WEBVTT - Morning Run: Biden Screening Questions, George Wendt “Norm” Dies, “The Punisher” Testifies, and Massive Cucumber Recall 0:00:01.120 --> 0:00:05.720 Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good 0:00:05.800 --> 0:00:09.360 morning everyone, Thanks for joining us for today's morning run. 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:12.680 It's Wednesday, May twenty First, I'm Amy Robox. 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:14.760 And I'm TJ Holmes on the run this morning. From 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:19.840 sympathy to scrutiny, Former President Biden tries to quiet criticism 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:23.200 and reveals just how long it's been since his last 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:24.279 prostate screening. 0:00:24.760 --> 0:00:27.720 And New York Mayor old candidate and former Governor Andrew 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:32.280 Cuomo is now under federal investigation. Plus a maintenance worker 0:00:32.440 --> 0:00:35.360 is arrested and charged with helping those ten New Orleans 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:39.840 inmates escape. Meantime, please capture a fifth escapee with five 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:40.960 others still on the lamp. 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:44.800 Also on the run this morning, the punisher testifies in 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:48.080 the Diddy trial. Yeah, another day of wild revelations as 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:51.800 a male escort and Cassieventura's mom take the stand. 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:55.880 Plus a TV legend. A familiar and friendly fixture at 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:59.720 the Cheers Bar where everybody knew his name, George went 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:01.680 aka Norm, has died. 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:05.360 Also a major food recall after dozens have been sickened 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:10.320 in a salmonella outbreak. It's the cucumbers. Plus airline passengers 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:14.240 listen up. Southwest has announced a new policy that might 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:16.160 have other airlines following suit. 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:18.560 Plus, the twenty one year old friend of the fan 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:20.880 who fell from the stands and onto the field at 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:24.560 that Pirates game last month has now been arrested and 0:01:24.800 --> 0:01:26.679 charged in connection with the incident. 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:30.160 And Patrick Mahomes, sa Kuon Barkley and some of your 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:34.160 favorite NFL players could soon be going for goal. There's 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:37.640 been a rule change that will let them compete in 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:42.600 the twenty twenty eight Olympics. But in what sport? We'll explain. 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:46.240 You know these names, now these yes, Okay, there was 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:48.680 a whole thing that will let you in about this. 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:51.480 But I was asking Robot, was we were writing that tease? 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:54.520 Name a couple of football players, and who did you 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:55.040 come up with? 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:02.760 I said, Tom Brady and Grunkowski Ron Grunkowski. 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.760 Both retired for some time. But it's okay, you do 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:07.480 know the names when you hear them. But we're gonna 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:09.600 have some fun with that story later. It'd be something 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:11.240 to see these guys in the Olympics. 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:15.040 All right. But we begin our morning run with Joe Biden. 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:18.200 So it turns out he had not been screened for 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:24.799 prostate cancer in eleven years. That is concerning, Yes. 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:27.200 And we're not even sure. We'll explain some of this 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:29.400 language here. The former president announced this week that he 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:32.320 had an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:36.040 to his bones. Sympathy came pouring in that was soon 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:39.080 followed by scrutiny. Many wondered aloud, how is it possible 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:43.680 that it hadn't been caught for years, this slow moving 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:45.760 cancer that had made its way through his bones. How 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:47.920 did nobody catch that, especially when he was getting the 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:50.760 best medical treatment on earth as president? 0:02:50.919 --> 0:02:51.359 That's right? 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:53.840 Well, now, Biden's office has come out with a statement 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:58.200 that says the last known prostate screening for Biden was. 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:01.240 Back in twenty fourteen. Last known. 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:05.040 That is a curious phrase. Indeed, we don't really know 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:09.119 what that means. The short statement said this President Biden's 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:13.639 last known PSA was in twenty fourteen. Prior to Friday, 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:17.960 President Biden has never been diagnosed with prostate cancer. 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:21.440 Last known? Why would you? It's like there's another one 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:23.679 maybe we didn't know about. Don't you just need to 0:03:23.720 --> 0:03:26.720 ask him? When was your last Yeah, somebody knows. 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:29.720 Why don't they just say this was his last screening 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:30.760 screening that. 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:34.359 Is very okay, open ended and curious. 