WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.200 Good morning, Kentucky, and it is six oh five here 2 00:00:02.279 --> 00:00:04.639 Kentucky and his morning news with Coffee and Company on 3 00:00:04.679 --> 00:00:08.279 News Radio eight forty whas. You can listen live at 4 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:12.240 WHS dot com or check us out on the iHeartRadio app. So, 5 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:16.280 just a tragic story yesterday that took place right here 6 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:19.320 in our home state, and of course it's become national news. 7 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:23.160 You've got an officer involved shooting, and then a shooting 8 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:27.160 that took place at a church while service was going on, 9 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:30.239 and of course led to two women being killed. So 10 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:33.039 we will find out who the victim is, I would 11 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:36.520 imagine soon. I know yesterday the chief of police in 12 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:40.880 Lexington mentioned that the name of the suspect, well, I guess, 13 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:44.479 say victim, I mean he's I guess he's dead. But 14 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:47.640 obviously the victims here are the ones who lost their lives. 15 00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:49.719 And of course there's an officer who was shot that 16 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:53.280 is still being treated from the shooting that took place. 17 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:54.439 So here's what happened. 18 00:00:54.439 --> 00:01:00.000 Around eleven thirty yesterday morning, a Kentucky State trooper pulled 19 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:04.239 over a suspect near the Bluegrass Airport and I don't 20 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:06.239 know how long it took within that traffic stop for 21 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:08.359 that that person to pull out a gun, but that's 22 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:12.000 what happened and opened fire on the officer and then 23 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:15.680 fled the scene, only to then carjack a vehicle near 24 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:19.920 where the the where he was pulled over, And it 25 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:23.760 sounds like that was fortunately not of I mean the traffic. 26 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:27.439 I'm sorry the carjacking didn't lead anybody getting getting injured. 27 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:30.799 But after stealing the vehicle, he then made his way 28 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:34.560 to a church it was at the Richmond Road Baptist 29 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:38.719 Church there in Lexington and killed two people, injured others 30 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:41.680 and then he was killed by by law enforcement who 31 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:42.159 showed up. 32 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:44.920 So just an awful situation. 33 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:46.640 All the way around, and we don't know the motive 34 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:49.959 or Again, the identity of this person and the condition 35 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:53.200 of the injured trooper hasn't been officially updated, although it 36 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:55.000 doesn't I don't know if it's life threatening or not, 37 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:56.760 but I haven't haven't heard that. It just hasn't been 38 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:59.879 much of an update on that situation. So the identity 39 00:01:59.879 --> 00:02:03.040 of this person, if you're somebody that is active on 40 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:07.680 the social media platforms, you've probably seen someone sharing I 41 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:10.639 guess who people assume or maybe people know that that's 42 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:14.199 who this was it's just not been confirmed by law enforcement. 43 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:16.319 But it's one of those things that if that's not 44 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:20.840 the case, meaning if this picture of this person and 45 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:22.840 this person's name who has been and I'm not I'm 46 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:24.360 not touching it. I'm not going to mention it without 47 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:26.439 them confirming it, because it would be a terrible thing 48 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:29.000 to do, if you know, for people to assume that. 49 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:31.439 But long story short, I believe this is who it 50 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:33.439 is because I don't think it would be out there publicly, 51 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:36.199 out there publicly by so many people if in fact 52 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:38.680 this wasn't the person who did this. And I would 53 00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:40.639 think if I was said person and I knew that 54 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:45.400 the entire internet was running with the report that is 55 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:47.639 unofficial that I was the person responsible for this, I 56 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:49.479 would want to defend myself. So I'm assuming that's who 57 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:53.360 it is. But it's just a reminder that people quickly 58 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:56.000 find out what's I mean. And and look, there's probably 59 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:58.039 people in that community. And this is what stands out 60 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:01.000 to me is that the prescom mari Chester and Lexington 61 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:03.719 made it clear that there is a connection to this 62 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:07.360 individual and that church. I think I saw that the 63 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:12.599 church itself is not very large, and in fact, there 64 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:15.080 are a lot of people that attend that church regularly 65 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:20.879 are related in some way, or they're basically related without 66 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:22.159 being officially related meeting. 