1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Our bases need to be strong and secure. This so 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Iran or any other country knows that there is a 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: cost to hitting US troops not act surprised when they 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: test US. You've got US military bases on high alert 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: because of concerns about Iranian retaliation amid the war with Iran. 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,240 Speaker 2: Good morning, you're listening to Casey and Jim. 7 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: It is ninety three WIBC on the first day of Spring. 8 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: Not here just yet. It is on the way at 9 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: exactly ten forty six. That's when you can start celebrating spring. 10 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 3: Forty one minutes to go. 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: But you've got some bases in the US. They've already 12 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: taken some steps. One of the things that they have 13 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: done is they have asked service members not to wear 14 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: uniforms when they're off base. This is for safety reasons. 15 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: And there have been some reports of drones near some 16 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: military bases in Washington, DC. That has raised some security worries, 17 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: and overseas, we know that US bases have already been targeted. 18 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: So don't wear your uniform when you're off base, because 19 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: you're just telling everybody exactly what you do. 20 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, and there military is concerned that'll make those people 21 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,559 Speaker 4: a target. And that's a legitimate concern. So far, since 22 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 4: this military action in Iran has started, we've had four 23 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 4: lone wolf attacks against Americans on American soil. We had 24 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 4: the shooting in Austin, we had the issue in the synagogue, 25 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 4: and up near Detroit, we had the shooting at Old Dominion, 26 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 4: and then the attempted bombing that happened in New York City. 27 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 4: So this is a very legitimate concern. And I think 28 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 4: this is I just feel like a lot of people 29 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 4: in this country kind of got caught off guard with 30 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 4: what's going on in Iran, and I think it surprised 31 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 4: a lot of people. So normally when the US is 32 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 4: about to take military action, there's a large ramp up, 33 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 4: there's a discussion about it, and there's putting our troops 34 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 4: in place, and then there's this discussion on the allies 35 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 4: and the will they won't they? That goes back and 36 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 4: forth for months and months and months, and it kind 37 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 4: of prepares everybody for that, not only in this country 38 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 4: but around the world. Okay, this is getting, you know, 39 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 4: potentially more imminent. This might actually happen. But Donald Trump 40 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 4: loves the element of surprise. Example number one, what we 41 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 4: did in Venezuela by snatching their president Maduro and putting 42 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 4: him in a New York jail cell. So he wanted 43 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 4: to go into this. And you've seen a lot of 44 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 4: handwringing and pearl clutching from our allies. 45 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 3: Oh you didn't discuss this with us. 46 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 4: No, this is war and the art and the element 47 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 4: of surprise is maybe the most important part of it. 48 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 4: And Donald Trump loves that. And so I just get 49 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 4: this sense that we have not had this build up 50 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 4: to prepare ourselves for things like this and get ourselves 51 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 4: on this war footing. And so it's not a surprise 52 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 4: that this military that you know, the military has come 53 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 4: out and said, hey, we need to button up security 54 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 4: a little a little bit more, and part of that 55 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 4: is not wearing your uniform off base. I found it 56 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 4: very interesting. There was a widely reported story in the 57 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 4: media and on social media yesterday about a French sailor 58 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 4: aboard their single aircraft carrier that they have who was 59 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 4: wearing his fitness device like his fitbit or whatever, and 60 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 4: he was, you know, running around the aircraft carrier and 61 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 4: getting some exercise, and his geolocation information was made public and. 62 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 3: So everybody in the world knew, at. 63 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,959 Speaker 4: Least for a period of time yesterday exactly where that 64 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 4: French aircraft carrier in the sea was located. Again, back 65 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 4: to the point, it just didn't seem like we had 66 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 4: much time to get ourselves on a war footing, and 67 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 4: things like what happened with the French aircraft carrier and 68 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 4: now putting some restrictions on our military personnel when they 69 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 4: go off bases. 70 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 3: It feels like we're playing catch up on a lot 71 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 3: of that stuff. 72 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,839 Speaker 1: Okay, so we were told initially that this could take 73 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: between four and six weeks, but now it does seem 74 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: like maybe the Pentagon is planning or preparing for an 75 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: extended campaign because they're asking for another two hundred billion dollars. 76 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 2: I saw an article yesterday. 77 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: That Reuter's put out that said ground troops were preparing 78 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: to send in more ground troops or send in ground troops, 79 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: and then an hour later, Donald Trump was asked about 80 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: that in the Oval Office, about putting troops anywhere, and 81 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: this was his response. 82 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 5: Potentially US troops were more troops in the region. 83 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 3: No, I'm not putting troops anywhere. If I were, it 84 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 3: wouldn't tell you. 85 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 6: But I'm not putting troops, and we will do whatever 86 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 6: is necessary to keep the price. 87 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 3: I actually thought when I did this. 88 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: He went on to talk about the price of oil 89 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: and gas, and if oil price is stay as high 90 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: as they are for a year, that's an extra forty 91 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: dollars added cost per household. The national average diesel price 92 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: five dollars and five cents per gallon, and you've got 93 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: continuing prices. The thing that a lot of people are 94 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: starting to talk about when it comes to the price 95 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: of things is not even the gas, but we've got 96 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: planting season coming up for agriculture, and that fertilizer is 97 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: costing more now. 98 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 2: That means even. 99 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: If the price of gas goes down next week, for example, 100 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 1: your groceries are still going to be more expensive in 101 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: a year from now when everything is harvested, because the 102 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,719 Speaker 1: the fertilizer used today is more expensive. 103 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, fertilizer. 