WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:02.279 It is six oh five here at Kentucky and it's 2 00:00:02.359 --> 00:00:05.000 morning news bit coffee with you here on News Ready 3 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:08.519 eight forty. Whas not sure if the rain has arrived 4 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:10.640 just yet. I don't believe that it has, but we're 5 00:00:10.679 --> 00:00:14.039 expected to have a wet and potentially sloppy and delayed 6 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:17.000 commute for folks this morning. And I started the show 7 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:19.039 today mentioning that this is one of the benefits of 8 00:00:19.079 --> 00:00:21.920 being one of the early risers when it comes to 9 00:00:22.039 --> 00:00:24.559 just being up before. I mean, today just worked out 10 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:27.079 well with timing. I hadn't started raining yet. But for 11 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:30.280 those of you that are out there that typically take 12 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:34.399 the Kennedy Bridge, you're probably not super surprised that, you know, 13 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:38.079 there's more construction going on, more lane closures that are 14 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:40.840 probably going to impact your commute. And I tried to 15 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:43.359 find I guess some type of a silver lining here. 16 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:45.159 Can we call it that, Scott, that at least at 17 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:46.399 least they've been to this before. 18 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:49.399 Yeah, they've been through it before, and most of us know. 19 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:51.719 But what I do appreciate when you open the show, Nick, 20 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:53.600 was that you brought this up because I guarantee you 21 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:55.960 there's somebody listening that goes, oh, I forgot all about that. 22 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:56.840 Yeah, forgot. 23 00:00:57.039 --> 00:00:58.159 I do it all the time, dude. 24 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:00.960 If we've reminded you, hopefully the that helps. And it's 25 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:02.920 going to be the left lane and the shoulder that 26 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:07.159 is closed. And as far as how long this closure lasts, 27 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:10.439 I mean, you really never know for sure, but as 28 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:13.280 we discussed, they've been through this before, because there's been 29 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:16.000 many times in the last six years where there's been 30 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:20.200 multiple closures, and obviously the length in which these lanes 31 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:22.599 are closed and you've got maybe an alternate route or 32 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:26.560 maybe you're adding twenty thirty minutes whatever to your to 33 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:28.079 when you leave for work because you want to make there. 34 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:29.599 You want to make it there on time, and obviously 35 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:33.400 the commute is getting longer. How long it lasts it varies, 36 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:36.760 but there is an average here. So the average duration 37 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:39.319 of lane closures for construction repairs on the Kennedy Bridge 38 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:42.879 from twenty nineteen to June of twenty twenty five is 39 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:46.400 approximately twenty nine point three days, so roughly a month. 40 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:46.959 Wow. 41 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:51.000 To me, that seems like just another reminder that they've 42 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:54.599 been through this before, and you know, for it's not 43 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:58.000 uncommon and a real surprise when they are driving across 44 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:00.680 this bridge and realizing, yeah, there's a working on it. 45 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:02.879 They're doing some work, various different things that need to 46 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:05.799 be repaired. So hey, I'm sure it's not anything anybody 47 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:08.520 wants to happen. At least you have had to do 48 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:11.000 this before, so it's not maybe such a big shocker 49 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:12.680 and such a big inconvenience when you have to add 50 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:13.639 some time to your travel. 51 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:14.080 No. 52 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:17.919 Is there anything more frustrating though than encountering your traffic delay. 53 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:19.479 And I don't know that we do it so much 54 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:22.319 more now because we have apps that can gear us 55 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:27.199 around that. But an unexpected construction zone, for example, I. 56 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:31.280 Mean, or an accident, it's sitting in traffic is it's 57 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:33.639 the worst. I mean, it's frustrating, and I don't know 58 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:36.240 why I'm this way. Maybe it's just how I'm wired. 59 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:38.360 I think it's one of the many flaws I have. 60 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.360 But when I'm in traffic and it has delayed me, 61 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:44.400 I don't know, ten to fifteen minutes, And really, more 62 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:47.280 than anything, I think the kicker is that when I'm 63 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:47.919 not moving. 64 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:48.479 At all exactly. 