Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast.
Speaker 2: Good morning everyone, It's Tuesday, July first. Welcome to Morning Run.
Speaker 2: I'm Amy Robots.
Speaker 1: And I'm TJ Holds and on the run this morning.
Speaker 1: I guess they don't call it Vodorama for nothing. Senators
Speaker 1: are still as we speak, burning the midnight oil as
Speaker 1: Republicans try to pass Trump's Big Beautiful Bill.
Speaker 2: And President Trump takes another shot at Harvard University with
Speaker 2: a new investigation by his own administration and another round
Speaker 2: in the Trump versus California saga. Trump is now suing
Speaker 2: the city of Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: Also this morning, we now know the identity of the
Speaker 1: man who lured, ambushed, and killed two firefighters in Idaho,
Speaker 1: but his motives remain unclear. Also, an eighty two year
Speaker 1: old victim of last month's Boulder attack has died of
Speaker 1: her injuries. Add first degree murder to the suspect's list
Speaker 1: of charges.
Speaker 2: Plus a second day of deliberations begin in the Dittach
Speaker 2: after a very busy first few hours yesterday afternoon.
Speaker 1: Also slander, what's slander? It's just a rap beef. A
Speaker 1: judge is now deciding give Kendrick Lamar's not like us
Speaker 1: crossed the line from rap beef bangor to defamation. And
Speaker 1: a record has been set for the fastest serve ever
Speaker 1: recorded at Wimbledon and robes it was recorded on the
Speaker 1: day that was the actual hottest first day in the
Speaker 1: history of Wimbledon. I just put that together.
Speaker 3: Lots of records being set.
Speaker 1: It's the heat. Had anything to do with the heat
Speaker 1: he put on that tennis ball. I didn't put it together.
Speaker 3: I like that spin you just putting.
Speaker 1: We'll get it. We'll get into that, all right.
Speaker 2: But we begin our run in Washington, DC.
Speaker 3: As of this recording, the floor.
Speaker 2: Of the US Senate was still open for business and
Speaker 2: has been for about twenty one hours in counting. Now
Speaker 2: Senators work through the night into so called vodama, and
Speaker 2: we're not quite sure when this thing is going to
Speaker 2: actually end.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Republicans are trying to get President Trump's big, beautiful bill,
Speaker 1: his legislative agenda passed, but in order to do so,
Speaker 1: it has to go through this process where senators are
Speaker 1: allowed to offer amendments. They can offer as many as
Speaker 1: they want, and can they do this for as long
Speaker 1: as they want. However, they don't have all the time
Speaker 1: in the world. The clock is ticking and Trump is
Speaker 1: your timekeeper.
Speaker 2: That's right, He said, he wants this bill to his
Speaker 2: desk by the fourth of July holiday, and no one
Speaker 2: goes on vacation until his bill gets passed. The fourth is,
Speaker 2: of course, on Friday. But even if the Senate passes
Speaker 2: this bill, it still has to go to the House.
Speaker 1: Which is known to do things rather quickly. I'm kidding, folks. Also,
Speaker 1: a key sticking point of this bill that cuts to
Speaker 1: Medicaid that are in their analysis show that the bill
Speaker 1: would leave up to eleven million people without health insurance
Speaker 1: in the next ten years. Again, romees, there is no
Speaker 1: sign at this point of when this could possibly end.
Speaker 1: They could go and go and go. Democrats, of course,
Speaker 1: trying to stretch this thing out.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we keep hearing Republicans saying they're close, They're oh
Speaker 2: so close.
Speaker 3: But close is not good enough. So we will keep
Speaker 3: you update on that.
Speaker 2: But next up on our run, an investigation has determined
Speaker 2: that Harvard University is in violation of the Civil Rights
Speaker 2: Act and has failed to protect its Jewish students.
