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Speaker 1: morning everyone, and welcome to Morning Run. It is Friday,
Speaker 1: May ninth. I'm Amy Robox and I'm TJ.
Speaker 2: Holmes And on this Friday Morning Run Ill Papa Americano.
Speaker 2: The world is reacting as the Vatican makes history.
Speaker 3: Yes, we have the very.
Speaker 2: First American Pope, Pope Leo the fourteenth hometown of Chicago,
Speaker 2: who they are bursting with pride today. And of course
Speaker 2: one of the first things we needed to know cubs
Speaker 2: or white sox.
Speaker 1: That is so American of us. All right. President Trump
Speaker 1: announces what he calls an historic trade deal with the UK,
Speaker 1: and he also announced yesterday he is tapping a Fox
Speaker 1: News host and a former judge to be DC's top prosecutor.
Speaker 2: Also, former President Biden admits it's his fault. Yeah, he
Speaker 2: takes responsibility for President Trump being in office and believes
Speaker 2: he could have won had he stayed in the race. Also,
Speaker 2: travelers listen up from collisions to near missus, to massive
Speaker 2: delays and yes, even crashes. But the FAA now says
Speaker 2: it is going to fix our nation's air traffic control problem.
Speaker 2: But it's not going to happen immediately.
Speaker 1: And autopsy reveals that shooters missed their marks in last
Speaker 1: month South Carolina firing squad execution, causing unnecessary prolonged suffering.
Speaker 1: Plus Next on the Run, Bill Gates says he is
Speaker 1: accelerating his timeline to give away all of his money.
Speaker 1: It was supposed to happen after he died.
Speaker 3: And also on the run this morning.
Speaker 2: Last night, did you catch it, the Laney Wilson Show
Speaker 2: took place.
Speaker 3: It's also known.
Speaker 2: As the Country Music Awards, but it has become her show.
Speaker 2: Who wrote she did it once again? She is wildly impressive,
Speaker 2: just her hold on country music. Right now, we'll get
Speaker 2: into country music to big Night.
Speaker 1: All right, looking forward to that. But we begin our
Speaker 1: run in Rome, where we have a new pope, and yes,
Speaker 1: for the first time in Vatican history, he is American.
Speaker 1: His name Pope Leo the fourteenth.
Speaker 2: He used to be called Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost. Yet
Speaker 2: the sixty nine year old is originally from Chicago.
Speaker 3: So after that white.
Speaker 2: Smoke rose up from the chimney in the Sistine Chapel
Speaker 2: just after one o'clock Eastern yesterday, Pope Leo came to
Speaker 2: the balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica and addressed a crowd
Speaker 2: of more than one hundred and fifty thousand people. His
Speaker 2: first words is, Pope, this is the first greeting of
Speaker 2: the Risen Christ. May the peace be with you. This
Speaker 2: is the peace of the Risen Christ.
Speaker 1: He spoke mostly in Italian, some in Spanish, but nothing
Speaker 1: in his native English. He referred to Pope Francis's Easter
Speaker 1: address the day before he died, saying this we still
Speaker 1: hold in our ears, that weak, yet ever courageous voice
Speaker 1: of Pope Francis. As he blessed Rome, who gave his
Speaker 1: blessing to the world, to the whole world. Pope Leo
Speaker 1: asked his followers to build bridges through dialogue and to
Speaker 1: be one single people, always in peace.
Speaker 2: He was most recently a bishop in northern Peru, even
Speaker 2: has dual citizenship citizenship in Peru in US, but of
Speaker 2: course the roots are in Chicago. President Trump was quick
Speaker 2: to congratulate the new pope, posting on social media that
Speaker 2: what a great honor for our country. I look forward
Speaker 2: to meeting Pope Leo the fourteenth. It will be a
Speaker 2: very meaningful moment.
Speaker 1: And of course, famous Chicagoans chimed in. I loved what
Speaker 1: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson posted on x saying, everything Dope,
Speaker 1: including the Pope, comes from Chicago. Congratulations to the first
Speaker 1: American Pope, Leo the fourteenth. We hope to welcome you
Speaker 1: back home soon.
Speaker 2: Even that not I like that. This they're already talking about.
