Thank you, John. It is six oh five here Kentucky and it's Morning News with Nick Coffee on News Radio eight forty whas So, the big move was made by President Trump as we now have some US muscle that's been put into play here with the Israel and Iran situation. And again, a lot of it just stood out yesterday.
And we had a conversation just a moment ago with Rory O'Neil in BC News and I asked him, did it seem as if and I don't even remember how, I probably butchered the question, to be honest with you, however, my question was essentially, did it stand out to you that there was a lot of emphasis Sunday when it comes to just the situation and the United States is side. They're not at war with Iran, They're at war with
the nuclear program, which makes sense, I understand it. But then again, then you you hear President Trump mentioning a potential regime change in Iran, It's it's a little bit kind of contradictoring, but then again, that's kind of that's been pretty consistent. Consistently contradicting yourself is never a great look, and it certainly seems as if that's been the case at times. But that's that's just that's just how I viewed.
I think this is VP jd Vance yesterday and he is speaking, and yet it would be great if I actually had the sound turned on. It's pretty I think I'm new here, but that's pretty important in radio, right, making sure that the sound is on when you're gonna when you're gonna play it. No, Christian, we're not at
war with Iran. We're at war with Iran's nuclear program, and that again, maybe that was just always the stance, but it did seem as far as the messaging in reaction to what happened Saturday evening yesterday, it seems as if that was there was a real focus on making
sure that that was out there. So that is where we are, and this is something that probably doesn't need to be said as much as I've already said it throughout the first hour this morning, but I it I think with strong opinions on both sides, and really the reaction from the right and the left was pretty pretty expected as far as those that are praising President Trump and stating that it was the right move, and then there are the others that think it was not only
a mistake, they're highlighting the fact that there wasn't the green light given by Congress. And then you actually do have some that are I don't know what these these folks identify. I don't know what what people call the Republicans who are pro Trump and certainly big time Republican, but they don't they don't like the United States dipping their toe into wars that that, you know, I guess with countries that they aren't believed to be such a threat.
And again, as far as are they really a threat, that's that's for. I mean, everybody's got their own thought on that whole thing. But again, what I'm what I'm getting at as far as what probably doesn't need to be said, but I've said it many times, why not say it once more? Anybody with any reaction as of right now, as far as what took place over the weekend, That that tells you they know where this thing is going, good or bad. They don't know. None of us know.
We just have to We just have to wait and see. But again, when it comes to the the and again it's it's a legitimate point that's being made that this was an attack on Euron's nuclear sites without Congress giving the the official and formal approval. But that's that's Unfortunately, that's not uncommon. The last four presidents, Obama, Trump, Biden, and now Trump again have all launched military actions, from drone strikes to again bombing Eiron's nuclear sites, which took
place over the weekend. So last I checked, the constitution is pretty clear only Congress can declare war. And again, we're not, technically, I guess, at war with Iran. And that's why the emphasis is that we're at war with their nuclear programs. I mean, that's semantics. But regardless, people both sides have had people will bring up the the you know, sounding the alarm essentially that hey, this isn't necessarily the way that you're supposed to be going about
these things. You had ran Paul to Bernie Sanders mentioning that, hey, this didn't go this did not go through the formal process that it's supposed to go through. However, they're just
they're drowned out anytime it's brought up. And I don't think that they should be because again I think at times they mean I think that's that's a legitimate point, but I think what's happening here is it's just easier to act first and then debate later, because that's just I mean, that's where we are, but ignoring the risks that come with this kind of stuff. I mean, maybe it's nothing, but maybe maybe it's not. All right. We've got another update of traffic and weather coming your way.
Also will hit sports coming up in fifteen minutes. And there was once again another attempted streak takeover here in Louisville, but once again LMPD they snipped it out early, shut it down. It seems like there's just a fun cat and mouse game. They're just it's like they because nobody's getting arrested, there's no like. I guess looks as if it's about to potentially be a scary situation, only for LMPD to do a good job and shut it down.