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:36.680 Okay, maybe they're just covering themselves. Doesn't mean there's a 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:38.720 cover up. But when you have all this going on 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:42.640 and people wondering how we rely to we need specifics, 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.520 that doesn't help the situation, all right. They did not 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:49.200 release any details about the results of that last known screening, 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:52.160 which we assume was a PSA score of some kind, 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:55.280 which is used to measure a man's likelihood of maybe 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:58.520 developing prostate cancer. Where people have gone back and checked, 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:00.840 and it appears that yes, during his time in the 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:03.840 White House, the results of his physicals that were released 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:07.720 to the public did not include a PSA screening score. 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:11.240 So for comparison, the results of President Trump's most recent 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:15.640 physical does include a PSA score, and it was normal. 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:18.240 By the way, in case you were wondering, prostate cancer 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:20.680 is the leading cancer and men and the second leading 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:24.719 cause of cancer death. And the truth is, in this situation, 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:28.520 it's very similar to breast cancer. The sooner you find it, 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:31.120 the better chance you have of surviving it. It is 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:33.760 very survivable if it is caught early. 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:36.719 But like we you mentioned as well, the official government 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:40.560 guidelines are that men over seventy should not be screened 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:42.600 because it can come with false posits and calls them 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:44.640 to take treatment action that's unnecessary. 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:47.960 But fine if you're a president of the United States. 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:50.960 Trump got one exactly. So what is it up to 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.279 the I disgress you get it. This is the most 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:56.039 important physical being on the planet. 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:57.359 A lot of people aren't buying it. 0:04:57.400 --> 0:04:59.160 You know what, We'll skip that one. We don't need 0:04:59.160 --> 0:04:59.600 to know about it. 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:02.680 I think when I say a lot of people, I 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:04.280 would say most people aren't buying it. 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:07.279 Look, we're trying here and take folks at their word, 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:09.800 but we can understand why so many This is not 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:11.839 going away Based on that statement. 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:15.520 That doesn't help because there are so many political implications 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:19.080 obviously that have been discussed, because obviously his health was 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.960 an issue, his mental acuity was an issue, and if 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.960 there wasn't full transparency about where he was, what the 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.920 state of his medical condition was while he was president 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:30.560 and while he was running for reelection, there are always 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:35.160 going to be theories and issues and finger pointing. 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:36.520 And yes, this is not going away. 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:39.640 You said full transparency. How does last known help? 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:41.520 That does not feel transparent whatsoever? 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:43.440 Right, we continue our run back here in New York 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:48.120 City now where we might have another mayoral candidate facing 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:52.120 federal investigation. This time it's Andrew Cuomo, the former New 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:55.880 York governor who is now running for mayor of New York. 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:58.360 And he's certainly a top candidate, and I believe robe 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:00.919 you correct from what we've been saying, he's been leading 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:01.599 in a whole bunch. 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:03.919 Of certainly with the Democratic primary he is. We know 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:06.560 that Eric Adams, the former mayor, is running as an independent, 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:10.640 but absolutely he is the front runner in those primary polls. 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:14.760 The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation now to 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:18.479 determine if Cuomo lied to Congress when he gave testimony 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:23.120 about the COVID nineteen pandemic. This according to multiple news outlets. 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:26.880 Republicans have accused him for years of being untruthful about 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:30.800 his involvement and mishandling of the nursing home crisis during 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:31.440 the pandemic. 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:34.599 Spokesperson for the former governor says they have yet to 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:38.440 be contacted by anyone at the Justice Department, but that 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:41.080 doesn't mean they didn't have something to say. And yes, 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:45.039 the spokesperson for Cuomo said this this is law fair 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:49.240 and election interference plain and simple something President Trump and 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:53.240 his top Department of Justice officials say they are against. 