Speaker 2: This pope is going to be a pop culture pope
Speaker 2: in a way. That's everybody. American culture is everywhere.
Speaker 3: Everybody loves him.
Speaker 2: But he now is like a homeboy in a lot
Speaker 2: of yeahs. Even this his fandom we're going to get
Speaker 2: into in a second. But you talk about the famous Chicagoans.
Speaker 2: Why it went the mayor and then Barack Obama. I
Speaker 2: don't know, Rose, but the other famous guy from Chicago
Speaker 2: you might have heard up. He put on a message
Speaker 2: as well, saying, quote, Michelle and I send our congratulates
Speaker 2: to a fellow Chicago and his holiness, Pope Leo the fourteenth.
Speaker 2: This is a historic day for the United States, and
Speaker 2: we will pray for him as it begins the sacred
Speaker 2: work of leading the Catholic Church and setting an example
Speaker 2: for so many regardless of faith. That's a good point, Rose,
Speaker 2: We should always remember about the Pope. He represents more
Speaker 2: than we always say. He's the leader of the one
Speaker 2: point four billion Catholics. He's a lot too more than that.
Speaker 1: Oh, he sets the tone for the world, truly on
Speaker 1: the moral path that we should all be on, or
Speaker 1: at least that he says we should all be on.
Speaker 1: You know it even brought together to the historic and
Speaker 1: current enemies. Both President Zelenski and Putin congratulated the new
Speaker 1: Popa within moments of each other, and that a fun
Speaker 1: reaction from the President of Villanova saying, not in his
Speaker 1: wildest dreams did he ever expect that a Villanova alum
Speaker 1: would become pope. Pope Leo graduated from Villanoa University back
Speaker 1: in nineteen seventy seven with a bachelor's degree in math.
Speaker 3: This has the Okay, I'm going to look it up.
Speaker 2: It has to be the first university ever have a
Speaker 2: national championship and a pope.
Speaker 3: We should look at.
Speaker 1: I guarantee you that is true.
Speaker 2: Going to the Vatican, the Pope is going to be
Speaker 2: busy over the next several days. Yeah, he doesn't get
Speaker 2: the rest now that he's won the election. Earlier this morning,
Speaker 2: Pope Leo celebrated Mass in the Sistine Chapel. Then on
Speaker 2: Sunday he's going to recite a prayer from the balcony
Speaker 2: of Saint Peter's Basilica.
Speaker 1: And then on Monday morning, this will be very interesting.
Speaker 1: The new Pope is going to speak to accredited journalists
Speaker 1: where he is expected to give a prepared speech. We
Speaker 1: all cannot wait for that. Also, the Empire State Building
Speaker 1: here in New York City shined last night golden white
Speaker 1: in honor of Pope Leo the fourteenth.
Speaker 2: All right, we're going to continue our run here talking
Speaker 2: about the Pope, but a lot of weird sports headlines.
Speaker 3: I say weird. It's only weird.
Speaker 2: That we're talking about the Pope and talking about sports
Speaker 2: in the same sentence.
Speaker 1: Because we're talking about America.
Speaker 2: Because we're talking about America. That's okay, simple enough. But
Speaker 2: as soon as folks heard that he was from Chicago,
Speaker 2: naturally the next question to be asked, Cubs or white socks. Well,
Speaker 2: the Cubs spoke up pretty quickly, in particular on social media,
Speaker 2: and that got a lot of attention.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they posted a picture of the marquee at Wrigley
Speaker 1: Field which read, hey, Chicago, he's a Cubs fan. Even
Speaker 1: Illinois Senator Dick Durbin was reportedly telling people, I hear
Speaker 1: he's a Cubs fan. It was reported on Chicago radio
Speaker 1: as well, and.
Speaker 2: They were all wrong. But don't take our word for it.
Speaker 2: Take it from the New Pope's brother who told a
Speaker 2: local TV station that his brother is absolutely a White
Speaker 2: Sox fan and has always been. He said they actually
Speaker 2: came up together and they would go to games. So
Speaker 2: that's a pretty good source.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like he is a trusted source. Indeed.
