1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 2: Hey everybody, it's Wednesday, October second. I'm TJ. 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: Holks and I'm Amy Robach. Thank you for coming along 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: on the Morning Run with us on this second day 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: of October. Civility, fact checking and cut Mike's just a 6 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: few of the takeaways from last night's vice presidential debate. 7 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 2: Also Aaran attacks Israel like never before, the world awaits 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 2: Israel's response, and an astonishing ditty update Today, expect new 9 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 2: lawsuits from over a hundred accusers. 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: Plus Mayor Adams will have to leave work at City 11 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: Hall today for an appointment in a federal courthouse. Plus 12 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: hundreds still missing and millions remain without power. Now five 13 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: days after Halleen made landfall, and. 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 2: The entertainment world is once again dealing with the loss 15 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 2: of stars to this time, one played JJ's dad on 16 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 2: Good Times, the other the soul called Bearded Charmer from 17 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 2: a longtime reality series, and a journalist's relationship with RFK 18 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 2: Junior was exposed. She now says it was part of 19 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 2: a blackmail scheme by her ex fiance. 20 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 1: And that must be some good olive oil, so good 21 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: that thieves just stole two point five million. 22 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 3: Dollars worth of it. Let's get started this morning on 23 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 3: our morning run right here in New York. 24 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, last night it was a different looking showdown where 25 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 2: the candidates discussed, you know, issues, and they were kind 26 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 2: of nice to each other. 27 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 1: In the one and only vice presidential debate of the campaign, 28 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: Governor Tim Waltz and Senator JD. Vance got into the 29 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: weeds on several issues. They had policy discussions on a 30 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: number of topics, ranging from climate change to abortion to Obamacare. 31 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: And the remarkable thing is the two avoided the bickering 32 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: and the back and forth and the personal attacks that 33 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: we so often see plaguing the campaign trail and the 34 00:01:59,040 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: debate stage. 35 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 2: So this thing got under way and Waltz had a 36 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 2: bit of a shaky and a nervous start, clearly, but 37 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 2: then he did find his footing and he had maybe 38 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 2: the moment of the night. It was a stark moment 39 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 2: that we're all going to remember. He simply asked Vance 40 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 2: this question, did Trump lose the twenty twenty election. Vance 41 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 2: would not give him a direct answer and instead chose 42 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 2: to turn his attack back to Harris. Waltz then called 43 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 2: that a damning non answer. 44 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 1: We have to point out, though, as many people have already, 45 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: Vance had a lot of moments and has generally been 46 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: given to high marks for his performance. 47 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 3: But one of the more. 48 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: Contentious moments of the night wasn't between Vance and Waltz. Rather, 49 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: it was between Vance and the moderators. 50 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, and now what has already been and will continue 51 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 2: to be a much talked about moment of the night, 52 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 2: CBS cut the candidate's microphones. At one point, moderator Margaret 53 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 2: Brennan fact checked Vance during a discussion about Haitian migrants 54 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 2: in Springfille, Ohio, that, of course has been in the 55 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 2: news a lot. Well, she fact checked him, and then 56 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 2: she tried to move on the problem. 57 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: CBS made a point to announce that their moderators Brennan 58 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: and Nora O'Donnell would not fact check and instead would 59 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 1: rely on the candidates to fact check one another. Well, 60 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: Vance was not having it and jumped in saying, Hey, 61 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: the rules were that you weren't going to fact check, 62 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: so since you're fact checking me, I think it's important 63 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: to say what's actually going on. 64 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, and then he went on to try to explain 65 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 2: his answer, and the microphones were cut about twenty seconds 66 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 2: of him responding this. Of course, robes was a big 67 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 2: issue in the previous two debates. The first cnnded with 68 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 2: Trump and Biden. I have to remember there's been different matchups, 69 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 2: and that one the moderators were criticized, say, hey, you 70 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 2: didn't fact check, you didn't fact check, you didn't do anything. 71 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 2: And the next one, which was please help. 72 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: Me out there with ABC David Mure and Lindsey Davis, 73 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: and that was of course between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, 74 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: who the Democrats had their new and final nominee of 75 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: the presidential race, and they too were accused of actually 76 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: fact checking Donald Trump and not fact checking Kamala Harris. 77 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 2: CBS is going to solve that problem. You're not going 78 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 2: to criticize our moderators. They're just going to step out 79 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 2: of it. And sure enough they started criticizing or fact 80 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 2: checking I should say just Vans and a lot of 81 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 2: people are going to be talking about that. It was 82 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 2: three on one they argued last night for Vance, but 83 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 2: he still held his own. 84 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,919 Speaker 1: And I believe the takeaway of the evening though, was 85 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: just our general excitement. 