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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, Thanks for joining us for today's morning run.
It's Wednesday, April sixteenth. Your Morning Run guaranteed every Monday
through Friday by six thirty am Eastern Time.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I'm Amy Robots and I'm TJ. Holmes. I suppose a
lot of people slept well last night. Tax Day it's over,
it's done. Your refund is coming or your check is
on the way. Either way, it's done. So this should
be a good day for people.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Yes, yes, I mean I feel my shoulders relaxing now
that that's all been taken care of. The worst is over,
and now I have twelve months until I have to
worry about it again. Or eleven months maybe.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Oh my. Yes. We hopefully we have a good quote
of the day so you don't have to be worried
about something a year from Yes. Now, we're just gonna
embrace today, still in the moment, on this morning run. Yes,
we always appreciate you running with us. And on today's run,
it's a showdown between Washington and Harvard, with President Trump
now demanding an apology from the Ivy League.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
School and former President Biden may not have mentioned Trump
by name, but he certainly had a lot to say
about him in his first public comments since leaving the
White House.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Also on the Run this morning, the IRS just got
all of our returns, but they've also just lost a
quarter of its workforce. Also this morning, anybody expecting a
package from China may be waiting for a very long
time after one all important region announces it's won't be
sending or receiving any US packages.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Plus a second school shooting at the same high school
in Dallas, sending four students to the hospital. The suspect
arrested late last night, And a new CDC report confirms
autism rates in this country are rising, and it also
acknowledges that our nation's Measle's outbreak is worse than being reported.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Also this morning, OUCH Blue origins all female astronaut team
is facing some scathing criticism by several notable female stars,
calling the mission disgusting and privileged. And this morning, beloved
game show host of the seventies and eighties, Wink Martindale
dies at the age of ninety one. These guys seem
(02:12):
like we're losing them, but these classic classic game show guys,
was we're going to get into some of his background.
But we've lost another one.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yeah, tic tac dough. That was a staple at my
house in the early eighties. I remember it.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Well, all right, we're going to start our run. The
first leg, we'll have us in DC. And well, that
escalated quickly after Harvard rejected a White House list of demands.
President Trump has made one more demand of the university apologize,
and he's thrown in a new wrinkle or maybe a threat,
you could call it, and the escalating beef by suggesting
Harvard's tax exempt status be taken away.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
In a social media post yesterday, the President said perhaps
Harvard should lose its tax exempt status and be taxed
as a political entity if it keeps pushing political ideological
and terror inspired supporting sickness. Remember, tax exemp status is
totally contingent on acting in the public interest. Now. During
(03:09):
the press briefing yesterday, Press Secretary Caroline Levitt called on
Harvard to say I'm sorry, saying President Trump wants to
see Harvard apologize, and Harvard should apologize for the ar regious,
egregious anti semitism that took place on their college campus
against Jewish American students. Now.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Of course, all this comes after the White House announced
it was freezing two point two billion dollars in federal
funding to Harvard after the school refused to make changes
the administration wanted, including changes in admission policies, hiring practices,
among other things. President Trump claims he wants to cut
down on anti Semitism at elite schools, after several were
the site of protests about the Israeli Gaza war.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
This feels a little bit like the US China trade
war escalating. We've got another one now between Trump and Harvard.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
I don't know who he's going to blink first on
this one, but that's a lot of money.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Yes, and a lot of live who will be absolutely
upended without that funding. All right, Next up on our run.
Former President Biden was back at a podium last night
in his first major appearance in speech since leaving office,
and he never mentioned President Trump by name, But that
does not mean he didn't have plenty to say about him.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Yeah. Instead, last night he chose to call him this guy.
That's how he referred to President Trump. Biden revealed for
the first time publicly, though, what he thinks of the
new administration using words like devastating and heartbreaking. The former
president was speaking last night at a conference in Chicago
that was focused on social security.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
He told a group of about two hundred people, in
fewer than one hundred days, this new administration has done
so much damage and so much destruction, it's kind of breathtaking.
The former president also presented this warning, saying, and we'll
quote him here, why are these guys taking aim at
social security now? While they're following that old line from
(04:54):
tech startups. The quote is move fast, break things. They're
certainly breaking things. They're shooting first and aiming later. The
result is a lot of needless pain and sleepless nights.
They want to wreck it so they can rob it.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Also, of note, the former president reference the heated political
divide we have in this country, saying, we can't go
on like this as a divided nation, as divided as
we are. I've been doing this a long time. It's
never been this divided. Granted it's roughly thirty percent, but
it's a thirty percent that has no heart. Now a
lot of people are questioning what exactly is he talking
(05:29):
about there. You can maybe jump to your own conclusion,
but it didn't sound good. Who those thirty percent necessarily were. Now.
The White House responded to Biden's speech before he even
gave it. Actually, the White House spokespursion Carolyn Leavit during
the day yesterday said, I'm shocked that he is speaking
at nighttime. I thought his bedtime was much earlier than
his speech tonight. And that was it. I don't know
(05:51):
if we is that petty? Is it funny, is it silly?
