Speaker 1: Thank you very much, John Shannon.
Speaker 2: It is Kentucky and his Morning News with Coffee and
Speaker 2: Company here on News Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee.
Speaker 2: That's me Scott Fitzhered alongside today and we've been busy
Speaker 2: this morning.
Speaker 1: If you are just now joining us, thank you. If
Speaker 1: you've been with us, appreciate you. Today will be a.
Speaker 2: Big day here locally as we'll find out what sentence
Speaker 2: Brent Brett Hankerson is going to get. Obviously, last week
Speaker 2: it was big news that the DOJ only recommended a
Speaker 2: one day sentence for the former LMPD officer. And obviously
Speaker 2: the final decision lies with the federal judge, who can
Speaker 2: either follow the DOJ's recommendation, reduce or increase the sentence
Speaker 2: within the federal sentencing guidelines based off the charges, or
Speaker 2: disregard the recommendation entirely. And it really just comes down
Speaker 2: to what this judge wants to do. And when it
Speaker 2: comes to the attorney Brian Butler here, former federal prosecutor, quote,
Speaker 2: this is the first time an officer has been charged
Speaker 2: under these circumstances. The DOJ's recommendation is based on president
Speaker 2: and unique factors. This is certainly a unique situation and
Speaker 2: we'll find out later today. I believe one thirty is
Speaker 2: when that is set to get started. So we'll keep
Speaker 2: you updated as best we can here at news Radio
Speaker 2: eight forty whas. Also, we have now hit the six
Speaker 2: month mark for President Trump and his second stint as
Speaker 2: the president of the United States, and I feel like
Speaker 2: right now when it comes to and it'd be hard
Speaker 2: to do this, but if you were to try to
Speaker 2: check the pulse, check the temperature, if you will, of
Speaker 2: America and sort of what they're talking about when it
Speaker 2: comes to Trump now. And I don't mean the approval
Speaker 2: of Trump or whatnot. Certainly that's a different conversation, but
Speaker 2: there's a lot. I mean, you've got the Epstein situation
Speaker 2: and that that's not going anywhere now. I also don't
Speaker 2: get any indication that what people are wanting, and I
Speaker 2: guess also expecting, And what I mean by expecting is
Speaker 2: I think there are people in their mind that have
Speaker 2: it that people have in their mind made up what
Speaker 2: is being held back, right like involvement from key figures,
Speaker 2: probably from both political sides, you know, just to cover
Speaker 2: up for people that have so much power. So again
Speaker 2: I don't know if if we're ever going to get
Speaker 2: anything that gives you that satisfaction, meaning where they hand
Speaker 2: something over and all that's included. And I also think
Speaker 2: that every step of the way, even before we found
Speaker 2: out that the DJ just decided, yeah, nothing to see here,
Speaker 2: there's no files, it's all nothing.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Just now we've got Trump saying that it's conspiracy and
Speaker 2: it was created by.
Speaker 1: Biden and Obama.
Speaker 2: I mean, that's that's that's so every step along the way,
Speaker 2: those that do have some real issues believing what they're
Speaker 2: telling us as far as what happened, and they want transparency.
Speaker 2: I think you've been given a lot of fuel to
Speaker 2: continue said conspiracy just by something not adding up here.
Speaker 2: So that's continue to be a big talking point. But
Speaker 2: there are some other things going on that maybe maybe
Speaker 2: there's some intent here from Trump as far as just
Speaker 2: giving you a distraction. So there's not as many people
Speaker 2: talking about the Epstein files. I mean, he did say
Speaker 2: last week anybody anybody who's a Republican that is still
Speaker 2: talking about it, and once more, I mean didn't say
Speaker 2: they're stupid or something along the lines. I mean kind
Speaker 2: of sounds fake, right, No, wait, he'd say that, but
Speaker 2: the guy does kind of you know, he's just very
Speaker 2: different than others that have been in office, and that
Speaker 2: really doesn't have anything to do with anything to do
Speaker 2: with these job performance.