65 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:51.599 Let's say I go five to ten minutes where I'm 66 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:54.520 not moving at all and I can look ahead and 67 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:56.719 see that there's some type of accident, some type of 68 00:02:56.800 --> 00:02:58.560 you know, it looks as if this is where the 69 00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:02.000 traffic starts. There's been something that happened here that has 70 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:05.479 led to the jam. And when I don't see any 71 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:10.039 type of police lights or ambulance anything like that, And 72 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:12.919 then I get up there to finally hit that spot 73 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:15.560 where I can go through, and I see nothing, it 74 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:17.280 makes me even more frustrated. I guess the good thing 75 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:19.280 is it doesn't look as if there was anything super 76 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:21.120 you know, tragic myth myth, but. 77 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:22.560 What led to me being delayed. 78 00:03:22.599 --> 00:03:24.800 It won't get me there any quicker, It has no 79 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:27.240 impact on the rest of my day. But having to 80 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:29.479 wait and then never figuring out what caused. 81 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:31.240 It, you know, it's like there's no payoff. 82 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:33.280 Yeah, it just it for some reason, I got it. 83 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:33.759 I want to know. 84 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:36.520 Well, MythBusters did a thing on this, very interesting. You 85 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:38.960 probably find it out YouTube. It's the bump effect, the 86 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:42.080 break light effect that when and I noticed this when 87 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:44.599 I go sixty five south to the to the waters 88 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:47.240 and if you tap your brakes they figure this out 89 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:50.360 in traffic jams, if you tap your brakes, it causes 90 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:54.039 almost an accordion sort of bump effect. And because I 91 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:55.599 did the same thing, but I'm going sixty five south, 92 00:03:55.599 --> 00:03:58.080 then I'm going around the horse barns. For whatever reason, 93 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:00.639 it is so slow right by Arthur Street. The minute 94 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:04.319 you go round, there's nothing there and everybody's flying like 95 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:05.479 it's the Indy five hundred. 96 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:08.599 But for everybody's just congestion, I guess, right. 97 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:10.639 So what I try to do when I drive is 98 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:13.400 I maintain a nice distance between myself and the car 99 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:15.400 in front of me so that I don't have to 100 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:18.160 hit my brakes, because that's frustrating too if you're behind 101 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:21.600 somebody that's constantly pumping their brakes. So but the problem 102 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:24.199 with that is if I do that, then everybody keeps 103 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:26.399 wedging in front of me and I start falling further 104 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:29.519 and further back. So but watch the MythBuster specially. 105 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:32.879 I need to check that out. Miss Butler's is interesting 106 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:34.000 in general, and. 107 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:35.160 I think that has a lot to do with what 108 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:36.920 you're talking about. When you get up to a scene 109 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:39.839 and there's nothing there, there's no quote unquote payoff is 110 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:41.199 what I like to call. I mean, at least give 111 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:43.800 me something. Give me a car pulled off to the side. 112 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:47.399 And sometimes it's been somebody just maybe their car broke 113 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:49.800 down exactly, maybe they ran out of gas, or maybe 114 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:53.319 there's just a real light fender bender, and while you're delayed, thinking, 115 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:54.439 come on, what's going on? 116 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:57.879 Can anybody drive anymore? I've been in that position. 117 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:00.000 And then I get up to either the person who'said 118 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:04.279 the middle lane with the car broken down, and I think, man, 119 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:07.480 that would really Fortunately I've never been in that situation before, 120 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:10.720 but man, their day is already off to a much 121 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:13.000 worse start than mine. I should be thankful exactly a 122 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:15.759 little traffic, yeah, I should be. I consider myself lucky 123 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:19.079 compared to this person who's just sitting there knowing that 124 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:21.759 they're keeping everybody from getting where they need to be 125 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:24.600 and they're having to call Triple A or something like that. 126 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:26.920 So yeah, it's so awful. Yep, filed out. 127 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:29.160 But just a reminder, folks, there is going to be 128 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:31.560 probably some delays this morning with wet weather on the way, 129 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:33.879 as well as some lane closures on the Kennedy Bridge. 130 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:35.639 We'll have another update on traffic and weather right here 131 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:39.959 right now on news Radio eight forty whas it is 132 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:43.560 six sixteen here at news Radio eight forty whas Kentucky 133 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:48.000 Anda's Morning News Nick Coffee with You. What continues to 134 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:52.720 amaze me is just how quickly sports betting exploded in 135 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:56.879 the United States, where not that long ago, talking about 136 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:59.959 sports betting in any way was just looked at as 137 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:03.439 something that is just it's wrong, it's bad. 138 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:04.759 It was only Vegas. 