Speaker 1: Calorie free and good for the brain. I'm not sure
Speaker 1: if I've ever heard anybody say that me, Nick coffee
Speaker 1: is good for the brain, but I'll take it. Thank
Speaker 1: you John Shannon, and thank you Kentucky Anda for joining
Speaker 1: us this morning as we get the six am hours started.
Speaker 1: It is Kentucky and it's Morning News with Nick Coffee
Speaker 1: on News Radio eight forty whas. So, the tragic situation
Speaker 1: in Texas has been a big talking point, not only
Speaker 1: here throughout the week, but across the country, and we
Speaker 1: here at iHeart are letting folks know what they can
Speaker 1: do if they want to help out when it comes
Speaker 1: to those that are in need, and there are certainly
Speaker 1: a lot of people in need. Just the devastating floods,
Speaker 1: it's impacted countless people. I mean, there are families that
Speaker 1: have lost loved ones, lost their homes, communities really changed forever.
Speaker 1: So the need is urgent and the Community Foundation of
Speaker 1: Texas Hill Country they've launched the Kerr County Flood Really
Speaker 1: Fun to support response, relief and long term recovery efforts,
Speaker 1: and all donations we'll go directly to the trusted local
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Speaker 1: to the Kirk County Flood Realief Fund at Community Foundation
Speaker 1: dot net again Community Foundation dot net. So there's no
Speaker 1: words that can make anybody feel any better about this
Speaker 1: situation all the way around, but there's certainly a heightened awareness,
Speaker 1: I would say to just being sensitive to what's going on.
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what the response from Greg Abbott,
Speaker 1: I'm not being sarcastic when I say this. When I
Speaker 1: first saw the video, I was of the belief that, well,
Speaker 1: AI is even more powerful than I realized, because I
Speaker 1: totally would have believed that was real. But there's no
Speaker 1: way the governor of Texas really said that, did he?
Speaker 1: And sure enough he did. And I'll let you guys
Speaker 1: hear it for yourself. Maybe I'm being dramatic, maybe I'm overreacting,
Speaker 1: but I mean I comparing a tragic situation where children did,
Speaker 1: many people dead, many people still unaccounted for, comparing it
Speaker 1: to football. Talk about tone, def talk about lack of awareness,
Speaker 1: and it still doesn't seem real. And I did a
Speaker 1: lot of look and just to make sure I wasn't
Speaker 1: getting God, because this is almost unbelievable, at least from
Speaker 1: my perspective.
Speaker 2: Second party question needs to be addressed. You ask, and
Speaker 2: I'm going to use your words, who's to blame? Know this?
Speaker 2: That's the word choice of losers. Let me explain one
Speaker 2: thing about Texas, and that is Texas. Every score inch
Speaker 2: of our state cares about football. You could be in Hunt, Texas, Huntsville, Texas, Houston, Texas,
Speaker 2: any size community that care about football. High school, Friday
Speaker 2: night lights, college football are pro and know this. Every
Speaker 2: football team makes mistakes. The losing teams are the ones
Speaker 2: that try to point out who's to blame. The championship
Speaker 2: teams other ones to say, don't worry about it, man,
Speaker 2: we got this. We're gonna make sure that we go
Speaker 2: score again, then we're gonna win this game. The way
Speaker 2: winners talk is not to put fingers. They talk about solutions.
Speaker 2: Second party question needs to be addressed. So you ask,
Speaker 2: I'm gonna use your words.
Speaker 1: That was that? Was it replaying? So but I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm speechless as far as like that's the thing that
Speaker 1: comes to mind as if there's a comparison between football
Speaker 1: and I mean, this is like the ultimate thing that
Speaker 1: you like. Football doesn't come to mind for anybody. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna put I am I gonna was gonna say,
Speaker 1: John'm putting you. I'm not gonna put you on the spot.
Speaker 1: While putting you on the spot. If I told you
Speaker 1: that was fake, would you believe Like, would you believe me?
Speaker 1: Because it just because you wouldn't expect somebody would kind
Speaker 1: of analogy. And I know they loved football in Texas, Like,
Speaker 1: come on.
