WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:04.960 Good Morning, Kentucky Anda, Happy Thursday. This is Coffee and Company, 2 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:08.199 Kentuckyanah's morning news here on News Radio eight forty whas 3 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:10.880 as John Shannon said, and he couldn't say it if 4 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:12.679 it wasn't true, this is just what the doctor ordered. 5 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:15.919 The doctor also needs to find a cure for us, 6 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:17.920 if there is a doctor that can help us reduce 7 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:19.879 the violent crime here in Louisville. Obviously that's been a 8 00:00:19.879 --> 00:00:22.440 big discussion for a while now. But given what took 9 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:24.719 place yesterday and given what has taken place in Louiell 10 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:27.600 in the last week, overall, it just seems like there's 11 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:34.200 more heightened awareness of what Louisville currently is experiencing. Violent 12 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:36.920 crime is not new to us, and there are some 13 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:40.280 numbers that are worth mentioning, and you hear mayor Greenberg 14 00:00:40.280 --> 00:00:42.719 talk about those because it is I think it's just 15 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:45.439 my opinion. I think you can do both things. You 16 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:49.000 can find positives and just try to try your best 17 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:52.799 to maintain positivity, because why would you want to be miserable. 18 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:56.039 But also, you know, realize that this, let's not convince 19 00:00:56.079 --> 00:00:57.679 ourselves this is anything other than what it is. 20 00:00:57.719 --> 00:00:58.799 It's a major problem. 21 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:04.040 So one thing I wanted to add that feels like 22 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:06.040 it doesn't need to be said. You would think that 23 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:09.159 this is an obvious thing, but maybe I'm just my 24 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:13.079 instincts tell me that it's worth saying that there are 25 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:15.480 many people who live and have always lived in these 26 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:18.959 areas that are experiencing violent crime at the highest level, 27 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:21.680 and certainly at the highest level when it comes to juveniles. 28 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:25.280 Like they realize that this is an issue and they 29 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:28.719 want to do whatever they can to create a change. 30 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:30.840 And again here I am saying something that like should 31 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:33.000 be an obvious right. People who live in the areas 32 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.719 where everybody's getting killed, they don't like that. They prefer 33 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:37.799 that not happen. But I just think when you're out 34 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:40.599 of site, you're out of mind. You know. Maybe maybe 35 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.200 some people just don't consider that, and I think some 36 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:45.400 of them are trying their best to make an impact 37 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:49.760 and improve their community. But yesterday Woky are Partners. They 38 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:53.439 caught up with the father of one of the suspects 39 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:56.319 that has been arrested in the first school bus stop shooting, 40 00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:01.640 and I recommend you check out the interview. It's I 41 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:05.239 believe it's roughly eight and a half minutes, almost nine 42 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:08.319 minutes and it just was I mean, it's a real 43 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:11.240 and raw It doesn't feel like an interview. It feels 44 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:14.840 like you're just hearing from a father who is, you know, 45 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:17.759 going through it in a way that most aren't. Right, 46 00:02:18.199 --> 00:02:22.240 one of those violent criminals that has made an impact 47 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:24.639 on this city in a negative way, being more dangerous 48 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:28.120 and violent is his son, and his son is a child. 49 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:31.719 So I mean, it's just it's a very raw and 50 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:37.039 real and emotional conversation. But really it's just him kind 51 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:40.000 of sharing his perspective and sharing his story. And I 52 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:42.800 just think it was for me. I thought it was 53 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:46.759 an interesting you know again, I'm not I don't I'm not. 54 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:49.000 I didn't grow up in that community. I'm not often 55 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:52.120 in the area where these things take place, and I 56 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:54.800 don't have any you know, but just to hear someone 57 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:56.879 that is going through it in a different way, it 58 00:02:56.960 --> 00:02:58.680 just kind of made me even more like, Wow, this, 59 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:01.280 you know, it's just a reminder that man, as dangerous 60 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:03.639 as it is for everybody in Louisville, it being in 61 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:07.120 your community, it being every night seemingly in your on 62 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:10.280 your street or maybe a block away, that would be awful. 63 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:11.840 I mean, that would be not only scary, but just 64 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:14.360 something that would be it would I mean, it's awful. 