WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:02.560 Good morning, Kentucky, and let's get it started. Let's get 2 00:00:02.560 --> 00:00:05.440 another week started. Another Monday. Here it is Kentucky and 3 00:00:05.480 --> 00:00:08.720 his morning news with Coffee and Company on News Radio 4 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:13.679 eight forty whas Scott fitshared alongside. We've got John Alden 5 00:00:13.759 --> 00:00:15.720 back in the saddle with us, and of course John 6 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:18.679 Shannon alongside. That means the crews here and we're ready 7 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:20.879 to Uh, let's let's have a week, fellas. 8 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:21.480 Let's do that. 9 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:22.640 Let's get off to a good start. 10 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:23.079 That was good. 11 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:26.640 Yes, I thought the weekend overall. I mean I felt 12 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:28.920 as if we were wrapping up Sunday. And now my 13 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.479 Sundays wrap up pretty early because I'm I'm learning from you, Scott. 14 00:00:32.679 --> 00:00:34.799 I'm getting ready for the week a lot earlier than 15 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:37.240 others do on a typical Sunday, just because our dates 16 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:39.560 started a little bit earlier. But things were going really well. 17 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:42.840 I think the rain, Mother Nature, she was good to us. 18 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:45.159 There was some storms on Saturday, but I feel like 19 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:47.159 it was brief and there were certain areas where I 20 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:49.359 don't really think they got anything as far as any 21 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:52.200 any bad rain. And then I thought it was gonna 22 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:54.399 come Sunday, and then sure enough there was some rain 23 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:57.359 later on yesterday, some storms last night around where we are, 24 00:00:57.399 --> 00:01:01.560 but nothing nothing crazy, but too awful. Stories to wrap 25 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:05.439 up the weekend, starting with what took place in Lexington. 26 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:08.760 I mean, it's no other way to say it other 27 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:09.879 than just a tragedy. 28 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:11.000 As there was a. 29 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:17.599 Quiet shirt service that turned into essentially a deadly deadly 30 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:20.519 scene where two people were killed and there was a 31 00:01:20.599 --> 00:01:24.040 law enforcement officer that also was shot, and that took 32 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:26.640 place at the Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington. But 33 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:29.640 it all started at eleven thirty yesterday in Lexington, where 34 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:32.439 a Kentucky State trooper was shot after pulling over a 35 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:36.359 suspect near the Bluegrass Airport and the suspect opened fire 36 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:39.040 during that traffic stop, and then following the shooting, he 37 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:43.359 ended up carjacking somebody and thankfully no injuries happened during 38 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:47.319 that incident. But after committing a carjacking, he then went 39 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:50.519 to this church and shot two people. It sounds as 40 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:54.079 if there may be a connection between this suspect and 41 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:58.079 that church, but they weren't necessarily commenting yesterday, so just again, 42 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:00.280 not only a tragic story all the way around. I mean, 43 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.239 it's the kind of thing that will of course make 44 00:02:02.359 --> 00:02:04.920 national news. The things that I used to reference what 45 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:06.920 is in the news to kind of get this day started. 46 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:10.039 This is one of the big stories. So just a 47 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:12.919 sad situation all the way around. And then what ended 48 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:16.240 up being I suppose just of I don't know if 49 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:18.000 it's if it was a hoax, if it was just 50 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:21.599 somebody thought they saw something that they didn't, but a 51 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:25.159 really unfortunate way to wrap up the basketball tournament that 52 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:27.199 took place over the weekend at the Fairgrounds, which I 53 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:28.879 don't know people realize this, but the run for the 54 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:33.039 Roses basketball tournament. It's a girl's AAU basketball tournament that 55 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:35.120 takes place in Louisville. I believe this is the second 56 00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:37.120 time they've had it here. But just to give you 57 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:39.360 some perspective on how many people come to town for this. 58 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:43.280 When there was the I guess false report of an 59 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:45.919 active shooter an active aggressor, I think it was both 60 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:48.919 that were reported, one at the basketball tournament, the other 61 00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:53.199 at Kentucky Kingdom, it ended up being nothing happened. They 62 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:56.120 didn't find any they didn't arrest anybody, they didn't they 63 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:59.960 didn't find any weapon, they didn't get any confirmation that's 64 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:04.240 someone was actually that had a weapon. But forty thousand 65 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:08.080 people were in the Kentucky exphysitions in the Exposition Center 66 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:11.719 having to evacuate with people, you know, thinking there's somebody 67 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:14.199 there with the gun. So again, it's good that that 68 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:18.159 didn't happen, but I mean, it's just it's certainly, certainly 69 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:20.080 that's what people are going to think of when they 70 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:22.000 think of that tournament they came to in Louisville, that 71 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:24.280 of course was I mean, hopefully the city was a 72 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:26.759 good experience all the way around, but there's no doubt 73 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:29.960 this is going to be what sticks with them. So again, overall, 74 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:33.479 not a great day for us here in Kentucky yesterday. 