1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio podcast. 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 2: Good Morning Everybody, Monday, December ninth, This is your Morning Run. 3 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 2: I'm TJ. 4 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: Holk and I'm Amy Robach and on the run this morning, 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: jay Z in his own words defending himself against what 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: he calls a heinous and idiotic accusation that he and 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: Sean Diddy Comb's sexually assaulted a minor. 8 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 2: Also this morning, in his first network interview since the election, 9 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:31,639 Speaker 2: President Elect Trump made this promise he'll quickly pardon. January 10 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 2: sixth rioters. 11 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: Plus fifty years in power ousted in two weeks, a 12 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: stunning turn of events. In Syria, the president has fled, 13 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: rebels have taken over, and the world is cautiously optimistic 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: about what's next. 15 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 2: Also still on the loose and maybe in Georgia, police 16 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 2: haven't been able to track down the gunman who killed 17 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 2: the United Healthcare CEO, despite video of the shooting, the getaway, 18 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 2: and the gunman's face. 19 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: And the college football playoff is set. The top twelve 20 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,039 Speaker 1: teams are in Team number thirteen and team number fourteen. Well, 21 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: they got beef. 22 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 2: Also, seven hundred and sixty five million dollars sounds like 23 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 2: a Powerball jackpot is actually one SuperStar's payday after agreeing 24 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 2: to the largest contract in professional sports. 25 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: History, plus two billion dollars and two hundred and fifty 26 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: pairs of custom boots. Taylor Swift wrapped up her arrest 27 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: tour last night what will we do with ourselves? Now? 28 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 2: And first there was demure, then there was brain rot, 29 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 2: and now another publication has announced another word of the year, 30 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 2: and this one we actually get. 31 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: And you think lubitons are expensive, We'll wait until you 32 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: hear how much Dorothy's slippers just sold for at auction. 33 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: We have a lot of big numbers in the morning 34 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: run today, but we'll get to all of that in 35 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: just a bit. We begin the run this morning with 36 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: a disturbing lawsuit. Jay Z is fiercely defending himself against 37 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: an ugly allegation that he, along with Sean Diddy Combs, 38 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: raped a thirteen year old girl. 39 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 2: Now, this dropping news came late yesterday after a civil 40 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 2: lawsuit was filed alleging that Jay and Diddy drugged and 41 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 2: then took turns assaulting the miner at an MTV Video 42 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 2: Music Awards after party back in the year two thousand. 43 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: The accuser is only identified as Jane Doe in the 44 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: lawsuit and says another unidentified female celebrity stood by and 45 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: watched the assault happen. The lawsuit was brought by the 46 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: Texas attorney who's claim to represent more than one hundred 47 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: alleged victims of Combs and has been filing lawsuits against 48 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: him on a regular basis for several weeks now. 49 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 2: He initially claimed that there were other celebrities involved and 50 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 2: threatened to name them publicly. Jay Z is the first 51 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 2: celebrity he's named. Jay Z, whose real name is Sean Carter, 52 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: responded strongly to the allegation and didn't let a lawyer 53 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: or a rep speak for him. 54 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: Instead, he put out a lengthy statement that we actually 55 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 1: want to read in full because it is such a 56 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: departure from what we often hear from celebrities that it's 57 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: difficult to put it all in proper context or to 58 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: sum it up. So here it is, in. 59 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 2: Jay Z's words. Here Now, my lawyer received a blackmail 60 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: attempt called a demand letter from a lawyer named Tony Busby. 61 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 2: What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations 62 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 2: in the public scrutiny would make me want to settle, No, sir, 63 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 2: it had the opposite effect. It made me want to 64 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,519 Speaker 2: expose you for the fraud you are in a very 65 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,919 Speaker 2: public fashion. So no, I will not give you one 66 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 2: red penny. 67 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore 68 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one. 69 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should 70 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: be locked away. Would you not agree these alleged victims 71 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: would deserve real justice if that were the case. This lawyer, 72 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: who I have done a bit of research on, seems 73 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: to have a pattern of these types of theatrics. 