The Mark Arum Show 06-25-26 HR 1

Welcome friends to an action-packed Thursday edition of the Mark Aram show. First and foremost, I want to take care of your groceries and gas. Coming up at 10.12 a.m. Your chance to win a $150 dollar grocery card, $150 gas card and a free HVAC inspection for my friends that reliable heating and air. Grocery gas giveaway coming up at 10, 12 a.m. We're going to be all over the globe today. Travel expert Peter Greenberg is going to join us live at 1135, a Navy SEAL. Former Navy SEAL, Deborah, is going to be in studio, Jeff Samuel. I feel like I should do pushups or something or do. Oh, can we do that at a contest in studio? Something. I feel like there's physical pressure on me. A Navy SEAL in here going to be discussing folds of honor. Comedian Ryan Hamilton is going to join us live. One of my favorite stand-up comedians of all time. We're going to go to D.C. get the very latest on the Save Act. And President Trump had, I guess, a boisterous meeting with GOP Senators. yesterday we'll do that and a massive earthquake two massive earthquakes i should say in venezuela rocking that country i mean the the video is just horrible and you know debor i'm going to peru in a couple of days that other side of the continent well it's like no it's like one it's a far away away but it's only one country in between them um what's in between columbia it's chili i don't know i looked it up on the well so is peru Anyway, I'm not worried about that, but we're going to talk to an earthquake expert. I mean, just absolute devastation right now. Poor Venezuela, they just don't have the resources to do that. So I'm going to Peru on Saturday. I'll be back on July 4th, and I'm starting to get FOMO. Now, I will be here to celebrate America's 250th, and I'm going to do as much as I can on the 4th and 5th and celebrate everything. But I'm not going to get a chance, speaking of FOMO. First off, yesterday. I didn't even know that Mexico was playing the World Cup. And I just saw some videos on social media. Holy cow. I have never seen downtown Atlanta rocking like it was last night. If you could close downtown, you could have closed downtown. You know how you've been to Mardi Gras, right? Eventually they block the cities or New York where they block off the streets for the parade. Parades. No, the. ball drop or something like that. That's kind of what it was. Now, they had to close the fan fest area because it was at capacity and it wasn't safer anymore people. But that doesn't mean people weren't just wandering around downtown heading other places. I saw a watch party video, I guess, from Centennial Olympic Park when they scored the goal. Yeah, we're getting audio that now. Oh, it was, I mean, like. I hate crowds, but that's- I'm surprised you guys aren't into soccer, knowing you love sports so much. I do. Well, I like watching soccer for sure, but, you know, I don't, but I'm fomowing that. I'm fomowing the America 250 celebrations going on up there. We got an update now, apparently.

Because we had the controversy of all those musical artists pulling out of the Freedom 250 or I don't know which concert they pulled out. But we've got a new headliner right now. Her name is Alexis Wilkins. Country music artist. This is one of her. I believe this is country music artist. Okay. Alexis Wilkins. That's catchy. I like that. But I guess the headline is that she's Kash Patel's girlfriend, FBI director Kash Patel's girlfriend. So I don't know much about modern country music. I follow artistry. I do not know her names. This is the first time I've seen her name. And that was every article I read, Kash Patel's girlfriend slash country music artist. Which sucks for her. Because if you're an aspiring country or established country music artist, like you don't want that to be. Hey, Kash Patel's girlfriend and country singer.

