WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.600 All right, let's get it started. Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome 2 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:05.040 in to Kentucky. And it's morning news here on News 3 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:07.759 Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee. 4 00:00:07.799 --> 00:00:09.640 That is me. The full crew is here. 5 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:12.839 We've got Scott Fitzgerald, John Alden, John Shannon, the crew 6 00:00:12.919 --> 00:00:16.559 has assembled and fellas, I see no reason why this 7 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:17.920 can't be a phenomenal Thursday. 8 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:20.920 Thursday's the new And who says this can't be our day? 9 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:23.359 Scott, it is our day. It's John day. John, tell 10 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:25.160 me why we can't own this day. 11 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:28.239 We absolutely will own this Thursday. I love how Also, 12 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:30.039 whenever you announce this, you let us know that we're here, 13 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:31.920 you kind of make us selling the Avengers. Whenever you 14 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:33.039 letus know the whole crew is here. 15 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:35.840 Well, of course, I mean, I believe it's my look, 16 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:39.880 it is my duty to make sure people know not 17 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:42.560 only who is here, in the significance of your presence. 18 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:44.000 That is, that's my job. 19 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:46.119 In fact, I feel like if I this is not 20 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:49.280 a career that I'll ever see myself in, but I 21 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:51.960 would be like I'm a good hype man. I don't 22 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:53.840 know if I have the personality for it, but like 23 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:55.880 I will. And John you know this one. I would 24 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:58.960 bring on guests. Sometimes I would just get slap happy 25 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:01.320 and be obnoxious, and I would introduce a guest and 26 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:04.719 I could tell they felt like, Wow, he's right. I'm 27 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:05.560 a pretty big deal. 28 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:06.920 They feel good when you bring him on. 29 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:10.239 That is a big deal in this business, is introducing 30 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:12.439 guests that will set your tone for your interview. I 31 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:14.519 can't tell you how many legends I listened to in 32 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:16.439 radio that do it that exact same. 33 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:18.719 Thing, and not only that, and I do that too, 34 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:23.280 So I'm a legend, Thank you, Scott. But there's certain 35 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:27.680 interviews that you do that you're one of, maybe five 36 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:30.599 to six in a day, sometimes depending upon the day. 37 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:33.120 If we bring on someone to discuss a national news story, 38 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:37.079 like Rory O'Neil, I mean, Rory has let me know 39 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:39.719 we're not exclusive. Like you know, he's seeing other people. 40 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:42.000 He's doing radio hits across the country and I don't 41 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:43.920 take it. It's just part of his gig. But when 42 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:46.439 you give him a question that might be a little 43 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:50.040 bit more I guess down the path of him sharing 44 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:53.200 some personality, it lights him up a little bit. 45 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:53.879 Yes, you know what I mean. 46 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:55.560 And it's not just Rory it's just a people because 47 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:58.359 it just becomes very routine. And I think, whenever you can, 48 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:00.599 and that's one of the things that I worried about 49 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:03.879 whenever I shouldn't say worried about, because I mean, it 50 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:05.519 wasn't as if I thought this would be such a 51 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:09.479 change that I couldn't be myself. But in general news 52 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:11.879 and I guess it really depends upon the format. Like 53 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:14.840 let me give you an example. I'm watching WLK wise 54 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:17.960 newscast right right behind Scott here on television. It's on 55 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:20.759 every morning. There are there are news partners, and think 56 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:23.759 about how little time they have to really put any 57 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:27.039 of their own flavor on anything. It's not opinion based 58 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:28.759 really at all. And that's just what the gig is. 59 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:32.080 And with radio, we of course do news, talk sports, 60 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:34.080 we talk about anything, and that's what gives us sort 61 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:36.360 of free rein to where we are a rare medium 62 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:38.639 when it comes to a lot of I guess, just 63 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:41.400 mediums where in which you get your news. You know, 64 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:43.639 there's not as much opportunity to kind of, you know, 65 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:45.680 put your own put your own twist on it, or. 66 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:47.240 Well it's the theater of the mind. 67 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:49.719 That's why I love baseball announcers so much because you 68 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:52.080 get somebody like Sean math at U of L he 69 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:53.719 can sit there and wax poetic by. 70 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:55.960 Himself for almost three hours straight. 