Speaker 1: All right, good morning, welcome in Happy Tuesday. It is
Speaker 1: Kentucky and his morning news here on News Radio eight
Speaker 1: forty whas Coffee and Company. I'm Nick Coffee and I've
Speaker 1: got some company with me. The team is here. Scott
Speaker 1: Fitzgerald alongside John Alden. He's here. He's in fact the
Speaker 1: reason we're on the air. He's the guy that's working
Speaker 1: his magic in the control room. And of course John
Speaker 1: Shannon alongside today as we take you up till nine
Speaker 1: o'clock gets you started here on a hot, hot Tuesday.
Speaker 1: Hopefully you enjoyed some Bob Seeker there. As I was
Speaker 1: scrambling around the studio, which this is the first time
Speaker 1: this show started, and I realized, oh one, I didn't
Speaker 1: have my earbuds unwrapped, because sometimes they get all tangled
Speaker 1: up and it's a pain in the ass, to be
Speaker 1: honest with you, to get him untangled. And then I
Speaker 1: didn't have an adapter that we need for these for
Speaker 1: these headphones and Scott, those things are it's like hitting
Speaker 1: the lottery when you find one, right it is.
Speaker 2: It's for those that don't understand a little inside baseball.
Speaker 2: We have to have a special jack for some of
Speaker 2: the headphones to your point. And when I used to
Speaker 2: come in on Saturday and I couldn't find one, I'm like,
Speaker 2: oh my god, where do these?
Speaker 3: And I asked the boss, I said, can we get
Speaker 3: some more of these? Can we get these?
Speaker 4: They're not that expensive, they must be really hard to find. Well,
Speaker 4: if we still had.
Speaker 3: A radio shack that we could go and we go
Speaker 3: grab them from radio.
Speaker 4: Or a radio shack.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know if they're actually dead. Maybe I
Speaker 1: killed them. I'm not sure, but I haven't seen one
Speaker 1: in a long time.
Speaker 2: But it is frustrating when it only seems to happen
Speaker 2: like right when you get ready to go in the air.
Speaker 1: Sure, look, it's my fault. I should have looked beforehand.
Speaker 1: But we've got a busy show today and I'm just
Speaker 1: trying to get get caught up on. Unfortunately, what the
Speaker 1: two biggest stories are nationally two mass shootings that took
Speaker 1: place yesterday, one in midtown Manhattan and another one that
Speaker 1: took place in Reno, Nevado at a casino. So those,
Speaker 1: of course will be big things that you hear about
Speaker 1: throughout not just this show, but obviously throughout the day,
Speaker 1: because again, how about this just not really being that
Speaker 1: big of a shock. These kind of things happen way
Speaker 1: too often. Anytime it happens is a tragedy. But I
Speaker 1: thought about it right whenever I was just eating more
Speaker 1: details on the Reno, Nevada shooting that took place yesterday morning.
Speaker 1: This actually this was before the one in New York City.
Speaker 1: But if you are like, this happens here in this
Speaker 1: country at a different rate substantially than other countries that
Speaker 1: we would consider to be somewhat peers with us, if
Speaker 1: that makes sense, And I just I thought about their
Speaker 1: person like their view of us, right, like when they
Speaker 1: I mean that they probably think like when when when
Speaker 1: America comes to mind. I'm sure there's a lot of
Speaker 1: things that they think of, but like this has got
Speaker 1: to be one of them, right because this just this
Speaker 1: is this is.
Speaker 4: Again not an unusual story.
Speaker 2: Unfortunately, there is a little bit of that wild wild
Speaker 2: West when folks think of America now and not in
Speaker 2: the positive light the way we we sort of glamorized
Speaker 2: it in our past.
Speaker 3: And it happens, but it also you know, it's happened,
Speaker 3: and we've seen this.
Speaker 2: In places like Norway before, we've seen it in Germany,
Speaker 2: but the US is gonna carry that on there of course,
Speaker 2: facade that this is kind of what happens here.
Speaker 4: I ended up.
