WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.799 Happy hump Day, Kentucky Anda. Welcome in to a Wednesday 2 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:07.599 edition of Kentucky Anda's morning News. Coffee and Company here 3 00:00:07.639 --> 00:00:11.439 on news radio eight forty w h as the whole 4 00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:14.400 cruise Here myself, Nick Coffee, Scott Fitzgerald, John Alden, and 5 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:16.960 John Shannon. We have, as symboled to give you four 6 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:21.640 hours of what you come to expect, news, traffic, weather, 7 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:25.280 hopefully some good information, maybe some nonsense along the way 8 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:29.640 and fellas. I don't know if the thunder was as 9 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:33.880 loud and disruptive overnight as it was for you guys 10 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:36.439 where it's compared to where it was for me. But 11 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:38.679 people who don't have the alarm clocks set as early 12 00:00:38.679 --> 00:00:40.600 as we do, they might have. They might have been 13 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:43.039 woken up by the thunder this morning. It was. It 14 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:45.280 was pretty pretty ferocious. 15 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:47.600 Sorry, that's sorry, boss. My wife was up. 16 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:49.759 I heard her up this morning. The storm started just 17 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:52.200 before I left the house, at least that's the ones 18 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:54.840 I heard. And then I heard her up wrestling around too. 19 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:56.679 She gets anxious when the storm's hit, and. 20 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:57.920 So my kids do as well. 21 00:00:58.039 --> 00:01:01.359 Yeah, John, I was already I was getting ready to 22 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:04.400 feed the baby once once the storm started, so they 23 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:06.000 didn't wake me up, but they kind of kept me 24 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:07.920 from going back to sleep after the fact. 25 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:11.920 Yeah, it wasn't any real loud, humongous boom of thunder, 26 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:14.400 but it was just the rolling thunder kind of consistent, 27 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:16.760 and for a while it was raining pretty hard once 28 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:18.879 I got Once I got on the way, since I 29 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:21.040 hit sixty five, of the rain had kind of stopped. 30 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:24.719 But yeah, the storms were really active all throughout the night. 31 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:26.400 I got up in the middle of the night, which 32 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:27.920 middle of the night for me is now like midnight, 33 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:30.120 which is crazy, but that's just you know, the adjustment. 34 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:32.400 And it was already it was already raining pretty good 35 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:34.640 out out my way. So we'll get you caught up 36 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:37.359 on the forecast coming up here shortly. Also with rain, 37 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:39.920 of course, that means there may be some more accidents 38 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:41.840 than usual, So Bobby Ellis will get us a check 39 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:43.799 on the traffic coming up in just a few minutes. 40 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:46.560 But I wanted to start by letting you all know 41 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:48.480 and letting Scott Fitzgerald know that I have a new 42 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:51.159 level of respect for Scott, which is tough to say 43 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:52.879 because I've already had a lot of respect for him. 44 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:56.040 But you showed up yesterday forgetting your cell phone. 45 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:58.560 Oh man, that was That was the worst, dude. 46 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:01.000 And you mentioned it before or the show started, and 47 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:04.000 I kind of forgot about it, and I just remembered 48 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:07.000 earlier this morning because I left mine in my car 49 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:10.039 and then had to just walk, make the walk right back, 50 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:13.199 so from the I got to almost the elevators, so 51 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:15.439 I didn't make it far and then I had the panic, 52 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:17.960 am I gonna do what Scott did yesterday? And luckily 53 00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:19.479 when I got back to the car and my phone 54 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:21.639 was my phone was there, it was all good. But 55 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:25.719 I mean, you had to have been anxious and just 56 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:28.919 going through withdraws not having your phone, and I know 57 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:31.639 you're probably not glued to your phone the way I am. 58 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:34.360 And I say that because I'm I mean, I have 59 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:37.039 an issue. I will we use the word addiction. I 60 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:40.080 think way too loosely about things, but I don't. I mean, 61 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:41.960 I'm I'm addicted to my phone. 62 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:44.240 I was well, and it's eff And I know when 63 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:46.000 I don't have my phone, first, when I don't feel 64 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:47.439 it in my pocket, and then I look at my 65 00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:49.840 phone and my Bluetooth isn't connected or in my car, 66 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:52.639 then I'm like, oh, and that's when the heart dropped. 