WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.399 Good morning, Kentucky, Anda, Welcome in. It is Kentuckyana's morning 2 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:07.040 News with Nick Coffee on news Radio eight forty WHAS 3 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:13.039 five six here on June nineteenth, A wet, wet morning, 4 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:15.199 been a wet evening. It started last night. I know, 5 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:18.399 we got some pretty big storms last night and on 6 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:21.679 the way in this morning. For me, my commute takes 7 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:27.280 me from the I get on I sixty five at 8 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:30.480 the Snyder there right around I guess right before the 9 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:33.159 outer loop between the Brooks exit. In the outer loop 10 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:35.600 exit on sixty five, that's where I hit sixty five. 11 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:37.600 And at that time, of course, this was probably about 12 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:40.520 an hour ago, heavy heavy rain. It did get lighter 13 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:45.000 as I moved in towards downtown. But yeah, it's been 14 00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:47.399 a stormy evening. Well, it was a stormy evening and 15 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:49.640 we still have some rain going on in the area, 16 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:53.520 so stay safe out there. I didn't see any accidents 17 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:55.359 on my way in, but would not be shocked at 18 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:58.240 all if we find out from our own Bobby Ellis 19 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:01.399 that there has been some accident, maybe as of now, 20 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:04.400 maybe moving forward this morning, so we'll get your update 21 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:07.519 on traffic and weather coming up here in roughly three 22 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:10.519 minutes time, and we've got a lot to get into today. 23 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:13.319 We will give you the latest, and it seems to 24 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:17.560 be it's clearly a developing situation with what's going on 25 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:20.519 when it comes to President Trump and what he wants 26 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:23.359 to do. And when I say what he wants to do, 27 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:26.280 I mean that what he wants to do. However, he's 28 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:28.359 speaking for I guess, I mean, I guess he's only 29 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:30.640 speaking for himself. But you know, what he decides to do, 30 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:32.640 given the fact that he's the president of the United States, 31 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:36.359 that certainly will impact a lot of us. Therefore, there 32 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:38.599 are many like myself on the edge of our seats 33 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:40.640 here to see where this thing goes. And you can 34 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:44.280 certainly tell that he enjoys everyone being on the edge 35 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:46.640 of their seats. So we'll touch on that coming up 36 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:50.680 here in about ten minutes or so. And also Rory 37 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:53.000 O'Neil's going to join us. And I like a little 38 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:57.400 variety with my daily Rory O'Neill interactions, but man, we've 39 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:00.439 been following the same couple of things really or the 40 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:04.280 past week or so, and we'll continue to do that today. Also, 41 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:06.560 we'll get your update on sports coming up with Scott 42 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:09.560 Fitzgerald around five twenty five and obviously a lot to 43 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:12.120 react to from the College World Series. Dan McDonald and 44 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:14.479 the Louisville Cardinal baseball program, their season comes to an 45 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:18.120 end a real bummer, But I think the timing of 46 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:20.919 this deep run into the postseason was crucial and a 47 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:23.280 real sign of what Dan McDonald is and I don't 48 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:26.080 need to tell Louisville fans he's I mean, he's one 49 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:27.759 of the best in the country when it comes to 50 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:31.080 college baseball, and this was a big one, meaning just 51 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:33.800 again the timing of it, and I hated to see 52 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:36.159 it come to an end, especially after that rough start 53 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:39.080 they had yesterday. But it'd be hard for me to 54 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:41.800 feel as if this wasn't a big, big step forward 55 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:44.400 after a few years of where it had slipped a 56 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:47.080 little bit. And also when it comes to sports, we've 57 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:50.199 got a win or go home situation for the Indiana 58 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:53.039 Pacers tonight, my Pacers, and I don't like their chances, 59 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:56.680 especially knowing that we may not see Halliburton and we'll 60 00:02:56.719 --> 00:02:58.680 get the latest on that and a lot more when 61 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:00.280 it comes to sports. Now this of course, this is 62 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:04.639 also in the world of sports, but it's not as 63 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:06.400 if we're going to be breaking down any kind of 64 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:10.000 you know, any kind of action. It's about money in sports. 