Speaker 1: It's just it's a different approach. He's a different kind
Speaker 1: of guy.
Speaker 3: So it's always funny when politicians try to do this
Speaker 3: and you try to change the narrative and you try
Speaker 3: to control it. But you know, the American public isn't stupid.
Speaker 3: I mean, They're going to come back to what matters
Speaker 3: the most. And it's almost like if that's their intention,
Speaker 3: if that's what they're doing, is trying to get you
Speaker 3: to look over here at the shiny object, the American.
Speaker 1: Public is still going to come back to this, yep.
Speaker 2: And the Coca Cola thing as far as potentially changing
Speaker 2: how they make the product, I mean that, and the
Speaker 2: Coca Cola responding, Yeah, we don't have any plans to
Speaker 2: do that. We don't really, you know, they essentially said
Speaker 2: we were a little know what hell he's talking about.
Speaker 2: So maybe maybe now his attempt to distract anybody from
Speaker 2: the Epstein situation is to to tell that the Washington
Speaker 2: commanders they got to go back to being the Redskins
Speaker 2: and the Cleveland Indians need to go back to the
Speaker 2: Indians and not be the Guardians, because that that's that's
Speaker 2: that's real news. That's that's absolutely what's going on. So
Speaker 2: he says he may block Washington's new NFL stadium deal
Speaker 2: if the team doesn't return to its old name, the Redskins,
Speaker 2: And he did say he wants Cleveland to switch back
Speaker 2: to the Indians, claiming there's a strong public demand for that.
Speaker 2: Both teams say they have no intention of reverting to
Speaker 2: their former names. And uh, I mean when I hear
Speaker 2: that he could block the stadium deal, I mean that's
Speaker 2: something you don't take lightly.
Speaker 1: And let's be honest, he would do it.
Speaker 3: He would, He absolutely would do or at least try.
Speaker 3: And I and I think too, there's a combination of things.
Speaker 3: It's it's also it's what you're talking about that is
Speaker 3: distracting and showing folks to the shiny object over here.
Speaker 3: And I'm sure there's there's a certain set of his
Speaker 3: base too that is saying maybe some are high priced
Speaker 3: donors that are saying, hey, we need to get this done.
Speaker 3: You need to help us out with this, and let's
Speaker 3: make this happen. So it's hard to say. Sometimes you know,
Speaker 3: they did a lady who lived in the higher er
Speaker 3: or she worked in the higher echelons of the Department
Speaker 3: of Defense when I lived in Virginia. And there is
Speaker 3: a lot of political wrangling that goes on, a lot
Speaker 3: of handshaking, as it does anywhere, and there's a lot
Speaker 3: of favors that people have to do for other people.
Speaker 3: You help me, I'll help you, YadA YadA yah. Maybe
Speaker 3: there's a degree of some of that going on. But
Speaker 3: to your point, I don't think the Guardians and Commanders
Speaker 3: are going to go back to their original name.
Speaker 2: Well, it would just be so hard to because that
Speaker 2: was a big task. As far as just rebranding professional
Speaker 2: sports teams that have been around a long time, Both
Speaker 2: of those franchises are historically known, meaning they just they
Speaker 2: have a lot of history. Obviously, you know, they've not
Speaker 2: always been great. So when I say history, I don't
Speaker 2: mean they just went all the time, But I mean
Speaker 2: those are two big brands within the MLB and the NFL,
Speaker 2: and reverting back would you be a lot of work.
Speaker 2: And it just it to me, And again that's that's
Speaker 2: what neither team was asking President Trump to do. This
Speaker 2: they're they're content, and they're now bothered by this because
Speaker 2: they don't want to have to go through it again.
