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

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Speaker 2: Hey everybody, we made it to Friday. It is October eighteenth.

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Speaker 2: I'm TJ.

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Speaker 1: Holmes and I'm Amy Roboch. Thank you for coming along

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Speaker 1: for this Friday Morning Run with us.

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Speaker 2: And on Today's Ron, Israel subtles a score, calling it

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Speaker 2: there Osama bin Laden Day.

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Speaker 1: Trump had jokes last night in Manhattan, most for funny,

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Speaker 1: but some were arguably below the belt.

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Speaker 2: Also, Liam Payne's former bandmates speak as police in Argentina

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Speaker 2: released more details about the circumstances surrounding the death of

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Speaker 2: the former One Direction star.

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Speaker 1: He is still alive. A controversial execution is halted at

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Speaker 1: the last second in Texas.

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Speaker 2: Also, a national championship winning coach shocks everybody and announces

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Speaker 2: his retirement just weeks before the season is set to start.

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Speaker 1: And teens are smoking at the lowest levels ever recorded

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Speaker 1: by the CDC. Good morning everyone, and our run begins

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Speaker 1: overseas on this Friday. Israel, in their words, has settled

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Speaker 1: a score and has confirmed it's killed the leader of Hamas.

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Speaker 2: Yahya sinoars is name. He was enemy number one for Israel.

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Speaker 2: He's the militant leader believed to be behind the October

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Speaker 2: seventh attacks that set off the current conflict in the

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Speaker 2: Middle East. President Biden called it a good day for Israel,

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Speaker 2: for the United States, and for the world. Biden and

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Speaker 2: others have likened this to the killing of Osama bin

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Speaker 2: Laden back in twenty eleven.

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Speaker 1: Israel had been hunting this guy for a year, and

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Speaker 1: it seems they actually got lucky when they found him.

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Speaker 1: According to the IDF, soldiers were on a routine patrol

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Speaker 1: when they engaged three armed militants who tried to escape,

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Speaker 1: and one of them, which they did not realize at

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Speaker 1: the time, was Sinhar, went into a building and was

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Speaker 1: tracked down then by a drone.

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Speaker 2: Israel has released drone footage that drone footage which shows

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Speaker 2: the man they say is Sinhar sitting in a chair.

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Speaker 2: They say he looks dazed and he throws a stick

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Speaker 2: at the drone, presumably trying to take it out with

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Speaker 2: anything that was around him. The footage ends before sinna

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Speaker 2: Law is eventually killed. Then Yahoo called his death the

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Speaker 2: beginning of the end of the conflict. This conflict again

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Speaker 2: has been going on for a year after that attack

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Speaker 2: by Hamas took hostages and about one hundred of those

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Speaker 2: hostages remain missing to this day.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there is renewed hope that those hostages may be

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Speaker 1: released or at least the end of the war in

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Speaker 1: Gaza is near now with the leader's death, but time

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Speaker 1: will tell whether or not that will happen. Next up

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Speaker 1: on our Run, Kamala Harris turned down an invitation to

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Speaker 1: have dinner with Donald Trump in Manhattan last night. But

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Speaker 1: Trump didn't dine alone. He was surrounded by an awkward

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Speaker 1: mix of friends and foes. This was all at the

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Speaker 1: famed Al Smith dinner.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and this was supposed to be the idea, supposed

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Speaker 2: to be a little awkward, but a chance for people

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Speaker 2: to come together. This is a Catholic fundraiser that traditionally

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Speaker 2: hosts the two major party presidential candidates. Kamala Harris is

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Speaker 2: the first candidate to skip the dinner in some forty years.

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Speaker 2: She decided instead to stay out in the campaign trail.

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Speaker 2: So Trump kind of had the room to himself, so

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Speaker 1: Yeap Malania was there, Bloomberg was there, Chuck Schumer was there.

