WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:02.200 All right, let's get it started. Can you feel it? 2 00:00:02.680 --> 00:00:05.360 I don't mean the humidity that is already brutal as 3 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:08.000 this heat wave continues. I mean the Friday feeling. The 4 00:00:08.039 --> 00:00:11.240 Friday vibes are here. We've made it. Good morning, Kentucky, Ina, 5 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:13.439 Happy Friday to you. It is Kentucky and it's Morning News, 6 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:15.839 Coffee and company with you here on News Radio eight 7 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:18.559 forty wha. Yes, we've got a full crew, the one 8 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:20.280 and only Scott Fitzgerald alongside. 9 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:20.879 Morning Sir. 10 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:22.760 You knew that, alread. Everybody knew Scotty was here. You 11 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:23.839 could feel it too. 12 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:24.640 Yeah. 13 00:00:24.679 --> 00:00:26.600 I don't know about all that, but you're right. 14 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:29.399 It's and it's gonna get hotter, Nick. Oh, it's gonna 15 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:29.800 be brutal. 16 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:30.920 It's gonna get hot. 17 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:33.640 It's gonna be bad, but we'll get through. The company 18 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:36.079 man himself, mister John Alden alongside. We've got Joe Lincoln 19 00:00:36.119 --> 00:00:39.479 in today helping us out with the news because John 20 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:40.920 Shannon is out for a little bit of a little 21 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:43.320 little mini vacation. So what do we do. We show 22 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:45.520 off our depth. We go to the bullpen. We bring 23 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:47.960 in Joe Lincoln and he'll be with us throughout the morning, 24 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:50.640 and hopefully you will as well. I believe it is 25 00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:53.320 our oblig it is our duty to get you set 26 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:55.320 for the weekend. We're gonna try our best. We can't 27 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:58.200 make guarantees, but we I'm not gonna speak for anybody 28 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:00.200 but by myself, but I feel pretty good about it. 29 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.759 But again, when it comes to feeling good outside, no, 30 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:05.079 not that. And it's gonna get worse, like it's gonna 31 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:08.079 get worse, as she said, and there's nothing can do 32 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:10.159 about it. No relief is on the way. 33 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:10.280 Though. 34 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:12.519 It looks like next Thursday we'll see Tams dip back 35 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:14.200 down into the mid sixties at night. 36 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:16.519 So that'll feel I might get a sweater, dude. 37 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:20.680 It seems like there's always that one magical moment where 38 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:24.519 this it gets just god awful. Satan's breath hot, That's. 39 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:26.280 What I feel like it is right now. Yeah, I'm 40 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:28.799 not kidding you. I don't know how it compares as 41 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:32.439 far as heat in decks, you know, compared to just temperatures, 42 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:37.079 but I swear I've been to two football practices, flag 43 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:40.400 football practicing at six pm this week, and at that 44 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:43.239 time I feel like maybe I'm either just getting soft 45 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:45.840 or the humidity is worse than like I've ever felt it. 46 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:47.719 I know that's not the case. I'm sure it's been worse, 47 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:49.079 but man, it's brutal. It is. 48 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:51.239 I noticed that in parts I walk in Shelby Park. 49 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:52.920 I just thought about that yesterday. There's a part that 50 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:54.760 I walk and I turned the corner and you just 51 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:55.760 feel like it hits you. 52 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:57.760 It's disrespectful as what it is. 53 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:01.120 But there's that one magical moment where it's almost like 54 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:03.680 they turn the switch off and then it's gone. It's 55 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:06.280 like you get really really white hot and then boom, 56 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:06.640 it's gone. 57 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:10.400 Yeah, when you get to I guess it's more so 58 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:13.680 late August and then early September, you'll still see some 59 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:15.719 really hot temperatures. But it does seem as if like 60 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:18.319 that just that gross humidity has started to fade a 61 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:20.319 little bit. And really, I mean, we've known this for 62 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:22.240 a while if you live in this area. That's what 63 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:24.840 makes it just brutal around here is just the the 64 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:27.719 the air quality and just the thick air. And I'm 65 00:02:27.759 --> 00:02:30.599 looking behind us here at our screen. Mat Melosovich is 66 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:33.680 showing the current temperatures at seventy eight and again it's 67 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:35.840 gonna it's gonna warm up, and it's gonna be it 68 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:37.120 is gonna be sticky. 