Alabama's Morning News with JT from Thursday August 13th, 2026

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I got you. It happens a lot when it comes to government spending. We see it right here in Montgomery all the time. Shuffle this over here. I thought it was going over there. Well, we changed our mind. It's going over here. So with that price tag, the president has been put on hold with a ballroom. But the rest of it, he can make those decisions and move independently? Well, yeah, let's, you know, it's for one of, right, it's one of those things, for instance, a big part of this budget is coming right out of the Secret Service. Now, Congress approved a bunch of extra money after all the assassination attempts. They said, all right, we need to hire and improve the training of Secret Service. Remember, they got a lot of heat. for the way they handled the shooting in Pennsylvania, right? So they said, all right, we need to hire better, smarter, secret service agents. Here's a whole bunch of money. They're the worst paid of all the law enforcement, so they were trying to fix that. But instead, the administration took that extra bit of money and said, oh, no, no, it's going to be for secret service protection of the president, and it's going to be in this new office that's in the basement of the ballroom. So a lot of this is that, so that's how to, so, no, it's still secret service money, but. It isn't what Congress had authorized. And look, we've had plenty of renovations to the White House in the past, but President Trump is just sort of, you know, what's the old line? It's easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission. Well, that's where we are now. So he's sort of just doing stuff, knock down the east wing quickly before anyone said, hey, wait, what's going on there? Well, I hope they get done with it and get it rolling. And I think the ballroom will be a fantastic place for so many different things in our nation's capital at the White House for a lot of great events. And at some point, you know, they will get it done. That's for sure. They're just not going to leave it, you know. like some kind of blight. No, he just wants it done before he leave. The question is he wants it done before he leaked. Right. So, well, you know, all right. And when it's his third term, maybe it'll be fine. Well, and the money on the Secret Service, you know, you get what you pay for it. If you're not going to pay elite money for, you know, secret service, which I think you probably should, since they are there to protect the President of the United States, if they're on the lower rung of the salary. totem pole, if you will, pay, then, you know, there's people in law enforcement can make more money going to be a state police officer or an investigator for a big county. You know, secret service, I think, ought to be paid. Well, and the protection division of the Secret Service is just part of it. Remember, they do counterfeiting, they do check-kiting, they do, they have all these other parts of Secret Service that aren't just about protecting the president and his or her family, but they are, and even that protective group has expanded to a whole lot more people because of all these threats that they've been getting, whether or not it goes to the Supreme Court, et cetera, et cetera.

So, yeah, it's a challenge. All right, let's talk about speaking of cost. Diesel costs seem to be soaring. It's not surprising, is it? But is it at a faster rate than gasoline? It is. And we've seen a spike. And the real concern, or one of the real concerns, is that when you talk about diesel, it's very inflationary. Because it gets layered, right? Farmers use a lot of diesel, diesels and fertilizers, right? Diesel is used it for the tractor that's used, you know, when you plant and when you harvest. And then you need a truck, a semi, to bring that to a, you know, the distribution point. Then it goes to the supermarket. Then it goes out to the actual storage. And then it's all diesel, diesel, diesel, truck, truck, truck, truck, truck. And that higher cost just keeps getting stacked on. So when we see these spikes, We haven't seen diesel this high since 2022 under Joe Biden back when inflation was 9%. And the concern is that these spiking diesel prices could be a problem. And a lot of the spike now, not just Iran, but it's because Ukraine has been attacking Russian refineries. Russia makes a ton of the world's diesel. Well, I've always said, you know, we've got plenty of oil here. We just need more refineries. And I know they're expensive and take forever to build. But at some point, we've got to get moving on that. All right, Royal Neal, thank you, buddy. I appreciate the update. Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. as we get this Thursday, August 13th, rolling here. Yeah, just a day away from being a Friday of the 13th. Keep that one, didn't we? Jay Ratteliff joins us now from daytradefund.com to take a look at what's happening with our money. And also, as Jay spent years in the aviation world, we've got some crazy stories happening with the airlines. More on that coming up here in just a minute. But Jay, first let's talk about that jobs report last Friday and the CPI numbers out yesterday. It was a thud. I mean, Friday's report, they just came out with a loss. 23,000 jobs, as I recall, was the number and not exactly what was expected. And you would think that Wall Street would look at this and say, oh, my gosh, and you'd see a drop off in the market. It was a bit subdued, and the reason was. They looked at that report and said, well, this report is so bad, Jay's words, not theirs, that the likelihood of an interest rate hike is probably off the board at this time, which was a big worry on Wall Street. So because of that anemic jobs report, they said, well, I think we're going to be good for now. So that's one of the reasons that the market just kind of continued as it was doing without any significant drop off of any kind. That was it. Now, we did get the Consumer Price Index numbers yesterday morning, and they were showing inflation, softening just a bit. So that was a little bit of good news as well. And again, investors looked at it and said, hey, this is good because even though we may not be getting an interest rate cut, as we would like to see, and certainly as President Trump would like to see, JT, it's reducing the likelihood of an interest rate hike. And that's the one thing right now that Wall Street

I would definitely not like to have. And the new Fed chair is kind of quiet, and they want more talking, and he's not going to do it. Because as we've talked before, he feels like the old Fed chair talk too much. He said when there's something to say, I'll say it. Well, the federal rate is one thing, but its little brother, the mortgage rate is not necessarily. extremely 100% reflective of that move, but they run side by side with each other. And as we'd like to see that come down as well. For the last year or so, mortgage rates have just kind of been steady, and it's not really making a lot of people happy. And there's a lot of people shying away from jumping in because they're thinking, wow, that rate is still kind of bothersome. So if it comes down a little bit more, you know, we're going to have a flood, I think. And maybe that needs to happen for the housing industry. It is, but the other thing working against this in a big way is people say, I want it back under four. I want it back under five. I want it. And I'm thinking, okay, yes, I get it. We were there, but that was like a once in a lifetime event, probably. So the idea of crossing your arms, if it's five and a half percent saying, I'm not going to touch it, it's got to be under four. You might be there a while. So, I mean, when you look at things in historical perspective, as somewhat of my age allows, some of those. rates are pretty low as they are. And to me, I'm sorry, there's not that big a difference between six and five for me because of the fact that from a historical perspective, plus most people like to try to pay off their mortgages early. And so, you know, if you can get that bad boy paid off long before that 30-year fix, then that's going to work to your advantage and you're paying less to the greedy banks, which is always a fun thing. Right. Well, never say never on the fives and maybe the fours again. I know it's a long shot, but you never know. We never do. I don't think we'll see it this year, but maybe after the first of the year when things settled down with the war and, you know, maybe we're back down in that arena. But yeah, we could use a little help from the Fed. All right. Let's talk about what's going on in the airline industry. This crazy story here, this out-of-control title. apparently led to a flight being canceled. Toddlers are now making pilots make decisions to turn around. Well, you know, you know alcohol was not involved, and I doubt the three-year-old storm the cockpit, so we can push those out of the way. This is a flight from Victoria, Canada. It was going to Toronto. 10.30 a night departure. Keep in mind, this airport has a curfew of midnight. Hey, it is Ryan Seacrest here. If you love great games and a little extra excitement to your day, I got something fun for you. Chumba Casino and I have teamed up to create an exclusive online social casino game. It's called Ryan Seacrest 10K ways. It's fun and free to play. Just like all your favorites from Chumba Casino. And every spin brings 10,000 ways to keep the good times going. Check it out and play for free today at chumbac casino.com. No purchase necessary. VGW Group. Voidware prohibited by law. CTs and C is 21 plus. If you run a business, you've probably heard plenty of AI promises. But here's one thing we know for sure. When consumers hear an ad for your business, 90% want to know it's a real person talking. And that's what you'll get when you advertise with iHeart. We're guaranteed human.

