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Well, they were closed meetings. No presses allow, like it typically happens when the president meets with a foreign leader that was for both the meeting that the president had early in the morning with President Volodymyr Zelensky and the meeting that he had a few hours later with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But both leaders described their meetings as productive. And in fact, last night, I guess it was productive for Ukraine. Last night, the Senate passed a bipartisan... Russia sanctions bill. It passed with over 85 votes in the U.S. Senate. And now it goes over to the House of Representatives where it's expected to pass. The meaning with Benjamin Netanyahu, again, described as productive. But as you know, there have at times been contentious relations between President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concerning the war in Iran. Hey, John, you mentioned the Senate. I want to get you out here on the Save Act. I know there's some frustration. Many have the president. They're talking about the Senate leaving town here soon for August recess without voting on that. Well, that's exactly right. You know what John Thune, he's the Senate Majority Leader, has said, Bill, is that votes are simply not there. And there are some members that need to get back home in order to campaign for re-election. He's referring to Dan Sullivan from Alaska, who's in a tight race for re-election, as well as Susan Collins from Maine, who's in a tight race for re-election. So he has to also keep that in mind. But as he said and told the president countless times, The votes are simply not there right now to pass the Safe America Act. White House correspondent John Decker. Good reporting. Have a good day, John. You too, Bill. Bye-bye. I get to talk to him. You get to hear him every day, too, on the White House briefing room podcast on the IHeart Radio app. Market is a favorite. Download it right there every day. You get all the wrap of the news from the White House each day with John. That's a great job. All right. Coming up, we'll talk Browns on the field out in Berea. A couple takes from... Fred Greetham, Best Brown's coverage. At 920, also up on Capitol Hill, it's been talk about AI and the rogue attacks, cyber attacks that AI was doing, the Sam Altman testifying about that. Our career business insider Greg Stebbin will join me. Headline is Open AI's Rogue Models roaming the Internet for days and staging a second attack before anybody knew it. Shouldn't that worry us? We'll talk to our career business insider Greg Stebbin about that. So I'm coming up as well in about 20 minutes on WTAM, 1100. Stay with us. News time now. Here's Carmen Angela. And good morning to you, Bill. 27-year-old Lyft driver, Vassiel Schwetz, was gunned down in cold blood in February near East 84th and Woodland Avenue. Now two teens have been charged as adults in that case. Investigators say then 17-year-olds 17-year-olds, Naishon Jim Jordan and Cameron Bradford tried robbing Schvettes after he dropped them off at their desk. before they ultimately shot him. Ironically, Schwatz fled war-torn Ukraine for a better life right here in America, only to lose his life. Jim Jordan and Bradford are charged with aggravated murder, murder, robbery, and assault. Police in Westlake still investigating a collision Tuesday morning between a semi-truck and a child on an e-bike. He had happened at the intersection of Columbia and Westwood roads in Westlake, a child riding an e-bike, collided with a semi-truck. Witnesses said the truck driver had been operating.

aggressively. A child taken to the hospital with what are called serious injuries. A semi-truck driver did cooperate with Westlake police. Columbia Road was closed for about four hours for investigation and cleanup. I'm Tom Moore. A young girl remains hospitalized after she was pulled from the waters of Lake Erie about 815 last night by Metro Parks Police off Edgewater Beach. The girl immediately rendered CPR after she was brought to shore. The victim apparently swam outside of a designated swimming area before struggling and going beneath the water surface. Her name and age have not been released. Her condition still unknown. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia launching airstrikes on Iranian-backed groups in Iraq. The attacks carried out late last night come after a Brand launched ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in the Middle East. In a post-on-X, U.S. Central Command said all of the missiles were successfully intercepted. CENTCOM described the assault, quote, as an attempted surprise attack. By a vote of 51 to 47, right along party lines, the Senate confirmed Jay Clayton Tuesday night to serve as the next director of national intelligence. More now from ABC's Peter Harlamboos. Jay Clayton enters the role of the country's top spy chief with limited experience in national security matters, having spent the majority of his career as a white-collar lawyer. During Trump's first term, he ran the Securities and Exchange Commission. He most recently served as the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan. bringing high-profile cases against former Venezuelan president, Nicholas Maduro, as well as a special forces soldier accused of insider trading on polymarket. Jay Clayton will replace acting DNI Bill Pulte, a fierce ally of the president who's terminated nearly 30% of his office in the five weeks he's held the job. Peter Harrow-Lambus, ABC News. On the road again. Willie Nelson calling on Americans to oppose the construction of data centers across the country. The 93-year-old country legend published an open letter on social media calling on residents in his hometown of Greg Abbott, Texas, to fight against data centers invading our land. Nelson wrote, the last thing we need is loud, water-thieving, light-polluting data center anywhere near our town, and said data centers only destroy the environment around that. For the latest headlines at the top and bottom of the war, so to bring us. So, I'm the Free Eye Heart Radio Lab. To WTA M1100, I'm Carmen Angelo. We're the best of friends, insisting that the world be turning our way, and our way. You checked in. Now cash out. It's your chance to win $1,000. Just enter this nationwide keyword on our website. Fun. That's fun. Enter it out at WTAM.com. Cleveland's News Talking Sports from the Claiband Ford Lincoln Studios. Hi, I'm Tom Detlitz with...

