WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.120 Good morning Kentucky Anda, and happy Friday. We made it. 2 00:00:03.279 --> 00:00:04.879 That's right, we have made it to the end of 3 00:00:04.919 --> 00:00:08.000 the week. It's Friday, best day of the week, and 4 00:00:08.199 --> 00:00:09.759 we are ready to get off and run in here 5 00:00:09.759 --> 00:00:12.039 five oh five Here Kentucky Anda's Morning News with Nick 6 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:15.599 Coffee on news Radio eight forty whas, let's get a 7 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:18.600 roll call. We've got Scott Fitzgerald alongside the one and 8 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:21.640 only John Alden. Good morning, and we've got John Shannon 9 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:23.839 who he's working hard on his newscast and he'll be 10 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:25.879 with us coming up here at about twenty five minutes. 11 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:30.120 But fellas, I'm envious of those who really are are 12 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:34.079 savvy when it comes to utilizing when vacation days fall, 13 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:36.359 because a lot of people, with June teeth being a 14 00:00:36.359 --> 00:00:38.200 holiday yesterday, a lot of people didn't have to work. 15 00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:41.640 And if you're smart, you then use one of your 16 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:45.399 PTO days or your vacation days today and boom, you 17 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:49.280 get yourself a four day weekend. I mean that's something hard. Yeah, 18 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:51.399 I gotta be more mindful of that kind of stuff 19 00:00:51.399 --> 00:00:53.000 because who doesn't love a good four day weekend. So 20 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:55.640 again we're back at it on a Friday, but with 21 00:00:55.719 --> 00:00:59.200 the holiday falling on a Thursday. Again, I could see 22 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:00.520 if a lot of people just said, you know what, 23 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:03.799 after Wednesday, when the workday came to an end, their 24 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:06.000 work week came to an end. And if so, shout 25 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:08.000 out to you. You're probably sleeping at this point because 26 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:10.319 you know it's very early. But we're here. We're ready 27 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:13.640 to rock and roll. And Scott, I was wrapping up 28 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:16.879 the show yesterday, and usually I stick around a little 29 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:18.480 bit after just to get a head start on the 30 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:21.159 next day, get some things done. I'm more productive when 31 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:24.560 i'm here. I'm sure you understand. And I told John 32 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:28.480 that I'm actually buying some time because my wife was 33 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:31.400 off work and I was avoiding going home. And that 34 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:33.599 sounds terrible, right, I mean, I don't want to go 35 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:36.239 home because my wife's at home. That's mean. I love 36 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:38.959 spending time with my wife. However, she had the day 37 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:41.200 off and she had plans and this was going to 38 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:43.519 be and it was she did a good job. It 39 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:47.519 was going to be her cleaning day. Do you guys 40 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:50.920 at the household at the Fitzgerald headquarters, at the Alden headquarters, 41 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:54.599 do you all just keep the place clean consistently or 42 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:57.319 is there a moment where it's never a pig style, 43 00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:00.359 but you realize, okay, let's spend some time just really 44 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:03.280 not deep cleaning, as if you know it's on the 45 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:05.599 on on your knees, scrubbing the floors. But you know, 46 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:08.360 a good cleanse of the residence. Is that? Is that 47 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:10.639 something on your l's radar? Is it just is it? 48 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:12.039 Does it pop up every now and then? 49 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:12.599 Yeah? 50 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:14.560 I mean we did that. I did the cleaning like 51 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:16.599 I love when the house smells like a pool. Afterwards 52 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:18.599 are a big deal to me. You know, we got 53 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:20.199 three TV's. I'll turn a game on and go all 54 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:20.719 through three. 55 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:22.840 That's exactly what happened yesterday. I walked in the house 56 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:24.919 after I gave her some time to get it out 57 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:26.759 of the way, to get it done, and it's I 58 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:29.080 could just smell before even seeing it, that the that 59 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:32.080 the house was in a good shape. What about you, John, I'll. 60 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:34.520 Say this, it's a lot harder nowadays having a baby 61 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:34.840 in the house. 