Is it mean?
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Is it mean? You know I was also thinking it
was funny, but then it was mean. So it's just
the mean spiritedness of everything just weighs It can weigh
you down, can't it. But I yeah, I mean she
did take a shot, as did Biden. All right, next
up on the run. Now that you've hopefully filed your taxes,
or at least filed your extension, you may be less
(06:15):
likely to face an audit. There has been a mass
exodus at the IRS. So far, nearly twenty two thousand
employees have signed up for Trump's offer to resign. They
get paid leave through September, but there are further layoffs
on the horizon as well.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Yeah, before the president took office, the RS had around
one hundred thousand employees. It's now on course to lose
a third of that staff. Some experts out there will
tell you the agency will be in a weekend position
to collect taxes, perform audits, and may even make people
think they can get away with not paying their taxes altogether.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Yeah. Like, oh, so there are fewer people who are
looking at returns, so maybe I can sneak something in
or leave something out. Oh yeah, give it a yeah,
that's a lot of worry I don't need. All right.
Last week, the Acting Commission of the IRS, along with
other top officials there, quit their jobs over an agreement
to share taxpayer information to help deport undocumented immigrants. The
(07:08):
IRS has previously kept all taxpayer information confidential. And look,
a lot of people we talked about undocumented immigrants pay
their taxes. So there is also concern about lost revenue,
with those immigrants possibly now afraid to file tax returns
because they will then be targeted and deported.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
All right, we'll continue our run here on thisres Wednesday morning,
on this next leg, and if you are expecting a
package from China, you might be out of luck. Hong
Kong in particular announced today that it's postal service will
no longer be sending packages to the US, and this
is in place effective immediately.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
The postal service there said it wouldn't. It would contact
anyone who had already dropped off packages that were headed
to the United States and they will return your packages
and refund your postage. Hong Kong government is retaliating to
the one hundred and forty five percent tear if Trump
has imposed on Chinese imports, and they posted this on
their website.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Yeah, they say the public in Hong Kong should be
prepared to pay exorbitant and unreasonable fees due to the
US is unreasonable and bullying acts. Trump also closed a
loophole that allow Chinese retailers to send clothing and other
goods to the US without paying any tariffs roads. We
were talking this was a big deal because there are
(08:21):
a lot of low price Chinese retailers that we're finding
a way to send that stuff.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Absolutely get there. It's called fast Fashion, and there are
several companies in the Asian market. Shean is one that
I know my girls use and I have used as well.
And you get these goods for a lot cheaper because yes,
they are not paying the terrifts. But now if these
companies and these businesses are being forced to pay that
one hundred and forty five percent tariff when they were
paying zero, everything's going to change, all right. Next up
(08:51):
on the Run, we're going to head to Dallas, where
a second school shooting has happened at the same high
school in less than one year. For student thanks were injured.
They were all sent to the hospital, but one of
them seriously injured when a gunman opened fire at Wilmer
Hutchins High School just after one pm yesterday.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Yeah, this is DejaVu of a heartbreaking scene. Look, we've
covered a lot of school shootings and you see this
on TV. But that scene where the parents are rushing
to the school to try to find their kids, well
that scene played out once again at the same school,
So parents were rushing trying to reunite with their children.
Police arrested the shooter late Tuesday evening, but have not
(09:30):
released an identity. According to Dallas official, someone at the
school opened the door to the suspect, who then began firing.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Wilmer Hutchins High had already implemented metal detectors and had
a clear backpack policy following a school shooting there nearly
a year ago, so a lot of people were asking
how did he get in? And the best we have
gotten from the Dallas police so far is that he entered.
This gunman entered in off hours, so it wasn't the
fault of their staff or their metal detectors. Somehow he
(09:59):
knew how to get in ahead of time, or at
least at a time when no one was there. Texas
Governor Greg Abbott tweeted our hearts go out to the
victims of this senseless act of violence at Wilmer Hutchins
High School and offered law enforcement resources to bring the
gunman to justice.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Abbott also said he's adding another five hundred million dollars
to the more than three billion he's already directed to
school safety since he's been governor. The school will be
closed for the rest of this week. Dallas police will
be stationed at other district schools for an added safety measure.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Yeah, it's just tough. We're still still still talking about
school shootings.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
I stayed with us folks here on this Wednesday morning run.
When we come back. We've been talking about how bad
the measles outbreak is in the us. Well, actually it's
worse also coming up. Yes, it was all smiles and
all cheers and at all celebrity female crew came back
to earth. Well now they're really being brought back down
to earth by a number of notable female celebrities who
(10:56):
call that trip disgusting.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Stay with us, Welcome back to the Wednesday morning run.
Next up on our run, this country's measles outbreak is
likely much worse than we know, the Centers for Disease
Control said. The agency is struggling to keep up with
(11:20):
state's requests for support with battling this disease.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
And so far this year, there've been more than seven
hundred measles cases nationwide, and that's been across twenty four states.