67 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:54.240 And you're at that point where you're on your way 68 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:55.280 to work, you're too far. 69 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:58.599 So you made it too far before you realize exactly you're. 70 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:00.080 Too far before you have to go back home. And 71 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:01.039 and I think I told. 72 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:03.479 You, I'm not sure there's a too far for me, right. 73 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:07.360 The worst thing for me was I always having And 74 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:09.039 we get to a point in the show where I've 75 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:11.879 done all I can do for one day and that's okay, 76 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:12.879 that's a good place to be. 77 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:14.400 That means we've got things done. 78 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.159 But I was going so I jump on TikTok and 79 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:18.319 I started scrolling through that one. 80 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:19.759 I was having TikTok. 81 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:23.759 Withdraw just because the scroll. I'm sure, what is TikTok 82 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:27.080 for you? Could be Facebook for others exactly. It's just right, 83 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:30.159 it's just how we're wired, and it's I don't know. 84 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:33.120 It's probably not a good thing, I know, but I 85 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:36.120 don't know. Maybe as I've come to grips with the 86 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:38.639 fact that I have an addiction that I'm probably not 87 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:41.599 going to shake, maybe I'm just trying to normalize it 88 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:44.120 because I know we're not alone as far as just 89 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:47.360 being attached to our phones, but I feel like ten 90 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:50.879 years ago, maybe five, six years ago, if someone would 91 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:53.599 have left their phone at home, it would have been 92 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:55.800 an easier decision to say, Okay, I'll be all right, 93 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:58.960 I'll ride it out. I'll send an email when I 94 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:00.960 get to work to let my her husband know that 95 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:03.719 I don't have my phone whatever. But now I just 96 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:05.599 I don't know. I think each year that passes, we 97 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:07.840 become more attached to them. And then look, there's some 98 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:11.599 people who when it comes to their workday tasks, maybe 99 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:13.560 half of what they do is just things they could 100 00:04:13.560 --> 00:04:15.639 They've just come to do on their phone because exactly 101 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:16.439 the ability. 102 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:17.920 To well, I have to authenticate, like if I want 103 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:20.000 to log if I'm away from the studio and I 104 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:21.680 want to jump a good point, some of the software 105 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:23.079 I have to authenticate on my phone. 106 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:24.920 Without that device, you wouldn't have been able to get in. 107 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:26.879 So I had, so I found myself email. 108 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:28.439 It's like when you used to move and you did 109 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:31.560 change of address cards, Like I'm emailing everybody that I 110 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:32.600 know that contact. 111 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:34.879 I'm like, guys, I don't have my phone, so that's 112 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:36.680 all you can do. That's what I realized. How much 113 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:38.040 I text during this Yes. 114 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:42.000 Yes, and I think just being unreachable, knowing that you know, 115 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:43.759 it's not that, it's not that we just assume that 116 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:46.040 everyone at all times is trying to contact us, but 117 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:48.600 knowing that if they did, there'd be no way. You 118 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:51.279 wouldn't get it. It's just a it's it's a it's 119 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:53.639 a weird feeling. I look, if it was me, I 120 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:55.639 would have been fine. I would have I would have 121 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:57.000 made it. I would have been able to let my 122 00:04:57.040 --> 00:04:59.040 wife know like it would not. I would have been 123 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:01.439 just fine as far or is just like being able 124 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:05.240 to do my job, being able to have a normal day, 125 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:08.000 But like I would have been in my own head 126 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:10.199 so much about not having it, and that, you know, 127 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:11.879 maybe I need to not have a phone for a 128 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:16.000 day and just go through it cold turkey and realize, Okay, 129 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:18.319 I don't need to be so connected to it. But 130 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:20.560 I thought about it this morning. I was thinking because 131 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:23.079 I wouldn't it would be an exaggeration to say that 132 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:25.279 I had a panic attack. But that walked back to 133 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:28.279 my car, that was probably fifteen yards I was. I 134 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:29.759 was in full panic mode, like, oh my god, I 135 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:31.279 don't have my phone. What I'm gonna do? What I'm gonna, 136 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:33.000 I don't know what I have. My wife past I 137 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:34.279 was gonna to bring it to me. She's got to 138 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:35.959 take day off work, Like, there's no way I can't 139 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:36.519 have my phones. 