62 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:35.639 Oh yeah, that's true. 63 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:38.520 Clean. So that's the last year worries. Right, I've learned 64 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:40.120 to deal with it and be okay with it. But 65 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:42.960 before days he was here, I was kind of the 66 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:45.120 person that would get aggravated if I started the seat. 67 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:48.360 Things pile up, whether it be clothes, random knick knacks 68 00:02:48.360 --> 00:02:50.840 around the living room, that sort of thing. So I 69 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:54.479 definitely I feel more at ease around the house when 70 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:56.000 things are picked up, that's for sure. 71 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:58.960 I feel like cleaning and that. Look my wife, she 72 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:01.000 doesn't fight me on this because when I do try 73 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:04.000 to help and straighten up, do the dishes, laundry, that 74 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:06.520 kind of stuff and just straighten up. I mean, I 75 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:09.800 think she appreciates it, but it's not necessarily the way 76 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:11.960 she would do it because she's she's kind of a 77 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:14.719 you know, she's she's real. I mean, it's it's a 78 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:16.400 whole day for her. For me, it's just kind of 79 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:18.199 straightened up, just trying to be mindful, trying to keep 80 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:20.400 things in order. When I do that, even though it's 81 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:21.639 maybe not the way she would do it, like, I 82 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.120 actually find that to be. It's almost therapeutic in a way, 83 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:24.719 you know what I mean? 84 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:27.759 Yep, it is. Does she rearrange the dishwasher after you 85 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:28.879 go in and put your dishes in? 86 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:33.280 No, but she will. She folds t shirts differently than 87 00:03:33.319 --> 00:03:34.800 I do, and she won't do it in front of 88 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:36.360 me because she doesn't you know, she doesn't want me 89 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:38.000 to feel as if she doesn't appreciate it, but I 90 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:39.680 guess she's got some OCD when it comes to that, 91 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:42.840 so she'll I'll come back after folding one little laundry 92 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:45.639 and realize, Okay, she's completely refolded these T shirts, which 93 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:47.759 just isn't necessary. But hey, you know, I'm not gonna 94 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:49.919 I'm not gonna fight her on it. And speaking of 95 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:52.360 fighting her on it, this is the way I describe 96 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:56.280 yesterday because it happens every few months to where she 97 00:03:56.479 --> 00:04:00.159 just again she's got a day she's almost cleaning out 98 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:01.400 of anger. I don't know what it is, but I 99 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:03.439 call it rage cleaning. And when I said that the 100 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:06.599 first time, I think she wanted to challenge me, and 101 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:08.879 then she realized, no, that's probably the right way to 102 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:13.280 describe it. So yesterday, here's my routine. I found a 103 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:17.040 pretty good comfortable spot to where I usually try to 104 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:19.480 get some stuff done after the show ends, be productive, 105 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:22.199 and then get it get a nap in to where 106 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:24.319 I have I'm not a zombie for the rest of 107 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:26.920 the afternoon, and it's not like I've slept a long 108 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:28.480 time to where I won't be able to fall asleep 109 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:31.600 at night. So I was avoiding going home because it 110 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:34.199 was one of those days where when she's cleaning, she'll 111 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:36.199 be She's gonna want me to know she's cleaning, if 112 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:39.959 that makes sense right, Cabinets being being shut a little 113 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:42.959 bit more forcefully, dishes being put up to where I 114 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:44.519 can I can hear it to where like if I 115 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:47.199 was anywhere in the house, she she was just gonna 116 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:49.079 want me to know that she's working hard, which I 117 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:52.120 do know that she's doing that. So yeah, a rage 118 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:55.439 cleaning day was was that was her day yesterday? And look, 119 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:57.600 I'm happy the house was clean and the caser was one. 120 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:01.560 No man, I thought he last night. We'll talk about 121 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:03.959 that coming up in sports. But to your point, yeah, 122 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:06.480 it goes either way. My wife goes through stages where 123 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:08.959 she doesn't want to clean, and then I go through 124 00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:11.399 stages like that. But if long enough, if I have 125 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:13.560 enough days off, I'll go through and just start cleaning. 126 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:16.120 And I'm kind of like John, little things laying around 127 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:17.079 kind of bothered me, and. 128 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:20.199 Yeah, just straighten up a way, you know different. So 129 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:23.199 I will say this, when it comes to cleaning, it's 130 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:26.040 almost like exercise, going to the gym, whatever it may be, 131 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:28.560 to where after you do it, you never regret doing it. 132 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:30.639 You're happy you did it. You do learn a certain 133 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:32.600 amount of calories. That's true and clean. You kind of 134 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:34.240 dread it, you put it off, but then once it's done, 135 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:36.600 you're happy you did it. So I got a clean house. 136 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:39.279 We got Game seven coming up, which will be exciting. 