75 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:35.800 No, it's sad when you see that, and I saw 76 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:37.479 those reports, I saw the mayor statement. It was the 77 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:39.120 first I saw that, and the mayor was quick to 78 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:41.439 grab on to that, And to your point, Nick, it's 79 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:43.560 just sad that that that's what we have to deal 80 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:46.280 with now and that's where we're at, and of course 81 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:50.000 everything surrounding the tragic story in Lexington, and it just 82 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:53.199 shows you how valuable life is. 83 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:56.840 Yeah, and I hate it. This has become so routine 84 00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:59.639 for me, but it's just it's it's just I guess 85 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:02.599 being hones for whatever that's worth. I hate when these 86 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:07.319 kind of stories happen, and I no longer have really 87 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:10.960 that much shock value. I think when it hits close 88 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:14.800 to home, meeting in here in Kentucky, obviously that that 89 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:16.920 that's a little bit more of it's going to hit 90 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:18.759 your radar for a little bit longer amount of time, 91 00:04:18.839 --> 00:04:21.160 just because you feel some level of like, wow, that's 92 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:23.319 not far from me that have that. It's crazy that 93 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:25.279 stuff happens in general, but man, to have it happen 94 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:27.560 not far from where you are and in your home state, 95 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:30.720 it's it's one that you'll remember more. But like, unfortunately, 96 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:35.040 somebody going I mean again we don't know the name 97 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:36.639 of the of the suspect yet. It sounds like they're 98 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:39.920 going to release that probably today, but somebody going and 99 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:43.959 shooting up a church and and maybe it was suicide 100 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:48.199 by cop, not sure, but two people dead and one 101 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:50.439 of the officers is of course recovering from the shooting. 102 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:52.839 And again that that used to be something that was 103 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:54.800 like how could this happen? Which which is still I 104 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:57.720 think a justified response from a lot of people, but 105 00:04:57.759 --> 00:04:59.920 I just no longer have a whole lot of surprise 106 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:02.839 because it happened in once as a tragic situation, but 107 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:05.279 these are things that just clearly happened. I mean, one 108 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:07.959 time is too many. But it's not a rarity as 109 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:09.839 much as it as it used to be. 110 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:11.800 It seems like, I'm glad you said that because I 111 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:14.680 saw what I was scrolling through. Sad part is I 112 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:17.399 just read the headlining kept scrolling. Yes, yeah, and I'll 113 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:19.360 admit it I did. It's I hate being that way. 114 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:22.000 It's human nature because again, when something is no is 115 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:25.480 not such a rarity, and you know it no longer 116 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:28.439 gives you that same level of wow and just just 117 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:29.920 sad all the way around. But of course we'll keep 118 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:31.920 you updated on both those stories. I'm curious to see 119 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:33.800 what we end up finding out, if anything else, as 120 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:36.879 far as what led to the threat yesterday, because again 121 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:40.079 it sounds like it was it was nothing, which again 122 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:44.439 that's good, but certainly a lot of resources utilized yesterday 123 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:46.519 from law enforcement and a lot of fear from people 124 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:49.920 that were there, not knowing where to go and what 125 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:52.319 was going on, because again the officers are doing what 126 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:55.439 they're supposed to do, but just an unfortunate situation all 127 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:57.199 the way around. All right, let's get an update on 128 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:00.120 traffic and weather. Matvelosavistion will give us the forecast. All 129 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:01.839 so we'll take a look at what's going on on 130 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:04.040 the roadways here as we get the five am hour started, 131 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:07.199 and we'll keep this thing rolling along. Happy Monday, Kentucky, 132 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:08.959 And it's Kentucky and His Morning News with Coffee and 133 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:13.639 Company on News Radio eight forty Whas that's right, it 134 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:16.600 sure is Monday. It is five seventeen here on a 135 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.279 Monday morning, Kentucky and his Morning News with Coffee and Company. 