Speaker 1: Granted it was President Trump who was doing the investigating,
Speaker 1: but still take that with a grain of salt. It
Speaker 1: is the latest public salvo in the ongoing beef between
Speaker 1: Trump and Harvard. The DOJ yesterday sent a letter to
Speaker 1: the school saying that Harvard was in violent violation the
Speaker 1: term they used of the Civil Rights Act and said quote,
Speaker 1: Harvard has been in some cases deliberately indifferent and in
Speaker 1: others wilful participants in the anti Semitic harassment of Jewish students, faculty,
Speaker 1: and staff.
Speaker 2: The DOJ goes on to threaten the loss of all
Speaker 2: federal financial resources if the school doesn't make adequate changes immediately.
Speaker 2: Harvard pushed back on the investigation's finding say they disagree
Speaker 2: with the assessment. The administration has already frozen more than
Speaker 2: two billion dollars in funding over the past few months
Speaker 2: after Trump accused the school of failing to address anti
Speaker 2: Semitism on campus in the wake of the Israel Hamas war.
Speaker 1: Next up on ouran who is Trump gone and soued Now, Yes,
Speaker 1: we got another lawsuit in the ongoing battle between the
Speaker 1: state of California and President Trump. He got specific, I guess,
Speaker 1: not just the whole state. He got very specific in
Speaker 1: his lawsuit with just the City of Los Angeles Mayor
Speaker 1: Karen Bass and the city council. So in then why
Speaker 1: over the city sanctuary city law, saying they are obstructing
Speaker 1: federal immigration law enforcement.
Speaker 2: Yes, the lawsuit says the sanctuary laws are illegal and
Speaker 2: designed to stop federal officials from carrying out their duties.
Speaker 2: Attorney General Pambondi pointed to the recent unrest in LA,
Speaker 2: saying this sanctuary policies were the driving cause of the violence, chaos,
Speaker 2: and attacks on law enforcement that Americans recently witnessed in
Speaker 2: Los Angeles. Jurisdictions like Los Angeles that flout federal law.
Speaker 2: By prioritizing her words, here, illegal aliens over American citizens
Speaker 2: are undermining law.
Speaker 3: Enforcement at every level. It ends under Trump.
Speaker 1: You know, we have been trained in journalism for years
Speaker 1: and years to stop using the term illegal aliens. Yes,
Speaker 1: undocumented undocumented immigrants. Yes, people say that's insensitive. I just
Speaker 1: noticed as you did that, you're reading a quote, and
Speaker 1: you stopped in the middle of the quote to say, hey,
Speaker 1: just reminding you.
Speaker 3: She said this, right, her words duly noted, all right.
Speaker 1: LA sanctuary policies prohibit local resources, in particular police officers,
Speaker 1: from taking part in federal immigration enforcement efforts. The Trump
Speaker 1: administration says it's one thing to refuse to help federal agents,
Speaker 1: it's another thing to interfere, obstruct, and discriminate against them.
Speaker 2: Now, a lot of legal experts believe this lawsuit is
Speaker 2: more of a political statement, saying it's actually legally a
Speaker 2: weak argument because the federal government cannot force a city
Speaker 2: to use its resources for federal immigration enforcement. LA along
Speaker 2: with a couple other cities around the area, also have
Speaker 2: these sanctuary laws in place, and that's what Trump's been
Speaker 2: trying to do. He's just been trying to defund but
Speaker 2: now he's taking this step further with this lawsuit.
Speaker 1: All right, we'll continue on the run on this day
Speaker 1: is it's Tuesday, Tuesday morning.
Speaker 3: Crist I had to stop and think, actually, hi, you.
Speaker 1: Continue on this Tuesday morning run. The suspect who ambushed
Speaker 1: firefighters in Idaho has been identified. Police say it was
Speaker 1: twenty year old West Roly, who intentionally set a brush
Speaker 1: fire on Sunday to draw firefighters to the area, and
Speaker 1: then fired on them in a sniper style attack, killing
Speaker 1: two firefighters and injuring another.