Speaker 1: So then the White Sox changed their marquee to say
Speaker 1: the new Pope is actually a White Sox fan, and
Speaker 1: later put out this statement family always knows best, and
Speaker 1: it sounds like Pope Leo the fourteenth long lifelong fandom
Speaker 1: falls a little closer to thirty fifth and shield. Some
Speaker 1: things are bigger than baseball, and in this case, we're
Speaker 1: glad to have a White Sox fan represented at the Vatican.
Speaker 1: A pin stripes White Sox jersey with his name on it,
Speaker 1: and a half and a hat. Sorry I can't read,
Speaker 1: so he's got a jersey and a hat are already
Speaker 1: on the way to roam. This will be so interesting
Speaker 1: to see how the White sox do will they have
Speaker 1: divine terrible? They've been terrible, so things could change, is
Speaker 1: my point.
Speaker 2: If it does, then I'm gonna get on board and
Speaker 2: i might convert.
Speaker 3: This actually is the case.
Speaker 2: But we have another sports connection to tell you about
Speaker 2: for pop Leo the fourteenth. This one has to do
Speaker 2: with the New York Knicks. Knicks fans are claiming him
Speaker 2: right now as well, and believe they've given what's currently
Speaker 2: happening with the team. His election can't be a coincidence. Okay,
Speaker 2: this one, Robes takes a little more explaining a little
Speaker 2: more of a deep dot.
Speaker 1: That's right. The Knicks are playing the Boston Celtics in
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference semifinals. They were not the betting favorite
Speaker 1: to win the series, but are now up two to
Speaker 1: oh after they improbably won the first two games on
Speaker 1: the road and had to come back from twenty points
Speaker 1: down in both games to win the closing moments.
Speaker 3: Yes, it is remarkable.
Speaker 2: It is a miracle that they are up to oh
Speaker 2: right now. It is absolutely stunning. Fans call it divine
Speaker 2: for this reason. The Knicks are famously led by three
Speaker 2: former Villanova superstars. Some of those stars were on Villanova's
Speaker 2: national championship team just several years ago. The pope is
Speaker 2: a graduate of Villanova.
Speaker 3: Coincidence, we think not.
Speaker 1: This is hilarious and it's just gonna get funnier as
Speaker 1: we follow the White Sox and the next All right,
Speaker 1: next up on the run.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 1: Some hopeful news for air travelers. The FAA says it
Speaker 1: has big plans to make our skies safer, saying it
Speaker 1: will modernize our nation's air traffic control system over the
Speaker 1: next three years.
Speaker 2: Yeah, just in the nick of time. Apparently this is
Speaker 2: long overdue. The plan includes phasing out the outdated technologies
Speaker 2: that don't meet today's demands. From the fatal collision at
Speaker 2: Reagan National Airport at the beginning of the year, we
Speaker 2: had ongoing delays we've been seeing at Newark Airport after
Speaker 2: air traffic controllers lost all contact with pilots. That was
Speaker 2: just last week. There have been mounting political and public
Speaker 2: pressure for something to change.
Speaker 1: That's right. President Trump said, we are currently using data
Speaker 1: and communicating through equipment that is from the nineteen sixties. Wow,
Speaker 1: that is deeply concerning. We're flying today, we're flying today,
Speaker 1: and we're flying. Yes, that's oh, that's so good to hear.
Speaker 1: But here's what he had to say to all of
Speaker 1: those frustrated and honestly frightened passengers in some situations, he said,
Speaker 1: I'm sorry what you're going through with the terminals, but
Speaker 1: we're going to get them fixed up.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I Meanwhile, the Transportation Secretary said his agency will need
Speaker 2: help from Congress to make the necessary changes. When he
Speaker 2: says he needs help, what it really is is give
Speaker 2: me money, Give me money, give me money from Markey.
Speaker 2: Top Republicans and Democrats on the House Transportation Committee spoke
Speaker 2: up quickly, vowing to make this a bipartisan effort.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it was. Actually, when you read the quote, it
Speaker 1: was a shocking display of camaraderie and bipartisanship. And then
Speaker 1: you know what, you start to think, and it makes
Speaker 1: sense because everyone regardless of political affiliation, kind of gets
Speaker 1: the importance of air safety these days. So that's at
Speaker 1: least a good step in the right direction. But this
Speaker 1: is concerning. This is what the FAA had to say
Speaker 1: about the current state of our current air traffic systems.
