1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. 2 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 2: Hey they're folks, and welcome to the Morning Run on 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 2: this Tuesday, November nineteenth, I'm TJ. 4 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: Holt and I'm Amy Robock. Thanks for running with us. 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: And on today's run, a terrifying Monday morning in Manhattan, 6 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: a man goes on a deadly and random stabbing spree. 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 2: Also, a big day in court for Donald Trump. Could 8 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 2: today be the day his thirty four felony convictions go away? 9 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,319 Speaker 1: As Congress decides whether to release the ethics reports on 10 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: Trump's ag pick Matt Gates. A lawyer has now come 11 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 1: forward to say his client's testified to Congress that Gates 12 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: paid them for sex. 13 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 2: Plus day is accusing the government of outrageous behavior, in 14 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: particular going through his stuff. 15 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: And welcome to Congress. But you can't use that bathroom. 16 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: A Republican introduces a bill to keep this country's first 17 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: transgender representative out of the women's bathroom. 18 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 2: Also, their planes are bright yellow. Their company, though, is 19 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 2: in deep red discount. Carrier Spirit Airlines is declaring bankruptcy. 20 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: And a major update on that mass monkey escape in 21 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: South Carolina. It might have been an inside job. We 22 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 1: will get to that in just a moment, but first 23 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: we begin our morning run here in New York. Today 24 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: is a huge day in Donald Trump's criminal case, where 25 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: a judge is set to decide if the thirty four 26 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 1: time convicted felon will remain a thirty four time convicted felony. 27 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 2: You'll remember he was convicted by a jury in May 28 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 2: for falsifying financial records related to a hush money payment 29 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 2: to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. He was scheduled to 30 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 2: be sentenced in that case on November twenty sixth, But 31 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 2: two pretty significant things happened since his conviction. One a 32 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: July ruling by the US Supreme Court that presidents have 33 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 2: brought immunity from prosecution. And two, well, he won the election. 34 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, that number two is a big one. So all 35 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: of this creates an unprecedented constitutional kuwiki dink for the court. 36 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: So the judge in his case has a few choices, 37 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: including setting aside Trump's convictions or dismissing the case all together. 38 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: And this was all supposed to happen a week ago, 39 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: but it's happening today. 40 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was very interesting to see the judge, the prosecution, 41 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 2: and the defense all agreed last week. You know what, 42 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 2: we need another week to. 43 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 3: Go through this. 44 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 2: It's a lot, President, un President, you have a felon 45 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 2: that just won an election. What do you do? So 46 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 2: they want an extra time? So today, who knows, they 47 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 2: could go in there and maybe want more time. They 48 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 2: could go in there and the prosecution is going to 49 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 2: give a recommendation of some kind. 50 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 3: We'll see. 51 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 2: If all sides can't agree, then the judge is going 52 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 2: to break the tie and decide what to do here. 53 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 2: But it is fascinating to see. 54 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: I was just going to use that word too, fascinating 55 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 1: because this could be or would be the first time 56 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: a convicted felon becomes president of the United States, but 57 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: that might not actually even take place. He might just 58 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: be a regular citizen without a criminal record who is 59 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: now been re elected to presidents sink. 60 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 2: You're going too far by saying he's a regular. 61 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: You know, Okay, you know what I mean, a person 62 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: without a criminal record. 63 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: All right, folks, Well, we were going to continue the 64 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 2: run on this Tuesday and head to Washington, d C. 65 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 2: Where we are hearing more details surround the allegations against 66 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 2: Trump's pick for Attorney general, former now former Congressman Matt Gates, 67 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 2: the lawyer representing two women who testified to the House 68 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 2: Ethics Committee that Gates paid them for sex, spoke to 69 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 2: several news outlets last night, and he gave a lot 70 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 2: more detail about the testimony. 