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It's supposed to be fast, and since it doesn't involve a person, they can save money. American Airlines loves it. The problem is the system is now alive and it's taken over. Here's what's happening. It's taking J.T.'s flight, who's in Chicago with an hour to connect plenty of time. It's changing it anyways to a later flight, without your permission, without your knowledge. You're getting to the gate, and they're saying, I'm sorry, sir, you have your own later flight, and you're like, I'm on this flight. You change it. No, I didn't change it. And what's happened is this AI system has just gone bananas, and it has changed it for you. Now, here's the kicker of kickers. The agent you're talking to is locked out. Oh, sure. He can't change your reservation because it's under the control of this AI system. So it's happening to people. I can't laugh about it. I can't make a joke about it because I'm telling me I would be so incest. Most of the time if there's a change, we get a text saying, hey, there's a problem. What do you want? Cancel, rebook, blah, blah, blah. This system is doing it for you, but not when there's a problem. Look, I appreciate. Yeah, I appreciate you, you know, being able to do that and helping me out, but I'd like a, do you agree? But I have to press and say no or yes to that. Now, what is American Airlines saying about this? We're sorry. We're trying to fix it. And we sure hope your future flight isn't impacted. They can't afford to lose any customers. And this system is kind of, you know, it's alive kind of thing. And it's kind of going this direction over there. And Americans like, oh, please no. I mean, not now, not this. Yeah, but we love the AI aspect of it because it does mean I'm notified faster if there's a problem. J.T. not like this. I like the idea that it takes care of business. They save some money on that. But once again, I need the approval from the passenger. Yes, I agree. Let's do that. Otherwise, I mean, Elon Musk warned us. You better get a hold of AI because it's going to be out of control before you know. They can change my mother-in-law's flight if she's flying, well, I don't mind that. All right. Jay, Rathiff, always great to catch up with you, buddy. Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T.N. The Mianjioni trial. Yes, in New York, Manhattan courtrooms there. And as they talk about the potential plea deal, that's a sidebar that has not been... confirmed by the defense or the prosecution on that, but there's a lot of rumors swirling about that. But in the meantime, yep, they are picking that jury to get ready for the September 8th start of the Luigi Mangione trial. And weighing in on this is Attorney James Galliano on the jury selection process, a bit of a daunting task. Yes, very clearly in this case, the jury selection is really going to be key. Everybody's aware of all the publicity around this. Everybody is aware of the possibility of jury nullification, somebody coming on and disregarding the facts that are established in the case and just voting for, let's say, an acquittal and hanging the jury maybe just because they have a political point to make. Both sides, obviously, are aware of that. The judge did mention that there are other motions still to be decided relative to all.

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have soured on the president. That is approval rating has declined. And we'll see if that impacts how Republicans do. During the midterm elections, of course, Republicans are hoping to keep a hold of both the House in the Senate. Yeah, and, you know, with everything happening now with the Iran War and what the president does when he has a decision to make, to make this country better, you know, you got to go hard and fast, and you got to make decisions and move. You know, nobody likes change. I get that. And nobody likes, you know, it being rough. And, you know, sometimes you got to get that done. You just can't go back to Washington. for a second term, knowing how the lay of the land works, and realizing, look, I got four years. I got to start right away. And in his first hundred days, you and I were talking about this, he had so many things. you know, get done. He accomplished a lot. And as far as his base goes, they get it. The left side of this country is just like, oh, no, we can't, we can't go to war against people that kill people. I don't understand why we do that. Close the borders down. Why would we do that? What's wrong with men playing in women's sports? I mean, this country is Bizarroville right now in a lot of it. Not most of it, I don't believe still. But, you know, I get why his numbers are what they are. But let's talk about the president's right-hand girl up there in the White House, his press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, decides she wants to go back and spend more time with the family, I guess. Yeah, she just came back from maternity leave, just gave birth to her second child. That was in early May. So the news that she's stepping down as the White House press secretary, JT, really caught me by surprise. I've known Caroline for quite some time. You know, she served in the first Trump administration in the press office. She's been the White House press secretary since day one of the president's second term. She's been loyal to the president, and she's been really good. in the top tier of White House press secretaries that I've worked with, and I've worked with 17 White House press secretaries. So, you know, I say that from a point of knowledge. And, you know, I think the sky's the limit in terms of what Caroline wants to do now that she stepped down from that position, whether it's elective office, whether it's, you know, on cable television. She can do whatever she wants. She sent me a text yesterday. It's disappointing to me that she's stepping down. And as to who replaces her, I don't have any idea. It's up to the president, obviously, but whoever it is will have some big shoes to fill. Are there some names that pop up, though, on your radar that, oh, it could be this person, that person that we could maybe, you know, look for or listen for? And, you know, who would you say maybe in her office that could be the next one?