140 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:37.600 Well, I guarantee you this. 141 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:39.279 When I walked out of the house this morning, I 142 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:41.360 made sure I had and I've done that with my lunch. 143 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:44.800 You forget your lunch one day, man, You're like, especially 144 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:45.920 if you're close to a payday. 145 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:48.879 Yeah, you forget your lunch. You're like, you'll never forget 146 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:51.439 your lunch again. So anyway, yeah, good stuff, man. 147 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:54.000 We all have our phones today, Yes, sir, We're not 148 00:05:54.040 --> 00:05:56.439 gonna have panic attacks, but good stuff. Let's get a 149 00:05:56.480 --> 00:05:59.120 check of traffic and weather again. It's a Wednesday ed 150 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:01.240 issue of Kentucky and This Morning News with Coffee and 151 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:05.920 Company right here on news radio waight forty whas. So 152 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:10.279 we have another update on what happened on Sunday at 153 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:14.399 the Exposition Center as far as the chaos that ended 154 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:17.439 up being nothing but certainly a scary situation for everyone there, 155 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:19.800 those at Kentucky Kingdom and of course those at the 156 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:22.480 run for the Roses basketball tournament. And the latest update 157 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:24.920 that we got yesterday is an update that we don't 158 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:27.720 really know what happened, and we may never know what happened. 159 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:31.879 So during the show yesterday, I got a couple of 160 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:35.759 messages from someone on Twitter and someone on Facebook that 161 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:39.959 was sending me the ceiling of the Exposition Center and 162 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:44.680 insinuating that how could a ceiling tile falling have caused that? 163 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:48.600 There's no ceiling tiles here, which, judging by the picture, 164 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:51.319 is correct. There's no tile like, that's just not what 165 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:54.120 the ceiling looks like. That's not how it's how. It's 166 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:57.839 just not really possible, I suppose. So sure enough, Maya. 167 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:01.720 Greenberg had a press conference yesterday discussed seeing many things, 168 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:06.399 including that what was said by LMPD was simply not 169 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:09.839 what happened. In fact, I'll see if I can get 170 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:11.759 the quote here, but yeah, he says that the report 171 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:14.560 by police that a ceiling tile fell and hit a 172 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:17.600 metal chair prompting the false active aggressor incident at the 173 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:21.959 Kentucky Exposition Center was quote not accurate information that did 174 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:27.639 not happen. So they still have no clue what I 175 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:31.199 guess really caused it, and they may never know. And 176 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:34.199 it sounds like that actually did happen, but it was 177 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:35.720 a long time ago. So this is just a good 178 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:39.040 example of how misinformation can really spread like crazy. And 179 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:41.720 what I mean by that is apparently there was an 180 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:47.279 event a basketball tournament years ago at the Exposition Center 181 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:51.040 where a ceiling tile fell and caused something to happen. 182 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:55.000 What that was, I don't know, but maybe somebody referenced 183 00:07:55.040 --> 00:08:00.120 that ran with it, or maybe somebody referenced that he 184 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:02.079 thought they were talking about. And just like I would 185 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:04.240 love to know, just for a social experiment, as far 186 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:07.040 as how does how does that end up becoming what 187 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:11.160 everybody just assumes happens? And it's not super important as 188 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:13.959 far as just how how it ended up becoming just 189 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.439 what everybody assumed happened. I guess the honest answer is 190 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:18.680 because LMPD told us that's what happened. As far as 191 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:22.199 where they got mixed up, I don't know, but yeah, 192 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:26.240 it's it's it's gonna be probably something we never fully know. 193 00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:28.959 And my you know, if I had to, if I 194 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:30.759 had to to give you a way to kind of 195 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:34.360 wrap this whole story up, it's just a sign of 196 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:40.279 how we as a society here in America know that 197 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:44.159 that could happen. I mean, you know what if in 198 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:46.159 fact there, we still don't know as far as what 199 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:49.080 led to it truly turning into the mad dash to 200 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:50.879 get out of there and to find your loved ones 201 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:53.519 because of the chaos and the fear that there was 202 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:56.720 an active aggressor. I mean, I just it's probably maybe 203 00:08:56.759 --> 00:09:00.320 one person panicking because of something we don't know what 204 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:02.320 it is, and then everybody just kind of ran with it. Now, 205 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:05.360 I will say the other the alarms going off that 206 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:09.679 