WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:03.000 It is five oh five here on a Thursday morning 2 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:05.120 at Kentucky and his morning news on News Radio eight 3 00:00:05.240 --> 00:00:10.199 forty whas Snick Coffee. That is me Scott Fitzgeral alongside 4 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:13.800 John Alden, also alongside John Shannon. We'll have your news 5 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:17.480 coming up in about twenty five minutes here on this 6 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:21.800 warm and dry right now Thursday morning. If you are 7 00:00:22.079 --> 00:00:24.239 one of the early risers, can I say I'm an 8 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:26.600 early riser now, guys, I feel like I'm I mean, 9 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:28.800 I've not done this as long as you guys, as 10 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:31.160 far as the early rising, but I mean you are. 11 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:33.439 We're certainly how many people get up early. I mean, 12 00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:35.960 sure there are some that get up earlier than we do. 13 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:39.960 But if you're an early riser, consider yourself lucky if 14 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:43.000 you've already major commute, because as far as I can tell, 15 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:45.600 it's dry currently and that's a good thing. But the 16 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:48.119 rain is going to be here. It sounds like right 17 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:50.679 around the time a lot of folks are making their 18 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:54.240 morning commute, So just be ready. We'll get you updated 19 00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:56.640 on all that. Your first update on traffic and weather 20 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:59.799 will be in the next few minutes. But timing is 21 00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:02.600 not on the side of those that make a commute 22 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:05.359 across the Kennedy Bridge, which I do feel for those 23 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:08.959 folks because I did a little research. Believe it or not, 24 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:12.040 I do prepare for this show, at least I try. 25 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:14.079 I try my best. But when it comes to the 26 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:17.719 Kennedy Bridge, if you have, if you've been taking the 27 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:21.640 same route to work to school your daily commute, and 28 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:24.040 I guess it really doesn't depend on what time of 29 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:26.040 the day it is. Obviously there are peak times when 30 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:28.640 traffic is much worse at certain times. 31 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:28.840 Of the day. 32 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:32.799 But if you are, let's say, for years now, your 33 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:36.560 day includes trips across the Kennedy Bridge, don't you have 34 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:38.560 like an alternate strategy? I mean, don't you have I 35 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:41.319 mean again, you may not have a great alternate strategy 36 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:43.280 as far as a different path you can take. But 37 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:45.280 that bridge has been closed down quite a bit to 38 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:47.680 where nobody looks forward to it. I'm sure it's an 39 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:50.760 inconvenience for a lot. Obviously, necessary work needs to be 40 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:53.200 done when it comes to repairs, construction, that kind of stuff. 41 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:55.719 But I do feel for those who you know, this 42 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:58.719 is probably not a good good time. It's not good timing. 43 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:02.599 I mean, nobody wants rainy rainy weather, whenever you've got 44 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:05.719 already lane closures on a very very busy, busy bridge. 45 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:08.120 Yeah, absolutely, Nick, And you've got to have a backup 46 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:10.479 plan in place. In fact, there's a spot in sixty 47 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:13.280 four now, if you're heading sixty four west or east. 48 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:15.919 It's a tiny little spot, my boy, it throws your 49 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:17.879 morning commute. It's right there by Norton Hospital where they're 50 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:20.120 doing some work there, and it throws your commute off 51 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:23.400 if you're used to taking that avenue. And we don't 52 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:25.360 have to worry about it to your point. But I'm 53 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:27.479 sure there are folks that already have it mapped out 54 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:29.639 how they want to get around, how they want to go. 55 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:31.400 My wife, for instance, it took her a while to 56 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:34.199 get used to coming from downtown. She's not used to 57 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:36.080 it being such a long commute. I'm like, well, if 58 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:39.520 you're taking sixty four to some degree seventy one, it's 59 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:41.000 going to take you a while. And she goes. My 60 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:43.199 app took me around here, and I still sat in traffic. 61 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:45.960 So as I think about alternate routes, that was probably 62 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:48.159 a pretty stupid way because you got to cross a bridge. 63 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:50.479 There's not a whole lot of those so stars routes right. 