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Speaker 1: morning everyone, and welcome to Morning Run. It is Friday,
Speaker 1: December fifth.
Speaker 2: I'm Amy Roboch and I'm TJ Holmes.
Speaker 3: December fifth. Is that When is the official first day
Speaker 3: of winter?
Speaker 1: Oh? I don't think it's until December twenty second or
Speaker 1: something not so not today, even though it feels like
Speaker 1: twelve outside, No, it's still fall.
Speaker 3: It's rough. A lot of people are feeling it and
Speaker 3: dealing with it. This is some of the coldest temperatures
Speaker 3: we're going to see up the season. A lot of
Speaker 3: people are getting now and through the weekend with this
Speaker 3: cold front that's come through and it's freezing hand. We're
Speaker 3: getting out of town just in time for a little
Speaker 3: warm recliment. But wherever you may be, we appreciate you
Speaker 3: being here with us. The updates along on the Run
Speaker 3: this morning. We've got an update about the Texas redistricting battle.
Speaker 3: The Supreme Court has spoken. Another big name over CBS
Speaker 3: News is leaving. Also an update on Brian Walls. Day
Speaker 3: four of the trial saw this man's wife's lover testify.
Speaker 3: You can imagine those tense moments in that courtroom. The
Speaker 3: wife of that missing coach in Virginia is speaking out
Speaker 3: urging him to come home and also saying, hey, I
Speaker 3: ain't have anything to do with him getting away. Also
Speaker 3: update on Letitia James and Lebron James had a streak
Speaker 3: broken last night that we might never see again. Will explain.
Speaker 3: I hated to see it go, but it was kind
Speaker 3: of poetic. It was poetic about doing it.
Speaker 2: He chose it, he could, shows.
Speaker 3: He had an option and it ended up working out
Speaker 3: beautifully for the team. So it was a good moment.
Speaker 1: I thought it was a great moment if you're gonna
Speaker 1: end a streak ended with a gesture like he gave
Speaker 1: and certainly ended up being a game winning gesture. But
Speaker 1: we begin our run with an arrest made in a
Speaker 1: five year old case, a man accused of planting two
Speaker 1: pipe bombs outside National Headquarters of Dancy and RNC. This
Speaker 1: happened just before the January sixth Riots. But they have
Speaker 1: been searching for the culprit, the person behind these pipe
Speaker 1: bombs now for five years, and we've.
Speaker 3: Had video, the surveillance video of it. And yes, now
Speaker 3: Brian J. Cole Junior has been arrested. They haven't been
Speaker 3: clear about a motive because again I guess he was
Speaker 3: kind of a politically speaking, equal opportunity pipe bomber put
Speaker 3: something at the RNC and at the DNC. But they
Speaker 3: said there's a renewed effort they had and trying to
Speaker 3: track down and find this guy in Robes. Yes, there
Speaker 3: was so much intrigue because this did happen I think
Speaker 3: the day before the January sixth riot. So when it happened,
Speaker 3: everybody's putting together possible theories. Was there a connection and
Speaker 3: it doesn't, at least from what we're seeing right now.
Speaker 3: Robes seems to be the case.
Speaker 1: Yes, I'm sure we'll get many more details on this,
Speaker 1: but this was considered a coup of victory for the
Speaker 1: Trump administration after so many years of searching for this man.
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, they made clear, yes that Biden did nothing
Speaker 3: about it.
Speaker 1: Correct, And yes we had cash battel pambody everyone Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: patting themselves on the back on that one.
Speaker 3: So this is good the guy off the street, not
Speaker 3: if he's the guy and it's into a proven guilty,
Speaker 3: but could be a good thing.
Speaker 2: Yeap, all right.
Speaker 1: Next up on the run, A grand jury has refused
Speaker 1: to re indict new York Attorney General Letitia James. So
Speaker 1: it's over right they're gonna stop. It should be now
Speaker 1: that they've had two knocks against Trump trying to criminalize
Speaker 1: or at least throw criminal charges at Letitia James.
Speaker 3: Yes, his political enemies, as they say, so the James
Speaker 3: Comy case and the Letitia James were cases worth thrown out.
Speaker 3: This had to do with the prosecutor that Trump actually
Speaker 3: put in place to go after them. A judge ruled
Speaker 3: she was unlawfully put in place, so everything she did
Speaker 3: essentially doesn't count. So the Letitia James indictment got thrown out.
