WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.240 --> 00:00:07.240 It is Kentucky and his Morning News with Coffee and 2 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:10.640 Company on news radio eight forty w h AS seven 3 00:00:10.679 --> 00:00:12.960 oh five Here as we get this seven am hour started, 4 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:15.759 and we are joined by L and PD spokesman Dwight Mitchell. 5 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:18.039 Happy for Friday, sir, how are we doing well? 6 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:19.719 Good morning, Nick? How are you, my friend? 7 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:22.960 I'm doing great. It's Friday. We're feeling good. And uh, 8 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:25.760 that's a good place to be. And I wanted to 9 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:29.920 start with something that Chief Humphrey said yesterday in his 10 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:34.799 press conference in regards to the issues currently with crimes 11 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:38.000 involving juveniles. Rather than be those that are victims of 12 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:42.240 these crimes or perpetrators of these crimes, and how they need, 13 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:45.439 there's help us needed from parents. And I think that's 14 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:47.799 an obvious thing, but I'm not sure many. And I'm 15 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:49.759 just just me speaking me speaking for myself here, I'm 16 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:51.960 not speaking for anybody else, But I think that you 17 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:55.439 all could have the more resources than any law enforcement 18 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:59.679 agency in the world. If there's not work done at 19 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:03.079 home and there's not a better environment for kids, this 20 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:05.359 is really never gonna stop. I mean again, I don't 21 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:06.959 know that for certain, it can't prove it, but it 22 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:08.920 just seems as if I think some people just want 23 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:11.319 to throw blame towards well, they got it, they got 24 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:13.040 somebod they got to curb the violence. They've got to 25 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:15.439 find a way to fix this. And sure, obviously you 26 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:18.719 want to keep people safe, but parents also must do 27 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:21.879 their part, and clearly that is not happening in instances, 28 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:23.760 and it's it's a huge factor here that I'm not 29 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:25.840 sure many realize is really the root of this. 30 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.040 Yes, Nick, I think you are echoing the sentiments of 31 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:33.319 many people across the nation. And we're going to talk 32 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:36.480 about Louisville, Kentucky because that's where we live and work. 33 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:39.560 You know, it goes back to that saying that the 34 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:42.879 hand the rocks the cradle rules the world, and that's 35 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:48.400 generally the family that starts that out. And unfortunately, in 36 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:52.040 some situations with some of our kids, some people are 37 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:54.599 born into the world, some people are damned into the world. 38 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:59.560 Well said, and you know, with the societal eels that 39 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:02.560 we have, obviously some of these young people get caught 40 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:05.799 up into the four square block that they may be 41 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:08.759 living in and that may be their reality of what 42 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:11.319 they're dealing with. And yes, in the perfect world, we 43 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:14.319 want every parent to parent and do what we all do. 44 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:16.360 I mean only by the grace of God. 45 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:19.520 Go why because I had great parents and have great 46 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:22.280 parents at this stage and it worked out for me. 47 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:25.560 But there was some good parents that did good things 48 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:27.319 and their kids still win a rise. So sure we 49 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:31.080 have to understand that that everybody's not a reprobate parent 50 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:34.520 in that sense, but by the same token, obviously with 51 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:38.319 the rise and crime that we're seen, especially among our 52 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:42.400 young people, especially in you know now thirteen fourteen, fifteen 53 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:47.000 years old, going into adult situations where I think the 54 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:49.800 other day we made an arrest on some young people 55 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:53.039 that and I think one adult that had several guns 56 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:56.240 and drugs that we had to take off of them. So, yes, 57 00:02:56.360 --> 00:02:58.520 this is a problem, but we have a lot of 58 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:01.919 great kids that a lot of great things, But we 59 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:03.599 cannot ignore what's happened. 60 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:06.479 In our community and them being victims. 61 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:08.360 Of the crimes and also perpetrators of it at the 62 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:09.159 same time. 63 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:13.120 And your experience, I would assume that kids not being 64 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:15.759 in school with summer break, that's that's probably somewhat of 65 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:17.280 a factor in the timing here, right. 