Speaker 1: I ended up in a Reddit threat a while back,
Speaker 1: and I don't really know how I got there, and
Speaker 1: I didn't spend a lot of time there because it
Speaker 1: was a pretty sad, toxic place on the Internet, which
Speaker 1: there's a lot of toxic places on the Internet, and
Speaker 1: it was just a culture smack off, if you will,
Speaker 1: where people from other countries were doing their best insult
Speaker 1: of other countries as far as just their perception of
Speaker 1: people who live here and live there, and for America,
Speaker 1: I mean, the low hanging fruit as far as other
Speaker 1: countries as far as just making fun of us was
Speaker 1: how fat we are, and mass shootings and then school
Speaker 1: shootings kind of mixed in there as well. And I'd
Speaker 1: never really look, I'm clearly proud to be an American,
Speaker 1: wouldn't want to live in any other country. There's a
Speaker 1: lot of there's no better country than this one. But
Speaker 1: it was just the first time I'd really thought about
Speaker 1: how other countries view us in our culture, and again
Speaker 1: that was something designated for them to think of awful things.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of great things, but I'd never really
Speaker 1: thought about it until then. And now anytime there's a
Speaker 1: story like this, doesn't take long for me to at
Speaker 1: least go back to that threat and think, well, at
Speaker 1: least you know they're at least we're I mean, we're
Speaker 1: giving them, we're giving them examples for them to rector
Speaker 1: revents that you know, And I think.
Speaker 3: You said it best.
Speaker 2: Low hanging fruit is having lived overseas, I've seen some
Speaker 2: pretty ugly things all your countries, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2: But that's why I'm glad you said that low hanging fruit,
Speaker 2: because that's what people grab for. That's the impression that
Speaker 2: we have. Now we have to live with it, we
Speaker 2: have to deal with it. And like you said, unfortunately
Speaker 2: two incidents yesterday you pointed out to me the violence
Speaker 2: in Cincinnati yes for the weekend, which was insane. That
Speaker 2: actually happened the night before we got up there. I
Speaker 2: fortunately my wife didn't see before her anxiety would have
Speaker 2: been through the roof on too.
Speaker 4: It's right, be honest, it's sad.
Speaker 2: To see all this unfold, But like you said, it's
Speaker 2: low hanging fruit for folks.
Speaker 1: For those who don't know what Scott's referring to there
Speaker 1: was some real awful violence in Cincinnati where and I
Speaker 1: guess context details still still not fully clear, but just
Speaker 1: people just randomly getting completely just assaulted. And you know,
Speaker 1: just the visual of it is just.
Speaker 3: The visuals horrible.
Speaker 2: You showed it to me, and I usually don't get
Speaker 2: too crazy upset about that stuff that's wrong.
Speaker 4: At so many levels.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I'm sure that story won't go away because
Speaker 1: a lot of folks in Cincinnati were thinking, Okay, why
Speaker 1: is nobody addressing this?
Speaker 4: And now they are as they should. So all right, fellas,
Speaker 4: let's have it Tuesday, shall we. Let's do it.
Speaker 1: We've got an update of travicking weather coming your way.
Speaker 1: It is Kentucky and his Morning News, Coffee and Company
Speaker 1: right here on news radio waight forty Whas. When I
Speaker 1: pulled out of my driveway this morning at about three
Speaker 1: three forty five ish, didn't take long. Probably by the
Speaker 1: time I got to the end of my street, AC
Speaker 1: was on full blast. That's how disgusting this heat wave is.
Speaker 1: And I use the word disgusting, and some may say
Speaker 1: that's a little bit dramatic, but to me it is.
Speaker 1: It is in fact disgusting and anytime I complain about
Speaker 1: the weather on a platform like news radio eight forty
Speaker 1: whas I instantly realize, well, I'm talking to people who
Speaker 1: may actually have to be out working in these conditions
Speaker 1: all day, which is dangerous. To be real, that's not
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't say that to just sympathize with you.