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Speaker 1: Mayor Adams was there, Hillary Clinton was there. Governor Hokeel

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Speaker 1: Cheryl Hines. And guess who was also there, sitting not

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Speaker 1: too far from Trump, New York Attorney General Letitia James. Yes,

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Speaker 1: this is the woman who successfully prosecuted Donald Trump for

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Speaker 1: financial crimes.

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Speaker 2: Well, that's what would mean by awkward in the room.

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Speaker 2: This night is billed as one that brings the candidates

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Speaker 2: and parties together for some fun and a chance to

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Speaker 2: take some lighthearted shots at each other. Now, we're going

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Speaker 2: to give you some of Trump's jokes now from last night,

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Speaker 2: and then you decide whether or not they were lighthearted.

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Speaker 2: At what point he was addressing Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer,

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Speaker 2: After telling Schumer that he looked glum, Trump said, but

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Speaker 1: How about another joke for you. While he was making

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Speaker 1: Michelle Obama gives a speech and everyone loves it. It's fantastic.

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Speaker 1: They think she's absolutely great. My wife, Milania gives the

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Speaker 2: Oh and finally, this one for you. He made reference

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Speaker 2: Who seems to have the mental faculties of a child.

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Speaker 2: This is a person that has nothing going, no intelligence whatsoever.

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Speaker 2: But enough about Kamala Harris, you get the idea. He

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Speaker 2: took some shots of himself. Hell, he even made a

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Speaker 2: the idea. Even Nixon and Kennedy attended this dinner back

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Speaker 2: and it was kind of cool to see. Look, you

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Jim Gaffigan was the MC. Of course he is

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Speaker 1: funny and has been playing He's been playing Tim Waltz

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Speaker 1: That way, five thousand dollars per ticket to attend, But

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Speaker 1: the jokes were pretty funny, fun.

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Speaker 2: And Kamala Harris did have a presence there, even though

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Speaker 2: a couple of shots at Trump as well. But overall

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Speaker 2: it was nice to have a night of laughter and

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Speaker 2: instead of nastiness.

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Speaker 1: I suppose, yes, we could all use that. Our run

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Speaker 1: now continues with a SAT update on the death of

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Speaker 1: former One Direction singer Liam Payne. Argentine officials released details

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Speaker 1: fell from his third floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires

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Speaker 1: that happened earlier this week. The prosecutor's office said his

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Speaker 2: Still is a matter of routine here. They are investigating

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Speaker 1: Police say they responded to the hotel after there were

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Speaker 1: And today and yesterday the reaction from Paine's former bandmates,

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Speaker 1: friends and family members, well, it's all been pouring in

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Speaker 2: we're completely devastated by the news of Liam's passing. In

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Speaker 2: time and when everyone is able to, there will be

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Speaker 2: more to say, but for now we will take some

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Speaker 2: time to grieve and process the loss of our brother

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Speaker 2: who we loved dearly.

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Speaker 1: Payne's family says they are heartbroken and that Liam will

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Speaker 1: live in our hearts and will remember him for his

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Speaker 1: kind and funny and brave soul. And several other musicians

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they run the gamut and just the Halsey and

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Speaker 2: As you can imagine how emotional that was. But the

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Speaker 2: remembrances that we're seeing are coming with a reminder and

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Speaker 2: telling folks anybody out there, if you are struggling with addiction,

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Speaker 2: out to someone. So that's nice that that note is

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Speaker 2: also going along with the lot of the remembrances.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's an important reminder to everyone out there. Next up,

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Speaker 1: where there was a rare and last minute decision by

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Speaker 2: He was sent to die at six o'clock Central time,

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Speaker 1: That's right, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice made

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Speaker 2: They said, over twenty years now, Robert Robertson has spent

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and Robertson has long maintained his innocence, saying he

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Speaker 2: Now, doctors and investigators at the time jumped to the

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Speaker 2: Well, stay with us here, we're gonna continue our run

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Speaker 2: in just a moment with some shocking news in the

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Speaker 2: to start. Welcome back as we continue our Friday morning

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Speaker 2: run and next up a stunning decision from one of

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Speaker 2: the top coaches in all of college basketball, Tony Bennett. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: you're hearing the name, right, but not the singer guy.