64 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:53.240 I mean, you know you don't have many options. It's 65 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:57.280 probably just I would say, just you now know after 66 00:02:57.319 --> 00:02:59.960 the first couple of days maybe of just seeing because 67 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:02.120 it's the left lane and shoulder that's going to be closed, 68 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:03.719 and as far as how long it's going to be closed, 69 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:08.000 tough to know exactly. Full construction will begin mid July, 70 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:10.879 but it was closed down meaning the left lane and 71 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:13.240 shoulder yesterday as of yesterday, and then they're going to 72 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:15.120 get started today. But I would say you give it 73 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:16.919 a couple of days and then you probably just get 74 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:19.400 a better idea of how much earlier you need to 75 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:23.360 leave compared to when you do whenever there's not construction 76 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:25.000 and lane closure going on. 77 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:27.159 And you can commensate, and you learn to commensate and 78 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:30.240 learn to get around a hindrance, no doubt. I'm noticing, 79 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:33.159 like even here in downtown Louisville, when we come downtown 80 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:35.680 and they're repairing a lot of the like our sewage 81 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:38.960 infrastructure needs massive upgrades, and it's going on throughout the city, 82 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:41.439 and I see it in different intersections. You're like frustrated, like, 83 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:44.000 oh man, I hold up, Like it feels like they're 84 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:45.919 working on a building over here for Street Live Kitty 85 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:48.599 corner from the selback. They've been working on that building forever, 86 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:51.479 but you still have to kind of navigate around that, 87 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:53.840 and it botches people up. We're just lucky enough that 88 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:56.960 we come in this early. Yes we are, Yeah, that 89 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:58.120 that happens. 90 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:01.360 And just my curiosity even that early, I mean, you're 91 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:03.280 still probably I guess it just depends. I don't know. 92 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:06.000 When you've never taken a specific route as far as 93 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:09.159 a daily commute, you just don't know. But the amount 94 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:12.520 of lane closure events on the on the Kennedy Bridge 95 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:16.319 in the last six years since twenty nineteen, it happened. 96 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:19.839 It was once in twenty nineteen, twice in twenty twenty one, 97 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:23.399 also twice in twenty twenty two, one time in twenty 98 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:26.160 twenty three, and then twenty twenty four it was closed 99 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:30.079 down three different times. So this is this is something unfortunately, 100 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:32.480 they're probably used to. I don't think you want to 101 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:34.839 be used to it, but it's probably not something that's 102 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:37.360 gonna throw you way off if you've been making this 103 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:40.839 same this same journey I beat each and every day. 104 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:42.879 I'd be curious to see how many people decide to 105 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:44.240 just pay the toll and go the other. 106 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:47.079 Route could be yeah, I mean yeah, I mean if 107 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:50.319 if it shaved off a little bit of time or 108 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:52.199 maybe a lot of time, I mean you would, Yeah, 109 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:55.079 it could be. I'm not someone that does well just 110 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:57.160 sitting exactly. If I've got to add a little bit 111 00:04:57.199 --> 00:04:59.879 of time, but I'm moving, I might I might take 112 00:04:59.920 --> 00:05:02.040 that route. That's just me yep, all right. It is 113 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:03.720 five to ten here a Kentucky. It his morning News 114 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:06.199 on news radio eight forty whas, your folks, your first 115 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:08.600 update on trafficking weather coming up right now right here 116 00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:13.839 on eight forty whas. Good morning, Kentucky, Ina. It is 117 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:15.879 five point fifteen here at Kentucky and his morning News 118 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:20.480 on news radio eight forty whas. We'll have a conversation 119 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:22.920 coming up here at five forty five. Rory O'Neal of 120 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:25.240 NBC News is going to join us. We will talk 121 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:29.399 about Trump's bill, the Big Beautiful Bill, of course, is 122 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:32.839 what he's calling it. Also also chat with Rory a 123 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:37.199 little bit about your money. Rent falling around the country, 124 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:39.639 the average retirement fund at an all time high. Yet, of course, 125 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:41.040 as a lot of you probably know, the cost of 126 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:43.560 living that is only going up, So roy o'nil's going 127 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:45.759 to join us. Coming up, coming up about five forty five, 128 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:49.199 we'll talk some sports with Scott Fitzgerald, who will give 129 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:51.439 us the first sports update in about ten minutes. The 130 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:54.199 NBA Finals start tonight. I'm worried, guys, You're fine, not 131 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:56.079 about my pacers. I mean, they may lose because they're 132 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:58.680 the underdog for good reason. But I want to watch it. 133 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:00.639 But I think I'm gonna have to concede. 