Speaker 3: They tried again and a judge sent nine.
Speaker 2: The grand jury.
Speaker 3: The grand jury now nope, nip. So we don't know
Speaker 3: if they're going to go after again.
Speaker 1: This was all based on whether or not she lied
Speaker 1: on her mortgage application to get a lower interest rate
Speaker 1: basically than she would have gotten if it was her
Speaker 1: set at home or her main home.
Speaker 2: YadA, YadA, YadA. This is clearly an attempt.
Speaker 1: It was initially yes, as political retribution, but it's almost
Speaker 1: like they're going to keep trying to find ways. Her
Speaker 1: attorney was like, if they continue to pursue charges, it
Speaker 1: will be unheard.
Speaker 3: Of process point mortgage frow. Yes, apparently the administration just
Speaker 3: believes black women be lying on their mortgage applications. Well
Speaker 3: at least a cook same thing, right.
Speaker 1: I mean it worked one time, or at least no,
Speaker 1: it didn't work. That didn't work either.
Speaker 3: So black women be very careful about donya ey's and
Speaker 3: crossing your tea's on your mortgage applications.
Speaker 2: Wooh all right.
Speaker 1: Next up on the run, we head to the courtroom
Speaker 1: where testimony is scheduled to resume today at nine am
Speaker 1: and the murder trial of Brian Walsh. That is, the
Speaker 1: Massachusetts man who admitted to and pleaded guilty to dismemory
Speaker 1: and disposing of his wife's body. He also admitted to
Speaker 1: misleading authorities in their pursuit of trying to find her.
Speaker 1: She has never been found to this day. But here's
Speaker 1: the deal. Brian Walsh says he didn't kill her.
Speaker 3: Hey, look, from day one, from the jump, this has
Speaker 3: been a fascinating, fascinating trial, some jaw dropping moments, and
Speaker 3: I think Rodes we have to say yesterday was one
Speaker 3: of the most intense or I should just say tense
Speaker 3: in that courtroom because you had the man, the man
Speaker 3: that Anna Walsh, the victim, was having an affair with.
Speaker 3: He was on the stand testifying about her state of mind.
Speaker 3: But the whole point here, Robes was that they were
Speaker 3: trying to establish, at least the defense that Brian Walsh
Speaker 3: did not know his wife was having an affair. Therefore
Speaker 3: you have to take that off the table as a
Speaker 3: possible motive.
Speaker 1: Yes, and her lover, William fast Out testified under cross
Speaker 1: examination that Anna or Anna I believe is how her
Speaker 1: name is pronounced, never once told him that she was
Speaker 1: concerned that her husband knew about their affair, so he
Speaker 1: was not aware of it. And he said Anna was
Speaker 1: not aware that Brian Walsh ever knew about their affair,
Speaker 1: and that clearly would take the wind out of this
Speaker 1: of motive that the prosecution is trying to sell to
Speaker 1: the journey. So that will be interesting.
Speaker 3: So this case will continue trial. The testimony will continue
Speaker 3: this morning nine am is when it's scheduled, but a
Speaker 3: shorter day.
Speaker 2: Yeah, They're going to.
Speaker 1: Break at one pm Eastern time, so it will be
Speaker 1: a shorter day of testimony. This trial is expected, at
Speaker 1: least it's been projected to last two to three weeks,
Speaker 1: so it seems to be on schedule, but it has
Speaker 1: been riveting this week to follow, all right.
Speaker 3: Continuing on the run here on this Friday morning, the
Speaker 3: search continues for that fugitive high school football coach in Virginia,
Speaker 3: and now his family is pleading for him to come
Speaker 3: home and wanting to make clear nobody in this family
Speaker 3: helped him get away. This has been really goes back
Speaker 3: to what November twenty twentieth.
Speaker 2: Now, yeah, that was the last time he was seen.
Speaker 1: That was when authorities were headed to her his home,
Speaker 1: they said at that point just to talk to him
Speaker 1: about a complaint. And on that same day we also
Speaker 1: got word that the school Union High school that he
Speaker 1: is a pe coach, and of course the head coach
Speaker 1: of their foot fotball team had placed him on administrative leave.
Speaker 1: So he walks out of the house headed into the woods,
Speaker 1: and his family said he did have a firearm with him.