67 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:23.479 They're all big family, and. 68 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:27.400 The connection, I don't know what it is, but again 69 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:30.159 they referenced that yesterday in the press conference that they 70 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:33.280 believe that there's some level of connection between this suspect 71 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:36.919 and I guess that church specifically, but I'm sure we'll 72 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:38.280 find out a little bit more later on. But again, 73 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:40.719 it's a national story. You've got two people showing up 74 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:43.439 for church on a Sunday morning and being killed, and 75 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:46.199 of course law enforcement officers showing up to do his 76 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:49.319 job and pulling somebody over near the airport and somebody 77 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:51.680 opens fire on him. So again, we'll get you updated 78 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:53.840 as best we can throughout the morning, as far as 79 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:57.599 any other information that does become available. All right, So 80 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:01.159 the other big story here in Kentucky yesterday ended up 81 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:06.120 being good news, I suppose because of there was nobody injured. 82 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:08.560 And I don't know, I'm gonna have to I'm gonna 83 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:10.039 have to find a comfortable footing here when it comes 84 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:12.159 to certain stories that are bad. It's not good that 85 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:15.479 this happened yesterday, but silver lining is that it wasn't 86 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:18.519 it wasn't legit, and there was not really a me 87 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:21.120 I guess there was clearly a threat, but officers responded 88 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:22.920 and did what they were supposed to do. After you 89 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:25.360 had the report of an active shooter and an active 90 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:28.560 aggressor at both Kentucky Kingdom and also at the Run 91 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:31.800 for the Roses basketball tournament that was taking place at 92 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:35.439 the Fairgrounds, and that led to the tournament shutting down early, 93 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:38.839 and of course just a chaotic situation and really just 94 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:42.199 I mean, look, I know this may sound dramatic, but 95 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:45.720 if you for even a moment, you are in that fear, 96 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:49.680 you know, helpless panic mode because you think, okay, wow, 97 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:50.879 is this really happening? 98 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:52.759 Am I at a place? 99 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:55.319 That becomes the next place where somebody shows up with 100 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:57.160 the gun and does something unthinkable. 101 00:04:57.680 --> 00:04:59.959 So I've been in that situation. 102 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:01.920 In fact, I was in a situation where somebody did 103 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:05.519 have a gun and kill somebody, And you know, you 104 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:09.759 feel lucky that you were able to come away unharmed, 105 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:12.560 and I'm sure these people feel lucky knowing that despite 106 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:15.480 that scare, that there really wasn't there wasn't a threat, 107 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:17.959 There wasn't an active aggressor and it was a false alarm. 108 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:22.000 But just going having that experience where you are fearful 109 00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:25.959 in that way isn't just nothing. I mean, that's something 110 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:27.720 that will stick with you, and certain people can deal 111 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:30.560 with it better than others. But you know, there's nobody's fault. 112 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:32.600 I mean, I guess if there is anybody at fault, 113 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:35.519 it might be I mean. And again, if in fact 114 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:37.480 this was like a prank call, I feel like we 115 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:40.160 would know that by now, but maybe I'm wrong. But again, 116 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:43.399 it's good news that there wasn't a tragic situation, especially 117 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:45.560 when you consider what took place in Lexington. But I 118 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:48.879 just hate that this event had such a sour ending 119 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:52.160 on Sunday, and it's led to some teams and some 120 00:05:53.040 --> 00:05:55.560 college basketball coaches that were here to recruit at this 121 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:58.720 event decide to just go ahead and leave. And we'll 122 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:00.240 talk a little bit about that on the other on 123 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:02.800 the other side, as far as why they chose to 124 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:05.639 just go ahead and end their experience here at this tournament. 125 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:08.879 And also, I don't know if people realize what this 126 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:12.000 tournament does for the economy. I've got some numbers that 127 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:15.800 they kind of give you the economic impact of that 128 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:19.319 many people come into Louisville for a basketball tournament. So 129 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:20.800 we'll get into a lot of that in more, but 130 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:23.839 first let's get an update on traffic with Bobby Ellison, 131 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:26.680 and also we'll get another look at Matt Melosovich's forecast 132 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:27.480 from wk WY. 133 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:28.040 It's Kentucky. 