But a senior CDC scientist said yesterday that there are
a large number of cases that have not been reported.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
And probably will never be reported, so we won't know
the full scope of it. But to twenty twenty five,
we know this is already the second worst year on
record for the disease. The CDC just deployed a second
team to West Texas, where the measles out outbreak began,
after already sending fifteen employees earlier in the year to
try and help stop the spread. So far, it has
(11:57):
done little to curb the spread. Children and one adult
have already died from this measle's outbreak. Dozens of others
have been hospitalized, and it doesn't look like it's easing
up at any point.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
All Right, we'll continue now the next leg of our run.
The CDC making headlines around a new study it just
released about the country's rising autism rate. In twenty twenty two,
nearly one in thirty one children was diagnosed with autism
by the age of.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
Eight, but that is up from one in thirty six
back in twenty twenty The other some of the other
points that came out of the report, Boys continue to
have higher rates of autism diagnosis than girls, and it
was also more common among Asian, Black, and Hispanic children
than it was in white children.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
And the report acknowledge that improvements in identifying the disorder
have been apparent, which may explain the increase in cases.
Simply put, we are better at identifying it, so of
course you're going to have more cases identified, simple as that.
The Department of Health and Human Services has asked the
CDC to study a relationship between vaccines and autism. However,
there's decades of evidence that shows there is no link
(13:00):
between vaccines and autism.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Yes, and they are doing that at the best of
this DH excuse me the Department of Health and Human
Services Director RFK Junior, who said yesterday that autism is
preventable and that the risks and costs of this crisis
are a thousand times more threatening to our country than
COVID nineteen. A lot of people pointed out that the
(13:22):
CDC the results of this report stand in contrast to
what RFK Junior is saying about a possible link between
measles and autism, saying, no, this is just simply, as
you put it, about diagnosing and identifying this disorder.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Didn't he say this was recently? He said, they're going
to know by September. They have a new task force
or whatever they're going to call that, but they are
going to identify a cause of autism. Y.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Yes, and it would be nice at least to put
the argument or the concerns behind us and move forward.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Never, well, let's stay what it's here now or we're
continuing now the next leg of our run, folks. And
this is a heck of a talker here that all
female star studied Blue Origin crew is now being brought
back down to Earth figuratively, as several notable celebrities are
openly criticizing the trip as nothing more than an unnecessary,
(14:13):
wasteful publicity stunt. Words like privileged, exploitation, gluttonous are being
thrown around woo.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
Katy Perry and Gail King were among the six woman
crew that went on the ten minute ride to space
on Monday aboard Blue Origin. The trip had been promoted
for weeks as history making and inspiring. The women were
on the cover of magazines. Gail's preparation was followed closely
by her CBS Morning colleagues. Bezos fiance was on board,
Oprah was there to support her friend. A couple of
(14:42):
Kardashians were there at the launch. Katy Perry even saying
in space, Okay.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
This was a well produced, made for TV moment if
you've ever seen it, And that was just a kind
of a general sense of excitement that this was taking place.
And we will have to admit we got caught up
and we're excited about it and watching it as well.
But one person's excitement is another person's disgust. Yes, disgusted
is the word that model Emily Radikowski Radakowski Okay, Emily
(15:09):
Radakowski used in a social media video talking about the
Blue Origin trip. And this is what she said. Look
at the state of the world and think about how
many resources went into putting these women into space and
for what for what? What was the marketing there? I'm disgusted, literally,
I'm disgusting.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
That seems like a lot. But guess what she was
just getting warmed up. She went on to say this,
having a man who has gained his power and become
a part of the one percent purely through exploitation and greed,
deciding to take his fiance and a few other famous
women to space for space tourism is not progress. Nope,
(15:48):
still not done. She added. This privilege is not an accomplishment.
Exploitation is certainly not an accomplishment. And being able to
take the privilege that you have gained from exploitation and
greed of the planet, of resources, of human beings and
then doing something like going to space for eleven minutes
is certainly not an accomplishment. I think we're at a
(16:09):
place in the world where we need to be able
to discern what real progress looks like, and what happened
yesterday was nothing like that.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
No, no, this was not a one offer, folks. This
was not just her popping off on her own. Actress
Olivia Mile Wild excuse me, Olivia Wild chimed in saying,
simply this a billion dollars bought some good memes. I guess.
Comedian Amy Schumer mocked the trip and a video online,
and then actress Olivia Mon said, prior to the trip quote,
(16:38):
there are so many other things that are so important
in the world right now. What are you guys going
to do up in space? What's the point Is it
historic that you guys are going on a ride. I
think it's a bit gluttonous. The cover of L magazine,
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
I think she does know what she thinks. Gail King
and Lauren Sanchez have acknowledged that some criticism was out there.
King had said that people who are criticizing don't really
understand what's happening here, and she encouraged them to do
more of a deep dive on the trip, and Sanchez
said this, I would love to have critics come to
Blue Origin and see the thousands of employees that don't
just work there, but they put their heart and soul
(17:14):
into this vehicle. They love their work and they loved
the mission, and it's a big deal for them.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
You know.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
I wasn't expecting that much pushback or that much criticism,
and notably by other women. I don't know that we've
heard a man way in on this, and perhaps maybe
smartly so they have not.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
We know better. I'm just going to sit here quietly.
