. 143 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:37.560 I don't know how I became somebody that deals with 144 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:39.920 this now after not having it for so long, But 145 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:41.600 I've got to. I got to figure something ot because 146 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:43.519 I take a pill in the evening that is the 147 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:45.959 I guess, the typical pill, and then I take one 148 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:48.240 in the morning that's the non drowsy, and I mix 149 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:51.240 in some eyedrops and I'm still getting my rear end. 150 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:53.439 Kicked by these allergies. So I got to figure something out. 151 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:57.480 Now, I wonder if your body changes accordingly to what happens, 152 00:06:57.560 --> 00:06:59.399 you know, certain changes take place in your Body's a 153 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:02.680 good question for me an allergist. But yeah, it's it's crazy. 154 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:04.000 I was telling you off the air. When I get 155 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:07.120 around my brother's Golden Retrievers, it's kryptonite for me. My 156 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:09.720 throat locks up, my eyes look like yours. And it's 157 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:12.160 the only dog. It's well, there are some other dogs, 158 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:14.000 but it's not as about we have basset Hounds growing up. 159 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:15.000 They're short haired dogs. 160 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:17.240 Well, it's funny you mentioned it's the only type of dog, 161 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:19.480 because I mean, it's not like I'm going door to 162 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:21.040 door asking residents. 163 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:21.800 Hey, do you have allergies? 164 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:22.079 Right? 165 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:23.600 How bad do you have them? What do you use 166 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:24.439 to do to treat it? 167 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:26.240 Because I got to figure something out. But when I 168 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:27.959 do it, you know, when I ask people do you 169 00:07:28.040 --> 00:07:30.560 have allergies, it's either yell not not too bad, or 170 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:32.839 they'll mention something specific that does trigger it. 171 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:34.920 And Golden Retrievers. 172 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:36.360 Are the exact dog that my buddy had mentioned the 173 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:37.920 same thing where it's just it's one of those things. 174 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:40.040 When I'm around them, it's going to be an issue 175 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:43.000 to or I'm sneezing, rubbing my eyes, that kind of stuff. 176 00:07:43.079 --> 00:07:46.319 So did you do you remember a time when we 177 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:49.079 were kids, you know, maybe we had the allergies and 178 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:50.959 we just kind of either dismissed them as a cold 179 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:53.000 because I feel it when I feel certain grasses. 180 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:57.120 I tell you what I remember as a kid, hearing 181 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:00.319 about allergies and just assuming that it meant like you could, 182 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:02.199 like food allergies, like there's certain things you can't and 183 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:05.759 can't eat, because I couldn't relate, like I never there 184 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:09.120 was never any moment where I the weather changed. I mean, 185 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:11.720 I knew what pollen was, but like I felt so 186 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:15.000 non impacted by it that I guess I never really 187 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:17.920 thought about it a whole lot until you realize something's 188 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:20.319 off here, something's going wrong. And I remember, I guess 189 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:22.959 it was a couple of summers ago. Was right around 190 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:24.839 the time that I started to think, okay, like this 191 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:27.600 isn't some kind of a head cold. I don't think 192 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:29.839 I have something in my eyeball. Something's going on here. 193 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:32.120 And my wife was like, yeah, duf, is you have 194 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:35.240 allergies now? Like this is and and I realized she's 195 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:37.320 been dealing. I mean, she's she's been dealing with it 196 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:39.960 her whole life to where she's I mean, it's it's 197 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:42.799 a it's I would I would classify her as someone 198 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:45.759 who has severe allergies to where she's really got to 199 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:47.559 stay on top of making sure she's got the right 200 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:49.919 medicine and whatnot, because if not, it's gonna be rough. 201 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:52.639 And again, I felt like I was sympathetic, but I 202 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:55.080 don't know if I truly was until now I realize 203 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:58.159 what she's what she's going through, and now she's all 204 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.200 over me about the meds. Mostly, I would assume because 205 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:03.639 she cares about me and wants me to be, you know, 206 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:05.440 not dealing with it. But I think the root of 207 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:07.279 it is that she doesn't want to hear me sniffling 208 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:09.559 and coughing and packing up a lung. She's like, well, 209 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:11.080 did you take your medicine today? 