Speaker 1: It is eight oh five here Kentucky, and it's Morning
Speaker 1: News with Nick Coffee on News Radio eight forty whas
Speaker 1: we've got Mayor Craig Greenberg set to join us at
Speaker 1: eight forty five. He'll be joining us via phone out
Speaker 1: in studio as he is he's in Omaha for the
Speaker 1: College World series, but he's going to be making announcement
Speaker 1: sharing some special news that I think if you're a
Speaker 1: lois a fan, you want to you want to stick around.
Speaker 2: And again, I'm.
Speaker 1: Of the belief that this will be news that fans
Speaker 1: will be excited to hear, happy to hear. But I
Speaker 1: could be wrong. I don't think I'm wrong, but we
Speaker 1: shall see only over only Tom will tell. I don't
Speaker 1: know if I would say that, okay, I don't know
Speaker 1: if I would say long overdue, but I would say
Speaker 1: makes total sense. Yeah, I'm I'm all for it as
Speaker 1: a Louisville fan myself. But again, we'll let you guys
Speaker 1: hear what that is. Coming up at about eight forty five.
Speaker 1: Coming up at eight thirty, we'll be joined by Rory
Speaker 1: O'Neil to get the latest on the Iran and Israel war.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's essentially what we've got here. And
Speaker 1: obviously yesterday Donald Trump ended up leaving early at the
Speaker 1: at the g seventh summit that was in Alberta, but
Speaker 1: he flew home early because of what's going on in
Speaker 1: the Middle East. That's according to his press secretary. So
Speaker 1: not only are are we seeing folks monitoring what's going
Speaker 1: on between those two, but the reaction, if any, from
Speaker 1: President Trump in the United States. That's what a lot
Speaker 1: of people are keeping up with. So Rory of NBC
Speaker 1: News Roy O'Neil, I should say, I mean, I know Rory.
Speaker 1: I've got him on a first name basis. You hear
Speaker 1: that name dropped there. Rory O'Neill, the prestigious roy O'Neil
Speaker 1: of NBC News. He's set to join us coming up
Speaker 1: at eight thirty. Will also see what he can tell
Speaker 1: us on the latest. As far as Vance Bolter, that is,
Speaker 1: the suspect in the shooting that killed the Minnesota state
Speaker 1: legislator and her husband and wounded two others. He was
Speaker 1: in court yesterday. He's now facing federal charges. So that's
Speaker 1: not a real surprise, but it sounds as if there's
Speaker 1: more details coming out in regards to.
Speaker 2: A potent.
Speaker 1: I mean, we know it sounds like we have a
Speaker 1: good idea of what his motives were, but we're now
Speaker 1: learning more about I guess what he was doing leading
Speaker 1: up to this, and maybe what he was doing while
Speaker 1: he was able to avoid being captured for a couple
Speaker 1: of days. So again, we'll get the latest on all
Speaker 1: that with Roordy O'Neil coming your way at eight thirty.
Speaker 1: Also something we've discussed this morning is the driver of
Speaker 1: the truck that caught on fire was hanging over the
Speaker 1: on ramp of the bridge. I mean, what a scary
Speaker 1: and crazy visual to see. But this guy, he's alive
Speaker 1: and he he never was at any point suffering from
Speaker 1: any life threatening injuries. But when you jump twenty feet
Speaker 1: from the cab of your truck, you can have some injuries,
Speaker 1: and that's what he's got, a broken leg, ankle, and foot,
Speaker 1: so he's going to have a long road to recovery.
Speaker 1: And his wife says that he's going to have to
Speaker 1: have surgery, which will obviously put him out of work.
Speaker 1: So it sounds like they have His wife went on
Speaker 1: to say that on the GoFundMe that they launched, that
Speaker 1: he's the sole provider and I don't know if the insurance.
