WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:03.560 All right, let's do this. It is hump Day. 2 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:07.559 Welcome into a Wednesday edition of Kentucky and This Morning News, 3 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:11.480 Coffee and Company right here on news Radio weeight forty whas. 4 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:12.599 The gang is here. 5 00:00:12.640 --> 00:00:16.679 The crew has assembled, myself, Nick Coffee, Scott Fitzgerald, We've 6 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:19.760 got John Shannon and of course mister Radio Rick Ryder alongside, 7 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:22.960 and hump Day. Hump Day's here, fellas. I'm starting to 8 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:25.600 hit that, all right, the countdown is on. So I'm 9 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:28.559 on vacation, not next week with the week after and 10 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:31.079 looking forward to it. But the time's going to drag 11 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:33.679 until I get there. But also, I know I've said 12 00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:35.920 it a million times, why not say it once more? 13 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:38.000 How has the summer gone by this fast? 14 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:40.600 It has? Brother, I cannot believe. 15 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:44.000 In fact, I've got so much sports today that will 16 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:44.920 not get to it all. 17 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:46.759 And I was thinking about that as I was preparing it. 18 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:50.479 We're now officially entering fall crossover season because training camps. 19 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:52.000 Everybody's reporting training camps. 20 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:54.560 Dude, there is so much sound, there's so much news. 21 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:58.359 How about the drama at these conference media days? That 22 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:00.920 it's going to be fun. It's like middle school drama. 23 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:05.719 They just they're caddy. College football produces the caddiest environment 24 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:08.359 as far as just you know, it's little jabs at 25 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:11.280 one another and and it's all really just about you 26 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:13.200 only played twelve games in the regular season, so you 27 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:15.680 try to do everything you can to let your words 28 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:19.159 maybe influence how people perceive you. And that's certainly going 29 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:20.760 on before the seasons even started. 30 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:23.079 Yes, I was. I was listening to signetti yesterday and 31 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:24.760 he me, I wait to talk about that. 32 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:28.319 He reminds me of my government high school teacher when 33 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:31.280 he would he would talk. He he was a long pauser, 34 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:35.239 so he'd say something and they'd stop and then he'd 35 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:36.040 get a jab in. 36 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:37.560 He's very passive aggressive. 37 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:40.000 I don't think people can pick up on his humor 38 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:42.719 right away exactly because he he doesn't really deliver it 39 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:45.040 in a way that people instantly realize. Okay, he was 40 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:48.400 being funny there. He was being being a smart ass exactly. Yeah, 41 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:51.120 it's the summer is flying by. We had my son 42 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:54.000 had his first Uh I mean they're doing conditioning now 43 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:56.200 for five year old flag football Scott. 44 00:01:56.280 --> 00:02:00.200 We had conditioning, Yeah, started him early, right, Wow, what 45 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:01.079 does that entail? 46 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:07.400 So cone drills, high knees, bear crawls, those kind of things, 47 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:10.719 just sprints. They did some snapping of the ball last night. 48 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:13.080 But yeah, they're starting them early, and I'm loving it. 49 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.879 But it's a lot, yeah, a lot seeing the parent. 50 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:17.840 Do you still go out and watch all the practices now? 51 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:20.439 So he's so young, and that's what's crazy is that 52 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:23.479 he's he just turned five. This is his second year 53 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:26.840 playing flag football. He has played baseball three years now, 54 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:28.759 te ball, i should say, and then he's now in 55 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:31.800 his second league of basketball. So I don't think I 56 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:36.800 played anything organized until probably about three to four months 57 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:39.879 down the line from where he is right now. So yes, 58 00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:42.599 we stay because if we left, he would he would 59 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:45.319 lose his mind because, you know, especially early on because 60 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:47.240 he's just getting to know some of his teammates and whatnot. 61 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:50.840 But yeah, it's uh, we're starting him early. And last night, 62 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:54.599 sitting there in the in the hot, humid evening, I 63 00:02:54.680 --> 00:02:56.719 just remember thinking, Okay, this is life now. 64 00:02:56.840 --> 00:02:57.159 Now. 65 00:02:57.400 --> 00:02:59.319 Now a lot of my free time will be doing 66 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:01.479 whatever I need to do because my kids play sports, 67 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:03.960 and I wouldn't have it any other way. But I've 68 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:07.680 yet to even get to the further complaint that you 69 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:09.280 hear from parents, which is just how. 70 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:12.840 Expensive it is almost having kids in anything, you don't 71 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:15.240 never remember the magical moment when I first dropped my 72 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:16.919 son off at practice and I didn't have to stay 73 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:17.840 at practice anymore. 