139 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:07.600 There would just be vague comments about well, they would 140 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:10.000 just refer to sports betting as just the boys in 141 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:13.160 Vegas and things like that. Well, now there are many states, 142 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:15.279 in fact the majority of the states out there, that 143 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:17.639 allow you to bet on sports legally. In fact, you 144 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:20.040 now watch sports on a network that is owned by 145 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:22.600 one of the big sports books, right Fandel sports Books. 146 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:25.680 They acquired all of those regional bally sports to where 147 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:27.959 it's just you know, not only is it now more 148 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.000 socially acceptable. And I'm I'm I love betting on I 149 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:33.360 love donating money to sportsbooks. I'm actually pretty good at 150 00:06:33.399 --> 00:06:35.360 it too when I think about it, so I'm very 151 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:37.920 much pro sports betting. It's just wild how quickly it 152 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:40.160 went from being something that was viewed as a big 153 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:42.879 no no and just something that would never would never happen, 154 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:45.279 and now it's it's pretty much everywhere, and it's directly 155 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:47.680 on your face. It's tied into sports. And the reason 156 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:50.240 I bring this up is because we are seeing these 157 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:54.120 sports books take action and ban betters for certain things, 158 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:56.720 and that probably shouldn't be a surprise in the grand 159 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:59.160 scheme of things. You can get banned from different sports 160 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:01.879 books for a variety of reasons. Sometimes maybe you're just 161 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:04.759 winning too much. I say that sarcastically, but you know, 162 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:06.480 it wouldn't shock me if if you've got a real 163 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:08.480 good run going and they say, oh, yeah, we're gonna 164 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:11.680 need a once you send those forms, send us a 165 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:14.399 few more different forms for to confirm your identity. We 166 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:16.399 need to make sure that it's really you, and then 167 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:18.839 they put a pause or a hold on your account 168 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:21.279 and whatnot. So those type of things happen. They're going 169 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:23.879 to clearly be really strict about that kind of stuff. 170 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:28.360 But they're now betting. They're now banning certain betters for harassment. 171 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:33.319 So Gabby Thomas recently was heckled at an event, and 172 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:37.000 Fandel saw a video of the fan who was there, 173 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:40.199 I guess, bragging that maybe his heckling of her leading 174 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:43.319 to her not winning a race. That helped him win 175 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.319 his parlay, So FanDuel is banned and all on better 176 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:49.879 after he posted a video again heckling Olympic gold medalist 177 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:52.319 Gabby Thomas. This is at the Grand Slam Track event 178 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:55.199 in Philadelphia last weekend, and in the video you can 179 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:58.759 hear him claiming that, you know, he's rooting for the 180 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:01.399 person who actually on the race and not her. He 181 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:04.360 also makes reference to it it helped him win his parlay. 182 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:09.519 But this guy's defending himself and I'm gonna read here 183 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:11.879 a statement from ESPN. This is actually from Fandel. 184 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:12.319 Quote. 185 00:08:12.399 --> 00:08:17.240 Vandal condemns in the strongest terms, abusive behavior directed towards athletes, threatening, 186 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:20.560 harassing athletes is unacceptable and has no place in sports. 187 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:23.759 This customer is no longer able to wager with Fandel. 188 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:27.120 This is the response from said Heckler. This is somebody 189 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:29.879 who goes by mister one hundred k a day on 190 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:33.000 X that's his Twitter handle. I don't know his actual 191 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:37.720 legal name, but he posted the video and says I 192 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:40.039 made Gabby LuSE on X by heckling her, and it 193 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:43.200 made won my parlay. He then goes on to say 194 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:46.679 that basically, instead of trying to read what he put 195 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:49.039 together in his tweet that really doesn't make a lot 196 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:51.840 of sense, and the grammar's terrible. Is that all he 197 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:55.360 was doing was heckling somebody at a sporting event. That 198 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:59.519 happens often where everybody is too sensitive. He didn't really 199 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:01.799 cross the line. He shouldn't be banned, And I don't 200 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:03.320 think this guy's going to really get a lot of 201 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:06.480 sympathy from folks showing up and just yelling at athletes. 