WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:02.319 All right, good morning, and welcome in sou Kentucky in 2 00:00:02.319 --> 00:00:05.759 his morning news here on News Radio eight forty whas. 3 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:09.759 It is five to five here on June's second, twenty 4 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:13.960 twenty five, and it's not Tony Cruz, he's retired. My 5 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:17.480 name is Nick Coffee, and I'm excited to be here 6 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:20.320 with you guys. I would hope that you know who 7 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:24.199 I am. If not, allow me to introduce myself. I'm 8 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:27.559 the new guy. I've been in this well. I've lived 9 00:00:27.559 --> 00:00:29.960 in Louisville my whole life. Don't plan on ever not 10 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:35.119 being a Louisville native, and I am thrilled beyond belief 11 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:37.600 to be able to have this opportunity. And I am 12 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:41.439 joining a team that is already in place. Tony Cruz 13 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:43.399 is retired. I'm kind of just entering the line up 14 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:47.399 here because again the team is assembled. We've got Scotti Fitzgerald, 15 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:50.159 who's been a part of News Radio eight forty whas 16 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.240 for a long long time, and of course he's still here. 17 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:56.399 He's with us this morning, and I'm reuniting with my 18 00:00:56.479 --> 00:01:00.200 former producer, mister John Alden, the company man, and of 19 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:03.280 course John Shannon with the news. He'll still be in 20 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:05.959 the mix. So again, the team that you have come 21 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:08.760 to know and love is still here. But Tony Cruz 22 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:10.760 has retired, and I like, I'm not gonna be Tony. 23 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:11.359 I'm gonna be me. 24 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:13.439 If we could all be Tony, we would, right, But 25 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:15.640 it's not. It's not that easy. That's not how it works. 26 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:18.159 So I'm gonna be me, Nick Coffee. You will learn 27 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:20.959 about me here and there. I'm not going to give you, 28 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:22.920 you know, a four hour show this morning where I 29 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:25.079 just you know, tell you who I am. I mean, 30 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:27.400 I don't think that would be good anyways. But you'll 31 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:30.560 learn about me over hopefully many many many years and 32 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:33.280 looking forward to it in a big way. And I 33 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:35.879 know that there are some that are a little resistant 34 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:38.120 to change. And I'm you know, I know there'll be 35 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:40.920 people that may tune in and think, who's this guy, 36 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:44.359 Where's where's Tony Cruz. He's been with me every morning 37 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:46.640 for twenty plus years and now he's gone. 38 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:49.879 So just just give me a shot. 39 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:52.000 You're gonna get what you continue to get here, which 40 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:54.159 is your news, your traffic, your weather, things that you 41 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:58.000 depend on every morning for your your commute or maybe 42 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:00.280 just your routine. Maybe it's not just the commute, because 43 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.879 obviously you can fire us up really anywhere if you've 44 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:04.599 got some connection with the power. 45 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:05.760 Of iHeart Radio. 46 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:09.840 So I'll start by I guess to a poor attempted 47 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:11.680 humor here, and I hope that you guys can pick 48 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:14.159 up on sarcasm, because I do, in fact speak sarcasm, 49 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:15.919 probably more than I should. I'll need to tone that 50 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:19.360 down a little bit with this shift, but I will say, 51 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:22.240 give it a shot. If not, come back tomorrow, we'll 52 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:25.039 try it again. And after a while you've given it 53 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:27.560 many chances and it's still not your cup of tea, 54 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:29.879 then that's a you problem. You probably need to work 55 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.719 on that I could. I'm joking, but again, I am 56 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:35.520 so excited. It's been a crazy last few weeks to 57 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:39.800 have this all kind of come together. And you don't 58 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:42.919 mean I was going to say, you don't work in radio, 59 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:46.719 you don't have a career in radio, and not understand the. 60 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:50.879 Full just what eight forty whas is. 61 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:53.439 It's different than anything else when it comes to radio, 62 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:56.240 the history of the tradition. So it's something that long 63 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:59.319 before I ever had a chance to work at iHeart Louisville, 64 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:02.560 I knew and most people probably who don't and have 65 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:04.759 never worked in radio ever wanted to know what eight 66 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.000 to forty wha is is because of the history and 67 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:10.719 the tradition, especially if you're somebody from the Kentucky and area. 68 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:13.439 But in the last few weeks, it's