210 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:11.559 Yeah? 211 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:13.200 Well no, I probably should have. 212 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:14.440 Your kids have allergies? 213 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:17.559 Not yet yeah, not yet, but interesting. Yeah. 214 00:09:17.639 --> 00:09:19.559 Now I want to apologize to all of those that 215 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:22.240 I was not sympathetic towards when they would describe the 216 00:09:22.279 --> 00:09:24.360 allergies and how bad they are kicking their ear in 217 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:28.200 because now either I'm just really soft, or maybe I'm 218 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:30.039 now dealing with the same things that you guys were. 219 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:33.080 But anyways, I'll fight through you. With you, with your 220 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:35.120 all's help, we can get through this. Are we got 221 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:37.440 sports coming up. We've also got another update of trafficking 222 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:39.000 weather coming your way right here on Kentucky and his 223 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:42.960 Morning News. Thank you, John at is five thirty five 224 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:45.240 here at Kentucky and his Morning News on News Radio 225 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:50.120 eight forty Whas. I was more amused by this than 226 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:54.000 I probably should have been. But the zebra named ed 227 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:57.320 the pet zebra ed from Tennessee. Well he's not from Tennessee, 228 00:09:57.399 --> 00:10:00.600 but he escaped in Tennessee on May thirty first, and 229 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:02.679 he was on the run for a week. He had 230 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:06.559 a week long escape. Hopefully he enjoyed himself. But they 231 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:10.320 did actually capture him, which is a good thing. Obviously, 232 00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:13.840 it's not a safe situation for probably both sides, the 233 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:15.879 longer he's out there on the run. But I tell 234 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:18.799 you what, some of the some of the pictures and 235 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:22.879 video clips of those who spotted the zebra just going 236 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:26.120 for a jog on the interstate, casually walking through a 237 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:29.159 residential neighborhood. I mean, if you'd told me it was 238 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:31.639 AI created, I would have believed you because it's not 239 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:34.360 something that you typically see. But for those who missed 240 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:38.440 this story, he arrived in Tennessee from a Texas breeder, 241 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:42.919 and as soon as they tried to get situated in 242 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:46.080 his new home in Tennessee, he was I guess unhappy 243 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:48.960 with the conditions and he ran. He ended up on 244 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:52.080 the highways. As I mentioned, he was in neighborhoods. But 245 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:56.320 they used it was a drone assisted capture and helicopter. 246 00:10:56.399 --> 00:11:00.480 They airlifted the zebra, making a It was a very rare, 247 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:03.720 rare thing to see. But you could tell they've they've 248 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:05.360 got a plan when these kind of things happened to 249 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:07.679 where they were able to harness the zebra and do 250 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:09.679 the airlift. And it looks as if you know the 251 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:12.120 picture I'm looking at here at NBC News, he's just chilling. 252 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:14.360 He's he's kind of he's wrapped up in this thing. 253 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:16.799 Doesn't look to be in any pain. He looks comfortable, 254 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:18.960 and he's probably if I could read his mind, I 255 00:11:18.960 --> 00:11:21.360 would say, yeah, it was nice while it lasted, But 256 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:23.759 now I guess I'm going back to, you know, being domesticated. 257 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:26.200 But a question, does he sound like Chris Rock and 258 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:27.639 Marty and Mattieascar that. 259 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:30.200 Yes, I was, I was thinking that would be the voice, 260 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:33.240 especially with you know, him having a sense of humor 261 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:35.679 clearly just running around, and you know, he didn't look 262 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:37.720 like some animals I would imagine, Not that I'm an 263 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:39.960 expert by any means that if an animal is in 264 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:42.440 an area in a situation I guess is the better 265 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:44.240 way to describe it that is so different than what 266 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:47.000 they're used to, Rather be at a zoo or where 267 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:50.159 they're from naturally and their habitat you know, you can 268 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:52.399 sense that they're uncomfortable and they just look a little 269 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:56.000 on edge and guard up. But this zebra, anytime he 270 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:57.840 was spotted, he looked like he was chilling, like he 271 00:11:57.960 --> 00:11:59.000 was just having a good time. 272 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:01.279 What do we ever figure out out what brought the zebra? 