Speaker 2: This all happened on Canfield Mountain. It's a popular recreation
Speaker 2: area in the community of Cordelane in northern Idaho. Roly
Speaker 2: is described as a transient who is living out of
Speaker 2: his car, and his family says they're shocked by this.
Speaker 2: They say he was actually an aspiring firefighter.
Speaker 1: They said he had the utmost respect for police firefighters
Speaker 1: the job they do, and wanted to be a part
Speaker 1: of that community. This does not make any sense. Police
Speaker 1: did find his body in a wooded area hours after
Speaker 1: the attack and say Roley died by suicide. They say
Speaker 1: he had no criminal history at all, and they do
Speaker 1: not have a motive what happened here.
Speaker 2: His grandfather talked to some local media outlets and was
Speaker 2: trying to figure it out. The only thing that they
Speaker 2: can point to is that these firefighters apparently there was
Speaker 2: some sort of interaction about asking him to move a car,
Speaker 2: but his grandfather didn't seem to think that would rise
Speaker 2: to the level where he would be that angered. So
Speaker 2: it's very confusing, and no one really knows. There was
Speaker 2: no manifesto, there was no written word, so there's really
Speaker 2: no explanation as to why that tragedy happened all right.
Speaker 2: Next up on the Run, an eighty two year old
Speaker 2: woman who was severely injured in the fire bombing attack
Speaker 2: and Boulder last month, has died from her injuries. Karen
Speaker 2: Diamond was a wife, She was a mother and a
Speaker 2: grandmother of five, and she had just been peacefully walking
Speaker 2: for the first time that day to support Israeli hostages.
Speaker 1: Well, the Boulder District Attorney has now charged Egyptian national
Speaker 1: Mohammed Solomon with first degree after her death. There is
Speaker 1: no death penalty in Colorado, but the Trump administration could
Speaker 1: seek it because the FEDS have already charged him with
Speaker 1: twelve counts of hate crimes.
Speaker 2: Now, police say, if you remember, Solomon was shouting free
Speaker 2: Palestine during the attack, told investigators later he wished all
Speaker 2: Zionist people were dead. A total of thirteen people were
Speaker 2: injured in that attack, eight of whom actually had to
Speaker 2: be hospitalized with burns and other injuries. It was so
Speaker 2: sad hearing some of the reports of this woman, Karen
Speaker 2: Diamond recovering in the hospital. She that her family would
Speaker 2: come and visit her, and according to family members, she.
Speaker 3: Said, don't worry about me. I'm a tough cookie.
Speaker 2: She was fighting till the very end, and we certainly
Speaker 2: just want to offer our condolences, all right.
Speaker 1: We want to continue our around. The next leg brings
Speaker 1: us back here to Lower Manhattan, where deliberations will continue
Speaker 1: this morning. In the Diddy trial, after an eventful first
Speaker 1: day of deliberations yesterday, eventful first hour, we could even argue,
Speaker 1: the jury got instructions from the judge first thing Monday morning,
Speaker 1: went back to start deliberating. But after only about one hour,
Speaker 1: they sent a note to the judge saying, we had
Speaker 1: a problem with one of our own.
Speaker 3: That was crazy. So what was the problem.
Speaker 2: Apparently that juror either can't or won't or wouldn't.
Speaker 3: Follow the judge's instructions.
Speaker 2: The exact text of the note to the judge said this,
Speaker 2: we have a juror, jur twenty five, who we believe
Speaker 2: cannot follow your honor's instructions one hour.
Speaker 1: How do you know this in one hour? I am
Speaker 1: so fascinated. The judge got the attorneys together. They had
Speaker 1: to decide how to respond. Ultimately told the jurors say, hey,
Speaker 1: stay at it, follow the law, keep deliberating now. The
Speaker 1: juror in question, Jury twenty five, is a fifty one
Speaker 1: year old man who is a molecular biologist and lives
Speaker 1: in Manhattan, so he knows how to follow instructions.