Speaker 2: And you know, just like what's the timing here, Like
Speaker 2: why bring this up now? And again, I don't, you know,
Speaker 2: there's no way to know this for certain. And I'm
Speaker 2: not I'm not even saying that I believe it, but
Speaker 2: I can see why some would say, well, hey, maybe
Speaker 2: this is just to try to distract us from the
Speaker 2: Epstein situation, because neither franchise wanted this right now, and
Speaker 2: they're probably thinking, oh, he's given us a headache here
Speaker 2: that we don't want.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, And and people are always going to go
Speaker 3: back to the Epstein thing, and oh yes. As we
Speaker 3: mentioned in this program before, the cover up is sometimes
Speaker 3: worse than the crime. Not so much in this case,
Speaker 3: because the Epstein case was just a heinous crime beyond
Speaker 3: all relief. But anytime you try to cover this up,
Speaker 3: it's just better to confront it all, deal with it,
Speaker 3: pil the band aid back, and let's go with it. Instead,
Speaker 3: it sounds like we're trying, to your point, to distract
Speaker 3: everybody from what's going on over here.
Speaker 2: Lastly, I do think that there are people that are
Speaker 2: going to keep this as a topic, and they're you know,
Speaker 2: there are people that won't leave this alone regardless of
Speaker 2: what plays out. But I think those that are kind
Speaker 2: of not really that invested in it, but have now
Speaker 2: become interested because it just seems as if there's clearly
Speaker 2: something being left out that that's where you run an
Speaker 2: issue here, right, Like I think the best case, I mean,
Speaker 2: the more they the more they do try to counter,
Speaker 2: the more it seems like, Okay, they're clearly leaving something
Speaker 2: out here.
Speaker 1: And I have no clue what it is.
Speaker 2: I wouldn't even be I wouldn't care enough to even speculate,
Speaker 2: but just something. Something's not adding up, that's for sure.
Speaker 2: All Right, let's get to a quick check of traffic
Speaker 2: with Bobby Ellis. We'll get the latest forecast from Susanne
Speaker 2: Horrigan and uh we'll tell you about a recent study
Speaker 2: slash survey that have a hard time believing. But maybe
Speaker 2: I'm maybe I'm in the dark here, And that's that's
Speaker 2: Americans using time that your employer.
Speaker 1: Gives you to take off.
Speaker 2: We'll talk about that and more right here on News
Speaker 2: Radio Way forty WHS. It is Kentucky Ana's Morning News
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Speaker 1: That's me. Scott fitzgered alongside.
Speaker 2: Well. Have another update on sports with Scott coming up
Speaker 2: at seven twenty five, and then John Shannon with another
Speaker 2: news update at seven point thirty. John Alden, he's a
Speaker 2: part of the team too, but he is enjoying some
Speaker 2: some vacation time, a little staycation for John and his
Speaker 2: lovely family. And apparently he is doing something that some
Speaker 2: Americans don't do, which is using their PTO. I mean,
Speaker 2: who wouldn't use their PTO? Yeah, I mean I can't.
Speaker 1: Imagine I'll use it. Give it to me, I'll use it.
Speaker 2: So there's a new survey from Live Career that says
Speaker 2: only forty eight percent of US workers use all their
Speaker 2: paid time off and thirty three percent feel pressure from
Speaker 2: their employer not to use all their PTO, and nine
Speaker 2: percent say their employer actively discourages it, which I mean
Speaker 2: they can discourage it all they want. You have, I mean,
Speaker 2: if you have the time, now, I can understand a
Speaker 2: situation to where like you've got a boss that's maybe
Speaker 2: trying to like guilt you into not going in using
Speaker 2: the fact, like, let's be real, in America, I don't
Speaker 2: know where if it's like this in other country. I've
Speaker 2: worked in a variety of different industries. Nothing that I
Speaker 2: would say. I had a long career and prior to this,
Speaker 2: prior to being able to make radio my full time
Speaker 2: career and whatnot, It's been about ten years or so
Speaker 2: since I've been in that spot, and I worked in
Speaker 2: the software industry prior to that. But I feel like
Speaker 2: every industry I've been in, I've seen at least a
Speaker 2: little evidence that some that do in fact work hard
Speaker 2: and are really good and reliable employees, they get taken
Speaker 2: advantage of, and you go, you've beend over backwards. You
Speaker 2: do a little more than maybe you're supposed to. I
Speaker 2: do think it is most of the time appreciated, but
Speaker 2: it then becomes the expectation and you're held to a
Speaker 2: different standard to where if you're discouraging somebody from so again,
Speaker 2: I guess the ultimate takeaway here is that thirty three
Speaker 2: say that they feel pressure from their employer not to
Speaker 2: use it, as if you'll be letting the team down
Speaker 2: if you take time off, and then others just say
Speaker 2: their employer I guess is actively discouraging it. But either way,
Speaker 2: I mean, take your time off, absolutely, dude. There's nothing
Speaker 2: more important than that. And that's where I'll say I
Speaker 2: will give the benefit.