74 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:20.800 I mean, the angels sang from the heavens above. And 75 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:22.520 I went home and I told my wife, I said, 76 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:24.639 what do we do? You know, we don't, and you 77 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:26.360 get to your point, but it's a good one. 78 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:26.719 Do we do? 79 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:29.039 Right, It's a very good way because we're doing that now. 80 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:30.960 In fact, we get We're going to Cincinnati this weekend 81 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:33.280 to see my son and he's working all weekend, but 82 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:34.479 we're still going to see him. 83 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:37.560 And my wife's like, well, he's working all weekend. I said, hello, 84 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:40.800 I'm here. That's just a nice little getaway. 85 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:44.039 There's a big music fest in downtown Cincinnati this weekend. 86 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:46.439 I'm like, it's you and I hanging out. You'll find 87 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:48.520 all that. You'll find your way to Ryan Geist or 88 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:49.199 something like that. 89 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:50.759 I must stop by Moreland first. 90 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:50.919 Oh. 91 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:53.680 Then I mentioned the Cincinnati breweries I don't. 92 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:55.319 Even know about, but I know when you got a 93 00:03:55.319 --> 00:03:57.159 weekend trip, you're going to find a way to get 94 00:03:57.159 --> 00:03:57.599 to a Bruce. 95 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:00.759 That's just that's your I know your brandy on you, 96 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:02.479 I'm argue, man, man be fun. 97 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:06.400 Yeah, I I've yet to experience just the cost associated 98 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:10.960 with it. But speaking of that, I'm balancing the the 99 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:15.000 good and kind of sad, which is really good that 100 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:17.480 I won't have to pay for daycare anymore. Sorry, I 101 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:20.399 mean the countdown is actually more fitting for that than 102 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:24.000 my vacation because when he starts kindergarten, we no longer 103 00:04:24.079 --> 00:04:26.800 have daycare, which again it's kind of sad that he's 104 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:29.720 start in kindergarten because my goodness. But also, man, I'm 105 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:31.839 looking forward to. 106 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:32.040 Is it good? 107 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:32.399 Oh? 108 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:35.240 This is this is day? Good for you? 109 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:38.079 Yep, good stuff. Happy humped everybody. Stick with us. We'll 110 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:39.800 have some fun this morning. A lot to get into, 111 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:42.240 so don't go anywhere. We'll get your first update on 112 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:44.560 the traffic out there from Bobby Ellis. Also, we'll get 113 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:46.920 an updated look at the forecast for Matt Melosovich as 114 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:48.639 we roll along. Scott'll be back with sports in about 115 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:50.360 fifteen minutes or so, so stick around right here on 116 00:04:50.360 --> 00:05:01.319 New's Radio eight forty w h ass. Craig Greenberg made 117 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:04.720 a big announcement yesterday as the city of Louisville has 118 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:09.839 dropped its sanctuary city status. So Louisville is officially changing 119 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:13.480 its policy and will no longer be considered a sanctuary city, 120 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:18.600 a decision prompted really by threats from the Department of Justice. Uh, 121 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:21.319 and of course just the growing federal pressure to fall 122 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:25.399 in line and help Donald Trump do what he wants 123 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:28.920 to do, which is to get out all illegal immigrants from. 124 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:29.639 The United States. 125 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:35.759 Again, one thing that I really feel of all the well, hey, 126 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:38.800 you're you're you know, you're leaving out an important detail. Hey, uh, 127 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:41.600 there's there's some half truth there. I think one that 128 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:44.800 that just from from my years only, I just don't 129 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:47.279 think it's mentioned enough. And when it comes to the 130 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:51.000 amount of illegal immigrants that are deported, there are previous 131 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:53.839 presidents from the Democratic side that actually had a bigger 132 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:57.560 push as far as just the numbers. So clearly those 133 00:05:57.600 --> 00:05:59.920 that are so bothered by this, maybe more so it's 134 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:03.199 because they're just bothered by Donald Trump. But also I 135 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:06.319 think more than anything, is that it's just how it's done. 136 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:09.279 There wasn't a whole lot of noise about the amount 137 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:13.079 of immigrants that Barack Obama