71 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:58.919 And for what radio does, to your point, it forces 72 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:02.400 listeners to create image in their mind and then they 73 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:04.680 kind of to me, you have more of an intimate 74 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:08.800 relationship with the host with the people because you're not 75 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:11.639 staring at a television, you're not looking at what they're wearing. 76 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:13.879 You're not jumping around from image to image. 77 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:16.120 And for folks that may be listening in their car 78 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:17.879 and the way to work or to your point, Nick 79 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:20.680 and I had some email me a couple of years 80 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:22.360 ago that said the same thing. You know, they lay 81 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:25.919 in bed until we're done with a wrap session and 82 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:27.639 then that's when they're that's their cue to get up. 83 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:30.240 But they're probably laying there listening right now and you're. 84 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:32.599 Just kind of morning if that's you, right. 85 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:34.400 You're just kind of in that presence, and I think 86 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:36.240 you're spot out with your take there, and that is 87 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:37.879 you know, we just have free rein to kind of 88 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:39.639 entertain you and and also inform you. 89 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:43.599 Yeah, and I you know, this is one thing that 90 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:45.159 took a while for me to really get is that 91 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:48.280 there'll be people that listen just because that's what they do, 92 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:50.520 and they may not have any strong opinion one where. 93 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:50.759 Or the other. 94 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:53.759 But yeah, what we get to do is pretty awesome. 95 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:58.560 And it's five ten am, which is very early, but again, 96 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:03.120 this can be our day. We're we're probably up. We're 97 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:06.360 one of probably not very few people. But I'd say 98 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:08.039 a lot more people around here are sleeping right now 99 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:10.319 than they are awake. But if you're with us, you're 100 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:11.280 gonna have a good Thursday too. 101 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:12.719 You can get your when I find out, you get 102 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:14.599 your good folks like out at Ford, you get your 103 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:15.639 folks at eups that. 104 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:17.519 Are on their way into the third shifters ending work, 105 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:18.240 that kind of stuff. 106 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:21.560 I know so many people through this five o'clock session 107 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:24.639 that I'm still friends with some twenty years later, because 108 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:26.079 they listen at five o'clock. 109 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.000 And you can just feel that it's a different it's 110 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:30.560 a different audience than what we get at eight o'clock 111 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:33.959 and seven o'clock and Whatnotly, so let's have a day, fellas. 112 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:33.959 Shall we. 113 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:35.560 Absolutely let's do it all right. 114 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:37.720 We've got an update on trafficking weather coming your way 115 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:38.399 here in just a moment. 116 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:40.319 Also, what I want to get to in about five 117 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:43.000 minutes is we'll let you know what iHeart is doing 118 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:45.519 to help you help those that are in need in 119 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:47.720 Kerr County, Texas with the flood relief. So we'll get 120 00:04:47.720 --> 00:04:49.680 to that in a lot more. It is Kentucky and 121 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:52.439 his Morning News here on news Radio wait forty whas. 122 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:56.040 It is five point fifteen Here Kentucky and His Morning 123 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:59.279 News with Nick Coffee on news Radio eight forty whas. 124 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:01.360 Don't forget take us with you wherever you go. You 125 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:04.839 can listen live on the iHeartRadio app. Also listen live 126 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:07.879 at whas dot com. And obviously, something that we've been 127 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:11.480 talking about throughout the week is the tragic situation in 128 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:16.040 Kerr County, Texas, as they are still looking for many 129 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:18.240 people who I think a lot of folks assume at 130 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:20.879 this point did not make it, did not survive when 131 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:25.800 it comes to the just devastating floods that really I know, 132 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:28.399 unfortunately a lot of the talk has been about what 133 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:32.000 could have been done to prevent it, and those conversations 134 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:34.399 I think, in certain contexts make a ton of sense. 