136 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:22.040 We'll have a sports update coming up here at five 137 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:25.279 twenty five with Scott Fitzgerald and also we will have 138 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:28.399 John Shannon's first newscast coming up at five thirty and 139 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:30.639 then Rory O'Neil set to join us at five forty five. 140 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:35.319 And with Rory, we got to talk about Trump and 141 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:40.000 the MAGA base, because I wouldn't be foolish enough to 142 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:44.839 claim that he's he's losing he's losing support, because I mean, 143 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:47.720 there are many people who've just decided to make Donald 144 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:51.519 Trump their personality. That's what they that's just how they 145 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:53.439 identify and look that's okay, live your life, do you. 146 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:55.959 I don't say that passing any judgment, but there are 147 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:59.120 clearly some that I think are are critical of him. 148 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:03.720 Maybe I say, for the first time ever, that's impossible 149 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:06.120 for me to know for certain. However, the handling of 150 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:10.879 the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and also maybe the spending cuts, 151 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:14.560 those are things that at least some are expressing that 152 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:17.439 they may be underwhelmed. But Rory will give us the 153 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:19.240 latest as far as you know, at least checking the pulse. 154 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:22.360 There's no way to know how everyone actually feels. But 155 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:26.279 I did have a moment over the weekend where in 156 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:30.439 these moments have happened many times over a stretch of 157 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:33.639 really I guess probably about ten years now roughly, and 158 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:37.439 it's just this can't be real, right, But then you realize, yeah, 159 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:41.519 that's where we are. But on Saturday, when I was 160 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:45.160 finishing up my son at a basketball game, it was 161 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:47.240 early in the morning, I had some aer inst run. 162 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:49.800 Then I had my nephew's birthday parties. So I'm just 163 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:51.480 kind of, you know, I'm busy, which was good. I'm 164 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:54.279 staying busy on a Saturday morning and hadn't really been 165 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:57.399 checking in on what was going on as far as news, 166 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:00.279 and then I see that the attention of of our 167 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:03.720 president was on, uh, the citizenship of one Rosie O'Donnell. 168 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:06.680 And I mean, clearly that's a public few that we've 169 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:10.439 known about for quite some time, Donald Trump and Rosie O'Donnell. 170 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:13.319 But I mean, just to see that that it again, 171 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:15.199 It'd be foolish of me to claim that was like 172 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:19.600 the main priority as far as the president of this country, 173 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:21.720 But clearly it was a big enough priority for him 174 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:24.399 to want it out there for everybody in the world 175 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:27.160 to know that he's he's basically threatening to strip Rosie 176 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:29.399 o'donnald's US citizenship. And this is in no way to 177 00:08:29.399 --> 00:08:32.919 defend anything about Rosie o'dnnell. It's just it's I mean, 178 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:35.279 I don't know, like one thing about Trump that that 179 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:39.480 continues to fascinate me is it wouldn't be it wouldn't 180 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:42.440 be fair to say lack of awareness. But I guess 181 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:44.559 if somebody did say that, I wouldn't really challenge them. 182 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:51.080 It's just that the punched it don't punch down right 183 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:54.360 like Trump doesn't really seem to have any I think 184 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:56.080 it's two things he doesn't seem to care. Maybe he 185 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:58.559 doesn't have the ability to just ignore something, but like 186 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:01.360 he's something. There are times when where I feel like 187 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:05.240 our president is like somebody that's a celebrity with a 188 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:09.840 billion followers that is getting into the weeds with trolls, 189 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:12.320 right and just in engaging them. And I'm not necessarily 190 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:14.799 saying that's what Rosie O'donnald is, but I mean, she's 191 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:17.039 obviously made it clear how she feels about things, and 192 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:19.440 I'm not sure how many people really care what she thinks. 193 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:21.440 I mean, no offense to her, she's in outed her opinion, 194 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:24.759 but I don't know many people who are out here thinking, 195 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:26.080 you know, that's who we need to listen to. That's 196 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:27.720 somebody who's got it all together. I mean, she's not 197 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:31.000 even in our country anymore. But she clearly gets enough 198 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:33.080 attention from Trump to where he wants it to be 199 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:40.159 known that he's considering removing her citizenship. So on Saturday, 200 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:45.600 he floated the idea of provoking her citizenship quote because 201 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:47.080 of the fact that Rosio Donald's not in the best 202 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:49.639 interest of our great country, I'm giving serious consideration to 203 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:53.039 taking away her citizenship. She is the threat to humanity 204 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:55.120 and should remain in the wonderful country of Ireland if 205 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:56.480 they want her. God bless America. 