It's a little Cheryl Crowey to me, like if you listen to the cadence and stuff. Yeah, I'm all right. Yeah. Anyway, I had to get through the headline of, oh, Kash Patel's girlfriend is headlining it to find out that she is a legitimate artist. But Kash Patel, I guess, is catching some shrapnel for this. Listen, you're the FBI director. I would abuse that. I'm not saying it's an abuse, but if I was the FBI director and Maya was an up-and-coming country singer... I would be like, hey, President Trump, you know, I'm sorry, Millie Vanilli canceled, but how about, you know. It's networking, right? Yeah. If someone comes in here and be like, I'm looking for a producer, hey, we have Vinny. Look, there's Vinny over there. Go get him. Yeah. So I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Again, I would, if I were Alexis Wilkins and or her guy pal, Kash Patel, I would make sure she's not paid for this appearance or whatever she is, whatever the talent fee is. Just donate to charity, right? You don't want, you don't want anyone to be, you don't want to seem like Kash Patel and or his girlfriend are profiting on this. But, I mean, no offense to Lee Greenwood. I've interviewed him. Nice dude. I'd much rather see her perform. than Lee Greenwood like that. Yeah, we've seen Lee perform for the president in the past, too. He's done stuff for President Trump. Anyway, that is Alexis Wilkins. I'm going to, during the next break, I'm going to go on Apple Music or whatever I have on my phone, which, by the way, I don't know why I pay for that. It's like $9.99. I don't know. You listen to a lot of music on your phone. It's $9.99 a month, and I use it. maybe three times a month. So I'm paying $3.50 a song, I guess, for us. That's it? You know you work at a radio station. I know, I know, I know. All right. I need to go. What is that subscription canceling service? Rocket. Rocket. Something. I need to go through. I've got too many subscriptions. We are going to go to D.C. in just a little bit. To talk about, I want to talk about the, this is a real FOMO thing, the American State Fair. I love fairs so much, mostly. The Fair Food. We're going to check in with Anna Kunin from News Nation in just a little bit. But let's first go live to the White House correspondent. John Decker is joining us. John, good morning. Thanks so much for your time. Interesting day yesterday between President Trump and some Republican members of Senate and Congress. What exactly happened, my friend? Well, there was, I think, the best way to describe it, a little bit of tension, a little bit of dysfunction yesterday at the luncheon that Senate Republicans had in which they invited president.

Trump as their guest. Some yelling taking place at that closed-door luncheon, yelling primarily between Senator Bill Cassidy. He's a Republican senator from Louisiana and President Trump, President Trump calling Bill Cassidy a loser. And in fact, Bill Cassidy did lose last month his Republican Senate primary, and he lost it to an opponent that was endorsed by President Trump. So I think that Bill Cassidy's still bitter of the fact that this is his last term in the U.S. Senate. But Bill Cassidy is also upset about the fact that he says that the administration has not properly briefed members of Congress about the endgame for the war in Iran. And he made his feelings known yesterday during that Senate luncheon. And, you know, when you have two people that, you know, don't like to back down, it could perhaps be uncomfortable for some of those Republican members at that luncheon yesterday. Certainly. And with no fear of re-election, right, since Bill Cassidy will. not keeping his seat. We've seen some of this yolo from, you know, senators and congressmen that aren't up for reelection and they are pushing back against the president. Well, that's right. There are a few of them. Bill Cassidy is one. Senator John Cornyn, who lost his Senate primary is another. Then you have people who know it's their last term in the U.S. Senate, people like Senator Mitch McConnell. And then you have certain senators who have always been, you know, had an independent streak. People like Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Senator Susan Collins, who's up for re-election this year, she's from Maine. And so as a result, it's not complete union. in the Republican ranks in the U.S. Senate. And the president has been frustrated by that. Frustrated also because that bill that he would like to see passed out of the Senate, the Save America Act, has languished in the Senate. The votes are simply not there to move that bill out of the Senate and get to the president's desk for his signature. Yeah, aside from the Iran war negotiations, that Save America bill is on the front burner for President Trump. But they need 60 votes in the center, right? It doesn't seem like that's going to happen, John. Yeah, it's not going to happen. And Senator John Thune, he's the majority leader. He has said that on many occasions to the president, publicly, privately. He said it every way. The numbers just don't add up. And so the numbers don't add up in terms of moving that bill forward, getting the 60 votes, or even changing the rules for the filibuster in the Senate. That also is not going to happen. So that's led to a lot of frustration on the part of the president. that that was evident at that closed-door luncheon yesterday. Finally, John, anything we're looking forward at the White House this morning? The president has an event this evening in the White House Rose Garden in which he will have essentially a dinner celebrating American farmers. And that is something that the president says he's looking forward to. As you know, farmers have been hit hard because of the war. Those fertilizer prices went up skyrocketed over the course of the pandemic. few months. That's right. I did get a press release about that. All right. John Decker, White House correspondent. John, great stuff. Have a good weekend if we don't speak, my friend. Great. Thanks a lot, Mark. Bye-bye. 915 on the Mark Aram Show. Let's stay in the nation's capital. In case you missed it. I referenced it earlier. The great American state fair kicked off last night. Joining us from the nation's capital from News Nation and Acoyment. Anna, good morning. Thanks for your time.