Speaker 3: Of the out here. They are very big on Even
Speaker 3: the boss says hey, look, I got to take this time.
Speaker 1: He says, go just do it.
Speaker 3: And even my other gig I work at, they're very
Speaker 3: accommodating when it says, hey, listen, you got to take
Speaker 3: care of stuff. You know, we're all I mean, for
Speaker 3: lack of better words, we're all replaceable. Yes, you know,
Speaker 3: so you've got to put your boundaries up and take
Speaker 3: care of yourself.
Speaker 2: I mean, I'll tell you what. When it comes to
Speaker 2: just keeping like, I think there's a lot of things
Speaker 2: that employers could maybe do better at when it comes
Speaker 2: to just being better employers. However, as you mentioned, I
Speaker 2: think we all know that we're all replaceable to an extent.
Speaker 2: But if you I mean, I think the bare minimum
Speaker 2: as far as keeping your culture in a good spot
Speaker 2: to where people aren't going to look to leave is
Speaker 2: to let them use the time off that they were
Speaker 2: told they.
Speaker 1: Would get what you hired them.
Speaker 3: Yep, yep, I've worked, I've worked in jobs there's no
Speaker 3: worse feeling when you have a set time when you're
Speaker 3: supposed to leave, and many times the employer.
Speaker 1: Would say, no, I need to stay and do this,
Speaker 1: I need just stay in. Sorry, can't do it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's a morale killer. R no doubt.
Speaker 2: And look, fifty nine percent of employees experience anxiety overtaking PTO,
Speaker 2: which is a wild thing to think about because quite
Speaker 2: literally PTO is to get away from the anxiety and
Speaker 2: take a break and mentally recharge. And just the thought
Speaker 2: of doing something that you need to do, that you're
Speaker 2: entitled to do, that's adding stress and anxiety. I mean,
Speaker 2: I'd say that's a red flag about.
Speaker 1: Where you work. Absolutely, But obviously in.
Speaker 2: This economy, who wants to just go start over and
Speaker 2: get a new job. So that's where we are. All right,
Speaker 2: let's get to another our data of Travagan weather right
Speaker 2: here on news radio eight forty WHS.
Speaker 1: Thank you very much, John Shannon.
Speaker 2: That is Consecutive's morning news Coffee and company here on
Speaker 2: news radio eight forty WHAS. So I was not able
Speaker 2: to make it to last night's TVT event and it
Speaker 2: was one of those moments where really had to consider
Speaker 2: what made the most sense to do as far as
Speaker 2: being responsible and knowing that I need to really maintain
Speaker 2: good balance here with my schedule. So that was the
Speaker 2: first opportunity where I could have gone to a game
Speaker 2: that I really wanted to go to, but knowing that
Speaker 2: I have a three am alarm clock now kept me
Speaker 2: from attending. I mean it's not the only factor, but
Speaker 2: I'm kind of glad. I also wasn't there because they
Speaker 2: It was not a great night for the Villa as
Speaker 2: their their TBT experience comes to an end this year,
Speaker 2: third year they've been in the event, and I really
Speaker 2: can't tell you how much I think Louisville, along with
Speaker 2: Lexington and maybe even Bloomington, we're the perfect cities for
Speaker 2: this kind of event because we will appreciate watching former players,
Speaker 2: probably more than anybody, just because we all know what
Speaker 2: these programs are around here. I mean, they are our
Speaker 2: pro teams, right. I mean, this rivalry is intense, especially
Speaker 2: in louisvill There's so many on both sides. But for
Speaker 2: the Louisville side of it, I mean to see Freedom
Speaker 2: Hall with thousands of people there. I'm not sure what
Speaker 2: the announced attendance was, but I was there Saturday when
Speaker 2: it was the good experience because they were able to
Speaker 2: get a big win and you had a bunch of
Speaker 2: former Cardinals having a factor in said win. And it
Speaker 2: gives you scenarios that you simply could have never igined possible,
Speaker 2: because what scenario, what would have led you to be
Speaker 2: in a position for these kind of things to play out?
