WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.759 All right, good morning, welcome in Happy Tuesday. It is 2 00:00:03.839 --> 00:00:06.000 Kentucky and his morning news here on News Radio eight 3 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:10.560 forty whas Coffee and Company. I'm Nick Coffee and I've 4 00:00:10.599 --> 00:00:12.679 got some company with me. The team is here. Scott 5 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:16.440 Fitzgerald alongside John Alden. He's here. He's in fact the 6 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:18.239 reason we're on the air. He's the guy that's working 7 00:00:18.280 --> 00:00:20.519 his magic in the control room. And of course John 8 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:23.039 Shannon alongside today as we take you up till nine 9 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:26.600 o'clock gets you started here on a hot, hot Tuesday. 10 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:29.120 Hopefully you enjoyed some Bob Seeker there. As I was 11 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:32.439 scrambling around the studio, which this is the first time 12 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:35.880 this show started, and I realized, oh one, I didn't 13 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:40.240 have my earbuds unwrapped, because sometimes they get all tangled 14 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:42.759 up and it's a pain in the ass, to be 15 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:45.200 honest with you, to get him untangled. And then I 16 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:47.560 didn't have an adapter that we need for these for 17 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:51.359 these headphones and Scott, those things are it's like hitting 18 00:00:51.359 --> 00:00:53.280 the lottery when you find one, right it is. 19 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:55.840 It's for those that don't understand a little inside baseball. 20 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:57.240 We have to have a special jack for some of 21 00:00:57.240 --> 00:00:59.320 the headphones to your point. And when I used to 22 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:01.600 come in on Saturday and I couldn't find one, I'm like, 23 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:03.000 oh my god, where do these? 24 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:05.079 And I asked the boss, I said, can we get 25 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:06.280 some more of these? Can we get these? 26 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:09.040 They're not that expensive, they must be really hard to find. Well, 27 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:09.680 if we still had. 28 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:11.719 A radio shack that we could go and we go 29 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:12.920 grab them from radio. 30 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:13.760 Or a radio shack. 31 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:15.439 Yeah, I don't know if they're actually dead. Maybe I 32 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:16.879 killed them. I'm not sure, but I haven't seen one 33 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:17.560 in a long time. 34 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:20.159 But it is frustrating when it only seems to happen 35 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:21.640 like right when you get ready to go in the air. 36 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:23.840 Sure, look, it's my fault. I should have looked beforehand. 37 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:25.799 But we've got a busy show today and I'm just 38 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:28.760 trying to get get caught up on. Unfortunately, what the 39 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:32.519 two biggest stories are nationally two mass shootings that took 40 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:35.840 place yesterday, one in midtown Manhattan and another one that 41 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:39.120 took place in Reno, Nevado at a casino. So those, 42 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:41.519 of course will be big things that you hear about 43 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:44.719 throughout not just this show, but obviously throughout the day, 44 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:49.200 because again, how about this just not really being that 45 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.000 big of a shock. These kind of things happen way 46 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:56.799 too often. Anytime it happens is a tragedy. But I 47 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:00.560 thought about it right whenever I was just eating more 48 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:03.840 details on the Reno, Nevada shooting that took place yesterday morning. 49 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:06.480 This actually this was before the one in New York City. 50 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:10.840 But if you are like, this happens here in this 51 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:16.599 country at a different rate substantially than other countries that 52 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:19.240 we would consider to be somewhat peers with us, if 53 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:22.039 that makes sense, And I just I thought about their 54 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:25.080 person like their view of us, right, like when they 55 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:28.960 I mean that they probably think like when when when 56 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:30.639 America comes to mind. I'm sure there's a lot of 57 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:32.879 things that they think of, but like this has got 58 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:34.560 to be one of them, right because this just this 59 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:35.280 is this is. 60 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:37.159 Again not an unusual story. 