86 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 3: Shock, yes, but just excitement. 87 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: And it was lovely to see two politicians actually debating. 88 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 3: The issues and not attacking one another. 89 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 2: You know, even at the end when their spousers came 90 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 2: out and they were all pleasant to each other, you 91 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 2: just saw just a warmth and an interaction. They're going 92 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 2: through something that nobody el Israel and the planet can understand. 93 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 2: To be the VP candidate, the spouses of the VP candidates, 94 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 2: to be up there, it was just a nice moment. 95 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 2: In the Washington Post, their headline in a news alert quote, 96 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 2: it was a remarkably civil affair that shouldn't be a headline. 97 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 2: Isn't that a shame? It is that that's a headline 98 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 2: that these folks were nice to chi. 99 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: Maybe the presidential candidates can learn from their vice presidential candidates. 100 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: We can only hope next up on our run. On 101 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:31,239 Speaker 1: this Wednesday, Iran launched its largest direct attack on Israel ever, 102 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: and so far word is that little damage was done 103 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: and there are no reports of any deaths in that country. 104 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, despite Aaran lobbing upwards of two hundred missiles towards 105 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 2: Israel last night, but Israel, with an assist from the US, 106 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 2: intercepted most of that barrage with anti missile defenses. 107 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: Iran says this was all in retaliation for the recent 108 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: Israeli assassinations of top leaders of those militant groups supported 109 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 1: by Iran, namely Hamas and Hesbla. Israel is now promising 110 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: there will be consequences for the Iranian attacks. 111 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, and this is the latest and an escalating situation 112 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 2: in the Middle East in which Israel has been battling 113 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,559 Speaker 2: the two militant groups. In recent days, we've seen Israel 114 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,239 Speaker 2: launch attacks on the Lebanese capital bay Roup, as well 115 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 2: as a limited ground incursion into southern Lebanon, an area 116 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 2: where Israel believes is a staging area for Hezbeola to 117 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 2: launch attacks. Oran, for its part, says Israel, if you 118 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 2: respond to the attacks we just lobbed at you, there 119 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 2: will be consequences. So both sides are now saying they're 120 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 2: going to be consequences for the next move that either 121 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 2: side mixed. 122 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: Every day the escalation continues. It's unfortunate and the news 123 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: is also unfortunate. That continues to pour in surrounding Hurricane Helene. 124 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:47,440 Speaker 1: The death toll in the southeast continues to climb across 125 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: six states in the aftermath of that storm. So far, 126 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: at least one hundred and fifty nine people have died, 127 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: and officials are saying that number should rise even more, 128 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: and that's because hundreds of others still missing. 129 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 2: Okay, let's give some context to how many are missing. Here, 130 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 2: the Red Crossers receive three thousand new requests from people 131 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 2: looking for family and friends. We have some areas that 132 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 2: are essentially completely cut off from communication, mainly in the Carolinas. 133 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 2: The hope is, even though you do have hundreds of 134 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 2: people missing right now, hopefully they just haven't been able 135 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 2: to get in contact with those folks with texts and 136 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 2: phone calls and so all that stuff is down. So 137 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 2: we see this in disasters all the time. Hopefully every 138 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 2: single one of those missing folks just needs to be 139 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 2: get close to a phone. 140 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: So that is certainly the hope, but officials fear that 141 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: that is probably not entirely the case. 142 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 2: Now. 143 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 3: Part of the. 144 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: Problem, the large part of the problem, are these power 145 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: outage is that usually can go on for days, and 146 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: that's exactly what's happening here. Millions remain in the dark, 147 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: and the infrastructure in so many places is completely wiped out. 148 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: Some areas are so inaccessible supplies can only be dropped 149 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: from the air or on mules. Rescue workers and some 150 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,239 Speaker 1: citizens who are looking for family and friends are actually 151 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: hiking for hours in treacherous conditions to try and find 152 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: and then help their loved ones. 153 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 2: President Biden will visit North Carolina. Vice President Harris will 154 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 2: travel to Georgia to take a look at the damage. 155 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 2: Former President Trump was in Georgia earlier this week as well. 156 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 2: We're going to continue our run here now. And this 157 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 2: is just unreal when we first heard it. One hundred 158 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 2: and twenty accusers. That's how many people, a Texas lawyer 159 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 2: says he's representing who have sexual assault allegations against Sean 160 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 2: Diddy Combs, one hundred and twenty. 