Well, I think one name that pops up in my head is Monica Crowley, who does work in the Trump White House right now. And she does play an important role advising the president on diplomatic matters. And she has cable news experience. So she's been in front of the camera before. So. To me, that would be a likely choice for the president if he wants to go with a conventional choice. But you never know what the president may decide to do. Who knows, you know, Kimberly Guilfoyle, who's now the U.S. ambassador to Greece, could come back and take on that role. I just don't know. It's really up to the president. He's relied less on the position of White House press secretary in terms of being a voice of the administration. during this past year. The president, as you know, takes questions every day, and so the president likes to be the person who speaks on behalf of his administration more than anybody else. Well, I think you're right. Whoever comes in, it's going to be big shoes to fill, and I applaud Caroline's decision to go spend time with her kids. I can imagine what she went through when she said, I've got to go back to work after two children are now left behind and she shuts the door and leaves. That's a... That's a tough. I'm sure she had many rides to work where tears were falling, and I get that. But you're right. I don't think Caroline is done. I think she will be back in some fashion, some way. She's still going to be an advisor to the president from home sometimes coming in. But also, maybe political office. I mean, she's very outspoken, and she's very articulate and very smart. What she does, she's in her late 20s, and I think there's a... great future ahead for her. John Decker, thank you, buddy. I appreciate you. Don't forget to check out John Decker on the IHeart Radio app with the updates Everyday Force.

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It is 6.54 now. Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. We're glad to have you long this morning. I sure do appreciate you spending time with us as you get your day going. Coming up next hour, stay with us. It's going to be talking a little bit more about the Mangione trial as Luigi's jury selection is underway. Now there's been some buzz about possible plea deal coming down, but prosecution or defense, neither one has weighed in on this. But anywhere's a little smoke, there may be a little fire. So we'll have to wait and see what happens today. But the update on that as well as Tyler Robinson's case. More on that, not too far away as well. How about the SPLC? Southern Poverty Law Center, front and center again, as they've indicted one of their former employees for exactly what they've been accused of, feeding the beast to generate funds to fight racism when they add dollars to radical groups on the other side that spew racism. Well, you've got to keep it alive if you want to raise money, right? Not good. Also, Evan Brown deadly disease outbreak. A lot of folks have died. As experts reveal what Americans should be doing and know about it, we're talking about Ebola. That's coming up next hour as well. Well, how about Phoebe Bill Gates? Not to be confused with Phoebe Kate's, the actress, Phoebe Bill Gates is Bill Gates's daughter. She's 23 years old and has an e-commerce startup called FIA, P-H-I-A. And she's often insisted that she'd make it work without any privilege or nepotism. But she never promised not to cut corners, and now she could wind up in prison because of it. What? Yep, she and her business partner, a girl named Sophia, have apparently been cut admitting to cookie stuffing, which basically means they've been crediting Fia with sales that it didn't drive in collecting commissions for them. Okay. Sounds pretty serious. Corporate attorney commenting on the allegation said that cookie stuffing is, quote, typically treated as federal wire fraud in the U.S. courts. Now, he claims Bill Gates could be facing, quote, a max penalty of up to 20 years in prison plus some fines and restitution. Well, for its part, FIA is blaming technical anomalies and claims it fixed the problem as soon as it was made, you know, aware. No legal action has been brought yet. We'll have to keep an eye on Bill Gates' daughter. I think there's enough money to hire a team of lawyers on this one, don't you? And they'll probably write a check and settle it all up and fix things. I don't think she's going to jail. Does anybody? Crazy story here. A guy named Peter Mossfield, the man that said he was taking steroids and drinking heavily while not working out with the goal to win a bodybuilding competition, which he lost. Here he is talking about his strategy and the theory on building muscle. Wow. But the reason I kept getting muscle gain was because I was doing a mental routine for about three to five minutes every single day. I would mentally go through these scenarios in my mind where I had to lift.