Thanks for listening to Cleveland's Morning News with Wills and Snyder. Check in throughout the day. On W.T.A.m. 1100. All right, kids, here we go. Best Brown's coverage training camp, Maria. Rookies were in there last week, getting on the field. Fred Greatham, Orange and Brown Report, ready for another season. We fans get to be out there on Friday to watch. They've got nine open practices this year. You've got to go through the whole ticketing process. They've got your email and all your information. They can market more stuff to you. You know the routine, right? Friday and Saturday and the next Tuesday, a couple of the early ones as far as open practices. Bill Will's, Mike Snyder, alongside Fred Greth and Orange and Brown Report checks in. Morning, Fred. Hey, it's like the first day of school, I guess. Get your picture, you know, for the excitement and all for the first day. You had a, and Fred's got a great post, Orange and Brown Report. Check out Training Camp Preview. A couple things, and there'll be more and more, of course, with decisions and all. Guys, let's first talk about, I guess, the news in the last 24 hours. Fred, the two-year extension, $62 million for Denzel Ward. Yeah, I think that's good for... The Browns, it's good for, obviously, Denzel, and, you know, in the wake of the move with Miles Garrett, there was speculation they were going to unload. And I think they made a state there that they're not unloading. They're trying to win now. I think for the defense, I guess, you know, you lose Garrett and a new coordinator. That's going to be a storyline on that side of the ball, isn't it? Yeah, the defense is, I mean, there's, there's, as you mentioned, Jim Schwartz is gone. That alone is a big piece, the architect of the defense, even if you would have had Miles Garrett. But now you trade away Miles Garrett. So you have two major pieces, in my opinion, that are not here anymore. You add a Jared verse. You have a big question with Malik Susan Collins coming off a major injury, starting with the physically unable to perform list. And so, yeah, I mean, they, there's no guarantee they're going to be a top five defense again. I think they have the potential. They have most of the players back in place, and they added, you know, So all the way around, but there's no guarantee when you lose the guy running the show, call him the plays, and you lose the best defensive player in the NFL. All right, Fred, this will be the story. Of course, you know, and we'll be going through it ad nauseum. Every pass will be under the microscope and practices. As this begins today, how do you view the quarterback derby with Watson and Shador? As you mentioned, you know, it's most overlooked, overtalked, you know, aspect. Last year at this time, they were doing four of them. I guess it's only two now. But still, every, every throw will be.

you know, critiqued and so forth. And, you know, I just think that the longer this plays out, the longer, you know, until he makes a decision. But I really think that it could go till the second preseason game. The bills are coming in on August 20th for practice, joint practice. And I think that would be a determining factor. But when I think it's all said and done, Deshaun Watson really needs to seize the moment and take the job. If they remain somewhat close or in a dead heat, I think you've got to go with the young guy because you've got a potential to see what he can do. Whereas Watson, I think no matter what they say, he's in the final year of his deal, I don't think he's coming back when loser draw. And so. I don't know how to play out. It will be fascinating. But I do know one thing. Todd Munkin knows nothing's guaranteed. It's his first chance. He's 60. They open in Jacksonville and Tampa Bay on the road in September. And he wants to get off to a good start. Whoever he thinks gives him the best chance to win, I think is who he's going to at least start the season with. The old Glenville line, right? NFL, not for long. You're here to win. All the hype or the speculation a fan can make about this, it just comes down to who can help us win at the end of the day, right, Fred? Yeah, it does, you know, and we've heard about the improvement, you know, with Shador, and you don't know if it's that Watson has just kind of peaked or if Bernie Sanders has come along, come that far. So that's what's going to be determined, and it is. I think he really is going to look at it. Whether the veteran can go into Jacksonville and maybe get a win and start the season, get them off to a good start, I don't think anybody wants to start O and 2. But I just think that's what it'll come down to, is when the pads go on, that won't happen until next week. That's when you'll be able to start separating and seeing. you know, if there's any differences. Yeah, they've got the first several practices, no pads, they'll be in shorts, and Fred, let's look at it too. Quarterback-wise, we're likely to see all three of them, right, at some point this season. We might see all four. I mean, I don't know if a quarterback has been on this roster the last three or four years that didn't start a game. And other than Kenny Pickett, they traded in before it started. So, yeah, to your point, Dylan Gabriel, we don't talk about him. But if he's still here, I think he would have a chance to get on the field, you know. Deshaun Watson, the biggest unknown besides. you know, it's physical is he's only played 19 out of 68 regular season games. So 28% is always played. So the most he's played in the year's seven games. So that's hard to count on.