161 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 1: He says the allegations go back as far as nineteen 162 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: ninety one, and that at least twenty five of the 163 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: accusers were miners at the time of these alleged assaults, 164 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:45,839 Speaker 1: including one that. 165 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 3: Was nine years old at the time. The attorney says he. 166 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: Expects to file a wave of lawsuits very soon across 167 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: several states, and he said we could expect that combs 168 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:01,079 Speaker 1: enablers and powerful people's dirty secrets will all be exposed. 169 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 2: The attorney says, and I quote the names will shock you. 170 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 2: In quote, he's essentially threatening and putting people on notice. 171 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 2: Even said some of you influential folks, you know who 172 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 2: you are. I'm giving you a chance to come forward 173 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 2: before we expose you. Combs, for his part, remains in 174 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 2: jail in Brooklyn, bail of course, as you know, was 175 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 2: denied denied twice in his federal racketeering and sex trafficking case. 176 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 2: He has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him 177 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty plus. And these lawsuits, they say, 178 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 2: are going to stretch over a number of states. It's 179 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 2: just unbelievable to hear that number. 180 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 1: That same attorney said he's had thousands of people contact him. 181 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: So perhaps even from his perspective one hundred and twenty 182 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: where those he filtered out. So people are literally coming 183 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: out of the woodwork as they say, they see him 184 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: in jail, and they're now saying, hey, wait, that happened 185 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 1: to me. This is probably going to continue, folks. 186 00:09:57,679 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 2: Well, we will continue our run, our morning run here 187 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 2: and just a moment coming up. We cannot believe that 188 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 2: we have more mourning to do in the entertainment world. 189 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: Welcome back everyone, and next up here on our Morning Run. 190 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: We mourn actor John Amos. He has died at the 191 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: age of eighty four, and wow, does he hold a 192 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: special place in television history as James Evans Senior on 193 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: Good Times. That was the first show ever that depicted 194 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: a black two parent household. 195 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, JJ's daddy on that show. But Amos also got 196 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 2: an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of an older Kuntakinde 197 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 2: in the miniseries Roots, and a lot of people Robes 198 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 2: will fondly remain. If you've never seen Good. 199 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 3: Times, that's hard to imagine. 200 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 2: But no, watch Roots. 201 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:51,719 Speaker 3: Yes, the younger generations have not. 202 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 2: Never seen it, but some folks got to know him 203 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 2: and love him because he was Kleo McDowell in coming 204 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 2: to America that role. He is so memorable as the 205 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 2: dad who Eddie Murphy was trying to impress. 206 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, and if you don't know the name John Amos 207 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: just by reading it, if you google him and you 208 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: see his face, you'll say, oh my gosh, he was 209 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: in everything. His face is iconic and actually in some 210 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: of your favorite movies. I was looking at the list 211 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: and laughing. Yep, one of TJ's favorites. Yep. 212 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 3: He loves that one. 213 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 2: Too, and the one die Hard too. I know it 214 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 2: for I know that movie verbade him almost as you know, 215 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 2: but he played the good guy who ended up being 216 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 2: a bad guy in that movie. I didn't know this. 217 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 2: The Mary Tyler Moish in nineteen seven he played a 218 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:36,839 Speaker 2: weather man. 219 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: Yet, now that you say that, and when I read that, 220 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: I was like, oh my gosh, yes, I again one 221 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: of those faces where you know you know him, and 222 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: then you start realizing how much you actually know his 223 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: work because he's been in so many iconic television shows 224 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: and movies and he will certainly certainly be missed. Another 225 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: loss in the entertainment world to tell you about. 226 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 3: This has been a hell of a week. 227 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: Fritz from the reality show American Pickers died at a 228 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: hospice facility. This followed some complications he had from a 229 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: stroke that he never fully recovered from. 230 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 3: It happened in twenty twenty two. 231 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 2: Sixty years old. That's a young man these days. And 232 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 2: I mean, I know what sixty years but these days, 233 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 2: with folks living as long as they are at just 234 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 2: sixty is a shame. He's been on the show. I 235 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 2: think over a decade. He was surrounded by friends and family, 236 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 2: including his co star on the show, Michael Wolf. This 237 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 2: is a History Channel program. A lot of you see 238 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 2: a lot of people like these shows. Right. They traveled 239 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,840 Speaker 2: around to try to find treasures all over the country. 240 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 2: According to friends, there will be a celebration of life 241 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 2: or Fritz in the spring. It's just going to include 242 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 2: a motorcycle run. 243 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 3: That's right. 