104 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 4: There's a lot of petroleum products that are used in fertilizer, 105 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 4: and so yeah, you're gonna have that heavy, high sunk 106 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 4: cost now for farmers that they're going to want to 107 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 4: get a return on even you know, in the fall, 108 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 4: even if oil prices come down. Back to that reporter 109 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 4: asking that question about, you know, Donald Trump and whether 110 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 4: or not he's going to send in ground troops. But 111 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 4: we've got to keep in mind here, Donald Trump. You 112 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 4: I don't care what question you ask. If you are 113 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 4: in a press conference with Donald Trump talking about this war, 114 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 4: Donald Trump is not going to tell you what he's 115 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 4: really thinking. Okay, he's not going to tell you If 116 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 4: you ask him if he puts ground troops in there, 117 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 4: he's gonna say no because he wants everybody in the world, 118 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 4: most importantly Iran, to think that we're not going to 119 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,679 Speaker 4: send ground troops in there, and he wants that element 120 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 4: of surprise. So I it's funny to watch this media 121 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 4: get all said, well, Donald Trump just said, we won 122 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 4: the war, but we're still having problems here. We've completely 123 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 4: degraded their navy and it's completely gone. Well, Donald Trump's 124 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 4: gonna say a lot of things, and he's going to 125 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 4: have a lot of hyperbole. And by the way, he's 126 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 4: also going to say a lot of things to you 127 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 4: that aren't true because he wants that untruth to get 128 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 4: back to our enemies. You have to take everything that 129 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 4: he says during this military conflict with Iran with a 130 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 4: grain of salt. We talked about it. To open the show, 131 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 4: Donald Trump said, Oh, we don't want Europe's help in 132 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 4: opening up the straight of horror moves anymore. Donald Trump, 133 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 4: he didn't mean that. He really would love it if 134 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 4: Europe would kind of send some ships over and help 135 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 4: us out with that. 136 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 3: But that was good. 137 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 4: He was speaking when he said we don't want their help. 138 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 4: He was speaking to the leaders of Europe and saying, fine, 139 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 4: you don't want to do this, We'll do it on 140 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 4: our own, and we'll take every all the benefits that 141 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:37,919 Speaker 4: come along with it. And all of a sudden, Europe 142 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 4: was like, no, no, no, no, well, we'll send some boats. 143 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 4: It's okay, it's okay, mister President, We'll send some boats. 144 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 4: You really have to understand that Donald Trump is not 145 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 4: necessarily going to always be telling the truth or telegraphing 146 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 4: what we're going to be doing in this military campaign. 147 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: But when he said that he's not going to be 148 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: putting troops anywhere, and even if he was, he wasn't 149 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: going to tell them. Those are the words that every 150 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: American family wants to hear. Maximum pressure, precision strikes, but 151 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: keeping our soldiers home while protecting the economy. That's what 152 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: Americans want, You've got Pete Hegseth as Secretary of War, 153 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: and he was telling a story about a conversation that 154 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: he had was with his thirteen year old son. 155 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 6: My thirteen year old son popped into my office last 156 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 6: night while I was editing these remarks. He asked about 157 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 6: the war and the families I met at Dover. And 158 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 6: I looked at him and I said, they died for you, son, 159 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 6: so that your generation doesn't have to deal with a 160 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 6: nuclear Iran. 161 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 2: It's the truth. 162 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 6: And they did so. To the families who said finish this, 163 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 6: we will. And I say the same to every American 164 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 6: who wants peace through strength. May Almighty God continue to 165 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 6: bless our troops in this fight. And again to the 166 00:07:54,800 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 6: American people, please pray for them every day on bend 167 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 6: in d with your family, in your schools, in your churches, 168 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 6: in the name of Jesus Christ. 169 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: Honoring sacrifice absolutely matters, But so does making sure that 170 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: the next generation doesn't inherit another endless conflict. 171 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, and that's all what all of us want in this. 172 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 4: And I've said this since the very beginning. If you 173 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 4: know at the end of this, whenever that is, whether 174 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 4: it's weeks or months or years from now. God forbid 175 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 4: that Donald Trump can say, Okay, we won, we can 176 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 4: declare victory. And if he can sell that to the 177 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 4: American people and the American people buy it, then it'll 178 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 4: be viewed as worth it. But I do find it 179 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 4: interesting that we just talked about how you really can't 180 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 4: believe anything Donald Trump says, and he says all these 181 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 4: crazy things, and it may be a lot more strategic 182 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,839 Speaker 4: than what you think initially when Donald Trump says crazy things. 183 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 4: I do think it's a good idea that he is 184 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 4: sending out his cabinet and other people in his administration 185 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 4: to have the tough conversations. 186 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 3: We saw this with JD. 187 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 4: Vance yesterday or the day before, where he came out 188 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 4: and talked about, look, I understand that gas prices are high, 189 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 4: and that's going to hurt American family these you know, finances, 190 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 4: and acknowledge it, and acknowledge it and say, look, we're 191 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 4: going to hopefully get this done as fast as we 192 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:08,839 Speaker 4: can so we can get gas prices down. In oral, 193 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 4: somebody needs to have that conversation with the American people. 194 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 4: That's not Donald Trump's strength. Okay, fine, it's a good move. 195 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 4: On his part by sending people out like Jade Vance 196 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 4: to have this conversation. And it's a good move by 197 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,479 Speaker 4: having the Secretary of War Pete Heagseth have this conversation 198 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 4: and talk about, you know, the sacrifices that our American 199 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 4: military are making and how it is going to be 200 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 4: worth it. So I think it's smart from Trump knowing 201 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 4: that that's not his strength to have difficult conversations like that, 202 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 4: that he sends out other people in his administration to 203 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 4: have those conversations. 204 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: Here, you've got Sergeant Dakota Meyers, he saved thirty six 205 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: US Marines in Afghanistan in two thousand and nine. He 206 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: left the Marine Corps fifteen years ago, but he recently 207 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: re enlisted, said because he wants to be part of 208 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: Pete Hegseth's military. 209 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 5: Hasn't been a single basis. I got out fifteen years ago. 210 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 5: I didn't wake up and truly want to serve again 211 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 5: and truly want to wear and put this uniform on again. 