69 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:39.280 But I remember that you were talking about sitting at 70 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:42.159 your son's practice. I remember that magical time when we 71 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:45.639 didn't have to sit at the practices anymore, and that, dude, 72 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:48.000 it was such a It's like you were talking earlier, 73 00:02:48.039 --> 00:02:50.080 When you don't have to pay daycare anymore, when your 74 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:52.240 kids go to school, Yeah, when you don't have to 75 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:54.520 sit at those practices. I love watching my kids play sports, 76 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:56.240 don't get me wrong, But when you don't have to 77 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:58.560 sit at that practice, especially at that age. 78 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:00.280 You didn't intend. You didn't intend to do it, but 79 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:02.680 you put it on a te for me. What we're 80 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:08.199 doing is we're babysitting while they tried to pick up 81 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:11.039 concepts of flag football at four and five years old. 82 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:14.680 And we're doing it in excruciating conditions and many moments 83 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:17.960 throughout that hour, three times per week, I think to myself, 84 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:20.560 is this a joke? Is somebody playing a joke on me? 85 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:23.240 What are we doing here? This is overkill in a 86 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:27.120 major way. And also like it's it's not football practice, 87 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:29.919 it's it's I mean, they are working on pulling flags, 88 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:32.400 but uh yeah, I guess you got to start somewhere 89 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:34.439 as far as just you know, getting ready for practice, 90 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:36.840 showing up and being a part of a team. But 91 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:38.919 at times I'm thinking, you know what I could, I 92 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:42.000 could baby sit at home inside, and you're right, and. 93 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:44.199 I think, but I think your son will at least 94 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:46.360 this is what I found out my son did. I 95 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:48.680 remember the first few times I quit going to practice, 96 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:51.080 he was like, hey, you're not going to be at practice, 97 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:52.840 like you would never acknowledge you before. 98 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:54.919 But then when you're not there, they go hey once 99 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:57.639 they I feel like for me, and I'm sure it'll 100 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:00.280 be this way with my son when there's when he 101 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:02.159 just knows we're not there, it'll be in his head 102 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:03.800 and then he'll get distracted in play and then just 103 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:04.639 never think about it again. 104 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:04.960 That's right. 105 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:07.560 I'm hopeful that that happens. But yeah, we're gonna get 106 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:09.400 you step for the weekend. Scotty's setting up to Cincinnati 107 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:12.400 tomorrow some time with your son and the family up there. 108 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:14.400 Yeah, I'm gonna move him in. We're moving him into 109 00:04:14.479 --> 00:04:17.639 Xavier nice and it's that time of here and ufl 110 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:19.480 moves in or no, they moved in already. 111 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:23.319 I believed you, John, your little your miss Daisy is 112 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:25.079 too young for it to become a thing just yet. 113 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:29.160 But was there a moment, Scott, whenever your children, either 114 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:32.160 of them were, they were they attached to more you 115 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:34.120 or your wife than to where it became a thing. 116 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:37.040 Because my wife's leaving town this weekend, so it's just 117 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:40.240 me and the kiddos, and you know, I'll get by. 118 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:42.560 It'll be fun. But like they're gonna just ask me 119 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:45.839 every five seconds, where's mommy? Where's mommy? Where's mommy? And 120 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:48.240 I told her when you drop them off to school today, 121 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:50.040 you make sure you let him know you're leaving. I'm 122 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:51.560 not gonna I'm not gonna be the one that that 123 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:54.199 takes the heat when they find out you're gone all weekend. No, 124 00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:55.120 don't put that on me. 125 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:58.120 Mommy does this, she does this with us. But then 126 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:00.279 I did notice that like a favorite of mysel Sunday 127 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:01.680 nights when my wife was out of town, he likes 128 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:02.639 to go to b W three. 129 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:04.399 He still likes that to this day. 130 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:04.879 Good vibe. 131 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:07.839 Yeah, right, And so he looked forward to that there's 132 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:10.680 certain things your kids like about you that they'll love 133 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:11.959 when the other one's well, I. 134 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:13.240 Mean, I can distract him. Then I just know, Wait 135 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:15.040 a second, they'll look around. Wait a second, where's Mommy's 136 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:16.920 It's it's been an hour since since you gave me 137 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:18.680 an update. So I'll love it with you, bro, We'll 138 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:21.720 get by love it all right. Let's have a good morning, fellas. Yes, 139 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:23.319 right on, we'll come back here in a few minutes 140 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:25.639 after an update on trafficking