(KMN) 7.1: Bad Look - Hour 1

Alden and of course John Shannon. And the rain for me, it hit right around I guess I was probably just past U of L heading on sixty five North and it felt like for the last I don't know, twenty four hours plus that it was just waiting to rain, and it has. It is unloaded, and we have downpours here in downtown Louisville. So be prepared if you are getting your day started. It doesn't look like that rain's

gonna let up anytime soon now. As far as just how hard it's raining right now, I don't hear it because I've got headphones on, but we could hear it in studio just how heavy the other rain is. We're looking here at WLKY, their four thirty news cast on our screen behind us, and there's some coverage in Newlu as the mayor set to discuss the takeovers that have taken place in Nulu herecently, but one of their reporters out there look looks like he's got something covering him

because he's not getting drenched. But behind him, I mean you could almost barely see anything because of how hard it was raining.

gonna have to have somebody come look at that. But we just ran an extension cord and plugged it in elsewhere and it worked fine. But it powered on and I just left it alone. Well, this morning, water wasn't eating up, so I'd go down there and it's on. But there was like this reset error button that it didn't get me. Even if it gave me some kind of an error code, I wouldn't know what it means. But I just hit reset and it looked as if

it reset itself. It started making a noise as if it was doing something that it wasn't doing prior so I'll find out if the hot water is working when my wife wakes up in about two hours and she starts her day, because it'll be something I'm made aware of if she can't get a shower to get the day going. But and it wasn't like it was cold water. But any water that's like not warm for a shower, I mean it's you know, unless you're outside in the

heat in a pool, it's different. So but man, it to wake you up.

Rogers trial continues. Also maybe the closest thing we've seen or at least heard about, as far as real DNA evidence. We'll get into that and a lot more. It is Kentucky and it's Morning News. Your first update of traffick and weather with us coming up right here, right now, five fifteen here, Kentucky, and it's Morning News News Radio eight forty Whas nit Coffee with you. You can be with us wherever you go. Listen live at whas dot com or listen live on the iHeartRadio app, and feel

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me remind folks of it. But anyways, this morning, I believe at ten o'clock, May Greenberg is set to talk to hold a press conference of some sort to discuss the recent New lou takeovers that are going on over the weekend, and I think it's now three straight weekends, maybe two, that you've had the New lou area with large crowds blocking streets, even hotel entrances, of course, has prompted police to intervene. And I don't think there were

any arrest of the weekend. I did read that someone ended up in handcuffs, but I guess they were not arrested. And it was last week. I believe we had the second consecutive week of an attempted street takeover. I believe one was near River Road. I don't remember where the

other one was. So we had the issue in the Highlands, which of course became a big enough issue to where there was a real emphasis that hey, you know, we're gonna we're gonna have more presence there not only to hold those accountable who are breaking the law, but also to prevent it, to get to prevent it from getting to a point where it was it was really tough to control even if you had a lot of police presence, And I think the emphasis there was good meaning it

seemed to work. But now even if there were no arrests over the weekend, which of course I guess that's a good thing. When you hear Greenberg is going to be addressing this, that tells me that what they're having to do, even though it's not turned into maybe it being quite as chaotic as it was at times in the Highlands, and I don't know that for certain, I wasn't there, But nonetheless, it's just not sustainable for law enforcement to just have to I mean, again, it's their job.

It's what they have to do, and if you decide to break the law, they're going to have to hold

you accountable. But it just can't be a sustainable thing here in the city to where the resources of law enforcement are just on alert, probably with a lot of a lot of resources being used to just know that there's a group of individuals or maybe multiple groups of individuals that are just planning to take over streets somewhere in Louisville, and even if they know that, the cops are prepared to show up and intervene and keep it from getting into what those individuals want to turn it into.