61 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:39.479 Unfortunately, there is a little bit of that wild wild 62 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:42.240 West when folks think of America now and not in 63 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:45.039 the positive light the way we we sort of glamorized 64 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:45.800 it in our past. 65 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:48.439 And it happens, but it also you know, it's happened, 66 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:49.120 and we've seen this. 67 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:51.520 In places like Norway before, we've seen it in Germany, 68 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:54.759 but the US is gonna carry that on there of course, 69 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:57.560 facade that this is kind of what happens here. 70 00:02:57.759 --> 00:02:58.319 I ended up. 71 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:01.000 I ended up in a Reddit threat a while back, 72 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:03.039 and I don't really know how I got there, and 73 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:05.240 I didn't spend a lot of time there because it 74 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:09.400 was a pretty sad, toxic place on the Internet, which 75 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:11.520 there's a lot of toxic places on the Internet, and 76 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:15.800 it was just a culture smack off, if you will, 77 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:19.719 where people from other countries were doing their best insult 78 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:22.560 of other countries as far as just their perception of 79 00:03:22.599 --> 00:03:25.919 people who live here and live there, and for America, 80 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:29.039 I mean, the low hanging fruit as far as other 81 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:31.280 countries as far as just making fun of us was 82 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:35.719 how fat we are, and mass shootings and then school 83 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:39.120 shootings kind of mixed in there as well. And I'd 84 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:41.919 never really look, I'm clearly proud to be an American, 85 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:43.719 wouldn't want to live in any other country. There's a 86 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:46.360 lot of there's no better country than this one. But 87 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:48.680 it was just the first time I'd really thought about 88 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:52.560 how other countries view us in our culture, and again 89 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:55.400 that was something designated for them to think of awful things. 90 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:57.599 There's a lot of great things, but I'd never really 91 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:01.919 thought about it until then. And now anytime there's a 92 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:04.280 story like this, doesn't take long for me to at 93 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:07.680 least go back to that threat and think, well, at 94 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:09.960 least you know they're at least we're I mean, we're 95 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:12.439 giving them, we're giving them examples for them to rector 96 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:14.000 revents that you know, And I think. 97 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:14.439 You said it best. 98 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:17.120 Low hanging fruit is having lived overseas, I've seen some 99 00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:20.160 pretty ugly things all your countries, you know what I mean. 100 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:23.800 But that's why I'm glad you said that low hanging fruit, 101 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:26.600 because that's what people grab for. That's the impression that 102 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:28.040 we have. Now we have to live with it, we 103 00:04:28.120 --> 00:04:30.279 have to deal with it. And like you said, unfortunately 104 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:33.279 two incidents yesterday you pointed out to me the violence 105 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:36.480 in Cincinnati yes for the weekend, which was insane. That 106 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:39.000 actually happened the night before we got up there. I 107 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:41.600 fortunately my wife didn't see before her anxiety would have 108 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:43.319 been through the roof on too. 109 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:45.560 It's right, be honest, it's sad. 110 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:47.920 To see all this unfold, But like you said, it's 111 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:49.519 low hanging fruit for folks. 112 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:51.399 For those who don't know what Scott's referring to there 113 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:55.360 was some real awful violence in Cincinnati where and I 114 00:04:55.360 --> 00:05:00.439 guess context details still still not fully clear, but just 115 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:05.680 people just randomly getting completely just assaulted. And you know, 116 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:07.600 just the visual of it is just. 117 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:08.879 The visuals horrible. 118 00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:10.439 You showed it to me, and I usually don't get 119 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:13.480 too crazy upset about that stuff that's wrong. 120 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:14.160 At so many levels. 121 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:16.360 Yeah, and I'm sure that story won't go away because 122 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:18.120 a lot of folks in Cincinnati were thinking, Okay, why 123 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:19.120 is nobody addressing this? 124 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:22.360 And now they are as they should. So all right, fellas, 125 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:24.680 let's have it Tuesday, shall we. Let's do it. 126 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:26.720 We've got an update of travicking weather coming your way. 127 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:29.360 It is Kentucky and his Morning News, Coffee and Company 128 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:33.360 right here on news radio waight forty Whas. When I 129 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:36.920 pulled out of my driveway this morning at about three 130 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:41.839 three forty five ish, didn't take long. Probably by the 131 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:43.680 time I got to the end of my street, AC 132 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:48.040 was on full blast. That's how disgusting this heat wave is. 133 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:50.360 And I use the word disgusting, and some may say 134 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:52.600 that's a little bit dramatic, but to me it is. 135 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:56.240 It is in fact disgusting and anytime I complain about 136 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:59.240 the weather on a platform like news radio eight forty 137 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:02.360 