Speaker 1: These outdated systems are showing their age, which leads to
Speaker 1: delays and inefficiencies. The lack of funding for major investments
Speaker 1: in key air traffic infrastructure such as radars, telecommunications, and facilities,
Speaker 1: is now putting the aviation sector at risk. Can't wait
Speaker 1: to fly today, babe?
Speaker 2: All right, well, LU could dig you on our run
Speaker 2: for now? And this ron has to do with this
Speaker 2: leg takes us into the pond, I guess you should say,
Speaker 2: because Trump unveiled a new trade agreement with the UK yesterday,
Speaker 2: as the first agreement between the US and any country
Speaker 2: since Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs last month.
Speaker 1: So the US is going to adjust those twenty five
Speaker 1: percent tariffs on steel and aluminum and lower auto tariffs
Speaker 1: from twenty five percent to ten percent on the first
Speaker 1: one hundred thousand British vehicles to enter the country, and
Speaker 1: the UK will still be subject to that ten percent
Speaker 1: tariff Trump imposed on all imported goods.
Speaker 2: In exchange, the Brits will lower tariffs on certain US
Speaker 2: products like ethanol, beef, and machinery. Both sides admit there
Speaker 2: are still details to be ironed out. I hope so,
Speaker 2: because we've been looking at this and reading it all day.
Speaker 2: I don't know what's why hot, I don't either these deals.
Speaker 2: There's a deal we're going to be nicer to each
Speaker 2: other on tariffs. I guess that's bottom line. But this
Speaker 2: is at least a de escalation.
Speaker 1: Yes, And speaking of de escalation, there is a glimmer
Speaker 1: of hope in the trades standoff we have currently with China.
Speaker 1: Trump hinting to reporters yesterday that those tariffs may come
Speaker 1: down between the two countries as talks are set for
Speaker 1: this weekend in Switzerland. I love what Trump said, Well,
Speaker 1: you can't get any higher. It's at one hundred and
Speaker 1: forty five, so we know it's coming down one hundred
Speaker 1: and forty five percent. That's, of course, the tariff percentage
Speaker 1: we have imposed on all Chinese imports.
Speaker 2: We shall see. We continue to run here now on
Speaker 2: this Friday morning. With President Trump, continuing his Fox News
Speaker 2: hiring spree, is now appointing a Fox News host and
Speaker 2: former judge to serve as the top prosecutor in DC.
Speaker 2: You could probably guess which one we're already talking about,
Speaker 2: he said on social media. Jeanine Pirou will be interim
Speaker 2: US Attorney for the District of Columbia.
Speaker 1: Why on an interim basis, Well, if you were to
Speaker 1: nominate her to the position full time, that would require
Speaker 1: Senate confirmation, and this way Trump can avoid or at
Speaker 1: least delay that process.
Speaker 3: At least delay he's trying to get around it. Here's
Speaker 3: what you're saying, right.
Speaker 2: Trump hosted Bureaus the broadcasting resume online, saying, in addition
Speaker 2: to her legal career, Janine previously hosted her own Fox
Speaker 2: News show Justice with Judge Janine for ten years and
Speaker 2: it's currently co host of the five, one of the
Speaker 2: highest rated shows on television. So he's touting her TV
Speaker 2: credentials rather.
Speaker 3: Than her lead.
Speaker 1: Yes, I put that in because you know how important rating.
Speaker 1: Sorry to President Trump, and so Jeanine Piro, of course
Speaker 1: having one of the highest rated shows that made her
Speaker 1: perfectly capable for this job. He also did say Janine
Speaker 1: is incredibly well qualified for this position and is considered
Speaker 1: one of the top district attorneys in the history of
Speaker 1: the state of New York. She is in a class
Speaker 1: by herself. Congratulations, Jeanine.
Speaker 2: Okay, WISO is a big deal. It's a big deal because
Speaker 2: of the office she's going to be in charge of.
Speaker 2: It's uniquely important, as local and federal prosecutors are going
Speaker 2: to be under her for the district and will represent
Speaker 2: the United States in federal court. The office handles everything
Speaker 2: from smaller local cases to major cases involving national security.