66 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:20.000 Yes, you know, you know, as much as sometimes we 67 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:23.680 rail on JCPS a lot of times because you're hoping they. 68 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:25.240 Get the educations what they go to school for. 69 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:28.199 But also it's a safe place up for many of 70 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:30.120 these young people for six or seven hours. 71 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:33.039 Maybe the best aspect, the best environment for any of 72 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:34.560 these kids. 73 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:38.280 Some absolutely up for different reasons because they're in a 74 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:40.639 controlled environment for the most part, and even though we 75 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:43.719 have issues there, at least they're not being shot and killed. 76 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:45.919 At least that's where we are at this point. That's 77 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:49.319 where we hope it stays. But you know, JCPS may 78 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:52.400 be responsible from door to door, but once you get back, 79 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:54.400 I think you can even be convinced when you're in 80 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:57.000 a good situation that things are good. But when you 81 00:03:57.039 --> 00:03:59.520 go back to your reality of what it really is, 82 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:02.360 it's very difficult to navigate, especially when young people, because 83 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:04.919 the coping mechanisms are not the same as yours. 84 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:07.719 It's all about your environment, what you're exposed to and 85 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:10.520 correct you you at a young age, you really it's 86 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:12.759 not necessarily just about do you know right from wrong. 87 00:04:13.560 --> 00:04:18.000 It's just you may not be aware of your surroundings 88 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.199 and sort of what it's doing to your to your mindset. 89 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:22.680 And I think another part of this is just society. 90 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:25.720 Kids are able to be exposed to things so much 91 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:27.560 easier now, and I don't mean in a good way, 92 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:30.360 but it's back in the day if you didn't know, 93 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:31.920 you didn't have a device in front of your in 94 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:33.680 front of your phone at all times, where you can 95 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:36.519 see things on social media that maybe they may not 96 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:39.079 lead you to to follow a life of crime, but 97 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:41.920 you're just you're able to be exposed to it a 98 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:45.000 lot earlier than than you used to be. And I 99 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:46.439 think that's one of the things just from and I'm 100 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:48.439 a parent myself, we kind of got into this staring 101 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:51.839 the last conversation is that we're going to see as 102 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:54.439 we move forward, because there are now young adults, even 103 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:58.199 teenagers that didn't have what kids have the access to 104 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:00.800 now in any moment and that can and have. We'll 105 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:03.399 learn as we move forward in society, we're going to 106 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:05.319 learn what kind of impact that had. 107 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:09.600 Oh well, correct, and I believe you know we're in 108 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:12.879 a situation now that we still have some good things 109 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:14.360 going on. One of the things we have with the 110 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:16.920 police department, with Metro government is the GBI, the Group 111 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:20.519 Violence Intervention and some of the kids that were identified 112 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:22.879 that may be headed in that direction, are in it. 113 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:27.680 We're saying, hey, stop, rewind, press play. You got a 114 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:30.879 chance to change your life because you're headed down a 115 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:33.680 path that's going to lead to you either getting in 116 00:05:33.720 --> 00:05:36.639 trouble or your ultimate death. And that's just the cold 117 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:38.279 heart reality of where we are. 118 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:39.199 You know. 119 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:42.279 Again, it's going to take everybody. Parents, is going to 120 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:44.839 take the community. It's going to take churches if you're 121 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:48.079 involved in that, or community centers or whatever set of 122 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:50.839 values that you have that we can get you in 123 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:53.800 a path or success, because we want everybody to experience 124 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:56.319 the life that you and I have experience, absolutely and 125 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:59.000 even better because every generation is supposed to get just 126 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:01.439 a little bit better. And I think that's where we 127 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:03.839 want to be uh with that. And yes, they are 128 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:07.199 exposed to many things way too early in life, but 129 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:08.879 it's also the reality we got to deal with. 130 00:06:08.920 --> 00:06:11.160 You can't dwell on the past. 131 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:13.000 You know, because they're just well yeah, because just think 132 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:16.360 about it, all your all your vital organs are pointing forward, 133 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:20.879 your eyes, your nose, your lips. The only things behind 134 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:23.839 you is some gas to your fault. Well said, I 135 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:25.560 don't know if that's supposed to be for radio or not. 136 00:06:25.639 --> 00:06:28.759 But that's to come up with at seven eleven in 137 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:29.199 the morning. 