Speaker 3: I would think the quote was fake if I just
Speaker 3: saw the quote. But listening to him talking to me,
Speaker 3: that definitely it didn't sound like an AI voice recording
Speaker 3: or anything like that. And I just hate when politicians,
Speaker 3: I don't care what side of the aisle they're on,
Speaker 3: whenever they try to get cute see and say stuff
Speaker 3: like that. It's very it's cringe worthy, it's uncalled for.
Speaker 1: It's uncomfortable.
Speaker 3: H Yeah, very uncomfortable.
Speaker 1: Let me give you an example. And I know this
Speaker 1: is going to sound like I'm going overboard here as
Speaker 1: just traumatizing the whole thing, But I'm just trying to
Speaker 1: give you an example of I'm just giving you perspective
Speaker 1: for mind. As far as what came to mind from
Speaker 1: me when I heard that and then realized it was real.
Speaker 1: If someone called into a talk show that I was hosting,
Speaker 1: let's say this was a caller driven type of show,
Speaker 1: and they started to go down the path of comparing
Speaker 1: that tragic situation in Texas to something in sports, and
Speaker 1: even if I felt like they were coming from a
Speaker 1: good place, I would just think I would probably run
Speaker 1: the call or not in a you know, it depends
Speaker 1: on really I guess what they said, but I mean
Speaker 1: I would probably cut them off because I would just
Speaker 1: I would try to. I would feel like I needed
Speaker 1: to get in the wor of it getting to the
Speaker 1: point where people realize how ridiculous it is to make
Speaker 1: the comparison here and the analogy to football and saying
Speaker 1: that if there is anybody questioning if there's someone to
Speaker 1: blame or what could have been done, that they're losers.
Speaker 1: And in Texas, you know, we all love football, and
Speaker 1: that's a loser mentality. Like I would have felt like
Speaker 1: it was my duty to keep it from getting there,
Speaker 1: and yet the governor of the state he took it
Speaker 1: there himself. It's just again, I know I'm sounding like
Speaker 1: I'm over the top. I just I don't know how
Speaker 1: that because you had to know you're going to be
Speaker 1: asked about that. I mean, you really can't expect any
Speaker 1: question to be a surprise whenever this kind of thing happens,
Speaker 1: and you are the leader of that state. So I mean,
Speaker 1: it's not criminal, it's just really stupid and just I
Speaker 1: mean when I think of Greg Abbott, which I probably
Speaker 1: won't think about him often, I'm gonna think about that
Speaker 1: because I really thought that that was I mean, it's
Speaker 1: just stupid more than any to go there. And look,
Speaker 1: the easy answer was right there. As far as who's
Speaker 1: to blame, it's to you know, say that you know
Speaker 1: it's it's a tragic situation. We're not finger pointing. We're
Speaker 1: we're focused on, you know, rebuilding the community and mentioned
Speaker 1: that you still want to find those that are unaccounted for,
Speaker 1: and just I mean you could easily within three seconds
Speaker 1: make it clear nobody's blaming anybody. We're just trying to
Speaker 1: do our best to handle the situation and be there,
Speaker 1: be there for those in need. I mean, look, if
Speaker 1: you need a PR person, I think I just applied
Speaker 1: for the job. That was kind of a very jumbled
Speaker 1: up way to put it together. But like where he went,
Speaker 1: there had to be warning signs in his brain that
Speaker 1: should have told him not to go there, but he couldn't.
Speaker 1: He couldn't avoid. All right, we've got an update on
Speaker 1: traffick and weather coming your way. Bobby Ellis will tell
Speaker 1: us the latest when it comes to the roadways out
Speaker 1: here in Kentucky, and then we'll get Matt Melosovich to
Speaker 1: tell us what we're looking at when it comes to
Speaker 1: the forecast today right here on News Radio eight forty.