65 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:12.120 And this is something that if you are in your 66 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:15.719 own bubble and you just know that, hey, September's here, 67 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:18.400 I'm going to turn on the TV on Saturdays and 68 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:20.879 start watching my college football program that kind of stuff, 69 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:23.759 and a lot of people are like that. But there's 70 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:28.120 never been in my lifetime a bigger shift in college 71 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:31.560 athletics than what we've seen in the last few years 72 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:36.360 with the transfer portal and nil, but now with twenty 73 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:40.199 million dollars at minimum moving forward being a bill that 74 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:44.439 these universities have to cover, that's I think that's the 75 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:50.120 biggest change here as far as just the overall sustainability 76 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:53.360 of college athletics and u of L. We did find 77 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:55.919 out yesterday it was Eric Crawford of WDRB who had 78 00:03:55.919 --> 00:03:58.800 a great breakdown as far as the financial situation at 79 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:00.759 u of L. And they're no different than many others 80 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:02.240 that are clearly going to have to make some big 81 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:05.639 adjustments because I don't care who you are, twenty million 82 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:08.240 dollars now being a payment you have to make annually 83 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:10.719 that you didn't used to have to make is going 84 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:13.759 to require you to have to make some real adjustments, 85 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:17.480 real sacrifices, and that could certainly impact the non revenue sports. 86 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:21.879 And I'm not at all surprised to see that they're 87 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:24.160 taking on a line of credit the University of Louisville 88 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:27.639 because they need help paying bills. And it sounds alarming, certainly, 89 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.160 but I'm not surprised, and I don't really think it's 90 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:32.839 anybody's fault. I think that's just the nature of where 91 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:37.800 we are. Also, maybe by now the winners know that 92 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:40.839 they've won. But there's a Louisville native, well they were 93 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:42.959 in louisvill maybe they're not a little native, but that 94 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:45.680 won the lottery. They've got the Lucky for Life ticket 95 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:48.800 twenty five k a year. So like maybe right now 96 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:50.879 you just realize, oh, I bought one of those. And 97 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:53.480 if you just realize that, you need to look at 98 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:56.519 your ticket and you just realized you won. I'm entitled 99 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:58.720 to something because I'm the reason you thought to look for. 100 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:01.399 I think I deserve at least something. I mean, I 101 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:03.560 don't know if if we can maybe working with some 102 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:06.439 kind of an arrangement, but anyways, we are. We're gonna 103 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:08.319 have some fun today. It's nasty, it's wet outside, but 104 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:12.079 that's okay. We'll keep you company and we've got your 105 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:15.759 first update of traffic and weather coming up here, and 106 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:19.720 we'll talk about what we can gather from President Trump's 107 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:21.879 comments yesterday. It is Kentucky and it's Morning News on 108 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:26.639 News Radio eight forty whas. It is five sixteen here 109 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:28.480 at Kentucky and his Morning News with Nick Coffee on 110 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:32.759 News Radio eight forty whas. Sorry for butchering the weather. 111 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:35.040 Sometimes we don't get it right as the show starts, 112 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:38.160 because you know, the fine meteorologists that our partners over 113 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:40.000 WK why they've got they got a lot going on, 114 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:42.399 especially when you've got some rainy weather and it is 115 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:45.959 also a holiday today. So I just assumed, hey, I'll 116 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.000 go and look where I look every day and it's 117 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:50.120 gonna be there, and then boom, it wasn't. So now 118 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:52.639 I've got a reminder that I should make sure and 119 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:54.879 check that before we start the show. But we do 120 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:58.800 have scattered showers and storms that are expected this morning 121 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:01.439 as the day's getting started. Can it continue in the afternoon. 122 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:03.759 Some storms could produce heavy rain with highs in the 123 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:06.519 upper sixties. It's to low seventies, and then of course 124 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:10.120 as we move forward, that heat wave is coming, the 125 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:12.519 first real heat wave of the year, and I don't 126 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:14.920 know about you guys, but I'm not looking forward to it. 127 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:19.480 The humidity gross and it's just getting started, like we 128 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:23.079 really haven't actually hit summer yet, which is kind of 129 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:27.360 scary for me because I don't love the humidity that 130 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:30.279 we get around here, especially now that I've developed an 131 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:33.759 issue with allergies that is getting better. But anyhow, your 132 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:38.399 there's your delayed weather updates, so apologies there on my end, 133 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:40.040 all right, so real quick, we'll talk to Rory and 134 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:42.800 