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Well, believe it or not, it's the comments from the suspect. This guy, Dwayne Davis, who goes by Keffi D. He apparently was on podcasts and doing interviews, and he actually wrote a book where he claimed in the book anyway that he handed the gun to the guy who opened fire on the car that had Tupac in it with Shug Knight. Now, Shug was injured. Tupac sadly was killed in that shooting. But based on what's in the book, it's essentially how police ended up making this arrest. Now, Davis says, I never wrote that in the book, and I just sort of talked to a guy who sort of made it all up, and I didn't, and my lawyer at the time is now dead, and I don't know. So, you know, he's trying to paint this thing of, you know, so what he was claiming about five or six years ago to get some street cred is now coming back to bite him in the backside. Well, do you think this thing's going to get, you know, through the process of, or do you think they're going to plea this out? I mean, is this guy completely like, you know, I'm not, what are you talking about? Yeah, no, jury selection is starting today. So this guy was arrested late in 2023. So this is going to trial starting today. Yeah, but, you know, you can always cut that deal at the last minute. You know, it's got a deal. Absolutely. Absolutely. So I don't know, you know. Golly, the rumors is Tupac even dead? I mean, seriously. The conspiracy theories outrageous. All right, well, this will be interesting to watch. There's no doubt about that. Royal Neal, thank you, buddy. 618 now. Alabama's morning news. Up next, the latest on what happened over the weekend with Iran. And the Sturterho Moose seems to be at sentinel stage. Jonathan Savage, our Fox correspondent, on the way after traffic and weather together here in three minutes.

622 now to Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. Jonathan Savage joins us now, our Fox correspondent in London for the latest on Iran and what took place over the weekend. Jonathan, welcome in. Thank you so much for being here. Well, it looks like our vice president, JD Vance, said that, you know, we've made some progress in negotiations with them over the past several days, but we're still not seeing everything that the president wants coming out of Tehran. So it sounds like nothing's changed, really. Nothing much has changed. One thing, though, fairly significant, has. Now, as we know, Iran and Oman had been negotiating a new system for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, and we thought this might be the key to reopening it, even if it does give Iran something that they were wanting in the form of possibly being able to charge essentially tolls. But Iran has now come out and said that even if this deal with Oman is agreed, That would not reopen the strait, and instead, they are giving a series of conditions to the United States. Now, much of this was in the memorandum of understanding that President Trump said was dead and certainly appeared to have been collapsed. But Iran now says that they will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the war ends. The U.S. blockade of Iranian ports has lifted. The U.S. military is withdrawn from around Iran. Plus, they want sanctions lifted. assets unfrozen and compensation for war damage. You know, and I've also heard reports these maritime folks, you know, they're pretty sneaky and they can, you know, work out ways to ship that oil that might not be so obvious. So it seems that oil is still moving through the strait despite everything going on. Yeah, they have been able to do that at various points over recent months. We know that some ships had gone back and forward before the blockade was put back in force, certainly. Iran has been able to get oil to China, for example, by covering up the identities of their tankers, conducting ship-to-ship transfers at sea. And there also was a temporary... waiver for U.S. sanctions which did allow them to sell some oil legally. Well, let's talk about what's going on with these crazy Houthis in Yemen now. Apparently, they've restarted their attacks on the Red Seaport there, city of Mocha. So what's the battle here? It's a side situation, but certainly tied to everything going on. It is, because as we know, the Houthis have long been backed by Iran, but the Houthis have their own issue with Saudi Arabia, which has been going on for a very long time as well. They have been continuing. to attack ships associated with Saudi Arabia. And the Houthis also claiming yesterday they'd attack the Saudi oil refinery. Now, the Saudi authorities have confirmed there was a fire, but they didn't say it was the Houthis who caused that fire. So, yeah, it's possible that over on the other side of the Iranian Peninsula from Iran, there's a real possibility that that's another maritime route that could be disrupted for some time. All right, very good.

Jonathan Savage, thank you for the update, buddy. I'm sure to appreciate you. Fox News correspondent in London this morning. 626 now, Alabama's morning news. Getting ready to take the kids on a flight anytime soon? Well, those need-o squishy toys, you know, the butter one that's kind of neat. There's all kinds of different ones. If you know, you know. Forget about it, getting on an airplane. TSA rule now is leaving kids in tears because they're confiscating. Here's one mom talking about it. Service announcement to any parent who is traveling with kids with Nito's. I currently have like $250 worth of Nito's in my bag. This is my backpack. This is all I'm traveling with. And I'm going to visit my family in Cincinnati, Ohio, and waited in line, went through TSA, and they said, you have to go check your bag because Nito's don't hold their shape. Or we just take your needos. So, hey, if you want to hold on to your needos, pay to check your bag. Hope it helps. Well, the problem is, yeah, those little needo squishy toy things are, they're kind of cool. My granddaughters have a bunch of them, and I love them. But they're filled with gel, and it's got to be 3.4 ounces or less to be allowed through. The problem is most parents aren't aware of the rules, so they don't know how to pack those needos in their checked luggage, so they're not. taken away from them. So just be aware. I know there's a lot of those things out there and kids are on fire for them right now. It's 627. Alabama's morning news. Up next, we're going to get an update on traffic and weather together for you. Plus, an update from Fox News and Leah Brandon as well. And then the WNBA. It's getting crazier every day. Well, the latest on that, and John Decker will get a White House look at what's happening with the Iran situation where the president stands on it. That's at 642. Stay with us. Alabama's morning news. It is 628 now.

It is 633 now. Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. Why, I tell you, these crazy Democrats and what's going on with these socialists? It's just out of control. Unbelievable. And this governor candidate, Hong, she's just, I mean, coming out here. Now she's backpedaling on things she said before about, you know, trying to get rid of Thanksgiving. I mean, do you hear these people and what they're talking about? and how insane it is. Get rid of law enforcement. Get rid of the presidency as we know it. Congress should just appoint somebody. You just want to come into this country and just redo everything and blow it up and start over? No, go do some, you know, background checks on, you know, the history of the United States and why we are what we are. Read your history books. Put civics class back into classrooms for the love, the insanity that's taken place right now. And the people that are buying into this because I don't like Trump's, I'm going to vote for anything. Well, these crazy socialists don't know what they want. Once again, backpedaling. And here's former mayor Francis Suarez from Miami, who's a Republican conservative, talking about this madness. I think a lot of times these Democrats, whether they are Democratic Socialists or not, they're first trying to pretend like everything that they set up until this moment is not relevant. It's interesting that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this week said, Woke 1 was crazy. And so trying to dismiss everything that all of these radical candidates have said, things like, you know, no police officers, no police departments, no ICE. you know, no Thanksgiving. I mean, things that are crazy that are antithetical to American values. They know they cannot run on that platform. That is a platform that you cannot win on. So you have to pretend like it didn't happen. And you know what, but your parents will always tell you is when people tell you who they are, believe them. And so Americans should look into these statements, should do some preliminary, very, very easy research. The numbers that I gave you in the first answer, I got all through, you know, chat GPT this morning. This is stuff that you can easily find. and understand what is being presented to you as an argument. All these things that are free have a huge tax cost and have a huge price that you're going to have to pay at the end of the day. Trillions of dollars that if you tax people triple what they're making, you might not even get close to it. So it's outrageous. You know what else is outrageous that these people are jumping all over and, you know, making it one of their talking points. Transgenders. Here's the deal. If you want to change, go ahead, be you. That's fine. Great. But you know what? Men can't be women and women can't be men. Any more than a chipmunk can be a squirrel. It is what it is. You are born with what you are. And if you want to act like somebody else, that's a totally different discussion. But to allow these men to participate in women's sports has brought the WNBA out of a sports event into an activist event.