Speaker 1: Whas it kind of feels gross saying the cell of
Speaker 1: ration continues, given the fact that the celebration is due
Speaker 1: to justice finally being served ten years after a tragic situation,
Speaker 1: but I think that's what it is. Bartstown is celebrating
Speaker 1: the fact that Brooks how was found guilty of murder
Speaker 1: earlier this week along with one of his accomplices. And
Speaker 1: it doesn't seem like it's over. And I don't know
Speaker 1: what the next step is. Nobody really does. But when
Speaker 1: you consider what was said by those that were involved
Speaker 1: in some form or fashion as far as justice for
Speaker 1: Crystal Rogers family, maybe I'm looking a little too deep
Speaker 1: into it. Maybe it's wishful thinking on my end, because yes,
Speaker 1: you'd want anybody that had any role in this or
Speaker 1: maybe the role in her father's murder to be held accountable.
Speaker 1: But right after the jury handed in their verdict, and
Speaker 1: you know a lot of folks, you know, they're covering
Speaker 1: the trial in Bowling Green, you had lead Detective John
Speaker 1: Snow who did talk to the me. We shared that
Speaker 1: sound with you yesterday. I'm sure you heard it many
Speaker 1: times throughout the day here at news radio eight forty WHS.
Speaker 1: But the quote was we got a little more to go,
Speaker 1: and then when asked to explain, he simply stated, you'll see.
Speaker 1: And then also Nelson, the Nelson County Sheriff, I mean
Speaker 1: he called the verdict quote just the beginning end quote
Speaker 1: and hinted at a quote domino effect. I kind of
Speaker 1: feel like you don't say those things unless you know
Speaker 1: that action is about to be taken. And others, probably
Speaker 1: Nick Halc, maybe his mother Rosemary, are the next to
Speaker 1: be on trial and potentially spend a lot of time
Speaker 1: in prison, maybe the rest of their lives. And clearly
Speaker 1: that's what people are rooting for, because you want everybody
Speaker 1: to be held accountable. So the one person that is
Speaker 1: yet to be charged in anything is Nick Halck, and
Speaker 1: I just think he's got if you're him, and I
Speaker 1: don't be hard to try to put yourself in his shoes,
Speaker 1: and I wouldn't really ask you to, but he has
Speaker 1: to have I mean, for years now, he's probably had
Speaker 1: fear that this would play out and they'd all get caught.
Speaker 1: And technically he's a free man right now. But if
Speaker 1: there's a knock on the door or maybe a phone
Speaker 1: call to his attorney, because he probably already has one
Speaker 1: as far as just letting them know charges formal charges
Speaker 1: are coming, that kind of thing, I mean, he can't
Speaker 1: be surprised. He probably already has a plan in place,
Speaker 1: unless the root of really just I mean, you're a
Speaker 1: heinous person to be involved in any former fashion and
Speaker 1: murdering somebody, right, But I mean, I think arrogance was
Speaker 1: clearly on display to think that they would be able
Speaker 1: to do this and get away with it, and some
Speaker 1: of them, I guess, as of right now have but
Speaker 1: the cases here involving Tommy Ballard, the father of Crystal Rogers,
Speaker 1: and of course police officer Jason Ellis who was ambushed
Speaker 1: and murdered back in twenty thirteen, they are making it
Speaker 1: clear that these cases are not officially linked, but they
Speaker 1: have noted that there are a lot of similarities in shock.
Speaker 1: Wouldn't shock me at all if we end up seeing
Speaker 1: more charges coming for not only people involved in the
Speaker 1: Crystal Rogers situation, but also her father, Tommy Balad, and
Speaker 1: maybe even back to that murder twelve years ago of
Speaker 1: Officer Ellis. So certainly a good week in Barchtown, as
Speaker 1: many are just happy that justice has served, at least
Speaker 1: in some former fashion and obviously some step, I would say,
Speaker 1: in the closure process for Krystal Rodgers family. All right,
Speaker 1: We've got an update on traffic from Bobby Ella's coming up. Also,
Speaker 1: we'll get the latest the latest look at the forecast
Speaker 1: from at Melosovich, and then Scott Fitzgerald's got an update
Speaker 1: on sports all that's coming your way right here right
Speaker 1: now on News Radio eight forty whas. Thank you very much,
Speaker 1: John Shannon. I'm looking here at WKY their morning news
Speaker 1: in front of me, and they're showing just the atmosphere
Speaker 1: from yesterday out at the ISCO Championship, which is getting
Speaker 1: started in mere minutes. And not only is it exciting
Speaker 1: to have a PGA event here in Louisville, but man,
Speaker 1: there's so much local flavor when it comes to to
Speaker 1: just guys that are from here or guys that played
Speaker 1: college in the state somewhere U of l UK even
Speaker 1: morehead State. So good vibes for sure. And we've got
Speaker 1: good vibes at least I think we do. If we
Speaker 1: could do a vibe check, I would say that the
Speaker 1: vibes are strong here. On a Thursday morning, it is
Speaker 1: Kentucky at his morning news news ready to wait forty
Speaker 1: whas Nick Coffee. That's me, John Alden is alongside and
Speaker 1: two of our big cities, in fact, the two biggest
Speaker 1: cities here in the state of Kentucky. John have made
Speaker 1: a list that you don't want to make. I don't know, really, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Louisville and Lexington have both been listed in the top
Speaker 1: twenty when it comes to the most boring cities in
Speaker 1: America Most boring Cities, the most boring cities in the US.