Speaker 1: Maybe he doesn't have health insurance. I would imagine if
Speaker 1: he is driving a truck for somebody, then then there
Speaker 1: would be insurance on the vehicle. But obviously that's if
Speaker 1: you don't have health insurance and you've got those kind
Speaker 1: of injuries, those kind of those kind of that can
Speaker 1: add up. That's gonna be really expensive.
Speaker 2: Well, you were.
Speaker 3: Playing some audio from one of the truckers that called us,
Speaker 3: because we, of course were asking are we pushing truckers
Speaker 3: through school too soon? I would be interested if you
Speaker 3: have the app, use the talk back feature and let
Speaker 3: us know why would this guy not have insurance? And
Speaker 3: I'm sure there's a legitimate reason for I'm not doing
Speaker 3: I'm not this isn't a gotcha question.
Speaker 2: I'd be curious to know.
Speaker 3: To your point, Nick, because we talked off the air,
Speaker 3: I'm like, clearly he would have insurance on the truck.
Speaker 3: If he were driving, God forbid, he were to hit somebody,
Speaker 3: he would be covered. But as his wife said in
Speaker 3: the GoFundMe, they don't have insurance. So if you're a
Speaker 3: truck driver, are there a lot of truck drivers out
Speaker 3: there that are driving without insurance now like medical insurance.
Speaker 3: And that's a question I have for this gentleman.
Speaker 1: I've probably taken taken for granted that I've always been
Speaker 1: covered with health and insurance, whether it be from my
Speaker 1: parents when I was young to when I became an
Speaker 1: adult and got a job. And you know, not everybody's
Speaker 1: situation is the same. And if you are an independent contractor,
Speaker 1: you know, and you're jumping from gig to gig, you know,
Speaker 1: as far as your options with insurance, it could change.
Speaker 1: And I think if that's the case, then you would
Speaker 1: want to have an independent plan. But they that may
Speaker 1: not be doable for a lot of people, or you
Speaker 1: may have just had terrible luck where you were in
Speaker 1: between policies and whatnot and you just happen to not
Speaker 1: be covered. Soyeah, those costs can add up for sure.
Speaker 1: But yeah, just I'm telling you, the more I see
Speaker 1: of the social media posts from people who were near
Speaker 1: when this thing happened, it's it's.
Speaker 2: Wild and very lucky.
Speaker 1: He's alive, but still going to have some injuries to
Speaker 1: recover from. All right, let's get an update on traffic
Speaker 1: and weather. Also, we've got sports coming your way in
Speaker 1: about fifteen minutes and forget eight forty five. Mayor Craig
Speaker 1: Greenberg going to call in from Omaha to share some
Speaker 1: special news with us right here Kentucky and his Morning
Speaker 1: News with Nick Coffee on News Radio eight forty Whas.
Speaker 2: It is eight.
Speaker 1: Seventeen here at Kentucky and it's Morning News on News
Speaker 1: Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you. Scott Fitzgerald,
Speaker 1: John Alden, and John Shannon. That's the crew, and we've
Speaker 1: got a guest coming up here. Reminder eight forty five,
Speaker 1: Mayor Craig Greenberg going to join us with some special news.
Speaker 1: Really looking forward to that. So again, eight forty five
Speaker 1: is when we expect to hear from him. Obviously, the
Speaker 1: ice raids going on across the country, that has been
Speaker 1: a big talking point and certainly a lot of folks
Speaker 1: feel very strongly about it. You've seen protests that took place,
Speaker 1: starting well in fact for weeks now, and then of
Speaker 1: course this past weekend, the No Kings rallies that were
Speaker 1: going on protest whatever you want to call them, demonstrations, protests.
Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of different ways to ward
Speaker 1: it however you want. We saw what was taking place
Speaker 1: in certain cities across the America. Across America, including right
Speaker 1: here in Louisville. But here are some numbers. According to
Speaker 1: the Washington Post, when it comes to the raids that
Speaker 1: have taken place and people being deported who are not
Speaker 1: here legally, it says that the US could lose more
Speaker 1: immigrants than it gains for the first time in fifty years. Again,
Speaker 1: that's according to the Washington Post. And I didn't if
Speaker 1: you quizzed me and asked me to guess a number,
Speaker 1: I would have been terrible. I wouldn't have had a
Speaker 1: clue what numbered, even ballpark it at. But nearly one
Speaker 1: million illegal immigrants have self deported under President Trump, according
Speaker 1: to WOW the New York Post. That to me seems
Speaker 1: like a lot. But again, I'm willing to admit I
Speaker 1: don't know what would be considered a lot would be
Speaker 1: considered few. But that is if it was me and
Speaker 1: I had a real feeling of threat that it would
Speaker 1: it wouldn't be done on my terms. It would just
Speaker 1: be being rounded up. And I've got family and whatnot.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think the obvious decision would be to
Speaker 1: self deport, and in doing that, you know you're gonna
Speaker 1: need some resources on your end to be able to
Speaker 1: make that happen. But it does sound like if that's
Speaker 1: the option you want to go, if you're willing to
Speaker 1: do that, they will, they'll help you. And I just
Speaker 1: think if you've got no control and you're seeing what's
Speaker 1: taking place across the country, I guess maybe it shouldn't
Speaker 1: be considered a surprise that a million have have decided
Speaker 1: to self deport.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean to your point, if you see that,
Speaker 3: or sit and wait and see if Ice knocks at
Speaker 3: your door, because then they're gonna take you off. They're
Speaker 3: gonna they're not gonna lock you up, but they're certainly
Speaker 3: going to remove you from your home, take you to
Speaker 3: some lace else. You might as well just go on
Speaker 3: and head back.
Speaker 1: They may not, I mean, if you resist, I'm sure, yeah,
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be a different situation.
Speaker 2: So that's I didn't know the number was that high.
Speaker 2: That that's according to The New York Post.
Speaker 1: Also, one of the protesters in LA, one of those
Speaker 1: that was protesting.
Speaker 2: The ice raids, he has he's I guess.
Speaker 1: He's filing a lawsuit because he claims that he was
Speaker 1: hit by a rubber bullet and that rubber bullet shattered
Speaker 1: one of his testicles.
Speaker 2: Oh real story.
Speaker 1: Oh by the way, oh out, I mean you go
Speaker 1: out to protest, I should come back with this shattered
Speaker 1: testicle happens to the vestals out.
Speaker 3: Wow, it's interesting times.
Speaker 2: We're all squirming right now, aren't we just thinking about.
Speaker 3: You ever see that when you see it on TV?
Speaker 3: You see somebody you know, they take that certain hit. Oh,
Speaker 3: and you just you instantly feel.
Speaker 4: Oh.
Speaker 1: Men across the world when they see it, there's a
Speaker 1: collective of crossing, the squirming, the legs.
Speaker 2: Of like, oh, I don't we've been there.
Speaker 1: I mean I've not been there as far as the
Speaker 1: level of this injury with the shattered testicle. But if
Speaker 1: you know, you know all right, We've got another news
Speaker 1: update coming your way here in about ten minutes. First
Speaker 1: it is traffic and weather and another sports update with
Speaker 1: Scott right here our news radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 2: It is eight forty six here consecutate.
Speaker 1: His morning news with Nick Coffee on news Radio eight
Speaker 1: forty whas. And we have a special guest now joining
Speaker 1: us on the line. Mayor Craig Greenberg is with us.
Speaker 1: Good morning, Craig. I know you've got some special news
Speaker 1: to share and how you're.
Speaker 2: With I want to share, I'll give you the floor.
Speaker 4: Yes, now, I'm pleased to share it. Share it here first.