135 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:36.600 But some of the conversations as far as just wanting 136 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:39.759 to play the blame game here is just I mean, 137 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:42.399 it kind of leaves me speechless that even comes to mind. 138 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:45.519 But maybe I shouldn't be so surprised. Maybe I was 139 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:48.399 naive to the world prior to making the move here, which, 140 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:51.680 by the way, not to get sidetracked. But as much 141 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:54.040 as I don't like the fact that that's been as 142 00:05:54.040 --> 00:05:56.759 big of a talking point, meaning you know, is somebody 143 00:05:56.759 --> 00:05:59.920 to blame here, is this Trump's fault for removing real 144 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:02.000 sources that could have helped and all that kind of stuff. 145 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:04.560 There is a certain way to go about it and 146 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:09.120 addressing that specific thing. And man, the Governor of Texas, 147 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:11.399 I don't know how I missed this yesterday, but I 148 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:13.399 want to play for you in an analogy he made 149 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:17.399 that I thought was I thought was AI generated. I thought, wow, 150 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:19.959 AI has come a long way already, because there's no 151 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:22.000 way the Governor of Texas said this, but man, it 152 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:24.639 looks real. It turns out it was real. But anyways, 153 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:27.360 back to what I was getting at. When it comes 154 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:33.360 to the Kerr County area and really just that community, 155 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:35.959 they need help. They need help in a big way. 156 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:39.360 We're talking about countless residents that have been impacted, some 157 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:43.800 losing their life or losing loved ones. People have lost 158 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:48.759 their homes. I mean some communities have been completely changed forever. 159 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:51.759 Children are still missing. So again, the need is urgent, 160 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:54.720 and right now the communication found the Community Foundation of 161 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:57.959 the Texas Hill Country. They've launched the Kerr County Flood 162 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:01.519 Relief to support this response, relief and long term recovery 163 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:04.519 efforts for that area. So what we're doing here at 164 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:08.720 iHeart is making sure you know where to give money 165 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:10.079 if you want to give money, if you're able to 166 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:14.120 help out and support right now that community. They want 167 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:18.000 all donations to go directly towards local organizations to provide 168 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:19.160 what's needed right now. 169 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:21.920 Food, shelter, healthcare, and hope. 170 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:25.519 So join us today here at iHeart and donate to 171 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:29.879 the Kerr County Flood REALLYEF Fund at Communityfoundation dot net. 172 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:32.879 So again that is the website. Community Foundation dot net 173 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:35.399 will take you directly where you need to go in 174 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:38.800 order to make sure that what you're donating goes directly 175 00:07:38.839 --> 00:07:42.000 to those that actually need it and not scumbag scammers 176 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:46.480 who are trying to put up a fake site that 177 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:48.759 just makes it look as if you're donating to something 178 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:53.680 legit and you're not. You're just maybe making that scumbag wealthy. 179 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:58.399 So probably shouldn't give I don't know, it's double. Probably 180 00:07:58.399 --> 00:08:01.160 shouldn't give those people the attention. But then again, maybe 181 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:04.040 they need the attention. So people don't just think, well, 182 00:08:04.079 --> 00:08:07.439 surely nobody out there would try to profit off of 183 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:12.240 this tragic situation, will they? Well, they do. Unfortunately there's 184 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:15.279 a segment, I hope it's a very small segment of 185 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:20.399 society that does things like that. So again, Community Foundation 186 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:23.360 dot net. We'll talk to Rory O'Neil coming up at 187 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:25.839 five forty five of NBC News and see if you 188 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:27.480 can give us the latest as far as just to 189 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:33.279 guess where they are, as far as not necessarily getting 190 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:37.120 their lives back together, but accounting for everybody that is missing. 191 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:39.440 As we discussed yesterday with. 192 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:43.600 Rory, they're learning of more missing people sort of as 193 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:47.840 this as this moves on. So again, just a tragic 194 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:50.720 situation all the way around. All right, We've got sports 195 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:53.480 coming your way here soon. And I won't be a 196 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:55.600 liar and a phony and tell you that I'm a 197 00:08:55.639 --> 00:08:58.120 big golf fan because I'm not. But the ISCO Championship 198 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:01.399 gets under way today here at the Hirstboyne Country Club 199 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:03.600 in Louisville. Of course, it is a PGA Tour event, 200 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:06.679 and you can just feel that there's there's some big 201 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:09.559 event energy here in Louisville. Maybe that's why I'm just 202 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:12.120 feeling so good to get the Thursday started. But I 203 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:13.320 know a lot of folks are going to make their 204 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:15.600 way out there today or at some point this weekend, 205 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:18.759 and I'm hopeful that the weather cooperates because we do 206 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:21.559 a lot of things well here in Louisville. I'm biased, 207 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:24.320 but I believe it. But man, we are a big 208 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:27.960 time sports event city, and I know some people will 209 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:29.799 bring up, well, then you know, why are there empty 210 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:33.200 seats at the UMP Center? Sometimes, well that's just society. 