Sounds like Bloom Daddy's work schedule during the Guardian season. You know, he just, the percents are kind of low on when he actually has to work. But anyway, all right. Fred Grytham, Orange and Brown report. Watch for his post. Videos love to stand up and stuff. All starts today from Berea. Open practice for us fans on Friday, Saturday, and again next Tuesday. We'll check in with you again tomorrow morning this time. Fred Grytham, Orange and Brown Report. Best Brown's coverage. Thanks, partner. All right. Take care. All right. WTAM 1100. Traffic now. 915. Here's Pat Butler. Thanks, Bill. From the Elk and Elk Traffic Center, serious lawyers for serious injuries, call 1-800 Elk, Ohio. Closure and Solon right now. Miles Road blocked off between Brainerd and Harper. Highways are much better than they were about 15 minutes ago. Downtown, still a little heavy on 90 East and between East 9th and Carnegie. A little busy on the west side with roadwork 71 north at the 480 West ramp by the airport. And there's still a broken down vehicle off to the right on the outbound East Shoreway just past Eddie Road. Papelter, WTAM traffic on 1100 a.m. and 106.9F. Sun clouds mix, breezy, less humid. Nice day. Cleveland 3 News Meteoraldus Matt Wintz's as upper 70s for the afternoon. 70 right now. You're severe. Weather station. Yeah, preseason, they've got the Bears August 15. That's a 1 o'clock. Then let's see here. They got the Bills, August 22nd. That's a 1 o'clock in the afternoon. And then a night game finally to Patriots, final tune up on August 27. Yeah, and really, they're leading up to the bills, they're going to practice with them. And that's generally over recent years, Bill. Yeah. But the game almost becomes meaningless. It's what happens in those practice sessions during the week. So that... The thing is, if you let this play out too long, you want to get a quarterback ready for game one. Right. So I think he's got to make it, and I think he will make a call probably by that second preseason game. Rhythm, peak, you want to make sure. Well, sure, because you've got all these new players too. We didn't talk with Freddie about a whole new line built, an entirely different offensive line. Two young rookies. Tomorrow morning. So you've got as wide receivers. So you've got a lot of moving pieces. That's why I think it behooves you to get your quarterback named the sooner the better. In fact, Munkin said back in the winter that ideally he wanted to have the guy now, you know, going into today. That didn't happen. Well, this is the Cleveland Browns coach. Nothing's going to be the way you think probably as it plays out. All right, sports, here's Mike. All right. They will be on the field today, Bill 115, the first full practice of training camp. And as Bill has mentioned a few times, the first practice for fans to check out will be on Friday. And Denzel Ward should be feeling good. He got that contract extension. 52 million of the 62 million is guaranteed. And that's always the key when you hear about NFL contracts. the guaranteed part of it, and certainly he has earned it. He's now the longest tenured member of the Browns. Well, the Guardians will try to win the series and get back the Ohio Cup when they send Joey Cantilla to the mound. In the series finale, tonight at 7-10, Guardians winning game one of the doubleheaders, 6'5, but then getting shut out again last night, and a great outing by Gavin Williams goes for naught, leaving Stephen Vogue to put things.