You can say whatever you want to say. But I
was but why why? It makes sense? But very strong criticism.
There's some criticism having to do is like mother Earth?
Why be you that kind of wasteful? But I don't know,
there's some balance you have to find. I think they
made an argument that there was inspiration, science, there was
(17:53):
something behind this other than a joy ride. But I
don't know if that message. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
I mean, everyone's obviously entitled, entitled to their means, but
I just don't know that it's to me. When you're
throwing words like disgusting out there, you're adding to the problem,
not solving it.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
That is strong. You're right, it's a matter of some time.
You could. You would listen to it differently, depending on
the words that were chosen. But why all women? Why
it seemed it's tough for me to hear very prominent
and successful and talented and respected women criticize this other
group of respected, talented women.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
It's not fun to watch as a woman. I can
say that much. It doesn't It doesn't make you feel good,
does it. I think you can still have a conversation,
you can still disagree without using certain words and going
below the belt.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
All right, Well, next up on our run here, the
last leg of our run. Here, on this Wednesday, we
are going to talk about long time in legendary game
show host Wink Martindale. He has passed away at the
age of ninety one. Died in California with his family
by his side, according to a statement from the family.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Yes, Martindale was the host of what seemed like countless
game shows starting in the seventies, most notably notably as
the host of Gambit High Rollers and Tic Tac Dough
He had, Yeah, that was the when we watched. I
was looking at the years too. It was like laid
seventies to like mid eighties, like eighty five sweet Spot,
seventy five years in broadcasting, But we were actually talking.
(19:20):
You know, his name wasn't on the same level.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Obviously.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
I knew Bob Barker and Bob you Banks and Chuck Woolry,
but Marketdal Martindale. I had to look him up, and
as soon as I saw his face, I knew exactly
who he was.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
See, I didn't make the link. I knew the name,
and I would have. I was thinking was an actor,
and then I saw his face. I was like, oh
that guy. So anybody who's hearing us right now, you
probably know the name. You certainly one hundred percent know
the face. I did not know he's star I had.
I am just blown away. Now he's a homeboy. This
guy is from Jackson, Tennessee, was born there. Started his
career in Jackson, but moved to Memphis, which is where
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he became he really took off, and where he befriended
a young rock star by the name of Elvis Presley.
He actually gave one of his first ever television interviews.
He did with Elvis Presley. I had no idea.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
That's so cool, and I don't know, it's funny, like
I think about Memphis and Tennessee and back in the day,
and I still remember him here. I never heard his
Southern accent from him, so that's actually interesting too.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
Do you ever hear mine? O?
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Yeah, you got a drawl to you?
Speaker 2 (20:23):
Yeah, you do.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
You get a nice Memphis drawl. It's not Yeah, it's
perfect for broadcasting. It's just a touch, little drop. You
can tell you're from the South.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
Well, he's great, Wink Martindale. And I also didn't know
this wink whose name is Wink. Well, his name is
actually Winston Conrad Martindale as I was born, and he
got the nickname Wink and it stuck. But he had
a bunch of shows. Another Little Nugget Gambit was a
successful show. He was hosting until nineteen seventy five when
another show came along that became popular and kicked it
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off the air.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
That show was Will of Fortune.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
I launched in nineteen seventy and that was his competition.
His show went off the air and he ended up
later doing Tiktac Dough. But just what a career, what
a life in ninety one. Yes, it's always sad when
somebody passes, but what an extraordinary life he was able
to live.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Yes, and we want to thank him for all the
years of entertainment he provided so many of us.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
All Right, folks, as you go about your day, as always,
we'd like for you to consider this as you go
about your day. It is our quote of a day.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Yeah, hump day. It's Wednesday. He might have a lot
of I don't know, arduous tasks ahead of you, so
I love this quote getting through the week. The difference
between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is how
high you raise your foot. That feels empowering. I loved it.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
How you raise your foot you take a bigger step.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Yeah. Well, you can look at something as a stumbling
block because you couldn't lift your foot high enough, or
you can look at as a stepping stone that's getting
you closer to your goal.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
It's how you're viewing what's in front of you. Yeah,
now I get it. And folks, if you don't know,
Robes is respond before our quotes of the day most times,
so she puts them in. Sometimes I don't see him
until this moment. So that's why I'm right now trying
to piece it together.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
All I can see the light bulb go off in
your head.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
There it is, so, folks, your quote of the day
is this the difference between the stombaching block and a
stepping stone is how high you raise your foot. And
with that, folks, we certainly hope you have a good
hopesday Wednesday. Congrats on getting past tax day tax Day,
and we will of course sue you back here old
and run tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (22:27):
Tej and I'm Amy Robock. Have a wonderful day everyone,
See you tomorrow.
Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good
morning everyone, Thanks for joining us for today's morning run.