0:06:53.279 --> 0:06:56.160 So they're questioning the timing here of this so close 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:56.640 to the election. 0:06:56.800 --> 0:07:00.920 Yes, and of course, the other mayoral candidate, Eric Adams, 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:03.839 was also under federal indictment up until recently. 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:05.200 He's also the current mayor. 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:08.840 He was facing federal corruption charges and was getting set 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:13.840 for a trial before well, Trump's Justice Department dropped the charges. 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:16.120 And look, they said it. They need him to be 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:19.960 able to carry out Trump's agenda, especially with immigration here 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.480 in the city. So it's seeing that it's seen that 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:27.600 Adams is boys with Trump. Trump got him out of trouble. 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:30.840 Now Trump is going after his boy's political opponent. That 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:32.800 is probably how I should have written this story. 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:34.200 That is how it appears. 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:37.240 Okay, we'll continue on our run this morning, and we're 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:39.120 gonna head down to New Orleans, where you probably know 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.080 the story about to talk about now. But check this out. 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:44.440 A maintenance worker at the jail where ten inmates escaped 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:48.200 last week has been arrested. Yes, a maintenance worker arrested. 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:51.280 This is thirty three year old Sterling Williams. He charged 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:54.680 now with ten counts of principle to simple escape is 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:57.400 what it's called in one count of Malfeasan's in office 0:07:57.400 --> 0:08:00.240 and other words, he helped everybody get out. 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:05.200 Yes, authorities say Williams willfully and maliciously helped the inmates 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:07.960 break out last Friday by shutting off the water to 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:10.560 a toilet so the men could then rip the toilet 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.000 off its hinges and escape through a hole behind it. 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.200 Williams told police that one of the inmates threatened to 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:19.080 shank him if he did not help them with their 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:20.000 escape plan. 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:23.240 So he was so scared that he didn't tell anybody, 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:26.720 and he helped out. But police say instead of reporting 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:30.040 the inmate, Williams turned the water off as directed, which 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:33.480 allowed them to carry out this scheme successfully. He's being 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:36.040 held on a million dollar bond. For other jail employees 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:38.800 have been suspended while this investigation continues. 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:43.160 Meantime, a fifth inmate was recaptured on Tuesday, but that 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:46.679 still leaves five inmates on the run, and New Orleans 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.679 has been on high alert now for six days. I mean, 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:52.200 I can't even imagine how that must feel. All of 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:54.640 these men who have been recaptured have been recaptured in 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:56.640 the New Orleans area near the French. 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:58.920 Quarter where all those tourists are. And these are not 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:00.679 just your run of the inmates. 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:04.079 These are men who have been charged with a range 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:08.120 of violent crimes, including murder, attempted murder, armed robbery. They 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:11.200 have hundreds of police officers searching for these escaped inmates. 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:12.960 But I mean, it's pretty remarkable. 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:15.080 Five still the loose. 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.760 It seems like they just got out for a weekend getaway. 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:19.600 It doesn't seem like they're actually trying to get away. 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.400 Yeah, they're staying in town here with friends and family 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:25.720 who a police believe are most likely aiding and abetting them. 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:28.559 But certainly scary if you're out there as a resident 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:29.320 or a tourist. 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.840 We'll continue now on our run on this Wednesday morning, 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:36.199 And what a day In the Ditty trial. Yesterday, a 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:40.600 federal agent, Cassie Ventura's mom, and a male escort named 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:45.520 the Punisher all testified. Regina Ventura gave pretty powerful testimony 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:49.200 about having to take pictures of her daughter's injuries, injuries 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.440 she allegedly sustained from abuse from Sean ditty Comb. 