Sophie Cunningham, love her to death, standing up for girls and men staying out of sports. Common sense. Guys, you have your own league, okay? Go over there and play in it. You want to be a girl and wear a dress and put lipstick on and start doing all kinds of crazy talk about actually surgically changing yourself? That's up to you and your psychiatrist. Not in the league, not happening. Well, Sophie Cunningham is obviously taking all kinds of heat from all kinds of people on this one. and even getting physically injured. You know, Saturday's Indiana fever Chicago Sky Game turned into one of the biggest WNBA stories out there now. Dejani Carrington, Chicago as a player, was ejected after her foul, you know, was upgraded to a flagrant two following the review. I mean, she just closed line Sophie Cunningham going to the basket. And then she gets ejected and immediately plays the race card with a post on social media, white privilege. White privilege? What? What has that got to do with you clothes lying her, taking your forearm and clipping her in the face and the head to the ground? I mean, white privilege. No, you committed a flagrant foul. You're rejected. Get over it. I mean, it's just unbelievable. The backlash that Sophie's taking now. And not because she's so much a white player, but because of where she stands, even though her coach. said that this girl that closed-lined her. Sophie's coach kind of justified. Well, that's, you know, that's ball. You know, we're playing hard. They're going for it. And, you know, this girl, you know, Deangi, the Johnny or Carrington is, you know, she plays physical. And why are they not supporting Sophie? Your own coach, seriously? Unbelievable. And the coaching controversy is expanded beyond what's going there in Indiana. Cheryl Reeve, head coach at Minnesota. has spoken in favor of inclusion of these transgender athletes. Once again, you got your own league, guys. Go play in it. And did you see now we've got some former NBA players now that want to come back in and consider themselves eligible for the draft this year and the WNBA. You want to play this game? Fine. I want to play with the women too. And now it's like the WNBA scratch and the way, wait, whoa, whoa, that's not what we mean. We just mean transgender. Well, I'm identifying now. So I'm going to, somebody needs to draft me. I weigh 250 pounds. I'm six foot eight. Try garden me. I mean, it's crazy what's going on here. I mean, they're going to lose their audience. It's just insanity. Insanity. At some point, can the common sense pendulum please swing back to normalcy? 639 now. Alabama's morning news, traffic and weather together coming up. We'll check in with John Decker as Todd Blanche has now been confirmed as our new attorney general. The latest on that and also the president's position with Iran. From John Decker, our white house correspondent here in three minutes.

It is 643 now. I'm to Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. Interesting here is NORAD had over the weekend some action going on as they intercepted some aircraft near President Trump's Bedminster Golf Club in New Jersey. Yeah, that's where the president was over the weekend, and they were hosting their four-day live golf, New York tournament there with Trump attending the event, watching the final round on Sunday. But... Kind of interesting here is NORAD had to jump in and kind of, you know, scatter some planes here. A couple of civilian general aviation aircraft were intercepted by these firefighters. They entered a temporary flight restriction, TFR, established around the area because of Trump's president's presence there. And the F-16s escorted both aircraft safely out of the restricted airspace. Officials said the planes did not pose any threat to President Trump. And apparently they just... You know, cross the line. Oops. Oh, sorry. Yeah. We shouldn't have been in this area. So all's good there. Join us now for a little bit more discussion on what the president's been up to, including Iran and also the confirmation of our attorney general, Todd Blanche. Now, John Decker, our White House correspondent is here. John, welcome in. Thanks for being here. Thanks for having me. Really appreciate it, JT. Good to be with you today. Yes, some news over the weekend. That's where Todd Blanche squeaked by, but he was confirmed nonetheless as the next Attorney General. He will be sworn in today. As Attorney General, that will happen in the Oval Office early this afternoon. But the President got some bad news over the weekend. If he was hoping for a quick resolution to this ongoing war in Iran, The president was very disappointed because what Iran did was they put forward some new demands, some unreasonable demands that makes it really unlikely. We'll see an end to military operations and end to that war anytime soon. Yeah, the president is kind of just being patient right now. He obviously has the upper hand in all of the situation with Iran here. Economically, the pressure. you know, is starting, you know, to really have its impact there. Obviously, the military action was very successful. But, you know, Iran is still playing that game of, yeah, we're just quietly having a little bit of a negotiation. There's nothing major going on here. The president also, I understand, some people are concerned with the Republican Party that maybe he's going to settle this whole thing without getting the big one as far as control of the nuclear situation. Is there any messaging coming out that... That may be off the table. I thought that was the end goal here. That was the sole purpose for launching these military operations against Iran was to make it so that Iran no longer possesses the ability to develop a nuclear weapon at any time in its future. And that goal has not been met. So if you walk away at this point, what was the purpose for the military operations that began for February the 28th in the first place? Also keep in mind, when this war began, there was no issue concerning the Strait of Hormuz.

the Strait of Fremuz was open for all military operations, I'm sorry, for all cargo ships, for all oil tankers, and now, of course, it's essentially shut down. So when you talk about the upper hand, that is the leverage that Iran has. They can essentially shut down the Strait of Hormuz any time they want, and that's the reason why gas prices. remain so high. Yeah, absolutely. John Decker, thank you for the update, buddy. I sure do appreciate you. And don't forget, check out John Decker every day on the IHeart radio app. It's there for you. The update, John Decker at the White House this morning. Yeah, here is one of the guys that was kind of pushing back for a while during the confirmation of Todd Blanche. As they confirmed him now, this was narrow. A couple of Republicans, Susan Collins of Maine and also Lisa Murkowski from Alaska, joined all the Democrats in voting no. Now, with those defections, and Senator Mitch McConnell absent, the deciding vote came from one Republican, Bill Cassidy, who announced his support the day before. But he said it wasn't easy. And after an intense 48 hours of coming up with a decision, that wasn't black or white. You can argue one way or the other, and you can come up with just this side or just that side of approval. Well, yep, he went ahead and said, all right, let's do it. Now, Todd Blanche has been serving as the acting AG since Pam Bondi was removed in April, and some senators objected to a Justice Department settlement. Trump reached with the IRS back in May, which created that $1.8 billion fund to pay people who claimed the government wronged them. Yeah, that didn't fly. And once again, those key Republicans to them, John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, held out until Todd Blanche agreed to formally cancel that fund. And they did just that. 648 now to Alabama's morning news. Case Dixon will join us next. He's running up against Gary Palmer in the special election tomorrow. We'll get his thoughts as he is in the studio after we check traffic and weather to get here in just about three minutes.

It is 653 now. Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. and Kay Stixon joins us now. This is a gentleman that's running up against Gary Palmer in a special election tomorrow for the sixth congressional district here in Alabama. Case, good to see you again. Welcome and thanks for being here. Jay T. Thanks for having me back. So here we go, special election. First of all, let's talk about the special election. There's been some things going on here in Alabama with the election process. And here we are tomorrow. I mean, I'm hoping everybody gets out and votes. You know, bring your friends, bring your family. Voter turnout seems to be a big issue, obviously from the presidency all the way down to special elections in some states. So what do you do to get people out to vote? What should Republicans be doing to coalesce everybody and let's go? Yeah, I mean, I think do what we're doing now. I mean, obviously this is unprecedented the fact that we have so many elections in one year, you know, with the primary, then the runoff, then the general, and then you have the municipal elections in certain areas as well. So... I just think it's getting out there in front of people doing radio shows like yours and just letting people know, hey, there is an election. Go vote. Select your nominee. Yeah, we've got to get everybody out. I think they're predicting what between 5 and 10%. That's right. Somewhere around there. Which is just horrible. Come on. Well, it was cutting half from the primary. So we're thinking maybe cut in half again from the runoff. But I hope not. All right, let's talk about why you're running against Gary Palmer. What do you see that needs change with Gary and why you want to be involved in our Congress? Yeah, absolutely. So first and foremost, the reason why I decided to step up and run is my family. I've got two young daughters. I work full time in health care right now. And in this economy, things aren't getting easier. And I feel like Congressman Palmer's votes have contributed to the hardships that we're facing right now. He likes to go around and talk about the tax cuts passed last year. And look, tax cuts are great. I support tax cuts. But tax cuts without spending cuts are null and void, in my opinion. And he's not going to talk about how he voted to raise the debt ceiling by $5 trillion last year. And now we're going to cross over $40 trillion in national debt any day now. And I see that as the reason that's going to... really cause hardships for my daughters to be able to grow up and get married and buy a home. And so I feel like I have to fight for their future. Well, a lot of people say the economy is relatively strong. It's the Iran war that's got hurdles in front of us. It's the blip on the economy, if you will. Interest rates are staying right where they're at. The new Fed has not moved them at all. So without the war, if it goes away, the economy will bounce back. But others say, well, you know, not so fast. We had some job numbers that were inflated. last month that were a little bit lower than they first came out with. And it is a concern for people in their discussions and their kitchen tables. What are we going to pay this month? You know, what are we going to pay next month? So going over the economy in your own personal world always seems to be the number one issue for everybody when it comes to elections. Certainly. Beyond that, your thoughts on what's going on here in our state that needs more attention than it's getting now, and your biggest concern is it education, is it data centers, what's in front and center for you on your radar?