74 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 2: Jayz goes on to say, I have no idea how 75 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 2: you have come to be such a deplorable human, mister Busby, 76 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 2: but I promise you I have seen your kind many 77 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 2: times over. I'm more than prepared to deal with your type. 78 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 2: You claim to be a marine. Marines are known for 79 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 2: their valor. You have neither honor nor dignity. My only 80 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 2: heartbreak is for my family. My wife and I will 81 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 2: have to sit our children down, one of whom is 82 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 2: at an age where her friends will surely see the 83 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 2: press and ask questions about the nature of these claims 84 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 2: and explain the cruelty and greed of people. I mourn 85 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 2: yet another loss of innocence. Children should not have to 86 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 2: endure such at their young age. It is unfair to 87 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 2: have to try to understand inexplicable degrees of malice meant 88 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 2: to destroy families and human spirit. 89 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 1: Jay Z continues with my heart and support goes out 90 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: to true victims in the world who have to watch 91 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,119 Speaker 1: how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability 92 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 1: by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit. You have 93 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: made a terrible error in judgment thinking that all celebrities 94 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: are the same. I am not from your world. I'm 95 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: a young man who made it out of the projects 96 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: of Brooklyn. We don't play these types of games. We 97 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 1: have very strict codes and honor. We protect children. You 98 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: seem to deployd people for personal gain. Only your network 99 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: of conspiracy theorists fake physics will believe the idiotic claims 100 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 1: you have levied against me, that, if not for the 101 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: seriousness surrounding harm to kids, would be laughable. I look 102 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: forward to showing you just how different I am. 103 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 2: And with that, wow, a little Brooklyn, it sounded like 104 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 2: almost even came out a jay Zy in that statement, 105 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 2: but that's such a departure from what we often hear 106 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 2: from celebrities who end up in some kind of public 107 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 2: scandal of any kind, and certainly these allegations are as 108 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 2: heinous and shocking as they get. The attorney Tony Busby 109 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 2: responded to Jay's statement by claiming that his client hasn't 110 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 2: asked for a diamond, instead requested mediation. He also said 111 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 2: his client will not be bullied or harassed, but instead 112 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 2: has now been emboldened. This particular lawsuit was originally filed 113 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 2: in October. It only named Cones as a defendant, but 114 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 2: it was updated yesterday and refiled to include Sean Carter's name. 115 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: Diddy's lawyers responded to this news by saying Busby has 116 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 1: now been exposed for aimless publicity stunts designed to extract 117 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: payments from celebrities who fear having lies spread about them. 118 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: But yes, you said, jaw dropping in our jaws certainly 119 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 1: dropped when we saw this news yesterday. 120 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 2: And no word of course, many asking about Beyonce jay 121 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 2: Z's wife haven't heard, at least of this recording, any 122 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 2: statements or anything from her. But as all this was 123 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 2: going on with Diddy, we know he's still sitting in jail. 124 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,919 Speaker 2: He's facing bracketeering charges and sex trafficking charges in a 125 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 2: federal case. We always said that you can't get bigger 126 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 2: than Diddy in the world of hip hop. He is 127 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 2: just a powerhouse in that world. If you were going 128 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 2: to dare try to find a bigger name, it would 129 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 2: be Jay Zve's. So we will continue now on the 130 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 2: run and we will head to Washington. And in his 131 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 2: first post election television interview, President elect Donald Trump said 132 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 2: he will act quote very quickly first day to pardon 133 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 2: his supporters who have been imprisoned for years. Said they've 134 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 2: been imprisoned and I'm gonna use his words here in 135 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 2: a filth the disgusting place that shouldn't even be allowed 136 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 2: to be open. He's talking about the prison where they're 137 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 2: being held. He did acknowledge there may be some exceptions 138 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 2: to those pardons if somebody was radical or crazy. 139 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: Right now, nearly sixteen hundred people have been charged surrounding 140 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: the events of January sixth, and more than twelve hundred 141 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: of them have been convicted. Currently, around two hundred and 142 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: fifty people are behind bars, but over the past four years, 143 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: more than six hundred have been sentenced to prison for 144 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: their actions. 145 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 2: That day, He didn't rule out pardoning rioters who pled guilty, 146 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 2: including those who admitted to assaulting police officers, saying he 147 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 2: believed they had no choice at the time. He said 148 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 2: that he blamed the system for their guilty police, saying 149 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 2: our legal system is corrupt and nasty. 