Speaker 2: All you hear about this office all the time, but
Speaker 2: it's wildly important. Handles a lot of big cases.
Speaker 1: It certainly does.
Speaker 2: We will continue here on this Friday Morning, Ron. When
Speaker 2: we come back, President Biden says, my bad, it's on
Speaker 2: me that President Trump is in the White House again. Also,
Speaker 2: a botched execution in South Carolina will explain what happened there.
Speaker 2: Also Bill Gates, well, you knew he's going to give
Speaker 2: away his money, but he's going to do it faster
Speaker 2: than we thought.
Speaker 1: Stay with us, Welcome back to this Friday Morning Ron,
Speaker 1: And next up on the Run, Former President Biden says
Speaker 1: he's responsible for President Trump being re elected partially. He
Speaker 1: was on the view yesterday alongside his wife, doctor Jill Biden.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Biden was asked if he felt responsible for Kamala Harris's loss.
Speaker 3: He was asked directly.
Speaker 2: His response was, I was in charge and he won,
Speaker 2: so I take responsibility. However, he also said he wasn't
Speaker 2: surprised that she lost because the other side quote went
Speaker 2: the sexist route. He continued by saying this I've never
Speaker 2: seen quite as successful and consistent campaign, undercutting the notion
Speaker 2: that a woman could lead the country, and a woman
Speaker 2: of mixed race.
Speaker 1: He repeated that he thinks he could have beaten Trump
Speaker 1: head to head, but said he only stepped aside because
Speaker 1: he did not want a divided Democratic Party. He also
Speaker 1: took the opportunity to say that President Trump has had
Speaker 1: the worst one hundred days that any president has ever had.
Speaker 2: Trump is rubbing off on him, because that sounds exactly
Speaker 2: like something Trump.
Speaker 1: With another superlative.
Speaker 2: Yes, continue on the run here now with the story
Speaker 2: we followed here on morning Run, and we thought it
Speaker 2: was over, but there now is a disturbing update about
Speaker 2: a story we talked about here last month, a rare
Speaker 2: firing squad execution of South Carolina inmate Michael Mady. His
Speaker 2: attorneys now saying it was a botched execution. In fact,
Speaker 2: they call it a massive botch their words, in which
Speaker 2: Maddy suffered greatly, they said, because the executioners shooting him
Speaker 2: missed their target. We debated here. Road is a story
Speaker 2: we followed pretty closely, but we debated about putting in
Speaker 2: this morning because its quite frankly, some of these details.
Speaker 3: Are chill up.
Speaker 1: They certainly are. This is according to his attorney. Pathologist
Speaker 1: who reviewed the autopsy findings concluded the bullets largely missed
Speaker 1: his heart, instead hitting other organs and prolonging the time
Speaker 1: for him to die. They say he likely suffered excruciating
Speaker 1: pain for up to a full minute, rather than the
Speaker 1: fifteen seconds that doctors say it should have taken if
Speaker 1: they had actually hit his heart.
Speaker 2: It all sounds awful, but there is a thing cruel
Speaker 2: and unusual. It is supposed to be unconstitutional. For whatever
Speaker 2: reason they deemed that the fifteen seconds isn't necessarily cruel
Speaker 2: and unusual. He said, yes, you're going to experience pain,
Speaker 2: but it's not supposed to be what they say this
Speaker 2: guy went through. He chose firing squad execution because South
Speaker 2: Carolina is one of the few states that offers that
Speaker 2: as an option to inmates. Cover is put over the
Speaker 2: inmates head a target, a literal target placed over the heart,
Speaker 2: and then three volunteer shooters all fire live rounds at
Speaker 2: that target with bullets designed to do the most damage
Speaker 2: and to stop the heart quickly.
Speaker 1: His attorneys have filed a notice of botched execution with
Speaker 1: the state Supreme Court asking for answers and remedies, saying
Speaker 1: that what happened to Mady was not humane. Apparently there
Speaker 1: were only two bullets. There was some confusion as to
Speaker 1: why there wasn't a third one. They said it took
Speaker 1: him four minutes to die. I believe by what I
Speaker 1: read and that is and that he was actually making
Speaker 1: moaning noises. I mean, it's a very disturbing story that
Speaker 1: certainly needs to be investigated, looked into. This should not
Speaker 1: happen to anyone.