Speaker 2: And it's this kind of an event you've got Coach
Speaker 2: Louke Cancock. I mean, that's one component. That's just what well,
Speaker 2: Coach Luke Cancock was leading this team the vill and
Speaker 2: while we're sitting there and there's a big lead in
Speaker 2: the second half and it looks as if it's going
Speaker 2: to be a blowout. Peyton Siva, who chose to play
Speaker 2: in the event but really told them, hey, I'll go
Speaker 2: if you guys need me, but you don't have to
Speaker 2: play me. Well he didn't get I don't think he
Speaker 2: played a second in the entire two games. But the
Speaker 2: fans are giving coach Louke Cancock a hard time because
Speaker 2: he won't put Peyton Seeva in a game. All while
Speaker 2: Russ Smith's hitting threes, Montrez Harrel's duncan on people. And
Speaker 2: then you go to the bench you've got Earl Clark
Speaker 2: and Quince Sleaznski, two people, what a random duo, right,
Speaker 2: guys who played here and had much different experiences, played
Speaker 2: in different eras. But they're having a chat on the bench.
Speaker 2: And then you can't see this as much on television,
Speaker 2: but if you're there the behind the goal that is
Speaker 2: closest to the Louisville bench, they've got I guess like
Speaker 2: the hospital the hospitality area uh VIP, I.
Speaker 1: Guess you could call it.
Speaker 2: That has a bunch of former players, Darryl Griffith sitting courtside.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just like it's like a reunion.
Speaker 2: It's like a get together for Louisville basketball players of
Speaker 2: all eras. And again we would appreciate that and and
Speaker 2: probably consume it more than anybody. And I think you'll
Speaker 2: see that. I don't know what the numbers are gonna
Speaker 2: end up being as far as attendants, and obviously Louisville
Speaker 2: they're out now, so the attendance moving forward as far
Speaker 2: as a Freedom Hall, I mean, I mean, by the way,
Speaker 2: actually I'm not even sure if does it work out
Speaker 2: that way? So now with Louisville out, doesn't that mean
Speaker 2: that that Lexington would then be the host.
Speaker 3: I was going to ask that question. Yeah, I wasn't sure,
Speaker 3: and I was trying to do some investigating in that.
Speaker 3: Let me ask you this along those lines what you're saying, Nick,
Speaker 3: and that is, let's let's say down the road, this
Speaker 3: thing's still rolling on Chuckie Hepburn comes back.
Speaker 1: Does he have the same appeal that sort of this group,
Speaker 1: does he?
Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, I think because well, Chucky was special.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's why I asked.
Speaker 2: I think that's a great question because of this Chucky
Speaker 2: was so special in a one year scenario that yes,
Speaker 2: but there's other guys who also I think we would say, yeah,
Speaker 2: they were great. Glad we had him on the team,
Speaker 2: but they were only here a year. Chucky was just
Speaker 2: so good in such an important year. And I think
Speaker 2: this is what I hope and I'm glad you brought
Speaker 2: this up, Scott, because things are just gonna be different
Speaker 2: when it comes to just the continuity of your basketball roster.