deported, but with Trump, I 138 00:06:13.079 --> 00:06:14.759 think he wants the noise out there that he's doing it, 139 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:16.240 that he's coming to get you out of here if 140 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:20.000 you're not legally here. And also just some of the 141 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:22.920 can some of the the uh, what's the best way 142 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:26.720 to describe it. I guess how they're going about obtaining 143 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:30.600 these folks and getting them back to where they originally 144 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:33.720 came from or just you know, out of the United 145 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:36.000 States or in prison here in the United States or 146 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:38.879 something like that. So anyhow, this so for those who 147 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:41.319 don't know that, the sanctuary city refers to jurisdictions that 148 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:46.759 limit cooperation with the federal immigrant immigration authorities. So this 149 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:50.480 is this is something for that Louisville adopted. It's a policy. 150 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:53.680 In twenty seventeen, more Metro police declined to enforce the 151 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:56.800 federal immigration detainers. So this is a practice that had 152 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:01.399 remained in place, you know, since then. So in May, 153 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.319 DHS released a list of five hundred plus sanctuary jurisdictions, 154 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:07.800 in Louisville of course, was included, and since then the 155 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:11.360 dj has threatened to sue these non compliant cities and 156 00:07:11.399 --> 00:07:16.839 potentially withhold federal funding. So even ag Pambondi cited Louisville 157 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:21.680 as an example when mentioning cities that they will take 158 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:24.160 action against, They're not going to hesitate taking legal action, 159 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:26.680 and it could be millions of dollars lost if, in 160 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:31.480 fact Louisville didn't make this change. And Mayor Greenberg has 161 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:33.639 decided to make this change. 162 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:36.560 I've been assured by the United States Department of Justice 163 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:40.240 that if we reinstate, the forty eight hour detainers for 164 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:44.720 inmates who've been arrested for crimes, Louisville will be taken 165 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:49.120 off the federal sanctuary city list. We have tens of 166 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:53.199 thousands of immigrant families in Louisville. We do not want 167 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:57.519 to see highly coordinated and often violent federal enforcement action here, 168 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:04.120 especially in workplaces, residential areas, schools, places of worship, parks, 169 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:07.199 and other areas where law abiding people gather. 170 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:11.160 So detainers are I mean, that's a standard practice in Kentucky, 171 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:13.079 and Louisville has been the only city in the state 172 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:17.040 that did not comply. And Greenberg did emphasize that this 173 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:19.800 effects fewer than one hundred inmates per year out of 174 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:22.279 the tens of thousands of immigrant families that we have 175 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:26.720 here in Louisville. So I mean, I'm only speaking for 176 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:29.800 myself here, just my observation and not at all saying 177 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:33.120 that this is for certain the way Mayor Greenberg feels. 178 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:35.200 But if so, it wouldn't shock me that I think 179 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:39.759 this is really I mean, it looks like compliance, which 180 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:41.639 it is compliance, but to me it sounds more so 181 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:46.080 like damage control. I mean, you've got cooperation here with 182 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:50.440 ice detainers, but it's also you know, making it. I 183 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:52.919 think this is not about rounding up immigrants when it 184 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:56.399 comes to Mayor Greenberg. I think it's more about avoiding 185 00:08:56.840 --> 00:09:01.240 the chaos that could come if you don't make this change. 186 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:03.639 It's a calculated decision, I think, and I think it 187 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:06.799 makes total sense. And of course protecting federal funding that's huge. 188 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:12.120 So again, one key detail here that I think is 189 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:15.840 really important to the context of this is that this 190 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:18.960 affects fewer than one hundred inmates a year that end 191 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:23.320 up in the metro polite, you know, metro corrections. So 192 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:26.440 all right, we've got another sports Actually we haven't even 193 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:28.200 had a sports update just yet. We're gonna get our 194 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:30.480 first one of the morning coming up here in just 195 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:33.360 a moment. But first let's get an updated look at 196 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:35.480 the roadways out there. Bobby Ellis will check on the 197 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:37.759 traffic for us, and we'll get a look at today's 198 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:40.519 forecast from wlkis Matt Melosovich. 199 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:41.519 It is Kentucky. 