Speaker 3: I feel like that's a very very yes. We can
Speaker 3: absolutely say that with confidence.
Speaker 1: Yes, and better than most even deliberations then continue. The
Speaker 1: jury wrapped it around five o'clock, but not before sending
Speaker 1: another note this when asking for clarification about what legally
Speaker 1: constitutes drug distribution.
Speaker 2: So the judge is expected to give the jurors a
Speaker 2: response this morning when they returned to court to continue
Speaker 2: their deliberations. Did He meanwhile, will remain at the courthouse
Speaker 2: in a holding cell during the time the jury is deliberating.
Speaker 2: We know he has to have a couple of books
Speaker 2: to pass the time, but certainly this has got to
Speaker 2: be nail biting.
Speaker 3: I guess would be one way to put it.
Speaker 1: All right. We'll keep an eye on that all day today. Again,
Speaker 1: really a verdict at this point could come at any time,
Speaker 1: but stay with us here on this Tuesday morning. Ron
Speaker 1: when we come back. Oh, you thought Kendrick Lamar after
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl that was the end of the rap battle,
Speaker 1: he could declare victory. Uh uh. Drake is taking that
Speaker 1: battle to a whole new arena. Also coming up, a
Speaker 1: man hit a tennis ball at Wimbledon harder than anybody
Speaker 1: has ever hit it in the history of that tournament.
Speaker 1: We continue now on this Tuesday morning run and the
Speaker 1: Drake Kendrick Lamar rap battle officially became a court battle yesterday,
Speaker 1: and not like us is at the center of it all.
Speaker 1: Drake sued Universal Music Group last year, claiming the label
Speaker 1: worked to promote Kendrick's mega hit, knowing full well that
Speaker 1: the song included false allegations against Drake, namely that he's
Speaker 1: a certified pedophile.
Speaker 2: By the way, Universal Music Group is both Kendricks and
Speaker 2: Drake's record labels. UMG has denied all of Drake's accusations
Speaker 2: and is arguing in court that this was a rap
Speaker 2: beef and there is supposed to be trash talking, even
Speaker 2: extreme trash talking, but the lyrics are not supposed to
Speaker 2: be taken as fast.
Speaker 1: Do you get that? Does that make sense to him?
Speaker 1: Did you understand that listening to the song that you
Speaker 1: should like this is real? Did you take it as fact?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 1: Okay? So Drake is arguing though, that the song achieved
Speaker 1: such popularity that was heard by a wider, non traditional
Speaker 1: rap audience. So that wider audience, that's why I was
Speaker 1: asking ropes. They say they argue they didn't know not
Speaker 1: to take the lyrics seriously.
Speaker 2: Are you implying that I'm a non traditional rap audience member?
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, you'll should see her nodding her head right now.
Speaker 3: The answer is yes, I'll answer that for you. Of
Speaker 3: course I am in that group.
Speaker 2: Yes, I am a non traditional rap audience member.
Speaker 1: So Drake's lawyer is arguing that the song was such
Speaker 1: a hit, and this was his example. He said, a
Speaker 1: thirteen year old girl might be dancing to the song
Speaker 1: at a bar mitzvah. That girl doesn't know not to
Speaker 1: take what she's hearing seriously and understands the history and
Speaker 1: the legacy and the context of rap battles. That is
Speaker 1: the argument. Okay there. It's fascinating the judge was even
Speaker 1: getting into this legal standard of what is an average listener.
Speaker 2: Like how we went to a bar mitzvah about mitzvah.
Speaker 3: That's funny they were arguing in New York those are
Speaker 3: also non.
Speaker 2: Traditional rap audience members, I'm guessing, is what they're trying
Speaker 2: to say, trying.