weather. Set the table, big, 141 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:27.680 big morning for you. Mayor Greenberg going to join us 142 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:30.399 here in studio at eight o'clock, so just be prepared 143 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:32.519 for that and we'll get you. We'll do what we 144 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:34.439 do every Friday. Get yourself for the weekend. Right here 145 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:39.000 on news RADIOA forty Whas. It is five sixteen here 146 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:41.160 at Kentucky and his morning news, coffee and company with you. 147 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:44.480 It's news RADIOA forty Whas. Take us with you wherever 148 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:47.319 you want, wherever you go. Well, you do have to 149 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:49.800 have some level of connection, some type of service, which 150 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:51.920 most people do, but that is the power of the 151 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:55.319 iHeartRadio app. You can also listen live at whas dot com. 152 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:57.759 So we do have some early morning issues on Waterson 153 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:01.439 eastbound at Westport Road blocking the left right lanes, so 154 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:06.120 use caution. As of right now, this image, this still 155 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:08.279 that I'm looking at from the traffic cams, doesn't look 156 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:11.959 as if there's enough there's enough cars on the roadways 157 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:13.879 there to really cause an issue. But maybe that maybe 158 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:16.600 that changes once people get out in about this morning. 159 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:20.240 But again waters in eastbound Westport Road, there's some type 160 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:22.360 of issue. Maybe it's a stalled vehicle. Doesn't look like 161 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:24.399 an accident from what I can tell, but the left 162 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:27.920 and right lanes are blocked, So use caution, Bobby Ellis, 163 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:30.240 we'll get us caught up. In fact, actually I don't 164 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:31.800 think we have Bobby l Let's we have someone up. 165 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:33.639 We have somebody filling in for Bobby this morning. So 166 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:35.199 either way, we'll get you caught up and let you 167 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:36.360 know which you need to know when it comes to 168 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:39.079 the traffic this morning. And also we'll keep you updated 169 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:41.360 on the forecast. But I think we already know what's 170 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:44.639 to be expected overall, and that is just brutal humidity 171 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:46.639 and heat that is not going away anytime soon. But 172 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:49.639 we'll get the details from our team over at WLKY 173 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:52.480 with Matt Melosovich. So, as I mentioned a moment ago, 174 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:56.079 May Greenberg gonna join us at eight o'clock today. I 175 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:58.639 also believe I haven't got the RSDP just yet, but 176 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:01.600 I believe we're gonna get back to our co our 177 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:05.160 Friday conversation with l and PD spokesman Dwight Mitchell. He 178 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:07.120 was out on vacation a couple of weeks ago. I 179 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:09.920 was out last week, So I believe we're going to 180 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:12.360 reconnect today. So we're gonna be busy this morning, and 181 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:14.160 certainly a lot to get into. One of the biggest 182 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:16.879 conversations so far, not just really this week, but really 183 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:19.759 for quite some time now, is the violence here in 184 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:25.680 Louisville and juvenile's children essentially being involved in it at 185 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:28.959 a level that just seems like something we've never really 186 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:30.800 seen before. I will say because I do think it's 187 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:33.399 important to mention that despite it feeling just at least 188 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:35.600 from my perspective, that it's at an all time high 189 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:38.360 when it comes to juveniles being involved in the violent 190 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:40.199 crime as of I think it was the end of 191 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:44.120 June it was actually down, not much, but down, which 192 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:45.879 I guess that in a way is good. But also 193 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:48.800 the fact that I now can look at data and 194 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:50.959 say that this has been a thing for two straight years. 195 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:52.920 I mean that's clearly an issue. Everybody is well aware 196 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:56.240 of it, and yesterday, I mean, I think it was 197 00:07:56.279 --> 00:08:01.759 an encouraging, really a very encouraging thing to hear that 198 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:05.399 there is a prosecutor or the Louisville prosecutors are basically 199 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:07.920 going to start targeting parents because of this. I mean, 200 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:11.759 there's been so many high profile youth involved shootings, including 201 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:13.879 what's happened in the last week or so that Jefferson 202 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:17.319 County commonwealths Attorney Jerina Weathers, I mean, she was pretty 203 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:20.079 direct with a warning on Thursday, saying that parents will 204 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:23.720 be held accountable when their children break the law. So 205 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:26.399 SB twenty is a new Kentucky law that's going to 206 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:28.920 make it easier to try juveniles as adults in serious 207 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:33.799 gun related cases. And I know that. I mean, I 208 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:36.080 don't have everything figured out, trust me. Sometimes I realize 209 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:38.039 it may sound like that, but when it comes to 210 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:43.960 making improvements in this area, that is clearly an issue. 