WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:02.799 A fresh eight o'clock hour here of coffee and Company 2 00:00:02.839 --> 00:00:05.080 on Kentucky and this morning news Nick Coffee, that's me 3 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:08.279 Scott Fitzgerred alongside, and we've got one hour left. And 4 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:10.839 for those just now joining us, welcome in Happy Friday 5 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:14.599 to you. We did early on talk about the teacher 6 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:18.480 shortage going on at JCPS, and I always stand corrected, 7 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:19.879 believe it or not, I do. 8 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:21.039 I do prepare for this show. 9 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:23.440 I do research as best I can, and apparently it 10 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:27.199 is not that uncommon currently for there to be job 11 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:31.800 fairs to hire actual teachers. It's I don't think it's 12 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:36.039 it's common in public K twelve school systems, but there 13 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:38.399 are vacancies in a lot of places when it comes 14 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:41.399 to teachers. The teacher shortage is not just a JCPS issue. 15 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:45.759 It's everywhere. But JCPS, of course the biggest school district 16 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:49.240 in our state, and obviously they've had their share problems 17 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:52.240 and they're welcoming in a new superintendent. And to hear 18 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:56.240 that they are still short of eighteen hundred different people, 19 00:00:56.359 --> 00:00:57.759 I'm sorry, let me let me make sure I get 20 00:00:57.759 --> 00:01:00.759 the Yeah, not eighteen no, no, I'm sorry. That was more 21 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:03.880 of a national number. But JCPS currently has three hundred 22 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:07.680 and sixty two classroom teacher vacancies and fifty three other 23 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:13.000 certified positions that are still open, and one and eighty 24 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:16.959 six of those are support staff roles. So what they're 25 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:19.959 doing in order to try to get ready for school 26 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:23.519 is it's I think less than a month away. They're 27 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:25.680 having a job fare and it's actually going to be 28 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:28.480 today from ten am to two pm at the Center 29 00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:31.519 for Professional Learning Complex that is on Atkinson Square Drive. 30 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:34.680 So I just the reason I brought up the job 31 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:37.239 fair thing is I think for bus drivers and just 32 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:40.959 other positions within the school that are not necessarily for teachers, 33 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:43.040 it just seemed odd to me that there would be 34 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:45.239 a job fare for that, But again it's becoming more 35 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:47.840 common because of the lack of teachers everywhere. 36 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:49.879 But if you are the. 37 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:51.480 New superintendent here, I mean, you knew what you were 38 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:54.879 walking into, you knew that the job was an important one. 39 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:57.840 And clearly some improvements are needed in JCPS in a 40 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:01.200 variety of ways. But hopefully they can they can get 41 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:03.400 off to a good start. I mean, look, getting this 42 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:05.040 is I don't want to. I don't be too hard 43 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:08.479 on them because again I think sometimes the people that 44 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:11.319 go to work every day and deal with it, and 45 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:13.319 and you know they choose to do it because more 46 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:15.120 often than not, I would assume it's the labor of love, 47 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:17.479 and you can be compensated well as a teacher to 48 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:19.840 an extent. But obviously, you know, I don't think many 49 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:21.360 people who do it do it for the money. 50 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:22.759 So I don't want to. 51 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:25.680 Act like it's all bad for JCPS, but I would 52 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:30.080 say when it comes to having a successful school system 53 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:33.120 school district, there's a lot that goes into that, but 54 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:35.960 maybe the two most important people, or maybe to the 55 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:40.479 two most important things are transportation, meaning getting kids to 56 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:43.919 school so you can conduct school, and then also having 57 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:47.599 enough teachers there to teach the kids. So again I'm 58 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:50.840 sure transportation and teacher shortages are an issue in a 59 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:55.840 lot of places, not just JCPS, but clearly there's there's 60 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:57.759 a lot of there's a lot of pressure on this 61 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:03.039 new superintendent just because you know, change, change was wanted, 62 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:05.360 I assume by many people. But I think at times 63 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:08.159 with Marty Polio, I just I felt like there was 64 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:11.960 a genuine genuineness to him to where I just felt like, man, 65 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:14.639 that's a pretty helpless job and I think that's a 66 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:17.000 position I wouldn't want to be in because no matter 67 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:20.240 what you do, you're gonna have people, you know, yelling 68 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:21.919 at you and criticizing you. And look, you take that 69 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:24.000 kind of job knowing there's always going to be criticism. 70 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:25.840 It's not like you just assume everybody's just going to 71 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:28.759 be doing nothing but praising you. But I just I 72 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:31.599 think sometimes things happen and I don't really know who 73 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:33.560 we point the finger to. I don't know who we blame. 