137 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:41.800 So all right, we'll take a quick time out. Let 138 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:44.720 you guys get an update on traffic and weather. We'll 139 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:46.800 have sports coming your way in about fifteen minutes. We've 140 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:49.360 got John Shannon with his first newscast at five thirty. 141 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:51.279 And what I want to get to next, we'll tell 142 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:54.160 you what President Trump said yesterday as far as the 143 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:57.480 decision timeline on what's going to happen if if we're 144 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:00.759 gonna is the is America going to attack Iran or not? 145 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:04.639 I'm sorry, Iran, Iran? Got on? I got Iran? Can 146 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:08.800 I say Iran? Iran? Now totally confused. Anyways, let's get 147 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:10.560 a track of traffic and weather right here on his 148 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:17.040 radio eight borny Whas sometime between now and the next 149 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:20.360 two weeks, we will find out if President Trump is 150 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:25.399 going to attack Iran or not. So we shall see 151 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:25.879 I have. 152 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:29.560 A message directly from the President, and I quote, based 153 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:32.839 on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations 154 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:35.319 that may or may not take place with Iran in 155 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:38.399 the near future. I will make my decision whether or 156 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:40.879 not to go within the next two weeks. 157 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:43.800 That was the Press secretary. So in the next two 158 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:48.319 weeks we shall see if I had to get in 159 00:06:48.399 --> 00:06:50.160 some if I had to lay some action here. As 160 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:52.759 far as are we thinking it's closer to now or 161 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:55.199 closer to two weeks from now. As far as a decision, 162 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:58.600 my gut tells me that the safer wager would be 163 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:01.519 closer to now then in the next two weeks, but 164 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:04.920 I could totally be wrong. It's above seventeen here Kentucky. 165 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:06.879 It's Morning News with Nick Coffee on news Radio eight 166 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:10.399 forty WHAS. Don't forget take us with you wherever you go. 167 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:12.600 Listen live on the iHeart Radio app. Also listen live 168 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:15.920 at whas dot com. And if you want to interact 169 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:17.600 with us, there's always the option to do that with 170 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:21.240 the talkback feature on the iHeartRadio app. So just keep 171 00:07:21.279 --> 00:07:23.399 that in mind. We've got sports coming your way in 172 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:27.160 the next seven minutes roughly and of course John Channon's 173 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:29.720 newscast at five thirty, and then Rory O'Neil, he'll give 174 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:32.319 us the latest as far as the things we've really 175 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:36.600 been tracking all week, right the situation between Israel and 176 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:41.639 Iran and also the immigration situation. So we'll try to 177 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:44.240 pick Rory's brain and see if he can give us 178 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:47.040 the latest. And I'm going to do it my best 179 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:49.000 to try to keep up with it, as it's been 180 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:51.800 clearly something that not only is it my job to 181 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:53.399 keep up with it, given you know what I do, 182 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:55.560 but I feel like even if you're somebody that does 183 00:07:55.639 --> 00:08:00.680 maybe at times try to just be distracted other things 184 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:03.519 than current events, but this is this is not this 185 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:05.560 is This is certainly a little bit of a different 186 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:08.519 situation to where when it's probably hard to avoid given 187 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:10.560 the nature of what's going on, and also you probably 188 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:13.120 are a little bit more interested because of again the 189 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:17.199 nature of what is going on. So here's here's I 190 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:20.519 guess some development since since yesterday morning. And I'm sure 191 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:22.279 a lot of you have kept up with this as well. 192 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:25.240 But Trump did deny the Wall Street Journal's claim that 193 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:28.720 he approved the strikes but just delayed in actual order, 194 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:32.200 and then yesterday, it almost seemed as if maybe he 195 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:36.679 maybe he contradicted himself a little bit, So nothing would 196 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:39.840 really surprise me in the grand scheme of things. Also, 197 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:44.320 when it comes to the the Ice rays that are 198 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:48.720 going on, this is I guess not surprising, but it's 199 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:53.200 certainly a new, a new element to the immigration plan 200 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:56.159 with with Trump and just trying to get nearly seemingly 201 00:08:56.360 --> 00:08:59.559 anybody who's here illegally under any circumstance, they want to 202 00:08:59.559 --> 00:09:02.600 get them out of this country. But to hear that 203 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:06.080 ICE wanted to show up at the La Dodgers game 204 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:10.000 and I guess just monitor the parking lot. I