150 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: Trump also said he will not use the Justice Department 151 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: to seek revenge on his political foes, but warned that 152 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: some members of the House Committee who investigated the January 153 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: sixth attack should go to jail. While he said he 154 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: would not direct his nominees for FBI director and Attorney 155 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: General to go after his rivals, he said if President 156 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: Biden wants to, he could pardon the mini members end quote, 157 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: maybe he should, And. 158 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 2: When directly asked if he would legally go after outgoing 159 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 2: President Joe Biden appointing a special prosecutor to investigate him, 160 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 2: Trump had this to say, I'm not looking to go 161 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 2: back in the past. I'm looking to make our country successful. 162 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 2: Retribution will be through success. 163 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: In the interview, he also said he would work to 164 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: extend tax cuts he passed in his first term. He 165 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: also said he would not restrict he's not going to 166 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: seek to restrict abortion pills. And on the immigration front, 167 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: Trump said that he does, in fact have plans to 168 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: deport millions of undocumented immigrants and end birthright citizenship. 169 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 2: Also said that his upcoming term will be different than 170 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 2: the first, in part because people like him now, pointing 171 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 2: to his big win, saying when I won the first time, 172 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,319 Speaker 2: I wasn't nearly as popular as this, and one thing 173 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 2: that's very important in terms of the election. I love 174 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 2: that I won the popular vote, and buy a lot. 175 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 2: I don't know what to take of that. He had 176 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 2: a lot to say, and some of it I guess 177 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 2: was a little encouraging and maybe a little discouraging to 178 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 2: hear in terms of the back and forth. 179 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: Some of it might have been a little confusing because 180 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: he said he wasn't going to go after foes, but 181 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: then also made the point to say that President Biden 182 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: might want to pardon them. So I don't think that 183 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: was cleared up in any way, shape or form with 184 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: that interview. But he did make a lot of his 185 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 1: intentions known in that interview. 186 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 2: All Right, we will continue our run on this Monday morning. Now, 187 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 2: that brutal thirteen year civil war that killed an estimated 188 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 2: half a million people has ended and the Middle East 189 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 2: might be changed forever. The question now will it be 190 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 2: changed for the better or worse. 191 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 1: In an absolutely stunning and rapid turn of events, rebel 192 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: forces took over Syria and said President Bashar al Asad 193 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: packing he and his family are now in Moscow, where 194 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: he has been granted Asilum. 195 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 2: The song had been in power the past twenty four years. 196 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 2: Before that, his dad was in power for thirty years. 197 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 2: So that's fifty years of one family's brutal reign in Syria. 198 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 2: And it was all over in a matter of two weeks. 199 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was just two weeks ago that Syrian opposition 200 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 1: forces launched a surprise offensive, quickly made gains against Asad's 201 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: military forces, and it all culminated with the fall of 202 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,839 Speaker 1: the capital Damascus. It happened on Sunday. Syria has been 203 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: in a civil war since two thy eleven, when protests 204 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: broke out against Asad's rule and he responded in ways 205 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 1: that shocked the world. You probably remember torture, extra judicial killings, 206 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:25,319 Speaker 1: and war crimes that included a chemical attack in twenty thirteen, and. 207 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 2: While Asad was widely condemned sanctioned and isolated by the West. 208 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 2: His neighbors in the region tolerated him and even embraced 209 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 2: him to a certain degree. He's enjoyed support from Russia, Iran, 210 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 2: and the Iran backed militant group Hesblah. However, they're all 211 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 2: kind of busy right now. Russia has its hands fold 212 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,559 Speaker 2: with war in Ukraine, Iran and Hezbolah have been preoccupied 213 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 2: with their conflict with Israel. 214 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: The rebels took advantage of Assyrian government, who keys at 215 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: whose key allies are stretched thin right now? So what 216 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: happens next? President Biden called it a fundamental act of 217 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: justice that al Assad has been ousted, but said this 218 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: is now a moment of opportunity and risk. 219 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 2: Because here's the thing. The rebel group that has taken 220 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 2: over is designated a terrorist group by the international community, 221 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 2: Hayat Tahar al Sham or HTS. You'll be seeing that 222 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:17,839 Speaker 2: a lot. HTS was once known as al Qaeda in Syria, 223 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 2: but later distance itself from al Qaeda and claim to 224 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 2: adopt a more moderate tone. And you're going to hear 225 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 2: this name a lot as well. Abu Muhammad al Galani. 226 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's the leader of HTS. And now the de 227 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: facto leader of Syria. He's also been labeled a terrorist 228 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: and is now a major player in the region that 229 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 1: the international community is going to have to figure out 230 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: how to work with. And the US still has troops 231 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 1: in Syria now continuing the fight against ISIS, and according 232 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: to the military, the US truck seventy five ISIS targets yesterday. 