Speaker 2: Moving forward to where these guys we watched play at
Speaker 2: Freedom Hall that were part of some great teams. Some
Speaker 2: won a national championship, others made deep runs to the
Speaker 2: tournament of the Final four. The likelihood of that playing
Speaker 2: out the way it did as far as maintaining your roster,
Speaker 2: it's just impossible to think that would have happened if
Speaker 2: you were in that situation now, just because of the
Speaker 2: portal and and il and all that. So I'm hopeful
Speaker 2: that moving forward, everybody's remembered the way they should be.
Speaker 2: But it's just gonna be different. You're not gonna have
Speaker 2: guys that play four years. It's gonna be a rare
Speaker 2: thing to see guys play for four years. So I
Speaker 2: think this group this is just wishful thinking on my
Speaker 2: end because a lot of these guys that were only
Speaker 2: here one year in Pat Kelsey's first year, it was
Speaker 2: such a memorable year as far as the program coming
Speaker 2: back to life that even though they were only here
Speaker 2: a year, they're gonna be more memorable, maybe than some
Speaker 2: other guys that just played played for a year, but
Speaker 2: not because of just performance, but because of like that
Speaker 2: was gonna That's gonna be a very memorable season for
Speaker 2: Lowell fans because we were dead for few for a
Speaker 2: few years and then sure enough Pat Kelsey brought them
Speaker 2: back to life and it was a very successful season
Speaker 2: all things considered.
Speaker 1: So we'll see.
Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean just and by the way, also
Speaker 2: lucky that that you got guys like Javon Hadley and
Speaker 2: Case and prior who'd been able to take advantage of
Speaker 2: of of a of a stipulation with the n C
Speaker 2: douablea to where they could get an extraye of eligibility.
Speaker 1: So you know.
Speaker 2: But but Chucky Terrence Edwards, Rain Smith, those are guys
Speaker 2: that were only here for a year. But uh, I mean,
Speaker 2: I maybe I'm wrong here, but I think they'll be
Speaker 2: remembered for a lot of things, including the fact that
Speaker 2: they were the first guys to kind of set the
Speaker 2: tone and help get this thing out of the out
Speaker 2: of the out of.
Speaker 1: The grave eventually.
Speaker 2: So La at Knight and Sideline Cancer they now play
Speaker 2: at nine o'clock at Freedom Hall, which, man, there will
Speaker 2: not be many fans there at nine o'clock at Freedom
Speaker 2: All on Wednesday, and then of course from there it'll
Speaker 2: be it'll be the winner of lat Familia in Eveland Drive.
Speaker 1: Yep.
Speaker 2: All right, let's get an updated look at the weather
Speaker 2: with Susan Oregon. Also we'll take a look at how
Speaker 2: the roadways are with Bobby Ellis right here on Radway.
Speaker 1: Forty seamstros there's not mention.
Speaker 2: ICE director Todd Lyons spoke on Face the Nation yesterday
Speaker 2: and made it quite clear that there's still a big
Speaker 2: emphasis and getting illegal immigrants out of the country, regardless
Speaker 2: of their of their situation, no no exceptions. Essentially, they're
Speaker 2: going to rest anybody that they find be here illegally,
Speaker 2: and sweeps have been expanded across multiple states now. And
Speaker 2: one thing that that I think is just another one
Speaker 2: of the many indicators that they are this is a real,
Speaker 2: real emphasis from from President Trump is they're now going
Speaker 2: to try to hold employers accountable, So employers who are
Speaker 2: hiring undocumented immigrants are now a target as well. He
Speaker 2: went on to say that they could have steep fines
Speaker 2: and possible jail times if they are hiring undocumented immigrants.
Speaker 2: And here's here's a little clip of that from Face
Speaker 2: the Nation on Sunday.