this way You know, we were getting traffic. I thought we did a nice job getting on base, and then it was just another night. We just didn't get that big hit. You know, something we're talking through and working through, and we've got to continue to work and get better. We're getting opportunities with runners to score in position. We're just not cashing in, so we're going to keep working. Well, it seems like we say that again and again, though, don't we three set outs in the last four games? They'll try to get a W tonight behind Cantillo 710. Here we're right here and free on the I-Heart Radio App Guardians, a game and a half behind the White Sox entering play tonight. the calves, Mike Snyder, W-T-A-M sports. Discount Drug Mart knows you're busy, even in summertime. You know you're busy. It might be a little different laid-back feel, but they know you're busy. You've got stuff to do. And if you've got a son or daughter getting ready for school, you've got a lot to do, right? So discount drug mart is ready for you. This bill wills for discount drug mart, hard to believe. Back to school around the corner. Discount Drug Mart. Your neighborhood, one-stop shop for all your back-to-school needs. Notebooks, folders, binders, pens, pencils. Got that list from the school yet? Yeah. Crayons, poster board, color, board, everything. Everything, scissors, calculators. So much more. And planning for school time and the schedule when it comes to snacks and all and after school and just everything going on. They got great selection of snacks and fresh produce, too, for everything. Okay, and off to college, son or daughter, or you off to college? Look, that... stuff you need, all the discount drug mart. Save yourself to run around. Don't get lost in the parking lot or some big store, you know, just going to discount drug mark. Got a couple aisles right there with, I mean, everything you need. Now, a part of what you need going back to school, of course, immunization. Those different shots, discount drug mart, here to help your local neighborhood immunization destination, making sure you and the whole family are ready for back to school. That's what they do. They just save us to run around and help us get through life as they have for many, many years. Your neighborhood discount drug mark. Thank you, Discount Drug Mart. All right, coming up, our Career Business Insider, Greg Stepp and more reports about open AI going rogue and doing some hacking. That seems would be a worry, I think, for all of us. We'll talk about that with Greg here coming up. 935 Fox is Jeff Monass, a little preview of a... Dr. Anthony Fauci up on Capitol Hill today, too. Carmen Angel with the trending stories at 930. What are you working on? And got some breaking news regarding Dr. Anthony Fauci bill is Dr. Anthony Fauci is invoking the Fifth Amendment as we speak. A lot of people thought that. Yep. That hearing before a GOP-led Senate panel on the COVID-19 pandemic. A young girl is plucked from the waters off Lake Erie off Edgewater Beach last night after nearly drowning, and indictments fall in the lapse of two teen murder suspects of a local lift driver. WTAM 1100. Home of the Guardians. Our I-Heart Radio Music Festival. Presented by Capital One is coming back to Las Vegas. September 18th and night. Five good minutes. With our friend Greg Stebbin, our career, Business Insider, following on Blue Sky at Greg Steven. This bill will.

Good morning, partner. Hey, good morning. There was a story. I'll work in here first where we talk about Open AI out of Minnesota. And you see this happen. The Minnesota water system was cyberattacked. this week. They say more than 30 water systems across the state targeted by a cyber attack. Attacks happen starting Sunday evening through Monday. Officials say there's been no request yet to change any drinking water usage. They're working with the FBI to investigate on who did the hack. And of course, the old story is somebody's going to send you a note that says, look, you pay me 30 million in Bitcoin. I'll tell you how to undo it. So this happens a lot of companies and water systems. And I saw this story because... I'm not going to say it's open AI, but there's a follow-up that you've got for me this morning. Open AI, a lot of talk, Sam Altman up on Capitol Hill talking about this, where he admitted this thing kind of got away from him, and this rogue attack is of concern. So set up the story for us here first, Greg. When you use AI, one of the things you can do is create agents. And agents are really just instructions of read my email. When I get an email from Bill Wills, send them $1,000. By the way, that's not a real agent. But as you listen to this story, you might think you might want to create that agent for me. Anyway, there's these agents and they can do things. And they'll do anything to complete the instructions. even if it requires them to do something immoral or illegal, because they don't understand immoral and illegal. They just know I can do that. So what happened was, another piece I should add here is companies used to test technology a thing called a sandbox. It's not really a sandbox like you think of one. It's just a separate little universe in their world of technology where you can test things and there's no way for it to get out in the world in theory. So I think what happened is that OpenAI was testing some agents. And some of the agents figured out how to escape. Open AI did not know that they escaped. So now they're out in the real world, our world. And they began to attack a company called Hugging Face. And I think took down hugging faces servers and what's called a denial of service attack. And then when they were done there, they began attacking another company. And Open AI had no idea this was happening, was not tracking them and aware of what they were doing. This is how we're calling rogue agents.