244 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 1: The History Channel and the American Pickers production company said 245 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: this about Fritz. We will always remember the bearded charmer 246 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: and his never ending search for vintage motorcycles and bikes. 247 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: Our thoughts are with Frank's loved ones during this difficult time. 248 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 3: He will be deeply missed. 249 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 2: What the hell is going on? Like, I'm scared. We 250 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 2: were sitting here, I think, at this exact spot, at 251 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 2: this table, and I said, wait a minute, because I 252 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 2: just saw Julie Andrew's name trending and I think it 253 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 2: was her birthday. 254 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 3: And you were concerned everything you Sully. 255 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 2: With anybody's name on it. You go, oh my god, 256 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 2: it doesn't matter who, young girl. We've just had a 257 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 2: weird stretch of the past week. 258 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 3: It feels like. 259 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: One of the most tragic weeks in terms of loss 260 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: of beloved and iconic entertainers this week, it's just every 261 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: starting last weekend. Really, it feels like it's just been 262 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: a daily dayluge losses. 263 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 2: It's not just entertainers. These are iconic, legendary in some 264 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 2: cases folks who had no idea what's going on. Hopefully 265 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 2: it will it will stop, but oh, some incredible losses there. 266 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 2: We do want to continue now on our run this 267 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 2: morning and go go back to a bizarre story with 268 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 2: a lot of twists and turns. And now we got 269 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 2: another one to report here. New York Magazine reporter put 270 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 2: on leave after the public revelation that she had a 271 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:08,680 Speaker 2: personal relationship with RFK Junior says this was all part 272 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 2: of a blackmail scheme by her ex fiance. Olivia Newsy 273 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 2: is her name. She made the claimant a court filing 274 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 2: against Ryan Liza. He is a reporter for Politico who 275 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 2: Newsy was once engaged to. 276 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 3: Yes, okay, so we're following so far. 277 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 1: She claims that Newsy explicitly threatened to make sorry she 278 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: let me say this right. Newsy claims that Liza made 279 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: explicitly threatened, explicitly threatened to make public personal information about 280 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: me to destroy my life, career and reputation, a threat 281 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: he has. 282 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 3: Since carried out. 283 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: So she was in court asking a judge to issue 284 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: a no contact order against her ex fiance, Liza, who 285 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: put out a statement saying he emphatically denies those allegations. 286 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 2: Well, he went on to say this, he is saddened 287 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 2: that she is making up lives to divert attention away 288 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 2: from her own personal and professional failings. Now Liza has 289 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 2: taken a leb of bapsoms from his job at Political 290 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 2: This story sparked a lot of debate about journalism ethics, 291 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 2: and Newsy was placed on leave last month after she 292 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 2: revealed the previously undisclosed relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 293 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 2: Who she interviewed while he was an independent candidate for president. 294 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: Now, both Newsy and RFK Juniors say and maintain that 295 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: this relationship was not physical. They just had been calling 296 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: it personal. I believe it was text exchanges back and forth, 297 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: and they say it never went further than that. But 298 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: there is another hearing in two weeks where Liza is 299 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: expected to respond directly to Newsy's claims. So this story, 300 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: probably unfortunately for RFK Junior and for Newsy, is. 301 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 3: Staying in the public eye. 302 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: Next up on our run someone else who has been 303 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: in the public eye in a way he had not intended. 304 00:15:56,120 --> 00:16:00,040 Speaker 1: Mayor Eric Adams expected back in a federal courthouse this 305 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: morning for a hearing in the criminal case against him. 306 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 2: They remember, he pleaded not guilty to five federal charges 307 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 2: related to alleged bribery and corruption, accused of accepting over 308 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 2: one hundred thousand dollars worth of meals, hotels, and flights. 309 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 2: Just as week as lawyers ask the judges that the 310 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 2: bribery charge against him be dismissed because what prosecutors are 311 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 2: alleging doesn't even fit the legal definition of bribery, So 312 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 2: they're asking for at least one of the five to 313 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 2: be dropped. 314 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: And they've also asked the judge to potentially look into 315 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: wrongdoing by the prosecutor's office, saying they leaked information to 316 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: the press about the investigation. And throughout all of this, 317 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: Mayor Adams has said he has no plans to step 318 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: down from office while this is all being litigated. 