Speaker 1: He was only dressed in sweatpants and a sweatshirt and
Speaker 1: it has been cold the weather up there in Appalachia,
Speaker 1: Virginia doesn't seem like anyone could survive the elements with
Speaker 1: what he was wearing. But he has not been seen,
Speaker 1: but his family put out a plea. They begged him.
Speaker 1: They said, come home and face the allegations by defending
Speaker 1: yourself in a court of law. Don't leave your family
Speaker 1: to fight this battle without you. They love and miss you.
Speaker 1: They want you to know they are your support, and
Speaker 1: they have been saying that from the beginning.
Speaker 3: That's a tough story given the elements given. He has
Speaker 3: not been seen, so he's found okay, and yes he
Speaker 3: has a right to defend himself in court. But this
Speaker 3: is a horrible story. But his team undefeated thirteen and
Speaker 3: oh he's won the past two games without him, and
Speaker 3: they're playing again this weekend with a chance to go
Speaker 3: to the state championship. So if you want to rally
Speaker 3: around somebody, those kids could use it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're playing Saturday, December sixth.
Speaker 1: And this is a big deal, right, And there's also
Speaker 1: a five thousand dollars reward for anyone with information leading
Speaker 1: to his I guess capture would be the right word,
Speaker 1: because he has been US marshals.
Speaker 3: Are looking for a yes, fugit he is wanted, all right,
Speaker 3: continue on the run here now after all that robes,
Speaker 3: apparently Texas is going to get to use their congressional
Speaker 3: their new congressional maps after all, because the Supreme Court
Speaker 3: had stepped in and spulcan.
Speaker 1: Yes, so initially there was a lower court who called
Speaker 1: it unlawful after all that we saw in the summer
Speaker 1: where that you remember the Texas lawmakers who didn't want
Speaker 1: the vote to happen, the Democrats went and fled to
Speaker 1: other Democratic leaning states. Yes, and yes, there was a
Speaker 1: lot of a lot of rhetoric about what was going
Speaker 1: to happen to those lawmakers if they.
Speaker 2: Didn't come back.
Speaker 1: Ultimately, they had to eventually come back to their homes
Speaker 1: and their families. The vote happened, and then when that
Speaker 1: lower court struck it down, it seemed as though it
Speaker 1: was all for not. And now the Supreme Court stepping
Speaker 1: in and saying nope, that redistricting actually can take effect,
Speaker 1: and so that will if it I mean, I imagine
Speaker 1: it holds right.
Speaker 2: Oh, Supreme Court is the final.
Speaker 3: The governor there is the one that they had this
Speaker 3: emergency appeal and they spoke, and there is no other
Speaker 3: higher court the Supreme Court. As you can use your maps.
Speaker 3: And so the whole redistricting fight, the ones who started
Speaker 3: it are now back in the game in.
Speaker 1: Texas, which is good news for Republicans going into the
Speaker 1: midterm elections. That was the whole point behind the redistricting ticket,
Speaker 1: or at least to maintain that Republican majority in Congress.
Speaker 3: All right, we'll stay with us here on this Friday
Speaker 3: morning run, folks. When we come back. A streak that
Speaker 3: we might never see again was broken last night, and
Speaker 3: it was Lebron's streak, and he did it in a
Speaker 3: pretty cool way. Also, another big name out at CBS News,
Speaker 3: leaving them anchorless and one of their biggest show Stay here,
Speaker 3: all right, folks, let's continue on this Friday morning run. Now,
Speaker 3: a lot of announcements and shake ups probably we could
Speaker 3: expect from CBS News, but this still is a big
Speaker 3: one because Robes. This now leaves CBS at this moment
Speaker 3: without a named anchor of its prime newscast, the CBS
Speaker 3: Evening News.
Speaker 1: Yeah that this is the Walter Cronkite position. And Maurice
Speaker 1: de Bois is out at CBS News. He made the
Speaker 1: announcement on Instagram. He's been with CBS for sixteen years.
Speaker 2: He is a very.
Speaker 1: Familiar face here in the New York area. But his
Speaker 1: last broadcast CBS News has announced will be December eighteenth.
Speaker 1: And you remember his co anchor, John Dickerson, when was
Speaker 1: out a couple weeks ago, said he was out. So yes,
Speaker 1: it was an interesting some would call it an odd
Speaker 1: pairing two men there at the desk doing a very different,
Speaker 1: differently formatted CBS evening news. It was more like sixty
Speaker 1: minutes or a long form kind of CBS Sunday Mornings format.