really hit me 69 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:17.759 just how amazing of an opportunity I have here to 70 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:21.840 again join this team that's already in place. I was 71 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:25.159 talking with Terry Miners on Friday and he was giving 72 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:27.639 me a nice quick rundown just of the history of 73 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:31.080 the morning show Kentucky and his Morning News and I 74 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:33.960 was aware, but Terry Miners being the one to kind 75 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:36.080 of lay it out, I just had that moment, well, 76 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:37.039 you better not screw it up. 77 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:38.319 And that's kind of what I've. 78 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:39.960 Been thinking about the last few weeks, but or the 79 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:43.240 last few days, I should say, some comfortable nerves because 80 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:47.000 I'm so excited, but being here with Scott and the 81 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:50.319 Johns and then everybody else within the team here and 82 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:52.000 not just those that you hear on air, those behind 83 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:55.680 the scenes, I'm comfortable. I mean, I hope it works out. 84 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:58.840 I'm certainly gonna, you know, do my best and try 85 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:02.520 to give listeners in the Knsuckyana area what they've they've 86 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:04.759 come to expect, but also maybe add my own flavor. 87 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:08.080 But I am, I'm really really excited, and I hope 88 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:11.280 you guys are as well. We've got a big morning 89 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:13.759 for you coming up. In fact, we've got your first 90 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:18.360 update on traffic and weather. We'll also have sports coming 91 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:21.120 up with Scotty Fitzgerald around five twenty five. John Shannon 92 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:23.360 with your news at five point thirty. It is five 93 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:25.480 to ten here at Kentucky in his morning news on 94 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:30.759 News Radio eight forty whas it is five fifteen here 95 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:33.079 at Kentucky and his morning news News Radio eight forty 96 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:36.560 whas Nick Coffee with you, the new guy. How about 97 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:40.759 that right after the first segment ever, it's my turn 98 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:42.959 to go to weather, and I had it ready and 99 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:46.120 I fumbled poor delivery on my part. But hey, I 100 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:48.600 told you not that long ago as we started the show. 101 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:52.519 There's there's been some very delicate and it's actually been 102 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:55.839 worded differently, don't screw this up. So I've kind of, 103 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:58.199 you know, in the last couple of days, been thinking, men, 104 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:00.560 I better not screw this up. So so I'm making 105 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:02.399 sure we've got everything set up on the board here 106 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:06.240 to have a smooth operation this morning and completely forgot that. 107 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:07.839 You know, you need to be ready to deliver weather. 108 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:09.240 But I'll be ready the rest of the way. 109 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:11.600 I'd be a liar if I said that'll never happen again, 110 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:14.279 because you know I can't control if that does. I mean, 111 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:15.959 I can control it, but I make mistakes. 112 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:16.360 I'm human. 113 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:18.959 But anyways, apologies for that. When I mentioned weather, I 114 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:22.000 said winter weather, don't worry. Winter is not here. It is, 115 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:25.920 in fact June second, and we've got summer weather that's 116 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:27.480 going to be here today. Tomorrow is going to be 117 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:30.279 really warm. Actually, so anyways, that won't be my first 118 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:33.959 goof I I can assure you that. But it's Nick Coffee, 119 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:37.680 Scott Fitzgerald and of course John Alden alongside. We'll have 120 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:39.680 the news coming up at eight thirty with John Shannon, 121 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:41.720 and I would imagine this will probably be something you'll 122 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:45.240 hear about throughout the morning here, and that is the 123 00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:50.560 chaotic street takeover that took place on Barchtown Road over 124 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:53.480 the weekend in the Highlands area. I guess this is 125 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:56.600 the second straight weekend that this type of thing has happened, 126 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:00.879 and obviously it's there's a lot of coverage of it, 127 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:04.839 different social media videos that have emerged, or you've got 128 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:09.879 large crowds, people climbing on vehicles. I think there were 129 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:12.519 people trying to climb on top of the taco bell 130 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:15.879 near there. I believe that was what was reported. So yeah, 131 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:17.720 that's not good by any means. But one of the 132 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:19.920 things that stood out to me just in the wky 133 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:21.879 are partners over there their story on it was they 134 