Hey, good morning. Yeah, great to chat with you today. So a lot of folks are going to be heading to the Great American State Fair. As America celebrates 250 years, this is going to be happening until July the 10th. So you've got plenty of time to go if you can't make it the first couple of days. But President Trump kicked off the festivities. last night. And it was really, look, it's been described as part celebration and part campaign rally. He did give a speech that was quite a bit shorter than his normal campaign rallies, but many said it did feel that way. You know, you heard Lee Greenwald. God bless America. And it was it was quite a spectacle to see military flyovers as well. And Trump really touting what he believes are going to be his successes that will be written. in the history books. The event was filled with a lot of patriotism, as you can imagine, but there was some controversy, of course, as he's he's he's hearkening back to American historical successes and talking about his administration's political platform and policies that he believes will be remembered fondly as far as his legacy goes, the war in Iran, the border, and renaming the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of America, just to name a few things. Part of the controversy also comes, you know, it came ahead of it. I'm sure you've been talking about it on your program there. He wasn't the original scheduled speaker, actually. There were several musical acts that pulled out, and they cited that the event had become too partisan, and several states with Democratic leaders also opted to not send officials saying the event was partisan and others were citing budgetary concerns. Anna, where exactly is this pavilion in D.C. that this great American state fair is being held? Yes, it was happening along the national mall. And if folks aren't familiar with that, that's where you've got the capital all the way to the Lincoln Memorial. It is just a breathtaking capital and country that we live in. And for people who want to attend the fair organizers say it's going to be a lot of fun with carnival-style rides, if you haven't seen the big... Ferris wheel that's there. You've been living under Iraq because it's just been all over cable news especially. There's also going to be a rodeo there. And organizers say that all of the states and territories will be showcased despite some states and with Democratic governors for the most part saying that they were not going to be sending those representatives. But the organizers in the event said they will all be showcased regardless of that. And then just a little bit more about the controversy here. So there are two groups in D.C. that are organizing events. There's America 250. Now, America 250, that's the nonpartisan one. The congressional group, it's a nonprofit behind America's Block Party. And then also this time capsule, America's Time Capsule, which you've probably been talking about as well, that's scheduled to be open 250 years from now. I wonder what they're going to be doing then.

