WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.560 Good Monday morning, Kentucky Anda. Welcome in Kentucky Anda's morning 2 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:06.639 news here on News Radio eight forty whas it is 3 00:00:06.679 --> 00:00:11.000 seven oh five, as we get the seven o'clock hours started, 4 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:13.439 Nick Coffee, Scott Fitzgerald, you heard Joe Lincoln there, Who's 5 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:16.239 filling in this morning for John Shannon. We've got John 6 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:19.039 Allen and we've got the whole crew here. And obviously 7 00:00:19.079 --> 00:00:21.280 a lot to react to from the weekend. Hopefully everybody 8 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:24.239 had a good Father's Day weekend around here, but obviously 9 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:26.839 a lot of protests still going on across the country, 10 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:31.320 and an awful situation took place on Friday night that 11 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:34.479 continues to be a big story out in Minnesota. As 12 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:37.000 by the way, maybe if you're just getting your day started, 13 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:40.759 this may be news to you as this this was 14 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:44.280 something that took place last night. But they did capture 15 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:50.079 the suspect, Vance Bolter, who is accused of killing a 16 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:55.000 Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and her husband and then 17 00:00:55.200 --> 00:01:00.399 leaving another badly hurt. Same thing. It was a husband 18 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:02.920 wife duo, so they were able to after a couple 19 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:05.400 of days, they were able to track this guy down 20 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:08.799 thanks to the help of somebody who had I believe 21 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:13.040 it was a trail cam that noticed some activity that 22 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:15.879 was I think I don't know the exact distance, but 23 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:20.200 not terribly far from where they found the suspect's car abandoned. 24 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:24.359 So with some help, authorities were able to arrest this person. 25 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:27.799 And of course they're facing state, both state and federal 26 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:33.280 murder charges. Also there's also a charge for fleeing prosecution. 27 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:37.519 So I mean, just an awful situation from top to bottom. 28 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:41.200 And what I'm curious, and I shouldn't be curious because 29 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:45.040 it's weird saying that I'm eager to hear is if 30 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:46.879 there's going to be some kind of explanation from this 31 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:50.159 person as far as what they did. But maybe there 32 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:53.760 is something to learn from it. Again, clearly, if this 33 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:56.120 person's willing to talk and say what led them, there 34 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:58.560 won't excuse it by any means. There's no scenario where 35 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:02.439 words will justify what took place. But maybe I guess 36 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:06.480 there is some value in figuring out what led to 37 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:09.840 the extreme measures this person took to commit such an awful, 38 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:13.000 awful act of violence that again has taken two people's lives, 39 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:14.960 So that of course has been a big story. But 40 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:17.360 again I think what is most most recent here is 41 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:21.400 that they did overnight capture this suspect and they will 42 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:24.639 be facing a judge today, so we'll keep you up 43 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:26.000 to date on that throughout the day here at news 44 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:29.240 Radio eight forty whas also again protesting me going on 45 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:31.159 across the country for a while now, at least the 46 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:33.680 last week, and Louisville has had some and then of 47 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:36.319 course Louisville is one of the many cities that had 48 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:39.680 no King protests, rallies, whatever you want to call it. 49 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:42.919 That took place over the weekend. So downtown Louisville about 50 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:46.800 four thousand people were out and it started at noon 51 00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:51.120 concluded around four o'clock downtown Louisville, not far at all 52 00:02:51.159 --> 00:02:53.960 from where we're sitting right here, and it was seeing 53 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:56.080 some of the coverage of it and all the pictures 54 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:58.319 and videos of the protest, I mean, I could tell 55 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:00.520 exactly where they were and you and it's not far 56 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:02.840 off from where we're sitting right now. But I believe, 57 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:06.400 regardless of what your thoughts are on the protests, and 58 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:09.719 I mean regardless of what your thoughts are on the 59 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:12.639 reason the people are protesting, or if you think they 60 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:16.199 should be able to protest, to the ability they did 61 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:18.479 on Saturday, where of course there were streets that you 62 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:21.159 couldn't get through if you were trying to drive. So again, 63 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:24.360 I'm only bringing it up to say, whatever your thoughts are, 64 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:28.479 if in fact we see that there were no arrests 65 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:32.639 made during this four hour protest that had four thousand people, 66 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:34.560 isn't that a win win for everybody? I mean, like, 67 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:36.639 