And of course, the fear is that this could happen more and more. And you should be afraid both of it happening to you, your company website being attacked, but also what if your employees inadvertently set out an agent that begins to attack or do illegal things to others? You know what struck me as I was thinking where the other big stories, Dr. Anthony Fauci up on Capitol Hill, about COVID. He's taking the fifth right now. But you're talking about a computer and a tax and something, quote, unquote, getting out. And I thought right away of COVID, you know, it got out somehow. I mean, you know what I mean, though, when it comes. But we're living, this is not like a 2001 space odyssey. We're living through this right now, right? It can be kind of scary. Yeah, yeah. So this really, you know, I think three months ago there were probably people in, you know, San Francisco and what kind of about talking about this is a hypothetical? Now it's no longer a hypothetical because, you know, if Open AI, which is the leading company or one of the leading AI companies in the world can have this happen to them and they lose track of it, how easy would it be for you or me to create the same kind of issue? Yeah. It's a huge, huge dilemma. There's so many issues that come out of it. I mean, one is, you know, if you own a company or you're a manager, you now, whatever your security practices or protocols have been to now, forget it. You're going to need a whole new set of security protocols and practices to protect not just your website, but all the data that your company relies on. Because among other things. This agent, this AI agent, didn't do anything that a really good other human hacker could have done. It just did it faster.

Thousands of these agents on thousands of companies and websites instead of having to do it one at a time. So that ups the risk for all companies just because there's going to be an increased level or potential for an increased level of attacks. And then there's also going to be the fear of, oh, I'm letting my employees UA's AI. Yeah. What's the liability if they unleash something like this, even though it wasn't intentional? So it sounds to me like if you are a manager listening, it's a good thing to put on your to-do list for your next staff meeting and or your employee, you may want to send a note to the boss saying, hey, we got to be careful, right? Yeah. And I think if you work in a company and these kind of stories interesting you at all, I'd look around and say to myself, who's the AI expert here? Yeah. And if you're lucky, your answer is no one. Because it could be you. Good point. And if you just sit up for an hour or two at night and read ahead every night before you go to work in the morning, you'll know more than everyone else, and you'll become one of the most valuable and important people in the company because you can guide the company towards protecting itself. And what's more important in the face of this than that? Great point. Great takes. Career Business Insider Greg Stevin, follow him on Blue Sky at Greg Stevin. Thank you so much for your time. Have a good day, okay? Thank you. It's great to be here. It's America's 250th birthday, and we're celebrating the July 4th holiday with our own spectacular. Guardians, this is the big one. News Radio, W-T-A-M-1100. This is happening now. Sounded to governors about reopening county by county. Again, Mr. Chairman, I'd ask you to ask the witness, just answer that one simple question. On the advice of counsel, I respectfully declined to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. Dr. Anthony Fauci, live via Fox up on Capitol Hill, Senator Johnson and others questioning him, and he just keeps taking the fifth over and over and over again. We're going to go a little more in-depth on this with Fox's Jeff Manassee. He's been following this this morning. He'll join me shortly on News Radio WTAM 1100. Cleveland's morning news. This bill wills 930. Carmen with the stories too coming up. Weather. Nice one today. Cleveland 3 News meteorologist Matt Wince. Hi, Bill. A beauty of a day expected today. We'll have a decent breeze kicking out of the north. That's blowing in drier, more comfortable air each hour. Otherwise mix the sun and clouds. We're up into the upper 70s today for highs. I got 70 at your severe weather station. We're on a business and not thinking about radio. Think again. Because people are listening to radio more today. than they did 20 years ago and only iHeart radio connects with more americans and i'm talking about this with bonas or something I thought he's got immunity from everything. I mean, Biden signed off on a pardon deal for him. Yeah, he pardoned him. I don't understand this. Yeah, but you know what? I mean, legally, the best thing he could do is plead the fifth. And as you had it right there, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Bill, invoking his Fifth Amendment right at that hearing before a GOP-led Senate panel on the COVID-19 pandemic. Anthony Fauci called Kentucky Senator Rand Paul unhinged and said he was pleading the fifth to avoid Republicans possibly use.