212 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 5: And to be able to do that is such an awesome, 213 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 5: awesome honor of mine. And I didn't want to do 214 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:13,959 Speaker 5: it because of the rank. I didn't want to do 215 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 5: it for recognition. I just did it because the mission 216 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 5: never left me. I just think that once you're in 217 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 5: the fight like that fight is just never going to 218 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 5: leave you. I just love this country and I love 219 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 5: the people of America with every moral fiber of my being, 220 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 5: and I believe in that with everything that I've got. 221 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:35,319 Speaker 1: The Department of War, they have made the mission about 222 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: the alpha again. It's no more woke in the military. 223 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: And that's a great recruiting tool because you've got these 224 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: soldiers who see the change and want to be a 225 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: part of it. 226 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 3: Yeah. 227 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 4: And what I loved about what that guy said there, 228 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 4: he said, you know what, We're in the fight now, 229 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 4: so let's get to it on this. And I think 230 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 4: that's the way a lot of Americans feel. You can 231 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 4: agree or disagree for the reasonings of why we're having 232 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 4: this military action in Iran. You can question, and that's 233 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 4: fine and that's great. But when it comes to our military, now, 234 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,959 Speaker 4: we're there, so let's go there and let's do whatever 235 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 4: we got to do to get it done and get 236 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 4: it over with. 237 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: So the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice, 238 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: they have approved a Nextstar Media Group's merger with Techna. 239 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: The deal is worth six point two billion dollars creates 240 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: one of the largest local television broadcasting companies. 241 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 2: In the entire country. A little bit of consolidation going on. 242 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, you're going to hear a lot about this, and 243 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,599 Speaker 4: you'll hear a lot about it from the from the 244 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 4: Democrats and the left to talk about you know, you know, 245 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 4: one company owning all of these radio stay or television 246 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 4: station rather that, and that's too much control. 247 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 3: Here's the problem. 248 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 4: The economics of the local television business right now not 249 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 4: so great, not so great at all. And in fact, 250 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 4: the vast majority of local television is being supported by 251 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 4: live sports and local news, and it's a struggle to 252 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 4: operate these companies. And the way that these companies can 253 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 4: continue to function go going forward is through consolidation. Because 254 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 4: when they do this, when you buy up a lot 255 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 4: of television stations across the country, there's a lot of 256 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,959 Speaker 4: redundant employees, there's a lot of redundant contracts, a lot 257 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,440 Speaker 4: of redundant costs, and so they can cut costs during 258 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 4: this process that allow them to keep operating. Television news business, 259 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 4: the local television business not a great business to be 260 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 4: in right now, because they're under a lot of pressure, 261 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 4: and so you'll see a lot of pushback about this, 262 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 4: but it's the way of keeping these companies operating. 263 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: Going for You're going to see a lot of critics 264 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 1: who are going to say, well, this is a concentration 265 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,079 Speaker 1: of media power. Of course, there's supporters that say it's 266 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: going to strengthen local broadcasting and competitiveness. What you really want, 267 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: what you should be wanting, is reliable local journalism, and 268 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: this merger might be the only way to keep some 269 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 1: local stations alive in tough markets. 270 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 4: Right, especially if you're getting most of your revenue, if 271 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 4: your local television station you're getting most of your revenue 272 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 4: through live sports, great, wonderful, and you're getting a good 273 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 4: bit from local news. But local news is really really 274 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 4: expensive to hire all of those anchors and reporters and 275 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 4: producers and equipment and build the studio and do all 276 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:07,319 Speaker 4: of that. If we don't see my fear is, if 277 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 4: you don't see consolidation like this in local television, there's 278 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 4: going to be some local television stations that are just like, 279 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:13,719 Speaker 4: well they don't go away, but. 280 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 3: They certainly shut down their local news operation. 281 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 4: They're like, we can't be profitable by running this local 282 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 4: news anymore and all the employees that it takes to 283 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 4: do this. So we're just going to stop doing local 284 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 4: news and we'll show you our network programming. You'll get 285 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 4: Survivor every night, in the Bachelorette and then we'll show 286 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 4: you NFL football. 287 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 2: And not Bachelorette. We'll get to that coming. 288 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 3: Out that's later. 289 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 4: I said that on purpose, but that's what you'll see 290 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 4: because you've seen it. There have been instances around this 291 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 4: country where there have been local news stations that are 292 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 4: just like, you know what, can't afford to do local 293 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:44,199 Speaker 4: news anymore. We're going to shut it down. The ideally 294 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 4: big mega mergers like this, we'll keep that from happening. 295 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 1: Next Star has agreed to sell off six stations over 296 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: the next two years to address some of the regulatory concerns. 297 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 2: The merger is still going to face some challenges. 298 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: It may not be finalized exactly as it's currently planned, 299 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: but we'll see what happens. You're listening to ninety three WYBC. Well, 300 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 1: my bracket made it one game. That's how long it lasted. 301 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: I had Ohio State making it to the final four. 302 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: Boy was I wrong. 303 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,839 Speaker 2: According to Forbes, what did they say. 304 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: Forbes said that over a million brackets were busted because 305 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 1: of that game. Millions of people filled out their NCAA 306 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: tournament brackets for March Madness this year, and by the 307 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: first night of the games, the one game knocked oh 308 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: eighteen million brackets. 309 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I was one of them. I can't believe it. 310 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 3: No good, what do you mean you can't believe it? 311 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 4: This is what This is why everybody loves March Madness, 312 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 4: because it's. 313 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 3: Chaos we had in one game. 314 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 4: Now to be the chaos, the upsets, the unpredictability. This 315 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 4: is why everybody loves March Madness. And it was a 316 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 4: great time. And yes, I understand you were very proud 317 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 4: of your final four that you predicted yesterday. 318 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 3: On this show. 319 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 2: Two of my teams are round. 