206 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:58.240 Just is that real? 207 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:00.159 Like I think of Rosie o'donnald, I think of when 208 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:01.720 I was a kid in the early nineties. 209 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:02.639 What was that movie? 210 00:10:02.679 --> 00:10:04.840 She was in the Baseball movie? She in a legal 211 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:08.000 of their owner and I dreamed that. Anyways, there's one 212 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:09.720 of the many stories from over the weekend we'll be 213 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:11.799 reacting to this morning. Let's get a quick break. We'll 214 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:14.320 come back and get to the first sports update from 215 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:17.600 Scott Fitzgerald, but first let's get to another update on 216 00:10:17.679 --> 00:10:20.200 traffic and weather. Right here. It's Kentucky, Ana. It's Morning 217 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:23.519 News with Coffee and Company on news radio a forty whas. 218 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:27.759 Thank you very much, John Shannon. It is Kentucky and 219 00:10:27.879 --> 00:10:31.200 his Morning News with Coffee and Company on news Radio 220 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:34.080 eight forty whas, Nick Coffee. That's me John all on 221 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:40.440 alongside today. So the run for the Roses Tournament will 222 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:44.480 resume today. And that is it's the largest girls basketball 223 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:47.960 tournament in the world. I don't know if that is 224 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:50.240 the case, but that's what it is. That's how they 225 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:52.480 market it and brand it. And when you consider forty 226 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:56.720 thousand people being at the Exposition Center yesterday here in Louisville. Unfortunately, 227 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:59.720 for a real scare, that could be life changing for 228 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:01.879 a lot of people. I don't say that to exaggerate 229 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:06.399 or to be dramatic, but if you are doing something 230 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:11.519 that you probably consider something you enjoy watching or watching 231 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:15.080 basketball at a tournament where you maybe have family playing, 232 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:17.480 maybe your child, your grandchild, or maybe you're coaching, or 233 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:21.080 maybe you're playing anybody anybody there to then see panic 234 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:24.240 because there's been a report of an active shooter or 235 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:26.600 an active aggressor. I mean that can that can be 236 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:31.440 a feeling of fear and hopelessness that that will stick 237 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:35.279 with you forever. So you know, it's it's unfortunate, but 238 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:37.399 again it is a big, big event, and I hate 239 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:40.879 this that it's a good thing that overall there was 240 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:44.240 nobody that was injured, meaning it was I mean, I 241 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:45.639 don't want to say it was a false alarm or 242 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:46.879 if it was a hoax, I don't know. Maybe we'll 243 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:49.440 find out as far as what led to the response 244 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:51.120 being what it is. And I'm in no way being 245 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:53.399 critical because you can't take any of that lightly this 246 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:56.120 day and age, and it sounds as if, according to 247 00:11:56.159 --> 00:12:00.159 Mayor Greenberg, that those that were there ready to to 248 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:02.559 take action and do whatever is needed. From the law 249 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:05.679 enforcement side, they did their part, and also those that 250 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:09.000 were there as part of the staff at the Kentucky 251 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:12.759 Exposition Center. So are the fairgrounds, I should say. But nonetheless, 252 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:16.600 again it's good news that nothing happened and nobody was hurt. 253 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:19.840 But I just I hate knowing. And this is going 254 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:21.679 to sound silly because at the end of the day, 255 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:23.919 when you consider what happened in Lexington, I mean this 256 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:27.879 is considered great news that despite the fear and knowing 257 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:29.559 that those kind of things do happen, because look, what 258 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:31.639 just happened in your own state at the same time 259 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:35.480 or the same day, nearly the same time. But Louisville 260 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:39.360 bringing in this many people for this event and having 261 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:41.840 this probably be what they take from it, at least 262 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:43.279 maybe the first thing that comes to mind for them, 263 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:45.440 and maybe that won't be you never know, but if certain, 264 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:47.879 if in fact, you do hear from people that claim, yeah, 265 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:49.879 when I think of the trip to Louisville for this 266 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:52.360 big event, the city was awesome, and then you know 267 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:55.480 that happened, and hopefully they won't hold that against this, 268 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:57.480 Hopefully they won't just think that that type of action 269 