put your thoughts aside. I mean, this would have been 68 00:03:36.759 --> 00:03:38.800 it wouldn't have been a surprise by any means if 69 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:42.520 there were arrest made, because you typically get arrests at 70 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:46.680 least one or a few that take place, because even 71 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:49.360 if there are ninety eight percent of those, they're doing 72 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:53.000 it peacefully knowing to not cross that line. All it 73 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:55.120 takes is a couple to cross the line, and then 74 00:03:55.199 --> 00:03:57.479 that could be the invitation for others to do so. 75 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:01.759 So again, I'm surprised, but pleasantly surprised that we didn't 76 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:05.199 end up having a bunch of arrests, and maybe it 77 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:07.560 being because here's the thing, had there been some type 78 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:10.000 of real let me give you an example. I don't 79 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:12.639 know where this was, and I suppose it's important, but 80 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:14.919 I just I didn't I didn't track which city this 81 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:19.360 took place in, But there were horses, law law enforcement 82 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:22.439 on horses, and that's that's happening around here too. It's 83 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:24.639 not that that's in a lot of places. But there 84 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:26.759 was a video of of somebody walking up to a 85 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:30.199 police officer and crossing the line by not not hitting, 86 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:32.600 but at least putting their hands on the horse. Can't 87 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:35.120 do that stupid thing that you can't do that, that's 88 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:37.120 like putting your hands on law enforcement. You're asking to 89 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:40.160 be arrested. So so again that ended up becoming a 90 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:42.839 national story and it was in you know, it was 91 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:45.120 in a I don't know which city it was. But 92 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:47.319 my point is we didn't really have anything that took 93 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:50.079 place that I've seen as far as a viral clip 94 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:52.959 on social media that ends up on the news and 95 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:57.399 when they're when they're covering all the different protests that 96 00:04:57.480 --> 00:05:00.680 take place across the country. We didn't get thrown into 97 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:02.600 the top tier of hey, look at take a look 98 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:04.680 at what happened here, Like it wasn't contentious enough to 99 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:07.079 where did you see the last made news for the 100 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:08.959 wrong reasons here in louisvill Which again I think that's 101 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:09.800 best case scenario. 102 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:13.199 What'd you see the national anthem a the Dodgers Giants Gameza, yes, 103 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:16.040 saying that, saying it in Spanish as a protest. 104 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:18.399 And it has been confirmed that the Dodgers did not 105 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:19.319 want her to do that. 106 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:19.879 Right exactly. 107 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:23.480 Yeah. So that Look, that's just where we are. That's 108 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:26.560 the current climate with things. And again we'll keep you 109 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:29.199 updated as best we can. There's been a change to 110 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:34.439 what President Trump is having Ice do when it comes 111 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:36.519 to immigration. We'll talk about that. On the other side, 112 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:38.879 we've got another update of sports coming your way. You know, 113 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:40.600 I'm going to find a way to squeeze in some 114 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:42.519 more talk about my Louis of Cardinals. So it's obviously 115 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:45.560 been talked about this morning, but they survived yesterday in Omaha. 116 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:49.079 They're now back in action tomorrow with another game where 117 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:51.519 it's winner go home, a rematch that they I'm sure 118 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:53.519 they're eager to get that rematch against the Beavers. 119 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:57.439 Well us a major announcement coming later this morning surrounding 120 00:05:57.560 --> 00:05:58.160 Low City. 121 00:05:58.279 --> 00:05:58.759 There we go. 122 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:00.879 Now, we got some good news up on that front too. 123 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:03.720 Good stuff on a Monday, Hi, buddy, let's get an 124 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:05.759 update of traffic and weather. It's seven to eleven here 125 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:10.519 at news Radio eight forty whas it is seven fifteen 126 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:12.720 here Kentucky in his morning news with Nick Coffee on 127 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:16.800 News Radio eight forty whas, thanks for hanging out with 128 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:18.680 us here this morning. I do want to remind folks 129 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:23.319 once again that the second phase of the inspections taking 130 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:27.000 place on the Clark Memorial Bridge start today, and it 131 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:29.439 sounds as if phase two is expected to be a 132 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:31.720 little bit more impactful when it comes to traffic, So 133 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:33.839 just keep that in mind. If you are somebody that 134 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:37.680 has a daily commute that involves the Clark Memorial Bridge, 135 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:40.000 you may want to plan to give yourself a little 136 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:43.079 