his testimony to prosecute him for perjury. In his opening statement before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Anthony Fauci told Paul that he has an obvious accession with calling for prosecution. A young girl remains hospitalized after she nearly drowned last night off of Edgewater Beach. The girl apparently swam outside of a designated swimming zone and quickly went beneath the water's surface. Metro Park's police were able to pull the girl from the lake and life-saving CPR efforts commenced. The girl was rushed to the hospital. Her condition is still unknown this morning to other youngsters also had to be assisted out of the water after suffering issues of their own. They, however, did not need to be taken to the hospital. A Cahahoga County grand jury handing up indictments to two teens as adults in the fatal shooting of a lift driver earlier this year in Cleveland. 27-year-old, Vesil Schwetz, was found shot behind the wheel February 10th after his vehicle crashed on East 84th near Woodland. 18-year-old Nashon Jim Jordan and 17-year-old Cameron Bradford have each been indicted on charges, including aggravated murder. A strike date is now set for union workers at the Cleveland Public Library. Some 400 library workers represented by the Service Employees International Union have voted to set August 24th as a strike date if a new labor agreement cannot be reached by then. The two sides are reportedly scheduled to meet three more times between now and then, and that is with more than 30 negotiating sessions in their rearview mirror. Both sides have said they remain committed to finding middle ground to avoid a work stoppage, but the library has said it will do its best to stay open if a strike should occur. I'm Brian Engel. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia say they launched air strikes on Iranian-backed groups in Iraq. The attacks carried out late last night, come after Iran launched ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in the Middle East. More now from Fox News Radio's, Adeline Rivera. Sancom says U.S. and Saudi fighter aircraft struck multiple terrorist logistics and weapons sites across eastern Iraq in a strong response to over 30 IRGC directed aerial drone attacks in the last 72 hours. The unwarranted attacks against U.S. forces were not successful. The U.S. also says on Tuesday, the IRGC launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces in the Middle East. all of the missiles were intercepted. A U.S. officials held the Associated Press. The two attacks were not connected. The strikes, though, come on the same day that President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Well, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky overlooking the floor, the Senate Wednesday overwhelmingly advanced the Russia and Iran sanctions bill named in honor of the late Senator Lindsey Graham. Republican Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi said the vote was more than a tribute to Senator Graham. It's an overwhelming show of support from senators representing east and west and north and south across this great country, Democrat and Republican.

The bill passed in the Senate last night on an 86 to 12 procedural vote. Final passage in the Senate expected later this week. A private air travel company based out of Kiahoga County Airport in Richmond Heights planning a major expansion. FlexJet, one of the largest employers in the eastern suburb, intends to build a new office space, a new hangar, along with expanding its maintenance and repair facilities. That will all translate in nearly 1,000 new jobs by the end of 2031. Richmond Heights Economic and Community Development Director. Chelsea Covar says the news is the icing on the cake after a recent rezoning of the Curtis Wright Parkway along the parkway will allow further development. Seeing the impact that having a rezoning, bringing in new business is there to support existing business, and now flex-jet making the decision to really solidify their presence in Richmond Heights is huge. For the latest headlines at the top and bottom of the hour set a preset on the free I-Hart Radio app to WTAM 1100. Uncommon, Angela. All right, we're going to talk to Fox is Jeff Monaco here shortly. Hopefully going to connect with him following some of this with the Anthony Fauci testimony or lack thereof. When it comes to what's happening in Washington, D.C. right now, he has been pleading the fifth to avoid answering anything about... about COVID earlier this morning. I spent some time with Senator John Houston, and we had several things to talk about, including I just wanted to ask Senator Houston on what he would like the doctor to answer or be asked today. Well, he asked, he has to explain himself. I don't know if he will, but it's clear that he was not telling the truth. He said follow the science. He wasn't following the science. The science was unclear, and he tried to make it sound conclusive. The one thing that really, I have to admit, you know, there's no evidence that closing schools was a good idea. There was a lot of evidence that the lab leak out of the Wuhan lab was the source of the COVID, not this wet market in China, and he covered up all those things, and he needs to be held to account for it because it caused a lot of pain and suffering. for school children and people in this country, and he was playing fast and looser's the facts, and he needs to be held to account. Senator John Hustead with me earlier this morning. This is some of Dr. Anthony Fauci's opening statement. I prove that I believe in and respect. Defended everything he did, but he really went after Senator Rand Paul saying this guy's out of control, and he's been taking the fifth ever since. I think, but I've been not following it as much as this guy has, bringing Fox's Jeff Manassell. Is he just taking the fifth over and over? Yeah, that's what he's doing. So he's not going to say anything because this is really... a consequential congressional appearance for him, or at least it was, until he started pleading the fifth, because everybody knows he got a pardon from President Biden just hours before Biden left office, and so he's protected. However, if he purchased himself, then all bets are off, and criminal charges could be leveled against him. But he's pleading the fifth, and, you know, as expected, committee chair Rand Paul wanted to grill Anthony Fauci again.