320 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 3: Now two of those two final four teams are out. 321 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 4: Was North Carolina, was the other one North Carolina and 322 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 4: Ohio State. And the only reason that your other two 323 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 4: teams are still in it is because they haven't even 324 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 4: played a game yet. 325 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 3: So keep in mind. 326 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 4: So today's games start twelve fifteen on CBS, Kentucky plays 327 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 4: and then the next game is at twelve forty today 328 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 4: and that is going to be Texas Tech versus Akron. 329 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 4: The Purdue game is tonight, seven thirty five on True TV. 330 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 3: True TV. 331 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 4: So that is number two Perdue versus number fifteen Queens. 332 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 4: And as we talked about earlier in the week, that 333 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 4: is not Queens, New York. That's a Queen's University that 334 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 4: is in North Carolina, which I'd never heard of them before, 335 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 4: and so I needed that information. I saw that Purdue 336 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 4: was playing Queen's. I was like, oh, Queen's College. I 337 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 4: didn't know they had a Division one basketball program. Yeah, 338 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 4: no they don't. It's Queen's University in North Carolina. Seven 339 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 4: thirty five Tonight is the Purdue game. 340 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: Texas Christian University upside Ohio State. TCU won sixty six 341 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: to sixty four. There was a late game winning a 342 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: layup with four point three seconds left, and that's when 343 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: I could have just taken it and ripped it apart 344 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: and thrown it away. 345 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 3: Yeah. 346 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 4: But I mean, you've still got half of your teams 347 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 4: now that you know, maybe not after today's game, but 348 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 4: you've still got half of your final four that's in there. 349 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 4: And so but that's what the fun of this is. 350 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 4: And everybody, I always get this sense that every year 351 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 4: after the first two days, after the Thursday and Friday's games, 352 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 4: a lot of people throw their hands up and they're like, oh, geez, 353 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 4: I know, my bracket's busted. There's no way I can win. 354 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 4: There's a lot of games still to be played here, 355 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 4: and so you know, spe a lot. 356 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 2: Of moments still to be created. 357 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 4: And you picked as your NCAA champion Purdue University. I'm 358 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 4: a home and so they're still in it, and so 359 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 4: you know, I mean, you can sit here and look 360 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 4: and go, ah, man, two of my final four are gone. 361 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 4: I'm cooked. There's no way I'm winning anything here. But 362 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 4: you know, if Perdue ends up running the table on everybody, 363 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 4: you still got yourself a good chance. And don't believe 364 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 4: the hype about how everybody's brackets busted. If everybody's brackets busted, 365 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 4: then you've still got a chance because we're all in 366 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 4: the same boat here. 367 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, every year, it's extremely rare for a bracket 368 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: to stay perfect, and that is part of the fun, 369 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: the unpredictability and the surprise outcomes. There was another surprise game, 370 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:06,160 Speaker 1: not the Ohio State game, and it was the Wisconsin game. 371 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: And I don't know if you caught that the high Point. 372 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 1: I mean it sounds like that Wisconsin lost to a distillery, 373 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: not a distillery, but a place that would sell marijuana. 374 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 2: A dispensary. 375 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 3: A dispensary, yeah, high Points. It's kind of like a dispensary. Yeah. 376 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:23,640 Speaker 3: And it's interesting. 377 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 4: And that was a great game too, and came down 378 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 4: right to the very end, that high Point University game. 379 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 4: But what I find fascinating about high Point is it 380 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 4: is this. It's this college in high Point, North Carolina, 381 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 4: a very expensive private school, but they do a lot 382 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 4: of odd things they believe. So a lot of what 383 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 4: they do is their business school, but they believe in 384 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 4: the relationship aspect of businesses. For example, they say at 385 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 4: high Point University that business dinners are really important, and 386 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 4: so on campus. 387 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:53,919 Speaker 2: They have a class. 388 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 4: Well not only that, on campus, they have this fancy 389 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 4: steakhouse and this fancy Italian restaurant and this other fancy restaurant, 390 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 4: and that part of the education. They say, you need 391 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 4: to be able to handle business conversations at a fancy 392 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 4: dinner like this. That's an important part of your success 393 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 4: going forward. They've also got a like a replica of 394 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 4: an airplane and so you sitting in there and they're like, 395 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 4: you wouldn't believe how many great business contacts you can 396 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 4: meet by sitting next to somebody on the airplane, and 397 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 4: they put you through that process. So I would have 398 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 4: never known that if I didn't do some digging after 399 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 4: high Point had this great upset yesterday over Wisconsin. 400 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 2: You'd probably never heard of high Point before. 401 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 3: I heard of them. 402 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,439 Speaker 4: But there's like, there's so many teams that show up 403 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,679 Speaker 4: in the tournament, whether you know Davidson or you know, 404 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 4: twenty five years ago it was Gonzaga was the school 405 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 4: that nobody heard of, and now they're in the tournament 406 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:42,919 Speaker 4: all the time. So there are these teams that you know, 407 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 4: show up once every few years and you're like, oh, yeah, 408 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 4: high Point I remember, you know they were in it 409 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 4: back in twenty seventeen or something like that. That was 410 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 4: the extent of my extent of my knowledge about high 411 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 4: Point University until yesterday. 412 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: Well, here is the high Point University student radio call 413 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: the final minutes of the game. 414 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 3: BOYD launched that court. 415 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 2: Well on the class slipper, it's just Norella Store pulling. 416 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 3: On it for the first time. History breaks through. 417 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 5: We will see you. 418 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 2: Two failing. 419 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: He was very excited. Throw on the glass, slipper, It's 420 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,680 Speaker 1: a Cinderella story. We will see you in the round 421 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 1: of thirty two. I have news for that student radio broadcaster. 422 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, what's that? 423 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 2: He better get in business because he ain't making no 424 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 2: money in radio. 425 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, right exactly. 