134 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:03.439 I thought about you last night, dude. I was watching 135 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:07.199 the Stanley Cup finals and I went, so, you made it. Yeah, no, no, no, 136 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:08.040 I went to I was. 137 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:10.439 I was about to say you you wild son of 138 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:12.079 a dude. 139 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:14.600 I know it all too well, but I thought about 140 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:15.199 you last night. 141 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:17.399 There is a bit of a solution. You could take 142 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:19.439 a couple of hour nap this afternoon, two or three 143 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:20.480 hours if you're able to. 144 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:22.040 I know you got kids to take. 145 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:25.959 Yeah, it's tough. Uh, here's what I have. I don't 146 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:30.199 know if this is just me really trying to convince 147 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:32.519 myself that that that I'm not going to eventually hit 148 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:34.879 some big wall here as I've made a huge adjustment 149 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:37.879 when it comes to sleep schedule, but if I if 150 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:40.800 I just sit or maybe even lay, and I can't 151 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:42.800 because I can't fall asleep. I mean, I guess I could, 152 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:46.000 you know, eventually I probably would, but I just I 153 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:49.279 just lay and hope to get a quick little power nap, catnap, 154 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:50.879 whatever you want to call it. But even if I 155 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:52.600 lay down, I don't and I don't feel like within 156 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:55.240 an hour's time I've really gotten much actual sleep where 157 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:57.759 I have, you know, fallen asleep. If I get up 158 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:00.600 and realize, okay, I tried and you know, didn't work out, 159 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:04.319 I still feel rested, right like, Mentally, I'm not sleep sleeping, 160 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:05.839 but at least that's something. 161 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:08.040 I'll tell you what I've learned. And I talked to 162 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:10.439 my wife about this all the time. She gets Sunday scaries, 163 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:13.240 so Sunday night she doesn't sleep, and I told her, 164 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:15.560 I said, listen to your body. If you have Sunday scaries, 165 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:17.199 that's not a bad thing. Just listen to your body. 166 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:18.839 If you're not tired and you can't sleep, don't try 167 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:21.639 to sleep, because you're just gonna get more frustrated. That's true, 168 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:24.399 you know. And so if you're feeling there's down there, yeah, 169 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:26.839 exactly dude. I mean there's been times where I've stayed 170 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:29.439 up and watched the game because I simply was not tired. 171 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:31.920 The game was good, I went to bed. Was I 172 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:35.439 tired the next day? Probably? But eventually my body's going 173 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:37.680 to regulate me back into my cycle. I'll probably come 174 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:40.199 home the following day, go to bed early, and then 175 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:42.759 things will calibrate itself. That's at least what I've learned. 176 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:45.160 Just don't fight if you think you need to. 177 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:47.879 Get to sleep, yeah, and because then it just becomes 178 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:50.439 I mean, for me, I would just become angry. 179 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:54.759 That's what you do. That's exactly what you do. 180 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:54.959 Bro. 181 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:58.480 So if you are off tonight watching the Pacers and 182 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:01.920 you feel yourself going, hey, I'm cool, I'm gonna watch this, 183 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:02.639 do it. 184 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:04.439 So it may just be one of those mornings where 185 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:07.839 I just don't sleep. Yeah, and I just come I've 186 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:10.279 done that. I joke, because I don't think I would. 187 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:10.759 I would. 188 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:12.399 I mean that would be a dangerous thing to do. 189 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:14.720 I mean not literally, but obviously it wouldn't be wise. 190 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:17.680 But when I have had to try to force myself 191 00:08:17.720 --> 00:08:20.079 to go to bed whenever I would do post game 192 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:23.079 basketball shows, I mean, just watching the game alone, It's 193 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:24.639 hard for me to fall asleep because if you're into 194 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:27.680 the game, you know you're up, you're energized. And then 195 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:30.279 when I just get to yelling for an hour and 196 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:32.159 going back and forth with callers in regards to what 197 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:35.159 happened in the game. In a perfect world, I would 198 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:37.200 be able to just, you know, walk upstairs from our 199 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:39.360 basement studio set up and just lay down and go 200 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:41.440 to sleep. But it's never ever worked that way. I 201 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:41.840 don't think. 