clearly was that contributed to people assuming that something something 207 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:13.399 was wrong, because again there was the fire alarm did 208 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:15.759 go off inside parts of the building, and that triggered 209 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:18.960 that was triggered by a duct sensor, a duct smoke censer, 210 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:22.679 I should say, but that that system only alerts for smoke, 211 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:24.960 no other emergencies. But people that are there don't know that, 212 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:29.679 so it's probably gonna end up being a mystery. LMPD 213 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:32.240 has now acknowledged that they may never pinpoint what caused 214 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:35.759 the initial panic, but of course have emphasized how quickly 215 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:39.000 fear of a shooting can can spark that kind of chaos. 216 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:42.519 LMPD chief Paul Humphrey said, quote, it frustrates me the 217 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:46.159 fear of active shooter incidents is so prevalent a moment 218 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:48.799 of confusion could create chaos. This should not be the 219 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:52.200 norm in America. Amen. He also went on to praise 220 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:55.279 the fast response from his officers, who of course believed 221 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:58.639 there was a real threat. So it's a mystery, and 222 00:09:58.679 --> 00:10:02.559 again I think, turning into what it turned into, there 223 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:05.159 were a lot of factors, but one is just that 224 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:09.399 people are fearful of that because it happens way too often. 225 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:13.000 Any time it happens is too often. But clearly it's 226 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:15.559 not that uncommon anymore. All right, let's get a quick 227 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:18.559 update of trafficking weather with Bobby Ellis. He'll tell us 228 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:20.399 how the road ways are looking early this morning. Also, 229 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:23.240 we'll get the updated forecast from Matt Melosovich. Scott will 230 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:25.519 be back in with sports, and we got to talk 231 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:27.759 about this Epstein stuff. There's no doubt in my mind 232 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:31.519 that right now the MAGA crowd, and I'm sure there's 233 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:35.000 still plenty that are going to support Trump and never 234 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:37.759 criticize anything, and look, if that's what you want to do, 235 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:41.039 knock yourself out. But there's now more noise from that 236 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:44.080 crowd than I've ever heard as far as just being 237 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:51.559 disappointed and almost dumbfounded that Trump is handling this Epstein 238 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:54.159 stuff the way that he is, I mean, clearly not 239 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:58.039 able to read the room, it seems. All right, don't 240 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:00.320 go anywhere, don't move, stay with us right here. It's 241 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:02.919 Kentucky as Morning News with Coffee and Company right here 242 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:07.639 on news Radio eight forty whas. Thank you, John. It 243 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:09.840 is five thirty five here a Kentucky and is Morning 244 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:13.360 News with Coffee and Company on news Radio eight forty whas. 245 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:15.480 Take us with you wherever you go. You can listen 246 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:17.960 live at WHS dot com. Also listen live on the 247 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:22.399 iHeartRadio app. And if you'd like to contribute to the 248 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:25.799 show or ask a question, share your thoughts, you always 249 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:27.759 have that option with the iHeart Radio app by using 250 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:30.960 the talkback features. So just a reminder that that is there. 251 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:33.759 If you click that microphone button within the app, it'll 252 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:36.039 prompt you you'll get thirty seconds I believe it is, 253 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:39.600 and fire away questions, complaints, compliments, insults, whatever you've got. 254 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:41.960 Feel free to shoot those our way. 255 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:43.000 All right. 256 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:48.320 So the Epstein situation is the Epstein files. I should say, 257 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:51.600 it's it's wild, I mean, and there's a couple of 258 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:53.799 different ways to attack this this morning. As far as 259 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:56.440 just it being a continuous talking point, we'll get into 260 00:11:57.240 --> 00:12:02.360 sort of Trump's seeming. I mean, I don't want to think, 261 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:04.559 I don't want to say that he has an inability 262 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:07.639 to read the room. I mean, I think he does 263 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:10.559 on this situation. But you got to wonder who who's 264 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:13.200 telling him that nobody cares. Because it's one thing for 265 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:16.440 him to say that he doesn't care and that other 266 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:21.559 people shouldn't care. But I think he genuinely, genuinely thinks 267 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:28.159 that no one at all is wanting transparency on that situation, 268 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:31.159 and he's very much wrong. Now again, I'm not acting 269 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:36.679 as if everyone is upset with the way he's handled 270 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:38.919 it and maybe surprised that he doesn't understand that this 271 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:41.000 is a big deal and people do want the transparency. 