Speaker 1: Two of the twenty are right here in Kentucky. Louisville
Speaker 1: is listed as the twelfth most boring city, whereas Lexington
Speaker 1: is right behind them at number thirteen. And I think,
Speaker 1: and just I guess to give you what led to
Speaker 1: these rankings. It's a study by Finance and the Let's
Speaker 1: see here. The study was conducted by evaluating more than
Speaker 1: a dozen data points relating to excitement, culture, and popular
Speaker 1: activities in seventy five of the biggest cities in America
Speaker 1: to found the most and least boring cities in the country. Again,
Speaker 1: this is according to Finance Buzz. But one thing I
Speaker 1: think of is what you consider boring may excite me.
Speaker 1: It may it may arouse me because some people, like
Speaker 1: you know, I just think there's no way to really
Speaker 1: there's no perfect science to determine what is the boring
Speaker 1: city in America. But I will defend I don't think
Speaker 1: we're boring.
Speaker 3: I mean, who else is I know you said, Lexington's
Speaker 3: right next to Louisville. Who else is in same ballpark?
Speaker 3: So right in our tier. So let's just go eleven
Speaker 3: through fifteen. Eleven is Albuquerque, New Mexico. Again, Louisville is twelve,
Speaker 3: Lexington's thirteen, Colorado Springs is fourteen, and Tulsa, Oklahoma's fifteen.
Speaker 3: So of the cities here are that are featured, I've
Speaker 3: not been to a lot of them, but I've been
Speaker 3: to the one that has been listed as the most
Speaker 3: boring city, and I mean I could find things to
Speaker 3: do to work. When I think boring, I think of
Speaker 3: middle of nowhere, like there's nothing to do, and I
Speaker 3: don't know, I mean, I'm not the easiest to entertain
Speaker 3: and I don't really know. That's probably not the right
Speaker 3: way to describe it. But you know, there's certain things
Speaker 3: that a lot of people would enjoy doing that would
Speaker 3: be considered oh yeah, I want to do that.
Speaker 1: That's fun. Social events that I would I would probably
Speaker 1: not want to I'm just you know, big crowds, that
Speaker 1: kind of stuff. I enjoy my downtime being exactly that
Speaker 1: to where I'm kind of like, not that I just
Speaker 1: want to sit around all day and be lazy, but
Speaker 1: to me, it's not really having a plan and just
Speaker 1: kind of being able to do whatever. That's what I
Speaker 1: really enjoy. But a lot of people would think that's
Speaker 1: boring because sometimes you know, hey, there's not anything on
Speaker 1: the schedule, but I've got a lot of opportunity to
Speaker 1: go do whatever I want and then the day ends
Speaker 1: up being where I didn't do anything, And sometimes that's
Speaker 1: okay for me. But Jacksonville, Florida is the most boring
Speaker 1: city and although again I don't can I can find
Speaker 1: things to do there, but I will say I've been
Speaker 1: being in Jacksonville probably five six times in my life.