bit of extra time, So just be mindful of that. Also, 137 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:46.600 when it comes to the ice raids that are taking 138 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:50.040 place across the country, clearly there's many people protesting against 139 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:53.680 that and they have strong opinions on that. However, I 140 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:55.319 do feel like, and who am I to say what 141 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:57.160 is going under the radar and what is not. But 142 00:06:57.240 --> 00:06:59.680 I do feel just from my perspective, it doesn't seem 143 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:01.879 as if this has gotten as much attention as I 144 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:04.920 would have expected. And that is that President Trump has 145 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:11.199 told ICE to pause immigration arrests at farms, hotels and restaurants, 146 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:16.959 and this is reportedly because of the issues that it 147 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:20.279 could cause for these industries that very much rely on 148 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:25.199 migrant labor. Two officials told CBS News that this sudden 149 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:30.839 shift follows complaints from growers, hotel chains, and trade groups 150 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.519 who fear losing staff during peak summer demand. The pause 151 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:36.480 does not affect ongoing raids at factories or in city streets, 152 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:39.839 but it halts plans sweeps at hundreds of food service 153 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:44.639 and hospitality sites all the agency reviews economic impacts. The 154 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:47.720 change marks a sharp pivot for the Trump administration, which 155 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:50.959 has vowed to deport millions in recently top one hundred 156 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:54.959 thousand arrests this term. So this is big news, of course, 157 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:56.879 and I'm not sure many would dispute that, but what 158 00:07:56.959 --> 00:08:01.240 I think is pretty the obvious takeaway leads from my standpoint, 159 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:04.319 is you should be if you're going to do this, 160 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:06.920 I mean you would think you would, You would know 161 00:08:06.959 --> 00:08:09.639 that consistency would be needed. What this is saying is, 162 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:15.600 if you were here illegally, we really really or there's 163 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:18.600 no questions to be asked, We're coming, We're snatching you up, 164 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:22.480 and you're out of here unless you work in industries 165 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:26.120 that heavily rely on people who may be here illegally. 166 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:28.800 I mean, am I wrong? I mean, I mean again, 167 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:31.079 I'm not trying to put words in anybody else's mouth, 168 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:32.679 but like to me, that was the obvious. Well wait 169 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:38.159 a second, because whenever you decided to really put this 170 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:42.279 whole thing in motion to just start getting legal immigrants 171 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:46.559 out of this country with really the I was going 172 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:47.960 to use the word force, and I don't really think 173 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:49.759 that that's out of line, but that wasn't the word 174 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:51.919 I was looking for. But when you were going to 175 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:55.120 be this aggressive it and making it such a priority 176 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:56.960 to just get people out of this country that are 177 00:08:57.000 --> 00:09:00.159 here illegally, I mean, didn't you know at that time? 178 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:03.480 How could you not know at that time that we do, 179 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:06.399 in fact in this country there are certain industries that 180 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:08.759 rely heavily on migrant labor. 181 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:11.799 So well, that's kind of what we heard Dell Romans 182 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:14.159 talk about out of Churchill Downs when they had their 183 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:16.879 sort of held cord out there on the backside. Sure 184 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:19.840 we and said, look, we have a lot of good 185 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:23.240 folks here who do a lot for us, and to 186 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:26.000 be honest, with the jobs nobody wants to do and 187 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:28.440 is as big as the economic engine is here in 188 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:31.120 Kentucky when it comes to horse racing. He was basically, 189 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:33.759 we need these people here, and if they're honest and 190 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:36.879 they're paying taxes, isn't it worth another look? 191 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:40.480 Sure? And when you're when it's not your world, meaning 192 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:43.200 when it's not something that you really can relate to, 193 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:45.799 or it's not it's not your industry, you really just 194 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:48.080 don't know. But I mean, I'm sure there are countless 195 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:51.679 scenarios where if, in fact, you snapped your fingers and 196 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:55.200 everybody that was in this country illegally was gone, the 197 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:59.720 impact that would have Again, You'd have endless scenarios that 198 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:02.120 I'd sit here and think, oh, yeah, I never would 199 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:03.639 have thought of that, because you know, I don't work 200 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:05.639 in that field. That's not an industry I have any 201 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:08.639 familiarity with. But yeah, it makes sense that if those 202 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:12.799 people aren't around that it impacts it impacts certain industries 203 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:16.840 in a major way. So clearly there's I don't see 204 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:22.320 this becoming an issue. I don't see this being something 205 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:25.639 that is just blown over anytime soon. I could be wrong, 206 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:27.720 but it does seem as if things have calmed down 207 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:30.720 in Los Angeles, which which that really started last week 208 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:33.039 as far as it just kind of getting you know, 209 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:37.159 it wasn't it wasn't escalating. Seemingly, protests are still going 210 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:40.080 to be taking place and this thing will run its course. 