272 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:44.039 But clearly there seems to be more noise coming from 273 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:49.200 the Magacide than ever as far as just being surprised, disappointed, 274 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:52.320 maybe even angry, as far as just him not being 275 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:55.080 able to read the room, and also continue it's one 276 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:57.200 thing to just say that you don't care, but he's 277 00:12:57.200 --> 00:12:59.600 saying nobody cares, and then he's also saying things like 278 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:04.799 it's fake news. And I just have a hard time 279 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:07.279 thinking that he believes that. But what do I know. 280 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:10.480 I can't read his mind, and I mean maybe he does. 281 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:13.159 Maybe he just is that out of touch with with 282 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:17.240 with what Americans care about. Now, I will say this, 283 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:19.440 I'm not gonna lie and be a phony and act 284 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:21.440 like I'm losing sleep at night because we're not going 285 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:24.679 to get transparency. I mean, do I think we we are? 286 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:27.320 I mean, what's what's ever wrong with being transparent about 287 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:29.120 some things? And I do think this is a touchy 288 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:33.240 or situation because there could be people involved that would 289 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:36.240 be listed on something that would maybe have nothing to 290 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:41.480 do with anything that Epstein and that crew were involved in. 291 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:43.480 And you don't want to, you know, you don't want 292 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:46.159 to risk somebody's livelihood because of that. But to just 293 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:48.080 handle it the way they've handled it, like oh yeah, 294 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:50.720 there's nothing to see here, I mean, that's that's almost 295 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:56.879 insulting the intelligence of people. I mean, who would I mean, 296 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:59.879 especially the way in which it was handled for soul 297 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:04.879 long prior to this, right, I mean, the accusation that 298 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:09.279 this was created by by Obama and who else did 299 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:11.399 he blame it on? Biden and those people and it's 300 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:13.200 fake news. Well that was the case and there and 301 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:14.559 they did it to try to bring you down. Why 302 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:18.919 wouldn't they release it? And if there's nothing, if these documents, 303 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:21.559 these files don't exist, then then what was the how 304 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:24.360 did you investigate? How how were how did how did 305 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:27.000 Epstein go to trial and get convicted and sent to 306 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:31.080 federal prison? If if nothing happened, I mean, it's just 307 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:33.759 it's wild. And then you had a brief moment yesterday 308 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:35.759 where it sounded as if Okay, there's enough pressure, there's 309 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:38.480 enough heat, they are going to really something different than 310 00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:41.960 what we got last week from the DJ, and then 311 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:44.720 that as of late last night, it didn't appear that 312 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:47.480 was the case. So we'll see, because I don't this didn't. 313 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:51.480 This didn't going away as far as people just you know, 314 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:54.480 asking about it, and I don't mean just everyday American citizens. 315 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:56.720 I mean, he's going to continue to be pressed by this, 316 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:59.200 and my guess is that he's going to continue to 317 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:03.919 he's going to continue to act like it's no big 318 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:05.720 deal and that nobody cares and just hope that it 319 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:06.799 goes away. 320 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:10.720 President. I know you've urged people to move on, but I'm. 321 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:13.600 Curious, why do you think your supporters in particular have 322 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:16.879 been so interested in the Epstein story and so upset 323 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.799 about how it's been handled. 324 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:20.120 Why do you think that is man? Why they would 325 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:24.240 be so interested. He's dead for a long time, he 326 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:28.399 was never a big factor in terms of life. I 327 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:31.519 don't understand what the interest or what the fascination is. 328 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:36.080 I really don't have the credible information has been given. 