Speaker 4: Today is a huge day for U OFL fans. We're playing,
Speaker 4: obviously in the College World Series, and I'm so excited
Speaker 4: for this baseball team and coach Dan McDonald. And you know,
Speaker 4: I've been thinking a lot about U of L has
Speaker 4: made such a positive impact on my life. I know
Speaker 4: it's made a positive impact on so many people around
Speaker 4: the entire city. It's bigger than just sports. What it
Speaker 4: does for this city and today's success is built on
Speaker 4: the foundation of so many others. And so I'm thrilled
Speaker 4: that on June twenty eighth, at ten am, right down
Speaker 4: there in the sports in the whole, in the middle
Speaker 4: of on Floyd Street, by all of those sports things,
Speaker 4: we are going to honor Tom Jurich. The city and
Speaker 4: the U of L and partnership together are going to
Speaker 4: have a special recognition in honor of Tom Jurich, who
Speaker 4: was a fantastic athletic director who built much of the
Speaker 4: facilities that the university has played in today that are
Speaker 4: benefiting the entire city and is one of the key
Speaker 4: people who built a national program that Josh and his
Speaker 4: amazing team are growing and moving forward into the future today.
Speaker 4: And so I'm really excited to be able to honor
Speaker 4: Tom Jurich on June twenty eighth, and I wanted to
Speaker 4: let you and your listeners.
Speaker 2: Know first well, thank you so much. Really appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Certainly big news, and I believe that this will be
Speaker 1: news that Louisville Cardinal fans are happy to hear, and
Speaker 1: they're going to be in support of this and happy
Speaker 1: that this is happening for Tom. Can you tell us
Speaker 1: a little bit about how this came together. I know
Speaker 1: you've had some recent conversations with Tom Jurich. I assume
Speaker 1: and hope that he's appreciative of this and excited.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, Tom's really looking forward to this. I've known
Speaker 4: Tom for ten, probably fifteen years, and I've always admired
Speaker 4: him as not just the athletic director, but as a leader,
Speaker 4: as an individual who's someone who cared so much about
Speaker 4: the city. And you know, when you become mayor, there
Speaker 4: are lots of things that you want to do and
Speaker 4: you start working on them and looking for the right
Speaker 4: time to do certain things and it just felt like
Speaker 4: now was the right time to do that. Tom has
Speaker 4: made such contributions to the city. I'm very thrilled that
Speaker 4: U of L is supportive of this and participating with
Speaker 4: us in this recognition, and so really this is an
Speaker 4: opportunity for everybody who has benefited from Tom's contributions that
Speaker 4: he made to our city to recognize him in a
Speaker 4: really fun, unique way that we're going to do on
Speaker 4: the twenty eighth at ten am to people be invited
Speaker 4: to it as well. It's right there on Floyd Street,
Speaker 4: right by the softball stadium, by the playground. There, there's
Speaker 4: a little plaza that we're going to do an outdoor
Speaker 4: celebration and recognition for Tom at Louisville.
Speaker 1: Mayor Craig Greenberger is our guest joining us here on
Speaker 1: News Radio eight forty whas as the mayor of this city. Obviously,
Speaker 1: when sports are booming and going well, that's good for
Speaker 1: the economy, good for everybody in this city, Louisville athletically
Speaker 1: as far as I don't mean just the university, but
Speaker 1: just as the sports city that we are, I mean
Speaker 1: without Tom Jurich, it's hard hard to know if we'd
Speaker 1: be in the position we are as far as the
Speaker 1: University of Louisville being members of the ACC from your role,
Speaker 1: I mean, is it an exaggeration? Is it fair to
Speaker 1: say that you know his team, not him specifically. Obviously
Speaker 1: he had a lot to do with it, but that era,
Speaker 1: that was the Tom Jurich era at the University of Louisville.
Speaker 1: It's not uperbole to say that we'd have really no
Speaker 1: clue where athletics might be had it not been for
Speaker 1: the great, great tenure that he had.
Speaker 4: Right Tom's leadership built the foundation upon which Cardinal Athletics
Speaker 4: is thriving today. I mean, we are so fortunate. Josh
Speaker 4: is an amazing athletic director who I respect so much.
Speaker 4: I mean, what he is doing now with the program
Speaker 4: and the coaches that he has in place, the leadership
Speaker 4: navigating the whole nil and ever changing environment is incredibly impressive.