Neil about this coming up at five point forty five. 135 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:50.040 But when it comes to yesterday's Yesterday's update, I mean, 136 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:53.000 there's a lot of things that were said in regards 137 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:57.439 to the current situation with Iran and Israel and what 138 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:00.279 President Trump's going to do. But when he was asked 139 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:03.920 about blasting Iron's nuclear sites, he gives you the Trump 140 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:07.600 smirk and says, nobody knows what I'm going to do, 141 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:12.920 And you can tell he genuinely is is I think 142 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:17.240 enjoying that And he's keeping us guessing and we will 143 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:20.319 we shall see. Now that was said earlier in the day, 144 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:25.120 and then from then we we learned that he does 145 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:26.839 have this according to the Wall Street Journal, that he 146 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:30.439 has signed off on plans to hit Iron's nuclear sites 147 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:33.600 and he let people know, but he's yet to give 148 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:36.399 I guess the green light to make it happen. I 149 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:39.040 guess he's waiting to see if Iran is it Iran 150 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:47.839 or Iron helped me out here, Iran, Iran, Iran, Iran, Iran, Iran. Man, 151 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:49.879 you have been holding that in to correct me, and 152 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:51.759 I want you to know you can always correct me, 153 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:54.519 because here I am out here saying it. Probably there's 154 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:58.360 nothing worse than like if you say it, if you 155 00:07:58.399 --> 00:08:03.079 say it incorrectly, but you say it incorrectly incorrectly consistently, 156 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:06.439 you can maybe just get away with like maybe you 157 00:08:06.480 --> 00:08:09.399 know it's a it's an accent or something. But when 158 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:13.000 you say it wrong and you do it differently each time, 159 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:15.199 it's a real obvious thing that you don't really know 160 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:17.680 how the hell to say it. Which again that was 161 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:19.720 me right there, So again Iran. 162 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:21.199 Iran, Iran, you can put it to bed. 163 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:24.199 There we go, all right, there we go. Now I 164 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:28.360 know it is it is Iran. So anyhow he's yet 165 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:31.120 to give all, you know, give the final green light 166 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:33.559 for that to happen, but he's at least signed off 167 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:37.279 on the attack plans if the attack does in fact happen. 168 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:44.080 So also we we we according to Trump, there there's 169 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:47.559 I guess some begging going on from Iran when it 170 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:50.840 comes to the wanting to have some talks about this 171 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:54.279 whole situation, and the vibe from from President Trump seems 172 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:56.759 to be a little bit too late, fellas. And I 173 00:08:56.759 --> 00:09:00.480 think he enjoys knowing that they waited past the deadline. 174 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:03.559 I guess that he gave them and he's he's he's 175 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:05.480 got him, he's got him sweating. I suppose at this 176 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:09.279 point now this is I guess, reassuring that he's not 177 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:13.360 itching for a long term war. That's good, right, Thank 178 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:16.679 you so much for seemingly wanting to avoid World War three. 179 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:21.200 Really appreciate that. So again we'll get the latest freneury O'Neil. 180 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:24.399 We've got sports coming your way with Scott Fitzgerald and uh, 181 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:26.480 we've actually got a real update of weather coming your 182 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:29.120 way from the professionals. Also a check on traffic because 183 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:30.720 you know, you got to be careful out there. We 184 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:32.679 got some wet, wet roads after a lot of rain 185 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:35.120 overnight and already so far this morning. It is Kentucky 186 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.720 and It's Morning News on News Radio eight forty whas 187 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:41.720 it is five thirty five here Kentucky and it's Morning 188 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:45.440 News with Nick Coffee on News Radio eight forty whas. 189 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:49.080 I was kind of joking when I said this at 190 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:52.000 the beginning of the show, kind of not but there 191 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:55.240 is somebody out there that may not realize that they have. 192 00:09:55.559 --> 00:09:58.720 They've won themselves a lot of money. So the Kroger 193 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:02.519 location on the Grange Road here in Louisville, they have 194 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:06.320 a Lucky for Life ticket that was sold that is 195 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:11.399 worth twenty five thousand dollars a year for life. So 196 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:17.279 that's not multiple millions of dollars that you get just upfront, 197 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:20.639 but that's I mean that could not only is an 198 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:22.960 extra twenty five k a year. I mean, that's something 199 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:26.000 I think everybody could benefit from. Certainly some more than others, 200 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:29.639 but still that could maybe get you in a position 201 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:33.120 to where you could change careers, right, take a less 202 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:37.440 stressful job that takes less out of you, and you 203 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:41.480 have a better quality of life. And the salary difference 204 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:44.679 between those two jobs potentially wouldn't be an issue because 205 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:48.000 you now have twenty five K a year for life. 206 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:53.480 So if you have the winning ticket and you're realizing 207 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:56.200 it now because you say, oh, I bought one of those? 