It just you know, again, it's law enforcement's job to be prepared for people doing things they're not supposed to do, hold them accountable and whatnot. But it can't be an every weekend thing, and again and how you control that, how you keep it from happening, what needs to be done to prevent it to get to that point? I don't have those answers. If I did, I probably wouldn't

be sitting here as a loudmouth on the radio. But clearly it's become a thing to where there are at least and I don't I mean, who knows if it's a different group of people every I don't know, but it does seem as if the city of Louisville has at least every weekend one either potential chaotic area where a group of folks are attempting to shut down the street and do whatever. I don't know what, and by way, what is when they shut down the street and they

are they race? I'm not one that would really know what would take place, like when you take over a street with I guess, vehicles and just a bunch of people, masses of people hanging out like what do you do? I mean, and even if you're just you know, just standing out there doing nothing like you still can't be in the wag. And what I read yesterday from our partners over at WKHY was that the recent large crowds.

I mean they were blocking streets and hotel entrances and businesses were having to shut down because they couldn't operate because it was just too chaotic. So again I don't I don't have the answer certainly, and I'm not sure anybody does. But my guess is that the consecutive weekends of sniffing it out before it gets to the point of where it is out of control. Although that was again that's that's what you that's what you hope for, But I just don't think this appears to be sustainable.

But we'll hear from Mary Greenberg a little bit later on today. All right, we've got a sports update coming your way. Also another check on traffic and weather, and make sure you pay attention to the traffic updates from Bobby Ellis today because we've got some real wet roads to get the day. Started a real downpour on my way in about about an hour ago, So be safe everybody. Also, Roriyo, and you're going to join us coming up at five forty five, we'll get the latest on the Idaho shooter.

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forty whas John all on alongside. So the second week of the Crystal Rogers trial continued, which it's the Crystal Rodgers murder trial. I keep just referencing as if she's on trial. She's not. She's missing and presumed dead, and the prosecution is charging her former boyfriend Brooks Houck and an accomplice, Steve Lawson with murder charges. Here and again, all the evidence that has been presented, the testimony, the just the inconsistencies at times and stories that to me

just seems rather obvious as far as well. Yeah, I mean clearly these people that are charged, not only how but Lawson that's currently a co who's also a co defendant, but also the other Losson who's already pleaded guilty to lesser charges. I mean, it just seems rather obvious. But what I keep having around myself is that if you're somebody that's a part of this jury, you have to think to yourself, Okay, yeah that seems likely, something seems suspicious,

something's not adding up. But do you feel as if there's enough proof to know without any doubt that these people are guilty of what prosecution is charging them with. So the public opinion is, I think pretty obvious. I've yet to see anyone not that there's not people out there doing it, but I haven't seen a single person advocate for those being charged here as if they're innocent

of what they've done. And again that doesn't mean that it's not happening, but the coverage and again just the obvious shady stuff that's going on even since she disappeared, Like if you remember, there were people associated with the Hawk family that were removing signs that were set up in Barchetown that just were signs of hate. She's missing. We want to I mean it just clearly these people

look guilty. However, does the jury think that despite looking guilty, they've been convinced that they have enough proof to say, yes, this is we're going to find them guilty. And as somebody who does consider myself a nerd for true crime stuff. I've never really put myself. I've tried to. I've never tried to put myself in the shoes of a jury member, sort of like I am here. I mean, I have a feeling that if I was on the jury, I know which way I would lean, But I don't know.

Maybe if I was there and I heard everything throughout, every little detail, maybe I wouldn't. Maybe I wouldn't say, yeah, they're guilty. I'm supporting finding these individuals guilty. And there's no technology allowed at all, So those that are covering this, they're going old school. They're literally just right everything down,

taking notes. So it's been interesting for sure, and I think each day that passes sometimes it's a big step forward in me assuming these are these two individuals are gonna be found guilty. But maybe, you know, maybe I'm wrong here. So the fifth day of the trial was yesterday, and again there was more key testimony surrounding brooks Out and his attempts to contract contact Rogers around the times

she vanished. And I don't know if that's being I mean, him trying to reach out to her after she had vanished. I mean, can't prove it at least I don't think you can. But to me, that's just an obvious way of trying to cover your rear end of Oh, I see, I didn't. I didn't. I had nothing to do with it.