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:55.800 She also told this incredible story she and her husband 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:58.880 in order to get their daughter free from Ditty took 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:03.319 out a twenty thousand dollar home equity loan. Ventura testified 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:06.520 that Combs contacted her and demanded the twenty thousand dollars 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:10.360 in order to recoup his losses from his investment in 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:14.080 Cassie's career, but after wiring the money to bad Boy, 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:17.760 Ventura says it was returned to her within the week now. 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:22.160 Also on the stand yesterday, CHARAE. Hayes aka the Punisher. 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:25.360 That name has come up several times in reporting of 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:27.839 this case. He's the mail escort hired to have sex 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:31.520 with Cassie during those so called frea colls. His testimony 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:34.440 was full of jaw dropping detail, including the fact he 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:36.440 says he was involved in several free calls before he 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:38.120 even found out he was Ditty in the corner of 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.560 the room controlling things. That's something he was told not 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:41.319 to look over. 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:43.400 There in a darken person in the corner or something 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:45.839 he didn't know shadow will know what. 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.120 Was going on, he said. The only way he found 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.040 out one of the hotels he was supposed to go to, 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.440 walking to the lobby, sees a big welcome sign that 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:55.840 says welcome Sean Combs, and he kind of started putting 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:58.280 things together. He said he was paid up to two 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:01.040 thousand dollars for these sessions. He said, did he would 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:03.360 actually direct them, look, not just tell them what to 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:07.800 do in some physical way, but just lighting. That's just 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:08.560 just angles. 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:10.560 I was gonna say free key, but then I realized 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:12.480 that was playing into the name of what he called 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:13.319 these sessions. 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:16.760 But also appropriate. We will can testimony continues here on 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:19.640 this Wednesday, but we Robaka and I have been updating 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.040 you in further detail, more than we would like to 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:24.520 get into here and have time to get into. But 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:27.400 you can catch those podcasts in our Amy and TJ 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:30.600 podcast feed. They're just titled The Diddy Trial. What you're 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:33.080 getting an update every single day, so we'll post another 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:35.439 one for you today to give you all the details. 0:11:35.480 --> 0:11:39.400 Next up on the run here, a beloved iconic television 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:40.920 actor has passed. 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:43.720 George Went, best known for his role as Norm. 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:47.560 From Cheers, died Tuesday morning at his home peacefully in 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:48.439 his sleep. 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:51.000 At the age of seventy six. According to his. 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:54.560 Family, Wind had six Emmy nominations for playing Norm Peterson, 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:57.880 the daily and dedicated patron of the Cheers Bar in Boston, 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:00.000 where everybody. 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:01.640 He knows your name. 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:07.040 You have to get the second part. Yes, everybody came. 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:10.200 Everybody's shotting Norm and look, no matter what, I wasn't 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.520 a regular watcher of that show. I know that scene. 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:13.080 I know it well. 0:12:13.240 --> 0:12:14.680 I was an avid watcher, you know. 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:16.480 And then everyone would replay if someone would come to 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:17.679 the bar people Norm. 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:20.800 It was fun to do. He was so fun and. 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:23.920 Affable, but I didn't know. He also had a pretty good, 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:26.720 pretty prominent stage and Broadway career. He was in Hairspray 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:27.440 and Elf as well. 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:29.920 Yeah, that's right, and this is one of my favorite parts. 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:33.360 After dropping out of the University of Notre Dame with 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:37.400 a zero point zero grade point average, he started his 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:40.680 acting and comedic career with the improv group that so 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:44.440 many famous comedians come from Second City, and I love this. 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.320 He put his grade point average on his bio when 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:50.760 he was a performer. There went was the uncle as 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:54.800 well to Ted Lasso creator and also comedic genius actor 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:58.040 Jason Sidekis, who got his started Second City as well 0:12:58.080 --> 0:12:59.320 before he joined sn OL. 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:01.600 And this was the statement from the family saying quote 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.360 George was a doting family man, a well loved friend, 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:06.760 and a confidante to all those lucky enough to have 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:10.080 known him. He will be missed forever. I see his 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:12.080 age seventy six, and that just seems young. 