Yeah, absolutely. I think every day we see that the swamp in Washington tries to erode away at our liberties. And so I think that we need someone that is truly going to stand from on those issues. Like you mentioned, the data centers, the flock cameras are very big right now. I'm the only candidate in this race that has come out in opposition to those things. And I think it's very important that we have someone that understands the importance of fighting for our liberties. I mean, just take, for example, FISA 702. And for your listeners that may not be aware, that's that provision that allowed the government to spy on American citizens. citizens without even getting a warrant. But thankfully, that did not reauthorize the past few weeks. 19 Republicans stood up and said no and said, hey, you need to adhere to the Fourth Amendment. But sadly, Congressman Palmer was not one of those 19 Republicans. And so I think that the district here deserves someone that would be one of those Republicans, and that would certainly be me. All right, let's talk about what's going on with these data centers. Tommy Tuberville, rather, is... you know, running for governor, and he's been pushing these and says it's great for us. We've got to stay ahead of the AI game against China. But there's also concerns. And he also has jumped on the same thing that the president has said as far as them. You've got to maintain control of your own entity. If you build a data center, it's your baby. You've got to get the water. You've got to pay for the electricity. You've got to build the grids. You're not putting this on the taxpayers and the residents in the area. So with that said, what is your concern with data centers and why do you think, you know, Doug Jay Jones, who's running against Tommy Tuberville for governors? wants a moratorium and some other states have done that to slow down and take a look your thoughts on this i don't know if i'd go as far as a moratorium but for me i'm a true limited government conservative and so i don't like to see the government bending over backwards for a lot of these corporations that they wouldn't do for other businesses whether that be tax abatements or fast-tracking environmental checks or things of that nature, maybe even rezoning. I think it's important that we make these data centers adhere to the same standards that we're making every other business adhere to because that's a lot of times the way I see how these data centers are actually coming about because we're just rolling out the red carpet and making it easy for them, and I don't think we should be doing that. All right, quick lightning round three questions for you. Yes or no? You should be a U.S. citizen born here to serve in the Senator House of Representatives in our Congress. Yes. Transgenders, stay out of women's sports. Absolutely. Let's talk about what's happening with our education. Separate. We do have an education budget. Sometimes it moves around in Montgomery. So your thoughts on how Montgomery handles our money. Should we put it in there and leave it alone or still leave it open for negotiations even after it's been said and done? I don't know if I understand that question. Well, a lot of times our education budget, they'll get it set. Let's say it's, you know, $5 billion.

ridiculous, but whatever the number. And then all of a sudden, after the election's done, and the money's there, and okay, well, let's move some of the money out of the education budget, put it over here. I see what you mean. It seems to shuffle sometimes down there. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I think that your word is your bond, and I think that whenever you say that money's going to be used for one thing, it needs to be used for that, whether that's the education budget or whether that's in Washington. Lottery? Yes or no? No. Okay. 659. I really appreciate you coming by. Thank you for. Get out and vote, folks. I mean, tomorrow's the big special election day. Case Dixon running for six district here in Alabama. Thank you, Case. Thank you. Good to see you, buddy. It's 659. Alabama's morning news. It is 707 now. Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. We are glad to have you long on this Monday, August 10th. Here we go. Back to school time, as you may notice, there's some school buses out there. More follow throughout the week. Depending on where you are in the state and what your community is in district, there are different times, different days that kids are getting back to school. I know my granddaughters are going to home with schools. They go back in on Wednesday. It could be different where you are for sure. But this is the week. Goodbye, Summer. Hello, football season. Let's go. I'm kind of ready for football season. How about you? Alabama is going to be hot again this week, not the team, but the temperatures. Yes, forecasters, warmer temperatures across Alabama this week, scattered showers and thunderstorms. Nothing's changing. I was ready to cut the grass yesterday. I'm all fired up about it. Changed in my... Grass cutting clothes, got my boots on, ready to go. Go out to the garage, open a garage door, pulled a lawnmower out. Oh, what's that? Nice big black, oh, that's lightning. Goodbye. Yeah, fell asleep on the couch watching a movie. So my grass. Oh, my gosh, it's like cutting a field. So it is going to be hot once again this week for sure. Kalyn DeBoer, Alabama Crimson Tide. Now, well, into Paul Camp, here we go. Perhaps continue for the next big season. Getting a lot of attention for a roster featuring several in-state stars with the team being described as somewhat under the national radar in the championship conversation. Did I see where we're ranked six at Bama in the SEC? What? Yeah, they open the season September 5th. So does Auburn, Alex Golish, entering his first season down there at the hit coach. A lot of good buzz on him. A lot of good buzz. Getting ready for the big game that they've got against Baylor. This game's going to be at Atlanta once again on September 5th. So let's go. I'm ready for football and cooler temperatures too. 709 Alabama's morning news. Retired Colonel Jeff Atticott will join us next. What's happening with Iran and what should the president be doing next strategically and tactfully? We'll get the update here after traffic and weather together here in just about three minutes.

713 now Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. as we get this Monday started over the weekend, it seemed to be more of the same. Yeah, we're negotiating with the people that are in charge in Iran, and yeah, they're cooperating a little bit, but not 100%. J.D. Van says they're coming around a little bit, but they still are way off base on some of the major sticking points, like, oh, I don't know, nuclear capabilities. Joining us now to talk a little bit more about where we are in the situation. And the next moves, Jeff Atticott, retired lieutenant colonel, back with us. Welcome in, sir. Thanks for being here. Hey, J.T., my pleasure. All right, so you're in the situation room later today after lunch, and the president says, all right, Colonel Atticott, your thoughts on what's going on with us here? You like my plan with the economic pressure? You like the fact we've annihilated him? Should we do something quicker? Should we just sit tight? What do you think we ought to do? Well, the president obviously knows something that we do not know because most individuals that understand the consequences of doing nothing has got us nowhere because the Iranians are stringing us along as they've done month after month, more promises. The latest word is that they want reparations from us. It's just crazy stuff. One thing that's clear, the Iranians know American politics, and they're banking on the fact that Trump will not do a full-scale attack because of the economic blowback that would occur in this country. And they're looking at the elections coming up in midterms, but they don't understand that even if the Democrats take control of the Congress. President Trump's still the commander-in-chief, and he's going to unleash on them at some point a very heavy blow, World War II type activity where we take out the bridges, we take out the railroad stations, we totally dominate those individuals, and then install a new government. That's going to have to be the solution because they are not going to negotiate. That's pretty clear. I think the president understands that. He must have something else that he's looking at in terms of... you know, sponsoring some type of regime change from within. You know, the tactics to get after that nuclear capability is that seems to be more difficult than meets the eye. Your thoughts on how we do that, if in fact he says, all right, that's it. No more nuclear capabilities, and we're going to make sure of that by doing XYZ. What is XYZ and how do you do it? Yeah, you've got to get rid of the regime. The regime is not going to negotiate with you. They're not going to give up their nuclear weapons. They care nothing about their people. They don't care if a million, two million, three million, Iranians are killed. They're going to stay to the bitter end, and they've got to go one way or the other. I know that the president really desires that the optimum choice would be. for the Iranian people to form a new government of some sort. We know there's resistant groups within the country. That's the only, you know, that's the only issue I can look at right now that has caused the president not to use full-scale military operations. He's going to have to do that regime, most likely.