But yeah, we'll get to that in a lot more on Kentucky This Morning News News Radio eight forty WHS. Good Monday morning, Kentucky, and thanks for hanging out with us. Starting your day, maybe you're not starting your day, maybe your day is ending. I don't everybody's got their own schedule. But whatever you're doing, however, you're listening. Thank you, we appreciate it. Again. It is Kentucky and his Morning News on News Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee. That's me
John all On alongside. We'll have an update on sports coming your way in about ten minutes with Scott Fitzgerald and of course another newscast from John Shannon out six thirty. I do want to let you know that if you are listening on the iHeart radio app, then you can interact, you can share your thoughts. I'm sure there are many of you that have thoughts when it comes to what's currently going on with the United States intervening and dipping
their toe in the water, if you will. I mean, there's all kinds of different ways you can describe it, but I can't. I got to tell you I can't move past the way in which this has been described
as midnight hammer. I mean, that's that's awesome. So again, just wann to remind you that you do have a way to share your thoughts, and we can't play everything that comes in, but if you use the talkback feature on the Auhet radio app, and you know there's thirty seconds, I think it gives you to to say whatever you want. And again it doesn't guarantee you that it's gonna end up being part of the show. But we I like to to mix in some interactions, some thoughts from our
listeners here and there. And I think the more we do that and you hear other voices other than just ours that are from the listeners from the community, the more inclined you may be to to share your own. So again, it's the talkback feature. If you listen on aheart radio, just tap that microphone button and it'll prompt you to uh to let it rip. And that's that's that's how easy it is, all right. So over the weekend, another potential street takeover was was shut down. This one
took place in the New lou areas. So at about twelve forty five am, LMPD was called to Clay and Market Street for multiple disorderly people after a call er expressed concerns of what they thought was going to be a potential street takeover. So the LMPD is real true.
The Real Time Crime Center confirmed that they were I guess about two hundred and fifty people between the Garage bar and the Big Bogita Bodagheita I'm not sure if I'm sure, I'm not saying that right actually, but I know exactly which restaurant it is because I can I can visualize it. So that area there a new lou By garage bar and I guess maybe just a couple of blocks up. There were about again roughly two hundred
and fifty people, motorcycles, cars, all in the area. So LMPD began staging additional officers and approached the scene with I guess a relatively smaller police presence than maybe you would expect. But it worked out well because they had the intentions of of clearly resolving the situation, and they relied on communication and community cooperation from everybody involved, and it worked out to her. Once again, this of course is this is a situation, but no arrests were made.
And to say that this was just nothing, I mean, I don't know if that would be accurate, because you did have some businesses that opted to close early because of the situation, so it's not like it was, you know, move along, nothing to see here. And also I think it's these are things that I think you want to get out there to let the community know that, hey, if you are trying to take these street takeover situations that became a real problem in that little pocket of
the Highlands there on Barchtown Road. If you're trying to take it elsewhere, we're going to find out, and we're going to show up and we're going to As a chief Humphrey has said, we're going to enforce the law, which I don't know why. That's such a subtle but awesome way to just let people know what your plan is. We're here to enforce the law, and it's almost an endurre. You can try to challenge that if you'd like, but
you'll probably regret that. So LPD worked with officers from the ABC Alcohol Beverage Control and talk to the bar management and they were able to get this thing taken care of to where all parties were cooperated throughout. It was about a thirty minute situation in total and there were no citations at all made by LMPD or ABC. So again, this is as much as there's criticism and sometimes for good reason when it comes to to law enforcement.
