All right, good morning, and welcome in Kentucky in his morning news here on News Radio eight forty whas Nick coffee with you day two, they let me come back for a second day. I'm going to keep doing this until they no longer allow me in the building. But welcome in again. Happy Tuesday to you. Going to be a really really hot day today, temperatures getting up to
close to ninety, might get to ninety. But we got a lot on the docket, and we'll of course get you your first update on traffic and weather coming up here in about four minutes. As always, I'm joined by
the crew here. We've got Scotty Fitzgerald, We've got John Olden and John Shannon will give you your first news update coming up around five thirty, and we will continue to discuss a big story from yesterday, certainly, and not a surprise that with the attention that it got that we heard from Mayor Craig Greenberg in regards to the situation on Bargetown Road over the weekend, I guess back to back weekends. As the Mayor has said, no solution is off the table when it comes to getting this
getting this figured out. We'll let you hear some of the some of the clips from Mayor Greenberg yesterday, and I'm sure it'll be covered within the news as well. But I I've got a thought on just the reaction of this this situation that I don't I don't really hear others discussing. Doesn't mean they don't they don't see it from my point of view, But we'll certainly get into that. Also, a new area code potentially coming to
the area, five oh two could be no more. I mean, if you still have an area code that is five oh two, I think you're you're you know, you're in good shape. But they're running out of different phone numbers they can they can provide because of how many they've already gone with five oh two, And that just sounds sounds crazy to get a new phone number here in Louisville, Kentucky and it not be five oh two, But it
sounds like that that could be happening. But also, I mean, the area code is is often when you put somebody's number in your phone, do you even remember what area code it is?
Like, Scott, you're with me right? Area codes?
Like again, I think you need to know what when you take the number but outside of that, I mean.
Dude, I'm like, if I remember somebody's number, it's like I couldn't tell you my son's phone number right now.
I've had the same cell phone for probably same cell phone number for probably about sixteen seventeen years, and around that time, I mean, I remember, like my best friend's number. I remember my mom's work number when I was a kid and i'd have to call her when I was home. But other than that, if I put your number in my phone in the last decade, there's a good chance I don't remember it at all. I couldn't. You could give me a lineup, I would probably I would just have to guess.
Right right, I mean, I remember our first efferent phone number to your point, but when I call my son now, I'm just voicing it.
Like your home number. Yeah, of course number.
I never forget that you remember those because at the time you didn't have your you didn't have a smartphone.
You just go to the contact and hit call. You had to dial. This is yeah, I dialed it. I actually set up and dial.
But at the same token, you know, if I call my son or my daughter or my wife, that's even if I call anymore. I'm most of the time in texting. Oh yeah, and that was the hardest thing for my wife to get used to. My wife's not a text her. She'd rather call. She likes to hear the voice, she likes to talk. I text because I'm so busy.
Yeah, I mean, I think most people probably prefer to me. It's really what you're talking about. I mean, if it's just a quick thing, it could be a text. And there's certain things where like I know that if I text this, there's a chance it may be taking out of context, it may lead to a lot of questions, which ends up in a lot of back and forth texting. Therefore, I'm just going to call you and just give you the specific so we don't spend a bunch of time
going back and forth via text. Be a text, I mean, I can't imagine the life of up the text message.
Oh, it's a game changer, right, we do.
Yeah, It's definitely something that we probably take for granted because once it became a thing, it became like it's how most people communicate. So in fact, I remember when I was in high school it became a big deal and used to have to pay per text message on your data plan and my mom got a phone bill one time and it was not good for me at home.
So where is this new area code supposedly happening? Where are we talking about the men?
Yeah, no, so it's it's we'll get into the specifics of it a little bit later on, because you know, there's I think the.
Two seven zero is safe.