don't 205 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:11.559 know if that's the best way to describe what they 206 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:13.679 intended to do, but the Dodgers did not allow that, 207 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:17.159 and then also released a statement on on on their end, 208 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:19.879 just letting everybody know that they were I guess contacted 209 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:22.279 by ICE, but decided not to let them h not 210 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:24.559 to let them show up and just start I guess, 211 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:28.320 grabbing people and and and taking them away. So again 212 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:31.200 not surprising, but this really is another one of the 213 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:35.480 many examples of just how big of a priority this 214 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:38.879 is right now for Donald Trump and its administration that 215 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:42.159 you know, they're they're they're they're focused on a lot 216 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:44.759 of things, hopefully including you know, potentially a World War 217 00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:49.399 three situation. But they've been consistent throughout as far as 218 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:56.120 the ice raids, and just the stories are endless as 219 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:58.919 far as those who do in fact live here, uh illegally, 220 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:02.320 but they're they're not criminal. They seemingly are productive to 221 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:05.600 industries that we heavily rely on here in the economy 222 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:07.799 in America. And I don't think those stories are going 223 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:10.320 to stop popping up every day. All right, let's get 224 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:13.720 another update of traffic and weather, and another update in fact, 225 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:16.559 our first update of sports with Scott Fitzgerald right here 226 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:18.440 on Kentucky This Morning News with Nick Coffee on News 227 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:23.320 Radio eight forty Whas. So, I'm looking here at the 228 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:27.399 forecast for this weekend and I'm just I'm sweating just 229 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:29.080 thinking just looking at it. I mean, it's going to 230 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:31.120 be really, really hot. Our first I believe this has 231 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:33.399 got to be the first heat wave that we that 232 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:36.000 we will see so far here in twenty twenty five, 233 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:40.120 but obviously it will not, it will not be the last. John, 234 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:43.120 are you somebody that can you deal with it? Or 235 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:46.240 you are you like me soft. I can just for 236 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:48.759 this kind of I can deal with it in small doses. 237 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:50.080 But I know you mentioned this weekend. 238 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:51.679 If you look further ahead, I think it's going to 239 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:53.799 bleed into the majority of next week as well, So 240 00:10:53.840 --> 00:10:56.639 it's going to be a long, a long heat wave potentially. 241 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:59.000 And I will say this, it's just in time for summer. 242 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:01.200 Today or tomorrow's the first day of the of the 243 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:03.960 season change. So yeah, I guess, right on the schedule, right, Yeah, 244 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:05.120 exactly right on schedule. 245 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:10.399 Yeah, I would say the more I consider, just again 246 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:12.799 how soft I am, because I realized, as I say this, 247 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:15.120 there are people who work outside for eight hours a 248 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:18.279 day in this stuff. So I know I'm weak. I'm soft, 249 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:21.320 and here I am complaining, and I'm rarely I can 250 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:24.120 avoid being outside for the most part. So trust me, 251 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:28.519 I'm I'm weak. I know that. And I don't take 252 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:30.679 for granted not only the fact that I am able 253 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:33.919 to be cool and comfortable throughout these hot summer days, 254 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:37.159 but little things like our garage here at four Street Live, 255 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:39.559 where we broadcast from every day. I mean it's not 256 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:42.519 going to be cool and comfortable, but just having like 257 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:45.240 our vehicles covered instead of baking in the sun all 258 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:47.960 through the summer. It goes a long way, right, I 259 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:51.600 mean even having a garage. Our first house didn't have 260 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:53.840 a garage, and I didn't have a garage growing up, 261 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:56.120 so I didn't really know what I was missing out on. 262 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:59.399 And now you know, when we travel, rather it be 263 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:02.360 just for aake or just on the road in the summer, 264 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:05.960 and in my car is not in the shade in covered, 265 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:08.919 it's I mean, getting in your vehicle as it's been 266 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:11.080 sitting baking all day. Even if you have one of 267 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:13.320 those things that you can put in your in your windshield, 268 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.360 that will, I guess, try to keep it not as 269 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:18.840 hot and miserable. I mean, there's just when I think 270 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:22.440 of the summer and how much I just dread the 271 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:25.159 humidity that we get around here in these temperatures that 272 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:27.919 are near one hundred degrees, sometimes over one hundred degrees 273 00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:30.000 when it comes to the heat index. The first thing 274 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:32.200 that comes to mind when when I start to think 275 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:35.679 of that dread is getting in my car when it's 276 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:39.000 just insanely insanely hot. Which, by the way, those things work, 277 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:40.799 those things you put in your windshield. 