71 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: He sure did. We're talking about attorney Joel Leppard, he said. 72 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: One of the women described witnessing Gates having sex with 73 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: a seventeen year old girl by a pool at a 74 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: house party in twenty seventeen. Now, Leopard said Gates stopped 75 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: having sex with the minor after he learned she was underage, saying, quote, 76 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: her understanding was that Matt Gates did not know that 77 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: she was a miner, and that when he learned she 78 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: was a miner, that he broke off things and did 79 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: not continue with sexual relationship until she turned eighteen. 80 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 2: You did hear all that correctly, folks. Leopard also said 81 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 2: both of the women testify to the committee that Gates 82 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 2: paid them for sex using venmo. Gates has previously denied 83 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 2: the allegations. Now the issue is what the House Ethics 84 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 2: Committee decides to do with the findings of its investigation 85 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 2: into Gates' behavior. 86 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: Right, because this investigation had been going on for the 87 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: past three years on and off, and not only involved 88 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: those sexual misconduct allegations, but also illicit drug use and 89 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: accepting improper gifts. The committee technically lost jurisdiction over Gates 90 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 1: when he resigned from Congress last Thursday to accept Trump's 91 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: nomination for attorney general. 92 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 2: So the committee is going to meet tomorrow to discuss 93 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 2: the report and what to do with it. They may 94 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 2: potentially hold a vote on whether or not to release it. 95 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 2: House Speaker Mike Johnson has said that the reports should 96 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 2: not be made public because Gates is no longer a 97 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 2: member of Congress and like you said, they don't have 98 00:04:58,960 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 2: jurisdiction over him. 99 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 3: It's over. 100 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, And with all of these new details coming out, 101 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: a Trunk spokesperson weighed in on the controversy, saying this, 102 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: these are baseless allegations intended to derail the second Trump administration. 103 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: The Biden Justice Department investigated Gates for years and cleared 104 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 1: him of wrongdoing, and they are heavily putting some pressure 105 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 1: on many Senate Republicans because right now it looks like 106 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: at least five Republican senators are signaling that they're not 107 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: sure whether or not they would support Gates in a 108 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: confirmation hearing. So it's it's a we'll see what whether 109 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: or not we get to see the report, actually the 110 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 1: findings of the committee, and b will see where Republicans 111 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: stand on confirming Gates. 112 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 2: It continues kind of the chaos around this is what 113 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 2: some people feared. You know, Trump is there that was 114 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 2: constantly chaos in his administration, and just now with a 115 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 2: lot of the nominations, there's this, there's that, there's a trickle, 116 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 2: there's an investigation, there's a record, there's. 117 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 3: This is part process. 118 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 2: They're being vetted publicly before the senators vet them. I 119 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 2: suppose Gates. I can't imagine. Can you imagine those hearings? 120 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: No, I cannot confirmation hearings. It's going to be a spectacle, 121 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: to say the least. 122 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 2: All right, well, next up, I'm going to continue to 123 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 2: run in Capitol Hill. Not just on Capitol Hill, I 124 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 2: should say, but in the Capitol building itself. History was 125 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,119 Speaker 2: made on election night when Sarah McBride of Delaware became 126 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 2: the first transgender person ever elected to Congress. 127 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: Well now, just two weeks after that historic moment, one 128 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: of her new colleagues is telling her where she can 129 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 1: and cannot use the bathroom when she comes to work 130 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 1: at the Capitol in January. And by the way, she's 131 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: not just telling her. She's going so far as to 132 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: introduce a bill that would ban transgender women from using 133 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 1: women's restrooms at the US Capitol. 134 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 3: Can you say that again? 135 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: Yes, she is introducing a bill that would ban transgender 136 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: women from using women's restrooms at the US Capitol. 