329 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:38.919 Don't forget we went through years of the Mullo wood 330 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:42.159 hunt and all of the different things to steal dossier 331 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:46.240 which is all fake. All that information is think but 332 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:49.240 I don't understand why the Jeffrey E. F Se case 333 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:52.720 would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff. 334 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:56.600 It's shorted, but it's boring, and I don't understand why 335 00:15:56.639 --> 00:16:01.720 it keeps going. I think, well, really, only pretty bad people, 336 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:04.440 including fakedus, want to keep something like pictord like that 337 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:09.039 joint but incredible information. Let him give it anything it's credible, 338 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:11.320 I would say, let them have it. 339 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:18.600 I mean that's a wild response, which is saying something 340 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:23.480 for Donald Trump. I mean it's almost as if he 341 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:27.519 doesn't know what Jeffrey Epstein was accused of and ended 342 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:31.679 up being convicted of sex trafficking children. I mean, like 343 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:36.120 it's it's wild. So who knows what we end up 344 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:38.799 finding out, if anything, But this is not going away 345 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:42.559 as far as people just demanding, and their demands probably 346 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:45.799 will fall flat because I guess we're not entitled to 347 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:48.799 it as far as just transparency. But the biggest issue 348 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:52.360 is that you could run with this as being nothing 349 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:55.080 if it wasn't something that. I mean, there's an interview 350 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:59.639 jd Vance did with THEO Vaughn not that long ago, 351 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:04.400 that meeting probably right before the election, that where he's 352 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:07.000 you know, he's hammering release the files. It's like, well, 353 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:12.119 what why? Why not? What changed? So anyways, we'll talk 354 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:14.480 more about that coming up with Rory O'Neal and about 355 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:16.160 four minutes, but let's get an update on the traffic 356 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:18.119 and weather right here at Kentucky and is Morning News 357 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:21.400 with Coffee and Company on News Radio eight forty whas. 358 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:24.839 Happy hump day, Kentucky. And it is Kentucky and is 359 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:27.759 Morning News with Coffee and Company here on news Radio 360 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.880 eight forty whas. And it's time to bring in Rory 361 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:34.960 O'Neal of NBC News. Rory, I gotta I gotta start 362 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:38.319 with something that has just been a continuous talking point 363 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:41.240 and really just ramping up overnight and maybe even as 364 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:46.480 we speak. Donald Trump's handling of the the Epstein situation 365 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:50.160 as far as just seemingly not believing that anyone cares, 366 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:52.920 and certainly if there are people that care, he thinks 367 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:56.759 they shouldn't. I mean, nothing really surprises me anymore. But 368 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:59.519 I'm not sure he's able to read the room here. Well. 369 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:02.240 You know, it's interesting though some of the leading voices 370 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:04.920 in the MAGA movement seemed to be ready to move on, 371 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.359 or at least say they are and won't bring it 372 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:10.119 up again. We heard from Charlie Kirk sort of saying, Okay, 373 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:12.759 I'm ready to move on. But to your point, a 374 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:17.319 lot of people were just really having these questions about transparency, saying, hey, 375 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:20.200 I thought you were the transparent president. What's going on here? 376 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:24.200 And I think that's that's the bigger concern, is that, 377 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:27.240 you know, we were promised this, We were promised openness 378 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:31.039 and transparency and this is not that, not at all. 379 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:34.599 And Charlie Kirk he he doesn't trust the government when 380 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:37.920 it comes to vaccines, healthcare, war spending, but on this 381 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:40.319 he's oh, yeah, I trust my government, which was you know, 382 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:43.839 seems a little inconsistent there. And there's also some allegations 383 00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:47.839 that maybe those influencers on on that side have have 384 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:50.519 maybe received some phone calls to to maybe help help 385 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:52.039 the help Trump and his team out. 386 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:56.799 But certainly, and it certainly it puts the Attorney General, 387 00:18:56.839 --> 00:19:01.079 Pam Bondi in an interesting spot. Absolutely, she had the 388 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:04.559 binders out first. She brought in the influencers rather than 389 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:08.279 mainstream media right to release those binders that turned out 390 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:11.440 to be nothing burgers. But yeah, she sort of and 391 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:14.680 they were Phase one, clearly labeled there on the binders 392 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:17.839 Phase one. So we never got phase two and apparently 393 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:18.519 we never will. 394 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:20.960 Roy On Neil, the NBC News is our guest joining 395 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:25.039 us here on News Radio eight forty whas nearly one 396 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:27.839 in four credit card holders apparently don't think they're going 397 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:29.839 to ever get out of that credit card debt, and 398 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:32.920 that of course has led to Americans downsizing summer vacation 399 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:37.079 plans and just really it's not great right now when 400 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:39.119 it comes to the economy. What kind of issues right 401 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:43.039