202 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:09.960 But he is right about that not being an uncommon thing. 203 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:12.919 I think had he done that and not made reference 204 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:15.639 to the fact that he made a wager and won, 205 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:18.399 I don't know if it gets any attention at all. 206 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:20.519 Right, No, again, I don't have any sympathy for him, but. 207 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:22.720 Like he may be to a point, he may make 208 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:25.120 a good point that what he did is actually pretty 209 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:26.120 standard in sports. 210 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:27.879 He just was able to make some money on it 211 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:28.639 and he let people know. 212 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:31.240 Yeah, I agree, And like you said, heckling has been 213 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:33.519 going on since the beginning of time at sports, and 214 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:35.559 it happens, and I've been with my son at plenty 215 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:37.480 of sporting events. When I do like about some of 216 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:40.080 these venues now is that they've got that, you know, 217 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:43.000 text idiot to six five, four to seven. I've seen 218 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:45.679 some of the backyard footage of how they monitor those folks, 219 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:47.399 and I'm okay with heckling. 220 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:48.120 I don't care. 221 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:49.960 But if I have my son there and he's younger, 222 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:53.039 and you're starting screaming obscenities and you start to get 223 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:54.759 a little annoying, right, I can't enjoy it. 224 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:58.080 The issue is that most understand and know the line 225 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:01.200 of being a little too too much because there are 226 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:03.679 kids around and you shouldn't. You should also just not 227 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:06.080 be a bad human being, though, But there's always a 228 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:08.120 few that either don't know the line don't care about it, 229 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:09.600 and that's when you have to you know, that's when 230 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:11.240 these kind of things happen. You got to have somebody 231 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:12.440 come over and tell them they got to leave. 232 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:12.840 Yep. 233 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.759 So yeah, heckling is part of sports. But again there's 234 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:17.960 that line that I think most know, but I guess 235 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:20.000 some don't. All right, we got another update of trafficking 236 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:21.879 weather coming your way. Also another update on sports with 237 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:26.639 Scott right here on news radio eight forty whas. Thank you, 238 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:29.000 John at Is six thirty five here Kentucky Anda's Morning 239 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:33.480 News on news Radio eight forty whas. Hopefully your Thursday 240 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:35.879 morning is off to a good start. I can only 241 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:37.960 speak for myself, but I'm having a good start to 242 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:41.039 my Thursday. We've got Scott Fitzgerald, John Alden and John 243 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:44.919 Shann and the entire crew is here and obviously a 244 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:46.440 big talking point, and we will talk a little bit 245 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:48.559 later on with the gim of Brody O'Neal of NBC News. 246 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:50.799 But the big beautiful Bill that of course has been 247 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:55.720 a big talking point for good reason. And the bromance 248 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:58.759 between Elon Musk and Donald Trump looks like that that 249 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:03.039 didn't last entirely too long and should that be considered 250 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:06.639 a big surprise. And I'm looking at this just in 251 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:08.960 this current conversation, mostly just from the fact that those 252 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:12.200 are guys that are very very confident in themselves, very 253 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:17.519 strong minded. Clearly both have have their own egos and 254 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:20.039 sometimes that can work out, and sometimes it's just you know, 255 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:21.639 you probably could have seen this coming, right. 256 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:23.679 I think you're right, you nailed it with the ego. 257 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:25.559 I think it's a big ego thing and there. 258 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:27.960 And everybody has an ego to an extent, and then 259 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:29.759 there's people that are in, you know, the positions that 260 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:30.639 these guys are in. 261 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:33.759 Well, both have been very powerful. Make no mistake, President 262 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:35.799 Donald Trump. If you go back to his days, he's 263 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:38.919 a financier. I still hold it against him for the USFL. 264 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:41.080 I love the USFL when it was back because that 265 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:41.919 was a Michigan panis. 266 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:45.120 Oh yeah, and he blew that up for me. So no, 267 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:47.960 I was. But he'll be dead to you since right exactly, 268 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:48.919 bro exactly. 