137 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 2: Okay, history was made first ever transgender person coming to Congress, 138 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 2: and two weeks later, a bill, a law is being 139 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 2: introduced to dictate where this new member of Congress can 140 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 2: use the bathroom. Is where we are. This new resolution 141 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 2: states that a member of Congress and I'm quoting, may 142 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 2: not use a single sex facility in the Capitol or 143 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 2: House Office building other than those corresponding to their biological sex. 144 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 2: It also states that allowing transgender women to use the 145 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 2: women's bathroom I'm quoting again, jeopardizes the safety and dignity 146 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 2: of members of the House of Representatives who are women. Now. 147 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: For her part, Representative elect McBride said this in a 148 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: statement in response to all of this. Every day Americans 149 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: go to work with people who have life journeys different 150 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: from their own. And engage with them respectfully. I hope 151 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: members of Congress can muster that same kindness. She also 152 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: called this a move by far right extremists who have 153 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: no real solutions for the country. 154 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 3: So this bill was introduced. 155 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 2: Who would introduce such a bill? Which member of Congress 156 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 2: has done this? Well, we're talking about Republican Congresswoman Nancy 157 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 2: Mace of South Carolina. She's strongly and proudly defended the bill, 158 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 2: which she says is about protecting women. Her words and 159 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 2: I quote biological men do not belong in private women's spaces. 160 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 2: In quote, I think a lot of people do agree 161 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 2: with that sentiment. We've seen plenty of debates around the 162 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 2: country that I've gotten pretty nasty about bathrooms and who 163 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 2: can use what, and who's a boy, who's a girl, 164 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 2: and all these things. 165 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 3: Even if people agree with that. 166 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 2: Statement that men don't belong in private women's spaces, the 167 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:48,319 Speaker 2: way she's gone about it now feels really mean to people. 168 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: Right, And I guess we've talked about this when we 169 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: saw this story first emerge yesterday. You know, having conversations 170 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: with people who are different than you is such an 171 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: important part of this would just hope, but maybe I'm 172 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: silly to hope that members of Congress could act like 173 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:07,199 Speaker 1: adults and do that and have those conversations and instead 174 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: of writing laws, try to understand and figure out if 175 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: there's a better solution. I was looking to see what 176 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: the setup is in the Capitol. Obviously it's an old building, 177 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: but from what I could tell, there is just one 178 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: single use restroom, and it's in the Longworth building on 179 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: the house side of Capitol Hill, which is in the basement. 180 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: And so there was a push two years ago. I 181 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,079 Speaker 1: don't know what happened with it by members of Congress 182 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: who were saying, hey, we need to have some more 183 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: single use restrooms. That will make a difference for transgender 184 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: folks who may one day work here, or for transgender 185 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: people who come to visit the capital. Just giving them 186 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: an option is part of the solution, not just banning 187 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: people and telling them where they can and can't use 188 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: the restrooms. So I don't know what happened with that, 189 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: but that seems like that would be a more congenial 190 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: way to find a solution. 191 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:56,839 Speaker 3: That's just all. 192 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 2: This is not about somebody taking a side. We are 193 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 2: not suggesting at all. We're on this side and this 194 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 2: should be the case and transgendo fotion. 195 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:04,199 Speaker 3: That's not it. 196 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 2: If you disagree, whatever side you're on, you can't just 197 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 2: call this person up, talk through it, talk about it, 198 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 2: go to the facilities at the Capitol, the facilities managers, 199 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 2: and say can we possibly get more mixed use or 200 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 2: gender neutral bathroom? 201 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 3: There's a way. 202 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 2: See, this is a human being, no matter what you 203 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 2: think about transgender issues, this is a human being that 204 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 2: just want to seat in Congress. And somebody's proposing a 205 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 2: law to dictate where you use the bathroom as a 206 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 2: human being. That just hurts. And that's it feels like 207 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 2: you're being targeted, and it feels like bullying. And I 208 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 2: just wish there was a different way to go about it, 209 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 2: no matter which issue, which side of the issue, you're on. 210 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 2: That part was the first thing I told you when 211 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 2: you came out this morning we started working. I said, 212 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 2: this one hurt like any story I've read in politics. 