200 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:43.840 In is Morning News with coffee and company right here 201 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:50.360 our news radioaight forty whas it's. 202 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:51.840 Five thirty six here in Kentucky. 203 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:55.200 In is morning News, Coffee and company right here on 204 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:59.440 news RADIOA forty whas Nick Coffee. That is me and 205 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:04.279 the prin of darkness has passed away. Ozzy Osbourne died 206 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:08.960 at the age of seventy six yesterday. A true rock icon, 207 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:12.320 of course, the legendary frontman of Black Sabbath and then 208 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:15.960 had a hell of a solo career. And also some 209 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:18.080 may not think of this when they think of Ozzy 210 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:22.159 Osbourne at first, but reality TV star John Shannon's with 211 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:23.759 me here, John, when you you know, not to make 212 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:25.519 you sound like an old man, but you're older than 213 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:28.919 I am. When you think of Ozzy Osbourne, what comes 214 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:30.000 to mind initially? 215 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:33.639 Well, of course, his his success with Black Sabbath, and 216 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:35.639 then his I followed him a little bit more in 217 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:39.840 his so in his solo career, and then you know, 218 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:42.240 with his you know, the stuff that he wrote and 219 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:45.519 did with Randy with his late guitarist Randy Rhodes. Being 220 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:47.879 a Texan, I'm also very aware of the fact that 221 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:50.679 he he took a whiz on the Alamo back back 222 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:52.600 in eighty two and was banned from the state for 223 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:55.480 ten years until he apologized to the mayor of San 224 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:56.320 Antonio for it. 225 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:58.519 Those are things that you know, you would remember if 226 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:00.679 you're from Texas, because you don't off to see somebody 227 00:11:00.679 --> 00:11:02.360 do that was Did he just think it would Was 228 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:05.320 that him being the rock and roll hooligan or was 229 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:08.000 it did he have some kind of beef with San Antonio, 230 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:09.200 because that seems personal. 231 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:11.360 That was just I believe they were in town for 232 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:14.200 he was in town for a concert. He just that's 233 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:16.759 that was Ozzy being Ozzy at the time and being, 234 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:18.639 like you said, a rock and roll hooligan and thought 235 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:20.919 it'd be be funny to do that, not understanding the 236 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:25.440 history of what that place was and what it means 237 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:26.759 to people in Texas. 238 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:29.519 And clearly I'm sure they took it personal and that 239 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:32.799 apology was was was necessary, no doubt. Now, when I 240 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:36.600 think of Ozzy Osbourne, I mean again, I'm showing my 241 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:39.879 age here. I think of him in the early two thousands. 242 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:42.000 I mean, he was a known put it this way, 243 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:44.360 he was a known celebrity, and I knew he was 244 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:46.799 certainly a legend in the rock and roll world, but 245 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:49.039 I just knew him as the guy. And I did 246 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:51.320 not even really know much about Black Sabbath. I'd heard 247 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:53.440 of him, but again I just wasn't exposed to that 248 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:55.360 because I wasn't alive at the time. That was a 249 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:57.559 big deal. Now, when he left Black Sabbath, he was 250 00:11:57.600 --> 00:11:59.720 booted right like. It wasn't a situation where he just 251 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:01.440 decided to go on his own. He was kicked out. 252 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:03.799 And it's probably just because he had a lot of 253 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:06.000 advices that could probably get in the way of a 254 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:06.879 successful band. 255 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:09.159 They were like any rock and roll band at that time. 256 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:11.159 They all had their vices, they all had their issues, 257 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:12.600 and it all kind of would come to a head 258 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:17.279 in the studio trying to cut records and issues on 259 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:22.039 tour two with abuses of substances and alcohol and and yeah. 260 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:24.320 So that led to him going going onto his solo, 261 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:28.960 very successful solo career, which you know, it's funny. He 262 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:30.960 was three years younger than I am when he went 263 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:32.799 into the rock and roll hall of fame the first time. 264 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:36.639 Wow, that does speak to just how throughout his entire 265 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:38.639 cur mean, again, there's a lot of shenanigans that stand 266 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:41.200 out more so than maybe the music itself, but certainly 267 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:43.639 was was phenomenal at that which is what gave him 268 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:45.320 the platform to showcase that he was. 269 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:46.879 He was quite the character. 