It's Wednesday, April sixteenth. Your Morning Run guaranteed every Monday
through Friday by six thirty am Eastern Time.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
I'm Amy Robots and I'm TJ. Holmes. I suppose a
lot of people slept well last night. Tax Day it's over,
it's done. Your refund is coming or your check is
on the way. Either way, it's done. So this should
be a good day for people.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Yes, yes, I mean I feel my shoulders relaxing now
that that's all been taken care of. The worst is over,
and now I have twelve months until I have to
worry about it again. Or eleven months maybe.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Oh my. Yes. We hopefully we have a good quote
of the day so you don't have to be worried
about something a year from Yes. Now, we're just gonna
embrace today, still in the moment, on this morning run. Yes,
we always appreciate you running with us. And on today's run,
it's a showdown between Washington and Harvard, with President Trump
now demanding an apology from the Ivy League.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
School and former President Biden may not have mentioned Trump
by name, but he certainly had a lot to say
about him in his first public comments since leaving the
White House.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Also on the Run this morning, the IRS just got
all of our returns, but they've also just lost a
quarter of its workforce. Also this morning, anybody expecting a
package from China may be waiting for a very long
time after one all important region announces it's won't be
sending or receiving any US packages.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Plus a second school shooting at the same high school
in Dallas, sending four students to the hospital. The suspect
arrested late last night, And a new CDC report confirms
autism rates in this country are rising, and it also
acknowledges that our nation's Measle's outbreak is worse than being reported.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Also this morning, OUCH Blue origins all female astronaut team
is facing some scathing criticism by several notable female stars,
calling the mission disgusting and privileged. And this morning, beloved
game show host of the seventies and eighties, Wink Martindale
dies at the age of ninety one. These guys seem
(02:12):
like we're losing them, but these classic classic game show guys,
was we're going to get into some of his background.
But we've lost another one.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yeah, tic tac dough. That was a staple at my
house in the early eighties. I remember it.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Well, all right, we're going to start our run. The
first leg, we'll have us in DC. And well, that
escalated quickly after Harvard rejected a White House list of demands.
President Trump has made one more demand of the university apologize,
and he's thrown in a new wrinkle or maybe a threat,
you could call it, and the escalating beef by suggesting
Harvard's tax exempt status be taken away.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
In a social media post yesterday, the President said perhaps
Harvard should lose its tax exempt status and be taxed
as a political entity if it keeps pushing political ideological
and terror inspired supporting sickness. Remember, tax exemp status is
totally contingent on acting in the public interest. Now. During
(03:09):
the press briefing yesterday, Press Secretary Caroline Levitt called on
Harvard to say I'm sorry, saying President Trump wants to
see Harvard apologize, and Harvard should apologize for the ar regious,
egregious anti semitism that took place on their college campus
against Jewish American students. Now.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Of course, all this comes after the White House announced
it was freezing two point two billion dollars in federal
funding to Harvard after the school refused to make changes
the administration wanted, including changes in admission policies, hiring practices,
among other things. President Trump claims he wants to cut
down on anti Semitism at elite schools, after several were
the site of protests about the Israeli Gaza war.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
This feels a little bit like the US China trade
war escalating. We've got another one now between Trump and Harvard.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
I don't know who he's going to blink first on
this one, but that's a lot of money.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Yes, and a lot of live who will be absolutely
upended without that funding. All right, Next up on our run.
Former President Biden was back at a podium last night
in his first major appearance in speech since leaving office,
and he never mentioned President Trump by name, But that
does not mean he didn't have plenty to say about him.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Yeah. Instead, last night he chose to call him this guy.
That's how he referred to President Trump. Biden revealed for
the first time publicly, though, what he thinks of the
new administration using words like devastating and heartbreaking. The former
president was speaking last night at a conference in Chicago
that was focused on social security.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
He told a group of about two hundred people, in
fewer than one hundred days, this new administration has done
so much damage and so much destruction, it's kind of breathtaking.
The former president also presented this warning, saying, and we'll
quote him here, why are these guys taking aim at
social security now? While they're following that old line from
(04:54):
tech startups. The quote is move fast, break things. They're
certainly breaking things. They're shooting first and aiming later. The
result is a lot of needless pain and sleepless nights.
They want to wreck it so they can rob it.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Also, of note, the former president reference the heated political
divide we have in this country, saying, we can't go
on like this as a divided nation, as divided as
we are. I've been doing this a long time. It's
never been this divided. Granted it's roughly thirty percent, but
it's a thirty percent that has no heart. Now a
lot of people are questioning what exactly is he talking
(05:29):
about there. You can maybe jump to your own conclusion,
but it didn't sound good. Who those thirty percent necessarily were. Now.
The White House responded to Biden's speech before he even
gave it. Actually, the White House spokespursion Carolyn Leavit during
the day yesterday said, I'm shocked that he is speaking
at nighttime. I thought his bedtime was much earlier than
his speech tonight. And that was it. I don't know
(05:51):
if we is that petty? Is it funny, is it silly?
Is it mean?