74 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:36.039 I mean, I'm sure it's a collective thing at times, 75 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:41.240 but like, for example, if this transportation situation when they 76 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:45.240 start school is a nightmare, again, certainly the superintendent's going 77 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:46.840 to fall on the sword, or at least he should 78 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:49.840 because that's what you do in that job. But there 79 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:53.960 may not have been anything specifically that you missed out on, 80 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:56.000 that you didn't do that could have prevented it. And 81 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.520 I just sound so pessimistic, but I just think that's 82 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:01.280 the reality of it. I just think that right now 83 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:05.759 it's tough to see JCPS moving forward not continuously being 84 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:08.840 mentioned as having a lot of these issues, which the 85 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:11.080 reason I hate that is because one that's unfortunate, but 86 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:13.360 there's clearly a lot of good going on within jcps 87 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:16.759 as well. There's great teachers, great stories, and you know, 88 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:19.920 we shouldn't ignore that as much as we probably do. 89 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:23.560 But yeah, there's a lot of a lot of positions 90 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:26.160 that need to be filled within jcps. So if you're 91 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:28.959 looking for a gig and you're qualified, keep that in mind. 92 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:32.639 Maybe maybe make a career change, because certainly there's a 93 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:37.360 real need for teachers everywhere, not just JCPS, but teacher 94 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:37.680 pay and. 95 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:38.879 Burnout has been a big factor here. 96 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:41.439 We'll talk about that next, as far as just the 97 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:45.720 amount of teachers in jcps that hold graduate degrees, but 98 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:48.720 their pay doesn't reflect that. I mean, that's another thing 99 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:51.120 working against them that maybe isn't working against other school 100 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.560 districts to that same extent. So look at to that 101 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:55.000 and a lot more. Also, what I want to talk 102 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:56.439 about coming up here in just a few minutes is 103 00:04:56.720 --> 00:04:59.360 if you're somebody that consumes a lot of content on YouTube, 104 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:02.560 there's some changes as far as that experience for you. 105 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:04.000 So we'll get to that in a lot more. First, 106 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:06.199 let's get an update on the forecast from Mat Melosovich 107 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:08.439 as well as another traffick update from Boby ellis right 108 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:11.319 here on news Radio eight forty Whame continue. It is 109 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:13.600 eight sixteen here at Kentucky, and it's Morning News with 110 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:18.519 Coffee and Company. News Radio eight forty whas Tony Dwight 111 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:21.000 coming your way around nine o'clock. 112 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:22.319 It'll be actually at nine o'clock. 113 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:24.680 And I think the reason I was hesitating here I 114 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:26.720 think they're on remote, but I don't know that for certain, 115 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:30.560 but I will double check because I believe they might be. Yes, Yeah, 116 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:32.639 they're giving out some passes to the Jay Town Beer Fest. 117 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:33.240 I believe so. 118 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:35.399 Yes, if you're somebody interested in that, they can they 119 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:37.519 can maybe help you out, which Scott at some point, 120 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:39.079 I got I gotta get your like, you got to 121 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:40.839 tell me what I'm walking into when it comes to 122 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:43.639 certain types of beers, because you're you're my resource with that, 123 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:45.879 because I may end up at the j Town Beer 124 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:48.759 Fest and I'm gonna be I'm gonna I'll probably be 125 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:50.680 wearing it on my forehead essentially, like I don't know 126 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:51.959 what to do, somebody guide me. 127 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:54.800 They will, And that's you know, that's why we're so 128 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:57.800 blessed with so many great breweries in town. They're always 129 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:00.519 willing to talk to you, you know, because there they're 130 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:02.439 going to give you your sample, your beer, which you have. 131 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:03.759 I was trying to look at the beer list that 132 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:04.839 was here, and I know you got other things you 133 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:06.279 want to talk about, so I won't get too far 134 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:06.639 into it. 135 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:07.399 But no, you go. 136 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:10.240 I'll take a look at what they have and you 137 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:12.920 can't go wrong. Especially I have my own local my 138 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:15.399 favorite local breweries. I don't mind saying it. That Against 139 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:17.199 the Grain when it comes to local breweries is my 140 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:19.040 number one go to, and then Mile Wide is a 141 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:19.759 close second. 142 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.680 They're staple against the grain. It's been around for a while. 