whas I instantly realize, well, I'm talking to people who 138 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:05.240 may actually have to be out working in these conditions 139 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:07.720 all day, which is dangerous. To be real, that's not 140 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:10.199 I mean, I don't say that to just sympathize with you. 141 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:13.399 I mean it's quite literally dangerous to be outdoors in 142 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:15.560 this kind of weather, this kind of heat, with this humidity, 143 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:20.360 if you're not hydrating and following what you need to 144 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:22.199 follow in order to be safe. But I'm curious, if 145 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:25.759 you are somebody that is clearly much tougher than me, 146 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:29.199 you'd say, I've got soft hands, what is the most 147 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:33.439 important thing to making it work to where you can 148 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:36.399 you know, you can get through a work shift in 149 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:39.120 this kind of heat, in these kind of conditions, And obviously, 150 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:41.720 like hydrating, I would imagine is the obvious one. A 151 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:44.920 but outside of that is there's something that you have 152 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:48.879 found to be really really important to getting through a 153 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:53.000 really really hot and humid work day that maybe would 154 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:57.240 surprise the soft hand folks like myself who just aren't 155 00:06:57.240 --> 00:07:00.439 built as tough as you. I'm curious can tell us 156 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:02.759 on the talkback feature within the iHeart Radio app. So 157 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:04.439 if you use that, if you listen to the show 158 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:06.839 on the talkback, just click that microphone button on the 159 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:09.199 ihet radio app and you can you can share with 160 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:12.319 us whatever it is. And I'm curious to not only learn, 161 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:15.079 but also maybe we can we can inform some other folks. 162 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:16.920 Maybe we can help you get. 163 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:20.639 Through those brutal hot days working in heat like this, 164 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:24.120 because maybe others will provide some good info that can 165 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:26.480 help you. Don't be a gatekeeper here, now, let's let's 166 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:29.600 help people get through what I would imagine would be 167 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:33.079 a brutal, brutal work shift. All Right, it's five eighteen 168 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:35.040 here at Kentucky and it's morning News Coffee and Company 169 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:37.800 News Radio eight forty whas nit coffee with you. We'll 170 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:40.240 talk to Rory O'Neil coming up around five forty five, 171 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:45.839 get his thoughts on what we know about the two 172 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:51.680 mass shootings that took place yesterday. And again, it's just 173 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:55.079 crazy that here we are. That's not necessarily I mean, 174 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:57.639 it's certainly news, but it's not surprising in a way 175 00:07:57.480 --> 00:07:59.600 that it used to be many many years ago. So 176 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:03.600 yesterday it started with a deadly shooting in Reno, Nevada. 177 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:06.720 It was yesterday morning when a gunman opened fire and 178 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:09.920 I guess one of Reno's biggest casinos, that left three 179 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:13.839 people dead and three others injured. It took place just 180 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:17.360 after sunrise at the Grand Sea Era Resort in Reno. 181 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:21.319 And then, of course, yesterday afternoon, a horrifying mass shooting 182 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:24.720 in midtown Manhattan. I guess this was more so towards 183 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:28.720 the evening, but a lone gunman stormed into an office 184 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:32.559 tower forty four story building, killed four people, including an 185 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:36.960 NYPD officer, critically injured another before taking his own life. 186 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:41.799 And this building featured. The tenants in this building, one 187 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:44.960 of them is the NFL, and it certainly sounds like 188 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:48.480 he was there because of the NFL. Don't know what 189 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:52.159 his ultimate intentions were, if he followed through with what 190 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:53.960 he wanted to do before taking his own. 191 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:54.279 Life, but. 192 00:08:55.799 --> 00:09:03.600 This suspect claims that football gave him CTE and that, 193 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:06.080 of course is not a good look for the NFL. 194 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:09.080 Obviously they're you know, I'm not sure what they can 195 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:12.039 do here as far as damage control. But not a 196 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:14.200 coincidence that he was where he was real quick. This 197 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:18.480 is the This is the NYPD commissioner discussing this yesterday. 198 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:22.320 The building security camera footage shows the shooter enter the lobby, 199 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:26.840 turn right and immediately opened fire on an NYPD officer. 200 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:30.399 He then shoots a woman who took cover behind a 201 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:34.919 pillar and proceeds through the lobby, spraying it with gunfire. 