Speaker 1: I mean it's quite literally dangerous to be outdoors in
Speaker 1: this kind of weather, this kind of heat, with this humidity,
Speaker 1: if you're not hydrating and following what you need to
Speaker 1: follow in order to be safe. But I'm curious, if
Speaker 1: you are somebody that is clearly much tougher than me,
Speaker 1: you'd say, I've got soft hands, what is the most
Speaker 1: important thing to making it work to where you can
Speaker 1: you know, you can get through a work shift in
Speaker 1: this kind of heat, in these kind of conditions, And obviously,
Speaker 1: like hydrating, I would imagine is the obvious one. A
Speaker 1: but outside of that is there's something that you have
Speaker 1: found to be really really important to getting through a
Speaker 1: really really hot and humid work day that maybe would
Speaker 1: surprise the soft hand folks like myself who just aren't
Speaker 1: built as tough as you. I'm curious can tell us
Speaker 1: on the talkback feature within the iHeart Radio app. So
Speaker 1: if you use that, if you listen to the show
Speaker 1: on the talkback, just click that microphone button on the
Speaker 1: ihet radio app and you can you can share with
Speaker 1: us whatever it is. And I'm curious to not only learn,
Speaker 1: but also maybe we can we can inform some other folks.
Speaker 4: Maybe we can help you get.
Speaker 1: Through those brutal hot days working in heat like this,
Speaker 1: because maybe others will provide some good info that can
Speaker 1: help you. Don't be a gatekeeper here, now, let's let's
Speaker 1: help people get through what I would imagine would be
Speaker 1: a brutal, brutal work shift. All Right, it's five eighteen
Speaker 1: here at Kentucky and it's morning News Coffee and Company
Speaker 1: News Radio eight forty whas nit coffee with you. We'll
Speaker 1: talk to Rory O'Neil coming up around five forty five,
Speaker 1: get his thoughts on what we know about the two
Speaker 1: mass shootings that took place yesterday. And again, it's just
Speaker 1: crazy that here we are. That's not necessarily I mean,
Speaker 1: it's certainly news, but it's not surprising in a way
Speaker 1: that it used to be many many years ago. So
Speaker 1: yesterday it started with a deadly shooting in Reno, Nevada.
Speaker 1: It was yesterday morning when a gunman opened fire and
Speaker 1: I guess one of Reno's biggest casinos, that left three
Speaker 1: people dead and three others injured. It took place just
Speaker 1: after sunrise at the Grand Sea Era Resort in Reno.
Speaker 1: And then, of course, yesterday afternoon, a horrifying mass shooting
Speaker 1: in midtown Manhattan. I guess this was more so towards
Speaker 1: the evening, but a lone gunman stormed into an office
Speaker 1: tower forty four story building, killed four people, including an
Speaker 1: NYPD officer, critically injured another before taking his own life.
Speaker 1: And this building featured. The tenants in this building, one
Speaker 1: of them is the NFL, and it certainly sounds like
Speaker 1: he was there because of the NFL. Don't know what
Speaker 1: his ultimate intentions were, if he followed through with what
Speaker 1: he wanted to do before taking his own.
Speaker 4: Life, but.
Speaker 1: This suspect claims that football gave him CTE and that,
Speaker 1: of course is not a good look for the NFL.
Speaker 1: Obviously they're you know, I'm not sure what they can
Speaker 1: do here as far as damage control. But not a
Speaker 1: coincidence that he was where he was real quick. This
Speaker 1: is the This is the NYPD commissioner discussing this yesterday.
Speaker 5: The building security camera footage shows the shooter enter the lobby,
Speaker 5: turn right and immediately opened fire on an NYPD officer.
Speaker 5: He then shoots a woman who took cover behind a
Speaker 5: pillar and proceeds through the lobby, spraying it with gunfire.
Speaker 5: He makes his way to the elevator bank, where he
Speaker 5: shoots a security guard who was taking cover behind the
Speaker 5: security desk.