143 00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:23.199 Dude. 144 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:26.000 Yeah, I mean they they kick out the og of 145 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:28.360 Kraft beers and that's you know, sit your ass down. 146 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:31.439 That's that's my Favorite's always in my fridge. And Mile 147 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:33.560 Wide has a West Coast I PA that I love. 148 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:35.519 So dude, I hope you get a chance to get 149 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:36.839 out there and enjoy it. Should be a good time. 150 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:38.839 I'm glad Tony and Dwighter out there. That'll be fun. 151 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:40.600 I have a I like. 152 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:43.360 I'll give you a beer that I really like and 153 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:44.879 it may not be one that you like, but you'll 154 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:47.279 at least kind of know my Palette a little bit. 155 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:49.240 I'm a big fan of. 156 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:52.120 The West six I PA oh, absolutely great brewery and 157 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:53.360 if you ever get a chance to make it to 158 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:56.319 the West six Brewery, it's a fantastic I need to 159 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:58.839 check out because they were one craft brewery that I've 160 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:00.319 had a couple of theirs that I really like. But 161 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:01.800 if I'm going with a craft beer, I would go 162 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:03.879 with the West six IPA never let me down. 163 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:04.920 Yeah, no, not at all. 164 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:06.439 It's a great product. If you get a chance to 165 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:08.240 make it out, stop in their brewery, sit down and 166 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:08.680 have one. 167 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:11.279 It's a great experience. Good stuff. A right. 168 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:14.000 So YouTube has been around for quite some time, and 169 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:17.399 I'll admit I'm kind of new to YouTube being a 170 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:22.600 part of my daily content experience because more often than not, 171 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:24.600 I mean, if I'm going to you, if I'm going 172 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:27.160 to YouTube, it's to find something that, like I can't 173 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:30.319 find elsewhere. And now I realize you can get anything 174 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:32.879 on YouTube. I mean any type of content is within 175 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:36.000 the YouTube platform. Are you often on YouTube? Do you 176 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:38.839 find yourself like, Hey I'm bored or Hey I'm interested 177 00:07:38.839 --> 00:07:42.279 in something, Let's go to YouTube. Because I now remind myself, hey, 178 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:43.879 you should probably check there. 179 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:45.800 Because you can. I mean, you can teach yourself how 180 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:46.720 to do anything on YouTube. 181 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:48.360 I was gonna say that's how I kept the repairman 182 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:50.399 out of my house. My dryer has been going. I'm 183 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:52.680 knocking on whatever fake would I can find in here. 184 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:55.879 My dryer's been going for about twenty five years now 185 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:57.480 thanks to YouTube. 186 00:07:57.560 --> 00:07:59.560 I mean, I can't think of any I mean, there's 187 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:04.439 things that I've learned how to do that I'm trying 188 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:06.439 to rack my brain here, but I bet there's something 189 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:08.439 that I've taught myself how to do that I don't 190 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:10.560 even remember that. It was a YouTube video that showed 191 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:14.600 me a tutorial some guy. And look, these people probably 192 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:16.720 don't anticipate it at the time when they launch their 193 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:18.480 YouTube channels, but there are people who probably make a 194 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:22.199 great living just simply offering like ninety second videos showing 195 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:23.959 you how to do something that you've never had to 196 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:26.360 do before. Because sure enough, that's a platform that is 197 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:28.560 so big that there's gonna be enough people that need 198 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:29.839 to figure out how to do it, and that's their 199 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:32.519 quickest way to learn. So I'm sure there's many that 200 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:34.320 have changed their lives because they were ahead of the 201 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:36.480 curb and they've got big channels with subscribers and they 202 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:39.879 can monetize all that. But there's changes coming to the 203 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:43.440 homepage for you. So they're retiring the trending page, which 204 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:46.679 is a feature that really captured viral videos in a 205 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:49.759 single feed, and now they're going to show a more tailored, 206 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:53.679 category specific thing. And what they're telling you without using 207 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:56.279 the word, is they've changed their algorithm. They're going to 208 00:08:56.360 --> 00:08:58.600 now have not a trending page showing you just what 209 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:02.000 is big across the overall platform. They're gonna show you 210 00:09:02.039 --> 00:09:05.399 things that are big more so in your in your niche. 211 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:08.840 So they're eliminating it's all in one trending tab and 212 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:12.279 replacing it with specialized charts and you will you're use 213 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:15.320 your viewing history and habits will show if you are 214 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:20.200 somebody that is more so shifted to movies, podcasts because 215 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:25.320 podcasts have become huge on YouTube, and then music videos 216 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:28.120 and then just different things that are maybe within within 217 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:32.320 your niche. So, uh, this is this is ten years 218 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:35.320 for the platform or for the trending pigs that is 219 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:38.960 now going away. And I'm telling you this to me 220 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:42.200 is is there's a variety of reasons. I'm sure that 221 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:44.320 goes into this. But as soon as and this has 222 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:46.000 been a couple of years since this happened, as soon 223 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:52.720 as time spent consuming content per experience at TikTok was 224 