He says over the truth of the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic in which Anthony Fauci had previously said over and over and over again that did not come from a lab leak in Wuhan. We now know based on Anthony Fauci's subpoenaed private journals that... Anthony Fauci admits the virus did not come from the wet market. And so, you know, Paul Telling reporters yesterday, the reason Anthony Fauci doesn't want to say it came from the lab is because he helped fund that research. And Paul, during opening statements this morning, saying the decision to fund the dangerous gain of research. In Wuhan, China will go down in history as one of the worst public health decisions and that the American people deserve an apology. We forget. But I can remember vividly people being arrested here in Chicago by Lori Lightfoot, the former mayor, for stepping foot of the sidewalk or for stepping foot on the beach. during the pandemic, the masking, the, you know, being berated in, in Walmart, uh, for having one nostril showing. Um, and, you know, the, the, the, the long goodbyes to dying parents, uh, over Zoom or, or from the other side of the window. Yep. Um, it, we were crippled. Uh, everything doubled in price then, and those prices have not come down. Um, mass unemployment, small business closures, you know, um, political polarization and on and on and on the loss of life um and we're following his advice i mean i again we're not attorneys and i'm kind of quite scratching my head and i get the thing about you know the the the perjury uh the let me get you out on the uh on the diary not that i've sat and read i'm i've only been watching reports about it it looks like He loved the media spotlight on what he was writing. He at times would write about the love he had. He and Trump were just, you know, just doing great. And then the next day they're not. That seems to be from early on the diary read. Yeah, I mean, look, I haven't read all of it. I've heard just like you have read snippets. And he loved the darling. Remember they made a bobblehead of him and people were binded up. He was America's doctor. Yeah. He was doing brunch with Julia John Roberts and other celebrities that called him a hero. And so, yeah, he was he was. You know, he was enjoying that. And I mean, look, who wouldn't? But the bottom line is he had a job to do, and that was to keep us safe. And even President Trump this morning on truth social, saying essentially that he didn't. He said many more people died of COVID under the Biden administration than under his administration. He goes on to talk about Operation Warp Speed, how it was his success, that he overrode Anthony Fauci on this, saying that Anthony Fauci's ideas were crazy.

Also, that, you know, from the beginning of the virus, he said that, Trump said that it came from the Wuhan lab and Anthony Fauci strongly disagreed, always trying to protect China. He says he inherited Anthony Fauci. He was there since the 1980s, but with each passing day relied less and less on him. He made too many bad calls like on masks. And, you know, remember, he says, remember, you know, Vouchy was an anti-masker. And then he switched to being a supermaster. He just goes on and on and on and saying he was basically a mistake. But Fifth Amendment, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Over and over. He's not talking today. Okay, Jeff and also following what's not happening with Anthony Fauci. Good reporting. I appreciate it. Thank you. You bet. Everybody's got a story about COVID. We all, you know, live through it, although some of us, many of us lost loved ones. I know I lost my mom right in the middle of that whole thing. And it wasn't, she had other issues. It wasn't COVID related her death, okay? But because of COVID, it was strange at the time. My dad could visit her in the hospital, but could not visit her at the nursing facility we had in Florida. Ah, okay, right, right. So when she was in the hospital, he could go in and be with her. But then when she was switched to the nursing facility, the rehab, he could not. And I still have the video of her behind a window. Oh, wow. And I was with my dad and we're there. And, you know, I mean, everybody's got these stories. Right. And you see the employees going in and out. Yeah. And you're like, they're not masking. Here, here's my mother. Right. And we've all, you know, and. As I said at the time, you know, we had the information. We act on it. We just hope we get through it and pray it never happens again. And the story of the day is Dr. Anthony Fauci up on Capitol Hill. He was pardoned by President Biden, but his attorneys, I guess, they're advising him over and over again. Don't answer anything because you could get caught in a perjury charge. Now, there's the next thing. Why didn't the Senate just give me immunity to it? Let's just say, look. Just tell us something, all right? And we're not going to hold you to it. You're not going to go to jail. Just tell us what happened. What happened? Can we get, can we at least do that? Yes. But I guess not. Glenn Beck's following this as well. He'll have more Clay and Buck Clay. Matter of fact, on Fox over and over again yesterday was saying he thought Anthony Fauci would take the fifth. And sure enough, he has here throughout the morning. All right, let's get a traffic update. You're out in about, Pat Baller, okay? Thanks a lot, Bill. From the Elkenau Traffic Center, serious lawyers for serious injuries call 1-800 Elk, Ohio. Looking good downtown on the inner belt right now. Things are light and running up to speed. Some roadwork slowing things down in spots, though. 71 north at 480. The left lane is blocked. There's some right lane work, 27 north in the express lanes after Wilson Mills on the east side. And in Lorraine County, roadwork jams up 90 West at Route 57 in Illyria. Pat Butler, WTAMM traffic on 1,100 a.m. and 106. I know. Pat and Mike, you know, our co-worker Faith Nezovich is getting married a week from Friday. Yes. And so anyway, I've got a quick little story on a totally different thing besides Anthony Fauci. Out of Utah, a bride has been accused of setting the church on fire the day before the ceremony. Whoa, whoa. Utah bride behind bars after allegedly setting fire to a church that she was supposed to get married in.