211 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:36.639 I mean, it's pretty convenient not to go to certain games. 212 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:38.600 But when there's a big event and you can feel 213 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:41.200 that there's something that you know is not just a 214 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:44.039 random one off event. But we're talking something like this 215 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:46.720 a PGA event here here in Louisville, I think there's 216 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:49.240 gonna be a really big crowd on hand. So we'll 217 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:51.240 keep you updated as best we can on that and 218 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:53.679 keep this thing rolling along again. Scott's got an update 219 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:55.639 on sports coming your way, But first we'll take a 220 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:58.039 look at traffic with Bobby Ella's, get an update on 221 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:01.879 the forecasts from Matt Melosovitch of WLKY, and keep this 222 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:04.840 thing rolling along. It's Coffee and Company. Feel about Thornton's Actually, 223 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:07.120 I did it. I did it. It is and by 224 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:08.639 the way, we need to address that at some point 225 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:11.240 because now I've now learned that our sales team is 226 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:14.080 selling this show as Kentucky and His Morning News with 227 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:14.960 Coffee and Company. 228 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:17.159 What's the name of my show? What's the name of it? 229 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:17.919 Who are we? 230 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:18.720 What do we call this? A? 231 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:21.799 Yeah, we have an identity crisis here, all right? Stick 232 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:23.840 with us again. Trapping weather coming up right here right now, 233 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:29.320 Hot fresh and ready to go. Hell yeah, thank you, 234 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:32.200 John Shannon. Can you at least buy me dinner first? Goodness, gracious, 235 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:35.799 it's five point thirty five in the morning. But yes, hot, 236 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:37.720 fresh and ready to go. That's that's what we are 237 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:41.440 doing here. That's that's a good representation of our vibes 238 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:43.919 here at Kentucky and This Morning News on News Radio 239 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:46.200 eight forty whas Rory O and' neil set to join 240 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:49.159 us coming up in about ten minutes and I'm not 241 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:50.519 really sure where we're going to go. There's a lot 242 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:52.039 of things that could throw at Rory, and I know 243 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:55.000 he's going to be ready. But one thing that I 244 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:57.279 probably won't but I certainly think it's worth mentioning, is 245 00:10:57.399 --> 00:10:59.559 the news that we got yesterday that there have been 246 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:05.600 six Secret Service agents that have been suspended because of 247 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:08.600 their I guess, lack of doing their job when someone 248 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:11.679 attempted to assassinate Donald Trump last summer. So yeah, nearly 249 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:15.559 a year after the attempted assassination of Trump that was 250 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:18.080 in Butler, Pennsylvania, by the way, the Secret Service has 251 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:20.039 finally taken some disciplinary action. 252 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:22.600 And I guess. 253 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:26.399 Maybe this is a process that took this amount of 254 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:29.360 time to end up getting to this decision to suspend 255 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:34.399 six Secret Servance agents, six Secret Service agents without pay. 256 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:35.759 But I don't know. 257 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:39.320 To me, it seems like it's again I don't know 258 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:43.000 the process that goes into investigating this internally and then 259 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:45.120 determining if you're going to have a punishment or not. 260 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:47.639 But the suspensions are going to range from ten to 261 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:51.200 forty two days, and again it's following an internal review 262 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:57.159 into major security failures. So these suspensions are personnel that 263 00:11:57.240 --> 00:12:02.519 include supervisors and agents from counter snipers, and then just 264 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:05.159 I guess a team that they call the Site Advanced Team. 265 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:09.399 So the Homeland Security report from the end of last 266 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:13.399 year painted the picture is this the shooter was apparently 267 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:17.720 spotted twenty minutes before firing, and no local police were warned. 