Speaker 1: It did feel at least a little bit. Put it
Speaker 1: this way, there was a lot of potential there, but
Speaker 1: there really wasn't any big attraction, Like I don't know
Speaker 1: what I would claim Jacksonville has that would be like
Speaker 1: their calling card or what would be, But again that's
Speaker 1: probably me not paying enough attention to know what it is. Yeah, which,
Speaker 1: by the way, they had outside of the Packers are
Speaker 1: an exception because the Packers are I mean, it's it's
Speaker 1: just there's no comparison. They're a tiny, tiny city basically
Speaker 1: there's stadiums in a neighborhood. But the Packers themselves are
Speaker 1: one of the biggest brands in all of sports, so
Speaker 1: again they're the exception. But Jacksonville, Florida having an NFL
Speaker 1: team is the most random thing in all professional sports. However,
Speaker 1: a lot of people probably don't realize Jacksonville is a
Speaker 1: humongous city as far as population, but it's probably not
Speaker 1: something people realize because you just never think of it,
Speaker 1: because it's why would it come to mind for you. Right,
Speaker 1: And again, even if you're not an NFL fan, when
Speaker 1: you think Jacksonville, if you don't live in Florida or
Speaker 1: Georgia that area, you probably think of the Jaguars. So again,
Speaker 1: I will defend both cities. I mean, even Lexington. I
Speaker 1: don't know what I would claim Lexington has that's better
Speaker 1: than what we have in Louisville. As far as things
Speaker 1: to do that could keep it from being bored. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, and as a Louisville and you know this
Speaker 1: about me, John, as a Louisville fan. There's a lot
Speaker 1: of people who grew up here that kind of see Louisville.
Speaker 1: You know. They don't really claim Kentucky, but they're very
Speaker 1: proud to be from Louisville because obviously the culture here
Speaker 1: is a lot different in Louisville than most places. However,
Speaker 1: I'm somebody that is I'm born and raised in Louisville.
Speaker 1: I'm a Louisville Cardinal fan over UK. In fact, that's
Speaker 1: a rivalry. So I don't root for UK and anything.
Speaker 1: But I also am somebody that has been born and
Speaker 1: raised in Louisville that really appreciates this state and being
Speaker 1: from it. My father's family's roots are here in Kentucky,
Speaker 1: actually outside of Louisville, So Lexington. I mean I could
Speaker 1: go to Lexington and have a great time not be bored.
Speaker 1: So we're not boring here in Louisville and Lexington. And
Speaker 1: I mean you have I mean you could come here
Speaker 1: for a week on a vaka, which I'm sure some
Speaker 1: people have. It's probably not a big destination spot for
Speaker 1: a week long vacation, but you could come to Louisville
Speaker 1: for a week and not get bored if you really,
Speaker 1: you know, realize what's out there to do. But yeah,
Speaker 1: Jacksonville's the most boring. Wichita, Kansas number two, Corpus Christi,
Speaker 1: Texas number three, sou Falls, South Dakota number four, Memphis,
Speaker 1: Tennessee number five. So it could be worse. We could
Speaker 1: be in the top five. But I'm going to make
Speaker 1: a note to check these next year because somebody needs
Speaker 1: to be educated on the fact that these two cities
Speaker 1: in Kentucky are not boring at all. All. Right, let's
Speaker 1: get an update on Travick and weather. We'll hear from
Speaker 1: Matt Melosovich the latest with the forecast. Bobby Ellis get
Speaker 1: us caught up on the traffic as we are entering
Speaker 1: the rush hour stages here, so stick with us right
Speaker 1: here on news Radio eight forty whas six forty seven
Speaker 1: here at Kentucky Anda's Morning News on news Radio eight
Speaker 1: forty whas. Coming up at seven point fifteen, we will
Speaker 1: be joined by Stephen Portnoy of ABC News to get
Speaker 1: his thoughts and the latest on Biden's doctor pleading the
Speaker 1: fifth and certainly a lot to get into with that,
Speaker 1: and we'll discuss that again seven fifteen. Stephen Porteno of
Speaker 1: ABC News is set to join us here on news
Speaker 1: Radio eight forty whas. So when Biden about out of
Speaker 1: the presidential race, it was Kamala Harris who stepped in.