65 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:16.240 I mean, I guess that's the best way to put it. 66 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:19.080 But again, check it out if you if you get 67 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:20.919 some time, because I just think it's I mean, it's 68 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:24.680 it's worth hearing. But he is the one who turned 69 00:03:24.719 --> 00:03:28.759 his son in. So this was the school shooting that 70 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:30.719 took place, the school bus stop shooting that took place 71 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:32.759 last Thursday, on the first day of school, and there 72 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:35.159 have been two fifteen year olds arrested facing a combined 73 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:38.439 thirty four charges. And again this this man's son was 74 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:42.919 one of those. And I mean, I'll tell you what 75 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:46.319 I mean, I don't know how often you'll see somebody 76 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:50.240 turn their own their own son in. So he came 77 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:54.400 to the scene during the second shooting and recognized, you know, 78 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:56.960 the news coverage of his son from the first incident. 79 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:00.599 So you know, the second arrest that was made here 80 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:03.120 is because his father came to the scene of the 81 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:07.159 second one and turned his son in. And he told 82 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:08.960 w Oka why that his heart sank when he saw 83 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:12.039 his son's picture on social media and could tell and again, 84 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:15.159 if it sure, kid, you'd know, right, And he did 85 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:17.439 admit that he'd seen some warning signs that he and 86 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:19.680 he tried to get some help for his son, but 87 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:21.800 ultimately he you know, he felt like the best way 88 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:23.360 to help his son is to turn him in and 89 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:27.480 and you know, do the right thing obviously, but hopefully 90 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:30.600 get some level of rehabilitation as a as a young 91 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:32.800 man and not really a young man, he's a child. 92 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:36.000 He's fifteen years old. So he also shared the story 93 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:41.879 of seeing the the the I guess the pictures and 94 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:43.439 he could tell it was his son, despite a lot 95 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:46.160 of people probably couldn't just because it really wasn't. You 96 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:48.079 couldn't see his face, but he just knew the build, 97 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:50.279 the height, and he talks about it what stood out 98 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:52.240 that helped him identify that that was probably his son. 99 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:54.279 So he called his son's mother, who's no longer with 100 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:57.120 and asked where his son was, and she she gave 101 00:04:57.240 --> 00:04:59.360 she gave an answer as far as I guess some area, 102 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:02.720 some neighborhoo in Louisville. And he said, are you sure, 103 00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:05.319 and it you know, I'm paraphrasing here, but I think 104 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:09.360 he described. Her response was well, I think, And then 105 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:11.680 his heart sank as he realized that, you know, like 106 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:14.279 that at that time. I guess he asked where she 107 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:17.519 where he was, and sure enough, you know, he turned 108 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:19.240 his son in. And he went on to talk about 109 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:21.360 how he had saw warning signs of what his son 110 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:22.560 was posting on social media. 111 00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:25.639 He could see it. He filed him. He filed. 112 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:27.920 I don't know if it was to get custody or 113 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:31.079 whatever it may be, but he filed. And I think 114 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:32.560 it was like a year ago to the day that 115 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:36.839 he'd filed and he got nowhere. So just heartbreaking. But 116 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:40.399 also that's the right thing to do. And I don't 117 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:44.519 care what your lifestyle is or what your situation is, 118 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:46.519 that would be a very hard thing to do, to 119 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:49.160 turn your fifteen year old son in for those kind 120 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:51.360 of charges. And maybe people are hearing me, like, what 121 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:52.839 do you mean that wouldn't be hard. 122 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:55.879 It's the right thing. I get it, but I feel 123 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:56.279 like it would. 124 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:58.360 You wouldn't know how hard it is or how hard 125 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:01.399 it isn't until you've in that situation, and many of 126 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:04.680 us never will be, hopefully, but I imagine that was 127 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:06.319 not easy. But again, it was the right thing to do, 128 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:08.759 and it's the best course of action for his fifteen 129 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:15.240 year old child. And if more parents did that to 130 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:18.360 where they were willing to do the right thing because 131 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:21.680 their kids made mistakes. It would lead to more accountability 132 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:23.519 and therefore hopefully. 