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:13.280 These things does seem young. 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:15.920 I'm sad, like, oh no, he died, so I know. 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:19.120 And one of so many of his former colleagues from 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:21.560 Cheers weighed in on his passing. But I love what 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:24.160 Ted Danson said. He said, It's going to take me 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:28.480 a long time to get used to this. I love you, Georgie. Yeah, 0:13:28.760 --> 0:13:32.200 it seems sudden and shocking because he doesn't seem seventy 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.000 six does seem so young to me these days. 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:35.559 Maybe it's the older I'm getting. 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.720 All right, Well, stay with us here on this Wednesday 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:40.280 Morning run. When we come back, watch out for the 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:42.880 cucumbers as a recall we need to tell you about. Also, 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:46.400 airline passengers, a big change if you want to charge 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:50.640 your phone when flying. Also, an arrest has been made 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:54.640 after that fan fell to the field during a baseball game, 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:58.079 and Patrick Mahomes could be going for gone. 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:09.839 Welcome back to this Wednesday Morning Run and next up 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:13.760 on our run, another salmonella outbreak to tell you about. 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:17.679 The FDA has announced a recall of cucumbers. Grown by 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:20.880 a Florida company after at least twenty six people across 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:25.040 fifteen states have fallen ill with salmonella infections, nine of 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:28.640 them had to be hospitalized. So far, thankfully no one 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:29.080 has died. 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:33.680 Yeah, the agency said the cucumbers have been distributed to restaurants, wholesalers, 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:37.480 and retailers from April twenty ninth through May nineteen. Sounds 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:39.320 like these things are all over the place. The FDA 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:42.120 is currently still trying to figure out where the potentially 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:46.480 contaminated cucumbers were sold. At my point, they're all over them. 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:47.480 We don't even know where these things are. 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:49.680 This is deeply concerning. Listen to the next part of 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:53.040 this story. This is further complicating the recall. The FDA 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:56.840 is warning these cucumbers may have been sold individually or 0:14:56.880 --> 0:15:00.600 in smaller packages, with or without a label that may 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:04.040 not bear the same brand, product name, or best by date. 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:07.240 So sounds like to me there's no real way to 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:10.560 tell if you have one of the recalled cucumbers or not. 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:12.480 Okay, So this is actually a follow up to a 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:15.360 salmonella outbreak at the same Florida grower last year. The 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:17.600 sick at more than five hundred and fifty people. Several 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:20.320 people who were sicking in this latest outbreak had the 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:25.240 cucumbers on cruise ships that were leaving ports in Florida. 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:29.120 So here's the thing, folks, bottom line, if you did 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:33.480 not grow those cucumbers in your backyard garden, you probably 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:34.200 should need them. 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:36.640 Yeah, because the CDC said, if you don't know the 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:39.240 source of your cucumbers, you should throw them out. 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:40.440 Of course, I don't know. 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:43.120 I have some of the refrigerator. I'm throwing them out. 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:44.840 We have to, because you go into the store, you 0:15:44.960 --> 0:15:47.560 bodies individually, it's just a stack of cucumbers. 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:50.000 They don't necessarily have where they came from. We don't 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:52.280 have a best by date on a cucumber. So yeah, 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:55.520 this is kind of a this is a very difficult situation. 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:59.920 So yeah, I really don't feel like getting salmonella poisoning 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:01.840 right now, So throw them out, all right? 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:02.760 Next up on a run. 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:06.160 If you fly Southwest Airlines, you should know there was 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:09.520 a new policy coming, the first of its kind in 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:12.400 the airline industry. You will no longer be allowed to 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:15.920 keep your portable phone batteries stored in your bags anymore. 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:18.360 You're gonna have to keep them out and in plain sight. 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:22.200 Okay, we're talking about these really popular lithium ion batteries. 