Speaker 2: Yes, he is a convicted cop killer, yep, but this
Speaker 2: is not.
Speaker 3: Who we are.
Speaker 2: We just see exactly not supposed to have people suffer
Speaker 2: in this manner. This will get for sure another look
Speaker 2: and a follow up. We do want to continue now
Speaker 2: on this morning Run.
Speaker 3: With Bill Gates.
Speaker 2: He has changed his mind and decided to give away
Speaker 2: his fortune much quicker than he had originally planned. The
Speaker 2: Gates Foundation has pledged to give two hundred billion dollars
Speaker 2: away over the next twenty years to help people live healthy,
Speaker 2: productive lives.
Speaker 1: Gates donation would be the largest philanthropic donation in modern history.
Speaker 1: The two hundred billion dollars is more than what the
Speaker 1: Gates Foundation currently confund it's not completely in their endowment
Speaker 1: right now, so the balance will actually come from Bill
Speaker 1: gates personal fortune.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's going to distribute, he says, virtually all of
Speaker 2: his wealth through his foundation over the next two decades.
Speaker 2: Originally the plan was to distribute all of the money
Speaker 2: twenty years after his death, but Gates said he started
Speaker 2: to rethink that timeline a few years ago.
Speaker 1: That's pretty cool. It's really incredible because this money, he says,
Speaker 1: we'll have three primary goals. First, he wants to end
Speaker 1: preventable deaths of moms and babies around the world. Second,
Speaker 1: he wants to prevent deadly infectious diseases, which has been
Speaker 1: certainly a huge cause of his over the past decade
Speaker 1: at least. And he wants to bring millions of people
Speaker 1: out of poverty by giving giving them ways to help themselves,
Speaker 1: you know, instead of just giving the money. He wants
Speaker 1: to create paths for employment, paths for opportunities. So this
Speaker 1: is a really lofty goal and a really incredible gesture
Speaker 1: to the world.
Speaker 2: I like the timeline moving up in two respects. One
Speaker 2: of them seems selfish, but in one respect, yeah, you
Speaker 2: could get this money.
Speaker 1: Out there quickly and you can see the impact.
Speaker 2: You want to be around to see it and maybe
Speaker 2: even guided or direct.
Speaker 3: Cool, that's the selfish one.
Speaker 2: I don't want to be dead and all of a
Speaker 2: sudden the world becomes a wonderful place because of me,
Speaker 2: and I didn't see it. Yeah, I want credit for
Speaker 2: it while I'm alive. Everybody, Hey, give me some awards.
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, that's just me, that's not Bill Gates.
Speaker 1: Folks, all right, for the final leg of our run. Well,
Speaker 1: we all know it as the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Speaker 1: That's what it's officially called, but unofficially it's become the
Speaker 1: Landy Wilson.
Speaker 2: Show, Superstars Linger at another Stella Knight. At last night's
Speaker 2: sixtieth annual ACMs. I get that, right, Am. There are
Speaker 2: others in the CMTS.
Speaker 1: And CMAS, CMAS is the CMA's okay, but we're saying
Speaker 1: too many acronyms ACM.
Speaker 2: I want to make sure I give them all the credit.
Speaker 2: The Academy of Country Music Awards. Last night, she Laney
Speaker 2: Wilson won the biggest prize.
Speaker 3: Of the night.
Speaker 2: This is the all coveted Entertainer of the Year, and
Speaker 2: this is the second year in a Row. She's won
Speaker 2: that award.
Speaker 1: Dang all right. Well, she's also won awards for last
Speaker 1: Night for Album of the Year, Female Artist of the Year,
Speaker 1: and Artist Songwriter of the Year. One of the biggest
Speaker 1: highlights of the night happened right off the top. The
Speaker 1: show opened with nearly a fifteen minute medley of country
Speaker 1: music hits and stars from the past fifty years. How
Speaker 1: cool is that?