138 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:29.680 Stuff. 139 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:33.199 So there are parents that are trying. And as you said, 140 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:35.560 and this is this is so true and probably should 141 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:38.279 be said more is you can have the same upbringing, 142 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:41.600 same environment, same culture, same type of parents, and and 143 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:43.439 one kid may go a different direction than the other. 144 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:44.759 That's just that's just life. 145 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:47.600 But there are parents that that probably I mean, I 146 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:50.279 think the notion is that, well, nobody's paying attention to 147 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:51.920 their kids. I'm sure there are parents out there trying 148 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:54.439 and it's hard. What do you guys see in your 149 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:57.240 line of work as far as parents that that realize 150 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:01.800 maybe you know, maybe their kid they need some help. 151 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:04.000 There's resources to kind of maybe get them involved in 152 00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:06.839 things that just could keep them away from following down 153 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:07.560 the wrong path. 154 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:09.399 Well, one of the things the police Department has is 155 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:12.920 the Power Program or Police Athletic League, where we have 156 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:15.920 young people come in and there's all the type of things, 157 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:19.199 not just only athletics that they're involved in, but we 158 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:24.800 try to try to stimulate the holistic approach to life 159 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:28.519 because there's many fast as everybody doesn't play sports. We 160 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:31.319 try to give them some safe haven, some ways to say, hey, 161 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:34.199 I know you want these things in life, and here's 162 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:36.079 how you can get them. You don't have to beat 163 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:37.920 somebody in the head over it, or you don't have 164 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:42.480 to steal, rape, robb or do anything. Just good discipline 165 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:44.519 of getting where you want to go. Because some people 166 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:48.199 say hard work, and may be true, but a squirrel 167 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:50.639 in a cage works hard, but not going anywhere. It 168 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:54.120 all depends on working smart and getting to where you 169 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:56.959 want to go. And four things I told my sons 170 00:07:57.040 --> 00:07:59.600 to do to stay out of poverty, and that's this. 171 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:04.639 Go to school, get a job, get married, if you 172 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:06.600 want to, have kids, if you want to If you 173 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:09.240 do it in that order, the chances of you making 174 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:11.800 it in this world great, not that if you do 175 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:14.120 it out of that order that it won't be good. 176 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:16.120 It just makes it that much more difficult. And that 177 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:17.920 comes down to that big word. We'd like to use 178 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:21.360 a lot choices, and they do have consequences, and consequences 179 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:24.519 is not always bad. All consequences means is the result 180 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:26.680 of something you do are choosing not to. 181 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:29.600 Could result in maybe a learning experience that changes your life. 182 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:31.279 There you go, that's such a good way to look 183 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:34.960 at it. So you mentioned the program there. You know, 184 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:37.679 my son is five, you just turn five. My daughters 185 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:41.159 she's nine, and in this era of their lives as 186 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:45.159 children and me as a parent, I realize how impressionable 187 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:48.919 kids are at that age, to where just introducing a 188 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:51.679 kid to a program like that or others in the community, 189 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:54.159 because there are people that are trying to keep kids busy, 190 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:56.320 even ones that don't play sports, because clearly they need 191 00:08:56.360 --> 00:08:59.240 something to occupy them. You never really know what that 192 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:01.200 could do to a as far as that just really 193 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:03.039 I mean again not to sound dramatic, but it could 194 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:05.519 change the direction of their life because again, at that age, 195 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:08.960 you're curious. You just doesn't take much to get your 196 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.000 interest because you want to learn, and that could go 197 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:11.559 a long way. 198 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:16.720 Well, absolutely anytime, and I've said this many times, anytime 199 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:19.960 I go to the hospital or see a newborn, when 200 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:22.159 I go by in the nursery, I always bow because 201 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:24.200 