208 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:58.919 Did he say the croker on the Grange Road in Louisville, 209 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:01.840 That's where I got mine? And you see that you 210 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:04.440 had by the way it was, it was June seventeenth 211 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:08.200 and the drawing had numbers four, seven, twenty eight, thirty six, 212 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:11.759 forty six with a lucky ball of two. So if 213 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:14.480 that's you and you just realized that you have twenty 214 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:18.039 five k for life, I didn't get least at least 215 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:21.679 five to ten percent of that annually should be should 216 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:23.559 go to me because I'm the one who made you 217 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:27.679 aware that you you've you've now you know, you've changed 218 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:29.639 your life in some some type of way. I mean, 219 00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:32.360 twenty five K year is not an insane amount of money, 220 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:34.480 but there's a you know who wouldn't want that, who 221 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:38.200 wouldn't benefit from that at least in some way. So 222 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:40.639 you can you can milk twenty five k annually for 223 00:11:40.679 --> 00:11:45.799 at least twenty years, totaling five hundred thousand dollars, or 224 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:49.159 you can grab a three hundred and ninety thousand dollars 225 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:54.320 cash lump sum payment. So what would you do there, John, if. 226 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:56.240 You help some one hundred percent? And not because I 227 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:58.519 would spend it all in one place, but because I'm 228 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:01.720 a saver, immediately put that the bank take it as needed. 229 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:04.000 And I think, I mean, if I had three hundred thousand, 230 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:07.600 whatever it was, nine there, three hundred ninety thousand, I'd 231 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:08.519 be feeling pretty good. 232 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:12.279 Yeah, And I would probably do the same. But I 233 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:16.080 will say, in most instances, whenever this question comes up 234 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.440 after there's a lottery winner, what would you do? Would 235 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:21.679 you take the lump sum or would you let it 236 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:24.120 play out over many years where you get paid. I 237 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:26.919 more often would take the give it to me every year, 238 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:30.279 because that way, I just know that consistently this is 239 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:32.759 coming in. And I don't know what I would do 240 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:34.039 if I ever win the lottery. In fact, I know 241 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:35.840 I'll never win the lottery because I never play lottery. 242 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:38.399 I never buy a lottery ticket at all. And this 243 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:40.480 I'm sure was not easy to hit. And it's not 244 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:43.759 as if we're talking, you know, the mega millions, But 245 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:46.159 for some reason, whenever there's not as much money on 246 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:48.639 the lot up for grabs. It makes me feel as 247 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:50.519 if it would be a little bit more easy to win, 248 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:53.000 and it has me thinking maybe I should start buying 249 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:56.960 lottery tickets. But I've never done it before. And they 250 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:59.159 do say, the only way you know somebody's gonna win 251 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:00.440 might as well be you, and the only way you 252 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:02.559 can win is if you actually do play. But the 253 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:05.440 chances of me put it this way, if I started 254 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:10.200 spending let's just say, instead of making the weekly donation 255 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:14.120 of you know, fifty bucks to FanDuel sports book, Draftking 256 00:13:14.159 --> 00:13:17.639 sports book, whatever it may be, instead of giving them money, 257 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:21.600 let's just say I went to forty dollars a week. 258 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:24.279 And I'm not even saying that's my that's the amount 259 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:25.879 of money I spend. I'm just giving you, you know, 260 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:29.600 an example. But let's just say I limited, briefly the 261 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:32.120 amount of money that I that I bet on sports, 262 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:35.240 and I started buying lottery tickets, and I did it 263 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:39.080 for the next fifty years. If I live that long, 264 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:43.159 there's a much greater chance that I donated all that 265 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:46.840 money without any winnings than there is me actually winning 266 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:48.559 money that could change my life. 267 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:49.720 Now, it's a charitable man. 268 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:53.559 Yeah, it's true. I'm very charitable. I'm donating oftentimes to 269 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:55.559 all the sports books out there that'll take my money, 270 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:58.639 and all of them will, and I'll also maybe start 271 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:02.480 donating to the lottery too. So again, I know that 272 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:06.200 the probability of winning is not great, and that's putting 273 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:09.360 it lightly, but there is there is some truth to it. Well, 274 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:11.679 you know, I can't be mad and jealous if somebody 275 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:14.320 else won and I didn't when you know I didn't play. 276 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:16.840 You're not a lottery guy either, right, I can't. 277 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:19.200 Imagine played it maybe three or four times? 