426 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 1: I tell you, maybe fun in college, but don't choose 427 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 1: that as a career path, right exactly, unless you're totally 428 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 1: okay with being poor but also having fun. 429 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 4: Because it sounded like he was having a good time, 430 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 4: I have chosen. I did something this year that I 431 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 4: don't normally do, and that I picked the favorite to 432 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,479 Speaker 4: win it all. Duke is the favorite to win it all. 433 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 4: And they won yesterday although they were down by the 434 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 4: way Duke is a number one seed playing a number 435 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 4: sixteen seed Sierra. They were down over double digits at halftime, 436 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,719 Speaker 4: and so there were a lot of people yours truly 437 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 4: included that we're never sweating that Duke game. But they 438 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,120 Speaker 4: came back to win seventy one to sixty five, and. 439 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 3: I love I love it. 440 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 4: I always tend to like the teams that everybody else hates, 441 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 4: and Duke has a tradition of being hated by a 442 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 4: lot of people. And that goes all the way back 443 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 4: to the Mike Krzyzewski and Christian Layner days in the 444 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,919 Speaker 4: early nineties, and it seemed like everybody hated Duke and 445 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:27,640 Speaker 4: I was on the side. 446 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,120 Speaker 3: I was going, what what? I didn't know? It was like. 447 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 2: Decades later, did know people didn't like dude? 448 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 4: It was I was probably well into my thirties before 449 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 4: I was like, what people hate Duke? 450 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 3: What I love Duke? 451 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,439 Speaker 4: I loved watching Christian Layner win all those games in 452 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 4: those titles and those buzzer beating shots because I was 453 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 4: in high school at the time, and I just thought 454 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:47,399 Speaker 4: that was the coolest thing. And then I find out what, 455 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 4: I'm a girl in adult and everybody hates Duke and 456 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 4: I'm standing on the sideline and was all confused, so 457 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 4: much so that ESPN put out the very popular thirty 458 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 4: for thirty that's titled I Hate Christian Layner, who is 459 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 4: the big Duke player in the early You do like. 460 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: Teams that many people have a lover hate relationship, with 461 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 1: another one being Notre Dame. 462 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 2: I thought this was interesting. 463 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: Yesterday, the Greensboro Police Department in North Carolina tweeted out. 464 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,400 Speaker 2: Please don't call us about UNC and your bracket. 465 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 4: People calling into the police department because North Carolina lost. 466 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 2: And they didn't want to hear about it. 467 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 4: I'm sorry, officer. You told me nine to one one 468 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 4: was for emergencies. This is the biggest emergency I've ever 469 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 4: had in my life. North Carolina just lost. 470 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 2: You're listening to ninety three WIBC. Good morning. 471 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 7: I've been doing interviews with Fox for many, many years now. 472 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 7: A number of of the interviews that I've done go 473 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 7: years back, and several of them were focused on spring 474 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 7: break travel and how to protect our our youth when 475 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 7: they're traveling on spring break. What our spring breakers and 476 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 7: our children don't understand is the world is not the 477 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,439 Speaker 7: same as it was ten years ago. 478 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 3: This is a completely different world. 479 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 7: And when I hear about people traveling overseas, you know, 480 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 7: in college students traveling overseas, young girls going backpacking by 481 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,959 Speaker 7: themselves after they graduate from college. 482 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 3: It's disturbing. 483 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:26,439 Speaker 1: So that is an international private investigator, Jay Arms the third, 484 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: and he was issuing a warning the world's not the 485 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 1: same as it was ten years ago. Americans traveling abroad 486 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 1: are increasingly being targeted, drugged, and robbed and the question 487 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:42,399 Speaker 1: is pose our tours being targeted more today or is 488 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: it just heightened awareness, And the answer is it's a 489 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,919 Speaker 1: little of both. You do have official data and expert 490 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: analysis showing that there are real increases in Americans being 491 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 1: targeted countries like Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, the State Department 492 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 1: issuing advisories. You also have social media which is amplifying reports, 493 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 1: which is raising awareness. And this coming off the story 494 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: of that college student who went missing in Spain, Barcelona, Spain, 495 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 1: James Gracie, twenty year old college student, and he was 496 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 1: found dead in Barcelona after going missing on a trip. 497 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 2: He's a University of Alabama. 498 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 1: Student from the Chicago Land area and he disappeared while 499 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: he was on a spring break trip while visiting some friends, 500 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 1: and his parents said that that was definitely out of 501 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 1: character for him, and it is just a tragic reminder 502 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: that if you're a younger person in you're traveling, you 503 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,439 Speaker 1: want to you want to stick with your friends, and 504 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: hopefully his family can eventually find some peace. 505 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, you do have a lot of pause when it 506 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 4: comes to international travel right now. And I think back to, 507 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 4: you know, my spring break when I was seventeen years 508 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 4: old and went to Camcun, Mexico with a bunch of 509 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:03,719 Speaker 4: my buddies. You know, different times now certainly, and normally 510 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 4: I would say, you know, and I still say this 511 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 4: to a large degree, I don't really care what the 512 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 4: rest of the world thinks of us. You know, there's 513 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,879 Speaker 4: a lot of anti American sentiment around the world, certainly 514 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 4: a lot more recently, and I ignore it for the 515 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 4: most part. In fact, there's this famous scene in mad 516 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 4: Men where Don Draper and one of his employees going 517 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,639 Speaker 4: to an elevator, and his employee looks at Don Draper 518 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 4: and says, I feel sorry for you. 519 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 3: Don Draper turns to. 520 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 4: Him and says, I don't think about you at all, 521 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 4: and walks right out of the elevator. And I've always 522 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 4: kind of felt like I've thought about that. I don't 523 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,119 Speaker 4: care if Europe doesn't like us or doesn't think highly 524 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 4: of us. They're irrelevant to me as far as I'm concerned, 525 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 4: except when it comes to international travel. And it does 526 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 4: give you a lot of pause these days, and you 527 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 4: and I have traveled, you know, Canada and Mexico and 528 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,719 Speaker 4: all over Europe and certainly had a lot of international travel. 