00:12:57.639 --> 00:13:00.679 represents Louisville or anything like that. But you really, you know, 270 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:02.240 you really, you can't control it. 271 00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:04.519 So I don't know. 272 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:07.840 It's kind of a bummer because I hope that those 273 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:10.799 that were here don't think negatively of this city. But 274 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:12.559 if they do, I mean, I can't say that I 275 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:16.120 would be I'd be surprised. So when you look at 276 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:18.559 just the overall, and I don't know how, I don't 277 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:20.279 know if there's any way to know this for certain, 278 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:23.039 but when it comes to just the amount of money 279 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:25.480 that can be brought in by that many people here 280 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:28.360 in this city, I'll give you an example. I had somebody, 281 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:30.600 one of my friends, coming in town to visit family. 282 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:32.759 He doesn't live here anymore, and he was just telling 283 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:35.039 me how impossible it was to get a decent hotel 284 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:39.159 really kind of anywhere in Louisville that wasn't charge, you know, 285 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:43.080 the price wasn't wasn't jacked up. And part of it 286 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:44.720 is because of this they knew there were this many 287 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:46.559 people coming to town. I mean, I went also Friday, 288 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:47.720 I was out on an errands and I made it 289 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:51.960 out to the outlet shops there in Shelby County, And 290 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:54.200 I tell you what I mean, I feel like every 291 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:57.399 store I went into and everywhere I looked, there were 292 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:00.600 groups of fifteen to twenty people that were with a 293 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:03.759 certain AAU basketball club that we're here because of this. 294 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:06.159 So I mean there were a lot of people in 295 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:10.080 the city, and by all accounts, I mean, everything went 296 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:13.639 smoothly other than just whatever led to somebody alerting authorities 297 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:16.519 that there was an active aggressor. It started at the 298 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:19.159 basketball tournament, and then of course there was the same 299 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:22.759 same thing alleged essentially at Kentucky Kingdom. They later found 300 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:28.360 out that it was a false alarm, and again sounds 301 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:32.000 like everybody handled it as best you can. But I 302 00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:33.919 felt like this was in fact over the weekend, I 303 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:35.240 was thinking, you know what, this is gonna be something 304 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:37.960 I enjoy really talking about because I'm not sure if 305 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:40.080 enough people realize how awesome it is that we have 306 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:43.759 this event. Again. This is a tournament that is one 307 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:46.080 of the biggest in the world. In fact, they say 308 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:48.519 it's the biggest girls basketball tournament in the world. So 309 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:52.279 it will resume today, which is good. But there are 310 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:57.559 some there are some teams that have decided not to continue, 311 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:59.480 and I don't know if that's because of the threat 312 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:02.360 or if because maybe the schedule, of course has been 313 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:04.879 altered due to them having to shut things down early yesterday. 314 00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:07.360 Maybe from a schedule standpoint, that's also a factor. But 315 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:09.519 it is going to resume Monday, but there'll be some 316 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:13.919 teams that won't be there, so it's a bummer and 317 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:16.000 I hope they don't hold it against us, but again 318 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:18.159 I don't. I mean, I don't who to blame if somebody, 319 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:21.559 if somebody in fact was just pulling a prank. I mean, 320 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:23.519 you would hope that we'd be able to find out 321 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:25.200 who that is and they can be held accountable. I'm 322 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:27.799 not saying that's what happened or not. But it's also 323 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:29.960 one of those things that can you be surprised if 324 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:32.000 if you have to take I mean, you can't take 325 00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:34.200 any you can never take anything lightly when it comes 326 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:37.240 to somebody reporting that they may think there's an active 327 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:40.440 aggressor or whatnot. And it's always good news that whenever 328 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:42.519 you have that moment of fear, then you realize that's 329 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:45.519 not the case. But you've got to wonder, Okay, could 330 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:48.399 could this have been avoidable and it's you know, we'll 331 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:51.879 never know. But again it resumes today and hopefully they 332 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:54.960 finished strong. All right, let's get to a quick update 333 00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:57.200 on traffic and weather. Mett Melosavitch will give us the 334 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:58.960 latest on the forecast, and we'll see what's going on 335 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:00.960 out here, and they can Kentucky Ana