Speaker 1: It wasn't your typical evening newscasts that were used to
Speaker 1: And it turns out.
Speaker 3: Two dudes were sitting there.
Speaker 1: First of all, yeah, it was the two dudes, and
Speaker 1: then it was It was a very It was a
Speaker 1: slower paced, more in depth show and it didn't even
Speaker 1: last a year.
Speaker 3: And both of those anchors are out. So some moreries
Speaker 3: to somebody we've known for a long time. So good guy.
Speaker 3: He's going to be just fine. But he is as
Speaker 3: smooth and silky asmove as they get on the air.
Speaker 3: All right, last leg of our run here now Lebron
Speaker 3: James one of the longest and most impressive streaks in sports,
Speaker 3: but also of his He has a lot of streaks
Speaker 3: and records, but this was a big one. Hated to
Speaker 3: see it go for the past nineteen years now, in
Speaker 3: every single game this man has played, he's scored double
Speaker 3: digits for nineteen wow hours, nineteen years and it ended
Speaker 3: last night. He only scored eight points, but he didn't care.
Speaker 3: Seemingly rohapes because it's team one.
Speaker 2: Yes in dramatic fast.
Speaker 1: In the final can you imagine, because obviously he's very
Speaker 1: aware of the fact that this streak is alive and well,
Speaker 1: two hundred and ninety seven games with at least ten points.
Speaker 1: So in the final seconds of the game, he's got
Speaker 1: the ball. If he shoots the two pointer, he gets
Speaker 1: the double digits and his streak continues. Instead, he passes it.
Speaker 1: And who was the one who made the game winning goal?
Speaker 3: I can never remember? Yeah, a Chiro, I can never
Speaker 3: remember his.
Speaker 1: I actually saw the name and thought, oh, I will
Speaker 1: not be attempting to pronounce that one.
Speaker 3: But there it is. Lebron had a chance to go.
Speaker 3: He made the best basketball play. It wasn't the best
Speaker 3: for his history, and who knows that he would have
Speaker 3: made his shot, but he made a basketball play and
Speaker 3: it was kind of cool that to see that he
Speaker 3: had an option to keep a streak going possibly and
Speaker 3: passed it up. And it worked out for his team.
Speaker 3: He's been this kind of guy in this kind of player.
Speaker 3: He was an assist guy, a rebounds guy, a defense guy,
Speaker 3: and an offense guy. So this was cool, but I
Speaker 3: hated to see the streak end.
Speaker 1: Yes, so they beat the Raptors one twenty three to
Speaker 1: one twenty Pretty cool. And when he was asked if
Speaker 1: he had any regrets for the game, I love what
Speaker 1: he said. Nope or he said none. We won, simple period,
Speaker 1: end of story.
Speaker 3: But his impressive career continues. Folks. Before we let you
Speaker 3: go on this Friday, is something we would like for
Speaker 3: you to take with you. It is our quote of
Speaker 3: the day. I have two options here, robes. Do you
Speaker 3: want something a little more poignant and hard hitting or
Speaker 3: do you want something with a little lighter touch to it.
Speaker 2: Let's go with the lighter touch.
Speaker 3: Okay. Quote Almost everything will work again if you unplug
Speaker 3: it for a few minutes, including you.
Speaker 2: Wow, I needed that one.
Speaker 3: I don't know why it came. Isn't that the simplest thing?
Speaker 3: Sometimes sometimes it works, but don't you hate you get
Speaker 3: on phone with customer service and the first thing they
Speaker 3: tell you, well, turn it off.
Speaker 1: And I did that it's the first thing everybody does
Speaker 1: except for ourselves.
Speaker 2: You're right, You're right, and I will do it.
Speaker 1: And I'm always amazed at how it actually usually does work.
Speaker 1: Any issue I'm having with my computer, my phone, turn
Speaker 1: it off, turn it back on again, boom, problem solved.
Speaker 2: Why don't we give ourselves that break?
Speaker 3: So folks, try that on this Friday as you going
Speaker 3: through your weekend, something to take with you. Almost everything
Speaker 3: will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes,
Speaker 3: including you. And with that, folks, we always appreciate you
Speaker 3: running with us. I'm TJ.
Speaker 2: Holmes and I'm Amy Robock. We hope you have a
Speaker 2: wonderful weekend.