319 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 2: And even though Governor Hukel I think she's finally come 320 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 2: out and said that she has no intention, that doesn't 321 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 2: appear right now of stepping in even though she has 322 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 2: the power to remove Adams from office. And you and 323 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 2: I Robed, we live in this area. We live right 324 00:16:56,080 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 2: here downtown by City Hall, and it is literally a 325 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 2: five minute walk from City Hall to the Federal Courthouse 326 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 2: on Worth and Baxter. It's all he has to do. 327 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 2: So it's weird that a lot of people take a 328 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 2: walk outside. There's a park right there, and he can 329 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 2: just walk out of the office today and take a 330 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 2: little stroll over to the federal courthouse. 331 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,479 Speaker 1: Yes, and we've also seen the live trucks lined up 332 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: from all the news outlets. Who will be following him 333 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: on that said walk If that's how he chooses to 334 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: get to the courthouse today, you think. 335 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 3: You will, we shall see. 336 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: In fact, we have a front row seats. 337 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 2: We are going to wrap the run with this. Police 338 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 2: in Texas trying to find thieves that pulled off a 339 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:39,360 Speaker 2: two and a half million dollar heist. But they did 340 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 2: not steal cash. No, no, no, no. These thieves got 341 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 2: away with millions of dollars in olive oil. 342 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 3: That's a head scratcher. 343 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: Well, this happened at a warehouse in Houston and involved 344 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 1: truckloads of premium olive oil made by Tara Delisa, a 345 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 1: company out of Tunisia. About seven hundred bottles were taken, 346 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: and according to the company, some of those bottles have 347 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: already been tracked down at stores being sold at extreme discounts. 348 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 2: Any of them in New York. This is supposed to 349 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 2: be some really good olive oil. They have won awards 350 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,239 Speaker 2: all over the world. But what we're talking about here, 351 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 2: we kind of scratched our heads about it. But this 352 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,479 Speaker 2: has been an issue for years, issue with folks trying 353 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:25,479 Speaker 2: to steal olive oil, mainly because of drought conditions in Spain, 354 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 2: where a majority of the world's olive oil comes. 355 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: From, and they haven't been able to produce as much 356 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: olive oil, which has driven up the prices and made 357 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: olive trees and olive oil more expensive and then of. 358 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 3: Course of more value to thieves. Did I read this right? 359 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 3: Olive oil became the most shoplifted item in Spain's supermarkets, 360 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 3: and thieves even go so far as to chop down 361 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 3: olive trees. 362 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:54,199 Speaker 2: They will go, they'll sometimes they'll takes time to do it, 363 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 2: but they'll uproot and take the whole tree. Sometimes they 364 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 2: just cut off a few branches, and can take the 365 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 2: olives and sell the olives, but they also can do 366 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,959 Speaker 2: something with the wood. This is a this is a 367 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 2: commodity now on an illegal market, that it's so expensive 368 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 2: that people are stealing it. 369 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 1: Well, I know, Tara Delisa, the type of olive oil 370 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:17,239 Speaker 1: that was stolen, will you and I immediately googled it. 371 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 3: I found it on Amazon already. 372 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: If this stuff is so good that people are stealing it, 373 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: maybe this is the best kind of marketing or advertisement 374 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 1: they could possibly have. Wow, how wonderful their brand is, 375 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: because I'm probably going to buy a bottle and see 376 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: what all the fuss is about. 377 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:33,919 Speaker 2: Our stuff is so good people are stealing millions of 378 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 2: dollars over. 379 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 3: And then let me get sucked. Wow, that's what my 380 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 3: brain went, right. I love olive oil. 381 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 2: I didn't cross my mind. Would you make a good point? 382 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 2: Maybe the company stage that I'm kidding. I am just kidding. 383 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 2: That is not the case, but that if you see 384 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 2: any of this olive oil that's fifty percent off or 385 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 2: seventy five percent off, which they say is going for you. 386 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 3: Know where it came from exactly. 387 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: All right, Well, we are going to leave you as 388 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: we started to do yesterday with a quote, and we 389 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 1: pulled this one again from the big Manila folder that 390 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 1: TJ has carried around with him. 391 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 3: He used to put these sayings. 392 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: On his door once a week, on his dressing room door, 393 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: and everyone loved them, and so we're going to share 394 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:12,640 Speaker 1: them with. 395 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 3: You throughout the week. 396 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: Today's quote the proper function of man is to live, 397 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: not to exist. I shall not waste my days in 398 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: trying to prolong them. 399 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 3: I shall use my time. 400 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: That quote from Jack London, a journalist and author of 401 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: the Call of the Wild. 402 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 2: So we wanted to leave you on and upbeat, a 403 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,199 Speaker 2: happy and thoughtful note, so please take that with you 404 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 2: for today. We appreciate you as always running with us. 405 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 2: We will see you back here tomorrow.