134 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:30.480 It's Morning News with Coffee and Company on News Radio 135 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:36.360 eight forty whas. So, we know of at least one 136 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:39.319 hundred and thirty people that lost their life last weekend 137 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:42.000 in the flooding that took place in the Guadalupe River 138 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:46.000 in Texas, and there's now more than one hundred and 139 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:49.879 seventy people missing from that situation that took place fourth 140 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:55.360 of July, and they've had to stop the search temporarily 141 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:59.720 because there's more heavy rains come in that way. So again, 142 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:02.000 just a tragic situation all the way around. Again, the 143 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:03.759 death total is now up to one hundred and thirty 144 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:06.920 two and there's more than one hundred and seventy people missing. 145 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:10.199 And when you think about it this the officials have 146 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:13.439 said that the river during the initial flood event, it 147 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:17.480 jumped twenty six feet in forty five minutes, and of 148 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:21.399 course that leads to you having homes swept away, roadways 149 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:24.639 swept away, if you can even imagine, and of course 150 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:27.720 that the cabins at that camp mist it where twenty 151 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:30.959 seven campers and counselors were killed. So just a tragic situation. 152 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:34.279 And as they still tried to account for those that 153 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:36.879 are missing, which of course at this point, I don't 154 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:40.600 think they're expecting anybody to be found alive. Just that's 155 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:42.879 something you want, you want to I mean, I mean, 156 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:44.839 it's almost uncomfortable to even talk about it in anyway, 157 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:47.000 but you would think that those that are involved in 158 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:49.560 that that know they've got a loved one that is missing. 159 00:07:49.839 --> 00:07:51.879 I mean, you want closure. I mean I don't. I 160 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:52.079 don't know. 161 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:53.639 I can't put myself and I would never want to 162 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:56.319 put myself in that situation. But just knowing that you 163 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:59.839 have to wait until more rain gets out of the way, 164 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:02.199 it's just just tragic all the way around. 165 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:02.920 All Right. 166 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:04.759 It is six nineteen here at Kentucky and his Morning 167 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:08.120 News with Coffee and Company on news Radio eight forty whas. 168 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:11.040 So I looked into it just because I was curious. 169 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:13.000 I will admit I knew of the run for the 170 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:16.399 Roses girls basketball tournament. That's taken place in Louisville for many, 171 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:20.480 many years, but I didn't realize just how big of 172 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:24.079 an event that it actually was. So when you look 173 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:30.399 at the real economic events that what I mean by 174 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:33.639 that is those that really provide a big economic boost 175 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:34.720 to our businesses around here. 176 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:35.399 This is one of them. 177 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:38.039 I mean again, over forty thousand people were on hand 178 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:42.200 yesterday when, of course the situation unfolded where there was 179 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:44.039 belief that there was an active aggressor somewhere. 180 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:45.799 But I mean forty thousand people. That's a lot of people. 181 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:48.960 You're talking about athletes, coaches, families attending from all across 182 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:51.960 the United States and really the world. And in twenty 183 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:54.960 twenty five, the tournament is estimated to inject forty five 184 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:58.759 point six million into the local economy. And that's because 185 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:03.080 again they're visiting hotels, restaurants, just different attractions, local vendors. 186 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:06.639 And this has been going on again since two thousand 187 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:09.720 and nine. It started with twenty nine teams and now 188 00:09:10.279 --> 00:09:12.919 it's much bigger than that. But other events obviously that 189 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:16.480 bring a lot of money because of the amount of 190 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:19.399 people that come here and give our businesses business. No doubt, 191 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:22.320 the Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks. I mean that's 192 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:22.960 far and away. 193 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:23.919 I mean it looks. 