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:23.839 were talking to some of the neighbors in the community 135 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:27.360 that were being asked about things that they think could 136 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:29.519 be done to maybe keep this from happening. As I 137 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:33.319 suppose it's become a growing problem. And one of the 138 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:37.560 native the area residents mentioned closing the bars a lot 139 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:40.639 earlier than they do. And for those who don't know 140 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:43.720 much about me, I'm thirty six, don't I don't have 141 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:48.120 a real wild night life lifestyle anymore. I never really 142 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:50.639 never did to be honest with you at all, but 143 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:52.279 John ought to let me ask you this. You buy, 144 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:53.959 I would hope you're not out at the bars. You've 145 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:54.800 got a newborn. 146 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:56.639 Baby at home, so I'm a bit doing different things. 147 00:06:56.879 --> 00:07:00.160 You're up late, having fun and you know, you know, 148 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:03.040 changing diapers, being a new dab, but it's not out 149 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:03.839 at the bars. 150 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:04.199 I would assume. 151 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:06.439 So if you and you may already know this, but 152 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:08.839 if I just asked you, hey, when do you think 153 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:12.439 like the latest bars in the bars in Louisville clothes, 154 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:13.399 what would you guess? 155 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:15.879 I think, realistically, you would think one or two in 156 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:17.519 the morning would be what they would do. 157 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:20.360 So I think I would have said the same thing. 158 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:25.120 But I do remember when I was younger that you 159 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:28.480 would run into people who were in Louisville visiting, or 160 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:31.360 maybe you were actually I remember going to different cities 161 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:34.160 for bachelor parties and whatnot, and we'd mentioned we were 162 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:37.519 from Louisville, and in places like Nashville, which of course 163 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:40.040 is a big party scene now, and obviously Broadway has 164 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:43.319 become just a much different Broadway than it was fifteen 165 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.879 twenty years ago, but they would almost be jealous, Oh wow, 166 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:47.680 you guys. 167 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:49.240 You guys get to stay out real late. 168 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:52.079 So I don't think a lot of people realize that 169 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:54.399 that Louisville's bars have not all of them making You 170 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:56.079 can have your own preference as far as when you 171 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:59.040 want to close, but one of the neighbors or one 172 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:00.920 of the people that lived near in the neighborhoods I 173 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.040 guess close to where this took place in the Highlands. 174 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:06.879 You know mentioned closing closing down similar to what Lexington does, 175 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:10.439 and apparently it depends on the liquor license, the type 176 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:14.560 of liquor license that you have. So the currently a 177 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:17.680 standard license. Bars and restaurants with a standard liquor license 178 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:22.040 can serve alcohol until midnight, and that's Monday through Saturday 179 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:27.360 from one pm to midnight. And there's an extended hours license, 180 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:29.560 which again those are the night life places, places that 181 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:32.399 are are going to be open as late as possible, 182 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:35.200 and for a good chunk of that time they're not 183 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:37.519 serving anything other than booze probably, I mean, you could 184 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:39.000 do not have to get out, mean they're not serving food, 185 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:40.799 I guess more so, it's what I mean. So if 186 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:43.480 you have the extended hours license, you can stay open 187 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:47.120 till four am, and I guess clearly there's still there's 188 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:48.879 still a reason to do that as far as as 189 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:52.559 far as business. But in Lexington, according to the research 190 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:54.519 I'm looking at here, you know, they don't they don't 191 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:57.639 have extended extended hours. I guess that they're not. I 192 00:08:57.679 --> 00:08:59.200 guess they're not. I guess the latest they could stay 193 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:01.000 open would be like two and which to me, that's 194 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:01.919 still really really late. 195 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:05.519 I can't imagine wanting to be out that late. 196 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:08.679 But hey, everybody's got different lifestyle and whatnot. 197 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:10.120 But yeah, you're. 198 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:12.399 Probably up as late as these folks, John, But again, 199 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:15.200 it's diaper change stuff. 