273 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:05.559 So? Yeah, neighborhood, yes, so so. Tennessee has a lack 274 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:09.879 of strict exotic pet laws. Unlike most states, there's many 275 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:12.159 states that have bands. Tennessee is one of the rare 276 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:15.360 states that technically, if you go about it a certain way, 277 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:18.279 I suppose, with permits and whatnot, you can own a 278 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:20.840 pet zebra. Why you would want to own a pet zebra? 279 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:24.960 I don't know, but so far I guess this this 280 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:27.960 whoever this individual is that purchased the zebra from the 281 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:31.480 breeder in Texas. Maybe it wouldn't be shocked if they 282 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:34.559 decid Yeah, we tried, it didn't work out. Let's see 283 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:36.720 if we can re home this zebra, maybe to a 284 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:39.360 zoo or maybe. I'm sure if he really wanted to 285 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:41.840 find a new home for the zebra, he could. But yeah, 286 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:43.840 I mean I can't. I can't imagine what would make 287 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:46.679 somebody want to have a pet zebra. But you know 288 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:47.320 that's just me. 289 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:49.240 He makes you wonder how many people in our own 290 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:51.480 backyard have exotic pets that we don't know about that 291 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:52.080 they're keeping. 292 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:53.919 Well, Geah, I think what you just asked was the 293 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:55.600 real question is that how you know a lot of 294 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:57.639 people were like, wait a second, what's a zebra even doing? 295 00:12:57.720 --> 00:12:59.399 As it's a pet, Like how would you even go 296 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:02.840 about it? And you can And you know, I'm sure 297 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:05.360 this whole story led to people realizing if I ever, 298 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:07.679 you know, maybe there are people out there that are thinking, 299 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:11.480 I'd always I've always wanted to own a zebra. Maybe 300 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:14.759 I'll get a rhinoceros as well. Maybe now Tennessee's on 301 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:17.240 the map was the place to go to. You know, 302 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:21.840 have exotic animals as pets, I mean cats, dogs, those 303 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:24.480 are the most common. People have fish in their fish 304 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:27.200 tank at home, like zebra is an extreme. 305 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:27.639 Type of pet, right. 306 00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:30.039 There's always that way snakes of course with your pets, 307 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:31.399 but you know are still rare. 308 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:33.240 Well, there's that one person what we see walking down 309 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:35.120 the street with that big old snake in the neck, 310 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:37.279 you know, just going I can do this because you 311 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:38.440 don't like snakes, do you? 312 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:38.600 No? 313 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:39.320 Yeah? 314 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:42.919 How could you tell? I'm squirming over here just mentioning snake? 315 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:44.240 Are you? Are you scared of snakes? 316 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:48.159 John? You know, I've never really been around somebody who's 317 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:50.039 doing what you're all talking about with the snake around 318 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:51.799 the neck, but I'm pretty sure I would have a 319 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:52.919 similar reaction with you. 320 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:54.600 All right, So so let me answer it. Let me 321 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:56.639 let me let me direct that a little bit better. 322 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:57.240 If I had a. 323 00:13:57.240 --> 00:14:00.240 Pet snake around my around my neck right now, and 324 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:01.720 I'm like, hey, John, I want to introduce you to 325 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:03.480 my new pet. I'm gonna come in the studio. 326 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:05.120 You know, thank you? 327 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:08.120 Okay, Yeah, so you're not scared of him because you 328 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:09.759 haven't had the encounter yet. I guess that's the same 329 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:11.320 thing with me. But if you tell me, hey, let's 330 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:13.639 go play with snakes, I'm going to decline the offer, 331 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:17.039 say thank you for the invite. So yeah, Ed has 332 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:19.240 been captured and he had a nice run. We've got 333 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:21.559 another update of trafficking weather coming your way right now. 334 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:24.000 Also a conversation coming up here about five minutes with 335 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:26.440 Rory O'Neal of NBC News. We'll get the latest on 336 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:30.559 the protest going on in LA as. The immigration is 337 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:33.159 still they're trying to crack down as best as they can, 338 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:35.360 but obviously a lot of pushbacks so far from some 339 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:37.240 folks in LA. So we'll get to that and more again. 