133 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:23.959 Less of this. 134 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:26.439 So check it out if you guys haven't seen it, 135 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:29.040 it's on the WLKY YouTube channel, and also they've got 136 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:31.360 a story about it at the website. All right, let's 137 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:33.160 get to an update on traving in weather as we 138 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:36.000 roll along here on a Thursday morning, Coffee and company 139 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:37.199 with your Kentucky and his morning. 140 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:39.680 News here on news radio eight forty whs. 141 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:42.839 It is seven to seventeen here Kentucky and is morning 142 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:46.600 news news Radio eight forty whas coffee and company with you. 143 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:50.360 So if here's somebody who hates waiting in line at 144 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:52.680 an airport, which who would like that? Right? Nobody enjoys that, 145 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:56.279 you now will have a chance to potentially speed up 146 00:06:56.319 --> 00:07:01.920 that process. TSA is expanding their touchless face recognition across 147 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:05.319 many airports here in America for faster pre check lines. 148 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:08.560 So travelers that select US airports now have the option 149 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:11.480 to speed through TSA security, but only if they're willing 150 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:13.040 to let the government get. 151 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:14.120 A selfie of their face. 152 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:19.240 So to me, I just assume when it comes to 153 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:24.360 like privacy, look TikTok and read my brain. They're going 154 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:26.279 to find out what they're going to find out. I mean, 155 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:29.600 I'm not I mean I'm not worried and it's not 156 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:32.000 like I've got nothing to hide or anything like that. 157 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:34.240 I just I don't think you can control it if 158 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:38.199 you tried, maybe that's me becoming a conspiracy theorist. But like, 159 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:42.040 I mean, if people want to find out what they 160 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:44.439 want to find out about you, they'll they'll do it 161 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:48.160 meeting those that you know, have have resources and just 162 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:50.279 knowledge of how you would you would go about doing that. 163 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:53.360 You don't fly a whole lot, John, But when it 164 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:56.720 comes to knowing you could you could quickly, and I 165 00:07:56.759 --> 00:07:59.279 mean let's say you could trim you could go from 166 00:07:59.319 --> 00:08:01.399 an hour and fifth teen minute process too? 167 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:02.720 Is it that long? 168 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:05.759 Well, well, the whole process we're talking about. Okay, do 169 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:07.160 you have to get in line to check your bags 170 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:07.800 at the airport? 171 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:08.639 Do you have to? 172 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:11.360 Then you have to go through security, But like security 173 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:13.000 can be rather quick. But let's put it this way. 174 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:15.720 Let's say you could wait fifteen minutes or it could 175 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:19.759 take two minutes. Would you sacrifice the time in order 176 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:22.240 to say uncle, Sam, you're not getting a picture this 177 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:22.959 handsome mug. 178 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:25.839 No, I don't think that's a significant amount of time enough. 179 00:08:25.959 --> 00:08:28.759 It's significant enough amount of time to warrant doing that. 180 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:30.360 But why would you What are you worried about? 181 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:32.360 Like you mean you think that like them having a 182 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:35.440 picture of your face, like you wouldn't want you wouldn't want. 183 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:35.799 Them to have that. 184 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:39.480 I just think it's I don't really know the reason 185 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:40.120 why I get. 186 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:41.799 It, like it's it's I mean, I know what you mean, 187 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:45.519 because like privacy is some people do that. Yeah, well 188 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:48.600 because if anything, you know, they're incentivizing us to where 189 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:49.600 they can get more of information. 190 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:49.879 Right. 191 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:52.039 Well, and that's the other thing, like what more could 192 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:53.519 they want? They already have everything. 193 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:55.879 And that's that is the ultimate reason as to why 194 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:57.000 I would just say, yeah, the hell with it. 195 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:58.360 I don't care. They're going to find out whatever they're 196 00:08:58.360 --> 00:08:58.840 going to find out. 197 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:02.759 Yeah, And honestly, what we do, I mean, it's not 198 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:05.320 a visual medium, but like it's pretty public what we do, 199 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:05.799 you know what I mean? 200 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:07.600 That's true. So I'm sure that the government could be 201 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:09.279 listening and take out a voice and be like, oh 202 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:11.720 that's John Alden, that's Nick coffee right there. 