And then there's Freedom 250, and that's a White House task force that was organizing these large scale events like the Great American State Fair that we're seeing and talking about right now, also the salute to America 250 and the fireworks spectacular on July the 4th. So just quickly to wrap up, after word that Freedom 250 was soliciting private donations. Some Democrats launched several probes into the group and into its finances. And again, this big, great American state fair that's happening there on the National Mall is going to be going on until July to 10th. So you've got time to get there. All right. I land back in the States on the 4th. Give me time to get up to D.C. and check out the Great American State Fair. Anna Koyman from News Nation in D.C. Thank you so much. Good time. 925 on the Mark Am show. Happy 79th birthday, Jimmy, J.J. Walker, actor-comedian. Dino mite was his catchphrase. Great theme song to a show. Great show. Florida Evans. The dad scared me. He did. I think, yeah, anyway. Happy birthday, Jimmy. I've interviewed Jimmy Walker. He did a stand. He's a stand-up comedian. He's come through town. Happy 79th birthday. That's a great song. Going back to my Apple Music. I just realized something. When you, when I have taken the Waymo twice, there's no, there's no, there's no driver. You could say, hey, turn on 955 WSB or put on Kiss 104.1 or so maybe I need the Apple music for that. Or is that a function that I just don't know about in Waymo's? Can you, can you request Waymo to, hey, play jazz or, hey, play old school hip hop. You're the only one who's written in a Waymo. But I've been, I was so freaked out by it. I didn't have, all right. The bells and whistles. Maybe that's a drawback to Waymo. Speaking of Waymo, we have total miles driven by Waymo. Is this in Atlanta or is this nationwide, Deborah? This one is in Atlanta. Okay. So how many? miles have Waymo cars driven in Atlanta. And you know, we see them all over downtown, specifically the radio station here. Waymo reports they have driven about 5.4 million miles just in the Atlanta streets since they've launched, which I think the Waymos have only been around for like three years, right? If that long. I mean, the very first ones weren't, there was only one or two, but now they're every miles? Five point four million miles. Wow. And they're all on Peach Street. Yeah, all around the station. Let's say we're like a nest. I never see them park. Is there a spot where they park? No, I've seen them on the side. That little side street in front of the station there. Like when I come in sometimes, there's like four of them. Like where you go to security? Yeah. There's like four of them just like chilling on the side, waiting for the next ride. All right. Waymo, it's the wave of the future. Now they know how to drive through puddles and stop passing stopped school buses.

That's a big number, though, five million miles. All right, news weather and traffic in less than three minutes when we come back. We're going to update our top local story. The very latest on what's going on with the Iran war negotiations. A reminder, our grocery and gas giveaway continues 10, 12 a.m. A chance for you to win a $150 gas card, $150 grocery card and a free HVAC inspection for reliable heating there. Coming up at 1012 on the Mark Airm show. 936 on the Mark Am show on this date in 1984. That's pre-Vinney, maybe pre-Debra. Prince released Purple Rain. Speaking of music, I just heard from David Danzig, Deborah, of Bites and Sites about the Waymo music selection. Oh, okay. He says they do offer it. You can choose musical genres. I was so busy filming myself in it that I didn't even check to see. But there you go. Purple Rain. That was... Prince, goodness gracious. Considered one of the greatest songs ever written. Unbelievable. And I was of that age. That was like middle school when and we had the conversations from then on Prince or Michael Jackson. Prince or Michael Jackson. Like who's better. Ooh, that's a hard one. Yeah. Well, in hindsight, it's Prince. Well, yeah. In hindsight, it is Prince. Yes. In hindsight, it is Prince. He plays every instrument. No, I was going to say other than that. Rest in peace. By the way, speaking of Michael Jackson, I know where I was on this date in 2009, Michael Jackson passed away at the age of 50 and I was on the weekend, I believe. No, because I was on the air at another radio station and we did like live coverage and we played covers of MJ. It was not a weekend. I remember I was, I thought it was a weekend, but I was tasked with, hey, you got to do the Michael Jackson show. So that was, uh, that's, uh, that's weird. 84 Purple Ring came out in 2009. Michael Jackson died at the I'm older now than Michael Jackson was when he passed away. Anywho, the very latest on the Iran negotiations. But first, joining us from ABC News, crime analyst, Brad Garrett. Brad, good morning. We haven't talked about this story in a long time, but some new developments, information from a second ransom note in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. What did that note read and did we learn anything from it? So I think we have to start, Mark, but we don't have the physical note itself. So we have two parts of the note that were released. One states that Nancy died unintentionally soon after she was taken. The second part was that she's back in nature, which I'm going to presume means that this person or persons have buried her or laid her to rest someplace. So you start with that. It doesn't, at least what was released, it doesn't talk about a ransom. It just provides these two comments and maybe other information they have are released. But the point being, you'd ask yourself, well, why would you send this note? If you're not going to ask for anything and you're not going to tell the family where their mother is presumably buried, then why would you even write the note? And the only thing that I can come up with,