278 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:21.600 Is it whenever it gets to be like the super bridge, 279 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:24.480 whenever it's it's stupid to play it, then yes, exactly 280 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:27.759 the time that And again I could be wrong here. 281 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:30.240 I don't think I've ever actually purchased a lottery ticket 282 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:32.840 on my own. My wife will play, and she doesn't 283 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:35.159 do it often, but yeah, she'll wait until it's it's 284 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:37.600 the mega millions we're talking, you know, some of the 285 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:40.320 biggest winnings you'll see in the lottery, which of course 286 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:42.240 makes it that's the worst time to play. 287 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:45.919 Because if the thought is the logic behind is that, oh, 288 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.519 there's gonna be so many people who buy ticket. Somebody's 289 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:50.159 gonna win it this time around, it might as well 290 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:51.440 be me, kind of like you said, And. 291 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:53.360 If it is a minor spind I guess there's really 292 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:55.759 no harm because potentially, you know, you could change your 293 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:57.799 life and everybody else's life if you are the winner. 294 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:00.159 But my wife is adorable in a lot of ways 295 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:03.279 because she she'll have that lottery ticket in her hand, 296 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:06.960 fresh fresh from the store, and by the time she 297 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:09.200 gets home, she's already told me what we're spending all 298 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:12.159 the money on, and she she just believe, you know, 299 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:15.159 she's she's got some optimism. And I guess in a 300 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:17.919 way that's entertaining, right, just like betting on sports, right, 301 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:22.080 she's donating the lottery and enjoying the experience that comes 302 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:24.799 with that until she finds out she didn't win. And 303 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:27.919 you know, I donate money to sportsbooks because I, you know, 304 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:30.639 like to think that I'm good at that, and I'm not. 305 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:34.480 I'm not terrible, But in the end, it's it's certainly entertaining. 306 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:37.559 I would I live with the donations I make because 307 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:40.000 it does add an element to the sports experience that 308 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:43.039 I really enjoy. All Right, we've got Rory O'Neil coming 309 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:45.000 your way in about four minutes. But first let's get 310 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:47.480 an update on weather and traffic right here at news 311 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:52.279 Radio eight forty Whas five forty six here Kentucky, and 312 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:55.679 it's morning news on news Radio eight forty whas. Nick 313 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:57.879 coffee with you. It's no time to bring in Rory 314 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:01.200 O'Neill of NBC News, and we are certainly going to 315 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:03.600 get the latest on what President Trump is planning when 316 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:06.000 it comes to Iran and Israel. But I did want 317 00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:09.679 to start Rory with the Trump Gold Card. More than 318 00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:13.919 seventy thousand people have expressed interest in the five million 319 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:17.639 dollar Trump Gold Card, which of course provides a path 320 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:20.960 US citizenship for wealthy foreigners. What can you tell us 321 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:24.240 about how this works and who is in fact applying here? 322 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:28.000 Yeah, the site came online to register for it just 323 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:32.320 a few days ago, and already we're hearing from Secretary 324 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:38.159 Lutnik that there's big interest. Nearly seventy thousand people have 325 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:42.759 signed up for this visa program. The Commerce Secretary says 326 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:47.559 they put this website up last week Trump card dot gov. 327 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:51.159 The applicants register their interest in the visa, provides some 328 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:54.480 basic contact information. Now, maybe it's a lot of people 329 00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:56.720 just trying to test the system to see what's going on. 330 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.799 But seventy thousand people, five million bucks a pop. That 331 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:01.919 be a significant revenue stream. 