Yeah, but yeah, if there's a plan as far as what they're going to do if in fact we end up getting you know, if you know, if they make this change, which we'll get to that a little bit later on. Also, coming up about five to forty five, we'll talk to Rory O'Neill. The terror attack that took place in Boulder over the weekend. Obviously that's been a big story in the last couple of days. And then I know, when it comes to sports, Scott's going to get us updated on the college baseball postseason.
How about Louisville baseball? That awesome.
They were cold as could be heading into the postseason and now here they are two wins away from Omaha and they're going to be hosting a Super regional here at Jim Patterson Stadium for the first time since twenty nineteen, which that is crazy to say out loud, but it speaks to one the draft they've been on as far as big postseason success, and also how spoiled we were because I felt like they hosted a super regional like every year for about a decade, but they've certainly been
due for one of these big runs.
So it was I was getting a little too used to that, to be honest with you, Nick. It was like every time you turned around and the crowds started to show, there were some super regionals moving out to and there were fans there, but it wasn't packed.
Until the end rounds.
I think they were playing Illinois State when my son that win. So yeah, I'm glad you're bringing that up because that's a valid point. Now it's been taken away from the fans, we'll see how they respond.
And you have no I mean, you don't want your success to ever stop at all, but whenever it does for whatever reason, and then you get back to it, it feels a little bit better. I mean, Pat Kelsey brought Louisville basketball back to life to where you were beating teams called popcorn State, and it used to just be the expectation, and this year it was it felt a little better because you'd been you'd gone a while
without those kind of wins. So yeah, good stuff. We'll get to sports coming up around five to twenty five. Your first update on traffic and weather is right now. It's Kentuckyta's Morning News right here on news radio eight forty whas.
It is five sixteen here a Kentucky Ata's.
Morning News news radioaight forty whas Nick coffee with you. Appreciate you guys waking up with us. So after a second straight weekend of big crowds flooding Bargetown Road near Grinstead Grinstead Avenue, is it Grinstead Drive? I don't know whats that Avenue Grinstead Drive? Excuse me, apologies there, I should know I should know that. But anyways, right, Mayor Craig Breenberg did say that an administration, as you could expect, is not afraid to take to take action, and it's
not at all surprised to see that. You know, this was a big, big talking point yesterday here locally, and obviously you hear from the mayor, you hear from the police chief, and this is a little bit of what was said and again I don't think many will be surprised by this response from the mayor.
We are not afraid to take action on businesses or individuals that are violating the law, that are not acting properly in what should be an area for people to have safe enjoyment. I share the frustration of the neighbors, and I'm very proud of the work that we have done over the past year or two in the area. We have shut down three bars that were not complying with the room with the rules in the same general vicinity.
So I know there will be more from more sound from from Mayor Greenberg that you'll hear throughout the morning in our newscast, as well as Chief Humphrey who talked yesterday and did talk about it. In fact, let's this is this is this is probably a big thing for the for the police department as far as just keeping it from getting quite to the level that it got to on on Saturday night.
We'll make sure that we are responding to that ahead of time so that that crowd never gets to the point where it's it's blocking the street and creating a dangerous situation where emergency vehicles can't get through.