is that in the deluded mind of a kidnapper, there's some sort of empathy like, you know, I'm going to do the right thing and tell the family that she, you know, unfortunately passed away, but that she's, you know, been laid to rest. Odd, but, you know, it can't be any odder than that guy that's at the front door of her house that I'm going to presume is the guy who abducted her. Brad, do we know why law enforcement wanted to keep this under wraps the contents of the second note and not release it as soon as they got it? I don't know the answer. I can tell you if I had this case what the answer would be in that you hold on the information until you can't do anything else with it, and then you take it to the public. So I think the FBI, I'm going to guess, have thrown everything at this note as trying to figure out who wrote it. And I'm going to assume that in these February to June time frame have not gotten anywhere. And so then throw it out to the public. And the public, you know, two things happen. It reminds people of this case. And it also is there a phrase in this that someone has heard somebody else to repeat? And then they think, well, he kind of looks like the guy that was with that ski mask on or mask on. And so that's the kind of tip you're looking for. And hopefully they'll get that because it doesn't seem like on the surface only that there's anything hot going on with this case. But having said that, you know, you're one fun call away from potentially solving it. Yeah, good point. Brad Gare from ABC, joining us on the market. I'm sure you mentioned that now infamous doorbell camera video of what we assume would be the suspect. I don't know if we're any closer to determining a motive when it comes to this kidnapping. Financial, personal, is that going to be a question that might go unanswered? Well, it may go in unanswered to you ID the guy from the front door. Because... What strikes me, and I think you and I may have talked about this, is that guy is just odd. I mean, it doesn't know what he's doing. The idea that you would go to a place that has a camera at the front door and with enough lighting to capture you that you spend multiple minutes at the front door fiddling around with the camera and so forth, I mean, it's almost like advertising you are there, for starters. way too much time with the front door, carrying that pistol, you know, in the front of your waist, whichever one would tell you is the absolute wrong place to carry a weapon. And it then spins, again, according to law enforcement, over 40 minutes in the house.

It tells you that he is, A, doesn't know what he's doing and that he overreacted. And obviously he harmed her in the house only based on blood that we know about at the front door. And so the idea that she, in his words, died unintentionally, sadly shouldn't surprise anyone based on probably how bad a shape she may well have been, even going out the front door of the house. You know, we talked about the amateurish aspect of this kidnapping. And, you know, if the second note were related, actually related to this, and you mentioned, you know, the suspect feeling some sort of remorse about this, they mentioned in that second note buried with nature. Could that remorse stretch to a third note and say, all right, here is where Nancy Guthrie's buried? Is that even a possibility? Well, sure it is, but why wouldn't you say that in the first note? And the problem with maybe even doing that, it could give the law enforcement the lead as to identifying you. So he probably doesn't want her to find, and he may be lying about that wasn't unintentional or is it something he did. It may be a combination of both, of course. But so. That may be the reason you're not hearing about where she is. When he come back and say that, I guess at this point I'd be surprised. But when you're dealing with people that maybe have all sorts of issues, you know, nothing should surprise you. Yeah, really, yeah, important update to this story. Brad Garrett, ABC. Brad, as always, appreciate your time, my friend. You're welcome. Have a good day. Thanks, fun. Still, I feel awful for the Guthrie family. I mean, they're resigned to the fact that Nancy's no longer with us, but I would want to know where. She's been buried if indeed that was the case. I guess if you were the kidnapper and Nancy Guthrie died unintended. You didn't plan on her dying and the kidnapping and you buried her somewhere. You might not want to let law enforcement know where it is because then they could find clues that could lead back to you, but just an awful story. Awful, awful story. 944 on the Mark Aram Show. Some good news coming up at 1012 a.m. Our grocery and gas giveaway, chance for you to $150 grocery card, $150 gas card, and a free HVAC inspection from my friends at reliable heating and air. That is coming up at 10.12 a.m. No keyword. You just call up the number. Don't call now. Poor Darius is on the phones. Don't bother him now. Not until I tell you to call around 10, 12 a.m. I do want to update the Iran negotiations. AP correspondent Karen Chamas reports an oil tanker has navigated the Strait of Hormuz despite threats from Iranians' national... Revolutionary Guard. A Liberian oil tanker has navigated the Strait of Hormuz using a new route close to Oman's shores. The route has been promoted by Oman and a UN Maritime Agency. The development on Thursday comes amid threats from Iran's Revolutionary Guard against vessels traversing the Key Strait. Tensions between Iran and the United States are rising over disagreements between the two countries on their interim accord aimed at ending the U.S.