233 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: That's the same day that Asad fled the country. A 234 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: lot going on over there, and a lot unclear as 235 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: to what will happen next. 236 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, and the uncertainty is a thing that really scares people. 237 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 2: ISIS is still there. There's a vacuum there now. And 238 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 2: Asad it's pretty incredible his run. He wasn't this guy 239 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 2: who's we consider of the world because there's a brutal dictator. 240 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 2: Was an optimologist working in London at the age of 241 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 2: thirty four when he got called back to come home 242 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 2: because he needed to be groomed to be the leader 243 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 2: of Syria. His brother died in a car accident. It's 244 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 2: funny how this I say funny, that's not the right word, 245 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 2: but you get what I'm saying here. It's just amazing 246 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 2: how this turn of events and how a guy goes 247 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 2: from that to becoming. He was hopeful that this guy 248 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 2: was going to be new and young. He was Western educated. Yeah, 249 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 2: he was going to be different. 250 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,199 Speaker 1: That I did not know he was an optomologist. That 251 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: just hard to imagine given the atrocities that have been 252 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: attributed to him and what he's done to his own people. 253 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 2: But Syria is going to be different going forward. But 254 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 2: stay with us here on this Morning Run. When we 255 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 2: come back, they have a picture of his face, They 256 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 2: have the killing on video, They had to get away 257 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 2: on video. But police still cannot track down the gunman 258 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 2: who kill the United Healthcare CEO in New York's here, 259 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Morning Run and next stuff on 260 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 2: our Run. New York detectives heading to Georgia on the 261 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,080 Speaker 2: hunt for the mass gunman who shot and killed United 262 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 2: Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan last week. Police still 263 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 2: don't know the identity of the shooter. They have been 264 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 2: collecting new information about how he carried out the brazen 265 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 2: and targeted attacked them. 266 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: Authorities now believe he came to New York the Sunday 267 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: before Thanksgiving after getting on a Greyhound bus in Atlanta. 268 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 1: He was reportedly spotted on board that bus in DC, 269 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: but that would mean he was potentially in New York 270 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: City for a full ten days before the shooting, and after. 271 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 2: He shot Thompson outside of New York Hilton in Midtown, 272 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 2: he rode off on an e bike, eventually took a 273 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 2: taxi to the Port Authority bus facility on one hundred 274 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 2: and seventy eighth Street, got back on a bus headed 275 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 2: out of the city. Despite several new images including him 276 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 2: in the back of the cab, detectives still have not 277 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 2: been able to identify him, but say they are good progress. 278 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:04,559 Speaker 1: Yeah the FBI is assisting in the now nationwide manhunt. 279 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: So far, the NYPD has recovered that backpack that allegedly 280 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 1: belonged to the shooter and inside it a Tommy Hill 281 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,680 Speaker 1: figure jacket and monopoly money. Who knows what that all means. 282 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: And over the weekend police searched a pond in Central Park. 283 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: Police divers hunting for evidence, but it's unclear if they 284 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: actually found anything of value. 285 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 2: And they also say it may take a few more 286 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 2: days to see if the DNA they were able to 287 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 2: retrieve from several pieces of evidence left at the scene 288 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 2: will lead to a match in their database, apparently have 289 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 2: a water ball and candy wrapper that they're checking out. 290 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 2: In terms of motive, they're still looking into those bullet 291 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 2: casings that had the words deny, defend, and depose written 292 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 2: on them. They say it's eerily similar to the title 293 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 2: of a twenty ten book delay, Deny, Defend, Why insurance 294 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 2: companies don't pay claims, and what you can do about it. 295 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 2: Detectors are actively investigating whether anger at the insurance industry 296 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 2: was the motive behind the killings. We have seen some 297 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 2: of that anger play out in ugly ways after the killing, 298 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 2: with people almost celebrating the fact that someone killed a 299 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 2: healthcare ceo. Look, we all get it. We've all been 300 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 2: affected in some way former fashion or frustrated by the 301 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 2: healthcare industry, and some people have actually blamed healthcare companies 302 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 2: for the deaths of people in their families. This is 303 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 2: a tough one with something coming to the surface here. 304 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is, and it's hard to read and just 305 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I think we just get so quick to 306 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: dehumanize people. But this was a father of two teenage boys. 307 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: He had a wife who's just fallen apart over this. 308 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 1: She calls senseless shooting. So it's difficult to read all 309 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 1: of that anger, but it's something that probably insurance companies 310 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: and all of us have to acknowledge. 