Speaker 1: To imply with the age and as the all right,
Speaker 1: the judge is not making an immediate ruling. Drake, however,
Speaker 1: is not suing Kendrick. Kendrick Lamar is not named specifically
Speaker 1: in the lawsuit. Neither of them attended yesterday's hearing. But
Speaker 1: the battle is not.
Speaker 3: Over now a legal one. Indeed.
Speaker 2: All right, for the final leg of our run, we
Speaker 2: are heading across the pond.
Speaker 3: Ah, wouldn't that be nice?
Speaker 2: A new record has been set for the fastest serve
Speaker 2: in the history of Wimbledon.
Speaker 1: Yeah, this happened yesterday in a first round match. Yesterday
Speaker 1: was Day one of Wimbledon. But this was a match
Speaker 1: between American Taylor Fritz and Giovanni and Peschi perry Card
Speaker 1: of France. Now, in the first set, it was Frenchy
Speaker 1: who ripped a serve one hundred and fifty three miles
Speaker 1: per hour. That is the fastest serve ever recorded at Wimbledon.
Speaker 1: But get this, and Pesci per Card also hit a
Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty one miler in the same match.
Speaker 3: Wow.
Speaker 2: Both of those bested the previous record of one hundred
Speaker 2: and forty eight miles per hour, which had stood since
Speaker 2: twenty ten. And by the way, Impeshi Paracard is six
Speaker 2: foot eight.
Speaker 1: There's a reason he's able to do this. Oh, my
Speaker 1: six goodness. But here is the highlight for me. You
Speaker 1: would think he just crushed one the hardest ball ever
Speaker 1: hit at Wimbledon. You would think, surely that was an ace. No,
Speaker 1: the American he was playing, Fritz, actually returned that serve
Speaker 1: and eventually won the point.
Speaker 3: That's insane.
Speaker 2: What's your arm field like after returning a ball that's
Speaker 2: going one hundred and fifty three miles per hour.
Speaker 3: I was also.
Speaker 2: Thinking, if you don't get out of the way of
Speaker 2: the ball, that's gonna leave us car hurt. That is
Speaker 2: going to leave a mark. But wow, that I think
Speaker 2: both of those Uh are very impressive. Yes, are incredibly impressive.
Speaker 1: And I should mention Pericard. He's not ranked number thirty
Speaker 1: six in the world, so he's obviously really good. But
Speaker 1: he's ranked the number one server.
Speaker 3: Wow, in the world, because he's got that strength.
Speaker 1: He's six eight. It's hard at that angle.
Speaker 2: He's he might not be as adept a running across
Speaker 2: the court back and forth, but man, he can serve
Speaker 2: a serve.
Speaker 3: That's for sure.
Speaker 2: All right, Well, we would like to leave you with
Speaker 2: something to think about on this Tuesday. This is our
Speaker 2: quote of the day.
Speaker 1: Those who seek a better life must first become a
Speaker 1: better person. Well, if you pull this one on an author.
Speaker 2: This is a entrepreneur and motivational speaker, Jim Rohan. But
Speaker 2: I just thought this was so cool because we're always
Speaker 2: looking for more, for better. A lot of times we
Speaker 2: think about material things, homes, cars, maybe even a better partner,
Speaker 2: all of the above, But how often do we actually
Speaker 2: turn it around, look in the mirror and say, why
Speaker 2: don't I start with myself and from there everything gets better?
Speaker 2: Right if you focus on becoming a better person, all
Speaker 2: boats rise.
Speaker 3: I just it's such a good way to look about it.
Speaker 2: If you're feeling like you're wanting more, start looking inward
Speaker 2: and being more and being better.
Speaker 3: I just thought it was such an empowering quote.
Speaker 1: So folks, take that with you as you go about
Speaker 1: your day today. Those who seek a better life must
Speaker 1: first become a better person. And with that, I always
Speaker 1: appreciate your running with us.
Speaker 3: So I'm TJ Hoult and I'm Amy Robock.
Speaker 2: Have a great twesday, everybody, and make sure to check
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