Tessa Joy was arrested Monday, aggravated arson charge. Court documents say that she set the fire to the church building. The fire alarm went off. One of the people grabbed the water and the wedding decorations and other fire extinguisher and put out the blaze. Investigators have determined the fire appeared to have been started under a chair using some decorating items. The twist, the probable cause documents note that she did not obtain a marriage license. for the wedding and there was some questions about whether or not she wanted to get married and if she had lied on who she actually was to the groom So now the whole family is there and they're getting ready for the, and they got to cancel it because of the fire. And now she was arrested on Monday since she started to fire. She wanted to avoid it. This was the way to get out of it. I guess that's. Run down to church. What do you do with the gifts? I mean, if you were invited, or you know, you get on the target site like everybody does now and you click and you buy something. Can I get a refund? Can I get that back? Can I get that back? Hadn't been delivered yet. Oh, my gosh. Some discussions are hard to have, but you're going to go as far as to set a fire and burn down the church? Come on. It's like, you know, when you go to a wedding, there's always that part, does anyone here have a reason that this can't happen? And you know, kind of 1,001, 1,000. Can we get on with this? Rather than just face it and say, hey, I went out of this, I'm going to burn the church down. So there you go. Until it's done, it ain't done. Yeah, I guess. It only prolongs it. That doesn't, you know. Yeah. It's just like, well, I guess we've got to find a new church. Yeah, exactly. There are now more issues throughout the whole thing. But now if she was behind it, I think we... You love to be that family. I think we know the answer. Did you hear about her cousin? Yeah. All right. All right, uh, sports check. Mike Snyder. All right, Bill Guardians will send Joey Cantillo the mound. We'll see if they can get Cantillo some runs. It's a 7-10 first pitch. You can hear it right here and free on the Iheart radio app. Guardians split the double header yesterday. They've been shut out in three of the last four games. We'll see if they can get Cantillo some runs. The good news they're in the right division. White Sox lost again. They're only a game and a half back of them. However, third place, Minnesota now, just a half game behind the Guardians for second place in the division. Big Day in Berea, the Brown's first full squad practices. Training camp gets underway. They're not in pads for a while yet, though. And Denzo Ward should be feeling pretty good. When he takes the field today, the all-pro quarterback has been rewarded with a two-year, $62 million contract extension of which 52 million of it is guaranteed money. Home of the Guardians and the Cavs. Mike Snyder, WTAM. Sports. Texting roles you in a recurring automated marketing text messages consent are required to purchase. Message and data rates may apply. The team's looking. Then you may not hear from them again until it's time for your renewal. Your business runs all year, and so do the gaps and the risk. That's why I'm introducing super sure. If your company has more than 25 employees, whether you're the owner's CFO or HR manager, it can be too complex to just buy a policy online. SuperSure is the super agency built for you. Licensed in every state for your business insurance and employee benefits, all with year-round support for you and your team. At super sure.com, you can access tools like find print facts, which translates your current policy into just plain English so you see what's covered and more importantly what's not. Plus a business value calculator so you can estimate what your business is worth so you know what actually needs protecting. Go to super sure.com. One super agency.

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