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Is it mean? You know I was also thinking it
was funny, but then it was mean. So it's just
the mean spiritedness of everything just weighs It can weigh
you down, can't it. But I yeah, I mean she
did take a shot, as did Biden. All right, next
up on the run. Now that you've hopefully filed your taxes,
or at least filed your extension, you may be less
(06:15):
likely to face an audit. There has been a mass
exodus at the IRS. So far, nearly twenty two thousand
employees have signed up for Trump's offer to resign. They
get paid leave through September, but there are further layoffs
on the horizon as well.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Yeah, before the president took office, the RS had around
one hundred thousand employees. It's now on course to lose
a third of that staff. Some experts out there will
tell you the agency will be in a weekend position
to collect taxes, perform audits, and may even make people
think they can get away with not paying their taxes altogether.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Yeah. Like, oh, so there are fewer people who are
looking at returns, so maybe I can sneak something in
or leave something out. Oh yeah, give it a yeah,
that's a lot of worry I don't need. All right.
Last week, the Acting Commission of the IRS, along with
other top officials there, quit their jobs over an agreement
to share taxpayer information to help deport undocumented immigrants. The
(07:08):
IRS has previously kept all taxpayer information confidential. And look,
a lot of people we talked about undocumented immigrants pay
their taxes. So there is also concern about lost revenue,
with those immigrants possibly now afraid to file tax returns
because they will then be targeted and deported.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
All right, we'll continue our run here on thisres Wednesday morning,
on this next leg, and if you are expecting a
package from China, you might be out of luck. Hong
Kong in particular announced today that it's postal service will
no longer be sending packages to the US, and this
is in place effective immediately.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
The postal service there said it wouldn't. It would contact
anyone who had already dropped off packages that were headed
to the United States and they will return your packages
and refund your postage. Hong Kong government is retaliating to
the one hundred and forty five percent tear if Trump
has imposed on Chinese imports, and they posted this on
their website.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Yeah, they say the public in Hong Kong should be
prepared to pay exorbitant and unreasonable fees due to the
US is unreasonable and bullying acts. Trump also closed a
loophole that allow Chinese retailers to send clothing and other
goods to the US without paying any tariffs roads. We
were talking this was a big deal because there are
(08:21):
a lot of low price Chinese retailers that we're finding
a way to send that stuff.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Absolutely get there. It's called fast Fashion, and there are
several companies in the Asian market. Shean is one that
I know my girls use and I have used as well.
And you get these goods for a lot cheaper because yes,
they are not paying the terrifts. But now if these
companies and these businesses are being forced to pay that
one hundred and forty five percent tariff when they were
paying zero, everything's going to change, all right. Next up
(08:51):
on the Run, we're going to head to Dallas, where
a second school shooting has happened at the same high
school in less than one year. For student thanks were injured.
They were all sent to the hospital, but one of
them seriously injured when a gunman opened fire at Wilmer
Hutchins High School just after one pm yesterday.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Yeah, this is DejaVu of a heartbreaking scene. Look, we've
covered a lot of school shootings and you see this
on TV. But that scene where the parents are rushing
to the school to try to find their kids, well
that scene played out once again at the same school,
So parents were rushing trying to reunite with their children.
Police arrested the shooter late Tuesday evening, but have not
(09:30):
released an identity. According to Dallas official, someone at the
school opened the door to the suspect, who then began firing.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
Wilmer Hutchins High had already implemented metal detectors and had
a clear backpack policy following a school shooting there nearly
a year ago, so a lot of people were asking
how did he get in? And the best we have
gotten from the Dallas police so far is that he entered.
This gunman entered in off hours, so it wasn't the
fault of their staff or their metal detectors. Somehow he
(09:59):
knew how to get in ahead of time, or at
least at a time when no one was there. Texas
Governor Greg Abbott tweeted our hearts go out to the
victims of this senseless act of violence at Wilmer Hutchins
High School and offered law enforcement resources to bring the
gunman to justice.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Abbott also said he's adding another five hundred million dollars
to the more than three billion he's already directed to
school safety since he's been governor. The school will be
closed for the rest of this week. Dallas police will
be stationed at other district schools for an added safety measure.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
Yeah, it's just tough. We're still still still talking about
school shootings.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
I stayed with us folks here on this Wednesday morning run.
When we come back. We've been talking about how bad
the measles outbreak is in the us. Well, actually it's
worse also coming up. Yes, it was all smiles and
all cheers and at all celebrity female crew came back
to earth. Well now they're really being brought back down
to earth by a number of notable female celebrities who
(10:56):
call that trip disgusting.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Stay with us, Welcome back to the Wednesday morning run.
Next up on our run, this country's measles outbreak is
likely much worse than we know, the Centers for Disease
Control said. The agency is struggling to keep up with
(11:20):
state's requests for support with battling this disease.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
And so far this year, there've been more than seven
hundred measles cases nationwide, and that's been across twenty four states.