Israeli war with Iran. The U.S. and Iran have agreed to a 60-day period to resolve issues related to the deal. Meanwhile, Israel launched another airstrike on southern Lebanon on Wednesday. I'm Karen Shemas. Any updates on the Iran War negotiations? We'll bring up to you live 24-7 here on 95-5. WSB. Markets, Dow's up big right now. Nazdaqs down a smidge, and oil keeps dropping, Deborah. $69.80 a barrel for the Billy Bob. Thornton, Texas crude, that is lower than it was before the war. Lower than before the war. Is that crazy? I have not seen that at the pump quite yet. No, it's going to take a while. Again, gas prices shoot up like a rocket and fall like a feather. But the price of a barrel of oil is now lower. than before the war, which is kind of nuts when you think about it, because we still don't know if the straight's going to be open, but yeah, hopefully we'll see a return to normalcy at the pump in just a little bit. Let's go down to Eric Erickson's town, Macon, Georgia. I've enjoyed my time in Macon. Usually I just stopped there for food on the way to Savannah or heading to Valdosta or Florida. But Macon, they're putting on their big boy pants. They're building what, Deborah? Yeah, Macon. You know, they want to be that next big city in Atlanta. They just built a brand new arena to attract live music. It's going to be big enough to have ice rinks in there, basketball, volleyball, volleyball courts. They're going to be able to do big graduations in this. It's just kind of a big deal because Macon's always just been like that other city. It's always always, and then maybe Athens will get something here or there, maybe Columbus. Savannah. Not even Savannah. Like when I do live shows, I don't get a lot of live stuff in Savannah. Yeah. Macon's always just kind of been towards the bottom of the list. even though it has such a great music history, and they opened up that music hall of fame there. Refresh my memory on their music history. Like the Allman Brothers, right? Oh, obviously, yeah, of course. Okay, maybe Otis running. Wait, but this isn't built yet, though, right? It's going to be built. It's going to be built. They're talking about a $350 million price tag, and it's going to be right there on I-16. So you'll be able to drive to it very easy. They said they're going to make parking decks with it, too, so you don't have to worry about that. And there'll be multiple exits, so you don't have to worry about bottlenecking trying to get out. Remind me, put this in your, well, I'm not, no, I'm not going to be here. Next time I talk to Eric Erickson. Ask him his thought because he's, you know, he's the king of making. I want to know his thoughts about this new making. Is it called the Eric Erickson Macon Arena? Eventually. Eventually it will be a helipat on the top for him. A bourbon distillery attached to it. I mean, that's a, I would drive to Macon for the appropriate show 100%. It's kind of a big deal because I grew up not with not close to big arenas. Chicago was two hours. Milwaukee was an hour. Everything else went to Minneapolis and that was five. So if anything came to Madison, everybody went. You had to go because there was no other way or no other shows you were going to catch. And it's good news for people in Middle Georgia that they're like, oh, I want to see. Yeah, you don't want to drive all the way up to Atlanta or all the way down to Florida. Yeah, like I want to see Beyonce. Oh, she's coming to State Farm. Sure, like ZZ Top has played in Macon before. Yeah. All right. So that's good. That's a lot of money to build an arena. Very good. 9.53 on the Mark Aaron Show, taking it back.