To get control of the nuclear capabilities and all those reactors and everything associated with it, whether it's destroyed or taken under control by a new regime with help from the president of the United States or not, and to get to the regime that needs to be in there, you know, placed in and the bad ones gone, is this real, is this realistic, I should say, to accomplish those two major goals? Yeah, most of our intelligence indicates that their dust, their nuclear dust and their materials are deep, deep under the ground, although they could have squirtless. Pickack Mountain near Tehran. We just don't know precisely until we get eyes on the ground. But with a new regime, they're strapped for money. They're going to want to have assistance to build. And I do believe that the new regime is going to be more open to allowing us to look in and to look everywhere that we want to in regards to nuclear weapons. Remember, the Israelis have marvelous intelligence. And they also are on top of this issue as well. Yeah. 100%. I mean, we've certainly got the upper hand, but the bottom line is that nuclear capability has got to be gone. And that regime that's currently there has got to be done or gone. And if that's the definition of a win, can we win? Yeah, we can. And the Strait of Hormuz has got to be open again, at least for the next year and a half, because the other countries are building pipelines to go around the Strait of Hormuz. So, you know, the Iranians are really shooting themselves to the foot because we're not going to make the concessions they want. It's very clear that they are not in the mind to make any type of negotiations. They will very soon probably this week start shooting their missiles and drones at other countries again and our bases in Jim Jordan. And that'll be the trigger for us to act. Yeah, you've got, you mentioned it, the political card and all of this as well with the midterms coming up in the American appetite or lack thereof of being in a long-term war with Iran, boots on the ground, nobody wants to hear this. I'm not sure that I'll ever have to be. But with that said, is the president in a good position right now? I know we've got the upper hand, but does he have Iran up against the ropes where they can't really do anything major? He does, but it just takes one of their missiles to get through, to sink one of the ships and, you know, to hit in a major way, one of our facilities. So they've, you know, they've got cards left to play, but the longer we drag this out, the worst is going to be in the long end. It's better to get this over very quickly and to use... overwhelming force, and I mean overwhelming force, which we have the capability to do along with our co-partners, the Israelis. You had mentioned to me before when we're talking about this in order to get rid of that regime and that mindset of those terrorists that are running that place, you have to annihilate the entire country because they just grow again like weeds every spring and you've got to get done with, you know, dig the weeds out and that means total annihilation. You still have that position.

Yeah, I mean, the regime has to be totally annihilated. You can't kill all the Islamists, but the problem is that the Islamists are in control of the country. Saudi Arabia has Islamists in their borders. So does Jim Jordan, all of them do. Egypt does, all of them do. But they don't control the government. So they have to be annihilated at the IRGC level. That's what needs to be done. Speaking of Islam, your thoughts on what's happening in our country here. You look at these videos all over social media of the Bronx and Dearborn, Michigan, and thousands, you know, in the streets on their prayer rugs in our country, wanting us to change as opposed to assimilating when you come to this country. What should be done about that? Well, you got to turn, you know, when you have your bathtub and the water is running over the top of the top, the first thing you do is turn off the water. We should allow no one to come in this country unless we are 100% sure. I don't care what country they come from or what your religious belief is that the Bill of Rights trumps. your religious beliefs because Sharia law is incompatible with Western democracies. And that's according to the number one international court in the world, which is a left-leaning court, the European Court of Human Rights. And that's just a fact. Yeah. So if they're here now and you have these beliefs, our hope is that we can, you know, that their children will assimilate and put the bill of rights above whatever their religious beliefs are. Many Muslims do not embrace your real law, but those that do have to be, obviously, you know, again, you don't let them in the country. That's stupid. And they're having kids at a much quicker rate than Americans are right now, too, for a very good reason. That's very true. Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Atticott, thank you for your insight. Always good to catch up with you. We'll do it again soon. Thank you, sir. I should be. All right, 721 now. Alabama's morning news. Back to school we go across the country. Yeah, it looks like summer's over. We'll check in with Evan Brown for the latest on what's happening outside of our state after we check traffic and weather together here in just about three minutes.

It is 725 now. Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. Eben Brown joining us now our Fox correspondent taking a look at school back in session. It's that time of year once again. Evan, I'm showing my age here, but I remember when I was in school. No, it wasn't a one-room schoolhouse, and I didn't walk uphill both directions. But we didn't have... Bring an apple for the teacher every day. That's right. We got out Memorial Day weekend, and we didn't go back until Labor Day weekend. So we had June, July, and August, all of it, 90 days, a vacation time. I don't know what's going on with this madness of starting first part of August every year. But here we go. I mean, Halloween stuff's already in the stores, which drives me nice. And now we're back to school. So goodbye. Goodbye, Summer. You're going to either laugh or cry or something here, but I've already seen, like, Christmas stuff in some stores. It's ridiculous. Just can't. Yeah, that they're crazy, right? But no, much of the nation goes back to school in August. Now, I grew up in New York where you started after Labor Day, and they still start after Labor Day, and every year in August, I've been in Florida 20-some years. Every year in August, I have the same conversation with my brothers. To come back to school already down there? Why is it so early? Right. We have the same conversation this time every year because their kids won't go back to school until after Labor Day. Yeah, but here in Alabama, we get out in May 3rd week of May. And my sister's kids, you know, in Connecticut outside New York, they go until the middle of June, you know, so they stay late. Right. So out here. Where we are in South Florida, we might go till early June, but... They give them extra like two and a half weeks at Christmas. There's a week and maybe a day at Thanksgiving. There's a week and a day in the spring somewhere and all these other little days. So they're giving them more breaks during the year, which stretches out the year a bit. So that seems to have worked well for a lot of people. But again, much of the nation going back to school this month, maybe even this week, I know there are districts in Arizona that have been back to school since mid-July. Oh, my gosh. So, yeah, it's a different world out there, I guess. So that's, yeah. I want to get your thoughts on where, you know, there's a lot of discussion about school year round and just longer breaks throughout the year. You know, I'm not in favor of that at all. I don't think that families. Yeah, I don't. I don't know. It kind of 60 one, half a dozen of the other. I think maybe if there was a way to choose that, in fact, Texas has some of these schools called, I forget what they call them now, but they actually have a much longer school year where the school ends, I think, in late June and picks back up mid-July, and the kids are basically in school longer. And the reason is that there are kids that, you know, they just, they lose stuff during the summer.

And so they are served better by having a longer school year. I think what we're all learning generally is that the one size fits all model of schooling doesn't really fit all. And that kids do better with different classroom models and different ways of doing things. My own kid is virtually schooled with an actual virtual program that is paid for by the state. In Florida, we give this to every kid that wants it. or every parent, I should say, that it wants it. And for her, it has been very advantageous. She gets to move at a pace, which is better for her, which is actually quicker than a lot of other kids. She's a smart kid. And it allows her to do advanced stuff and things that she otherwise wouldn't be able to do if she was in brick and mortar and having to sit in a classroom of 20 or 30 kids where the teacher has to teach the slowest kid. So it's, you know, there are different ways of schooling your kids. We're learning this now, and I think we need to embrace a bit more of that. Yeah, I agree with you, too. There's a lot of different ways to get her done, and some kids react and respond to this way better than the other way. So. If you can get them educated, that's the bottom line. How we go about it, I'm always open for discussion on that. Well, buddy, I sure to appreciate you. Good luck with your kids getting back to school, and we'll do it again tomorrow. And thank you for checking in with us. It's 7.30 now, Alabama's morning news. So holding Anthony Fauci responsible. You'll be talking with a former federal prosecutor, Culley Stimson. We'll join us in just about three minutes after traffic and weather together. And an update from Fox News and Leah Brandon. Stay with us.