I feel like since the since it really became a big deal with the two straight weekends of Chaos and the Highlands, that has certainly gotten better in that area, and we've now had attempted situations to take place elsewhere that have been peacefully shut down with nobody getting arrested. I'm not really sure it could be handled much better
from the LMPD side. So well done. All right, We've got another update of traffic and weather coming your way, and then of course we've got another update of sports as well right now our news radio eight forty WHS. Thank you very much, John Shannon, it is Kentucky and his morning news here on news radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you at six thirty five. Good morning, Kentucky in a happy Monday to you, a very very hot weekend that is going to carry into this week
as the heat wave is upon us. I I for those and I'm not going to give you my address, not that you would care, but I my address is Shepherdsville, but I don't feel like I live in Shepherdsville. John. You can attest to this right like the zip codes and the you know your address and the city if
you know you know. But anyways, I bring it up because I just looked up at the WKY weather forecast that's in front of me here and it's showing temperatures in certain areas and heat indecks one seven in Bullock County today and not much different elsewhere in the region. But man, it's going to be hot, So stay hydrated and just prepare for it because Summer is here right on schedule. Summer arrived and let us know in a major way that she's here and she's here to stay
for a while, So just be prepared. Hopefully everybody had a good weekend. I know I certainly did. Didn't come to a good end because I am an Indiana Pacers fan and they lost last night in the NBA Finals, and we've talked about it throughout the morning here and there when Scott had his first sports update. So I know many of you probably don't care about the finals
or don't care about my Pacers. But one thing that I think became a real unavoidable talking point surrounding not just the NBA Finals coverage, but the NBA postseason coverage and really just the NBA coverage overall from ESPN. I mean, maybe I'm the only one that noticed it, but it's not just fans on X because that's where you go if you want to share some negative news and just be toxic. Like x is a good resource for news information if you can weed out what's real and what's not.
But it's just it's probably an exaggeration here. In fact, it is an exaggeration. But I think you can find in the responses to certain ex tweet sex posts, whatever you want to call them. You know, those that don't have any information just have the blank profile and they've got three followers, and they follow eighty people, and if you go look at their replies, all they're doing is just you know, being nasty about anything and everything. It's
a real toxic place. So maybe this isn't the greatest example to give you, but it became something that was covered by those who cover the NBA that the ESPN's NBA cover just is just so subpar, and it really stood out last night. Maybe it was me just being a bitter Pacers fan as they were gassing up the Thunder as they should, and the Thunder of course were the better team and they won. But I expect there'll
be some big changes next year. And look, everybody has their own taste as far as like there's like, for example, I don't know many that say Oh yeah, give me
Stephen A. Smith. Oh, absolutely, give me more Steven A. I don't know anybody that I would say, I mean a friend, acquaintance, anything that's like, yeah, ESPN, you know, I'm a fan, but really wish they'd give me more Stephen Am Not sure that's ever been said by anybody, but clearly he does something good enough there for him to have I think the highest salary at ESPN, and
they put him everywhere. So there's a lot of complaining about it, but yet it seems to be working as far as just again, he's somebody they've invested a ton of money in. But it did feel like there was a slight shift, especially during the finals coverage, that there's more noise than ever, And of course that's what Stephen A. Smith does. He makes a lot of noise. He yells, he's loud, even so much last night that Bob Myers, the former Golden State Warriors GM, who was you know,
who was? Who was? I don't know how long he's been with he's been with the ESPN crew, but he went from being a GM to now being a broadcaster, and last night, I mean he just said, just because you yell at doesn't make it true. And I don't think that was part of a bit. I don't think that was just I think he's speaking for fans who are like, all right, this guy needs to quit screaming
at me, and this isn't really their fault. And I, you know, for those who don't know, I used to be in sports broadcasting long before well, I wasn't a broadcaster as far as doing play by play or anything like that, but I worked in sports radio. I was a radio loud mouth myself. So with that being really my background for more than ten years, I always hesitate to say, all this guy stinks because everybody has their own preference, and I'm sure there are people who think
I think so. Everybody has their own taste. And if you've got an employer willing to invest in you and make you a part of their coverage, then you know you're doing good enough. Just because one person or many people don't like a particular host and their style and their opinions, if they're employed and things are going well, then there's enough people that justify it. But with Doris Burke and Richard Jefferson being a part of it, with Mike Brain, who's been there a long time as the