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:56.200 longer than YouTube, YouTube had to do something. Because TikTok, 225 00:09:56.440 --> 00:09:58.159 you don't even get a lot of time in a video, 226 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:02.159 but you scroll continuously because their algorithm knows what you want. 227 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:05.080 That's how you end up spending way more time on 228 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:08.720 TikTok than you ever intended. And YouTube they're doing okay, 229 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:12.320 they're doing just fine. But again, they offer long form 230 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:17.480 video content more than anybody else. And the experience is 231 00:10:17.799 --> 00:10:19.960 it's not as it's not as lengthy as it is 232 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.039 there as it is TikTok. So I don't know if 233 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:23.960 it's gonna help them out, but I guarantee you that's 234 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:26.360 a factor in that change. Amen, brother, and you and 235 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:27.440 I are both TikTok guys. 236 00:10:27.559 --> 00:10:28.200 I love it. 237 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:29.840 I was in it last night and I couldn't get 238 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:31.679 out of it. I was trying to watch Bob's Burgers, 239 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:33.440 but TikTok kept taking me. 240 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:34.039 Away till you look. 241 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:34.159 Man. 242 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:35.960 I hate saying this because I know there's some especially 243 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:38.000 in this audience, that are gonna think, oh, this guy sucks. 244 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:41.559 But like I sometimes look forward to knowing it's late 245 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:42.960 at night, I don't have to go to work the 246 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:43.399 next day. 247 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:44.840 I'm gonna scroll TikTok. 248 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:45.720 I do it. 249 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:48.120 I do it right before I have a snack at night. 250 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:50.360 I don't need a dinner, and it gets me through 251 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:52.679 that half hour because I eat it at a certain time 252 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:53.159 every day. 253 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:55.799 Those who have the stigma of a young guy coming 254 00:10:55.799 --> 00:10:59.120 in on this show, that's probably the worst thing I 255 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:00.919 could have said. But if any thing, I'm just honest 256 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:02.279 with you, and I'm telling you. If you just think 257 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:05.879 TikTok some platform where people do stupid dances and act 258 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:07.320 like fools, that's there. 259 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:09.000 But there's way more to it than just that. So 260 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:11.080 I like the roller skating videos. Oh there's there's a 261 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:12.399 ton of stuff, good stuff. 262 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:13.639 All right, We got to get to a quick break, 263 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:15.399 another update on traffick, a weather coming your way, and 264 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:17.559 also we'll get another sports update from Scott right here 265 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:18.000 on news. 266 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:19.240 Radio eight forty whas. 267 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:41.360 This report is sponsored by Lows five forty six here 268 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:43.200 at Kentucky and it's morning place for those in the 269 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:45.919 Secret Service that were held accountable for I guess just 270 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:48.279 not doing their job when it comes to the assassination 271 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:52.840 attempt of Donald Trump. But the shooter, Thomas Crooks. I 272 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:55.279 could be wrong here, but I feel like if you'd 273 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:58.120 have told most people that we'd be this far removed 274 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:01.960 from that situation, has such little info as far as 275 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:05.279 remotive and just just about the individual, I think most 276 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:08.080 would would have been surprised. What do we know about 277 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:11.200 this individual? And of course maybe what a potential motive 278 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:11.679 would have been. 279 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:15.200 Well, yeah, we never did get to that motive, I think, 280 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:17.679 and I think that's been frustrating for a lot of 281 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:22.120 people obviously. But the Secret Service agents who were suspended, 282 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:24.759 one of them was actually with I guess we'll call 283 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:28.440 them candidate Trump's detail. The other five were assigned to 284 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:33.399 the local field office in the Pittsburgh area, and essentially 285 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:36.240 they were suspended because of the way they set up 286 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:39.559 the event, especially with the lack of communication between local 287 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:42.799 law enforcement and the Secret Service agents who were there 288 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:45.000 on the ground. You know, plenty of people had seen 289 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:48.039 Croaks on that rooftop reported it to local police, but 290 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:50.440 local police had a heck of a time try to 291 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:54.480 get that information relayed to the Secret Service and specifically 292 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:57.600 the sniper who was supposed to be taken them out 293 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:03.639 in advance. The sniper wasn't able to open fire until 294 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:08.039 after President Trump had been shot and one audience member 295 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:09.399 killed and two others wounded. 296 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:14.399 Typically, when these when these things happen, when the when, 297 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:17.480 when the perpetrator is no longer alive, you do you 298 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:19.840 find people wanting to know more about the family and 299 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:20.960 connections and whatnot. 