529 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 4: But we've talked about this, there's so much of the 530 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,680 Speaker 4: United States that we still haven't seen. And by the way, 531 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,160 Speaker 4: we travel all over the United States too, from Seattle 532 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 4: to Los Angeles and Miami and up to DC and 533 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 4: all sorts of points in between, and there's still so 534 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 4: much of this country that we haven't seen. And as 535 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 4: you have this anti American sentiment that spreads across the world, 536 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,399 Speaker 4: and we've seen these images just a month or two 537 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 4: ago that we saw the images of people vacationing in Acapulco, Mexico, 538 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 4: when they had the cartel raids that took place, and 539 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 4: you had people, you know, shooting video outside the balcony 540 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 4: of their hotel and there were fires going off literally 541 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 4: all around the city everywhere you could look. And even 542 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 4: with what's going on in iran Abu, Dubai has become 543 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 4: a very popular place for expatriots and for people to vacation. 544 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 4: And then you had the videos of people in Dubai 545 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 4: doing the same thing out their hotel window in this 546 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 4: resort location and seeing missiles raining down all over the place. 547 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:43,919 Speaker 4: So it is different now, and international travel does certainly 548 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 4: gives me pause about traveling internationally. 549 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 3: That's for sure. 550 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 2: Well, you know there's the one side this says you 551 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 2: can't live your life and fear. No, that's true. You 552 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:51,959 Speaker 2: have to be a little ballsy. 553 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 1: You can just go for it, but at the same time, 554 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,239 Speaker 1: you have to be smart about what you're doing and 555 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,199 Speaker 1: know that there are risks, and you have to be 556 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 1: aware of the fact that Americans in some countries are 557 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 1: being targeted, especially with what's going on with Operation Epic Fury. 558 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: So Spanish authorities they searched by air and see they 559 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: confirmed that they found his wallet floating in the water 560 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 1: near he was last seen. The police, they recovered his phone, 561 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:21,160 Speaker 1: and authorities ended up eventually finding his body in the 562 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: Mediterranean Sea near the beach where he was last seen. Now, 563 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: speaking of spring break, you've got this tsa worker. He's 564 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 1: calling on lawmakers to do their jobs amid the partial 565 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:39,920 Speaker 1: government shutdown that has left people like him without their paychecks. 566 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 8: Lawmakers, listen, we're not Republicans, we're not Democrats, we're not independents. 567 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 8: We're just people that come to work every day to 568 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 8: do our job. And now we expect you guys to 569 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 8: do is do your job. Pay us for what we do. 570 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 8: That's all we ask him, passengers, listen, we're going to 571 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 8: do our job. We're going to be professional. We're going 572 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 8: to get you through as fast as possible. There might 573 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 8: be some delays here at DCA. We have a wonderful 574 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,399 Speaker 8: team with doing our job. We're doing our part, so listen, 575 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,160 Speaker 8: work with us, and we're going to work. 576 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 3: With you guys. 577 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 1: TSA workers like him, they're on the front lines trying 578 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: to keep travelers safe all of this happening while there's 579 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,120 Speaker 1: this government shut down leaving them without pay. 580 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 2: His plea, hey, pay us for what we do. 581 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, you feel so awful for these TSA employees that 582 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 4: aren't getting paid right now or getting partial payment, And 583 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 4: you've seen a lot of them just let out quit. 584 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,160 Speaker 3: Hey, I don't blame you at all. 585 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 4: My paycheck stops showing up, I'd probably walk out and 586 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 4: find another job too. And you've seen a lot of 587 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 4: TSA agents calling and sick because they're not getting paid. 588 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 4: I was on Twitter this morning before coming into the 589 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,439 Speaker 4: radio station, and I saw a video clip of local 590 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 4: news out of Atlanta, and they were showing live shots 591 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 4: at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport, which is, by the way, 592 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 4: one of the busiest airports in the world, and the 593 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 4: story they were telling there is that there were people 594 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 4: that showed up at the airport in Atlanta at three 595 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 4: o'clock this morning because they had a six am. 596 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 2: Flight and still miss the flight. 597 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 4: And hundreds of people did that and we're still missing 598 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 4: their flight. They had the TSA lines that ran through 599 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 4: the entire top part, went down an escalator, and snaked 600 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,919 Speaker 4: all around the baggage claim area, hours and hours in line. Now, 601 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,640 Speaker 4: we're fortunate here in Indianapolis that we don't have one 602 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 4: of the busiest airports in the entire world, in the 603 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 4: entire country, and so we can manage that a little 604 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:22,679 Speaker 4: bit better. But if you're going to some of these 605 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,199 Speaker 4: vacation spots busy airports, there's been a lot of reports 606 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 4: on Chicago O'Hare is officially, as of right now, the 607 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 4: busiest airport in the entire country. A lot of airports 608 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:35,440 Speaker 4: in Florida, Miami, and Orlando, especially Austin has had a 609 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,479 Speaker 4: lot of problems with their airports, and then the airport 610 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 4: in Atlanta has just been a mess, including just so 611 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 4: far this morning. 612 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, why, I saw a report that forty of the 613 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 1: TSA agents had called off in Atlanta. 614 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, forty percent of the TSA agents there was one 615 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 4: thirty five percent of the TSA agents in New Orleans 616 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 4: had called in sick. 617 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: So this is this is if you're only going to 618 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: get worse unless there's a resolution, because more and more 619 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 1: of these agents are going to become more frustrated as 620 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 1: the days go by and then not receiving. 621 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 2: Pay, so they're just gonna say, nope, done, we're out. 622 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 4: Well, and it goes back to a point of survival 623 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 4: for a lot of these TSA employees. I've got rent due, 624 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 4: I've got to buy groceries. It's not even that I'm frustrated. 625 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 2: Gotta put gas in my car to get here to 626 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 2: my job. 627 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 4: Right and I'm paying three dollars in eighty seven cents 628 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 4: a gallon, which is more than a dollar than more 629 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 4: expensive than what it was a month ago. But it's 630 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 4: more than just frustration. It's like, hey, I go weeks 631 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,719 Speaker 4: and weeks without a paycheck. I don't have enough savings 632 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 4: to back that up. I've got to leave TSA and 633 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 4: go find another jobs. I feel terrible for those TSA employees. 