Speaker 1: And I don't know, I could be wrong here, but
Speaker 1: I feel like if Donald Trump didn't exist, it wouldn't
Speaker 1: have still worked out for Kamala Harris, just because of
Speaker 1: a variety of reasons. But the latest on her is
Speaker 1: that there is now an interview she did among many
Speaker 1: of course, as she's gearing up for the election that
Speaker 1: never ended up servicing. So there's a viral TikTok series
Speaker 1: that I'm unaware of, although when I read about this yesterday,
Speaker 1: I did look into it and it's way more. I mean,
Speaker 1: I kind of felt like I was out of the
Speaker 1: loop because this is certainly a really popular thing within
Speaker 1: the social media world. But there is a show called
Speaker 1: Subway Takes. It's a TikTok show hosted by Kareem Rama
Speaker 1: where guests share their hottest takes. To give you an example,
Speaker 1: the Little nas X he was on at one point
Speaker 1: in his hot take that he shared, the strongest opinion
Speaker 1: was that couples should sleep in separate rooms, and that,
Speaker 1: of course is an unpopular take that gets people thinking.
Speaker 1: His claim was because you know, no romantic slumber, just
Speaker 1: pragmatic space usage. Right, you can still be intimate and
Speaker 1: have your own time, but like there's no need to
Speaker 1: have to sleep in the same bed, which maybe he's
Speaker 1: onto something here. Asia Wilson of the WNBA. She said
Speaker 1: that reporters covering sports should have to have an athletic background.
Speaker 1: So just to give you some context, is in regards
Speaker 1: to the type of opinions that have been shared here, well,
Speaker 1: she shared an opinion Kamala Harris did, and the overall
Speaker 1: exchange between the two the host Kareem Rama and Kamala
Speaker 1: Harris apparently was just so awkward and just bad that
Speaker 1: it never aired. So she's been kind of awkward in
Speaker 1: many moments, and I think that's that certainly didn't didn't
Speaker 1: help her among I mean, I think was one of
Speaker 1: the many reasons as to why she was on scsful,
Speaker 1: But she delivered an opinion that didn't even make the
Speaker 1: series because again, it was just according to the host,
Speaker 1: the interview was recorded in the summer of twenty twenty four,
Speaker 1: so this was prior to her stepping into Actually, actually
Speaker 1: when did that take place, whenever Biden stepped out. I
Speaker 1: don't remember when it was. Nonetheless, but the interview took
Speaker 1: place last summer, and it was scrapped by mutual agreement.
Speaker 1: Both sides agreed, Yeah, we don't want to put this out.
Speaker 1: This won't benefit you or me, which I feel like
Speaker 1: is kind of a rare thing. And when asked by
Speaker 1: the host, when asked why, the host essentially said that
Speaker 1: her take and her her I guess her. What she
Speaker 1: brought as her hot take essentially was really confusing and
Speaker 1: weird and it didn't make any sense at all, and
Speaker 1: the take was bacon as a spice, So he looked
Speaker 1: very concerned even repeating it meaning whenever he was doing
Speaker 1: this story and telling people that his interview with her
Speaker 1: was awkward and it never ran, but I would actually
Speaker 1: it must be really bad. But I'm curious to hear
Speaker 1: why she thinks bacon should be a spice, Like maybe
Speaker 1: she just didn't make any sense because bacon is not
Speaker 1: a spy. You cant have bacon flavored spice, but bacon
Speaker 1: is not a spice. But anyways, there's and in fact,
Speaker 1: I went back and looked at some of these and
Speaker 1: there are some legitimate hot takes that have been shared
Speaker 1: by people that do gets you thinking. But yeah, she was.
Speaker 1: She was awkward, which didn't surprise me. But I'm now
Speaker 1: anxious just to see how because again, for this guy
Speaker 1: to hold off on publishing one of his guests, that
Speaker 1: is Kamala Harris, the VP at the time potentially running
Speaker 1: for president, it must be really bad to where like
Speaker 1: it just would would be a bad look for his show,
Speaker 1: which is again telling you that it must be awful.
Speaker 1: All Right, we've got an update of traving a weather
Speaker 1: coming your way, and also we'll have another update on
Speaker 1: sports with Scott Fitzgerald. And again don't forget from ABC
Speaker 1: News Stephen Portnoy's gonna join us, coming up at seven fifteen.
Speaker 1: Right here on, do you eight forty whs