194 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:26.240 Yeah, four hundred and two million is the estimated impact 195 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:28.960 that you get with the Kentucky Derby and Oaks and 196 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:33.840 Thunder of Louisville is included in the Kentucky Derby Festival event. Therefore, 197 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:36.919 the amount of money that is estimated to come in 198 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:39.480 from that is tied into to Derby and just everything 199 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:42.120 that comes with the Kentucky Derby season around here. But 200 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:44.200 then other than that, as far as just they don't 201 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:45.919 have it listed here as far as what the estimated 202 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:48.120 impact is and in regards to the economy, but Bourbon 203 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:50.960 and Beyond and Lotter than Life, those are huge and John, 204 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:53.200 you could tell me and I may be wrong here, 205 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:55.840 Bourbon and Beyond, it's still a big big ticket. And 206 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:58.039 obviously having Zach Bryan last year at the time they 207 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:00.360 had and made it to where I mean that that 208 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:02.159 was a big big ticket to get, not that it 209 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:04.120 ever isn't, but he he came I feel like at 210 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:06.240 a time where maybe he was more popular than he's 211 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:09.000 ever been. But Lotterer than Life. There's not as many 212 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:12.120 festivals quite like Louder than Life out there right. 213 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:14.080 Like yeah, especially in the United States. I mean they've 214 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:16.480 there's been more over the last couple of years, but 215 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:18.879 yet outside of Louder than Life and then one down 216 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:20.600 in Florida and a couple in Ohio, you don't have 217 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:21.559 a lot in the United States. 218 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:22.879 And that's what I could tell when I went to 219 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:24.720 both of them, just that is there's a difference in 220 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:26.120 just you could tell there are people from across the 221 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:28.320 world there and look Burn and Beyond's great. I don't 222 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:29.879 want to act like anybody can put that event on, 223 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:32.120 but there are a lot of festivals. In fact, there's 224 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:34.240 seemingly more and more every year that are like that. Right, 225 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:37.120 Maybe not as big, maybe not as as many big 226 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:39.720 time names, but it seems like the Lotder than Life 227 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.759 festival is there's not as much competition, and even if 228 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:44.879 even if there is, that's there doesn't sound like they're 229 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:46.840 doing as well as Louder than Life has always done. 230 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:49.320 So again, we need these events to take place, and 231 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:51.879 I just hate that what happened yesterday. I hope it 232 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:53.919 doesn't impact the future of that event. I don't anticipate 233 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:56.000 that it will, but I just hate knowing people might 234 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:58.399 have come to Louisville and really enjoyed their enjoyed their 235 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:00.600 experience with all that we have to offer, and then 236 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:03.080 unfortunately what happened yesterday, that's probably going to be what 237 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:05.519 just sticks on their mind about the experience, which again 238 00:11:06.200 --> 00:11:06.759 it's a bummer. 239 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:08.360 All right, let's get a quick break. We'll get a 240 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:09.440 check of traffic and weather. 241 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:11.840 Also, Scott Fitztrod's got another update on sports right here 242 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:17.080 on news radio eight forty whas. Thank you very much, John. 243 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:20.000 It is Kentucky and is Morning News with Nick Coffee 244 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:23.480 here on news Radio eight forty whas. For those who 245 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:27.279 missed the show Friday, I've realized that our sales team, 246 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:30.559 when they are selling this show, which I thank them 247 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:33.559 for doing that, it's being referenced as Coffee and Company, 248 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:37.559 which we didn't have any We didn't have, We didn't 249 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:40.080 have consistency as far as what the show is always 250 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:41.799 going to be Kentucky and His Morning News, which it is. 251 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:46.480 But my show from my previous life in sports was 252 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:50.320 Coffee and Company, and they're they're rolling with that. So 253 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:52.759 if you hear me reference Coffee and Company, and you don't, 254 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:54.120 and you don't, you didn't know that was the name 255 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:55.399 of my old show and you're thinking, what the hell 256 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:58.200 is Scott talking about? There's your explanation. So again, it 257 00:11:58.240 --> 00:11:59.960 is Kentucky. It is Morning News with Coffee and Company. 258 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:02.360 I'm Nick Coffee, and I've got the company with me, 259 00:12:02.440 --> 00:12:05.279 the crew, the company man himself, mister John Aldens alongside, 260 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:07.759 and of course Scott Fitzgerald and John Shannon. So I 261 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:10.519 just wanted to reset that for those who might have 262 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:12.840 missed it. I did let John know before the show 263 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:14.840 started today because had I not given you a heads up, 264 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:16.639 you would have thought I just forgot that I switched. 265 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:19.600 I switched stations, right, That's right. It would have thrown 266 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:21.679 me off for a loop, yep. And so I just 267 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:24.399 wanted to make sure everybody is aware, all right. 