736 now, Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. on the latest with Anthony Fauci now. Yeah, the Senate Committee held that big old contempt of court, or I guess contempt of, you know, Congress, August 6th. So they're going after him now. And joining us to talk a little bit more about this, former federal prosecutor. Collie Stimson is here. Collie, welcome in. Thanks for being here. Thanks for having me. So I wanted to get your thoughts, first of all, if you were in that room and you were one of the senators talking to Anthony Fauci and you're aware of everything with the pardon and all of this, and you're just wanting some answers on what happens so the American people can understand this. Was there any other reason to take the fifth than to avoid admitting that you were an idiot during this whole thing and you did it for nefarious reasons? Yes, and I'm not defending Anthony Fauci. Because there are state investigations into him and potential criminal liability, the pardon by the president doesn't cover state stuff. It just covers potential federal prosecutions for the actions he took between 2014 and the end of the Biden administration. So he could be charged with perjury. He could be charged with other things outside the scope of that pardon. So I think the better course of action, if I was a defense attorney, was to tell old Anthony, I love myself, Anthony Fauci, to just take the fifth. Okay, with that said now, going after him for contempt, is there a case here for that? Probably, but time will tell because... Look, the statute on contempt to USC 162, USC's U.S. Code, says if you are called up to Congress, subpoenaed or appear otherwise, and you refuse to testify and or produce documents, you can be held in criminal contempt. Another section of that statute says that once the committee finds you in criminal contempt, you send that on the Senate side to the president, that's the vice president. And then he certifies that and sends it over to DOJ. Rand Paul short-circuited that and sent it over to DOJ and the U.S. Attorney's Office here in D.C. And, you know, Janine Piro can make an independent decision of whether or not Anthony Fauci was in contempt. The full Senate, under their rules, has to vote on it. But under the statute, they don't have to vote as a full Senate. So I think there's a lot of maneuvering that's going to happen between now and then. Yeah, I was just going to ask you about your thoughts on, you know, short-circuiting that and the committee taking it straight to the DOJ and skipping a processor too and all of that. No big deal? Oh, I think Anthony Fauci and his defenders and the Democrats are going to make a big deal out of it, and they're going to say, look, Senate rules exist for a reason, and we can't do this just after a committee vote. And if we ever get in control of the majority, if you guys are going to play it that way, then what we'll do is let us have our committees vote on something and send it directly to DOJ.

But the statute itself doesn't require a full vote of the Senate. But in the past, in the House and the Senate, like for example, Lois Lerner, who was head of the tax-exempt organizations of the IRS. She targeted conservative organizations, including Heritage, by the way, the Heritage Foundation, where I work, the committee voted her in contempt. The full House voted in favor of contempt. John Boehner, the speaker, sent it over to... the DOJ and the U.S. attorney, and the local U.S. attorney guy named Ron Machen said, nope, I'm not prosecuting her. So there's precedent. But again, the law doesn't require full Senate vote, but the Senate rules do. Okay. With that said, COVID's, you know, the origin still remain unsolved here. You know, it's not resolved. We're not sure what the heck happened. Obviously, it was a debacle not only for the United States, but the world. Yes, people, some people died from it. Some people die from the flu every year. The bottom line is here, there was something going on here that was horrific. And the rush of these vaccines has widely opened all of our eyes in America. So the next time something comes down. down the pike like this, you know, very reluctant to jump on board so fast. And so much damage done with socialized kids are not being socialized. And, you know, just our world was upside down. Six feet separation. Give me a break. All right. And people still wearing masks in their own cars by themselves. What the hell is going on? But with that said, you know, the contempt thing, let's say he is found. In contempt? What's the consequences? What penalty? Second of all, do you believe at some point he could be criminally charged in any of this? So the criminal contempt statute, which the committee voted on, is a misdemeanor. It's no different than in your state if you got convicted of a misdemeanor drunk driving. So the maximum possible penalty is a year. in jail and a thousand dollar fine. And in a Democrat in this city, with these liberal juries and these liberal judges, he's not getting any jail time. I hate to break it to folks down in your state. If he gets any jail time, it'll be suspended on a thousand dollar fine. That's nothing for him. So I think if I was him, I'd be more worried not about a federal conviction for misdemeanor contempt. I'd be worried about what these state AGs are going to try to charge him with because I think Anthony Fauci's legal problems are just beginning. Yeah. And when you're an 85-year-old man, you don't want to be spending the rest of your time above ground defending yourself in criminal courts. But I think he's going to be doing that for a while. Your personal thoughts. Is he guilty of something that was wrong?

He has stage 4 TDS, and he is a modern-day narcissist. That'll do it. And I have it on good authority that he was a total jackass in meetings behind closed doors and screamed at scientists and others. So, you know, character is destiny, and he's getting his just desserts. Amen to that. Kelly Stimson, thank you so much, former federal prosecutor. I appreciate your insight. We'll do it again soon. Thanks for having me. All right, buddy. 742 now, Alabama's morning news. Hannah Davis from the Federation for American Immigration Reform with an update for us coming up after traffic and weather together here in just about three minutes. Don't go away as we get this Monday morning moving. 747 now Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. Hannah Davis joins us now from the Federation for American Immigration Reform with a new investigative report they're calling license to kill about these illegals getting driver's license, CDLs, to handle 18 wheelers with zero knowledge, zero understanding of road signs, and really zero speaking abilities in the English language at some point. Hannah, welcome in. Thanks for being here. Thanks for having me back on. Good morning. You know, everybody's calling this, you know, a failure and it wasn't a clerical issue. It was much more than this. It was a systematic situation. I don't think this was anywhere near the word mistake in this happening. This was intentional by these states to put CDLs in these people's hands who were not qualified for sole purpose of what is, I guess, the question, Hannah. Why? Yeah, that's exactly right. Maybe there were some holes in the CDL industry. Maybe they needed to fill those gaps, but at what cost, right? And with our new report, we found some pretty concerning things, actually. You know, there's a lot of states out there that aren't properly verifying immigration status alone, right? And then they're also realizing that California, for example, is issuing CDLs and allowing individuals to take knowledge tests in Arabic. Chinese, Russian, Spanish, all of which have extremely low pass rates, like as low as 22% for Arabic speakers. But I think some of the more concerning things we found were that a lot of states are creating temporary licenses and they're never reporting them to the national CDL database or more troublesome. Other states are giving out these licenses and where the name is supposed to go on the license, it just says no name given. So we've got people not knowing English drive and we don't know their name. We don't know their immigration status and they're driving 80,000. 80,000-pound rigs. Well, yeah, my wife has a CDL, a school bus driver, and she's, you know, obviously had to go through more training than just you and I getting a driver's license. There's more to it when you're handling big, you know, vehicles like trucks and buses and long, you know. basically tons of machinery going down the road. I mean, it's critical you understand what's going on with it before you get behind the wheel. And obviously there's common sense in this. You have to understand what's going on with the signs on our roads and understand the laws on our highways as well before you get behind these big vehicles. So with that said, are they just trying to give these people jobs since they let them in here anyway? You go, well, if you want a CDL, sure, no problem, whatever you need. I mean...

Were these people not aware in these states, you know, that we're handing these things out like candy that this is potentially deadly and was deadly? I think a lot of these states are potentially deadly as a whole anyways. A lot of them are sanctuary states. I don't think they care. They had a preference for lax licensing practices, and they put that ahead of federal safety standards, right? And in 2025 alone, we've had 17 fatal crashes that resulted in about 30 deaths, and they were all preventable. Are they going to make changes? Have they made changes? Are they pulling back on this? Are they clamping down? Or is it like a smack on the wrist and we won't say much about it, but we'll still do it? They're clamping down for sure. The administration is auditing states. We've seen some bills be presented. The White House has a new freedom hauler's initiative, which is intending to remove aliens and non-English speakers from the roadways. And the federal motor carrier safety administration, say that five times fast, has sanctioned California and New York and withheld millions in federal highway funds until the states comply. So they're definitely cracking down and it's long overdue. Your investigative report, license to kill exposes all of this in these states that have been guilty of this. That went obviously to the administration. Can people go online anywhere at fair and look at this? Yes, at FairUS.org. You can check it out. It's called License to Kill. It's brand new. Check it out and share it on social media. We'd love for everybody to read it. Very good. Hannah Davis, thank you so much. I really appreciate you. Great insight and great job on what you guys are doing to expose all this and make people aware of it. And more importantly, get changes made because of this. Thank you so much. 751 now. Alabama's morning news. Traffic and weather together here in three minutes. You think it's hot here in Colorado. Out west, even triple digits. Seems to be a common thing this last week. We'll have the update next.