Roads as we 336 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:03.639 get the morning started from Bobby Ellis and then Rory O'Neil. 337 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:06.519 He'll join us at five forty five, and I'm curious 338 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:10.480 to get his thoughts as far as the Trump supporters 339 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:14.240 maybe being a little not underwhelmed, but maybe just expecting 340 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:17.200 more from the Epstein investigation and maybe expecting more when 341 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:18.960 it comes to spending cuts. But we'll talk to Rory 342 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:20.559 on the other side of Kentucky. And it's Morning News 343 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:25.080 right here on News Radio eight forty whas it is 344 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:27.879 Kentucky and is Morning News with Coffee and Company here 345 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:30.320 on News Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee. 346 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:30.559 That's me. 347 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:34.720 Let's bring him in. He's Roy O'Neil of NBC News. Rory, 348 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:37.159 it'd be foolish of me to say that that President 349 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:39.559 Trump is losing support, because there are some that again 350 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:42.399 they my comments, nobody else I think they make Trump 351 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:44.879 their whole personality, which, again, it's a free country, they 352 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:47.159 can certainly do that. But it does seem as if 353 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:50.480 there are at least some out there that are not 354 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:52.480 afraid to express that they've been a little bit, a 355 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:54.720 little bit displeased maybe with how he's handled a couple 356 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:59.799 of things recently, including the Epstein investigation, maybe the maybe 357 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:02.039 the amount of spending cuts that's taking place up to 358 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:03.600 this point. What can you tell us as far as 359 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:06.200 maybe the temperature for those that, of course are supporters 360 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:08.640 of Trump and identify in the MAGA crowd. 361 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:12.559 Well, look, they are still on the Trump train, right. 362 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:15.720 But we heard a lot of this from the MAGA 363 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:19.759 wing at the Turning Point USA conference that took place 364 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:23.680 this weekend in Tampa. Many of them the young students, 365 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:27.480 the college students, the early voters, I guess in their careers. 366 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.920 But the look, they're not happy with the decision to 367 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:34.119 shut down the Epstein investigation. They're not happy with some 368 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:36.880 of the carve outs in the immigration reform by letting 369 00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:39.920 people who maybe in the country illegally continue to work 370 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:43.759 for agriculture or hospitality industries. They don't like the fact 371 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:46.480 that even last night the President said they're going to 372 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:50.480 start sending more weapons to Ukraine, or that the Big 373 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:54.400 Beautiful Bill has three trillion dollars in new debt. They thought, wait, 374 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:57.160 I thought we'd get spending cuts. So look, while they're 375 00:17:57.200 --> 00:18:01.000 still on board with President Trump, are saying, hey, you 376 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:03.519 know what this is, we were promised something else. 377 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:08.000 And also when you look at the Epstein situation, to 378 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:11.720 to insinuate that maybe they were created by Barack Obama 379 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:16.359 and then say that nobody nobody cares about the Epstein files, 380 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:18.759 it seemed as if that one meeting saying nobody cares 381 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:21.039 it was a real sign of him maybe not really 382 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:24.160 being able to read the room a little bit. Maybe 383 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:25.559 there are some people that don't care, and maybe there 384 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:27.519 are some people that now don't care because he said that. 385 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:29.960 But it seems to me it just from my perspective, 386 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:31.799 it seemed as if maybe that was one of the 387 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:33.519 one of the recent times where he said something and 388 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:35.400 maybe he didn't quite get that that maybe he was 389 00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:37.200 maybe he didn't have the field that he thought he did. 390 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:40.920 Well. We also saw in that truth Social post, right, 391 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:42.960 this is what's going out with my boys and in 392 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:45.680 some cases gals, I mean so it's even even the 393 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:49.640 president is hearing from his own supporters saying that they 394 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:52.079 don't like this, you know, because there's been there's been 395 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:54.480 this outcry that you know, Pam Bondi should be fired 396 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:57.799 or whatever it may be, that which seems unlikely, or 397 00:18:57.839 --> 00:19:02.440 that Dan Bonginou number two minute, the FBI might resign 398 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:05.720 because of what the administration decided to do with the 399 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:10.440 Epstein investigation. So even President Trump is acknowledging that there 400 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:13.519 are some rumblings underneath. And by the way, let's be clear, 401 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:16.880