268 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:26.559 So when it comes to the run for the Roses 269 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:29.840 basketball tournament that's going to resume today after being shut 270 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:32.399 down early yesterday, there are some teams that pulled out. 271 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:36.240 I believe one of the programs Missouri Phenom. They're a 272 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:39.399 part of the Nike circuit, and they withdrew from the event. 273 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:41.919 And this is something that a lot of people probably 274 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:44.279 don't think about. But if you take a second and 275 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:48.440 kind of realize, maybe what yesterday's experience could have been 276 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:51.759 like for everybody involved, it makes sense to go ahead 277 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:54.159 and just in the event for you as a team 278 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:57.080 and pull out and head back home because of the 279 00:12:57.519 --> 00:12:59.759 you know, just the mental component of what went on 280 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:03.559 you yesterday. There were also some some college coaches that 281 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:07.440 were there recruiting that released some messages on social media 282 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:09.919 claiming that they they're going to go ahead and wrap 283 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:11.559 it up for the day, and I know one of 284 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:15.879 them cited they just refused to normalize the experience, which 285 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:19.320 again that's another because I'll be honest with you, if 286 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:21.879 if without any explanation, I just hear, well, the team's 287 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:24.480 just decided they don't want to come back, or a 288 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:26.679 coach says, yeah, I'm out of here, I would I 289 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:29.039 would probably be on the defense. I would probably think, well, okay, 290 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:31.399 you know now, let's let's let's just give it some thought. 291 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:33.879 Because yes, there was a scary situation all the way around. 292 00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:37.399 But clearly, the those that needed to respond to to 293 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:40.240 a threat like that, even though it wasn't legitimate, seems 294 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:42.480 as if they did everything as best they could and 295 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:45.840 everything turned out okay, And again I would I would 296 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:48.440 want them to stick around. But again, I also understand 297 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:52.039 it from that aspect as well, just because again, if 298 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:55.799 you've never been through a situation like that, I don't 299 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:57.720 want to say that you wouldn't understand because maybe you do, 300 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:00.360 maybe you think, oh wow, those people are so brave. 301 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:02.759 I would have been probably more terrified than them, But 302 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:05.399 I just don't. I mean, again, when you there's a 303 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:10.360 there's a level of helplessness and fear that at least 304 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:13.360 for me and my experience is just like something I've 305 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:16.279 never experienced before in my life, because I mean it's 306 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:18.279 just a it's a it's a level of panic. And 307 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:21.440 certainly you could see yesterday some of the social media 308 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:26.480 videos that made their way to Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram 309 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:29.120 that show just I mean, we're talking about forty thousand 310 00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:32.519 people on hand at the at the fairgrounds there for 311 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:35.879 this basketball tournament, and you've got law enforcement showing up 312 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:38.440 in waves, of course, to try to address the situation 313 00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:41.759 because they believe there's an active aggressor so just not knowing. 314 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:45.120 I mean again, there were some there were some players, 315 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:47.320 some children, I mean, that's that's what we're talking about here, 316 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:52.120 that were interviewed by Woky yesterday that mentioned they were 317 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:53.840 on the court, so they just took off running and 318 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:55.720 they didn't know exactly where their pair. I mean, it's 319 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:58.759 just it's chaos, and chaos is never good, especially whenever 320 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:00.279 when you know, when you got a situation going on 321 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:02.559 like that. So I mean, I would have understood had 322 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:05.120 they decided to not even move forward with the tournament. 323 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:07.639 I'm glad they are, but yeah, just a bummer yesterday 324 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:10.320 because again I learned throughout the weekend before this took 325 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:12.960 place just how big this event is for for our 326 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:16.799 economy and as a as a lifelong lou Pavilion, I 327 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:20.279 love to hear when people come to the city of 328 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:24.240 Louisville and they end up really enjoying themselves and take 329 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:25.960 in all the great stuff that we have to offer. 330 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:29.159 But unfortunately, things like this make it to where even 331 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:31.799 if the experience was great, and they certainly would agnowe 332 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:34.679 and they even if they acknowledge that, the lasting memory 333 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:37.320 is probably going to be what took place with this 334 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:41.840 threat of an active aggressor, which again that's that's unfortunate to. 335 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:42.440 Say the least. 