213 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 1: And again, and it's not where you or we stand 214 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,719 Speaker 1: on the issue, it's how we go about addressing it. 215 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: That is what it's about. All right. Next up on Iran, 216 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: we're going to return to Manhattan, where it was a 217 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,079 Speaker 1: frightening day to be a New Yorker on the sidewalk. 218 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: Three people were randomly and brutally murdered here yesterday morning. 219 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a scary morning as we started getting 220 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 2: these reports and trying to figure out exactly what was 221 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 2: going on. This went on a while. A fifty one 222 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 2: year old Ramon Rivera walked up to and then repeatedly 223 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 2: stabbed his victims between eight thirty and eleven a m 224 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 2: throughout the city yesterday. This all according to police. He 225 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 2: is in custody has been a resident of the Bellevue 226 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 2: Men's Shelter here in the city, according to authority. 227 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,199 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is so frightening to hear what happened and 228 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: how it happened. Police say that Rivera first fatally stabbed 229 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: a thirty year old construction worker on the job on 230 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: nineteenth Street, and then two hours later he made his 231 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: way up to thirtieth Street and stabbed a sixty eight 232 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: year old man to death right there on the sidewalk. 233 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: And then twenty minutes later he stabbed a woman on 234 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,079 Speaker 1: forty second Street. She had multiple stab wounds in the 235 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 1: chest and arms. She was still alive when she was 236 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 1: rushed at the hospital, but unfortunately she succumbed to her 237 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: injuries a few hours later. It was just a terrible, terrible, 238 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: scary scene. 239 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 2: Again, it went on for hours here before the man 240 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 2: was finally arrested on forty six Street. Police say they 241 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 2: recovered two bloody knives from him. Officials belief he picked 242 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 2: his victims randomly, but initially provoked disputes with all three 243 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 2: of them before attacking them. Mayor Eric Adams said Rivera 244 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 2: had eight prior arrests and is believed to have severe 245 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 2: mental health challenges. And then Adams said this, which is 246 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 2: what you and a lot of people are also all 247 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 2: thinking right now. There's a real question as to why 248 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 2: he was on the street. 249 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: And you know what, this is a scary situation for 250 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: anyone who lives in New York, anyone who's visited New York. 251 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: We absolutely see the problem. It's not just homelessness, but 252 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: it's folks who have severe mental issues, and it is 253 00:12:56,559 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: concerning that they aren't in a protected place, a place 254 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 1: that protects them and protects the people around them. And 255 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: this is actually something I'm surprised doesn't happen more often 256 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: with what we see on the streets here in New York. 257 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: So maybe perhaps something can be addressed, something can be done. 258 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: We saw Adam's weighing in. Maybe he can try and 259 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 1: finally do something about it. 260 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:20,719 Speaker 2: All right, well, folks, stay with us here on this 261 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 2: Tuesday morning run. When we come back, we have an 262 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 2: update in the legal back and forth and maneuvering in 263 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 2: the Ditty case. This time it's Ditty's turn to accuse 264 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 2: the government of doing something outrageous. 265 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 1: Welcome back, everyone, We continue our run with another Ditty update. 266 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 1: Lawyers for Sean Dittycombs have made serious accusations that the 267 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: US government may be violating his constitutional rights. 268 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 2: In particular, they say prosecutors have been snooping through Ditty's stuff, 269 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,439 Speaker 2: including materials from his jail sale which fall under attorney 270 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 2: client privilege. Did He has been held at a jailed 271 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,839 Speaker 2: in Brooklyn since his arrest in September on racketeering and 272 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 2: sex trafficking charges. 