you never know who's in there and what they're going 202 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:26.440 to become and what they're going to be. And it's 203 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:29.559 something that doctor Benjamin May said years ago. He used 204 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:32.759 to be the president of Morehouse College and was the 205 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:35.840 mentor to doctor Martin Luther King and he said, the 206 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:38.159 men at Morehouse, what we do. We put a crown 207 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:40.320 above their heads and hope they grow tall enough to 208 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:42.679 wear it someday. And that's what I think we want 209 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:44.600 for all of our kids, to put a crown above 210 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:46.600 their heads and hope they grow tall enough to wear 211 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:49.879 it someday. And anytime any of us come into contact 212 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:52.399 with young people, whether they're your niece and nephew, are 213 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:56.000 just the kids you meet somewhere, you can say something positive, 214 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:59.240 like you're doing something that you like to do and 215 00:09:59.279 --> 00:10:02.320 making some money doing it. How many people really get 216 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:05.519 that opportunity in this life? Well said that, and I 217 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:07.799 tell you who I got that from. Dick Bytowe once. 218 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:08.200 Was doing it. 219 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:11.000 Giv Yeah, he was doing a game here and I 220 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:13.200 got to speak to him before a game and I said, 221 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:13.799 what is it like? 222 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:15.720 He said, off, submit to hers. What it's like? 223 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:17.960 He said, I get to do what I like to 224 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:20.279 do every day and make a lot of money doing it. 225 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:22.840 And I said that just has stuck with me forever, 226 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:25.360 and it couldn't come from anybody better than Dicky b 227 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:26.200 No doubt. 228 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:26.720 Good stuff. 229 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:29.399 And look, I'm blessed beyond belief when it comes to 230 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:31.919 my situation, certainly, and I try to remind myself of 231 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:34.919 every day of that every day, but being reminded of 232 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:36.960 it by others can certainly can certainly go a long 233 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:39.360 way too. So good stuff is always. Appreciate your time, 234 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:41.320 enjoy your weekend. You're gonna get out to the golf tournament. 235 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:43.720 I won't be doing that. I have the grandsons. 236 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:45.080 Okay, it's even better. 237 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:47.440 You gonna do a little swimming and a little talking, 238 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:48.879 and I'm gonna try to keep them straight. 239 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:50.799 How bad good stuff sounds? Good? D White, thank you 240 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:51.320 for your time. 241 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:53.679 All right, let's get an update on traffic and weather, 242 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:55.559 and then of course we've got sports coming you way 243 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:58.679 before too long right here on news Ready eight forty WHAS. 244 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:03.480 News radioh. 245 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:06.720 Thank you very much, John Shannon, it is seven thirty 246 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:10.000 four here at Kentucky and his morning news with coffee 247 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:12.559 and company on news Radio eight forty wha AS. Take 248 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:15.279 us with you wherever you go. Listen live at WHAS 249 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:18.360 dot com. You can also listen live on the iHeartRadio app. 250 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:23.039 So Prime Days is wrapping up today, and I'm not 251 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:26.080 surprised that that there's been a drop in sales, but 252 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:28.759 I am shocked as far as how big of a 253 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:31.279 drop they have seen at Amazon thus far. 254 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:33.879 So Momentum Commerce. 255 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:39.559 They are a company that provides insights into retail shopping 256 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:42.240 and whatnot. And when I think of Amazon, I don't 257 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:44.600 think retail. But clearly they've kind of put a lot 258 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:46.240 of retail out of business. To be honest with you, 259 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:50.519 But forty percent of a drop in sales on day 260 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:55.320 one compared to last year, but they still expect overall growth. 261 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:55.639 I'm not. 262 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:57.279 I mean, how can you make up from that? I mean, 263 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:59.720 I feel like that could be totally wrong here. I'm 264 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:02.320 just and oftentimes I'm wrong, believe it or not. I've 265 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:04.600 probably been wrong a few times so far since we 266 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:08.600 started this show. But forty percent of a drop on 267 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:11.080 day one, to me, that's damaging so much. I just 268 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:12.840 would assume that day one would be the day where 269 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:14.320 most people are taking advantage of it. 270 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:15.480 But you know, maybe I'm wrong. 