Speaker 4: In regards to the work site, like you mentioned, one
Speaker 4: thing that I really like to highlight, especially what kicked
Speaker 4: off June sixth in LA, is the fact that when
Speaker 4: you see ICE doing these work rates like the marijuana
Speaker 4: grow farm, we are going there where criminal search wants
Speaker 4: are criminal orgress wants. Not only are we focused on
Speaker 4: those individuals that are, you know, working here illegally, We're
Speaker 4: focused on these American companies that are actually exploiting these labors,
Speaker 4: these people that came here for a bare life, you know,
Speaker 4: either you know, forced labor, child trafficking, you know a
Speaker 4: lot of these work site cases just isn't a victim's
Speaker 4: crime of somebody here working legally. And that's why we're
Speaker 4: going there with these criminal warrants to focus on these
Speaker 4: American businesses that are trying to make an extra dollar
Speaker 4: on the backs of these people.
Speaker 1: I can here for a better life.
Speaker 2: So I'm going to when I try to do the unthinkable,
Speaker 2: which is get a real feel for just how the
Speaker 2: majority feels. I think that there's a few different ways
Speaker 2: to look at it. One, I think those who are
Speaker 2: acknowledging that, yes, there are a lot of people being
Speaker 2: deported from America right now, but but don't you remember
Speaker 2: what Obama did. Don't you remember that three point two
Speaker 2: million people were deported when he was in office from
Speaker 2: twenty nine to twenty sixteen. Like, they're not wrong, They're
Speaker 2: not wrong at all. So this has been an emphasis
Speaker 2: with different presidents that we've had and the actual number.
Speaker 2: I mean, look, Obama deported more people overall, especially in
Speaker 2: his first term, and what's different now is just Trump
Speaker 2: shifted the tone. And it's a reminder that sort of
Speaker 2: how you go about it and I guess you handle it.
Speaker 2: I mean again, at the end of the day, people
Speaker 2: are being deported, but I think the noise surrounding the
Speaker 2: process is clearly a little different.
Speaker 1: The tone.
Speaker 2: Again, it's different from Trump compared to others, and that's
Speaker 2: just you can say that about maybe every single thing
Speaker 2: he does, but it's true, I mean the amount of
Speaker 2: right like right now. I mean, if you look at
Speaker 2: the public perception and the media narratives, they've played a
Speaker 2: role here. I mean Obama was seen as more compassionate
Speaker 2: despite record deportations, while Trump has faced a lot of backlash.
Speaker 2: And again, I think there's some people that are okay
Speaker 2: with getting people out of here illegally, but they're not
Speaker 2: necessarily okay with sort of how Trump has gone about it.
Speaker 2: And then again that gets into where okay, tough to know,
Speaker 2: like really what to believe? Like are these people truly
Speaker 2: productive citizens who should be here legally?
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's impossible to know.
Speaker 2: But when I hear people claim, well, you know, there
Speaker 2: was a previous president that didn't really get any heat
Speaker 2: for doing this, and he did it at a higher level,
Speaker 2: You're right. As far as the numbers, I just think
Speaker 2: that one people, no matter what Trump's does, they're going
Speaker 2: to just they're going to criticize it and say it's
Speaker 2: the worst thing ever and people are going to die.
Speaker 2: The world's coming to an end, and that's just where
Speaker 2: we are. But I do think there's others that are
Speaker 2: okay with getting people out of here that are here illegally.
Speaker 2: It's just do you want them in the you know,
Speaker 2: alligator Alcatraz situated. You know, that's clearly something that people
Speaker 2: aren't cool with.
Speaker 1: But for those who wonder is that true? Is that real? Yes,
Speaker 1: it is.
Speaker 2: As far as the numbers overall, I mean it was
Speaker 2: a big emphasis for President Obama too, But I'm sure
Speaker 2: there's many that don't necessarily know that.
Speaker 1: All right, let's get to a quick
Speaker 2: Update of traffic and whether we'll get the latest from
Speaker 2: from Bobby Ellis as far as how the roadways are
Speaker 2: looking on a Monday, So stick with us right here,
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