Speaker 1: So one NPD officer was killed, was off duty but
Speaker 1: was working private security. Another tenant in this building is
Speaker 1: a Blackstone, and one of their executives was shot and
Speaker 1: killed in the lobby there, and one NFL employee was
Speaker 1: critically injured. So four people dead, including the suspect. And
Speaker 1: in his in his pocket there was a note that
Speaker 1: referenced him having CTE in blaming the NFL. The note
Speaker 1: cited Terry Long, who's a former Steeler player. He died
Speaker 1: by suicide after suffering CTE. This was years back, and
Speaker 1: this this this says, football gave me CTE.
Speaker 4: You can't go against the NFL. They'll they'll squash you.
Speaker 1: And this this suspect did request his brain be studied
Speaker 1: and apologized to somebody named Rick that was what was
Speaker 1: in this note, that that was in this letter, that
Speaker 1: was in his pocket. So a guy who drove across country,
Speaker 1: uh to to to to do this, and clearly he
Speaker 1: had a plan. And you just never, I mean you
Speaker 1: never imagine, you know, somehow, finding out that you may
Speaker 1: have crossed paths with this individual as he drove from
Speaker 1: Las Vegas to New York to carry out something heinous
Speaker 1: like this.
Speaker 4: Just just awful.
Speaker 1: All right, we've got another update of tracking and weather
Speaker 1: coming your way. Bobby Ellis will get us caught up
Speaker 1: on how the traffic has look and so far this
Speaker 1: morning here in Kentucky, Ina. As we get a Tuesday
Speaker 1: morning started, we'll get the latest with Matt Melosovich. When
Speaker 1: it comes to the forecast today, I can tell you though,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna steal the thunder. It's gonna be hot. I
Speaker 1: don't know if Matt will tell you that. I'm sure
Speaker 1: you will, but it's gonna be hot, it's gonna be gross,
Speaker 1: so be prepared.
Speaker 4: It's Kentucky.
Speaker 1: It's morning news right here, Coffee and company with you
Speaker 1: on news RADIOATE forty whas. Thank you very much, John Shannon.
Speaker 1: It is five point thirty five here in Kentucky. INA's
Speaker 1: morning News Coffee and Company with you. You're on news
Speaker 1: radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee. That's me the company man,
Speaker 1: John Alden alongside today. So the other mass shooting that
Speaker 1: took place yesterday, we talked about some of the details
Speaker 1: with the the awful situation in New York City, but
Speaker 1: the other took place yesterday morning in Reno, Nevada. And
Speaker 1: it doesn't look as if we know the identity of
Speaker 1: the of the suspect here. But here here's what happened.
Speaker 1: A This is in Reno, Nevada, right outside of the
Speaker 1: Grand Sierra Casino as esterday morning, a gunman open fire
Speaker 1: outside of that huge casino. I think it's one of
Speaker 1: the biggest in Reno. Three people dead, three injured, and
Speaker 1: it unfolded just after sunrise there and it occurred seven
Speaker 1: twenty five am in the valley area of that resort.
Speaker 1: Three people killed again, three people injured, including the suspect
Speaker 1: who is not dead but was taken to the hospital.
Speaker 1: And only description we have is that that it is
Speaker 1: an adult male and he was shot by police during
Speaker 1: the arrest. So just another awful situation that surprised you know, unfortunately,
Speaker 1: is no longer a surprise when you see these kind
Speaker 1: of things that end up in the news. So two
Speaker 1: of those things occurred yesterday, and that'll of course be
Speaker 1: I think, a big topic nationally, just as even though
Speaker 1: it's not as surprising as it as it used to be, unfortunately,
Speaker 1: I mean, it's still news and it's still something that's
Speaker 1: going to get a lot of attention.
Speaker 4: All right, So.
Speaker 1: I guess this would be considered the you know, the
Speaker 1: good news, good news, bad news situation. And let me
Speaker 1: ask John, if somebody says, hey, you want the good
Speaker 1: news or the bad news first, are you somebody that says,
Speaker 1: give me the bad news first?
Speaker 4: Or do you do you care? It really depends on
Speaker 4: how I think.
Speaker 3: I'm usually give me the bad news.
Speaker 1: Okay, I'm gonna give you two different traffic situations.
Speaker 4: One is good, one is bad. What do you want
Speaker 4: the bad first?