336 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:45.159 In fact, this is what I'll do occasionally, and I'm 337 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:47.679 not recommending that you guys waste your time doing this 338 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:49.480 because maybe you would think, like, what a loser. 339 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:49.919 Why would he do that? 340 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:52.279 But just this will put in perspective sort of how 341 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:55.080 much I enjoy seeing people enjoy our city. And that 342 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:57.639 is like if you go to Instagram or TikTok and 343 00:15:57.720 --> 00:16:01.240 you search Louisville, you can and then see anybody who 344 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:05.120 has tagged the location of Louisville in in their post, 345 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:07.360 and you can go to recent meeting. You can just 346 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:09.639 see the most recent posts, and some of them are 347 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:11.519 people who live here. But then you also can tell 348 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:13.919 just by looking at the thumbnail of the post or 349 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:16.600 just looking at looking at it initially that it's somebody 350 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:18.840 who is showing off that they're they're somewhere that they 351 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:21.240 may have never been, like, you know, maybe their tourists 352 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:23.639 come into Louisville, and you know, I just like to 353 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:25.600 to t ag in nerd out on that kind of 354 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:28.360 stuff and see what it is they like about us, 355 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:30.919 what they what they what they did that they wanted 356 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:33.120 to show everybody that follows them on social media that 357 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:36.480 they experienced in Louisville. So you know, I I and 358 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:39.039 the reason I there isn't the reason this came to 359 00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:40.600 mind to me this week was because I knew of 360 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:42.799 this basketball tournament, I just didn't realize how how many, 361 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:44.840 how many people it brought into Louisville, and how big 362 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:46.679 of a deal it was. And I think seeing so 363 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:50.519 many people out and about really made me realize how 364 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:54.200 big it is. And also you have the ISCO Championship 365 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:56.360 going on, so a big weekend in sports certainly, and 366 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:58.559 Mother Nature for the most part, I feel like she cooperated. 367 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:01.440 I mean, wasn't great on Saturday at the golf tournament, 368 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:05.000 and as Scott mentioned, there was some storms coming through 369 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:07.680 at the soccer game, but all in all that didn't 370 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:09.799 last too long and ended up being a good weekend. 371 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:12.960 All right, let's let's get a quick update on traffic 372 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:17.319 and weather, and we'll we'll talk about Trump's recent comments 373 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:21.200 in regards to the Epstein files, claiming that nobody cares, 374 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:24.440 which I feel like he's he's off there but maybe 375 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:26.200 you don't care, but certainly a lot of people do care, 376 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:28.240 but he doesn't seem to think so, or what he 377 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:32.200 doesn't want you to care. And then also the accusation 378 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:35.319 that the Epstein files were created by Barack Obama, which 379 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:39.160 again nothing surprises me when it comes to any anything 380 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:41.440 that comes from him. But anyways, we'll get to that 381 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:43.039 in more. It is Kentucky and his Morning News with 382 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:45.720 Coffee and Company right here on news Radio eight forty WHAS. 383 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:49.839 It is six forty seven here at Kentucky and It's 384 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:53.079 Morning News, Coffee and Company. News Radio eight forty WHS. 385 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:54.759 Take us with you wherever you go. Listen live at 386 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:57.680 WHAS dot com. You can also listen live on the 387 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:02.319 iHeartRadio app. So what a weekend it was for President Trump. 388 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:05.279 This isn't the only thing that you take from President 389 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:06.759 Trump over the weekend. Again, when you're the president of 390 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:09.839 the United States, you're a very busy guy, and he's everywhere. 391 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:14.279 But his comments did I think ignite at least some 392 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:18.160 backlash from even his own supporters. And I'm sure there 393 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:22.440 are some that did care about the Epstein files and 394 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:25.680 the investigation and just how that was handled last week, 395 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:29.359 but now don't because he said that people shouldn't care. 396 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:31.559 But I'm sure there's others that say, wait a second, 397 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:36.519 we want transparency, we want to know, and certainly the 398 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:39.440 way this is played out with the Epstein investigation, I mean, 399 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:41.240 I don't know how you would keep up with it 400 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:43.160 even a little bit and not be able to tell 401 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:48.680