It is 7.56 now. Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. Boy, I'll tell you, it has been hot around here, and it looks like it's going to continue to be that way. But out west, they've got same scenario going. And some cities, even worse, I think Phoenix has seen triple digit numbers, not heat index, but actual temperatures, you know, in the triple digits for the last week or so. And a stretch of this dangerous hot weather has been baking the West and now spreading into the middle of the country. prompting all kinds of heat warnings from California all the way to Illinois, several major cities, including, including Las Vegas, Denver, Albuquerque, hit 100 degrees yesterday while parts of Missouri and Kansas, Oklahoma, they're baking in the high 90s. And Saturday, this is crazy, 72 people were treated for heat-related illness at a tacos and tequila festival in Colorado Springs. Ten of them had to be hospitalized. So you get out in this heat, and then you couple that with some alcohol, and next thing you know, you can get yourself in a pretty tough situation. Pretty quick. Heat advisories, in effect, from northern New Jersey, up through Connecticut, New York, including New York City. Humidity made it feel like it was 93 degrees. 93 degrees in Manhattan? No thank you. Ah, man, some good news for the Big Apple, though. They are forecast to gradually cool down by Wednesday. But we're feeling it here once again. They're saying, yeah, going to be another hot one for us with the humidity levels. You know, we know what it's like here in August in Alabama. 757. Alabama's morning news coming up after top of the hour news with Fox and Leah Brandon. A boat captain has been arrested after a woman and five-month-old baby died after a boat capsized near the Statue of Liberty. More on that. and these Canadian wildfires forcing more than 20,000 people to evacuate. Some more updates on that as well coming up. Stay with us. Alabama's morning news. It is 758 now.

Well, we'll get back to Fox News and just have been it here, apparently. It's 804 now, Alabama's morning news. Well, this boat captain now has been arrested after this woman and her five-month-old daughter were killed when this boat carrying 14 people capsized near Liberty Island in New York. This happened Saturday night, and police identified the victims as 27-year-old Sarah Sanchez and her baby, Antonella Garcia. Both were pulled from the water by the police divers and later pronounced dead while the other 12 passengers were rescued with minor injuries. The boat's captains, a 46-year-old man named Manuel Hernandez, arrested and charged with 13 counts of reckless endangerment. The Coast Guard investigating what caused this boat to flip and whether it was operating illegally as an uncredentialed charter without proper safety equipment on board here. An eyewitness to this whole thing, Madeline Montero. said there was a lot of action happening. Went down pretty quick. I saw three helicopters, two active boats on the water, and just a lot of NYU ambulances, cops, firefighters, trucks. Oh, my gosh, a horrible situation there. Out west now, Canadian wildfires, fires, rather, now forcing more than 20,000 people to evacuate their communities along the lake there in Western Canada, prompting a state of an emergency there. The bald range fire grew explosively after being reported Friday evening, racing about nine miles toward the lake within hours and destroying homes along the way. The towns of Summerland and Peachtland were ordered to evacuate overnight, jamming highways with all these people trying to get out. Firefighting aircraft rescued more than 50 people, and officials say that this thing is still a bit out of control. No doubt about that. You had a press conference over the weekend. Minister of Force, British Columbia, Canada, Ravi Pumar said some of the aircraft was used to rescue, I mean, dozens of people there in that area. I saw three helicopters, two.

Aerial response teams were converted to emergency evacuation personnel. 18 of our aircraft were used to rescue more than 50 individuals. Yeah, just a horrible situation there. It's 806 now. Alabama's morning news. So can faith and science coexist? Yes, according to Naniel Israel, Israel, who is a scientist and also a Christian, we'll join us next to talk about this. After we check traffic and weather together here in just about... Three minutes or so, don't go away. It is 811 now in News Radio 105-W-E-R-C. I'm J-T. Well, this is going to be an interesting discussion. Joining us now, Nathaniel Israel Israel, who is a scientist, has his Ph.D. and also a Christian to talk about how, yes, faith in science can certainly coexist. Science 180. Nathaniel Israel, thank you so much for being with me. I appreciate you. Thank you for having me. Absolutely. So you're in Georgia now, and you are a Christian, correct, sir? That's good. Thank you. Yes. All right. Well, the Big Bang theory to me is no more than a successful television show and very funny. But I look at the Bible as God's truth. It is God's word. It is not changed. It won't change. It is what it is. And that is where my faith lies. 100%. With that said, I believe, too, that scientists, the things they work on. You can't discount faith and nor can faith discount science. And I'm with you. I think they can exist. Where do you have the biggest concerns when you talk to people, not your concerns, but what do people have the biggest concerns with when they chat with you about this? Oh, the concern is people think that science and faith cannot coexist. For them, we must oppose science and faith or oppose the Bible and science. But unfortunately, for them after spending 12 years going over the data scientific data collected throughout centuries and verified by NASA I have proven that science and if it can go together and I have proven that the Bible is true in what he said about creation Yeah, 100% evolution. I'm not really on board with all that. God had a plan, and God's plan to me is pretty clear on how we were created, and the purpose in our life is to serve him, and he's got it laid out pretty well for us in everything that happens in our lives, whether it's questions or events or discussions, I think, and all, you know, we all have opinions about everything, but I think God's opinion is the final opinion and everything that we go through. is certainly referenced somewhere in scripture that can help us deal with that. Now, when you talk about science, specifically, where do the two meet where some people have the most problem with? In my case, I scientifically prove the condition between science and faith in creation in Genesis 1.

Where for more than 3,500 years, the Bible says that God created heaven and earth, and that the formation of the earth was completed on day three and that of the moon and the sun on day four. I have gone through data that NASA verified and I discover a simple... Scientific formula that proved that the formation of the Earth was completed in 2.82 days, which means on the third day. And I proved using math that the formation of the moon was completed in 3.32 days, which means fourth day. And finally, the formation of the sun was completed in 3.69 days, which means the fourth day. Long story short, my formula proved that what Christian have been living for 400 of years about creation is correct. That really we can use science and math to prove that God created the heaven and earth just as it said. And Genesis story is correct. And I study most religion in the whole world. Only in the Bible, I found a story told long time ago. that is today proven to be through matching scientific data collected by scientists themselves, including those who are denied God. So it is a great discovery, a breaking news going viral now at a time like this. And I'm glad you want to talk to me about it. Yeah, where do you think scientists missed the mark? I mean, some scientists just won't buy some of the biblical explanation of how we were created and how this earth works. Where's the biggest misconception when it comes to scientists? The problem is not just with scientists, even some believers, because you're receiving some believers saying that God created the universe using Big Ben or evolution, which is wrong. So both some believer and the less than a young believer, they think that the Bible has no scientific power. They think that Moses, who relate the biblical account of creation, they think that he was not smart enough to give us chronological stories. To a point that, the unbeliever rejected the Bible. Without the Bible, I could have never proven what I got. Now, the believer who said they believe in God, they are not dressing the Bible completely. If they were pressing the Bible completely, they could have found evidence in the Bible to prove what God said he did. Yeah. That's, it's very good news for the whole world, for the believer and unbelievers to know that there is a way to prove this. And my latest book called Boldest Scientific Formula of God a Creation is one of the one I wrote in which I detail all this formula and all those proof.