203 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:13.559 I would do it just because I'm impatient, and I'm 204 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:16.279 assuming that you know, they've probably scanned my by the 205 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:18.879 way they scan your face when you get your I 206 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:22.039 mean I didn't sign anything. They scan my face whenever 207 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:25.000 I whenever I went through the airport just last week, 208 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:26.360 and I think it's part of the process. 209 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:28.120 So maybe what they're really doing is checking to see 210 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:29.919 who will be more compliant than the others. 211 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:31.559 Maybe. I don't know if they were to do something, 212 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:33.440 I mean, if there's any place where they're going to 213 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:36.240 be able to quickly through facial recognition find a lot 214 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:38.240 out about you, it's got to be at an airport, right, 215 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:39.559 I would imagine. 216 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:41.960 All right, let's get to a quick update on trafficking weather. 217 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:44.159 We will then have another sports update coming your way 218 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:48.320 right here on news radioa forty whas. Thank you very much, 219 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:50.720 John Shannon, it is Kentucky, had his morning news, coffee 220 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:53.320 and company with you here on news radio eight forty whas. 221 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:55.639 Take us with you wherever you go. Listen live on 222 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:59.360 the iHeartRadio app. You could also listen live at whas 223 00:09:59.399 --> 00:10:00.240 dot com. 224 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:06.279 So the cost of fast food has clearly. 225 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:07.720 Gone up quite a bit. If you're somebody that doesn't 226 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:09.399 eat fast food. Good for you because not only are 227 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:11.960 you probably healthier than most, you've been able to probably 228 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:14.080 save some money. I don't know though, because everything seems 229 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:17.399 to be really, really expensive. But you're now starting to 230 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:22.720 see the potential decline as far as just sales. So 231 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:25.679 it's been getting I mean, I don't have the exact 232 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:27.639 numbers year by year in front of me. I do 233 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:29.120 have some good data that I want to share with you. 234 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:31.360 But John, you're with me, I know you don't probably 235 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:33.639 eat fast food a ton, But the noticeable jump in 236 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:38.080 prices at the common places like McDonald's, Taco Bell, wherever 237 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:41.519 you go. I mean, it's not brand new, it's been 238 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:43.960 seemingly growing for the last couple to three years. 239 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:47.159 Like even if you take from what is considered like 240 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:50.200 the value menu, it doesn't even feel like a value anymore. 241 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:51.159 Oh exactly. 242 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:53.759 I mean when you compare what you used to pay 243 00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:56.039 to get a certain meal at a certain restaurant, it 244 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:58.879 is skyrocketed. And if there's a place where it hasn't, 245 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:02.039 let me know, and I'd be happy to be surprised, 246 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:03.759 and I'd be happy to maybe give them some business 247 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:04.120 next time. 248 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:06.399 I'm going to decide to eat fast food. 249 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:10.200 But when you look at the revenue for the fast 250 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:11.799 food industry, despite I mean. 251 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:13.399 People are still eating it. 252 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:16.120 It's more expensive, but they're still making a lot of money, 253 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:21.519 And that just goes to show that people will. I mean, 254 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:26.360 it's probably convenience. It's probably you know, if fast food 255 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:30.159 is your is your go to, there's probably not a 256 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:32.720 price that's going to put you away because that's just 257 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:33.639 how you feed yourself. 258 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:35.679 And I think less people just know how to cook. 259 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:39.200 Now, yes, yeah, and really when you know that going 260 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:41.720 to the grocery and getting a week's worth of food 261 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:43.519 and you could you could crunch the numbers and see 262 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:45.240 what makes more sense for you if you're really watching 263 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:46.720 your budget to that extent. 