300 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:23.279 And it seems very quiet on that front as well. 301 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:26.559 Yeah, you know, he was a bit of a loner 302 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:30.440 with the description that we got, and you know, his 303 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:34.159 motivation and all this as to whether or not he 304 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:36.679 had this deep hatred for President Trump. Was he trying 305 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:39.159 to put some other message out there with this. 306 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:39.879 There was no. 307 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:45.879 Manifesto left behind or something that would possibly explain why 308 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:49.159 he did this, why he chose this event in Butler, 309 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:53.440 you know, his political views still really are unknown. 310 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:55.879 Roy On Neild, NBC News is our guest joining us 311 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:58.759 here on News Radio eight forty whas So, when it 312 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:00.919 comes to the Big Beautiful Bill, I heard a lot 313 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:03.000 of noise in regards to how this would be bad 314 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:06.600 for those that gamble, especially those that gamble on sports. 315 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:08.559 It's become legal here in Kentucky in the last couple 316 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:10.600 of years and certainly been a big boom. And then 317 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:13.200 I've also heard some say, well, hey, chill out, not 318 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:15.440 a big deal. It's really only if you are someone 319 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:17.639 that might be trying to make a living gambling, what 320 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:19.240 can you tell us about it. 321 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:22.480 That's pretty much what it boils down to. The casual 322 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:25.879 gambler probably won't notice this, but the rules are changing. 323 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:28.720 Used to be that you would deduct your losses at 324 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:32.159 one hundred percent versus your winning. So let's say you 325 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:35.200 won one hundred thousand dollars, but you also lost one 326 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:38.519 hundred thousand dollars during a year of gambling. Well, okay, 327 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:41.679 you'd walk away square. Well, now the IRS says, or 328 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:45.279 we'll say, starting in January, you can only deduct ninety 329 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:48.279 percent of your losses. So now, if you win one 330 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:52.320 hundred thousand dollars and you lose ninety one hundred thousand dollars, 331 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:55.600 can you have to because it's only ninety percent can 332 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:58.440 be deducted. That means you have to pay taxes on 333 00:14:58.480 --> 00:14:59.799 that ten thousand dollars difference. 334 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:02.039 Yeah, that is That's why they're. 335 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:03.799 Saying a lot of people could really be hurt on 336 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:05.320 this and with their professional gampling. 337 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:07.879 And I think even if you're somebody that doesn't necessarily 338 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:09.919 rely on it, but it's something that you that you 339 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:12.320 do frequently for entertainment, you may have a big hit 340 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:13.960 like that. I know some that have had a similar 341 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:16.639 winning in that range, which of course is rare. But 342 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:18.440 I know you've got to pay taxes on it that 343 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:20.840 that certainly impacts the amount of money that you're going 344 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:23.039 to bring home. Uncle Sam's going to get his cut. 345 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:25.320 What do we know about what this means for the 346 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:29.399 books in the casinos themselves, any reaction to this beautiful, 347 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:31.919 big beautiful bill about how it could either benefit them 348 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:32.799 or hurt them. 349 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:35.639 Well, they've already got a good lobbying group trying to 350 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:38.679 change the wording to this. But the big beautiful law 351 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:43.080 also needs the money. This change by reducing what you 352 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:45.519 can deduct from your losses from one hundred percent down 353 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:48.799 to ninety percent sounds like nothing right, But it's going 354 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:52.480 to generate a billion dollars over ten years in new 355 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:57.320 tax revenue. So that's not nothing right. So that's why 356 00:15:57.200 --> 00:16:00.360 they're saying that this could really impact it most Again, 357 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:03.960 the professional gambler type someone made the analogy that if 358 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:06.840 you're a high roller, a professional who wins three million 359 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:09.559 dollars but loses two point eight million dollars a year 360 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:12.360 would have earned two hundred thousand dollars, but he's going 361 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:15.919 to be taxed on four hundred and eighty thousand dollars 362 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:19.159 based on that ninety percent change in what you can 363 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:21.440 do for losses. So you can see how it really 364 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:24.240 could add up to a hefty tax bill. The concern 365 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:26.240 is that a lot of this action then moves offshore 366 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:31.360 with casinos or betting systems based in other countries, and 367 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:32.720 that can get a little shady too. 368 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:35.200 Sure, no doubt, Rory, you are the best. Have a 369 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:37.840 good weekend, my friend. We'll talk soon. Fact Nick, all 370 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:39.720 right again, that's Roy and Neal of NBC News. 371 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:40.440 Stick with us. 372 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:42.480 It's Kentucky and His Morning News with Coffee and Company 373 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:45.879 on news Radio eight forty whas. 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