200 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:18.399 Yeah, I've been there. Man, It's it's a lot. 201 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:21.360 But trust me, it may sound insane when I say this, 202 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:24.200 but you'll miss it. It sounds crazy right now, especially 203 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:26.799 probably at five twenty am, and you probably are running 204 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:29.559 on fumes. But hey, it's all part of the process 205 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:30.840 and it's it's a beautiful thing. 206 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:31.840 All right. 207 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:34.360 We have got traffickan weather coming up here another update 208 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:37.279 for you as well as sports with Scott Fitzgerald right 209 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:39.320 here on Kentucky This morning News News ready to eight 210 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:45.679 forty whas. Thank you John Shannon, Kentucky and is Morning 211 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:49.360 News with Nick Coffee. That that made me even it 212 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:51.639 made it real. Thank you, John Shannon. I think that's 213 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:53.440 the first time anybody has said it this morning other 214 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:55.399 than myself. But it is Kentucky and his Morning News 215 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:58.279 and I am Nick Coffee. And again you just heard 216 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:00.080 the news there from John Shannon. We've got Jo on 217 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:02.399 all and alongside Scott Fitzgerald as well. He'll be back 218 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:06.080 with sports coming up towards closer to six am. But 219 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:09.600 John Shannon, he was in such a hurry to get 220 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:11.519 here today because he was so excited to get the 221 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:15.120 week started. And I assume he was excited because I'm 222 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:16.200 making my debut here. 223 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:17.320 Did he get pulled over? 224 00:10:17.559 --> 00:10:19.480 And he may not have wanted me to share that, 225 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:23.159 but I'm excited how excited John Shannon was, so i 226 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:24.960 just had to share it with folks. And I'm hopeful 227 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:26.440 that you know, he didn't get a speeding ticket, but 228 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:29.600 he is here, and I'm happy that he was. 229 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:32.879 This excited as we as we get this rolling, all right. 230 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:35.559 So, one of the things that has become I think 231 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:39.919 a conversation not only that you hear about on news 232 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:43.679 platforms like this, but I think it's a conversation among friends, 233 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:47.320 among co workers, and that is getting your real ID. 234 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:50.759 Because obviously that was a big, big thing at the 235 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:54.120 beginning of May May seventh, was that was the cutoff 236 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:58.360 for compliance for the real ID enforcement. Without a real ID, passport, 237 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:02.200 military ID, or other acceptable forms of identification, you're going 238 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:05.919 to face additional hurdles at the airport security that you know, 239 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:09.240 more hurdles than you typically get. But John Alden, do 240 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:10.879 you have your real idea young man? 241 00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:13.679 I do not know a scenario where I would need 242 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:15.519 mine in the immediate. 243 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:19.360 So that's I think there's so much coverage for good reason, 244 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:21.159 right you want to I mean people need to realize 245 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:23.399 when it comes to flying. I mean you can have 246 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:27.320 I mean, you can have a nightmare travel situation when 247 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:30.919 it comes to the airport and it's completely out of 248 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:33.320 your control. But if you end up having an issue 249 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:35.399 and it's because you didn't realize you didn't have the 250 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:37.639 right forms, at that point you feel like, okay, now 251 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:40.000 you just add in a goof on your end, and 252 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:43.600 then all the potential nightmare situations you may have that 253 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:46.919 have the airport is very important, right We use it 254 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:49.519 a lot, and I prefer flying than driving. But you 255 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:51.279 just have to know going in that you really have 256 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:54.080 no control. You hope that you that things go off smoothly, 257 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:55.679 but that isn't always the case, and I'm sure a 258 00:11:55.679 --> 00:11:57.360 lot of us have learned that. But anyways, with the 259 00:11:57.399 --> 00:12:00.879 real id, my wife I appreciate her greatly, but she 260 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:03.559 is she's not at all a procrastinator and I am. 261 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:07.039 So what I didn't realize is that initially you've been 262 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:09.840 able to get a real ID since I think it 263 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:13.159 was twenty twenty nineteen. Which did you realize that, John? 264 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:14.840 And I'm not putting you on the spot tackle you know, 265 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:17.320 to ask you, like, were you educated enough on this? 266 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:20.000 But because it's just been such a talking. 