264 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:47.879 Which if you are, good for you. 265 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:51.799 But the the just knowing you may be racking up 266 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:53.639 a couple hundred bucks at the grocery for a week, 267 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:55.519 that alan will keep you from doing it, and you'll 268 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:57.919 justify spending seven eight bucks for a meal at fast 269 00:11:57.919 --> 00:12:00.440 food just because it's a one off expense and it's 270 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:03.039 just not you've forking over a couple hundred bucks. So 271 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:04.840 the reason I bring this up is because it's been 272 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:06.879 growing for a while, and yet they've still been able 273 00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:10.559 to make a lot of money. I mean, twenty nineteen, 274 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:17.279 the fast food industry grew to let's see US fast 275 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:20.799 food industry revenue. It grew to four hundred and seventeen 276 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:24.960 point five billion from twenty nineteen up until I guess 277 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:26.080 the end of twenty twenty four. 278 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:29.039 So that was that was steady growth. 279 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:31.919 So let me give you an example, global fast food 280 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:35.279 market eight hundred and sixty two billion in twenty twenty, 281 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:41.200 six hundred and sixty three billion overall. So again that's 282 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:45.120 down globally, but in America we like fast food, we 283 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:48.759 just do. So we're now though, starting to see a 284 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:51.279 little bit of a change where McDonald's sales fall to 285 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:55.639 the lowest level since COVID lockdowns, despite them actually making 286 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:58.559 some improvements here to maybe give give some folks a 287 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:00.799 little bit of relief with the with the money, I mean, 288 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:02.840 with what they're what they're spending. I mean, they have 289 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:04.600 at least made an attempt to start to add some 290 00:13:04.679 --> 00:13:07.919 value menu items that are that you know, six years 291 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:09.399 ago they wouldn't been viewed as a value, but I 292 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:12.679 guess considering what things cost now, there is there's clearly 293 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:15.240 I guess the level of value there. Also, Wendy says 294 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:19.759 US sales have been really weak, and I just I'm curious. 295 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:22.000 Is this more so because people have just decided, yeah, 296 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:25.759 I can't justify food that's really bad for me, that 297 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:29.600 cost this much whenever you know, I mean, we may 298 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:33.120 have hit the point where the Americans have at least 299 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:35.320 made some level of progress to say, yeah, I'm not 300 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:38.039 gonna I'm not gonna pay for that anymore. Or maybe 301 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:41.639 it just costs way more with what you know to 302 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:44.360 produce all the food that these fast. 303 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:45.000 Food restaurants make. 304 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:49.440 But yeah, I mean when you see for the first 305 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:56.399 time since the pandemic COVID lockdown, McDonald's has has mentioned 306 00:13:56.639 --> 00:14:00.519 their sales falling, and also I mean reference a shaky 307 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:04.039 economy being the factor. I mean, that's that's pretty telling. 308 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:05.519 But also it really can't be as surprise. If you'd 309 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:07.000 have told me three years ago people weren't going to 310 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:09.159 fast food restaurants as much because it was expensive, I 311 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:12.240 would have absolutely believed you, because I get it. I mean, 312 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:16.639 going to Taco Bell with the family, I mean, we 313 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:19.879 don't necessarily penny pinch there. But if everybody just gets 314 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:21.519 what they want, and they typically want. We're talking about 315 00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:23.639 my two young children and my wife and I we're 316 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:27.360 thirty something bucks. I mean, maybe that just makes us 317 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:28.679 sound really fat, but you know. 318 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:31.559 It mean you still be those same amount of people 319 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:33.480 for the same amount of meals, and you'd probably get 320 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:34.559 twenty dollars worth. 321 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:35.360 Of food, no doubt. 322 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:36.720 Let me tell you we can get You can get 323 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:38.720 some relief when it comes to your finances. 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Save up 332 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:59.519 to twelve thousand dollars off MSRP on the new twenty 333 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:02.320 twenty four, one fifty and the twenty twenty four expedition. 