So look, this is clearly something that they they're they're gonna through whatever they can to get this fixed to where this kind of stuff doesn't doesn't happen anymore. That's why, you know, he's not afraid to take action. And as mentioned, he says no solution is off the table, and that's that's good. That's what you want to hear. And I'm sure if you are somebody that lives in the area, or you are a business owner in the area, you
obviously just want results, you want action. You just you know, because this what happened this past weekend and the weekend priory, and I wouldn't I wouldn't know if it had gotten
to that level prior. But I know that this is not insanely uncommon for that that's something like that to take place on a weekend evening at night when people are out and some of the bars over there, I mean there are three bars, as Craig Greenberg mentioned yesterday, that had been shut down because of just not complying with what you need to do in order to be
open for business. However, one thing that has really stood out to me in the last day or so is, despite this being an area that a lot of folks in Louisville have probably frequented it at some point in their life to have, you know, to have a good night out right go to the bars. I mean a lot of the noise, at least from people that I've talked to, people that I'm friends with, is Wow, what's
happened to Bargetown Road? The Highlands used to be used to be a place where you would go bar hop and there were so many different places that you could hit along the way and you would just call it a night. Everybody would get a cab and go home and you wouldn't see anything like this. And although that is certainly true, I don't think there's anything that I just laid out there. As far as the noise you're
hearing from others, that is, that is incorrect. But what really stands out to me the more I hear that from folks, and I'm really just talking about people that I know, friends of mine, and I have some friends that still that still are in that area a lot, some live not too far from it, and they've mentioned just sort of what it can turn into, you know, in the middle of the night on a Saturday night, Sunday morning even, But what we saw on the new in the news coverage from from wk Y as far
as the I guess the social media videos that they obtained they ended up making a part of their newscast and just you know, hearing of people jumping on cars and trying to disarm security, that kind of stuff. I mean, yes, it's it's bad for it to happen at a place like Bargetown Road, the Highlands that area because it's a place where people, you know, want to go and have fun. But that shouldn't happen anywhere, Like there should be nowhere
where that takes place. And you were like, well, okay, and I don't think anybody's advocating that it should that. You know, hey, take take this, take this nonsense, Take these shenanigans elsewhere. But I mean, yes, it happening in the Islands, especially if you're you know, business owner and you know you want customers, you want people, don't want people to be afraid to come and give you business because of what's going on. But I mean that happening
anywhere is something that needs to be addressed. And I'm sure they know that. But yeah, uh, clearly yesterday you could tell there's there's there's a plan to let it be known that that will not be tolerated in any way. All right, your next update of trafficing weather coming up right now. Scotty Fitzgerald's got sports as well. Keep it locked right here on news Radio eight forty whas. Thank you, John. It is five thirty four here at Kentucky at his
morning news on news Radio eight forty whas. Nick coffee with you, Scott Fitzgerald alongside as well as John Alden as you just heard there, John Shinn, and we are the crew taking you up until nine o'clock and then we'll hand it off to Tony and Dwight, So stick around. I also want to remind folks you can always take us with you wherever you go. Listen live on the iHeart Radio. I have also listened live at whas dot com. As mentioned five, Well, it's close to five thirty five.
I was gonna say five thirty four again, but what I really wanted to do was mention the date because it's June third, which means it was nine years ago that we had the Well, was it the celebration of life that was nine years ago? Or was it nine years ago that Muhammad Ali passed away. Let me double check this because I should get this correct. Yes, his passing was nine years ago today. It was June third, twenty sixteen, and there's the I Am Ali Festival at
the Muhammad Ali Center that takes place. It's going to be let's see six weeks from June third, starting today up until July thirteenth. And I was actually reflecting on my nine plus years doing sports just down the hall on seven ninety WKRD as I was finishing up last week. And I think at that time, I mean, I was a lot younger, and I feel like in the moment, if I go back, I would say, oh, you realized just how big of a you know, how big of
a deal that was. But I'm not really sure I was old enough, or maybe maybe it wasn't about age. Maybe it was more so just not being able to quite realize in the moment how many eyeballs across the planet were on Louisville as that took place. Obviously is
passing and then the celebration of life. And I don't know if I'll ever have a time in my lifetime here in Louisville where there was more attention, and it's mentioned more eyeballs on Louisville just because of the impact that Muhammad Ali had on not only us here in Louisville, his home, but the world.
Yeah, I listened to him. There's an IRIS radio host that I like to listen to him mid days because he's really good. I remember that day and he is revered in Ireland.
He is Muhammad Ali is just a hero.
He's almost he's their national hero really when you put it that way, you know, but he they couldn't stop gloating. They kept talking about what was going on at Louisville. And to your point, Nick, I think for me the whole day, I was just encapsulated by the TV coverage. When he stopped, they stopped the hearst in front of
the Ali Center on sixty four. That was telling the idea to take the hearst throughout the city, through the West End, through where he was from, and to see the massive outpouring by this city, especially in a time when you're talking we had our fair share of you know, decisiveness.