311 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 2: A lot of heavy stuff. This morning, We're going to 312 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 2: take a little bit of a turn on the run here. Now, Yes, 313 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 2: let's do it. 314 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: Let's head to the gridiron. There was so much speculation 315 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: over the past couple of days and weeks, but we 316 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: now know who's in and who's out of the first 317 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: ever twelve team college football playoff. One of the big upsets, 318 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: and I'm not that upset about it, but I am 319 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: a bulldog. Alabama is out. Sam is in. 320 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 2: Yeah. Selection committee said they had quite a debate, but 321 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 2: ultimately it was the number of wins Alabama had against 322 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 2: ranked opponents, which was a good thing, a positive in 323 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 2: their column, but they had some ugly losses against unranked 324 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 2: teams that probably did them in. SMU was undefeated in conference, 325 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 2: they didn't have as strong of a conference schedule, did 326 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 2: have as many impressive wins, and their losses were too 327 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 2: ranked teams. 328 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, the process. I hear you saying it, and I 329 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: was watching some of the commentary. It's all still a 330 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: bit confusing to me. But I was asking you TJ 331 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: a lot of questions as we were watching the announcement yesterday. 332 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: This will be a pro style playoff with four rounds 333 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 1: at eleven games taking place over a one month period 334 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: of time. Now. The number one seed is Oregon, who 335 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: was the only unbeaten team of the playoff, followed by 336 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: My Georgia Bulldogs, who came in at number two after 337 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: that incredible overtime win over Texas this weekend, making them 338 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: the SEC champs once again. 339 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, that game had storyline after storyline. It was an 340 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 2: ugly game, but it was the storylines in that game 341 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 2: were incredible. Boise State at number three, Arizona State is 342 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 2: at number four. The four teams, those first four get 343 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 2: buys of the first round, and then followed by that 344 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 2: in order, you got Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Tennessee, 345 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 2: Indiana SMU, and the final team to make the cut 346 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 2: the Clemson Tigers, who got in by winning their conference championship. 347 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 2: The championship the national championship game will be played January 348 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 2: twentieth at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta. So we 349 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 2: had to flip a coin. That's Inauguration Day. Are we 350 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 2: going to the championship, we go into the inauguration. 351 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:31,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go. Well, if the Bulldogs are in, it's 352 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: the championship, hands down, all right. The next leg of 353 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: our run brings us back to New York, where a 354 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 1: new record has been set for the largest contract in 355 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: professional sports history, and it goes to Wan Soto, the 356 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: outfielder who is one of the best and most powerful 357 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 1: hitters in baseball who helped the Yankees get to this 358 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 1: year's World Series. 359 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 2: He has agreed to a fifteen year, seven hundred and 360 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 2: sixty five million dollar contract that will keep him in 361 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 2: New York, but not with the Yankees. He is signing 362 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 2: this record deal with the rival New York Mets. Wow. 363 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 2: So some of the numbers here. He is going to 364 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,360 Speaker 2: get a seventy five million dollars signing bonus and then 365 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 2: an average of fifty one to fifty five million dollars 366 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 2: per year of this fifteen. 367 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: That mind blowing. The contract beats the previous record set 368 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: just a year ago when La Dodgers star Sho hee 369 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 1: O Tani signed a seven hundred million dollar deal. But 370 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: Otani's deal included a lot of deferred money. Soto's does 371 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 1: not and a big reason he is worth all this money. Yeah, 372 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 1: he's one of the best in the game, but he's 373 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: also just twenty six years old, so they're getting him 374 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: in his prime. 