202 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:38.679 He makes his way to the elevator bank, where he 203 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:42.320 shoots a security guard who was taking cover behind the 204 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:43.200 security desk. 205 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:48.200 So one NPD officer was killed, was off duty but 206 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:50.799 was working private security. Another tenant in this building is 207 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:53.840 a Blackstone, and one of their executives was shot and 208 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:57.279 killed in the lobby there, and one NFL employee was 209 00:09:57.320 --> 00:10:00.639 critically injured. So four people dead, including the suspect. And 210 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:03.919 in his in his pocket there was a note that 211 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:07.759 referenced him having CTE in blaming the NFL. The note 212 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:10.639 cited Terry Long, who's a former Steeler player. He died 213 00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:14.519 by suicide after suffering CTE. This was years back, and 214 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:18.679 this this this says, football gave me CTE. 215 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:22.120 You can't go against the NFL. They'll they'll squash you. 216 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:25.840 And this this suspect did request his brain be studied 217 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:29.600 and apologized to somebody named Rick that was what was 218 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:32.879 in this note, that that was in this letter, that 219 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:35.720 was in his pocket. So a guy who drove across country, 220 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:39.120 uh to to to to do this, and clearly he 221 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:41.879 had a plan. And you just never, I mean you 222 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:45.159 never imagine, you know, somehow, finding out that you may 223 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:48.519 have crossed paths with this individual as he drove from 224 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:51.919 Las Vegas to New York to carry out something heinous 225 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:52.279 like this. 226 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:53.600 Just just awful. 227 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:55.840 All right, we've got another update of tracking and weather 228 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:58.919 coming your way. Bobby Ellis will get us caught up 229 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:00.639 on how the traffic has look and so far this 230 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:02.679 morning here in Kentucky, Ina. As we get a Tuesday 231 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:06.519 morning started, we'll get the latest with Matt Melosovich. When 232 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:08.679 it comes to the forecast today, I can tell you though, 233 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:11.879 I'm gonna steal the thunder. It's gonna be hot. I 234 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:13.320 don't know if Matt will tell you that. I'm sure 235 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:15.000 you will, but it's gonna be hot, it's gonna be gross, 236 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:15.679 so be prepared. 237 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:16.360 It's Kentucky. 238 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:19.240 It's morning news right here, Coffee and company with you 239 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:24.360 on news RADIOATE forty whas. Thank you very much, John Shannon. 240 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:26.240 It is five point thirty five here in Kentucky. INA's 241 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:28.399 morning News Coffee and Company with you. You're on news 242 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:32.240 radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee. That's me the company man, 243 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:37.679 John Alden alongside today. So the other mass shooting that 244 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:40.879 took place yesterday, we talked about some of the details 245 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:44.120 with the the awful situation in New York City, but 246 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:48.679 the other took place yesterday morning in Reno, Nevada. And 247 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:50.919 it doesn't look as if we know the identity of 248 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:55.279 the of the suspect here. But here here's what happened. 249 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:57.799 A This is in Reno, Nevada, right outside of the 250 00:11:57.879 --> 00:12:01.720 Grand Sierra Casino as esterday morning, a gunman open fire 251 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:04.320 outside of that huge casino. I think it's one of 252 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:07.919 the biggest in Reno. Three people dead, three injured, and 253 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:11.960 it unfolded just after sunrise there and it occurred seven 254 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:15.279 twenty five am in the valley area of that resort. 255 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:18.480 Three people killed again, three people injured, including the suspect 256 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:21.519 who is not dead but was taken to the hospital. 257 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:25.080 And only description we have is that that it is 258 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:28.480 an adult male and he was shot by police during 259 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:36.120 the arrest. So just another awful situation that surprised you know, unfortunately, 260 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:38.600 is no longer a surprise when you see these kind 261 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:42.679 of things that end up in the news. So two 262 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:46.200 of those things occurred yesterday, and that'll of course be 263 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:49.600 I think, a big topic nationally, just as even though 264 00:12:49.639 --> 00:12:52.840 it's not as surprising as it as it used to be, unfortunately, 265 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:54.960 I mean, it's still news and it's still something that's 266 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:55.840 going to get a lot of attention. 