268 00:12:17.960 --> 00:12:21.320 There was no evacuation or stage lockdown that was initiated, 269 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:27.679 and obviously that's an issue. So the victims families, they've 270 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:30.000 been on record saying that I get that this punishment 271 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:33.039 is a step forward, but they're requesting more of a 272 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:37.840 culture shift and overhaul essentially within the agency. Now, one 273 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:40.000 thing I didn't realize, but I'm not totally surprised that 274 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:43.679 the names of these suspended agents are going to remain classified, 275 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:47.159 and that's just protocol that's for security reasons within the 276 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:53.559 Secret Service. But I don't know if is that something 277 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:57.919 that it's a balancing act here, because I think there 278 00:12:57.960 --> 00:13:00.639 are certain things that you just regardless if it's for 279 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:02.519 any reason, when it comes to the Secret Service, I 280 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:08.440 think discretion is certainly important, and also it's just something 281 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:11.200 that you just assume in a way, because again it's 282 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:15.120 the Secret Service. Quite literally, the name Secret is in 283 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:18.159 the Secret Service, therefore keeping things secret if it's part 284 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:20.440 of it. However, I also think the Secret Service is 285 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:26.000 an agency that transparency is certainly appreciated by those that 286 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:27.240 you know, realize what. 287 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:29.559 The Secret Service actually is and what it is that 288 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:29.840 they do. 289 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:33.240 And I'm not saying that these agents should be outed 290 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:37.559 and we need all their information. It's just when this 291 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:39.799 day and age, it's hard for anything to remain private, 292 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:43.679 even if that's protocol. Now, maybe the Secret Service is 293 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:45.679 the kind of agency that could keep something private this 294 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:46.360 day and age. 295 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:49.080 But I wouldn't be shocked at all if we find out. 296 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:52.080 In the next maybe it's even out there now. I 297 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:54.960 just haven't seen it that, like somebody has has leaked 298 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:57.320 who these people are in some form or fashion. And 299 00:13:57.399 --> 00:14:00.360 that's where it does get risky, because I mean, this 300 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:03.320 is in no way a political opinion, because there are 301 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:04.720 lunatics on. 302 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:05.679 All sides of politics. 303 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:09.919 But if you like, again, nothing should shock us this 304 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:12.480 day and age really with anything, right, I mean, just 305 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:14.480 think about where we are here in twenty twenty five. 306 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:16.480 And I don't mean that to sound so negative as 307 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:18.679 if like the world has gone to hell, but there've 308 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:20.600 just been things that have taken place in the last 309 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:24.600 I don't know decade, that just almost don't seem real. 310 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:29.919 But anyhow, if someone is just that obsessed with Trump, 311 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:31.840 and clearly there are a lot of people that are, 312 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:35.679 they make it their personality, and they knew the name 313 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:38.840 of somebody that they believe was not doing their job 314 00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:41.799 and it nearly cost Donald Trump his life, Like that 315 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:43.879 person may do anything, right. 316 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:45.399 I mean, that's true. 317 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:47.639 So again I don't you know, so again, I'm not 318 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:49.679 advocating that back the more I think about it, I 319 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:53.720 understand why names should be private. But there are certain 320 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:56.559 jobs though that I feel like, if you knew it 321 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:58.399 was going to be more of a public thing, you 322 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:01.759 probably wouldn't want to do. And maybe that is maybe 323 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:04.159 this is one of those this is one of those jobs. 324 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:09.919 So anyhow, I'm not gonna be shocked really with anything. 325 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:13.000 But if somebody finds out who these people are and 326 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:17.320 and out some that's just that's just society today. But 327 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:22.000 he gets six suspensions have come down a little over 328 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:25.000 a year since it happened. But I guess that's that's 329 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:30.039 some type of accountability, which, by the way, the shooter 330 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:34.120 I mean that, I mean, have we heard anything else 331 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:36.960 about this guy, like his story is background, like he's 332 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:38.320 one of the every now and then I'll see somebody 333 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:42.759 post a picture on Twitter or Facebook, or somebody will 334 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:45.799 post a TikTok video just asking questions like, hey, we know, 335 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:48.200 the only picture we have of this guy is the 336 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:50.799 one that was that was showed to everybody right after 337 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:53.120 we realized he was the one who, of course tried 338 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:54.080 to assassinate Trump. 