I was worried I didn't know where she was. So anyways, I guess what was learned yesterday that I believe his new information is the testimony from Amber Bowman, who is the former girlfriend of Nick out Brooks Howk's brother, former law enforcement officer, of course, who has since been relieved of his duties as a law enforcement officer and is

currently listed as a unindicted co conspirator. His girlfriend claims that she testified this that she couldn't reach him despite multiple calls during the He had an unusual absence on July third, and she said she couldn't reach him despite multiple attempts, and he reappeared the next day without any explanation. And that's to me again, a really it's a bad look.

But is that is that proof? Now? Apparently, one of the questions I suppose by the defense when questioning the witness here, Amber Bowman, Nick Cowk's former girlfriend, the question was did he did he reappear bloody as if he had you know, I again I'm paraphrasing here, but something along the lines of did he look like he had

just committed a murder? And of course she said no. And I'm thinking, like, if that's your questioning for the defense, that he didn't look, I mean like that kind of tells me you don't have a whole lot to run with as far as defending your you know, defending your

client in this situation. Also, another witness to testified yesterday is Charlie Gerdley, who's a former employee of Halck who testified in the previous trial of Steve Lawson, and his claims was that he heard Hawke's mother Rosemary say that quote it would be better off if Crystal were gone, which of course suggests a motive within the Hawk family.

He also testified that Joseph Lawson claimed he would quote Barry Rogers car with the skid steer and nobody would ever find it, of course, implicating Lawson and tampering with evidence. So these statements were these statements basically underscored the prosecution's narrative of conspiracy here. And then there's another witness who was Raccoon hunting on the Hawk family property on July third, that testified seeing a white car later identified as belonging

to the grandmother of Brooks. Hawk, investigators found a hair in the car's trunk that was similar in color and characteristics to Crystal Rodgers here through DNA testing, but was

not confirmed in court. So again, maybe that's not as uncommon as as I believe, but it's similar in color and characteristics, but through DNA testing it wasn't able to be confirmed in the trial as being her DNA, So again that's far from the smoking gun, but that to me is the closest thing we've had since this whole thing started as far as physical like DNA evidence, But again it's it's kind of DNA evidence, right, similar color and characteristics, but the DNA testing didn't confirm in court

that it was that it was actually hers. I guess it didn't confirm that it wasn't. Maybe it was inconclusive. But we'll see what happens today because day I guess it's day six getting underway later today. All right, we've got an update on Travick and weather coming your way. Also, Royo and Eli of NBC News set to join us on the other side. Keep it locked right here. It's Kentucky and it's Morning News on News Radio eight forty whas five forty six. Here Kentucky and it's Morning News

with Nick Coffee on. He was Radio eight forty whas. Let's bring in Rory O'Neil of NBC News. Good morning, Rory. Let's get started when it comes to the shooter in Idaho, the twenty year old that killed two firefighters and of course injured one. What do we know as far as who this individual is and any potential motive.

to live with family member. After family members so sort of hopped around a great deal, he set the fire, we believe, and then that brought the firefighters out to the scene, and then they were the targets of his gun fire. Two veteran firefighters were killed and a third is still listed in critical condition this morning.

the Senate version. Keep in mind, whatever the Senate passes, if it passes, and that's still a coin to us, it has to go back to the House and be passed there again as well. And remember it only passed the House with one vote to spare the last time.

made with imported goods from China. So what we've had though, is that major electric companies and other utilities have been investing in these things. They're still coming online, still being built now based on the money that was approved under the Biden administration. So the constructions underway and they're purchasing stuff, but now they're going to be taxed for it. So local utility payers, your local electric bill could be going up to pay a tax that the Senate now wants

to impose on the solar panels. And we heard from the President over the weekend saying he wants to reinvigorate the coal industry. You know, some of that that's this is also what has Elon Muskup said. Yes, he's using his subsidies for his electric vehicles, that's for sure, but it's also this idea of wait, we're going back to cole You know, I thought we were trying to modernize the grid here.