267 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:57.360 All right, So. 268 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:01.360 I guess this would be considered the you know, the 269 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:05.320 good news, good news, bad news situation. And let me 270 00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:07.159 ask John, if somebody says, hey, you want the good 271 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:09.480 news or the bad news first, are you somebody that says, 272 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:10.480 give me the bad news first? 273 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:12.960 Or do you do you care? It really depends on 274 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:14.279 how I think. 275 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:15.559 I'm usually give me the bad news. 276 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:19.240 Okay, I'm gonna give you two different traffic situations. 277 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:21.360 One is good, one is bad. What do you want 278 00:13:21.360 --> 00:13:21.879 the bad first? 279 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:22.960 Go and give me the bad. 280 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:24.679 Okay, I'll give you the bad. That's what you ask for, 281 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:28.360 That's what you're gonna get. The Kennedy Bridge lane closures 282 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:30.759 are not are not stopping, They're not going anywhere. They're 283 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:35.120 gonna be ongoing, and that that is probably not ideal 284 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:37.440 for a lot of people. So I sixty five south 285 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:41.240 on the Kennedy Bridge when you cross from Indiana to Louisville. 286 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:44.720 The right three lanes and the right shoulder are still closed. 287 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:49.559 A temporary fourth lane closure took place yesterday from nine 288 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:53.039 am to three pm to I guess install barrier walls. 289 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:55.759 So from not I gather these barrier walls are going 290 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:58.759 to be in place to where there's a barrier there, 291 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:01.000 to where you know that those other they're just gonna 292 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:02.080 be off limits for a while. 293 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:03.559 Well they get worked on us suppose. 294 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:07.000 So this is part of that seven million dollar project 295 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:08.840 to replace those expansion joints. 296 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:10.039 We talked about it last week. 297 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:11.720 I don't know what an expansion joint does, but if 298 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:14.279 you told me they need to be repaired or replaced, 299 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:17.000 I'm gonna I'm gonna trust you because that sounds pretty 300 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:19.360 important to you know, a bridge that thousands of people 301 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:20.480 cross every day. 302 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:22.919 So that's not a good thing. 303 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:25.399 But we'll get through. We always do, right, And what 304 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:27.639 are you gonna do? I mean, you got to get 305 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:29.480 from point A to point B and unfortunately a lot 306 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:32.480 of people they have to take that bridge every day. Now, 307 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:35.360 the good news is the work that was taking place 308 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:39.039 around Hospital Curve. They finished early, so that's the good news. John, 309 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:41.440 I was sixty five south that hospital curve that was 310 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:44.320 I don't know what the timeline was initially, but it 311 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:46.960 is being reported that they got that done early. So 312 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:51.639 they they expected some big time delays and it it didn't. 313 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:54.120 It didn't happen, so I mean, maybe, well, I guess 314 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:56.480 there were some big time delays over the weekend, but 315 00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:59.559 again they ended up getting it done a little early, 316 00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:02.360 so and that's the good news. So I oftentimes need 317 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:05.919 to remind myself that I rarely ever hit traffic to 318 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:08.720 a point where I need to, you know, worry about 319 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:11.240 getting any road rage because I'm impatient like a lot 320 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:13.159 of people, and I don't I probably shouldn't even joke, 321 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:15.919 because road rage is a really a legitimate thing where people, 322 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:18.600 you know, sometimes lose their life and whatnot. So I've 323 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:21.000 never gotten to that point. But you know, traffic sucks, 324 00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:22.600 right Who likes who likes traffic? 325 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:23.080 Nobody? 326 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:26.480 The only possible benefit of being in a traffic jam 327 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:28.600 would be that you get a longer experience with us 328 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:30.639 in the mornings. That's the only that's the only thing 329 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:31.960 I got for you that can make it to where 330 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:35.200 it's not as bad. But I rarely have ever had 331 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:38.360 any issue with traffic as far as like my daily commute. 