334 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:05.559 Kick off your summer and style at Tri County four, 335 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:08.240 just ten minutes from Louisville at Oldham County Exit eighteen 336 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:10.799 off of I seventy one. We've got trapicking weather updates 337 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:12.440 come on your way, and of course we'll keep this 338 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:15.200 thing rolling along. It's a Thursday. Thursday's the new Friday 339 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:19.759 right here on news Radio eight forty whas. Doesn't look 340 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:22.240 as if there's been any progress just yet. Well, I'm 341 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:24.799 sure they're working behind the scenes. There may be progress, 342 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:27.000 but no news, no new information as far as the 343 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:30.279 suspect yesterday and the shooting that took the life of 344 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:33.000 a young woman who was walking a child to a 345 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:35.759 bus stop. So if there is any update, you'll be 346 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:37.559 sure to hear it right here on news Radio eight 347 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:39.840 forty whas coming up around eight o'clock. I'll let you 348 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:42.320 guys kind of I'll reset a little montage of sound 349 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:45.919 out put together from the Louisville leaders yesterday at all levels. 350 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:49.080 Doctor Yearwood, the JCPS superintendent, I thought was really well spoken, 351 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:51.200 and it was my first chance to really get to 352 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:55.399 hear him in an unfortunate context, of course, but obviously 353 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:58.480 it's good to have a leader that was comfortable in 354 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:02.720 that spot because he's the JCPS superintendent. And yes, yet 355 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:05.039 this is clearly an issue where children are going to 356 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:07.919 a bus stop and people are getting shot and killed. 357 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:10.120 I mean, that's that's an awful thing to say out loud. 358 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:13.039 But here we are also Chief Humphrey and Mayor Greenberg. 359 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:15.000 Will let you hear that coming up around eight o'clock. 360 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:18.399 I lied to you coming up around eight oh five. 361 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:20.519 All right at Kentucky, it's morning news with you here 362 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:23.399 on News Ready eight forty w h as Coffee and Company. 363 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:27.559 I tell you what I felt like last week when 364 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:30.639 I was in when I was in Destin, I was 365 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:35.399 more visible and aware of just things that are tourists traps, 366 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:39.759 slash scams. You know, there's there's like this, and I'm 367 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:41.039 sure if you've gone to Destin you know exactly what 368 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:41.600 I'm talking about. 369 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:43.960 But the the the I think it's. 370 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:45.799 Called the Harbor where they've got like the restaurants and 371 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:48.120 stuff like we got we got dinner at a place. 372 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:51.320 The food was fine, but you know it's super expensive. 373 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:54.679 Then you got like a four different fee charges. One 374 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:58.600 one for like the the harbor fee, one for the 375 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:02.559 you know you you got you got four family members 376 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:04.759 and they all have legs that were going three dollars 377 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:05.359 and fifty cents. 378 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.359 Let's add that to the receipt. 379 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:08.519 I mean, it's just never ending, and I'm starting to 380 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:11.759 become irritated with that, just the they Nicolindomia. It is 381 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:15.400 in mostly just tourist cities, but that's happening really everywhere now. However, 382 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:17.759 I wanted to bring this up because there's now some 383 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:20.960 advice out there as far as what you can what 384 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:24.920 you can identify as a tourist scam before you know, 385 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:28.880 spot the tourist scams before they spot you. And some 386 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:31.319 of these are more so in different in different countries, 387 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:35.440 and really, I mean, I wouldn't know what to I mean, 388 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:37.599 I feel like anytime I've gone to another country it's 389 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:39.039 been In fact, I've only been I've been to Canada 390 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:40.720 and I've been to Mexico. It's as far as I've 391 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:43.680 gone outside of the United States. And when I think 392 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:46.519 of tourist scams and whatnot, I just think, I just 393 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:49.839 think of it's not really a scam. It's just they're pushy, 394 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:51.599 like they're they're in. They don't they don't take no 395 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:54.000 for an answer. They've got a way in which they 396 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:56.599 can they can get you. They they can get you 397 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:59.200 to a point of your being so you're so uncomfortable 398 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:01.519 you might just buy. They don't care that's how they operate, right, 399 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:03.759 It's not like they're really trying to sell you on 400 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:05.799 this product that you can't get anywhere else. 401 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:09.519