278 00:12:40.440 --> 00:12:41.399 I've never used them. 279 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:45.240 I haven't I haven't either, and I they have to 280 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:46.879 work because enough people do it, you know what I mean, 281 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:48.519 Like if it was a waste of time, I don't 282 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:51.759 think anybody would do it. So yeah, be prepared, folks, 283 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:54.440 because the heat is on the way and it'll be 284 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:58.840 arriving today. But moving forward, as as John mentioned, it's 285 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:00.600 it's not just this week, and it's going to be 286 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:03.159 here for a while and right on schedule. All right, 287 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:04.960 it's five thirty eight here Kentucky and it's Morning News 288 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:07.759 with Nick Coffee on News Radio eight forty whas we 289 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:09.919 can touch on this a little bit later on within 290 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:12.840 the morning here. But I did see a story the JCPS. 291 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:17.679 They are investing in a million dollar bus routing software 292 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:21.399 to optimize school bus routes, and of course they want 293 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:25.480 to improve the efficiency, reduce transportation costs, and of course 294 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:29.440 address the ongoing bussing challenges that they've had for a while. 295 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:32.559 And as soon as I saw this headline, I thought 296 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:37.519 to myself, oh, man, I hope that their investment here 297 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:40.600 goes a long way, because they paid I think it 298 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:43.759 was roughly a quarter of a million dollars a few 299 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:45.919 years ago, a couple years back, and that led to 300 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:50.720 I mean, among many things, they trusted an AI platform 301 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:52.519 to help them. It's called Alpha Route. That was the 302 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:55.960 software they previously used, and that led to a disaster 303 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:59.960 that maybe this is a stretch, but I feel like, regardless, 304 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:02.879 if you are somebody that has a kid in the 305 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:05.360 school system, you work in the school system. I mean, 306 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:08.639 it was national news here in Louisville. What a mess 307 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:11.399 it was when JCPS tried to go back to school 308 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:13.759 a couple of years ago. So much so that again, 309 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:16.399 I mean, I think Good Morning America covered it at 310 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:21.159 some point. So there's no scenario if this doesn't go well, 311 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:24.120 like if it maybe looks like it wasn't a wise investment. 312 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:26.840 I have a hard time thinking it would ever be 313 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:30.360 as bad as what happened in August of twenty twenty three. John, 314 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:31.679 you and I were together at the time in the 315 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:35.159 afternoon on the Sports Show, and I mean, it was 316 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:40.720 something it was, again, just an absolute disaster. I felt 317 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:44.399 very bad for everyone involved because understandably so, parents were 318 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:47.200 losing their minds, like why is it nine to thirty 319 00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:49.080 and I don't know where my seven year old is? 320 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:52.799 That seems to be problematic. So anyhow, let's get an 321 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:54.720 update on traffic and weather, and then of course we'll 322 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:57.279 bring in Rory O'Neil of NBC News right here on 323 00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:59.159 Kentucky and his Morning News with Nick Coffee on news 324 00:14:59.240 --> 00:15:03.720 Radio eight forty uhs five forty five here Kentucky and 325 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:06.799 this Morning News. Happy Friday, everybody, it is once again 326 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:11.200 time to bring in Rory O'Neil of NBC News. Rory. Yesterday, 327 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:14.159 we heard from President Trump that there is a substantial 328 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:18.080 chance for negotiations with Iran and a decision is expected 329 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:20.600 to come as far as as America going to strike her, 330 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:22.919 not within the next two weeks. It's fair to say 331 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:25.840 this is a legitimate sign of progress that we could 332 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:27.440 get a peaceful resolution here. 333 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:31.519 Well certainly assigned. The President Trump is looking for an 334 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:34.360 off ramp to find a way to reach some sort 335 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:39.159 of an agreement that stops Iran's nuclear