270 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:50.519 But his health, it really it really started to suffer. 271 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:53.879 I think two in twenty twenty he had Parkinson's, which 272 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:56.279 of course that was that was that was that. But 273 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:58.000 at that point I think he'd already been battling a 274 00:12:58.000 --> 00:12:59.559 lot of health issues. Now when I think of him, 275 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:01.679 when I think of him, I mean it goes back 276 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:03.639 to a show that I don't often think of. I 277 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:07.679 forgot about, but MTV's The Osbourne's. That was the first 278 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:12.360 ever show like that where it's a family like it's 279 00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:15.879 a family reality TV show. So again, it's not an 280 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:19.360 exaggeration to say Ozzy Osbourne paved the way for their 281 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:22.799 Kardashians to have what they have now. Again, their level 282 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:25.240 of fame before that show is just simply because of 283 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:28.440 the name and the connection and I guess the Hollywood status, 284 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:31.960 but they were just famous for kind of being famous, 285 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:34.399 and then they. I mean, I don't know if we'll 286 00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:36.720 ever see anything quite like what the Kardashians have turned 287 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:38.799 into as far as just all the different variations of 288 00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:41.960 the reality shows. But I mean, think about, you know, 289 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:44.559 think about others that were big, and this may seem 290 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:47.519 like I forgot some of these shows existed, But Jessica 291 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:50.879 Simpson and Nicholas Shay had a super successful television show 292 00:13:51.679 --> 00:13:55.559 Runs House with run DMC on it. Like those shows 293 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:58.679 never existed, And the first one that made it look like, Okay, 294 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:01.120 this may work was the Osbourne. 295 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:02.360 And the other and the other big rock and roll 296 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:05.320 win that followed Ozzy's was Gene Simmons fan. 297 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:10.080 And there's a lot of people like me that didn't 298 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:13.639 necessarily grow up when those musicians and or these bands 299 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:17.120 we were at their peak. Therefore, like that, that's that's 300 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:18.879 how I know a little bit about him, which you know, 301 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:21.720 I'm glad, you know, I didn't experience Ozzy Osbourne in 302 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:23.559 his prime, but I got to see the character that 303 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:24.759 he is, and I got to hear him say this 304 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:25.559 a bunch of times. 305 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:28.279 We just yelled. 306 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:30.600 I feel like every ten seconds in that show he 307 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:31.679 would just yell share it. 308 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:33.600 Yeah, he would and you know that kind of helped 309 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:35.799 the success off of that kind of revived him and 310 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:38.679 helped him do oz Fest and kind of have a 311 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:40.120 second act in his solo. 312 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:41.960 Yeah. And for you know, folks that were younger at 313 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:44.080 the time, like me, I'm thinking, Okay, this guy's kind 314 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:44.399 of wild. 315 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:44.879 I like it. 316 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:47.759 Hell yeah, he's a character for sure. Thanks Jean. 317 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:50.159 All right, let's get to an update on the traffic. 318 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:52.320 We'll see what we've got going on the roadways here 319 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:53.080 with Bobby Ellis. 320 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:54.039 He'll get a square it away. 321 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:56.080 Also another look at Matt Melosa, but just forecast from 322 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:58.919 WLK Y and Roory O'Neil set to join us at 323 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:12.720 five forty five right here on Radio eight forty whas 324 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:17.919 Happy hump Day, Kentucky, Anda it is a Wednesday, Nation 325 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:20.000 of Kentucky and his morning news with Coffee and Company 326 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:24.440 here on News Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee. That's 327 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:27.799 me and he is Rory Oneil of NBC News. Rory, 328 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:32.240 Let's talk about the rich. There've always been a gap 329 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:34.639 between the rich and the poor, but at the same time, 330 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:38.000 a new study says the gap is growing. Other reachers, 331 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:41.279 other research is telling us that financial insecurity is causing 332 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:42.840 significant mental health issues. 