211 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:42.559 But I don't know. I'm always in the I always 212 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:44.919 ask myself when it comes to things like this, are 213 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:46.679 we at a point where we expect this to maybe 214 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:48.799 get a little worse before it gets better? Or are 215 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:50.440 we heading in the direction where it is going to 216 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:54.279 slowly but surely get better. And at this point it's 217 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:56.559 tough to say, but again, that is the bit that's 218 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:58.840 a big piece of news that as a Friday, I 219 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:01.120 believe it was. They've they've now told ICE to no 220 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:06.919 longer go in and raid certain businesses that rely heavily 221 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:10.039 on migrant labor, like farms, restaurants, hotels. But again, if 222 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:13.919 we're talking about factories in the streets and whatnot, you're 223 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:16.399 still going to see these rates taking place. All right, 224 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:18.120 we got another update of sports coming your way, but 225 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:20.840 first let's check in on traffic and weather right here 226 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:25.600 on news Radio eight forty whas. Thank you, Joe. It 227 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:29.879 is seven thirty five here at news Radio eight forty Whas. 228 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:32.840 Kentucky and his Morning News with Nick Coffee. Appreciate you 229 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:37.519 hanging out with us. Right as we were starting the newscast, 230 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:40.799 there WKY our partners. They're on the big screen in 231 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:42.960 front of me, which they are each and every morning. 232 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:47.240 They were showing all the different photos videos. I think 233 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:50.000 they had a chopper cam there. But the accident that 234 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.320 took place on Friday morning, it was actually about an 235 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:54.879 hour after we wrapped up the show. That is, whenever 236 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:59.120 you had a scary situation that really it's miraculous that 237 00:11:59.480 --> 00:12:03.440 nobody was involved. It was a single single vehicle accident 238 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:08.639 where the eighteen wheeler ended up somehow getting into an 239 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:12.120 accident at the on ramp near the bridge, and it's 240 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:16.120 on fire, big flames, and the driver was able to 241 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:20.600 escape the vehicle before the fire started. And obviously the 242 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:23.720 cab of the eighteen wheeler did in fact fall from 243 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:26.639 the bridge, but it was empty, it wasn't carrying any 244 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:30.879 hazardous materials and that's a miracle. But again, just seeing 245 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:34.000 some of these things, maybe it's because we have a 246 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:36.120 radar at least I do now of Okay, is that 247 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:38.960 a real photo or did somebody use the power of AI, 248 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:41.159 because I think we all know AI can be scary 249 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:43.559 when it comes to generating photo and now even video 250 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:48.399 that looks real but there's little details when you're thinking, 251 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:50.840 wait a second, it looks a little cartoonish to where 252 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:53.679 maybe it's maybe it's not real. But these these photos 253 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:55.759 and videos were real, because that's something that really happened. 254 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:57.559 And I talked about this earlier. I just want to 255 00:12:57.559 --> 00:12:59.759 clarify I'm not I'm not putting in taking anybody to 256 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:03.080 tab saying there's any specific reason for this happening. I 257 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:06.279 just think it is a wild coincidence that we here 258 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:09.279 in Louisville in the last fifteen months roughly, have had 259 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:13.039 three different situations where you've had an accident with a 260 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:16.879 semi truck that ends up in either the cab of 261 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:21.720 the truck or the entire thing, seemingly at times dangling 262 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:24.879 from one of our bridges or an overpass like we 263 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:30.679 saw on Friday mornings. So obviously, I don't think I 264 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:33.120 don't think there's any way to tie any of these 265 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:36.679 three things together to claim that there's one specific reason 266 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:39.279 that these things happen. More than anything, it's just a 267 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:42.960 wild coincidence. Because you could find a city that is 268 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:45.559 bigger than ours that has way more traffic