Sure, you know, but I couldn't get enough of the coverage anywhere local, nationally. Just it it made me feel good about being somebody from Louisville and has been here my whole life. And I think every city probably has some stories that get some national attention that they are happy and they think, hey, it makes us look good. And there's obviously the other side of that, stories that are focused on your city that you know aren't necessarily
a positive look. And we've certainly had that here in Louisville. And again, we're not alone, but let's be real, we've had especially in the last you know, five six years, it's been pretty rough, But that doesn't mean there's not great things going on here. But I feel like in that moment nine years ago, whenever Muhammad Ali passed away, and obviously there was the celebration of life. He had celebrities from across the world coming here to be a part of the of the big of the celebration of life,
and it was just it was awesome. And again I think back then I was well aware of how rare that was and just how they'll probably never be anything quite like this, especially being on the radio, having a platform to kind of talk about it and be here where it was all going on. So yeah, I can't believe it's been nine years. Sometimes I feel like it's been twenty years. Sometimes it feels like it was just the other day.
I was gonna say, it feels like it's been the other day. Just to see the people who come in and the visitors who come in. You hear from folks when you take them to the Ali Center. I took my family down to the Ali Center and they were just impressed tenfold. I mean they because it got into just when I said, let's go to the Ali Center. They're like, my mom, she's not I'm not a big boxing fan. She where do I want to go? I mean,
I said, Mom, it's more than that. And she came down and she started looking into the lives of the lives of Muhammad Ali, what happened publicly, socially, and then my mom really got into it, and she said that was impressive and she really enjoyed coming down and being a part of that.
I'll tell you what, I think there's probably many that really no are just I mean, they don't probably just consider themselves fans of Muhammad Ali, but they maybe super fans or maybe they and they may they may have never even watched them in a boxing match, just because they learned about him through you know, his fame came from boxing, but obviously he was a larger than life figure and hearing somebody who also from Louisville reached that level of fame and have such an impact on the world,
but never at any point not make it clear he's from Louisville and he's proud to be from Louisville. If you're from Louisville, that's really cool. And you really got reminded of just how much he embraced being from here during that time. And you remember Will Smith showing up and speaking, also Billy Crystal, and then John Ramsey, who of course former colleague of ours here at iHeart Louisville, very close to Muhammad Ali and his family, and of all of all the people that spoke, and everybody did
a great job. It was such a great, great, great celebration of life. But I think John Ramsey, and I don't just say this because I know him, but I don't know if anybody did better than him, and you could really tell. So, yeah, nine years since since the chant passed away and the.
Red bike story, Oh yeah, something I'd never heard of growing up.
I got to Louisville.
I remember I'm glad you mentioned that, Scott, because I remember thinking, Okay, you're a Louisville native, you know you claim And I felt like at the time I didn't know a lot about Mhammad Ali. But there when people passed, you're gonna learn things you would have never known, because that's what happens. Those are the conversations that take place when you look back on somebody's life once they passed away.
So I remember thinking I should know this.
But when when people pass away again, there's just no way to know everything about everybody. And sometimes there's things that you know maybe don't come out until you know long after. So anyways, nine years ago today, Muhammad Ali passed away. All right, your next update on trafficking weather's coming up right now, and we're going to be joined coming up at about five forty five by Roy O'Neil BBC News to talk about this terror attack that took
place in Boulder, Colorado over the weekend. Stick around right here our news Radio eight forty whas five forty five Here a Kentucky Anda's morning news on news Radio eight forty whas. Nick Coffee with you. We now welcome in Rory O'Neil from NBC News to discuss the terror attack that took place in Boulder, Colorado over the weekend.
Good morning.
It sounds as if this suspect acted alone, but also it sounds as if this was something that he had planned for quite some time.