375 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 2: There's a premium on that. This guy's had many, many, 376 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 2: many good years. I mean, he could still get better 377 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 2: in the next couple of years. But the cool thing 378 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 2: this is why he said, you bet on yourself. It 379 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 2: sounded crazy few years two years ago he turned down 380 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 2: a four hundred and forty million dollar deal with the 381 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 2: Washington Nationals. He's twenty four years old or whatever. You 382 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,120 Speaker 2: turned down four hundred and forty million betting on yourself 383 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 2: to get to this day. That's in price, so let 384 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 2: that be a lot and to us all, no, we 385 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 2: don't have his talent, but sometimes when you know what 386 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 2: you're doing, you got to bet on yourself and it 387 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 2: worked out. 388 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,640 Speaker 1: Wow. Yeah, that's one way to put it. It worked out. 389 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 2: Next up on our run. Look, Rog and I didn't 390 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 2: go to a Taylor Swift concert. We had no plans 391 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 2: to get tickets to one. But for whatever reason, we're 392 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 2: almost sad and Phil lost now that the Era's tour 393 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 2: is over. Taylor'swifth hung up her lubiton boots last night 394 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 2: in Vancouver, performing the final show of her record shattering 395 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 2: concert tour that can only be described as a global phenomenon. 396 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: The tour launched in March of last year on Glendale, Arizona, 397 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: and she's done one hundred and fifty shows since then 398 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 1: on five continents that included shows in twenty three US cities, 399 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: and at the end of last year, it became the 400 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 1: highest grossing tour of all time. It was the first 401 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: tour to crack the one billion dollar mark final number 402 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 1: and estimated two point two billion dollars. 403 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 2: She also put out a movie about the concert in 404 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 2: his theaters last year, made ninety three million dollar dollars 405 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,239 Speaker 2: in its opening weekend and eventually made two hundred and 406 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 2: sixty million, and it's the highest grossing concert film of 407 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 2: all time. Since this tour launch, she's been named Times 408 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 2: Person of the Year, she launched another new album. She 409 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 2: debuted on Forbes list of Billionaires. What I'm saying is 410 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 2: Taylor Swift is doing well. Yeah. 411 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,640 Speaker 1: I mean, she even had a book about the concert 412 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: that cracked almost the million dollar mark in just one week. 413 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 1: I mean, there's not like everything she touches turns to gold, 414 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: maybe even her boyfriend and her boyfriend's brother's podcast. 415 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 2: See, I was trying to get through this without mentioning 416 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 2: the boyfriend. And there you go for her Sari, her 417 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 2: concert book. The only book that sold more in that 418 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 2: dime frame was by Barack Obama. I mean, but the 419 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 2: cool part, if you will see anything any images of her, 420 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 2: she's always wearing these Christian Lubatonte shoes on stage. He 421 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 2: designed two hundred and fifty pairs just for her for 422 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 2: this tour. Sixty of them were not designed specifically just 423 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 2: for the European leg of the tour. But the cool 424 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 2: thing about him, the red bottoms are still there, but 425 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 2: they he put rubber souls so she could dance around 426 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 2: and not slip on stage. Yes, how cool? Is that? 427 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: So cool? And he knows what he's doing, because that's 428 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,199 Speaker 1: as the best kind of advertising you could possibly have. 429 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:15,959 Speaker 2: They will be on sales all right. 430 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: Next up on Around another word of the year, this 431 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: one from Miriam Webster. It is polarization and in this 432 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 1: divisive presidential election year, shouldn't be that big of a surprise. 433 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 2: So depending on who you as the results of the election, 434 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 2: either call celebration or was the reason for despair and depression, 435 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 2: but Miriam Webster's editor at large said, the word polarization 436 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 2: is a very specific kind of division, one where we 437 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 2: tend towards the extremes rather than toward the center. 438 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: The online dictionary site logs one hundred million page views 439 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 1: a month. It chooses the word of the year by 440 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: tracking the search and usage of words, and it says 441 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:52,880 Speaker 1: polarization grew dramatically in search volume over twenty twenty four 442 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: because of the quote desire of Americans to better understand 443 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: the complex state of affairs. 444 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,159 Speaker 2: So we googled it. Yeah, okay, so rounding out the 445 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 2: top five for Merriam Webster demure. We've been talking about 446 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 2: that one for a while. This seems fortnite. That's a 447 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 2: British word, But I don't remember who's in that song 448 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 2: with Taylor Swift Fortnite. She does that with collaboration with 449 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 2: somebody I can't remember. Okay. Totality is also on the list. 450 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 2: That's a path of totality that was about April's solar eclipse. 451 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 2: And then resonate that is about text generated by AI. 452 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 2: They apparently use this word disproportionately. 