Speaker 3: Go and give me the bad.
Speaker 1: Okay, I'll give you the bad. That's what you ask for,
Speaker 1: That's what you're gonna get. The Kennedy Bridge lane closures
Speaker 1: are not are not stopping, They're not going anywhere. They're
Speaker 1: gonna be ongoing, and that that is probably not ideal
Speaker 1: for a lot of people. So I sixty five south
Speaker 1: on the Kennedy Bridge when you cross from Indiana to Louisville.
Speaker 1: The right three lanes and the right shoulder are still closed.
Speaker 1: A temporary fourth lane closure took place yesterday from nine
Speaker 1: am to three pm to I guess install barrier walls.
Speaker 1: So from not I gather these barrier walls are going
Speaker 1: to be in place to where there's a barrier there,
Speaker 1: to where you know that those other they're just gonna
Speaker 1: be off limits for a while.
Speaker 4: Well they get worked on us suppose.
Speaker 1: So this is part of that seven million dollar project
Speaker 1: to replace those expansion joints.
Speaker 4: We talked about it last week.
Speaker 1: I don't know what an expansion joint does, but if
Speaker 1: you told me they need to be repaired or replaced,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna trust you because that sounds pretty
Speaker 1: important to you know, a bridge that thousands of people
Speaker 1: cross every day.
Speaker 4: So that's not a good thing.
Speaker 1: But we'll get through. We always do, right, And what
Speaker 1: are you gonna do? I mean, you got to get
Speaker 1: from point A to point B and unfortunately a lot
Speaker 1: of people they have to take that bridge every day. Now,
Speaker 1: the good news is the work that was taking place
Speaker 1: around Hospital Curve. They finished early, so that's the good news. John,
Speaker 1: I was sixty five south that hospital curve that was
Speaker 1: I don't know what the timeline was initially, but it
Speaker 1: is being reported that they got that done early. So
Speaker 1: they they expected some big time delays and it it didn't.
Speaker 1: It didn't happen, so I mean, maybe, well, I guess
Speaker 1: there were some big time delays over the weekend, but
Speaker 1: again they ended up getting it done a little early,
Speaker 1: so and that's the good news. So I oftentimes need
Speaker 1: to remind myself that I rarely ever hit traffic to
Speaker 1: a point where I need to, you know, worry about
Speaker 1: getting any road rage because I'm impatient like a lot
Speaker 1: of people, and I don't I probably shouldn't even joke,
Speaker 1: because road rage is a really a legitimate thing where people,
Speaker 1: you know, sometimes lose their life and whatnot. So I've
Speaker 1: never gotten to that point. But you know, traffic sucks,
Speaker 1: right Who likes who likes traffic?
Speaker 4: Nobody?
Speaker 1: The only possible benefit of being in a traffic jam
Speaker 1: would be that you get a longer experience with us
Speaker 1: in the mornings. That's the only that's the only thing
Speaker 1: I got for you that can make it to where
Speaker 1: it's not as bad. But I rarely have ever had
Speaker 1: any issue with traffic as far as like my daily commute.
Speaker 1: Obviously there can be construction, there can be recks that
Speaker 1: will hold you up. That happens to everybody, but as
Speaker 1: far as just any any schedule that I've had and
Speaker 1: any job that I've had has usually been pretty smooth
Speaker 1: as far as I've been able to avoid what I
Speaker 1: guess you call typical rush hour traffic. We certainly don't
Speaker 1: get that on our way in in the mornings, do we.
Speaker 1: John it's a ghost town, yeah, which is kind of
Speaker 1: cool in a way. And there are some times where
Speaker 1: I notice more cars and I'm like, what's going on?
Speaker 4: Why are there?
Speaker 1: In fact I had I did not change This is
Speaker 1: just this speaks to me being a procrastinator.
Speaker 4: I did not.
Speaker 1: Change the clock in my car, and it doesn't do
Speaker 1: it automatically, so my if you go to my vehicle
Speaker 1: right now and turn it on, it doesn't say.