267 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:23.360 Point lately, because the deadline was was May seventh, I 268 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:25.840 just assume, Well, there's no way I know I wasn't 269 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:28.120 proactive enough. I wasn't somebody that was making sure I 270 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:30.399 was on top of it. But I didn't realize actually 271 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:32.960 got my real ID a long long time ago. 272 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:35.840 I remember a couple of years ago in my previous 273 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:38.799 licensed expire, they asked if I wanted to upgrade to 274 00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:40.720 a real ID, and I didn't know there was going 275 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:42.399 to be a requirement where I had to, so I 276 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:43.039 said no. 277 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:45.080 It was more so much of option. Yeah. 278 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:47.360 But yeah, and what you may not ever need it, 279 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:49.919 because you I shouldn't say ever needed, But it sounds 280 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:52.120 as if your decision was more so based off the 281 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:55.559 fact that for the time being, you're not in any 282 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:57.600 big hurry to get it, and maybe if you need 283 00:12:57.639 --> 00:12:59.440 it at some point, you'll wait, because it sounds as 284 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:01.840 if the issue just been getting an appointment. 285 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:02.080 With a lot of folks. 286 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:04.840 Yes, and that's what's come up in conversation is because 287 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:07.120 I think a lot of people procrastinate it, which makes 288 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:09.519 me not feel so bad about being a procrastinator. And 289 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:11.519 they're trying to scramble to see if they can get 290 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:14.200 an appointment because maybe they've got they've got a trip 291 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:16.799 planned this summer, because obviously people travel a lot, go 292 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:19.440 on vacations in the summer. But yeah, I was There's 293 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:22.159 many many moments throughout my everyday life where I'm thankful 294 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:24.559 for my wife for you know, being the real grown 295 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:26.919 up in our in our relationship, in our marriage. 296 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:28.120 But she got me. 297 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:30.639 She had me go with her to get our IDs 298 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:33.039 done a long time ago, and I didn't realize it 299 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:35.639 that it was because we needed a real ID, But 300 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:38.039 that was I mean, again, you've had the opportunity to 301 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:40.240 get this if you wanted one and needed one for 302 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:42.879 a really, really really long time, you wanted a real 303 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:45.039 if there was if there was a checklist out there 304 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:50.720 about all right, if if seven of these fifteen things 305 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:53.159 are true, then you are a really bad procrastinator. I 306 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:55.399 think I would be towards I would. I would probably 307 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:58.080 have a lot more than seven. My car does not 308 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:01.559 update the time automatically with the time change, so it 309 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:03.879 still says that it's an hour off, and I, just 310 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:06.679 like I might, I probably will leave it that way 311 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:10.399 until it's then correct because I just never changed it. 312 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:13.200 That's It's just me. I'll do better, at least I'll try. 313 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:15.879 All Right, It's five forty here at Kentucky and it's 314 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:18.000 morning news. We've got another update of traffic and weather 315 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:21.720 coming your way right here on news Radio eight forty Whas. 316 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:25.360 It's five forty five here at Kentucky and it morning news. 317 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:30.480 Nick coffee with you on a beautiful, beautiful Monday morning, 318 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:33.159 John Shannon. We'll have your next news update coming up 319 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:35.720 at six o'clock. But before that, Scott Fitzgerald with another 320 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:39.159 update on sports. In roughly ten minutes, We've got John 321 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:42.840 Alden alongside today. And I don't know how many people 322 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:45.840 make it a point to get out to Churchill Downs 323 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:48.080 other than you know, the big week of course, where 324 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:50.039 in fact, I would imagine a lot of locals would 325 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:53.000 love to at least get a taste of experiencing Churchill 326 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:55.399 Downs during Derby week. Maybe it's Derby, maybe it's Oak 327 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:56.080 so maybe it's one. 328 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:56.799 Of the other days. 329 00:14:56.840 --> 00:15:00.159 Obviously five oh Tuesdays become a big thing, and uh, 330 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:03.159 I've been a couple of times during the spring racing 331 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:06.120 since the Derby and you know, much less crowded. Uh, 332 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:08.080 but it was a lot of fun. And I just 333 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:11.639 saw that there was something that took place over the weekend. 