269 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:52.000 So, but you take that and then you take Elon Musk, 270 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:54.240 who look what he did with Twitter. You know, when 271 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:56.600 he first took over Twitter, people are like, what's this 272 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:57.159 guy doing? 273 00:11:57.240 --> 00:11:58.960 What? What is he got going on? 274 00:11:59.480 --> 00:12:01.080 And he came in like a bull in the China 275 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:03.440 shop and just kind of, you know, you know, just 276 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:07.559 laid laid fire to it, sure and redid it. So 277 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:10.759 you get when you have egos that are that strong, 278 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:13.440 then you're gonna have some butting of heads. There's like 279 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:16.200 this this they both share common interest. But then after 280 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:17.639 the dust settles and you kind of get used to 281 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:20.600 each other, there's that competitiveness that lies within. You basically 282 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:22.639 have two alpha males that are going head to head 283 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:25.720 and you're going to see the results you have. So 284 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:28.320 this outcome, what you're talking about here does not surprise 285 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:30.600 me at all between the two. I was kind of 286 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:32.279 waiting for it to happen, to be honest. 287 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:35.639 With yesterday, the platform that Elon Musk now owns formerly 288 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:39.720 Twitter and now X says, call your senator, call your congressman. 289 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:43.840 Bankrupting America is not okay. It's not okay. Kill the bill. 290 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:46.000 And then of course that's the play on the Quentin 291 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:50.480 Tarantio movie Kill Bill, Volume one, and he's he's going 292 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:52.279 to be outspoken on things he wants to, you know, 293 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:54.399 share his thoughts on that's kind of his style. But 294 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:56.559 you know, these two guys, it wasn't that long ago 295 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:59.120 that it looked like again the bromance was was was 296 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:02.360 in full effect. But obviously that that is that has 297 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:03.360 changed since then. 298 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:06.519 Neither can help the competitive nature of the two and 299 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:08.679 to try, and I'm sure it would be funny kind 300 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:09.759 of be a fly in the wall on some of 301 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:12.360 the private discussions they had that were sort of off 302 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:14.480 the wall that you know, when they when the two 303 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:16.080 could actually have a heart to heart. How many times 304 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:19.120 did Elon go, hey, President Trump, that's kind of the 305 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:21.159 wrong way to go, or President Trump say the same thing, 306 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:23.000 go Elon, I'm running the show here. 307 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:25.399 I know it's right, and you really never know how 308 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:27.120 it's going to go till you find yourself in one 309 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:29.159 of those types of situations with two people like this, 310 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:31.600 and I think, now we know, now we know. What 311 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:34.559 did you think of the future of Twitter which became 312 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:37.240 X once it became Elon Musk's platform. 313 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:38.120 So I didn't. 314 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:40.720 I didn't notice a big difference. People were going crazy 315 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:41.799 over it, and I like X. 316 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:45.360 I like Twitter, so I think it is one of 317 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:49.279 the I mean, it's the people who aren't on it 318 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:52.360 never think about it. It's not part of their of 319 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:54.879 their experience. When they pick up their phone to kill 320 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:57.720 some time, they're usually mostly gonna. I guess it depends 321 00:13:57.720 --> 00:14:00.759 on depends upon age. I suppose obviously, Facebook and Instagram 322 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:03.559 and TikTok. Of course, those are social platforms that are 323 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:07.039 much more popular, and the time spent on each experience 324 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:09.240 each time you open the app is much longer. But 325 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:12.240 Twitter has an audience where it's a constant, and it's 326 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:16.399 one of the last remaining platforms that I can think 327 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:20.279 of where you truly can get a minute by minute 328 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:23.000 timeline thread. They're not building an algorithm that shows you, 329 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:26.080 I mean, you can actually click on for you within Twitter, 330 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:30.559 and it'll give you a thread that is not time sensitive. 