Toto is Rosanna, right? Got to cue up the good part band. I don't want to be that FM DJ from the 80s that has to... That's a good lead-in right there. That's like a perfect lead-in point. Yeah, absolutely. We got time for the station identifier, a little bit about the band, the song, and then it starts. But I know I'm time to do that. Why is playing Rosanna from Toto? David Pake, Pike? David Page. David Page. Turn 72 today on the Mark Aram show. Debra, this is a... I'm actually... When you show me this story, I was like, wow, that's actually better than I thought. One in three parents cannot afford college for their kids. Seeing what. tuition is now, I would have said it would have been closer to be like four and five parents can't afford college for the kids. One in three, that's actually, to me, not bad of a number. Yeah, you're lucky if your parents are able to contribute to your college. It says the average parent has 37,000 put away for their child's college, which is, I think, is a lot of money to be able to have saved for them. Now, I know now you've got like those saver acts that they can start really. Sure. We did not have that when I were kids. But yeah, most parents, about 31% say they just have no idea how they're going to cover. All of it. They may be able to cover some of it, but there's no way they'd be able just to send their kids to college with no worries. Historically, $37,000 saved is a lot of money. But that maybe can take care of one year of college for certain things. But only one and three can't afford it. That's, I thought have been four and five. If Maya and I had a college-age kid now, oh, my God, we'd be eating ramen every night. You do eat ramen every night. Yeah, but good ramen. I mean, like, the bowl ramen. Vinnie, you're a recent college grad. I don't want to get too deep into your parents' finances, but you got a used to work at Chick-fil-A, and you got a Chick-fil-A scholarship? I got a Chick-fil-A scholarship. I got a Chick-fil-A scholarship, yep. What was that all about? I think it was 2,500, two semesters. Yeah, I mean, I was grateful to get it working there. You need scholarships. Absolutely. That one in three, you need scholarships. I was able to graduate with no loans and everything. What? Wow. Yeah, likewise. Yeah, oh. Well, I had scholarships. You went to school out of state, though. Yeah, I did. But I had scholarships my freshman year, both academic and athletic, which is shocking. But there was a requirement that you had to keep a 2.0 GPA. Oh, that's it. That was it. And I didn't. I had lost hope at one point. I didn't. Oh, that exact. So my parents were like, oh, oh, okay. Yeah, that's fine. You lost their scholarships. Now you have to pay for school. And that's when I had to take student loans and charge credit cards. But we also had cool little scholarships when I graduated high school. Like we had a senior event. And like the local Italian restaurant gave you $250. So we had that like the local bank would give out $500 gift certificates. And our town wasn't that big. So a lot of students were able to get those small ones, which did help with like art supplies. Yeah.

Did they give you an, all right, Deborah, let's say you're 18 years old, you're working at Chick-fil-A. Well, wrong person asked. Vinnie, you're 18-year-olds old. You're working at Chick-fil-A, and Chick-fil-A says, here's the deal, Mr. Drip. Congrats on your acceptance to college. You can either have a $2,500 scholarship or you can have $5,000 chick-fil-A gift card. I need that scholarship, man. Really? You know how hungry you are in school? School can wait. I'll take the $5,000. That's cool that Chick-fil-A did that for you, though. Oh, yeah. And you lost hope but regained it? I regained it, yeah. What happened when you lost your hope scholarship, how mad were your parents? I cried. I know you cried. How mad were your parents? I mean, they were upset, but they knew I could get it back. So they was just like, hey, you got to come out of pocket. I didn't have that opportunity. Once my GPA dropped below 2.0. There was no like, hey, get it back up. And they were like, you're an idiot. We're not wasting any more time on you. All right, one in three parents cannot afford to send their kids to college, which to me is a smaller number than I expected. Speaking of gifts, gift cards, scholarships, I don't know. But our grocery and gas giveaway coming up at 1012 a.m. I'm going to give you the phone number to call in. And one lucky winner is going to win $150 grocery card, $150. gas card and a free HVAC inspection courtesy of my friends at Reliable Heating Air. So your chance to win coming up at 10, 12 a.m. News weather and traffic in 3. When we come back, really excited, joining us live in studio, former Navy SEAL Jeff Samuel. Peter Greenberg, travel experts, going to join us live after the news at 1035. And comedian Ryan Hamilton, love him, love him. He's going to be joining us in the 11 o'clock hour. Social media is active at Mark Aramman at WSB Radio.