453 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 1: Wow, now I'm going to look for resonate in any 454 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 1: text I get and be like up. They didn't write that, 455 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: They just asked AI to write it. Good to know, 456 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: all right. For the final leg of our run, There's 457 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 1: no place like Home. Dorothy's ruby red slippers sold it 458 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 1: auction over the weekend, shattering the previous record for the 459 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: largest amount spent for a piece of Hollywood memorabilia ever. 460 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 2: So, going into this, the auction house thought they would 461 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 2: end up getting around ten million dollars for that. They 462 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 2: were wrong. Undisclosed buyer paid twenty eight million dollars for 463 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 2: the slippers, which are one of only four surviving pairs 464 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 2: worn by Judy Garland in Wizard of Oz. But this 465 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 2: particular pair was the primary pair. So these are the ones, 466 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 2: if you will. Now, when you add up taxes and 467 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 2: fees and things to this, the twenty eight million goes 468 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 2: to thirty two point five million dollars total. 469 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that is vastly more than the previous record 470 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:18,479 Speaker 1: holder from twenty eleven, Marilyn Monroe's famous subway dress, you know, 471 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:20,680 Speaker 1: the one where her dress flies up over the subway 472 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: grades and she's trying to hold it down. That only 473 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: went for five point five two million dollars at auction? 474 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 2: Can I was that dress white? 475 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,880 Speaker 1: Absolutely white? Yes? Yes? And the record breaking ruby red 476 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: slippers sold on Saturday. Well, they aren't just worth all 477 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: that money. They actually have a really incredible story behind them. 478 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 2: A guy who owned them twenty years ago. He loaned 479 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 2: them to the Judy Garland Museum in Garland's hometown of 480 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 2: Grand Rapids, Michigan. But the shoes were stolen by two 481 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 2: Minnesota men. That wasn't until twenty eighteen that the FBI 482 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 2: track them down were able to recover them. They had 483 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 2: to set up a whole sting for it. Authority say 484 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 2: the thieves who had hoped to sell them believe the 485 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 2: slippers were made of real room, only to find out 486 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 2: that the rubies were actually made of glass. That's surprising 487 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 2: because usually criminals are known for their intellect. 488 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean really, they really thought that those were 489 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:16,439 Speaker 1: actual rubies? Come on that that's kind of sad, all right. Well, 490 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 1: when the Judy Garland Museum heard about the auction, they 491 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 1: got so excited they wanted them back, so they raised 492 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: money from private donors hoping to get them. The Minnesota 493 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: state legislature even gave them one hundred thousand dollars to 494 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 1: help to add to their total. 495 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 2: We'll talk about that later. 496 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, it fell far, far short of that final twenty 497 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 1: eight million dollar bid. 498 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,119 Speaker 2: The Executi director of the museum, said it was pretty 499 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 2: clear early on that we weren't going to be at 500 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 2: the running and get it back. She said, it's kind 501 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 2: of closing the book on a chapter of the Ruby 502 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 2: Slippers for us, And that's okay. I think it's a 503 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 2: testament to how important the Wizard of Oz is to 504 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 2: the world. That they sold for that much. It had 505 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 2: to have some impact. That wicket is everywhere right now. 506 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 1: I was thinking the same thing, and because to your point, 507 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: also at the auction, a Wicked Witch of the West 508 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: hat sold for nearly three million dollars, so people are 509 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 1: really invested and willing to spend a lot of cash 510 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: on getting this memorabilia. 511 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,199 Speaker 2: I would have something about the hat. I don't know why. 512 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 2: I like the hat for some reason more than the slippers. 513 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,880 Speaker 1: Really, no slippers, I know they're so iconic. I'm sorry. 514 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: All right. We'd like to you to consider this as 515 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 1: you go about your day today on this Monday. 516 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,159 Speaker 2: It's your quote of the day, and the quote is 517 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 2: when you get what you want, that's God's direction. When 518 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 2: you don't get what you want, that's God's protection. This 519 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 2: is a take on all had said to me on 520 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 2: the number of occasions in my life that man's rejection 521 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 2: is God's protection. That's another way to put it. Yes, 522 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,640 Speaker 2: I've heard that from man's rejection is God's protection. It's 523 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 2: just the idea. And everybody right now who can hear 524 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 2: the sounds of our voice, you can think right now 525 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 2: to a moment in your life that you wanted something 526 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,360 Speaker 2: so bad and then a month, six months, two years 527 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:57,920 Speaker 2: later you're. 528 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: Like, oh, thank God, absolutely yes, So we'll say it 529 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: for you one more time. When you get what you want, 530 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: that's God's direction. When you don't get what you want, 531 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,920 Speaker 1: that's God's protection. Thank you everybody for running with us 532 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 1: on this very busy Monday. I'm Amy Robots and. 533 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 2: I'm DJ Holmes. Will run with you tomorrow.