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Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good

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Speaker 1: morning everyone, and welcome to Morning Run. We made it

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Speaker 1: to Friday. It is May Sewid. I'm Amy Roboch and.

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Speaker 2: I'm TJ Holmes. And on this Friday Morning Run, what

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Speaker 2: just happened? President Trump fires then rehires the same guy

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Speaker 2: on the same day, but to a different position. This

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Speaker 2: is a major administration shakeup, we'll explain.

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Speaker 1: Plus President Trump's latest executive order which says NPR and

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Speaker 1: PBS bias isn't worth half a billion dollars in taxpayer money.

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Speaker 1: And China makes a mere suggestion, and the markets went up.

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Speaker 2: Also on the run, those morning folks are cutting back

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Speaker 2: on Big Max at our rate we haven't seen since

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Speaker 2: the pandemic. Plus the most famous chimney in the world

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Speaker 2: is being installed this morning. Here's a hint. It's in Rome,

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Speaker 2: and Diddy tells prosecutors no thank you.

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Speaker 1: Plus what's the key to living a long life? Well,

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Speaker 1: some advice from the world's new oldest living person after

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Speaker 1: the former title holder passes away at the age of

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Speaker 1: one hundred and sixteen. And the nominations are in for

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Speaker 1: Broadway's biggest night. Three major musicals sweep this year's Tony Awards,

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Speaker 1: but it's who didn't get nominated that's making some waves.

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Speaker 2: Also this morning, the most exciting two minutes and sports

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Speaker 2: is almost here. So who you got Owen Almighty or

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Speaker 2: maybe you like Flying Mohawk or maybe Tantastic. Just some

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Speaker 2: of the horses competing and this weekend's Kentucky Derby.

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Speaker 1: Love Love Love Looking at all those names, We're going

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Speaker 1: to talk about how owners make those names coming up

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Speaker 1: in just a bit, but we do begin our run

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Speaker 1: in Washington, d C. This morning. And some major shifts

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Speaker 1: but he was Trump's national security advisor who inadvertently added

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Speaker 2: He was a national security advisor because Trump removed him

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Speaker 2: from that position yesterday, but he gave him a new

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Speaker 2: one immediately. Trump has nominated Walts Now to become the

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Speaker 2: US ambassador to the United Nations. Trump had initially nominated

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Speaker 2: Congresswoman Elise Stephonic as US ambassador, but there was a

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Speaker 2: such a slim majority there for Republican so Trump withdrew

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Speaker 2: her nomination.

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Speaker 1: But in the meantime, Trump said Secretary of State Marco

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Speaker 1: Rubio will be playing double duty acting as interim National

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Speaker 1: Security Advisor until Trump nominates someone new. Waltz's nomination doesn't

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Speaker 1: ensure his role. He must be confirmed by the Senate,

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Speaker 1: and that group chat mistake will almost certainly be a

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Speaker 1: big issue in the confirmation process.

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Speaker 2: He did take full responsibility for the mistake, and Trump

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Speaker 2: publicly supported him in the aftermath, telling reporters Michael Waltz

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Speaker 2: continue here on our run on this Friday morning. Now

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Speaker 2: in the White House calls well, he calls them the radical,

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Speaker 2: woke propaganda disguised as news. That's what the White House

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Speaker 2: calls it. Do you call it? In PR and PBS?

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Speaker 1: And now President Trump wants to strip these two public

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Speaker 1: broadcasters of about half a billion dollars in public funding.

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Speaker 1: He signed an executive order yesterday that instructs agencies to

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Speaker 1: cease federal funding for NPR and PBS, the two primary

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they've also been long time targets of Republicans who

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Speaker 2: five hundred million dollars. The President is already actually being

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Speaker 1: All right, Next up on our run. Markets are up

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Speaker 2: another not so good sign of where the economy is.

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Speaker 2: Even McDonald's is struggling. The fast food chain reported its

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Speaker 1: Essentially, sales fell three point six percent and that is

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Speaker 1: McDonald said they've noticed that people are starting to skip

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Speaker 2: The potassium and sulfur makes it black, and then another potassium,

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Speaker 2: Diddy Combs starts on Monday, with jury selection expected to

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Speaker 2: Friday Morning Run when we come back. Advice on how

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Speaker 2: Why did we not hear Denzel Washington's name? And coming up?

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Speaker 2: Who you got in this weekend's Kentucky Derby. Fantastic sounds good.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back everyone to this Friday edition of The Morning Run.

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Speaker 1: And next up on the Run, the oldest person in

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Speaker 1: the world has passed away at the age of one

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Speaker 1: hundred and sixteen. Brazilian nun sister Ana Cannabarro died at

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Speaker 1: home of natural causes just a few weeks shy of

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Speaker 1: her one hundred and seventeenth birthday that would have been

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Speaker 1: on May twenty seventh, she was.

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Speaker 2: Asked what the key to her longevity was, and last

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Speaker 2: year she was recorded as saying it was her Catholic faith.

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Speaker 2: What she said that wasn't all And this next part

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Speaker 2: is just adorable, she said, and I'm going to quote

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Speaker 2: her here. I'm young, pretty, and friendly, all good positive

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Speaker 2: qualities that you have to have too, end quote. And

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Speaker 2: that is from a woman who was one hundred and

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Speaker 1: She said that I love that and doesn't isn't surprising

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Speaker 1: that she was known for her smile and her love

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Speaker 1: of cracking jokes. Sister Cannabarro loved to paint wildflowers and

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Speaker 1: I love this. For her one hundred and tenth birthday,

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Speaker 1: This year's Tony nominees are out, and three musicals picked

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Speaker 2: to be potential nominees the Tony Awards. The seventy eighth

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Speaker 2: Why is this your favorite sporting because it's so quick. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Morning run?

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Speaker 1: Why not? Or banana bean? How about you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would name my horse buck you. That's nice,

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Speaker 1: I was actually looking for something and getting frustrated and

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Speaker 1: then I found this quote and it just jumped out

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Speaker 1: I love that.

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Speaker 2: an inspiration. Lord. I hope y'all don't run into me

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, for those of you who would like

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Speaker 1: for running with us on this Friday. I'm Amy Robox.

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Speaker 2: And I'm TJ. Holmes. Reminder, we now have some new

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Speaker 2: Morning Run episodes that go up on Saturday and Sunday

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Speaker 2: for you to check out. But they'll be brand new,

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Speaker 2: fresh Reduce a little recap of what we see in

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Speaker 2: if you've been listening to the Morning Run Monday through Friday,

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Speaker 2: We always appreciate you running with us. Eason