339 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:57.360 And I'm not I'm not insinuating anything. It's just this day. 340 00:15:57.360 --> 00:16:00.039 And I mean, look the guy who I mean, the 341 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:03.840 people who commit heinous crimes the Internet. There's a lot 342 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:06.399 of sluice out there that within twenty four hours we'll 343 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:09.720 know everything. We'll know, we'll know the dating history of 344 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:11.639 some of these people, and this person like we know 345 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:14.559 nothing about, at least that I've seen. All Right, let's 346 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:16.200 take a quick time out and get you caught up 347 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:19.039 on traffic with Bobby Ellis. We'll get a weather update 348 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:21.039 from Matt Melosovich, and we'll bring in the one and 349 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:23.919 only Rory o'eal of NBC News right here on news 350 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:28.879 RADIOA forty WSAs. Good Morning, Kentucky, Anda. It is Kentuckyanah's 351 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:31.960 morning news here on News Radio eight forty whas Nick 352 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:34.639 coffee with you, and we've got Rory O'Neil of NBC 353 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:38.240 News joining us. And Rory, it's been something we've discussed 354 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:40.960 throughout the week, and I guess we'll start with another 355 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:44.960 update here as far as the situation in Texas, obviously, 356 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:49.399 still many unaccounted for, and it sounds as if maybe 357 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:51.759 there's more in which they realize are missing as the 358 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:52.679 days move on here. 359 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:56.120 Yeah, the numbers keep going in the wrong direction, the 360 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:59.559 depth toll topping one hundred and twenty. The search continues 361 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:03.799 now for about one hundred and sixty. You know, thankfully 362 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:07.519 the weather has improved, but this really is a recovery 363 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:09.680 operation now. The sheriff told us the other day they 364 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:14.319 haven't found anyone alive since Friday, and sadly now it 365 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:17.400 looks like they won't find any more survivors here. But 366 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:20.279 the governor has committed to finding all the bodies and 367 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:23.160 recovering all the remains of the missing and making it 368 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:27.359 a twenty four to seven operation. You know, the destruction 369 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:32.680 spans six different states and a lot of it involves 370 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:36.079 an awful lot of debris that now they're asking people, look, 371 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:39.440 don't clear off large parts of debris until police can 372 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:41.599 get there, until the search can be done to make 373 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:43.960 sure human remains aren't trapped underneath. 374 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:46.519 Wow, it's probably not something a lot of folks think 375 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:48.599 of when it comes to clean up efforts for a 376 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:49.519 devastating flood. 377 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:52.119 But that's that's the situation. Just tragic overall. 378 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:56.519 Now, when it comes to the warnings as far as 379 00:17:56.559 --> 00:18:01.799 emergency alerts that could have been sent out, not playing 380 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:03.519 the blame game by any means, but as far as 381 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:06.880 the information you've obtained, Rory, is there anything that you've 382 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:10.319 seen that does stand out as okay that should have 383 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:12.960 maybe been sent out earlier, or maybe they should have 384 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:15.640 done this and they did. Not blaming anyone, but that 385 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:17.039 continues to be a talking point. 386 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:21.759 Well, and also it's not necessarily blame. You're also saying, well, 387 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:23.319 how do we do better next time? 388 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:24.839 Right? Is really the focus? 389 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:27.279 And you can say it does seem that the Weather 390 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:29.000 Service did what it typically does. 391 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:30.759 Nothing out of the ordinary from them. 392 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:33.079 I know there have been criticisms about the staff was 393 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:35.880 cut and the coordinator was gone and all that stuff, 394 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:38.759 but it seems that their normal warnings went out as 395 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:41.640 they normally do, as the information came in. There may 396 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:44.839 have been a drop here, a break in the chain 397 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:48.279 when it comes to the local awareness of the situation. 398 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:51.079 Even the mayor said he was not on a call 399 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:53.880 that it was not asked to be on a call 400 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:58.920 in Curveville about the potential for flash flooding even though 401 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:02.440