273 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,199 Speaker 1: In a new court filing, his lawyers are requesting an 274 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: immediate hearing to determine who authorized a government raid on 275 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: Ditty's cell phone that or did he sell excuse me, 276 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: not his cell phone, but the cell he is actually in. 277 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: That raid yielded notes with details about Ditty's defense strategy 278 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: and his pre trial preparation, and they claim a lot 279 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: of it was privileged material that the government turned around 280 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: and then used in their arguments to the court for 281 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: why did he should be denied bail? 282 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 2: In their words, this is a matter of grave concern 283 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 2: and its outrageous government conduct amounting to a substantive due 284 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 2: process violation. Prosecutors explain themselves though this way they do 285 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 2: have they I was about to say, excuse, They say 286 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 2: they have reasons for this and they can explain it. One, 287 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 2: did He cell was part of a jail wide security 288 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 2: sweep that was planned before did He was even arrested, 289 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 2: So the argument there is that he wasn't targeted at all. Also, 290 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 2: Number two, the materials from Didty cell were first reviewed 291 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 2: by a filter team that they say determined which materials 292 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 2: were privileged and which ones weren't. 293 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: All right, So, as you might imagine, it's been a 294 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: very intense few days of legal maneuvering and back and 295 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: forth with prosecutors on Friday accusing Diddy of trying to 296 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: obstruct justice from behind bars. That's part of the information 297 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: that they got from his cell. His trial is scheduled 298 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: for next May, so we have a long way to 299 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: go with all of this back and forth, and it 300 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: seems like there are weekly, if not daily updates. 301 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 2: There are, and we don't know if he's going to 302 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 2: get a hearing that they're requesting about all of this, 303 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 2: but he keeps getting denied bail. He's put up, he's 304 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 2: offered a bail package like you've never heard before, fifty 305 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 2: million dollars plus twenty four hour monitoring, and the prosecutors 306 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 2: and the judges of all all kept saying this is 307 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 2: a powerful guy who will try to get around the law, 308 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 2: and he will try to evade justice. And some of 309 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 2: the stuff they came out with over the past few days, 310 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 2: borrowing other paying other inmates for use of their telephone 311 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 2: accounts so he can can't be monitored. It was some 312 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 2: pretty outrageous stuff. But it's we're just getting started. We 313 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 2: got until May, right, I know. 314 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: Yeah. They're describing him as a master manipulator, so no 315 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: matter where he is, he gets people to do what 316 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: he wants for him, and so that is the problem. 317 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: And apparently even from behind bars, according to prosecutors. All right, 318 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: next up on the run, we're gonna look up to 319 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: the skies and spirit airlines known for its cheap, no 320 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: frills tickets and of course they're big yellow planes. Well, 321 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy. 322 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 2: They seem to be I would have thought they were 323 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 2: doing well. Every time I look up, I see a 324 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 2: yellow plane. But those are the only ones you see usually, right, 325 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 2: they stand out. Yes, but a number of setbacks for 326 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 2: this airline over the years, including a federal judge blocking 327 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 2: its plan merger with Jet Blue Airways at the first 328 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 2: of this year. They've lost more than two point two 329 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 2: billion dollars since the beginning of twenty twenty. 330 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,399 Speaker 1: Yeah. So with this move, its stock will actually be 331 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, and it's a 332 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: stock that's fallen more than ninety percent from the start 333 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: of this year. In a letter to its customers, those 334 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: Spirits said its patrons could continue to use all of 335 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: their tickets, their credits, and loyalty points as normal. 336 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 2: We haven't seen a major airline declared bankruptcy in more 337 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 2: than a decade. If you'll remember, we see this happen 338 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 2: from time to time. American Delta United all filed bankruptcy 339 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 2: cases after the September eleventh at tax A lot of companies. Certainly, 340 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 2: all of those airlines emerged in stronger financial positions after 341 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 2: filing for Chapter eleven, So this isn't necessarily the end 342 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 2: of the road for Spirit, correct. 