Speaker 2: Okay, we're talking about Clint Black. We're talking about names
Speaker 2: like Winona Judd, Reeba MacIntyre, Leanne Rhymes I read somewhere.
Speaker 2: This was her first return to the show in many
Speaker 2: years for some reason, but she was there. But another
Speaker 2: highlight of the night was Alan Jackson. He got a
Speaker 2: Lifetime Achievement Award last night.
Speaker 1: We are huge fans of his. We've been playing one
Speaker 1: of his songs at nauseum over the past couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: Other top awards last Night Song of the Year Dirt
Speaker 1: Cheap by Cody Johnson, Duo of the Year Brooks and Dunn.
Speaker 2: Didn't realize they have. They have a duo over the
Speaker 2: Year and a group of the Year.
Speaker 3: Do all war shows.
Speaker 1: Having no I think that might just be a country
Speaker 1: basic thing.
Speaker 3: Because I guess there are a lot of duos. Yeah,
Speaker 3: well that makes sense.
Speaker 2: But the Group of the Year was Old Dominion and
Speaker 2: then Male Artist of the Year was Chris Staples and
Speaker 2: Alan Jackson had a cool moment. The Lifetime Achievement Award
Speaker 2: is a new one that they're actually naming after him.
Speaker 2: He's the first recipient of it. He got up there
Speaker 2: and made a joke. He said, usually I hear from
Speaker 2: people and they name their dogs after me, So this
Speaker 2: ain't bad.
Speaker 1: They named their dogs after me.
Speaker 3: A lot of fans come up and say they name
Speaker 3: their dog.
Speaker 1: He's got that song that I've been singing for much
Speaker 1: of my life, isn't it wayde On Younger on the
Speaker 1: chat Ahuci is that Yeah, we should play that when
Speaker 1: we get off.
Speaker 3: To Atlanta, right past the Shadoo.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah exactly.
Speaker 2: All right, folks, before you go and get your weekend started,
Speaker 2: something we would like for you to take.
Speaker 3: With you on this Friday. It's our quote of the day.
Speaker 1: Just because it's not on the news doesn't mean it's
Speaker 1: not happening. TJ. You got to explain this one.
Speaker 2: This came to me. Benjamin Watson is his name. A
Speaker 2: lot of people might not recognize the name. But we
Speaker 2: were on robes a shoot for Good Morning America several
Speaker 2: years ago in New Orleans, and he was a part
Speaker 2: of it and just standing to the side. We weren't
Speaker 2: on TV at the time. We were just having a
Speaker 2: little private conversation and he was talking about something and
Speaker 2: something not getting enough attention in the news. He said,
Speaker 2: folks don't realize just because it's not in the news
Speaker 2: doesn't mean it's not happening. He's making a point that
Speaker 2: there were so many other things to pay attention to
Speaker 2: that we're not paying attention to.
Speaker 3: And I just loved how he said.
Speaker 2: Like I said, some of the quotes I get from
Speaker 2: my pastor or a random person, this was a random conversation
Speaker 2: I had with him, and I loved it, and I wrote.
Speaker 1: It in I Love it too. I hadn't thought about it,
Speaker 1: but it's so true. And we get tunnel visions sometimes
Speaker 1: and we're almost told what to think about and told
Speaker 1: what to care about. But it's important to look around
Speaker 1: you and see what's important actually in your life, not
Speaker 1: necessarily what you're being told to pay attention to. So
Speaker 1: let's give it to you one more time, just because
Speaker 1: it's not on the news doesn't mean it's not happening.
Speaker 2: And if you get a chance, reach out to Benjamin Watson.
Speaker 2: He's now a commentator for SEC Network for football. Every
Speaker 2: time I see him on, I send him a text
Speaker 2: say hello again, and oh, I'm telling you that moment
Speaker 2: with him.
Speaker 3: I wrote that down.
Speaker 2: It meant that much to me at the time, so
Speaker 2: it's really cool you get a chance reach out to
Speaker 2: him and let him know that his words are still
Speaker 2: reverberating through the country. And with that, folks, we always
Speaker 2: appreciate you running with us.
Speaker 3: I'm TJ.
Speaker 1: Holmes and I'm Amy Robock. Have a wonderful weekend, everyone,