332 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:40.679 Obviously there can be construction, there can be recks that 333 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:43.559 will hold you up. That happens to everybody, but as 334 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:46.679 far as just any any schedule that I've had and 335 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:50.240 any job that I've had has usually been pretty smooth 336 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:53.720 as far as I've been able to avoid what I 337 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:56.679 guess you call typical rush hour traffic. We certainly don't 338 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:58.120 get that on our way in in the mornings, do we. 339 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:01.399 John it's a ghost town, yeah, which is kind of 340 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:04.480 cool in a way. And there are some times where 341 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:06.200 I notice more cars and I'm like, what's going on? 342 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:06.720 Why are there? 343 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:09.919 In fact I had I did not change This is 344 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:11.799 just this speaks to me being a procrastinator. 345 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:12.519 I did not. 346 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:16.159 Change the clock in my car, and it doesn't do 347 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:21.200 it automatically, so my if you go to my vehicle 348 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:24.159 right now and turn it on, it doesn't say. 349 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:25.840 That it's five forty. It says that it's six forty. 350 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:28.360 And I had a brief moment of panic because I 351 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:30.639 noticed more people on the roadways last week than usual, 352 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:33.200 not like anything crazy and then I looked at my 353 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:35.360 clock and I had that brief, brief moment of like, 354 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:36.879 oh my god, I'm an hour late for work. And 355 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:39.759 you know, luckily it end up being okay. But yeah, 356 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:42.120 I'm thankful that I don't sit in a lot of traffic, 357 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:44.120 because I'm sure a lot of people do. And that's 358 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:46.519 another thing that I that I don't often think about. 359 00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:49.840 But there are people who don't live in the Louisville 360 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:50.519 metro area. 361 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:52.759 They may live forty five. 362 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:55.080 Minutes to an hour outside of Louisll rather that be 363 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:59.000 in Kentucky somewhere or Indiana. And and you know, even 364 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:01.480 when there's not traffic, they got a long haul just 365 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:04.200 to get to work. Because obviously a lot of places 366 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:06.079 on the outskirts of Louisville, a lot of people who 367 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:09.079 live there work in this big city of Louisville, Kentucky. 368 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:12.400 So anyways, traffic sucks. But again, look at it on 369 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:13.839 the bright side. If you're in traffic right now, which 370 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:17.119 I don't believe you are, you get a longer experience 371 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:19.160 with us here Coffee and Company. All Right, we're gonna 372 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:21.039 talk to Rory O'Neal of NBC News on the other side, 373 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:23.279 but first let's get another update on the roadways with 374 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:25.559 Bobby Ellis. We'll get a look at Matt Melosvitch's forecast 375 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:28.279 from wokhy right here on Kentucky and this morning News 376 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:31.440 Coffee and Company with You on News Radio eight forty whas. 377 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:35.319 This is Kentucky and is Morning News with Coffee and 378 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:39.640 Company here on news Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee 379 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:41.720 with You, and I am joined by Rory O'Neal of 380 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:46.000 NBC News. Let's talk healthcare. Rory, some states clearly are 381 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:49.640 much better in that regard than others. How does our 382 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:53.319 wonderful state of Kentucky do. I'm going to assume it's 383 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:56.079 not great, But that's me just that's my nature. Is 384 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:58.599 that preparing for the preparing for the worst news and 385 00:17:58.599 --> 00:18:00.240 hoping you're gonna give me good news. 386 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:02.920 Well, if not the worst, so let's start to go. 387 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:05.599 So that's okay. So that's you know, better than it 388 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:08.559 could be. And actually one of the places where Kentucky 389 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:11.680 ranks among the top ten in the nation is the 390 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:15.200 access to healthcare. That would include dentists, by the way, 391 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:18.240 so that comes in number ten in the survey. But overall, 392 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:22.519 wallet Hub ranks Kentucky's healthcare at forty third out of 393 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:26.519 fifty one including Washington, DC, So not a great number, 394 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:30.599 but again improved to health Yeah, access to healthcare was strong. 395 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:36.279 The other two are costs the rank at forty three 396 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:40.920 and the outcomes rank came in at forty six. So look, 397 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:43.160 this is a continuing issue for the United States. We 398 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:46.200 spent an awful lot on healthcare, more per capita than 399 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:52.960 any other country on the planet. But our lifespans, though, 400 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.720 are not necessarily longer, and more and more of us 401 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:58.839