squatting, deadlifting, bench pressing, shoulder pressing, etc. I had to use those muscles to survive. Because that's what the foundation of all muscle building is. Your brain sends a signal to your body that your muscles need to get stronger in order to survive. But you don't have to actually lift the weight. You just have to imagine the scenarios to send those signals and to get the same end result. He'd go longer, but he just saw a spaceship fly by his window, so you had to go check that out. Seriously, you're just going to think yourself into muscle building? Yeah, good luck with that. Didn't go well on the competition either. Okay, my muscles are getting. 6.58, Alabama's morning news. Stay with us, Fox Update coming up in Leah Brandon, too. And check on this Thursday morning, traffic and weather together here in just about three minutes. An update for you quickly on what we need to know with the Iranian war and what's happening here now, the United States, and Iran clearly remain deadlocked in all these negotiations as of yesterday. Tehran issuing those steep demands. Yeah, you're going to write a check. Trump said, oh, really? If anybody's writing checks, it ought to be you. 47 years of atrocities towards people. I think you're in debt to a lot more than we are. And all this happening, the U.S. navies fired on that Panama flag vessel. They were trying to bypass the U.S. blockade of these Iranian ports. See, they've... Our Navy has shut down the ports. We're not letting ships go in and out of there. That's part of the plan to squeeze their economy. And here comes this Panama flag vessel going, I think I'll go in there and cut my deals. No, you won't. Take this. Here's a little missile for you. By the way, Houthi rebels also struck another trade vessel off the coast of Yemen. That killed six people. So you've got all these side things going on as well. President Trump... was also smuggled, as you know, to a secret military jet on his return trip from this NATO summit that was in Turkey last month. And he was asked about that by the reporters, and he said, I was simply listening to the directions of the Secret Service. So they might have gotten a blip on a little something. So the actual Air Force One was used as a decoy, and he was on another plane and snuck out of there. So. Also related to the war, a widening oil spill from a sanctioned Russia tanker is now approaching Oman's coastline, and that's threatening an area of up to 25 miles, a mess in all of this. And good news here from the opposition leader in Iran, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, said, you know, Iran is subjecting political prisoners to catastrophic abuse right now. See, once again, they continue that the insanity and their disregard for human life. It's just through the roof. What they're doing to people is atrocious. He said, once again, catastrophic abuse happening at the prison there and the penitentiary where they keep these political prisoners. U.S. military, by the way, will withdraw its troops from Iraq by September 30th. Officials confirmed ending a presence that began back in 2003. That was the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. So, yeah, we've had presence there for this long, unbelievable, right? Also, it looks like General Keene, who's been a big Fox contributor and a strategic analysis of what's going on with the situation. He says Tehran's likely to become more aggressive in the coming days as the new phase approaches here. And...