throughout the day, 269 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:49.919 that may have more bridges with more vulnerability for these 270 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:52.759 kind of things to happen. And in one hundred years 271 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:54.480 it may have never happened, and yet here we've had 272 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:57.679 it happen three times. It's just a wild coincidence. And 273 00:13:57.720 --> 00:14:02.000 those things, they fascinate me more than anything. It's because 274 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:04.120 nobody got hurt on Friday. Like it's you saw the 275 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:06.320 I mean that you saw the aftermath of it on 276 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:08.360 the screen there, Scott. It's yeah, it's wild. 277 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:12.080 Well, and it says according to the American Truckers Association, 278 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:15.320 a truck driver shortage of about seventy eight thousand drivers 279 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:18.600 was present in twenty and twenty two. They expect that 280 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:20.919 by twenty twenty eight to rise to one hundred and 281 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:25.000 sixty thousand. And I say that because immediately after the 282 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:27.840 accident happened, as I'd love to do, I go to 283 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:29.799 our social media pages here at the station, get the 284 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:32.159 polls for what people are talking about. And there were 285 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:34.600 some veteran truck drivers that were saying that they in 286 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:37.879 fact think that they're pushing these truckers through these schools 287 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:42.000 too fast. And I can't validate that and I'm working 288 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:43.799 on a story for that for Kentucky Focus somebody. 289 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:46.120 It wouldn't shock me if that was the case exactly. 290 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:48.639 And they're saying, because there is such a shortage and 291 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:51.799 we need our goods, and we saw that after COVID 292 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:53.840 when things shut down, we had the porch shut down. 293 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:56.759 We value our truck drivers and they're trying to get 294 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:59.120 them out there. But are they pushing them through too fast? 295 00:14:59.639 --> 00:14:59.840 Nick? 296 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:02.720 If you've driven parts of sixty five, we've all hit 297 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:05.360 spaghetti junction and when it rained, you have to slow down. 298 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:08.759 Oh yeah, yeah, I mean, And what this is just 299 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:13.480 my curiosity. Each driver probably a much different situation. Maybe 300 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:16.879 somebody that's not from here, Maybe somebody that is from 301 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:18.799 here and takes that route every day. Again, it's just 302 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:21.120 it's tough to know, and it's it's really not relevant. 303 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:23.440 But if anything, you just chalk it up to maybe 304 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:25.600 just not understanding that you need to be going a 305 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:27.960 certain speed limit when you are in that area, and 306 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:30.039 if not, you'll you could you could have an accident. 307 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:31.840 I mean the one that took place that became a 308 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:34.000 real national story just because of the rescue that was 309 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:36.559 needed when they were hanging off the second Street bridge, 310 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:40.279 that Cisco truck. Again, heroic effort from the first responders 311 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:43.080 and Louisville Fire Department who showed up, And I was 312 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:46.639 just I was nerding out on just how calm they 313 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:49.279 were and their ability to keep the person that was 314 00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:52.039 trapped inside calm. I mean, those are those are real 315 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:54.840 life savers and for them to just never know when 316 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:57.200 that's going to happen, but be ready to execute when 317 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:58.919 it does happen, it was a beautiful thing to see. 318 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:00.639 But when that took place, that was just a car 319 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:03.559 accident that ended up in where like you're on a bridge, 320 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:06.759 you've got an eighteen wheeler. When you're in an accident 321 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:09.279 and vehicles are moving about, there's not a whole lot 322 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:11.039 of space. You can't go off the road. You go 323 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:13.360 off the road, you on a bridge, you're in water. 324 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:15.679 So just a situation. 325 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:18.000 You mentioned one of the solutions they might be looking 326 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:21.639 at as sort of an adhesive epoxy. I guess what 327 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:23.480 they were talking about, and that's something they've used in 328 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:25.879 NASCAR before. They've actually put some of that note. It's 329 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:27.639 almost like a version of no slip, and they put 330 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:30.000 it up in the tracks and that might help. Maybe 331 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:31.960 they can use that technology. I don't know. I'm not 332 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:34.120 a transportation expert. I don't claim to be one on 333 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:35.879 the radio, but I guarantee. 334 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:36.559 You you could have told me you were one and 335 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.279 out of believe. 