211 00:08:44.120 --> 00:08:47.480 I just don't know how getting violent people off the 212 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:50.480 streets if they're juveniles, if they're not, that is going 213 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:51.960 to be a big step here in the process. And 214 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:55.840 it sounds like, regardless of your age, you're going to 215 00:08:55.840 --> 00:08:58.200 be held accountable like an adult if you are committing 216 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:01.080 violent crime, which is really the way that it should be. 217 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:03.840 Here is we've got multiple clips I'm gonna share with 218 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:05.279 you guys throughout the morning here. I'm sure you'll hear 219 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:08.519 some in the newscast as well, But here's miss Withers 220 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:10.159 talking about SB twenty. 221 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:14.679 Senate Bill twenty added a provision that has helped us 222 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:18.000 get the most serious cases involving those juveniles that I 223 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:20.720 was just sharing with you. That starts in district court. 224 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:25.159 It provides an automatic transfer for circuit court where youth 225 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:29.320 little offenders are charged with a Class A B or 226 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:34.039 C fellamy and had attained at least fifteen years at 227 00:09:34.039 --> 00:09:36.080 the time of the commission of the alleged offense. 228 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:38.840 So again a pretty direct warning that if you commit 229 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:40.759 a serious felony with a gun, you will be convicted 230 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:44.320 as an adult. And they're going to come after parents 231 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:49.200 one after another. And that is that is a slippery 232 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:53.039 slope if you will, as far as holding parents criminally 233 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:58.679 responsible for violent crime that their children commit, and I mean, 234 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:01.559 I'd be willing to maybe it's just ignorance on mind 235 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:04.480 that to me, that's a difficult thing to really it's 236 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:06.960 a can of worms. I think it's not even possible 237 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:09.399 to open up without it becoming potentially just a mess. 238 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:11.360 But something's got to give. There's got to be something 239 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:17.159 done in order to hold people accountable and also prevent 240 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:19.960 things from happening like this. All right, we got an 241 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:21.639 update of trapping a weather coming your way right here, 242 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:23.799 right now again, it's Kentucky and it's morning news, Coffee 243 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:26.320 and company with you here on News radio eight forty whas. 244 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:30.960 How about those broadcast pipes from Joe Lincoln. Good stuff. 245 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:33.200 Happy to have him along board this morning, filling in 246 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:35.240 for John Shannon. It is five thirty five here Kentucky, 247 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:37.960 had his morning news, Coffee and Company with you, and 248 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:44.000 just hearing from the family members of those that lost 249 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:47.000 their life to the recent gun violence heer in Louisville. 250 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:51.120 It's it's one of those things that really does make 251 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:53.639 I don't think anybody just assumes, you know, out of sight, well, 252 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:55.799 I don't know. Maybe some people just they're in their 253 00:10:55.799 --> 00:10:58.000 own bubble, they're in their own world, and they don't 254 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:01.000 think much about it. They may be hear the the 255 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:05.519 headlines as background noise. When it comes to radio programs 256 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:07.960 like this, one or television. But you know when you 257 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:11.440 hear from somebody who is is pleading for for help, uh, 258 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:13.879 and and it and clearly at that time already in 259 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:16.519 a in a bad way because of just uh. I 260 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:19.159 mean I imagine that there's there's layers of emotions in 261 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:22.960 one including probably shock. But yeah, just just I can't imagine. 