334 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:12.200 That that is rare. 335 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:15.600 So this this isn't something I'd given a whole lot 336 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:18.440 of thought about, but I guess when you do consider it, 337 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:20.399 it's it's not it's not a surprise that it's a 338 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:24.639 rare thing. But horses that have won at won the 339 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:26.519 Kentucky Derby, and most of them, you know, you can 340 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:28.679 I'm not somebody who can go year by year and 341 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:30.559 tell you every single winner, but you hear a name 342 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:32.279 and you probably think, oh, yeah, I don't remember maybe 343 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:34.360 what year that derby was, but but I remember that 344 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:36.519 name because winning the Derby is is. 345 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:37.639 A is a pretty big deal. 346 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:41.840 But uh, Mystic Dan ended up coming back over the 347 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:44.480 weekend and and was a was a winner at Churchill 348 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:47.320 Downs after winning the Derby and again when it comes. 349 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:48.879 To just how how rare that is. 350 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:52.039 I usually if you if you win the Derby after that, 351 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:54.799 you know you're going to try to hopefully be in 352 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:57.600 position to have that horse in in the Belmont and 353 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:00.399 the Preakness and whatnot. But yeah, as of as of 354 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:04.120 this moment, only a select few Derby winners have returned 355 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:07.600 to win another race. And Mystic Dan did it because 356 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:09.240 he was the winner of the one hundred and fiftieth 357 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:12.879 Kentucky Derby last May, and on May thirty first, this 358 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:15.879 past weekend, he returned to Churchill Downs and won the 359 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:19.120 Great Three Blamestakes, becoming the first Derby winner in nearly 360 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:23.120 thirty years to secure another victory at Churchill Downs. The 361 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:26.159 last time it happened was Silver Charm, who did it 362 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:29.320 in nineteen ninety eight, and again Silver Charm that by 363 00:16:29.320 --> 00:16:32.120 the way, Silver Chummer won the Derby in ninety seven, 364 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:35.279 but came back and won won the Clark Handicap in 365 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:37.440 nineteen ninety eight. Silver Charm is a name I remember, 366 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.960 but I wouldn't have been able to just tell you 367 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:42.519 off the top of my head what year it was. 368 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:45.639 But yeah, if you win the Derby, and maybe this 369 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:50.200 is me being a Kentucky Derby snob, and I don't 370 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:52.679 mean somebody that you know is a big horse racing guy. 371 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:53.360 I love the Derby. 372 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:55.440 I don't know a ton about the sport of horse racing, 373 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:57.960 but I mean, if you win the Derby, does it 374 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:00.799 get any better than that? Obviously accomplished? The triple Crown 375 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:03.080 feed is something really rare, and that's the top accomplishment 376 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:05.720 in horse racing. I doubt that you don't need to 377 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:08.000 be somebody that's an expert on that sport to know that, 378 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:09.880 But I thought that was interesting. For the first time 379 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:12.359 in a long long time, a Derby winner comes back 380 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:15.559 and wins another race at Churchill Downs. But Scott Fitzgerald's 381 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:16.759 going to have more sports for you coming up a 382 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:18.880 little bit later on. But real quick, I didn't want 383 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:21.319 to mention this as we are roughly an hour into 384 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:24.359 our morning news here. Big congrats to Dan McDonald and 385 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:26.880 his team. I mean, Louisville baseball this year had a 386 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:30.960 bounce back season and clearly looked as if they were 387 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:33.319 safely going to make the field. But man, they might 388 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:35.359 have been one of the coldest teams that got into 389 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:38.000 the field of sixty four. But they are now headed 390 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:40.359 to the super Regionals after a couple of big wins. 391 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:42.960 They knocked off Vanderbilt, which of course was the top 392 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:46.880 overall seat, only for Vandy to then lose on Saturday. 393 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:49.680 I believe it was or I'm sorry no, they lost Sunday, 394 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:53.200 which led to Louisville then playing last night against Wright State, 395 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:56.079 which they got the victory, and now they're going to 396 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:59.000 face the winner of today's winner take all regional final 397 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:02.680 between sixteenth seas Southern Miss in Miami. So if Southern 398 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:04.880 Miss wins, Louisville is going to be headed to Hattiesburg 399 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:08.559 next weekend. And if the Miami Hurricanes win, then Louisville 400 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:12.640 will be hosting them. But yeah, Vandy becomes the first 401 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:16.720