But a senior CDC scientist said yesterday that there are
a large number of cases that have not been reported.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
And probably will never be reported, so we won't know
the full scope of it. But to twenty twenty five,
we know this is already the second worst year on
record for the disease. The CDC just deployed a second
team to West Texas, where the measles out outbreak began,
after already sending fifteen employees earlier in the year to
try and help stop the spread. So far, it has
(11:57):
done little to curb the spread. Children and one adult
have already died from this measle's outbreak. Dozens of others
have been hospitalized, and it doesn't look like it's easing
up at any point.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
All Right, we'll continue now the next leg of our run.
The CDC making headlines around a new study it just
released about the country's rising autism rate. In twenty twenty two,
nearly one in thirty one children was diagnosed with autism
by the age of.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
Eight, but that is up from one in thirty six
back in twenty twenty The other some of the other
points that came out of the report, Boys continue to
have higher rates of autism diagnosis than girls, and it
was also more common among Asian, Black, and Hispanic children
than it was in white children.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
And the report acknowledge that improvements in identifying the disorder
have been apparent, which may explain the increase in cases.
Simply put, we are better at identifying it, so of
course you're going to have more cases identified, simple as that.
The Department of Health and Human Services has asked the
CDC to study a relationship between vaccines and autism. However,
there's decades of evidence that shows there is no link
(13:00):
between vaccines and autism.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Yes, and they are doing that at the best of
this DH excuse me the Department of Health and Human
Services Director RFK Junior, who said yesterday that autism is
preventable and that the risks and costs of this crisis
are a thousand times more threatening to our country than
COVID nineteen. A lot of people pointed out that the
(13:22):
CDC the results of this report stand in contrast to
what RFK Junior is saying about a possible link between
measles and autism, saying, no, this is just simply, as
you put it, about diagnosing and identifying this disorder.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Didn't he say this was recently? He said, they're going
to know by September. They have a new task force
or whatever they're going to call that, but they are
going to identify a cause of autism. Y.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Yes, and it would be nice at least to put
the argument or the concerns behind us and move forward.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
Never, well, let's stay what it's here now or we're
continuing now the next leg of our run, folks. And
this is a heck of a talker here that all
female star studied Blue Origin crew is now being brought
back down to Earth figuratively, as several notable celebrities are
openly criticizing the trip as nothing more than an unnecessary,
(14:13):
wasteful publicity stunt. Words like privileged, exploitation, gluttonous are being
thrown around woo.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
Katy Perry and Gail King were among the six woman
crew that went on the ten minute ride to space
on Monday aboard Blue Origin. The trip had been promoted
for weeks as history making and inspiring. The women were
on the cover of magazines. Gail's preparation was followed closely
by her CBS Morning colleagues. Bezos fiance was on board,
Oprah was there to support her friend. A couple of
(14:42):
Kardashians were there at the launch. Katy Perry even saying
in space, Okay.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
This was a well produced, made for TV moment if
you've ever seen it, And that was just a kind
of a general sense of excitement that this was taking place.
And we will have to admit we got caught up
and we're excited about it and watching it as well.
But one person's excitement is another person's disgust. Yes, disgusted
is the word that model Emily Radikowski Radakowski Okay, Emily
(15:09):
Radakowski used in a social media video talking about the
Blue Origin trip. And this is what she said. Look
at the state of the world and think about how
many resources went into putting these women into space and
for what for what? What was the marketing there? I'm disgusted, literally,
I'm disgusting.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
That seems like a lot. But guess what she was
just getting warmed up. She went on to say this,
having a man who has gained his power and become
a part of the one percent purely through exploitation and greed,
deciding to take his fiance and a few other famous
women to space for space tourism is not progress. Nope,
(15:48):
still not done. She added. This privilege is not an accomplishment.
Exploitation is certainly not an accomplishment. And being able to
take the privilege that you have gained from exploitation and
greed of the planet, of resources, of human beings and
then doing something like going to space for eleven minutes
is certainly not an accomplishment. I think we're at a
(16:09):
place in the world where we need to be able
to discern what real progress looks like, and what happened
yesterday was nothing like that.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
No, no, this was not a one offer, folks. This
was not just her popping off on her own. Actress
Olivia Mile Wild excuse me, Olivia Wild chimed in saying,
simply this a billion dollars bought some good memes. I guess.
Comedian Amy Schumer mocked the trip and a video online,
and then actress Olivia Mon said, prior to the trip quote,
(16:38):
there are so many other things that are so important
in the world right now. What are you guys going
to do up in space? What's the point Is it
historic that you guys are going on a ride. I
think it's a bit gluttonous. The cover of L magazine,
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
I think she does know what she thinks. Gail King
and Lauren Sanchez have acknowledged that some criticism was out there.
King had said that people who are criticizing don't really
understand what's happening here, and she encouraged them to do
more of a deep dive on the trip, and Sanchez
said this, I would love to have critics come to
Blue Origin and see the thousands of employees that don't
just work there, but they put their heart and soul
(17:14):
into this vehicle. They love their work and they loved
the mission, and it's a big deal for them.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
You know.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
I wasn't expecting that much pushback or that much criticism,
and notably by other women. I don't know that we've
heard a man way in on this, and perhaps maybe
smartly so they have not.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
We know better. I'm just going to sit here quietly.