336 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:40.159 Changes are coming. I can guarantee. 337 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:45.279 KYTC is planning safety improvements as mentioned, including an epoxy 338 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:48.360 surface treatment that could help. But the cleanup on Friday 339 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:53.159 took a long time because the intense fire. It welded 340 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:57.320 the truck to the trailer, which complicated, you know, the 341 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:01.399 recovery efforts. According to the Suburban Suburban Towing who was 342 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:03.679 tasked with trying to get that thing cleaned up, Yeah 343 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:05.680 it was a mess. But again, the miracle is that 344 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:08.000 nobody nobody got here. Did you hear that the Bullet 345 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:10.880 County came out a miracle? I gotta watch it. I 346 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:14.920 gotta watch it. That's what I need to do. If 347 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:17.319 I start, if I start sounding like a day the 348 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:20.079 bad joke jar its. The Bullet County accs. Yeah, it 349 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:23.640 was a miracle out there. We got another update of 350 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:26.400 traffic and weather coming your way. And they did not 351 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:29.359 try to set up a big party on the highlands 352 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:31.160 this past weekend. At least it doesn't seem but they 353 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:33.480 decided to take the party elsewhere those that do enjoy 354 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:37.680 being out late, shutting down streets, doing whatever. But they 355 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:40.519 got caught pretty quickly. We'll tell you about lmpd's efforts 356 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:44.720 on Saturday to quickly shut down I guess relocation efforts 357 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:47.000 right taking what was going on in the Highlands to 358 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:49.079 a different spot. But again they were shut down quickly, 359 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:51.119 So we'll hit on that. On the other side, it's 360 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:53.079 Kentucky and it's Morning News on News Radio eight forty 361 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:57.079 whas it is seven forty seven here at Kentucky and 362 00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:59.759 his Morning News on News Radio eight forty whas Nick 363 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:03.359 call with you, and there seems to be real improvement 364 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:05.880 from the It was really two straight weekends where you 365 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:09.480 had some chaos on Bargstown Road and in the Highlands. 366 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:11.279 Now I know it went on more than just those 367 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:14.440 two weekends, but it got to a different level for 368 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:19.440 two straight weeks, and obviously LMPD and Mayor Greenberg emphasized 369 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:22.319 making sure that that did not become a thing that 370 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:25.000 happened for a third straight weekend, and I think on 371 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:28.720 Saturday of this past weekend, meaning just two days ago. 372 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:31.240 As far as that area, I think it was another 373 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:34.839 sign of real progress. However, and I don't know if 374 00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:37.240 it's the same people that were looking to do the 375 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:39.960 same thing that was taking place in previous weeks on 376 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:42.279 Bargetown Road in the Highlands. But there was a pop 377 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:47.480 up party that took place that did not happen, didn't 378 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:52.359 didn't last very long. So LMPD on Saturday evening broke 379 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:54.880 up in illegal pop up parties they call it. It was 380 00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:57.319 in the thirteen hundred block of River Road near Big 381 00:18:57.359 --> 00:19:00.240 Four Bridge, with hundreds of people in at ten. It 382 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:03.799 was about eleven thirty where the Louisville Metro Alcoholic Beverage 383 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:09.359 Control alerted LMPD about an unlicensed event at an establishment 384 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:12.319 where the crowd was again estimated at over one thousand 385 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:16.839 people inside and outside. So lmpd's rapid response team was deployee, 386 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:19.920 discovering in fact the crowd being larger than they expected, 387 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:22.319 and they shut it down. They shut the party down 388 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:26.000 and the attendees dispersed to nearby parking lots, requiring the 389 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:29.160 police to form a line to get everybody cleared out 390 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:30.920 of there. So a lot of coordinating, a lot of 391 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:33.680 organizing to just you know, it's probably a big effort 392 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:37.200 to as smooth as possible, get that thing shut down 393 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:40.240 and get people out of there without any real incident. 394 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:43.119 And the good thing is the crowd complied and there 395 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:46.839 was no incident, no arrests were made. Four cars were 396 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:51.359 towed in the Barstown Road area, though no issues were 397 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:55.240 reported there or near where the previous So again you 398 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:57.799 had people, I guess, trying to maybe and I shouldn't 399 00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:59.400 say that because I don't know, maybe it's a completely 400 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:02.759 separate thing regardless if you're trying to whoever it is, 401 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:05.039