202 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:43.440 That's not to say you're not gonna be I'm not 203 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:45.000 gonna tell any but you're not gonna be tired. If 204 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:48.279 you do stay up, you will be. But ultimately, when 205 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:50.159 that night comes around, you'll fall asleep and your body 206 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:51.039 will regulate itself. 207 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:54.000 Yep, it's gonna play itself out. Yeah, it's gonna play 208 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:56.159 self out. That's so, that's for sure. All right Again, 209 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:58.759 we'll talk some more sports coming up here shortly with Scott. 210 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:00.480 Something else that I'm sure will come up throughout the 211 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:03.360 morning here, as we did here yesterday in Louisville from 212 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:07.320 Governor Andy Basheer as he announced the pre k for 213 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:11.639 All initiative, which is to help boost Kentucky's public public 214 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:15.519 education system and job growth, more access to those children 215 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:17.600 in the state when it comes to pre K. But also, 216 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:20.000 as you could expect, there's other things that came up 217 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:21.679 in those conversations. He gave a little bit of an 218 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:26.679 update on the deadly tornado that took place earlier, actually 219 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:30.559 in mid May, that of course took nineteen people's lives. 220 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:34.799 Although still very appreciative of the administration when it comes 221 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:36.759 to the help and support that the state of Kentucky 222 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:41.320 has received. Not surprising to hear that Vasher did express 223 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:44.960 some concerns about the federal funding cuts and whatnot. And then, 224 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:47.240 as you could expect, also he was asked about a 225 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:50.399 potential presidential run. There's been a lot of speculation of that. 226 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:53.759 We can certainly continue that conversation, not just this morning, 227 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:56.679 but obviously that'll be something that's talked about quite a bit. 228 00:09:56.759 --> 00:09:59.759 But when I was listening to the interview that he 229 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:02.320 did WKY yesterday or just I guess more so his 230 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:05.519 media availability, I know many were probably there to get 231 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:07.519 the microphone and camera in front of in front of 232 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:10.720 his sheer. It did take me back to not a 233 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:13.759 fun time that was the pandemic right during COVID, but 234 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:19.320 just how he without really doing anything sensational, no big story, 235 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:22.480 he kind of became like a very popular guy, not 236 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:25.879 just around here but nationally and you know here he 237 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.080 is five years later from that, and there's talks of 238 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:32.200 him potentially running for president. So yeah, if I'd asked 239 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:34.039 you three or four years ago, would you would you 240 00:10:34.039 --> 00:10:36.120 have thought he would he would be, you know, somebody 241 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:38.960 that not only others would potentially want to run, but 242 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:40.240 he may consider doing it. 243 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:43.639 Yeah, to your point, he's got that that that likability 244 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:45.679 with it no matter. I understand some of the right 245 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:48.080 would disagree with that, but he's got that likability, that 246 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:52.279 personality that's conversational. Yeah, that he brings to the table. 247 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:54.519 No doubt. All Right, another update of traffic and weather 248 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:56.200 coming up right now, and then we'll hit on sports 249 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:00.960 on News Radio eight forty whas. Thank you, John at 250 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:03.159 is five thirty five here Kentucky in this morning news 251 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:06.639 Nick coffee with you, Scott Fitzgered alongside John Alden and 252 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:08.840 of course John Shannon. The crew is here. We are 253 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:11.480 fully assembled and ready to get this, to get this 254 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:14.440 Thursday started. It's been something we've talked about throughout the week, 255 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:16.919 and that is the super Regional Action returning to Jim 256 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:20.759 Patterson Stadium, good timing the twenty year anniversary of Jim 257 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:24.039 Patterson Stadium opening, and now they are gonna host Miami, 258 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:27.240 just a couple of wins away from getting back to Omaha. 259 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:30.519 And they sold out a ticket yesterday, which isn't uncommon 260 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:34.600 for Louisville whenever they host these type of postseason events. 261 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:36.720 But weather does not look to be on their side 262 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:38.799 as far as that game one and the forecast. But 263 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:41.279 we'll get more updates on weather, and who knows, maybe 264 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:44.440 things can change from now until until that first pitch. 