Well, I tell you, at the end of the day, it comes down to faith. You either have it or you don't. How long have you been a Christian, sir? Oh, since I was born, and I can see I fully committed my life to God about 30 years ago. So since then, I had my faith never left God. I'm a hundred percent. And also I'm a scientist. Well, I really appreciate your time and thank you for the explanation as well. Nathaniel Israel Israel. Check his book out. Very fascinating how faith and science can coexist. Nathaniel Israel, thank you so much. You're welcome. Thank you. All right, 817. Now, Alabama's morning news, California hybrid registrations topping EVs in the first half of the year, breaking a four-year EV lead. I kind of like the hybrid myself. We'll talk a little bit more about it with Jeff Manasso, our Fox correspondent. On the way next, after traffic and weather together here in just about three minutes.

It is 822 now. Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. Kind of a crazy little story here. No one would be shocked to hear that a dress code has a double standard, right? You find that out in junior high. But this is kind of fun here. Two friends, a man and a woman, planned to meet up at a restaurant in Los Angeles. But the place had a dress code where men couldn't wear sleeveless shirts. I mean, you know, to be fair, they do say this on their website. I mean... Come on, guys. So rather than choose a different place, they went into the parking lot, switched shirts, and came back in. They laughed about it because the woman's original shirt was a long puffy sleeve satin blouse with a horse pattern on it. Looked ridiculous on the guy, but they both pulled it off, I guess, and the restaurant was cool with the switch. Oh, my gosh, the guy's sleeveless shirt wasn't an athletic workout shirt. It was nice, but the place said rules or rules. Nice sleeveless shirt into a restaurant? What kind of restaurant are you going to? I think that's the criteria. But they went on the park a lot and changed. Just shirts. I don't think he put her skirt on. All right, 823 now. Alabama's morning news. Unbelievable what's happening with the Nancy Guthrie case here. As you know, the mother of today show host, Savannah Guthrie, 84 years old, disappeared in Tucson back in February. And the case kind of went, you know, cold and ended. Took a turn after the Pima Sheriff's County Sheriff's office there, released, you know, a couple of alleged ransom notes connected to the disappearance. But now they're questioning whether or not these ransom notes were even real. So that's, yeah, the writing itself they're saying they think it now may just be a burglary, you know, gone bad and nothing more than that. Joining us now, Jeff Minasso, our Fox correspondent, on what's happening with the EV sales dipping just a tad in California as hybrids seem to be the new hot item. Jeff, welcome in. Thanks for being here. Hey, buddy. California is really not an outlier. It's just significant seeing as how the state's really the nation's EV capital with a new report that shows new registration data for the first half of the year. Hybrid vehicle registrations in California surpassed battery electric vehicles for the first time in a shift. that industry analysts say reflects buyers looking for better fuel economy, you know, without the concerns of the charging headache, the charging infrastructure, or driving range. And, you know, again, even with the change, California remains. the nation's largest market for EVs under the state's 2035 new car zero emissions mandate. Nationwide EV sales have also fallen some 25% in the first half of the year with hybrids reaching a record share of the US light vehicle market. In Q2 alone, hybrids reached a record 16% of new US light duty vehicle sales up from roughly 14% a year earlier.

Battery EVs fell to 6% of new vehicle sales from 7% in Q2 of last year. And plug-in hybrids also slipped just a sliver from the year earlier. And taken together, hybrids, EVs, plug-in hybrids, they now represent about 24% of new U.S. vehicle sales. You know, I'm not really surprised. I kind of like the hybrid myself. I don't have one. But I thought, you know, you run on gas and then you switch over and switch back and forth depending on, you know, what's needed, charging or fueling with gasoline. But the whole go to EV immediately and let's get her done within, you know, the next hour or else everybody's going to jail. That whole push that came down during the Biden administration on this whole thing. I guess it actually started even before that. But it was kind of ridiculous to me that I can't wait until the stats and the data and numbers come out down the road, you know, five, ten years from now. When all the EVs out there, oh, now I've got to get a battery that's how much money or, oh, well, how much is this really using fossil fuel to produce these batteries? Oh, well, this really doesn't make a greater impact for, you know, you environment onus than, you know, we said it would. So. I don't think it's everything it's cracked up to be. Well, the story's not about Americans abandoning electrification. They're just increasingly choosing middle ground, something that plays better for their wallets. But what's really interesting, JT, is the biggest winner here is Toyota. And we've talked about this. That company pushed back against the Biden administration's aggressive EV mandates. Got a lot of heat for it, too. They cited lack of demand as they focused on expanding their hybrid lineup and now models like the Prius, the hybrid Camry, the Rav 4, the Highlander, they've now positioned Toyota as the industry's hybrid leader. You know, once again, once again, somebody let the common sense guy into the table there when they were discussing how to proceed forward at the Toyota big meetings. And you know what? Common sense prevails. Imagine that. Just imagine that, would you? Jeff Minasso, thank you for the update. I appreciate you, buddy. Yeah, I agree. If you're not going to get people to come to your lot and buy these things and they're just sitting there getting dusty, why would you want more shipped? I mean, it got to the point in some of these dealerships. They were shipping these things whether or not you sold the last batch or not. Push more. Go. This is what we're doing. Biden's on my back. You got to go. Go. No, nobody's buying them. Get them out of here. I don't want them. Yeah, imagine that. Common Sense, huh? 827, Alabama's morning news up next. Update from Fox and Leah Brannon. Check on this Monday traffic and weather together. And then we're going to be talking with Josh Phillip, who is an expert on what's happening with China and the involvement in our world here in the United States. Whether we like it or not, the update in minutes. Stay with us.

834 now Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. and I've got to tell you with the influx of so many people coming into this country, you know, we've always had problems with spies from other big nations. But now with the borders the way they are, it's just insanity in these cities and what we're seeing. But when it comes to what's been happening with Dr. Anthony Fauci in the COVID situation, no better person to talk to than Joshua Phillip, who's an award-winning journalist and senior investigator reporter with The Epic Times and his works have included breakthrough investigations into the origins of COVID-19 in the Wuhan lab in the early days of this whole thing and the pandemic. Joshua, welcome and thanks for being here. I appreciate you. It's a real pleasure. Thank you. So when you watch Dr. Anthony Fauci before the Senate committee and plead the fifth 111 times, what was running through your mind? Well, what was running to my mind was, well, first of all, are they going to charge them with contempt, which they have now done? They recommended, of course, the DOJ. We'll see if DOJ actually prosecutes him, and their track record right now, they just might. And from there, it's going to be very interesting. You know, my thought was, well, Anthony Fauci's is an interesting point because if he tries to block the DOJ prosecution, if he says, well, Biden, pardon me, you know, I'm not guilty, it's going to bring a trial up, not just on, you know, again, pleading the fifth, but it's going to bring a trial up on Biden's pardons. If Faucib tries to say he's not guilty, he's going to be the thread that brings into question every one of Biden's sweeping pardons. And so for me, when I was watching him plead the fifth, I was like, oh, well, I mean, first of all, COVID, you know, what happened during COVID, now we know they were lying about what they actually believed, which is shocking. But even aside from that, If he pleads not guilty and they go out to this, the J6 committee could be reopened, other people around him, weaponization of government people could be reopened for prosecution. I mean, this could be big. Well, I'd like to see some accountability in all of those things you just mentioned. But when it comes to the COVID situation and China, as Communist Party being so enthralled with always spying on us, infiltrating everything we do from elections to population control, when you look back at COVID now and saw. and see how ridiculous it was with the masks and six feet separation. And, yeah, people died from it, but people die from the flu every year. And the fast-paced, you know, jump on these vaccines now or else. You know, I even got duped into this and took two shots and then the booster. But I've got friends on the other side said, no, I have an immune system. I'm not doing it. This is crazy what's going on here. When you look and, you know, play the Monday morning quarterback,