Speaker 4: That it's five forty. It says that it's six forty.
Speaker 1: And I had a brief moment of panic because I
Speaker 1: noticed more people on the roadways last week than usual,
Speaker 1: not like anything crazy and then I looked at my
Speaker 1: clock and I had that brief, brief moment of like,
Speaker 1: oh my god, I'm an hour late for work. And
Speaker 1: you know, luckily it end up being okay. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm thankful that I don't sit in a lot of traffic,
Speaker 1: because I'm sure a lot of people do. And that's
Speaker 1: another thing that I that I don't often think about.
Speaker 1: But there are people who don't live in the Louisville
Speaker 1: metro area.
Speaker 4: They may live forty five.
Speaker 1: Minutes to an hour outside of Louisll rather that be
Speaker 1: in Kentucky somewhere or Indiana. And and you know, even
Speaker 1: when there's not traffic, they got a long haul just
Speaker 1: to get to work. Because obviously a lot of places
Speaker 1: on the outskirts of Louisville, a lot of people who
Speaker 1: live there work in this big city of Louisville, Kentucky.
Speaker 1: So anyways, traffic sucks. But again, look at it on
Speaker 1: the bright side. If you're in traffic right now, which
Speaker 1: I don't believe you are, you get a longer experience
Speaker 1: with us here Coffee and Company. All Right, we're gonna
Speaker 1: talk to Rory O'Neal of NBC News on the other side,
Speaker 1: but first let's get another update on the roadways with
Speaker 1: Bobby Ellis. We'll get a look at Matt Melosvitch's forecast
Speaker 1: from wokhy right here on Kentucky and this morning News
Speaker 1: Coffee and Company with You on News Radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 1: This is Kentucky and is Morning News with Coffee and
Speaker 1: Company here on news Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee
Speaker 1: with You, and I am joined by Rory O'Neal of
Speaker 1: NBC News. Let's talk healthcare. Rory, some states clearly are
Speaker 1: much better in that regard than others. How does our
Speaker 1: wonderful state of Kentucky do. I'm going to assume it's
Speaker 1: not great, But that's me just that's my nature. Is
Speaker 1: that preparing for the preparing for the worst news and
Speaker 1: hoping you're gonna give me good news.
Speaker 6: Well, if not the worst, so let's start to go.
Speaker 6: So that's okay. So that's you know, better than it
Speaker 6: could be. And actually one of the places where Kentucky
Speaker 6: ranks among the top ten in the nation is the
Speaker 6: access to healthcare. That would include dentists, by the way,
Speaker 6: so that comes in number ten in the survey. But overall,
Speaker 6: wallet Hub ranks Kentucky's healthcare at forty third out of
Speaker 6: fifty one including Washington, DC, So not a great number,
Speaker 6: but again improved to health Yeah, access to healthcare was strong.
Speaker 6: The other two are costs the rank at forty three
Speaker 6: and the outcomes rank came in at forty six. So look,
Speaker 6: this is a continuing issue for the United States. We
Speaker 6: spent an awful lot on healthcare, more per capita than
Speaker 6: any other country on the planet. But our lifespans, though,
Speaker 6: are not necessarily longer, and more and more of us
Speaker 6: are living with chronic diseases compared to other people around
Speaker 6: the world.
Speaker 4: What stay is the best? Who do we need to
Speaker 4: model after.
Speaker 6: To emulate New Hampshire? Okay, but that one lived for
Speaker 6: or die in New Hampshire. They came in at number one,
Speaker 6: Rhode Island number two, Minnesota is third, Iowa fourth, and
Speaker 6: Massachusetts comes in at number five. And now the places
Speaker 6: you're better than well, Texas is number forty seven on
Speaker 6: the list than Georgia, Alabama, Alaska, and dead last at
Speaker 6: number fifty one is Mississippi.
Speaker 1: Now what are the contributing when it comes to those
Speaker 1: that are in the you know, the bottom tier in
Speaker 1: Kentucky being one of those. I'm sure there's different factors
Speaker 1: that lead to them being ranked where they are, but
Speaker 1: is there one that is consistent? Is it one that
Speaker 1: just maybe seems to be the real root of why
Speaker 1: they struggle compared to other states.