634 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 4: And by the way, doesn't look like there's any hope 635 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 4: on the horizon for this government shut down with DHS 636 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 4: to be settled anytime soon. 637 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 1: ABC has canceled The Bachelorette. This after an alleged video 638 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: of Taylor Frankie Paul throwing barstools at her ex was 639 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: released by TMZ, So ABC had to pull the show. 640 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 1: And clearly, you can't roll out a season built around 641 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: somebody tied to domestic violence footage. 642 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 2: Right before it airs. 643 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 1: The thing is, she put a lot of money and 644 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: a lot of promotion behind this. They were even teasing 645 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 1: this during their recent Oscars broadcast, and the show was 646 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 1: supposed to premiere on Sunday. 647 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it was coming up this weekend. 648 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, and now they said nope. 649 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 1: This decision came out after a video from twenty twenty 650 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 1: three surfaced showing the Bachelorette in a physical altercation with 651 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 1: her ex partner and she was throwing chairs, not one, 652 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: not two, but three metal barstools at him, and her 653 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 1: child was present in the video. 654 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 2: You can actually hear the child. 655 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 1: Crying in the background, and it did look like at 656 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: one point the chair came very near to the child 657 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 1: or actually hit the child, and rather than her composing 658 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: herself realizing what she was doing and stopping the behavior. 659 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: She just kept on going regardless of what was going 660 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 1: on with the child. 661 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 2: Not a good look at all. 662 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 1: They are completely right to cancel this show and just 663 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 1: move on. There was a Carmel resident who was supposed 664 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,080 Speaker 1: to a Carmel man, former Purdue basketball player. 665 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 2: He was set to compete on this season. That's not 666 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 2: going to air. 667 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, I watch plenty of trafsheet television, so I'm not 668 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 4: saying I'm above it. I just don't watch The Bachelorette 669 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 4: or The Bachelor on this so I can't really speak 670 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 4: to the show specifically. But I haven't worked in media 671 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 4: my entire life and run businesses. I look at it 672 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 4: from the media and business perspective, and you're exactly right. 673 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 4: ABC spends millions and millions of dollars and this woman 674 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 4: was going to be one, you know, the star of 675 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 4: the show and puts all this promotion behind it, and 676 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 4: here you are just a couple of days from launching 677 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 4: this season. And you know, just because I don't watch 678 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 4: The Bachelor or The Bachelorette, they're extraordinarily popular, very high 679 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 4: ratings on this show. So ABC has a ton of 680 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 4: money to lose in all of this. And to have 681 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 4: this awful, you know, domestic violence incident that was from 682 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 4: a couple of years ago but just came to light 683 00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 4: right now, come out, and now how you're forced to 684 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 4: make this terrible decision. It's the right decision, but from 685 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 4: a business and media perspective, just brutal for ABC News. 686 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 4: It kind of reminds me, and I don't want to 687 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 4: compare the crimes, but it kind of reminds me of 688 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,720 Speaker 4: what we dealt with fifteen or twenty years ago, whatever 689 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 4: it was with Jared from Subway, Get Subway, through all 690 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 4: of this parode. This is our spokesperson, and then you 691 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,440 Speaker 4: find out the gud commits these god awful, terrible crimes, 692 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 4: and you're stuck that you invested all of this time 693 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 4: and money and effort into somebody that you can't associate 694 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 4: yourself anymore. 695 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:27,719 Speaker 1: Now. 696 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:31,040 Speaker 4: Again, Jared's crimes were much worse than this woman's on 697 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 4: the Bachelor's but it puts ABC in a very similar situation. 698 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 3: Lose lose, no matter what, it's going to. 699 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 4: Stink for ABC, and it's going to stink for fans 700 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 4: of the Bachelorette. 701 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,720 Speaker 1: She did put out a statement she says she wanted 702 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 1: to acknowledge how difficult the situation must be for everybody involved, 703 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,959 Speaker 1: and she understands the video didn't fully reflect who she is. 704 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:52,240 Speaker 1: She deeply cares about her family, She would never intentionally 705 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: put anybody at risk, and she asks for our understanding 706 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:59,160 Speaker 1: and respect as she takes some time away to focus 707 00:32:59,200 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: on herself. 708 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 2: And Nope, sorry, too late, too late for that. 709 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 1: And the other thing is ABC possibly should have been 710 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 1: in front of this long before they got to this point, 711 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 1: and not only the production of the show, but airing 712 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 1: of the show. 713 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, it does seem like that there is the possibility 714 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:21,959 Speaker 4: here that ABC didn't do their due diligence on this 715 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,800 Speaker 4: person on there. And I don't know if this video, 716 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 4: you know, had been completely buried or had kind of 717 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 4: been out there but not really you know, a high 718 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 4: awareness about it, and it just kind of blew up recently. 719 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 4: But it's awful for ABC. And then what do you 720 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 4: do with your ABC? This isn't just like a one 721 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 4: time event coming up this Sunday whole season. This show's 722 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 4: gonna run for a whole season. It's gonna be on 723 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,560 Speaker 4: for months and months and months. I would you put 724 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 4: on like reruns of America's funniest tone videos. I don't 725 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:47,800 Speaker 4: even know if that's still a show anymore. But I mean, 726 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 4: they've got Sunday night programming for months and months and 727 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 4: months that they had planned out, and at the last 728 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:53,320 Speaker 4: minute go. 729 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 2: Replay one of your popular seasons. 730 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 4: I guess yeah, maybe they put a rerun last year's 731 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 4: season of The Bachelorette. But it just I feel bad 732 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 4: for the people at ABC News because they had no 733 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,400 Speaker 4: choice in this. You just got you got to cancel 734 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 4: the whole thing. It's an unfortunate situation for everybody involved. 735 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,239 Speaker 1: So we've got the best Audio of the Day coming up, 736 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:15,399 Speaker 1: and an old action star and martial arts legend has 737 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,720 Speaker 1: passed away. That's on the way from ninety three WIBC. 738 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 2: You know the song. It was released in nineteen eighty 739 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 2: one by Tommy twotone. 