play by play guy. It just didn't It did not seem It's put it this way, it stood out more than I was ever expecting that you're watching the NBA Finals in a Game seven, and it wasn't as if there was one big goof for one specific moment where it felt low class that it felt subpar, but the coverage, as far as those that were a part of it collectively, it did not match what we actually had, which was a Game seven of the NBA Finals, And it just to me it seemed as if it got so bad
to where it wouldn't shock me if they completely revamp things. And look they're lead for those that don't know the least, ESPN is going to lease the TNT guys for next year, meaning Chuck shack Ernie, those guys that you felt like were going away because TNT is no longer involved in the NBA. ESPN is leasing their contracts to where they can utilize them, but they're not using them for endgame. They're using them for I guess the pre postgame and even halftime to where we don't have to listen to
Steven A. Smith's scream as much. But here's what's probably gonna happen. They're gonna put Steven A with him, and he's just gonna yell. And I guess it could be entertaining to see how like Charles Barkley responds to that, because maybe that would be entertaining. But again, maybe I'm a bitter Pacers fan. But it felt like last night was a real eye opener for a lot of people that, man, how did ESPN fall so far behind TNT? And look even if T and T didn't exist, because it's unrealistic
to expect to compete with what they do. However, even if they even if that wasn't the standard, the the top dog in NBA coverage, I still think what you have at ESPN now would be subpar. All Right, An update of traffic and weather's coming your way right here on news radio eight forty WHS six forty seven. Here at Kentucky, INA's Morning News. We have another sports update coming your way in about eight and a half minutes with Scott Fitzgerald. Another check of traffic and weather on
the way in about two and a half minutes. But uh, I don't think it's out of line, and I'm certainly not attempting to pick on Kroger by any means. But in my I guess this is the fourth week that I've that I'm getting started here. Kroger has been talking about quite a bit compared to other things. And they had road and infestation at one location which shut it down, and then they had another location, I believe the Lagrange Road exit or the look, yeah, the Lagrange Road location,
I should say that had nothing. It wasn't didn't get shut down. It was not as severe as what happened at the Gass Avenue location. But again, you never want to be in the news because there's road and infestation at one location and there's I guess the potential threat of it due to mouse droppings or rodent droppings. So
it's not great. But another piece of news from overnight, pretty scary situation where they ended up having to ended up with no shots fired and no real you know, nobody was injured or anything like that, but certainly a scary situation as there was a call made about an active aggressor at the West Louisville Kroger. That was last
night around eight forty. Police responded to the Kroger. In the twenty seven hundred block of West Broadway, and when they got there, they began clearing everybody out of the store, employees and shoppers. No shots were fired, according to LMPD, but they did have to close down or evacuate I should say for the time being McDonald's and Popeyes, which is right near that location. So it all started because
they were notified that somebody entered. In fact, I think it was a young adult or a teen that entered the Kroger wearing a mask and carrying a handgun. So that led to a none one one call of an active aggressor and obviously you got to take those things serious. So it worked out well. But another not so great piece of news that's out there when it comes to Kroger, and again they can't control that, but just again, that's
not something you ever want happening in your store. And now we know this actually came out late last week I believe it was that there are I think a total of sixty Kroger locations that are going to close over the next eighteen months. So as far as which of those stores in Kentucky you are going to close, I mean, it's tough to know, but there are I mean, there are you'd probably know there are so many locations here in the state. There's more than yeah, there's there's
Kroger dot Com. They're they're I guess their database of locations here lists more than one hundred stores in more than fifty Kentucky cities. And I know, I'd be shocked if in fact, these closure these closures don't end up impacting those that are that are here, which not that I would have the information to see these kind of things coming, but uh, yeah, I mean that's a that's a closing that many stores, is it's rob It says that they currently operate two thousand, seven hundred and thirty
one stores. That was at the beginning of this year, and uh, the cut is gonna Yeah, the cut is going to represent about two percent of all of its location. So I guess it's not a huge issue. It's just you don't often see from a you know, grocery re type giant. I mean, again, I don't know where they are on the list as far as competing with with others in their industry, but certainly Kroger a big name brand.
But yeah, they're gonna be closing down sixty stores, all right, an update of trafficking weather is coming up right now, and then an update on sports with Scott Fitzgerald right here on news radio eight forty WHS