Speaker 6: Well, take for instance, Alaska. They come in dead last,
Speaker 6: ranking fifty first when it comes to the cost of healthcare,
Speaker 6: but that you can understand rank being more remote, you
Speaker 6: got to pay doctors more to be there. But in
Speaker 6: the other two categories in terms of access to healthcare
Speaker 6: and outcome, they're sort of middle of the pack twenty
Speaker 6: seven and thirty third, So that one number on the
Speaker 6: cost of healthcare really drags it down. Meanwhile, Alabama comes
Speaker 6: in fiftieth when it comes to access to healthcare, but
Speaker 6: the cost of it is actually right in the middle
Speaker 6: of the pack, coming in twenty six. So it really
Speaker 6: can be just one of these factors that really turns
Speaker 6: things upside down.
Speaker 1: Roriyo and Nil of NBC News is our guest joining
Speaker 1: us here on news radio eight forty. Whas workers in
Speaker 1: Las Vegas are are worried as tourism and tips appear
Speaker 1: to be dropping.
Speaker 4: Is this the economy?
Speaker 1: Is this maybe just Vegas not having the same cachet
Speaker 1: that it once did. What do we know as far
Speaker 1: as why there's been a little bit of a dip here.
Speaker 6: Well, part of it is also because the Canadians are
Speaker 6: a little angry with US, okay, and that's been an
Speaker 6: issue well, and Kentucky is recognizing that too, right with
Speaker 6: a lot of the liquor sales going way down that's
Speaker 6: exported into Canada. So yeah, that's a big part of it.
Speaker 6: There are you know, the political ramifications. Can the Canadians
Speaker 6: not happy about being theft you first state, or the
Speaker 6: way these trade deals are being handled. But also in
Speaker 6: more practical terms, the Canadian dollar to the US dollar
Speaker 6: is not good if you're Canadian, so they may just
Speaker 6: be choosing other locations as well. And the issue is
Speaker 6: so many people in Vegas rely on tips. Remember Nevada
Speaker 6: is a huge swing state now in presidential elections. It's
Speaker 6: the reason that whole idea of no tax on tips
Speaker 6: came up was to try to win over that state.
Speaker 6: And President Trump did manage to carry the state of Nevada.
Speaker 6: But you've got one hundred and eighty thousand people in
Speaker 6: the metro Vegas area who work for tips, and they
Speaker 6: might be struggling right now. Is there a fewer people
Speaker 6: passing out those tips, No.
Speaker 4: Doubt about it.
Speaker 1: Rory has always appreciate the time. Enjoy your day and
Speaker 1: we'll talk soon.
Speaker 3: Thanks Neck.
Speaker 4: Take care of that is Rory O'Neil of the NBC News.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Vegas has got to be up there as far
Speaker 1: as one of the biggest transplant cities maybe in the world.
Speaker 1: And yes, if you are somebody dependent upon tips.
Speaker 4: You need people. You need people that.
Speaker 1: They're taking in everything that comes with Vegas. And I'm
Speaker 1: not a huge Vegas guy myself, but I know a
Speaker 1: lot of people that are. And apparently there's been a
Speaker 1: little bit of a dip there, but it'll get back.
Speaker 1: It's Vegas. When I think of Vegas now, other than
Speaker 1: my experience there, I think of how desperate and everybody
Speaker 1: was desperate to get back to normal life whenever we
Speaker 1: had these shutdowns because of COVID, and I just remember
Speaker 1: seeing the way they were trying to get back to
Speaker 1: normal and with all the barriers, the plastic barriers and
Speaker 1: just it was a wild time. But anyhow, good stuff
Speaker 1: from Rory. Let's take a quick time out, get you
Speaker 1: caught up on the traffic out there on the roadways.
Speaker 1: We'll get another look at Matt Melosa its forecast from
Speaker 1: Woky and then Scott will be back in with another
Speaker 1: update on sports right here on news Radio eight forty
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