271 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:17.080 That's why I was trying to get some of the 272 00:12:17.080 --> 00:12:20.000 deals that were out there today just they were deals, right, 273 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:23.120 They're not deals, guy, Yes, they just call them deals. 274 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.720 I mean, they're giving me twenty eight percent off an 275 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:28.519 Apple Watch series ten twenty eight percent? 276 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:31.440 I mean it's still three hundred and nine dollars, and 277 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:32.279 that's to. 278 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:35.279 Be fair to them, even if they are offering something 279 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:40.759 that is legitimately at a discounted price substantially, even they're 280 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:42.799 paying the price for just what the economy is in 281 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:46.080 the in the in the lack of just extra funds 282 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:48.879 to spend money on for a lot of people. So 283 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:51.039 I don't want to blame it all on them, as 284 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:53.480 if they're the ones out here just charging too much. 285 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:57.240 Everything's more expensive now, and I don't, you know, everybody's 286 00:12:57.279 --> 00:13:00.440 situation is different. I try to remind myself at not 287 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:03.000 to live in my own bubble and only see things 288 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:06.120 through the way I live in my lifestyle, but i'd 289 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:10.320 be I would be shocked if there hasn't been someone 290 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:13.320 that is that is, basically those that are not in 291 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:17.600 the elite wealth class, which is the majority of society. Surely, 292 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:19.799 I don't know how what your lifestyle could be for 293 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:22.399 you not to have noticed just what the economy is now. 294 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:24.720 Some are dealing with it better than others, and what's 295 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:28.720 considered tough times as far as just disposable income is 296 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:30.840 a different world compared to those that maybe have never 297 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:33.120 had any. So again, everybody's situation is different, but I 298 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:36.440 think we are now at a point where the majority 299 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:40.200 of society that is within different levels financially in lifestyle, 300 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:41.559 they're noticing this. 301 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:43.519 I don't know how you wouldn't be able to notice this. 302 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:43.919 Yeah. 303 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:45.919 Again, you can deal with a better depending upon your situation, 304 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:48.440 but this is this is hurting a lot of folks. 305 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:48.720 Yeah. 306 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:50.480 I mean, if you're going to put items to your point, 307 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:53.240 nick on and give me an Amazon deal and make 308 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:56.440 such a big deal out of prime. For example, some 309 00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:58.840 of what they found at Wirecutter, which is a part 310 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:00.919 of the New York Times, they go, look at this stuff, 311 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:04.840 seventh generation dish. So the six pack goes for twenty 312 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:06.759 one dollars in the street. Amazon's given it to you 313 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:10.919 for fifteen. I mean deal, Yeah, you save money? Yeah, baby, 314 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:14.440 sound machine sixty four dollars Amazon deal price fifty five 315 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:16.879 Not enough to get me to take out the credit 316 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:18.039 card and go I'd like. 317 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:19.200 To have that, yep. 318 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:22.759 I'm and you're now thinking about sort of long term 319 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:24.600 because we haven't seen a whole lot of relief with 320 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:26.559 with this. Stay heading in the right direction to where 321 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:28.519 you would be a little bit more easy to justify 322 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:31.360 an expense because you're hoping that financially things will get 323 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:33.919 better now. Gas prices are cheaper now, and that certainly 324 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:36.240 is something a lot of people pay attention to. But 325 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:40.440 just I mean anything I feel like that is something 326 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:42.840 that people either rely on or something that they would 327 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:46.799 typically try to get to get something for themselves. I mean, really, 328 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:48.919 everything is just more expensive, and this is I think 329 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:51.000 is another sign as well. But in the first day, 330 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:55.960 the really popular items were school and office supplies, which 331 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:58.279 tells you that the people are using the prime deals 332 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:01.240 to not get something for pleasure, for enjoyment. It's school 333 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:03.600 supplies for their kids. I mean, that's that's got to 334 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:04.600 be a big part of what that is. 335 00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:07.360 So you wonder if it doesn't it make you wonder 336 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:10.440 if we're not longing for the traditional Black Friday. We 337 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:13.440 used to have the race to the stores and you know, 338 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:15.919 getting in that mess. For some people, that was a ritual. 