333 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:45.320 Tell us about this gap between the rich and the poor. 334 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:48.039 And again, maybe I'm not tasking you with this because 335 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:49.440 that would be unfair for me to do. 336 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:53.360 But the economy is not great right now. It seems well, 337 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:54.679 you know, it's pretty good. 338 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:59.320 It's unemployment is low, wages are rising. You know, there 339 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:02.440 have been worse and yes, I realize wages maybe playing 340 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:06.639 ketchup after that big spike of inflation, but you know, 341 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:09.879 it could be worse. I know, though, it's so uneven 342 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:13.960 out there. But they've discovered this thing called money dysmorphia, 343 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:18.279 essentially that you know, when you look at this disconnect 344 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:20.879 out there, you're looking through your phone. How come everyone's 345 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:23.440 in Rome this summer and I'm at home? Or how 346 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:26.279 come everyone's traveling and I'm stuck here and I can't 347 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:29.440 afford to put into a t bone steak because beat 348 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:31.960 prices are so high, and a lot of that envy 349 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:34.559 is out there, and it's being made worse by social media. 350 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:40.519 They're actually measuring widespread financial insecurity. Sixty nine percent of 351 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:45.200 Americans feel insecure about their finances right now, and that's 352 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:47.639 not a good place. And actually a lot of Americans 353 00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:49.600 about two thirds of us actually have a lot of 354 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:53.799 concern and anxiety over the government's debt level as well. 355 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:57.000 Not surprising at all. And when it comes to just 356 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:00.559 folks being insecure about their financial situation, I wonder if 357 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:03.200 some of that is true worry and fear, or if 358 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:05.480 it's more so just maybe maybe they used to feel 359 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:07.400 like they were in a little bit of a different 360 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:10.200 position when it comes to the class system. But do 361 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:11.839 we know, and I'm putting you on the spot here 362 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:14.559 when cause it seems people are still spending money on 363 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:17.759 things that they really enjoy doing, they're making sacrifices, or 364 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:20.920 they're just living a little bit more so paycheck to paycheck. 365 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:24.400 Is there any specific industry that is being hurt by 366 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:27.599 folks making adjustments to sort of continue to live the 367 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:31.279 lifestyle they want with with again things still being very expensive. 368 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:35.200 Oh boy, that's that's a lot that I told you. 369 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:38.039 I told you I was putting you on spot, that's right. 370 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:40.079 Yeah, you know, Look, we've seen a fall off in 371 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:42.559 domestic travel. We're still seeing a lot of that bucket 372 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:45.680 list travel, big trips to Europe and Asia. That demand 373 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:48.359 is still very high. Airlines, though, are now peeling back 374 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:52.640 some of the seat inventory. They're flying domestically, so fewer 375 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:56.559 people go into Vegas, Miami, Orlando, New York City, that 376 00:17:56.680 --> 00:18:00.720 kind of thing. So that's interesting where they're see some pullback, 377 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:03.920 and that spills over into hotels and restaurants as well. 378 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:07.680 You know, we're seeing people slow down in the car markets, 379 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:11.680 you know, because the prices of cars have gotten so high, 380 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:14.759 averaging around forty three thousand dollars for a new car. 381 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:17.400 People are trying to you know, keep their old clunker 382 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:19.079 going another year or two if they can. 383 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:19.920 Things like that. 384 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:22.559 Small ways, I think people are trimming things back because 385 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:26.680 you know, we're seeing so much higher insurance premiums and 386 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:29.079 electric bills and all that other stuff eating away at 387 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:29.559 the paycheck. 388 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:31.480 Yeah, it makes sense when it comes to automobiles because 389 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:33.720 I think sometimes when people do get a new car, 390 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:38.279 it's not always a real necessity. It's okay, I probably 391 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:40.160 can wait a few more years, but you know what, 392 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:43.079 why not, I really like this one. I can afford it, 393 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:45.079 So maybe, yeah, that makes total sense. I can see 394 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:47.599 people holding onto those cars a little bit longer than 395 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:48.039 they used to. 396 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:49.119 Let's talk about GASA. 397 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:52.599 Obviously, the situation guys that continues to deteriorate. We've got 398 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:55.119 millions in the region running short on food and supplies. 399 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:56.880 What can you tell us as far as the latest 400 00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:59.240 with this this really miserable situation. 401 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:03.079