Now we've learned yeah, and it it appears that this suspect, Mohammed Salabon, had actually been working on this for about a year, searching the internet, using YouTube videos to figure out how to make molotov cocktails and this improvised flame thrower that he allegedly used in the attack that happened on Sunday. We know that there were the hate field messages. He was shouting things like free Palestine and trying to kill Jewish people, so we know that was all there
at the scene as well. He's facing what sixteen counts now of attempted first degree murder. Those are the state charges. He's also facing a federal hate crime charge as well. Both of those cases could send him to prison for the rest of his life. He's forty five years old and right now sitting in a jail cell in Boulder.
When it comes to what he has said to those after being arrested. It doesn't sound as if he basically said he would do it again.
If he could.
Is that a rare response from someone who ends up being apprehended after committing such a heinous crime? To me, that doesn't necessarily surprise me given what this individual was willing to do, but very brazen as far as just letting it be known that he has no regrets and certainly would do it again if he could. That just seems to be seems to be odd to hear from him.
Yeah, a bit of an outlier.
You know.
Oftentimes the suspects in cases like this don't survive, they're killed in the attack, so we don't get a chance to talk to them. And then he appears to be speaking to investigator something else we typically don't see though quote lawyer up unquote and won't speak at all. We also know that this man left behind a cell phone at his family home in Colorado Springs, Colorado that contained farewell messages and gave some more information about his intent
here Colorado Springs and Boulder about ninety minutes apart. So apparently this group was targeted because they held these events every single Sunday, so he knew that they would be there when they would be there, making them a prime target for his hate.
So how was the Jewish community in Boulder react to this? Obviously you don't anticipate something quite like this happening, but this was heinous.
It certainly is, and in such a high profile way. And you know the fact that this man also tried to get a gun, would have bought a gun if not for gun laws that prevented this a foreign national from buying a gun here in the States. That's why he says he had to go and use this method, which of course inflicted terrible burns on these victims. One of the victims eighty eight years old, a Holocaust survivor, now looking for a head to a very painful, long
recovery from some of these burns. Obviously, the community, the Jewish community, but really the whole community has been affected by this, and we're expecting to see more signs of support to rally behind that community in the days ahead.
You mentioned did he at A lot of criminals who commit this kind of act, they end up they end up not living, not surviving. This is a little bit different here, which I'm glad you've mentioned that because I didn't really know what to compare it to, but it did seem odd that you have you have, you know, the aftermath from somebody who did this. Youe hearing that they you know, they didn't regret it. But now you know the fact that they do have his cell phone and
he is quo, he's speaking to authorities. I mean, do they expect to get more from him? It sounds as if he acted alone. Maybe they could, maybe they could uncover that that there's more to this and maybe it's a little deeper.
Right, That's exactly the point of the investigation now, to figure out who else was involved here. Again, it looks like he got some of this knowledge about the flame thrower and the molotov cocktails just by scrolling the internet and getting YouTube videos. But they want to see if someone else was taking part. You know, he's only been here in the US for a few years, arrived in twenty twenty two, got a work perim it in twenty
twenty three that expired in March of this year. So he was in the country illegally after overstaying his visa that did allow him here, But so he doesn't necessarily have deep ties here in the States. So you want to figure out if he was working with someone else.
Rory is always appreciate the time and to look forward to talking to you again soon. Thanks Nick, That's Rory O'Neil from NBC News. Yeah, I was thinking when it comes to just the and again, I hate to say this, but this is this is this is not an insanely rare situation for these kind of things to happen, unfortunately, and typically you don't those who commit these crimes don't survive. Therefore you don't get you know, you don't get that, you don't get a cell phone maybe or you don't
certainly get comments from them after the fact. So maybe it's not a surprise necessarily to hear someone who would commit this type of act be just this awful. However, typically they're not around to to really react at all after the fact. But thanks again, Roy O'Neil. NBC News quick Break. We've got news and traffic coming your way. Another update of sports coming as well right here on News Radio eight forty w j S