262 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:26.360 And uh, some's got to give. And and hopefully those 263 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:28.840 out there that do maybe have some information that that 264 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:32.240 just for whatever reason choose not to uh to share 265 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:35.200 that information that can help keep that can help keep 266 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:39.320 keep those accountable. Hopefully hearing from from those affected directly 267 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:43.000 can can can send you down the path of realizing, hey, 268 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:47.200 let's let's help provide this family with U with some closure, 269 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:50.000 with some justice to see those that that commit these 270 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.879 kind of acts held accountable. So, as of right now, 271 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:56.039 the shooter still still at large, and we do have 272 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:58.360 some more details as far as the second arrest that 273 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:03.480 was made on on Wednesday. So the father who did 274 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:06.440 turn his son in, we talked about that yesterday. Again, 275 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:08.679 I encourage you to go check out the interview at WLK. 276 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:11.960 Why if you haven't yet, because it's just to me, 277 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:16.399 it was powerful to hear the perspective from a parent 278 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:19.480 in the situation to where they could see their kids 279 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:22.639 going down a bad path. They tried directly as best 280 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:27.799 they could to encourage their child to maybe realize that 281 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:30.200 they're going down that bad path. And in the interview 282 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:31.960 you hear him discussed sort of the issues with the 283 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:35.320 mother and the father because they're not together, and he 284 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:37.679 tried to to I think, file for custody and didn't 285 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:39.879 get anywhere. And now he had to turn his son 286 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:42.320 in for being one of the shooters on at the 287 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:45.480 school bus stop last Thursday. So the second arrest that 288 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:48.200 was made this individual, we now know that was the 289 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:51.200 fifteen year old that they took into custody that again 290 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:53.879 was not charged for what took place on Wednesday, but 291 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:56.759 was the second shooter that again has now been charged 292 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:01.000 from last week. So I know it would be harder 293 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:04.279 than well, I shouldn't say this because I don't know, 294 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:07.960 and I hope I never know, but turning your kid 295 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:10.919 in is doing the right thing, and I would imagine 296 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:15.360 that would be hard to do. But if more people 297 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:19.799 did this, I mean, it can only help right now 298 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:23.679 when it comes to help being on the way. When 299 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:30.000 you look at the comments made yesterday from commonwealth attorneys. Yeah, 300 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:33.519 common wast attorney Drena Weathers. The Senate Bill twenty is 301 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:37.519 going to aim to really just hold people more so 302 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:40.960 more accountable, and also by doing that, help with the 303 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:44.960 prevention of what we're dealing with here in Louisville. And 304 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:49.120 I tell you what, if everything that was said yesterday, 305 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:51.879 if there is legitimate action taken upon what was said, 306 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:53.960 I mean, I don't see a scenario where that won't 307 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:56.960 at least help to some extent, hopefully and maybe help 308 00:13:57.120 --> 00:14:01.720 in a big way. So here's a little bit more 309 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:03.000 from her comments yesterday. 310 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:07.120 If you are committing adult crimes with a gun, you're 311 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:11.399 going to be prosecuted as such. When juvenile cases get 312 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:15.000 waves to us, slaves and gentlemen, they are all prosecuted 313 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:18.600 as adult cases. That is what's happening with our eighty 314 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:21.039 cases that we have with us right now. 315 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:25.120 So what I would like to know is the and 316 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:27.919 this is just more so and I'm not like, this 317 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:30.000 is more of me just being curious to know what 318 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:32.279 level it gets to, because clearly there are a lot 319 00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:36.080 of juveniles that are maybe not being apprehended or snatched 320 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:39.120 up because they're out there firing off shots and shooting 321 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:42.799 people or maybe murdering people. But they're they're involved in 322 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:46.960 clearly some criminal matters and you can tell that if 323 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:49.679 there's not something done to really let them know that 324 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:51.399 they're going down the wrong path and the next time 325 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:52.519 it's going to be bad. I mean again, And you 326 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:54.200 could do that and they may still be you know, 327 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:57.120 violent criminals because you know, it's just what's happening. But 328 00:14:57.799 --> 00:15:01.200 it's nice to know that when there is severe, you know, 329 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:03.679 crime like what we've seen in the last week or so, 330 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:05.320 that they are going to be tried as adults. That's 331 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:08.799 that's that's what that's what should happen. But at just 332 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:11.879 my curiosity is what's the where's the line? Right Like, 333 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:17.320 at what point do you actually give someone that you 334 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:20.440 know a pass essentially because they're not an adult? Right Like? 335 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:24.320 Because clearly there are some juveniles that are being apprehended, 336 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:26.679 taken into custody and then somebody's able to come and 337 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:28.480 get them, and I assume that's just those that aren't 338 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:31.279 maybe they haven't hit the threshold of being considered you know, 339 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:34.519 they have they haven't caught charges strong enough to where 340 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:36.200 they they're going to be held and it's going to 341 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:38.240 turn into what you know, going to turn into it 342 00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:41.240 a trial that likely leads to incarceration at least hopefully. 