265 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:47.360 But we've had some warm weather these last few days, Fellows, 266 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:50.879 We've got I think near ninety it was one Tuesday 267 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:55.399 and Wednesday. Yeah, And this is something that and this 268 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:58.120 is this is one of many things actually that makes 269 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:01.720 me realize that I'm I'm different than most. I'm in 270 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:04.960 the minority. And that is the temperature that it needs 271 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:08.080 to be outside and also in your home for you 272 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:10.720 to crack on the AC and just say, all right, 273 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:14.519 the summer's here. I've given up. I can see mother Nature. 274 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:16.000 You've let me know that I need to turn the 275 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:19.080 AC on because I think i'm I'm not as tough 276 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:21.799 as others because to me, I've had the AC on 277 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:24.879 for a long long time. And I'm gonna share some 278 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:26.720 numbers with you guys. But before we get to it, 279 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:28.679 is there a number that you need to see for 280 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:31.600 you to say, okay, AC's going on? Do you and 281 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:35.039 your significant other is there a Are you all on 282 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:37.480 the same page or do you fight back and forth? Hey, 283 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:39.840 we need the AC on. No we don't. Well, we'll 284 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:41.440 tough it out. We don't need a hive, we don't 285 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:43.639 need an expensive bill. Is there is there any set 286 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:46.120 standard in the Fitzgerald House or the Alden House? 287 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:49.080 It is I'm going through this right now. Ironic you 288 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:50.679 bring this up my daughter's home out of the year, 289 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:53.840 she's moving into her apartment. She wants it was set 290 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:56.480 on sixty nine, and for some reason, my OCD kicks 291 00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:58.519 in and I need it on seventy because I'm so 292 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:00.559 scared it's going to go out. But as I was 293 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:03.480 telling you off the air yesterday, my daughter will come home, 294 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:05.600 open the house up because it faces the south, because 295 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:08.080 she likes the sun which heats up the house. Threw 296 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:10.679 the air conditioner down to sixty nine and then throw 297 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:14.799 on three blankets. I'm like, not get off, and it. 298 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:17.039 Seems like it defeats the purpose of having the AC 299 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:19.360 if you've got all those blankets on right boom. 300 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:22.000 And then since I lost all the weight, I don't know. 301 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:24.279 I used to dread summer, dude, when I was heavier, 302 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:26.399 I used to hate it because it was just muggy. 303 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:28.720 I didn't have air conditioning in my car. It was nasty. 304 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:32.320 Now I can tolerate the hot weather more. But to 305 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:34.840 your point, I think my wife likes to turn it 306 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:37.799 on just for the circulation part. Now we do keep 307 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:40.679 it on autocirque, so it rolls the air through the house. 308 00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:43.240 Am I am I incorrect in thinking that maybe if 309 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:46.039 you were a bachelor, you might like never turn it on, 310 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:46.799 because I feel like. 311 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:47.240 No, I would. 312 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:49.720 I would. It gets a little hot. It gets a 313 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:51.080 little hot for me, and I still am not a 314 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:53.159 fan of the heat. I'm just for talking with you. 315 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:54.759 I'm not a big heat gy, what about you, John? 316 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:56.679 As soon as I start sweating in bed at night 317 00:13:56.720 --> 00:14:00.320 as from the A that usually happens midway through a 318 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:02.559 but when we have a couple of warm days, right, 319 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:04.679 One thing my wife and I do, especially during the summer. 320 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:06.879 During the day, we'll keep it on a higher temperature, 321 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:09.399 like seventy or seventy two, and so at night we'll 322 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:12.279 kind of reward ourselves. I guess that's what we want, 323 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:14.240 what you want to call it, by lowering down to 324 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:15.240 this might be a little much. 325 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:16.759 Sixty eight, we do sixty eight at night. 326 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:20.919 So okay, you make me not feel as alone because 327 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:23.120 I'm with you. I mean, sixty eight degrees in our 328 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:27.399 house as far as setting the thermostat is probably the 329 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:31.759 average for us during the really, really really hot summer months. 