Where do you think the biggest mistakes were made as far as the American people being sucked into this in the world as well? And honestly, I'd like to know what you think about why this whole thing was originated and started. And what was the purpose behind it and what little mad scientists were all involved? Yeah. Well, the real crazy thing is we relied to on multiple fronts. So we now know from Anthony Fauci's letters, or his diary, 10 out of 12 scientists in the Proximal Origins paper, which is the one where they said, well, you know, it came from an animal. It was a natural virus. It turns out 10 out of 12 believed it came from a Chinese lab. The Wuhan needs to virology. Anthony Fauci, people right next to Anthony Fauci believed that it actually came from a laboratory. So they believed this behind the scenes, but they were lying to us on the surface about their actual assessment. Any normal virus outbreak, the first two things you want are origin and virus sequence. They lied to us about the origin. and then they covered up the virus sequence because that was actually released really early on from China. Western journals published it, then the CCP disappeared the guy who published it, and then all the Western journals unpublished it. And I actually went through it in my documentary, right two months into the virus outbreak. I think the reason they disappeared at my own personal belief. is because if you looked at the virus sequence, it looked like it had gained a function. Like there were weird things with it. It was not a normal virus. So that was a big one. The other big thing is the response. So the response to the virus that Anthony Fauci recommended was based on effectively the China model. The CCP was lockdowns, mask mandates, vaccine mandates. you know, economic shutdown everything. That was the CCP model. Joshua, explain to our audience real quick, gain of function and what that means. Gain of function is when you take an existing virus and you add new functions to it. For example, you know, one of the things they're doing at the COVID lab, the virus lab in China, is they were taking a virus and they were making it able to infect human lungs. And, you know, and frankly, my assessment, it looks like they were doing this to the horseshoe bat virus, and I believe that was COVID-19. So why were they doing this, too? Was this just more of their evil in play of what they're all about? Well, this is where it gets interesting. So gain of function research has two purposes for it. One of them is, of course, vaccines, which is why they say a lot of people have to do it. It's why laboratories do it. The other side is... That's also what bio-weapons development looks like. Yes. And this is where it's real touching. Vaccine development and bio-weapons development are almost the same thing. It's just more like your intent and the security you put in place. And do you believe that there was evil intent in the beginning of all of this?

When it comes to China, I do. In fact, I would say that the CCP has pretty shocking bio-weapons programs, even getting the biometrics of Americans, and they've been building viruses that can even target specific race. All right, let's talk about Dr. Anthony Fauci then. Why did he jump in on this? Was it all about money? Why did he band up next to the CCP to push this agenda? On his side, I think we need answers on that. His journals don't really say that directly. But Donald Trump came out and said the reason, you know, he believes the reason that Anthony Fauci lied about, you know, what was going on behind the scenes is he was trying to cover up for China. We do know that they were funding through a couple proxies, gain a function of research to the China lab that might have violated the law. We do know they were very closely tied in with the CCP. We do know that, again, his recommendations were based on the CCP model. I think the country deserves to know why. Why was he doing that? You think the guy had to go to prison? if he was worked with the CCP and lying about this, yes, and the current evidence suggests that is the case. Absolutely. All right, Joshua, Phillip, buddy. I really appreciate your insight. Fascinating. And we'll do it again soon. Thank you. That was a pleasure. Thank you. All right, buddy, 842 now. Alabama's morning news. Guess what? Ha-ha. Entrepreneurship booming in the U.S. Guess who's leading it? Gen Ziers. Got to be talking with Bill Walsh, business strategist. Up next on what's happening here after traffic and weather together in just about two minutes.

It is 847 now in Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. and joining us now business strategist Bill Walsh here to talk about entrepreneurship and who's leading the charge in the U.S. Now, Bill, welcome in. Thank you for being here. Great morning. I'm doing fantastic. So how about you, Gen Ziers? Let's go. You can't get on board with companies coming out of college. They don't have any room. They're not hiring. All right, fine. I'll start my own business. See you later. Boy, kind of flipping the bird to the system and the norm. Well, I think you're seeing these young entrepreneurs get some great results. And because of that, not that they're all getting great results, but, you know, if you see one or two people have success, everybody thinks they can do it. Well, what's the area that most people are jumping into when it comes to businesses? Is it all over the map or are you seeing certain categories? The highest paid job in the world today is called a C3. And a C3 is nothing more than a community content creator. So everybody wants to be creators. And what happens if they create some shocking videos of some sort, I mean, you've heard of this guy, Mr. Beast, right? Mm-hmm. So what they do is they take their star power and then get behind a chocolate product or a weight loss product or some other things. And the bottom line is, you know, probably less than 5% are actually making any real money at it. But it doesn't matter what they see and what reality is or two different. Perception becomes projection. So if you think that they can do it, all of a sudden they think everyone can do it. Reality is that most of them are going to fail at it. But right now, once again, if you have a choice to becoming a welder or an electrician or a plumber or being a community content creator, they all want to be online creators. Yeah, it looks sexy. It looks fun. It's, you know, great times. And oh, look at me. I'm on the internet. But the reality is they're still living in a mom and dad's basement. 100%. And that's the true reality of it. And that's what that's not being shared. Well, at the end of the day, it's going to wind up becoming a false pretense. Yeah, I mean, when you've got everybody and their brother wanting to do a podcast, you know, you see the Joe Rogans and you see the, you know, big ones that are successful out there. And there's some people making bank on it. Let's just call it. I think Rogan's making it. Oh, no, listen, it's the highest paid job in the world right now. If you can get the gig. I mean, there's a million people doing it and four of them are successful with it. You got it. That's the reality of it. So where should entrepreneurship begin with young people coming out of college? If they can't jump into the job market with the $100,000 expected career they thought they would get just because of the degree, when that reality also sets in, what direction do you send people? You mentioned the trades. I think you're all over it as far as, you know, learn a trade, have a job for life. I think the number one thing they should do is if they really want to be entrepreneurs, then look at something called an SBA-7-A loan. It now allows you to get up to $10 million. It used to be $5 million. July 1st had doubled. So now you get $10 million from the government to go buy a business. Go buy some of these, what I call ugly companies.

An ugly company is a plumbing company, a pest control company, but they're making bank. These companies make money every month, over month, over month. They're not sexy businesses, but they're good cash flow businesses. And there's going to be something called a $10 trillion Passover, which means over the next 10 years, $10 trillion of businesses will shut down, which means they'll just walk away from the company. Which is crazy. So if I was a young entrepreneur, 21 years old, and let's say I don't want to go in the job market, or I'm in the job market, but not sure about if my job is going to last. Great time to look at buying a business. Go look and research and run an ad that says, we buy ugly businesses. and then get yourself approved for an SBA loan to then go buy a business that you know is going to be a good cash flow business. Let me talk to you. Then combine that with some of your community content creation. Yeah, the SBA loan that you're talking about, obviously small business association. Yep. Okay. So when you go there, is this to buy an existing business or can you get that $10 million loan to start a business? It's to buy a business. There's lots of grants to start businesses, and there's nothing wrong with that, but I truly believe this is a great time to go, because what's going to happen is a lot of these, let's say people in their 60s or 70s now are just going to walk away from the company. Like, just skip it. because their kid doesn't want to run it. The kid wants to be an influencer. They don't want to be an electrician or a bummer. You know what I mean? They've watched too many online videos. Yeah, yeah. Well, I can do that. Sure. I can be the next Joe, Rohit. Good luck. Well, I like your thoughts here on this, and I was not aware they doubled that from $5 million to $10 million. That's amazing. It just happened July 1st. Yeah, that's good news right there. Bill, where can people go to learn more about what you're doing and how they get to help? Oh, it's easy. Just get me on Instagram. At Bill Walsh, 360. If you just follow me, I'll send you my free book. I'll send you all kinds of cool gifts. So at Bill Walsh, 360 on Instagram, and I'm there. I love it. Thank you for your time, buddy. I appreciate you. Anytime. Talk to you soon. Have a great day. Thanks for having me on. All right. You too, 852 now. Alabama's morning news with traffic and weather together. Coming up in three minutes, stay right where you are.