343 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:43.919 All Right, we'll have more from from her from her 344 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:46.799 press conference yesterday. Again that it's at Arena weathers. Let's 345 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:48.720 get a quick time out. We'll come back after an 346 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:50.480 update on traffic and weather, and then we'll bring in 347 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:52.840 the one and only Rory O'Neill of NBC News right 348 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:57.200 here on news radio eight forty whas ladies and gentlemen, 349 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:59.480 boys and girls, we made and it's Friday, Happy Friday. 350 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:02.039 See here, it's Kentucky and its morning news on News 351 00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:04.600 Radio eight forty whas coffee and company with you, and 352 00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:08.080 we have Rory O'Neil of NBC News with us. Rory, 353 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:11.159 what can you tell us about the latest economic trends 354 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:14.519 here in America? We've got interest rate cuts that people 355 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:18.360 are begging for, Corporate bankruptcies are surging. What's the latest here? 356 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:22.279 Yeah, again, that mixed bag making it difficult to read 357 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:24.519 the tea leaves here. You know, earlier this week we 358 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:28.279 got that consumer price index number, the inflation data for 359 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:30.519 what you and I pay for goods, and it wasn't 360 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:32.879 as bad as many had feared. In the market's rallied. 361 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:36.679 But then yesterday the producer price Index came out and 362 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:39.559 it was way higher than expected. But still the markets 363 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:42.200 type gest died that news rather well, I thought. But 364 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:44.600 it looks like we're still on track to have a 365 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:47.679 couple of rate cuts, maybe starting as early as next 366 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:50.240 month when the Fed meets again. But at the same time, 367 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:54.960 we're also seeing a disturbing indicator, an increase in the 368 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:58.480 number of big corporations filing for bankruptcy. And some of 369 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:00.799 it is related to the economy, some of it is 370 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:05.119 just well capitalism for yeah, you know, the companies that 371 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:08.799 are in trouble include del Monte Foods Forever twenty one, 372 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:13.160 Joanne Fabric Kodak was one that was warning of bankruptcy, 373 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:16.240 so with Spirit Airlines as well. So we're getting some 374 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:19.039 mixed messaging from the economy. We've got, you know, the 375 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:21.480 markets at some points are reaching record highs. We have 376 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:25.920 even crypto like bitcoin just down off record highs but 377 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:28.920 still doing well. And then at the same time bankruptcies. 378 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:31.240 Not to put you on the spot and have you 379 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:33.359 just give us data off the top of your head, 380 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:35.200 which I'm sure you don't have. But when it comes 381 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:37.920 to bankruptcy, just that word is it's not a good sign. 382 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:42.079 But there are many corporations that bankruptcy filing for it 383 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:44.519 in the different ways that you can. It can more 384 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:46.559 so just be part of a strategy to try to 385 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:48.440 It doesn't mean that it's all gloom and doom, and 386 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:51.400 oftentimes filing for bankruptcy ends up leading you know, down 387 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:53.200 the line, they end up no longer being in business. 388 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.359 So it's never a good sign. But there's also ways 389 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:57.400 it can happen to where it's just part of the 390 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:00.279 strategic plan to kind of get back on track. 391 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:02.559 Yeah, that's some of it. But you know when you 392 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:04.640 look at that number then month to month and figure 393 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:07.799 let's say ten percent are always in that realm of 394 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:10.799 you know, they're doing it for strategic purposes, but that 395 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:13.240 still leaves the other ninety percent are out there. So 396 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:17.160 we saw sixty three bankruptcy filings for public and private 397 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:20.039 companies in June, seventy one of them then for the 398 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:22.759 month of July, So that may be this indicator that 399 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:26.319 something's happening. But again, when Kodak is filing for bankruptcy, 400 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:28.480 that's not a sign that the economy is failing. It's 401 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:30.000