331 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:32.879 It's just specific things that they think you've picked up 332 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:34.919 that they assume you want to see. Basically, that's the 333 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:36.600 algorithm side of it. But then you can also just 334 00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:39.960 go timeline of people you follow, and it's a great 335 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:42.240 it's a great resource for just it's a one stop 336 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:44.840 shop when it comes to just finding different outlets that 337 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:46.919 report news, when it comes to just preparing for things 338 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:49.679 to talk about. It's it's of great use for me 339 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:53.080 maybe more than anything, but as far as engagement interaction, 340 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:56.720 I mean, it's a toxic wasteland. It is, I mean 341 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:58.879 it is. It is where you can find, I believe, 342 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:01.279 at times, the scum society. And you can find that 343 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:02.759 a lot on the Internet if you look hard enough, 344 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:05.519 in a lot of different places. But Twitter, it's just 345 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:08.759 it's become you know, I don't use it much at 346 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:11.720 all for interaction anymore, but it's still a great resource 347 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:13.919 when it comes to just you know, finding information. 348 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:15.679 But then again, now you don't know what's real and 349 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:16.039 what's not. 350 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:19.240 I mean you don't, and there's some personal responsibility and 351 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:22.159 like I gave up Facebook going on pretty much almost 352 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:25.200 seven eight years ago now, because it just was nothing 353 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:28.159 but people complaining and I don't even I couldn't tell 354 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:31.559 you what's on there. But to your point, I'm TikTok Now, 355 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:34.879 I hands down spend more time on TikTok because there's 356 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:36.399 some wonderful content on there. 357 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.720 I doubt this has changed. 358 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:40.960 It's probably only gotten better for TikTok now that I 359 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:42.639 think about it. But I don't know if people realize 360 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:44.919 how big of a deal it was once TikTok became 361 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:47.960 the app that people spend the most amount of time 362 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:50.320 on in that in that realm of like social media, 363 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:51.759 which I'm not even really sure if you could call 364 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:54.440 that TikTok. But people now when they open up TikTok, 365 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:56.399 they're on that app longer than they're on YouTube. 366 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:56.600 Man. 367 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:59.399 Guilty and guilty, Yeah, it's it's tough. Guilty. 368 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:01.799 Yeahtuff are We got another update of trafficking weather coming 369 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:04.240 your way right here on news Radio eight forty whas. 370 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:08.120 It is six forty six here at Kentucky, and it's 371 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:11.080 morning news on news Radio eight forty whas. Don't forget 372 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:13.000 you could take us with you wherever you go. Listen 373 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:17.039 live on the iHeartRadio app. Also listen live at whas 374 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:19.600 dot com. A story that you will certainly hear about 375 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:22.799 on the national level today, and I get why it's 376 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:25.799 a story and it'll be included in news just because 377 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:28.480 of the nature of who we're talking about. But one 378 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:33.080 of the Obama's daughters, Malia Obama, she is she's now 379 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:36.480 no longer going to go by her last name, and 380 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:39.159 her parents are both supportive of her, and this will 381 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:42.600 be positioned in a variety of ways. As far as however, 382 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:45.360 people want to, you know, discuss it, and that's not 383 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:46.679 really what I want to talk about. What I want 384 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:49.519 to talk about, though, is if you were somebody that 385 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:52.360 that is, that has a last name that is very noticeable, 386 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:55.720 and not even just the last name you're people recognize 387 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:58.200 you because you know you used to be I mean, 388 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:00.080 you didn't used to be your father used to be 389 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:00.559 the president. 390 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:01.360 He's still your father. 391 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:07.359 But I could see how, depending upon your personality, there'd 392 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:10.599 be some that would like to not necessarily hide from 393 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:13.920 who they are, but they just wouldn't want the spotlight 394 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:16.920 that comes with that, not because they're embarrassed of their family, 395 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:21.079 not because there's any type of fallout, which that does 396 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:25.000 happen from time to time. But there are benefits, perks 397 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:30.200 for sure to be born into a family of fame, 398 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:34.480 fortune and success, but there's also got to be some 399 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:37.319 downsides to it, and you know, finding that balance is 400 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.599 it's got to be tough. 401 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:39.359