740 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,960 Speaker 1: It reached number four on the Billboard Hot one hundred 741 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:31,400 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty two. Catchy chorus and the phone number 742 00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:34,720 Speaker 1: is iconic, and it is part of our Best Audio 743 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,279 Speaker 1: of the Day with KC and Jim Jenny Jenny. Who 744 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:40,719 Speaker 1: can I turn to eight six, seven, five three oh 745 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:44,760 Speaker 1: nine one hit wonder perhaps, but it was the phone 746 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 1: number that created countless prank calls, even some legal issues 747 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:53,279 Speaker 1: for people with that number. The song appeared in TV shows, movies, commercials, 748 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:57,600 Speaker 1: video games, and a lot of people ended up donalding 749 00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,440 Speaker 1: that number wherever they lived to see who would pick 750 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:02,360 Speaker 1: up and if in fact it was Jenny. 751 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:02,719 Speaker 3: Yeah. 752 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,839 Speaker 4: So I grew up in the Chicago area up there, 753 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,600 Speaker 4: and when I was a kid, the song eight six 754 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,320 Speaker 4: seven five three oh nine Jenny by Tommy twotone was 755 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,279 Speaker 4: a huge hit, and it was at the time it 756 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,799 Speaker 4: was just some old ladies number in Chicago, and in 757 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 4: the top forty station that I listened to played this 758 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,120 Speaker 4: song again and again and again, like so many radio 759 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 4: stations did, and so listeners would start just calling this 760 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,080 Speaker 4: old woman's number, and it was driving her crazy. And 761 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,560 Speaker 4: so she called the radio station and kept complaining, like, 762 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:30,880 Speaker 4: you guys keep playing these songs and the number is 763 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,520 Speaker 4: mine and your listeners keep calling my number and it's 764 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:35,239 Speaker 4: driving me crazy. Now keep in mind, this is in 765 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 4: the eighties. And so what the radio station did. They 766 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 4: took the number and made it their request line. 767 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 2: Perfect. 768 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:41,960 Speaker 4: So they made a deal with the old lady and 769 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 4: we're like, fine, we'll get you a new number. We'll 770 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,879 Speaker 4: take your number and we'll make that our request line number. 771 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,759 Speaker 4: And I thought that was an absolutely brilliant move back 772 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:49,879 Speaker 4: then in the eighties. 773 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 2: Well temmy two tone. 774 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,560 Speaker 1: He now has a full grown daughter and she was 775 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:59,400 Speaker 1: asking him recently, Dad, you wrote the song who exactly 776 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:00,320 Speaker 1: is Jenny? 777 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,399 Speaker 2: So my dad wrote the song eight six seven five 778 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 2: three on nine. 779 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:06,040 Speaker 5: I asked him this question a few years ago. 780 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:08,120 Speaker 2: I didn't get a good answer, So we're gonna ask 781 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,000 Speaker 2: him again. I'm finally going to get an answer for you. 782 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:12,359 Speaker 5: I know you knew. 783 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, Hey Dad, Yes, Juddy, who's Jenny? Uh? 784 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:25,959 Speaker 1: No? One? Dad? What do you want to know? After 785 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 1: all these years? 786 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 6: Why are you asking me these questions now? I feel 787 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:32,560 Speaker 6: like every year I ask you this and I don't 788 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:33,600 Speaker 6: get the right answer. 789 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,879 Speaker 5: Ranny, this is over. 790 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:41,400 Speaker 1: Okay, no more because my mom's name isn't Jenny. 791 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:45,800 Speaker 2: What I'm confused? 792 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:46,720 Speaker 1: What am I doing? Now? 793 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 3: Look, I've had it. Okay. 794 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,600 Speaker 2: If there was somebody named Jenny, it wasn't your mother? 795 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 5: Get off ray? 796 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:54,480 Speaker 1: Oh? 797 00:36:54,960 --> 00:37:00,279 Speaker 2: End of conversation. She never did find out who Jenny was. 798 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:01,279 Speaker 3: Yeah, that Vidos, I. 799 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,759 Speaker 2: Was sitting right there in the next room. 800 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:05,040 Speaker 3: I'm not gonna answer. 801 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,400 Speaker 4: It's so funny, but I saw that video yesterday and 802 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,800 Speaker 4: it is blown up this week on social media. I 803 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:11,960 Speaker 4: saw that on TikTok and within twenty four or forty 804 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,320 Speaker 4: eight hours and it already had over four million views 805 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:17,920 Speaker 4: on it. And so obviously it's this connection that you know, 806 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,840 Speaker 4: people that are in their forties and fifties remember that song, 807 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,640 Speaker 4: and the writer, the guy from the band Tommy two Tone, 808 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:25,680 Speaker 4: has really kept his mouth shut about it. And so 809 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,040 Speaker 4: there's been this aura of mystery that has built up 810 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:29,440 Speaker 4: over four decades as to. 811 00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:32,439 Speaker 3: Who Jenny is. And he still won't answer the question. 812 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:41,960 Speaker 1: Really, let's sing along really quick. You know the words 813 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:54,279 Speaker 1: a great song. So I just dialed the three one 814 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:56,840 Speaker 1: seven version of a six seven five three O oh 815 00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,880 Speaker 1: you did, okay, to find out if anybody would answer it. 816 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:00,759 Speaker 2: Jenny was there? 817 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 3: Did you bother some old lady? 818 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:02,200 Speaker 1: No? 819 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:02,920 Speaker 2: I did not. 820 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,440 Speaker 1: It's actually Benjamin Franklin Plumbing out of Westfield. 821 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:09,239 Speaker 3: Again. Brilliant business move by them. 822 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,560 Speaker 4: You take that phone number that everybody knows by heart 823 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:13,200 Speaker 4: and turned. 824 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:14,960 Speaker 3: It into your business number. Absolutely brilliant. 825 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:15,440 Speaker 2: Okay. 826 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,400 Speaker 1: So something else that we have to report to you, 827 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:21,200 Speaker 1: because this was just announced the passing of Chuck Norris, 828 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,800 Speaker 1: served in the Air Force in the late fifties, became 829 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:28,239 Speaker 1: a martial arts champion, earning black belts in multiple disciplines, 830 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:33,600 Speaker 1: and also won multiple karate championships, and then became a 831 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,719 Speaker 1: martial arts film artist as well. In a way of 832 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:40,800 Speaker 1: the Dragon. Good guys were Black the Octagon, Lone Wolf mckaid, 833 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:44,520 Speaker 1: and of course was famous on Walker, Texas Ranger. 834 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:46,759 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's the movie I remember most was Lone Wolf 835 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:50,319 Speaker 4: McQuaid and Chuck Norris. He was great actor, had these 836 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,040 Speaker 4: successful movies and TV shows, but he really blew up 837 00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:56,160 Speaker 4: the last five or six years in internet memes and 838 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,520 Speaker 4: that's really where, especially the younger generation knows him most 839 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:01,520 Speaker 4: as And there were a lot of jokes about him 840 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:03,759 Speaker 4: being this, you know, tough guy, things like, you know, 841 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:08,239 Speaker 4: Chuck Norris doesn't sleep, he waits, Chuck, Chuck Norris can 842 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,000 Speaker 4: divide by zero. Yeah, Chuck Norris won a game of 843 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,480 Speaker 4: Connect four and three moves just about you know, jokes 844 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:14,799 Speaker 4: about doing the impossible. 845 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,600 Speaker 2: He passed away in Hawaii. 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