ambitions and doesn't 336 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:43.440 get the US anymore entangled in the situation. So it 337 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:46.879 does open that window of opportunity. You know, publicly speaking, 338 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:49.799 Iran still insists, you know, it will never surrender, it 339 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:52.639 will do what it wants to do. But then behind 340 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:55.799 the scenes, you know, we are getting some chatter through 341 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:59.919 back channels that perhaps they could be open to this idea. 342 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:03.120 But again, how they managed to broke or some sort 343 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:06.960 of a deal that lets Iranian leadership stay in place 344 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:10.960 while still having them give up their nuclear ambitions, that's 345 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:12.080 going to be a challenge. 346 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:14.159 I would never ask for you for I would never 347 00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:16.360 ask for you to speak for anybody but yourself, Rory, 348 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:19.440 But it did seem as if, I guess, considering just 349 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:23.480 a couple of days ago, Trump's comment was nobody knows 350 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:24.799 what he's going to do, and I think you could 351 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:27.159 tell he kind of seemingly enjoyed knowing that he's got 352 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:29.279 everybody on the edge of their seat. Maybe that led 353 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:31.399 to it, but I did feel as if yesterday what 354 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:33.759 you just laid out, as far as just that he 355 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:35.679 wants to have some peace here, it seemed like that 356 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:38.720 did surprise some folks that maybe they were expecting it 357 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:40.639 to be the other way around. I think most would 358 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:42.360 agree this is good. We want peace, at least I 359 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:44.519 would assume most of us do. But I think there 360 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:47.720 was some political pundits that were maybe a little shocked 361 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:50.679 and dare I say, potentially disappointed that this was the 362 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:51.600 development yesterday. 363 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:55.759 Well, look, you've also got a divide within the Republican Party. 364 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:59.159 You've got the Hawks side of things, Lindsey Graham and 365 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:02.600 the like that want to take aggressive action to end 366 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:06.359 Iran's nuclear ambitions once and for all, even would like 367 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:09.200 to see regime change. Then you get the other, like 368 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:13.039 the Marjorie Taylor Green Tucker Carlson segment saying, don't get 369 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:16.599 the US entangled in any more of these windless wars. 370 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:20.240 You know, the concern is, look, we can blow up 371 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:22.920 that mountain. That's not really the problem. The problem is 372 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:26.400 what's next. You know, how does Iran respond the aftermath? 373 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:29.839 Proxy's respond, right, What's what's their reaction? Do they shut 374 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:33.319 down global oil trade? You know, do we drag Russia 375 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:36.599 and China into this? Now that's where things get a 376 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:40.599 bit more complicated, is what's the aftermath of taking that action. 377 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:44.079 So that's what's weighing on the president's shoulders. We know 378 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:46.519 he's been briefed on what we can do from a 379 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:52.400 military standpoint to take out that nuclear program. But after that, boy, 380 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:53.599 that's a bit of a gray area. 381 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:55.640 Rory on Nal of NBC News is with us here 382 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:58.720 on News Radio eight forty whas let's talk about American 383 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:02.440 made vehicles with all the talk of tariffs, and that's 384 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:04.119 of course been a big deal. There's a new study 385 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:06.720 out from an Understand of which cars here in twenty 386 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:09.880 twenty five have the most American made components? What can 387 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:12.240 you tell us as far as which vehicles are the 388 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:13.680 most American made? 389 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.440 Do you want to guess? 390 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:19.240 No, because I would embarrass myself. 391 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:23.920 Uh. This is from cars dot com. They do this 392 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:27.920 list every year. The top four American made vehicles are 393 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:28.839 all Teslas. 394 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:32.799 Okay, so it's I would have gone own avoid embarrassment model. 395 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:36.680 That's right there, you go, number four, number five on 396 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:40.000 the list rather the Jeep Gladiator. But some of the 397 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:42.160 others in the top ten might surprise you. Coming in 398 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:44.960 at number six is the Kia EV six. The seven 399 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:48.000 is the Honda Ridgeline, followed by the Honda Odyssey, the 400 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:52.279 Honda Passport, and the Volkswagen ID four. So we still 401 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:55.039