343 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 1: That is the hope that Spirit Airlines will be able 344 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 1: to come out of this better and stronger. The CEO 345 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: saying that the arrangements that they've agreed to with this 346 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 1: filing represents a strong vote of confidence in Spirit and 347 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: our long term plan. So those big yellow planes aren't 348 00:17:58,040 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 1: going away anytime soon. 349 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 2: Right, It will turn now to our final leg like 350 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 2: this run just flew by, didn't it those times? 351 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,640 Speaker 3: Right? And on this final leg now? 352 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 2: And then there were four We got a monkey's on 353 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 2: their own update for you from South Carolina. 354 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 1: That's right. It means thirty nine of the original forty 355 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: three monkeys that escaped the South Carolina Research Lab are 356 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 1: now back safely, we're told, happily and healthy in their enclosure. 357 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: But here's the question that's emerging. Did they actually escape 358 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: or were they released? 359 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 2: Okay, this is all I love this story even more now, 360 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:35,680 Speaker 2: the CEO. 361 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 3: Of the lab, excuse me, I'm coughed up. I'm getting 362 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 3: choked up on this story. The CEO of the lab. 363 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 2: Has now said it is investigating whether or not their 364 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 2: escape was accidental or an intentional act. 365 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 1: Remember that new employee who didn't properly close the gates. 366 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,679 Speaker 1: There are actually three gates that she was supposed to 367 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: lock and latch, and all three of those gates were 368 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 1: left unsecure. That worker walked off the job when she 369 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 1: was told she could face disciplinary action if the gates 370 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: were deemed working properly. They were, and I'll say last 371 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 1: week they said, hey, it was absolutely an accident, But 372 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: now an official investigation is underway as to whether or 373 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: not she potentially did this intentionally. There have been animal 374 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 1: rights groups that are weighing in on this, saying the 375 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: company's history of violations are not at all appropriate. They said, 376 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 1: obviously we reported on this. There were previous monkey breakouts 377 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: as well. So we also have Nancy Mace once again 378 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: weighing in on this because this happens to have happened 379 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,920 Speaker 1: in her district. She's asking for an inquiry into its 380 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: oversight by multiple federal agencies. So even when all the monkeys, 381 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: and if all the monkeys make it back safely into 382 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: their enclosures, this story may continue to have legs. 383 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:51,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, and Nancy Mace. 384 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 2: Once they get back, where are they going to be 385 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 2: able to use the bathroom? Which monkeys go here? Which 386 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:58,640 Speaker 2: monkeys go there? 387 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 1: I'm sorry the full circle moment here on the run. 388 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 2: Again, you all, if you'll have been following the Morning Run. 389 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 2: Clearly we love this story about the escape monkeys. We've 390 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 2: been rooting for them, but this changes everything. If there 391 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 2: was this was an inside and now it feels like 392 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 2: a crime that they're a part of, versus we're just 393 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 2: rooting for the monkeys that go away? 394 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 3: All right? Books on this? What are we Tuesday? Tuesday? 395 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 2: As you go about your Tuesday, Now we have something 396 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,439 Speaker 2: for you we liked for you to consider as you 397 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 2: go about your day. 398 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: That's right, here's the quote of the day. It's a 399 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:31,680 Speaker 1: toxic desire to try to be perfect. I realized later 400 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: in life that the challenge is not to be perfect, 401 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: it's to be whole. And this comes from Jane Fonda. 402 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 3: Where'd you pull this one out? Today? 403 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 1: I just I like do my little searches online for 404 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: inspiring quotes, and yes, sometimes we have world leaders or 405 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 1: historic figures, religious entities, but this one I just thought 406 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 1: was a fun one and it talked to me. It 407 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: spoke to me. I'll say it again for everyone. It's 408 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,160 Speaker 1: a toxic desire to try to be perfect. I realized 409 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: later in life that the challenge is not to be perfect, 410 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: it's to be whole. 411 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 3: Jane Finn And with that, folks, you go about your day. 412 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 2: Hope you have a perfect day being as whole of 413 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 2: a person as you can be. Uh. 414 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 1: And with that, and I'm Amy Robot. Thanks for running 415 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 1: with us. Every one, have a wonderful Tuesday.