You can say whatever you want to say. But I
was but why why? It makes sense? But very strong criticism.
There's some criticism having to do is like mother Earth?
Why be you that kind of wasteful? But I don't know,
there's some balance you have to find. I think they
made an argument that there was inspiration, science, there was
(17:53):
something behind this other than a joy ride. But I
don't know if that message. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
I mean, everyone's obviously entitled, entitled to their means, but
I just don't know that it's to me. When you're
throwing words like disgusting out there, you're adding to the problem,
not solving it.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
That is strong. You're right, it's a matter of some time.
You could. You would listen to it differently, depending on
the words that were chosen. But why all women? Why
it seemed it's tough for me to hear very prominent
and successful and talented and respected women criticize this other
group of respected, talented women.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
It's not fun to watch as a woman. I can
say that much. It doesn't It doesn't make you feel good,
does it. I think you can still have a conversation,
you can still disagree without using certain words and going
below the belt.
Speaker 2 (18:41):
All right, Well, next up on our run here, the
last leg of our run. Here, on this Wednesday, we
are going to talk about long time in legendary game
show host Wink Martindale. He has passed away at the
age of ninety one. Died in California with his family
by his side, according to a statement from the family.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Yes, Martindale was the host of what seemed like countless
game shows starting in the seventies, most notably notably as
the host of Gambit High Rollers and Tic Tac Dough
He had, Yeah, that was the when we watched. I
was looking at the years too. It was like laid
seventies to like mid eighties, like eighty five sweet Spot,
seventy five years in broadcasting, But we were actually talking.
(19:20):
You know, his name wasn't on the same level.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
Obviously.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
I knew Bob Barker and Bob you Banks and Chuck Woolry,
but Marketdal Martindale. I had to look him up, and
as soon as I saw his face, I knew exactly
who he was.
Speaker 2 (19:32):
See, I didn't make the link. I knew the name,
and I would have. I was thinking was an actor,
and then I saw his face. I was like, oh
that guy. So anybody who's hearing us right now, you
probably know the name. You certainly one hundred percent know
the face. I did not know he's star I had.
I am just blown away. Now he's a homeboy. This
guy is from Jackson, Tennessee, was born there. Started his
career in Jackson, but moved to Memphis, which is where
(19:56):
he became he really took off, and where he befriended
a young rock star by the name of Elvis Presley.
He actually gave one of his first ever television interviews.
He did with Elvis Presley. I had no idea.
Speaker 1 (20:10):
That's so cool, and I don't know, it's funny, like
I think about Memphis and Tennessee and back in the day,
and I still remember him here. I never heard his
Southern accent from him, so that's actually interesting too.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
Do you ever hear mine? O?
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Yeah, you got a drawl to you?
Speaker 2 (20:23):
Yeah, you do.
Speaker 1 (20:23):
You get a nice Memphis drawl. It's not Yeah, it's
perfect for broadcasting. It's just a touch, little drop. You
can tell you're from the South.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
Well, he's great, Wink Martindale. And I also didn't know
this wink whose name is Wink. Well, his name is
actually Winston Conrad Martindale as I was born, and he
got the nickname Wink and it stuck. But he had
a bunch of shows. Another Little Nugget Gambit was a
successful show. He was hosting until nineteen seventy five when
another show came along that became popular and kicked it
(20:54):
off the air.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
That show was Will of Fortune.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
I launched in nineteen seventy and that was his competition.
His show went off the air and he ended up
later doing Tiktac Dough. But just what a career, what
a life in ninety one. Yes, it's always sad when
somebody passes, but what an extraordinary life he was able
to live.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
Yes, and we want to thank him for all the
years of entertainment he provided so many of us.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
All Right, folks, as you go about your day, as always,
we'd like for you to consider this as you go
about your day. It is our quote of a day.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Yeah, hump day. It's Wednesday. He might have a lot
of I don't know, arduous tasks ahead of you, so
I love this quote getting through the week. The difference
between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is how
high you raise your foot. That feels empowering. I loved it.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
How you raise your foot you take a bigger step.
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Yeah. Well, you can look at something as a stumbling
block because you couldn't lift your foot high enough, or
you can look at as a stepping stone that's getting
you closer to your goal.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
It's how you're viewing what's in front of you. Yeah,
now I get it. And folks, if you don't know,
Robes is respond before our quotes of the day most times,
so she puts them in. Sometimes I don't see him
until this moment. So that's why I'm right now trying
to piece it together.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
All I can see the light bulb go off in
your head.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
There it is, so, folks, your quote of the day
is this the difference between the stombaching block and a
stepping stone is how high you raise your foot. And
with that, folks, we certainly hope you have a good
hopesday Wednesday. Congrats on getting past tax day tax Day,
and we will of course sue you back here old
and run tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (22:27):
Tej and I'm Amy Robock. Have a wonderful day everyone,
See you tomorrow.
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