332 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:04.440 No doubt about it. And do you know if there 333 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:06.480 was any I guess you wouldn't know. I'm not you 334 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:09.119 can't read the minds of people. But I didn't know 335 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:11.960 if there was an expectation as far as what the 336 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:14.279 initial interest would be, because again I wouldn't even be 337 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:15.759 able to guess. But I feel like, to your point, 338 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:19.400 seventy thousand people, I mean a five million dollars, that's 339 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:21.319 a lot of money. Yeah. 340 00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:24.160 We also heard President Trump saying that in many cases, 341 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:28.839 it could be corporations that pay for their employees to 342 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:33.279 become citizens. So he gave the scenario, imagine someone at 343 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:36.119 Apple or Google they want to bring in as some 344 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:39.519 new corporate vice president, but they're living in a different country. 345 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:42.759 Well let that look, you know, let the tech company 346 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:45.279 pay the five million bucks for them as part of 347 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:49.240 their compensation package to make that person an American citizen 348 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:52.119 as they hired them to work here in the US. 349 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:54.279 Yeah, that's it's also got to be thinking that if 350 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:56.559 you are an employer that could really give you an 351 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:59.319 edge over competitors at finding certain employees if you're willing 352 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:02.240 to to go down this path. So yeah, it could 353 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:03.920 be a big revenue stream for sure. But Rory and 354 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:05.799 Aalem NBC News is our guest joining us here on 355 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:09.960 news Radio eight forty whas let's discuss the latest here 356 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:13.720 with the Iran and Israel situation. It sounds like President 357 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:16.240 Trump doesn't want to have us in a World War 358 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:18.400 three type situation, which which is good news for a 359 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.279 lot of folks. But as far as plans to attack, 360 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:24.839 the plans are there, but he hasn't yet, I guess, 361 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:28.000 given he's approved the plans but hasn't given the green 362 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:29.920 light to do anything just yet. Is that still where 363 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:31.880 we are right now? Rory? Right? 364 00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:34.160 He says he wants to get this down to the 365 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:37.319 last minute, was the term he used yesterday, saying that 366 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:41.079 war can change in an instant. So if he makes 367 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:45.480 a decision to use military force, including that bunker buster 368 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:48.119 that we've all talked about, he said that would be 369 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:50.680 essentially a game day decision that he'd make at the 370 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:55.039 last minute, because getting the US involved certainly would intensify 371 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:58.839 this conflict. There are concerns that Iran could retaliate against 372 00:18:58.880 --> 00:19:02.000 American assets that are in the Middle East or take 373 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:07.920 action that could restrict international trade in oil, and you know, 374 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:10.559 suddenly we're all paying seven eight nine dollars a gallon 375 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:13.319 for gas, and of course that could be significant as well. 376 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:16.720 So and most military analysts, We'll tell you this isn't 377 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:19.559 a case of dropping one big bomb on a site 378 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:22.240 in a mountain and leaving that. There would have to 379 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:28.160 be further entanglements with the US military, thing that President 380 00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:30.359 Trump and many of his supporters want to avoid. 381 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:35.400 Trump claims that Iran is begging for a White House powow, 382 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:38.240 and not to say that he may be stretching the 383 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:40.680 truth or embellishing, because he'd never do that. But what 384 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:43.559 is that? I mean, do we know if there's any 385 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:45.519 I mean truth to that is? I mean, I don't 386 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:47.240 think that would be a complete lie. But is there 387 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:49.680 anything other than just hearing that He's indicated that they 388 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:52.359 want to talk, but he's saying maybe too late, fellas. 389 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:56.279 Yeah, there's some back and forth. We know that there's 390 00:19:56.279 --> 00:20:01.480 some high level talks, either directly or indirectly with Iran 391 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:05.759 about what their response to this is going to be Look, 392 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:09.440 Israel is pretty much launching these attacks to bring about 393 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:13.839 regime change. Yes, it's about diminishing Iran's ability to create 394 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:17.480 a nuclear weapon. But Israel has essentially had enough and 395 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:21.240 they want new leaders in Iran, and they're trying to 396 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:25.640 even encourage the population there to rise up and bring 397 00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:29.480 about a change in leadership. So, you know, let's see 398 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:32.440 if the Trump administration can find an exit strategy. Perhaps, 399 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:35.319 you know, and they might have to work with other 400 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:38.759 international partners. But you know, I think that's one of 401 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:41.559