330 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:35.879 And I mean I thought that most were like that. 331 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:39.320 And everybody's different, everybody's preferences are different, but this is 332 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:41.919 one of those, this study survey whatever that I just 333 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:44.600 have a hard time believing because most Americans, it says, 334 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:46.639 they turn their ac in their home on when the 335 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:50.320 indoor temperatures reach between seventy five and seventy eight. That 336 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:54.159 could be what is the is the tipping point right 337 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:57.360 where you've just decided, Okay, enough's enough, it's this hot. 338 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:00.159 But the thought of your house being between seventy five 339 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:03.759 in seventy eight consistently, I mean that's not I mean, 340 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:06.080 that's not burning up but I mean, I don't I 341 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:07.240 don't think i'd be comfortable. 342 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:09.840 It's toasty. Yeah, it's toasty, And I don't really get 343 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:11.440 to the point. As you mentioned, I know a lot 344 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:13.480 of people that do that, go I'm going to fight 345 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:15.639 it out. It comes down to basically, how do I feel. 346 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:18.960 Some people really just like challenging themselves right They're seeing 347 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:22.080 how long they can go. I mean, I have I 348 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:25.639 have a friend who he's just wired different. He will 349 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:28.480 he will really see how long he can he can 350 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:31.639 go without, you know, running out of gas, Like he'll 351 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:34.879 he'll ride put the gas light on, and sure enough, 352 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:37.159 when you do that, you know you'll you'll win enough 353 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:38.840 to where you feel like, yeah, have phone, I made 354 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:40.639 it here. And then you'll have times where you run 355 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:43.039 out of gas and you know, dude, I think having 356 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:45.159 that happened once would make me never try to fight 357 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:45.559 it again. 358 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:47.200 I get down, I get down to a quarter of 359 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:49.159 a tank, dude, and I'm filling out here because that's 360 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:51.159 I'm waiting turning. 361 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:54.480 Rory O'Neil's gonna join us, coming up here in just 362 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:56.799 a few minutes, and we'll have another update on traffic 363 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:58.559 and weather coming your way right here. On Who's Radio 364 00:15:58.559 --> 00:16:03.440 eight forty whas it's about forty five here Kentucky and 365 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:06.039 it's Morning News and we are now joined here by 366 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:09.759 Rory Oneild NBC News. Rory, give us the latest on 367 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:13.240 the Trump Big beautiful bill. Obviously a big talking point 368 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:15.600 here lately, and a lot of thoughts out there from 369 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:16.480 a lot of folks. 370 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:20.039 Yeah, there certainly are. And look right now, the bill 371 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:23.600 is in the Senate and there are lots of dividing lines. 372 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:27.879 Look for issues over salt. That's the state and local 373 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:31.399 tax deduction. The House got that deduction up to forty 374 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:34.840 thousand dollars from the current ten thousand dollars, but the 375 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:37.440 Senate may bulk at this. Keep in mind there's not 376 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:40.240 a lot of support for it. So salt lets people 377 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:44.679 in high tax states like New Jersey, New York, Illinois, California, 378 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:47.639 they can deduct what they spend on state and local 379 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:51.840 taxes from their federal taxes. It's down ten thousand dollars. 380 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:54.120 They're trying to up it to forty thousand dollars, but 381 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:57.759 that deal costs about three hundred and fifty billion dollars. 382 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:00.360 And senators from places like Texas and Oak Home to 383 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:04.039 say why are we supporting bad tax policies from California 384 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:04.720 and New York? 385 00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:06.400 You know, why are we paying for that? 386 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:09.799 And then among Republicans in the Senate, there's very little 387 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:15.160 support because there are no Republicans from California, from New York, 388 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:18.960 from Illinois to support this. So there really isn't a 389 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:21.119 big advocate in the Senate to keep Salt in there. 390 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:23.599 So that's going to be interesting to watch because if 391 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:25.960 it gets back to the House and there are changes made, 392 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:27.880 we couldn't see a bit of a revolt from the 393 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:29.680 Salt caucus over there. 394 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:34.039 Elon Musk has publicly called the bill a disgusting abomination 395 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:38.200 and urged lawmakers to quote kill the bill. What's been 396 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:42.240 the reaction from this high profile criticism from Elon Musk? 397 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:45.480 He's been pretty outspoken on it, and I don't know 398 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:47.440 if this is going to have any influence on the 399 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:50.000 Senates deliberations, but just I don't know this, This to 400 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:51.839 me seems as outspoken as you can get on. 401 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:55.079