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:24.640 These have been We have been using these a lot 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:27.680 lately because they're just little charges. You don't have to 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.200 plug them in anything. You just attach them to your phone. Well, 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:32.720 I didn't realize a lot of people attach them and 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.960 have their phones charging, but have the phones up in 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:38.880 their bag. Yeah, the overhood. You and I use our 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:41.120 phone so much that I didn't. It's always in front 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.680 of us charging, but a lot of people don't. Things 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:47.120 can overheat. They have been catching fire the FBI. The 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:51.240 FAA does not currently require airlines to restrict portable batteries 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:55.000 or require them to be out of carry on bags. However, 0:16:55.240 --> 0:16:57.960 it did say there was a record high number of 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:02.200 incidents last year involved batteries. They had eighty nine of them. 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:05.320 Yes, and already this year there have been nineteen incidents 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:08.440 that involve This is according to the FAA, extreme heat, 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:12.440 fire or smoke on cargo and passenger flights, and these 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:15.200 incidents have more than doubled over the past five years, 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.119 and they have climbed every year since. 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.840 Okay, the new policy going into effect on May twenty eighth, 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:24.200 but folks, yes, it's a Southwest, but there's an expectation 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:26.640 that everybody's going to follow suit. So if you're hearing 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:29.280 this out on't fly southwest anyway. You need to pay 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:31.239 attention because it's probably going to impact you at some 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:32.480 point in the near future. 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:34.000 That's right, all right. Next up on a run. 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:36.320 Remember that fan who fell from the stands and onto 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:39.760 the field during an MLB game last month. Well, his 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:43.000 friend has now been arrested in connection with that incident 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:48.080 because he gave alcohol to Cavin Markwood who fell. 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:52.600 Yeah, the man arrested is twenty one year old Ethan Kirkwood. 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:58.280 He is charged with providing alcohol to a minor. The 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:02.480 man who fell Markwood, He is just twenty years old, 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:06.639 I say, just, but that is not the legal drinking age. 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:10.119 He is still recovering from serious injuries from that fall 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:12.960 into the field during that Pirate's Cubs game last month. 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:16.880 Yeah, it's remarkable that he is actually recovering the way 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:19.399 he is, because if you saw it, it was just 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:21.159 difficult to watch. 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:22.000 Police say. 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:25.440 Kirkwood is seen on video at one point buying two 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:27.720 twenty four ounce beers and then a short time later 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:31.480 the two men are seen with each having a beer. Look, 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:35.919 I don't know it cole with it. They're friends, they 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:38.320 might even be a few months apart. One's twenty one, 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:40.920 one's twenty. I think it's tough. It was a sad situation, 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:43.680 I you know, whatever everyone thinks, But I just think 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:44.640 that's unnecessary. 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:47.119 I mean, you have to punish somebody when something like 0:18:47.160 --> 0:18:50.280 this happens, right, And also, I mean what the twenty. 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:52.720 Year old isn't responsible for choosing to drink the beer? 0:18:52.800 --> 0:18:55.760 I mean I think, look, I it's a sad it 0:18:55.800 --> 0:18:56.480 was an accident. 0:18:56.600 --> 0:18:58.400 I don't know, I don't I feel strongly. 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:01.520 This is how much does it play into also the railing? 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:04.840 Does this now take responsibility away in some way from 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:07.680 the ballpark and the railing not being high enough? If 0:19:07.760 --> 0:19:10.119 they can now prove that there's a legal situation that 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:11.400 he well, I'd also. 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:13.879 Like to know what his what alcohol content was like, 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:16.240 did that really contribute to it? Maybe it did, perhaps 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:18.840 it did, But anyway, I think it's a little sad. 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:21.879 These guys are friends and they're literally months apart, and 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:22.359 it's tough. 0:19:22.359 --> 0:19:25.600 But you know, his friend is already torn up, feeling terrible. 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:27.800 Everybody's torn up. But there's a twenty year old man 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:29.120 who made a decision. 0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:31.120 To to have a drink, to have a beer. 0:19:30.880 --> 0:19:33.000 And ah, that is a very very tough story, but 0:19:33.040 --> 0:19:35.800 he continues his recovery from very very serious injuries on 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:38.840 the final leg of our run here on this Wednesday morning. 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:39.280