Speaker 4: And I'm so excited about the future of U of
Speaker 4: l athletics that, you know, just like me, building on
Speaker 4: the foundation of others who have come before me in
Speaker 4: my role in various city leadership roles. Tom's contributions with
Speaker 4: what got built during his time has been so helpful
Speaker 4: to the city When you think about. You know, the
Speaker 4: Young Center would not have been built without a relationship
Speaker 4: with U of L. And what that means not athletics,
Speaker 4: but to the entire downtown, to our entire city and honestly,
Speaker 4: state is so important. And each one of those you know,
Speaker 4: with stadiums or facilities that were built under Tom's leadership,
Speaker 4: has really made significant contributions to our city. It attracts
Speaker 4: people to visit our city, to spend money here, to
Speaker 4: drive the economy, and athletics are only becoming a larger
Speaker 4: part of our society and world, and we have a
Speaker 4: foundation upon which to build on.
Speaker 1: You're right, Josh Art has a lot of good momentum,
Speaker 1: good vibes right now over at the University of Louisville.
Speaker 1: This news, I think, only only continues that just good
Speaker 1: energy within the Louisville fan base. And I know a
Speaker 1: lot of Louisville fans will be excited to hear this.
Speaker 1: You got to tell me real quick, what's the vibes
Speaker 1: like in Omaha. Obviously a great come from behind victory
Speaker 1: on Sunday, and now they've got another day to continue
Speaker 1: this run in the College World Series.
Speaker 2: I know you're enjoying it. Being out there, what's it like.
Speaker 4: Well, actually I was only out there for Friday night,
Speaker 4: so I was back on Saturday, so I've been. I
Speaker 4: was just there for Game one on on Friday night,
Speaker 4: which we had a great half of an inning that
Speaker 4: was a lot of fun, but unfortunately the bottom of
Speaker 4: the night didn't work out well on Friday night. But
Speaker 4: Omaha is you know, it's their Kentucky Derby. The whole
Speaker 4: city is alive, the whole area surrounding the stadium is alive,
Speaker 4: with all the different schools enjoying themselves and celebrating them there.
Speaker 4: That's another great example of look, what building a world
Speaker 4: class sports venue in the case that I think it's
Speaker 4: called Charles Swabs Stadium or something, what that's done for
Speaker 4: the city. You know, so too have many of the
Speaker 4: pieces that U of L has built over the years,
Speaker 4: many of them under Tom Jorge's leadership, that have helped
Speaker 4: us build even more on top of that. But it
Speaker 4: was really unique and I'm so looking forward to tonight's game.
Speaker 4: And this is a great team with a phenomenal coach
Speaker 4: and it'd be fun to see him win tonight.
Speaker 2: Mary Greenberg, thank you for the time.
Speaker 1: Certainly some big News will continue to discuss this throughout
Speaker 1: the day here on news Radio wait forty whas.
Speaker 4: Thank you so much, Take care, if you have a
Speaker 4: great day, Go cards.
Speaker 2: Go cards.
Speaker 1: That's Mayor Greenberg with the big news there. So on
Speaker 1: June twenty eighth, the ten am down on campus, they're
Speaker 1: going to honor Tom Jurich. So certainly certainly big news
Speaker 1: that I will see. I would imagine the reaction from
Speaker 1: Louisville fans will be will be very positive, as I
Speaker 1: think a lot of Louisville fans myself included the era
Speaker 1: that was the Tom Jurich era was monumental and really
Speaker 1: us having what we have today, and as Mary Greenberg mentioned,
Speaker 1: Josh here do a phenomenal job and also still being
Speaker 1: able to kind of maintain what was established under Tom Jeriche.
Speaker 1: So that's the big news there, and a big thanks
Speaker 1: Tamara Greenberg for sharing that first here with us and
Speaker 1: Tony Dwight. They're coming up next right here on news
Speaker 1: Radio eight forty whis