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Speaker 2: This is Tony Bennett, who is the head coach at Virginia.

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Speaker 2: He is retiring effective immediately. He's just fifty five years old.

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Speaker 2: He just signed an extension a few months ago, and

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Speaker 2: the season is just about to start in three weeks.

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Speaker 1: Hmmm, that's a head scratcher. Well, there was no explanation

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Speaker 1: given for this sudden announcement. A press conference, however, is

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Speaker 1: more details from Bennett about what happened. That contract extension

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Speaker 1: would have kept him at the school at least through

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Speaker 1: twenty thirty. He's been at Virginia for fifteen years now.

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Speaker 1: He went to the NCUBA Tournament ten of those years,

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Speaker 1: including winning the national championship back in twenty nineteen, and

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Speaker 1: he was national Coach of the Year twice. In his career.

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Speaker 2: He turned Virginia into a powerhouse nationally and entered the

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Speaker 2: nc DOUBLEA Tournament as a number one seat several times,

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Speaker 2: including famously in twenty eighteen. A lot of you all

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Speaker 2: might not know his name or think much of Virginia,

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Speaker 2: but you'll remember in twenty eighteen, the first number one

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Speaker 2: seed to ever lose to a sixteen seed. Yeah, that

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Speaker 2: was Tony Bennett's Virginia team. Awful, awful moment for them,

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Speaker 2: but what a redemption the very next year. And I

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Speaker 2: back and won it all. So he is just a

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Speaker 1: Do this now, Yeah, you were really shocked to hear

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Speaker 1: there's no conjecture, no one's making any speculation at this point.

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Speaker 2: Well, speculation is just that he is possibly fed up

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Speaker 2: it's going when it comes to nil deals and whatnot.

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Speaker 2: That's some of the speculation. But who knows, and I

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Speaker 2: hope it's not healthy. But he's fifty five and a

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Speaker 2: youthful looking fifty five. You see me, looks like a

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, we're going to end our run on

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Speaker 1: this Friday with some very good news. We don't get

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Speaker 1: to report it often, but it's always great when we

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Speaker 1: get to, and this one might involve your children. Teen

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Speaker 2: You're talking about a twenty percent drop. And the estimated

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Speaker 2: at least one tobacco product cigarette e cigarette, nicotine pouches, hookahs.

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Speaker 1: and Prevention began this survey back in nineteen ninety nine.

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Speaker 1: So this is certainly promising news, but the CDC says

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Speaker 1: its mission is still far from over. It wants to

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Speaker 1: see those numbers drop even more now.

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Speaker 2: The agency reported earlier this year a drop in vaping

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Speaker 2: cigarette us fell to under six percent as well this year.

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Speaker 2: E cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco products among teens,

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Speaker 2: followed by nicotine pouches. So we've seen a decline in

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Speaker 1: And that is certainly good news to end on this Friday.

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Speaker 1: And we'd also like to leave you on the run

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Speaker 1: with a little bit of wisdom, as we've been doing

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Speaker 2: Folks, please listen closely to this quote. It will serve

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Speaker 2: some point very soon. And the quote is classy is

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Speaker 2: when you have a lot to say, but you choose

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Speaker 2: to say silent in front of fools.

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Speaker 1: That's one that I should probably have tattooed on my body,

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Speaker 1: because it's one that I could use in certain moments.

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Speaker 1: I tend to do the opposite.

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Speaker 2: Yes, folks, classy is when you have a lot to say,

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Speaker 2: but you choose to stay silent in front of fools.

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Speaker 2: Saying with that, folks, we certainly. Hope you appreciated having

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Speaker 2: a run with us this week. We will see you

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Speaker 2: back here next week, but for now.

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Speaker 1: I'm T Jails and I'm Amy Robock. Hope you all

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Speaker 1: have a wonderful weekend and join us on our run

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Speaker 1: on Monday.