340 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:39.159 Your next update of trafficking weathers right now on news 341 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:43.840 radio A forty whas. It's five forty five here Kentucky. 342 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:46.960 This Morning News on News RADIOA forty whas. Let's bring 343 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:50.440 in royo Nail of NBC News. Rory, what's the latest 344 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:55.080 on the protest going on in Los Angeles. Obviously the 345 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:59.159 immigration raids have created quite a situation there in LA. 346 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:03.559 In LA and in San Francisco as well, where we 347 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:07.279 saw about sixty protesters arrested yesterday. I know all the 348 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:11.399 footage is there in LA with thousands of people on overpasses, 349 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:15.039 gemming up the highways, setting fire to those robo taxis. 350 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:19.279 But yes, there is a lot of unrest in California 351 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:23.919 over the enforcement operations by ICE ordered under the Trump administration. 352 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:27.679 And what we saw in LA yesterday was also the 353 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:32.639 presence of federalized National Guard troops also complicated things. The 354 00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:35.519 governor and the mayor of Los Angeles have both said 355 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:39.200 that the situation has been made worse by President Trump's 356 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:42.440 decision to federalize the National Guard and to deploy them 357 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:46.600 around the federal buildings there in LA. But President Trump 358 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:49.080 says that the governor and the mayor have failed the 359 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:52.600 citizens and he's got to step in to protect the 360 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.480 people and property. 361 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:56.080 That was actually going to be my next question. Clearly, 362 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:00.279 Governor Newsom, Mayor Baths have been pretty outspoken about not 363 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.000 necessarily agree with the way President Trump has gone about 364 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:04.639 this with the National Guard, But do. 365 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:05.000 We get it? 366 00:16:05.039 --> 00:16:07.080 Do we have a feel for what the citizens of 367 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:10.039 these areas think. Obviously from a political side, I think 368 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:13.679 we know the different sides here, but is there is 369 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:16.240 there a way to really know, just those who live 370 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:18.360 and reside in the area. Obviously, some have made how 371 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:20.519 they feel pretty clear about going on and participating in 372 00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:23.120 these protests. But what has been the reaction locally from 373 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:25.679 from clearly this crackdown and they're trying to I mean, 374 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:28.360 they're trying to follow through the immigration agenda. 375 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:32.039 Well, look, as we've heard from the governor and the mayor, 376 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:35.399 these ice raids have caused a lot of anxiety in 377 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:38.480 a community or across the state which has a very 378 00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:42.639 high migrant community percentage, and you know, lots of fear 379 00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:48.000 about who might be getting sent back or deported from 380 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:51.600 the US. So they say that anxiety is fueling a 381 00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:55.080 lot of these demonstrations. And look, you know, yes it was. 382 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:58.320 The footage is compelling to watch, but this has not 383 00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:02.039 been all encompassing. This has taken over a couple of 384 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:04.880 blocks today. It was the work of it. You know, 385 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:07.559 Let's see what happens on a Monday when people actually 386 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:09.319 have to go back to work, and let's see if 387 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:13.079 things do go back to normal quote well normal for 388 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:15.880 LA but you know, let's see how much of these 389 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:18.640 protests start to die down. The issue too is, you know, 390 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:21.920 what is the resolution here? Right for the protesters, what 391 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:24.759 is going to make them stand down? Because don't expect 392 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:28.079 President Trump and you know, mister Homan or the Secretary 393 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:30.880 of Homeland Security to suddenly turn around and say, Okay, 394 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:33.279 you know, we give up. That's not going to happen. 395 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:35.759 So exactly what it's going to take for some of 396 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:39.359 these protesters to to to back off is also an 397 00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:39.960 open question. 398 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:43.279 Now, there are claims from activists and the ACLU that 399 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:46.079 that these raids have targeted legal residents, not just those 400 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:50.200 that are undocumented undocumented immigrants. Have you do we know 401 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:53.480