339 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:18.200 But man, those were some deals on Black Friday. 340 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:18.480 Yeah. 341 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:22.080 So my wife is she's she's very much into Black Friday, 342 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:25.120 has been for a long time, and I just I 343 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:27.399 could never deal with the madness. And you know, she's 344 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:30.879 real big on saving money and and you know, she's 345 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:33.759 someone and I'm glad she's this way she handles our finances. 346 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:35.720 But you know, she she doesn't waste money on a 347 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:39.720 whole lot of stuff. And also she really enjoys finding 348 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:42.039 bargains and finding deals, which a lot of people do, ye, 349 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:43.759 but she'll got her way to find it more so 350 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:47.799 than others to where she would she would really emphasize, Okay, hey, 351 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:50.200 I know I got all this stuff as I'm bringing, 352 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:52.799 you know, seemingly hours long worth of back and forth 353 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:55.039 from the car after she gets home. I'm exaggerating, But 354 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:56.960 she loads up on Black Friday and gets most of 355 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:59.080 the Christmas shopping done, gets things that we know we 356 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:01.919 may need. But this past Black Friday was the first 357 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:05.240 ones got where she mentioned some savings. But it was 358 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:10.320 a real noticeable thing that what's considered savings is not 359 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:14.759 only are the deals not as great as far as 360 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:18.360 what you're saving, but what's considered to be a cheaper 361 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:21.320 price doesn't really look like much of a cheaper price anymore. 362 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:24.039 So the question becomes, as you mentioned, you know we're 363 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:27.080 seeing a drop in Prime Day sales. Does Amazon make 364 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:29.679 a change heading into the next Prime Day? Do we 365 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:31.519 start to see more deals to get folks like you 366 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:33.480 and I to break out that wall. I mean, I've 367 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:35.840 seen deals where I'm like, I don't need that right now, 368 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:37.919 But that deal right there is probably never going to 369 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:38.559 come along again. 370 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:40.720 Yeah, And also I could be wrong here. 371 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:42.679 I'm sure they have people that look into this and 372 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:45.120 they make this decision based off of very good information. 373 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:48.480 Amazon clearly knows what they're doing, but I think this 374 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:50.399 thing loses a little bit of its luster when it 375 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:52.320 becomes a three day thing and not a one day thing. Now, 376 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:54.600 clearly you leave it open for more opportunities. So again, 377 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:57.399 I'm sure, bottom line it's a better decision, but I 378 00:16:57.440 --> 00:17:00.360 think just the intrigue and the feeling of like, oh man, 379 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:02.399 I got today's the day, Today's the day. Well, when 380 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:04.559 you got three days and then you didn't buy anything 381 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:06.640 day one, day two, and then you realize, yeah, I'm fine, 382 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:08.200 I missed out on the first two days, and I 383 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:09.640 don't have fomo, you know what I mean, I'm gonna 384 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:11.400 save some money. So again, I'm sure they know what 385 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:14.400 they're doing. But yeah, so far forty percent dropping sales 386 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:16.720 on day one, and they still project that they'll make 387 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:20.119 a lot of money and have an overall increase from 388 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:21.759 last year, but we shall see. I'm going to pay 389 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:23.279 attention because I'm interested to see if in fact they 390 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:25.839 end up being wrong about that. But well, we will see. 391 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.079 All right, let's get an update on traffic and weather. 392 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:29.960 Bobby Ellis will tell us the latest as far as 393 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:32.000 the roadways here in Kentucky, and we'll get Matt Melosa 394 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:35.160 Bitch's latest forecast from WLKY, and we'll keep this thing 395 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:38.000 rolling along. It is Coffee and Company Kentucky and is 396 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:45.119 Morning News on News Radio eight forty whas. It is 397 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:47.440 Kentucky and it's Morning News with Coffee and Company here 398 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:51.920 on News Radio eight forty whas. So this story is 399 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:55.240 probably one of the best things I've I've read this week, 400 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:59.000 and it almost seems like something that you could that 401 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:01.079