He's arguing that Iran may believe that President Trump will be reluctant to take military action ahead of the midterm elections. So they're going to play Trump on this and call him out. Is he bluffing the president? Look, midterms are one thing politically. Yeah, that's probably in the back of his mind. Do I think it's deterring him for making decisions based on the big plan here? No, I don't. I think Donald Trump's going to do what Donald Trump feels he needs to do. And if these guys continue to, you know, just drag this along and get nowhere with the negotiations and agree to no nuclear weapons, he's not going to drag it out much longer. I mean, I've said that a number of times. And he continues. All right. I mean, they were in minutes and hours away from a monster attack. And then it was pulled back again for some more negotiations. General Keene said when they look at this phase here, the Iranians, they see the midterms. And my gut feel is that they're likely to go and get more aggressive because they don't believe the president's going to do much prior to these midterms coming up. But they have miscalculated him, which I agree with time and time again. And he's totally capable of shutting down once and for all and crushing him with the ability he has literally at his fingertips. So. We'll certainly keep an eye on all of this madness for you. Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. As we know, Luigi Mangione is front and center with his trial set to start September 8th with the jury selection. In the meantime, the judge is already talking to them about going through the process, and they want both sides to come up with some sort of... you know, agreement on how they're going to go through that process and let's not bog things down. And we're not going to be delaying anything either. So James Galeano, an attorney there in New York, weighing in on the jury selection for the Mangione trial. Very clearly, in this case, the jury selection is really going to be key. Everybody's aware of all the publicity around this. Everybody is aware of the possibility of jury nullification, somebody coming on and disregarding the facts that are established in the case and just voting for, let's say, an acquittal and hanging the jury maybe just because they have a political point to make. Both sides, obviously, are aware of that. The judge did mention that there are other motions still to be decided relative to all of... that before 8 September, but he made clear in no uncertain terms. Gentlemen, we will be here 8 September and we will have jurors in this room to start that process. So he very clearly wants to keep this on track. Absolutely. And there's two trials going on. Let's not forget the federal trial and also the state trial. This is the state trial they're talking about right now. The federal trial once again is set to start sometime in 2027. Now, he currently faces in the federal charges, count one, interstate stalking resulting in death. Prosecutors allege that he traveled across state lines in connection with stalking the United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson before he killed him. And count two in the federal trial, stalking through interstate communications resulting in death.

The prosecutors also allege here he used interstate communications, including the internet, cell phone, part of the stalking that led up to Thompson's death. Now, it's important to note that the federal murder charge and the separate federal firearms charge were dismissed. Therefore, the federal death penalty is no longer available in this case. The remaining federal stocking counts can carry up to life in prison, though. Now, in the New York state charges, the Manhattan District Attorney there, brought 11 state counts. Two terrorism-related murder counts were dismissed by the state judge in September of 2025, and that leaves nine state charges. Second-degree murder, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, three counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, one count of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument. Now, the two dismissed charges were first-degree murder as an act of terrorism and second-degree murder as an act of terrorism. The judge ruled that the prosecutors really had not established the required terrorism element in this. Now, the big question here, federal... Ready to put a little spin on your day? Then check out Chumba Casino's new online social casino game, Ryan Seacrest 10K Ways. It's free and packed with 10,000 ways to play. Only at ChambaCasino. No purchase necessary. VGW Group, voidware prohibited by law. CTs and Cs 21 Plus. Sponsored by Chumpa Casino. If you run a business, you know the value of trust. It's what keeps your customers coming back. And it's what you get when you advertise with IHeart. More than 75% of listeners consider iHeart hosts their friends and trust their recommendations. Now take that trusted influence and combine it with iHeart's massive reach and scale, and you've got the formula for growing your business. Learn how easy it is to tell your story through our voices. Call 844-844-I-Hart today. That's 844-844-I-Hart. No longer a federal murder case, two interstate stocking counts remain potentially carrying this life sentence. In New York, murder remains the centerpiece of the state's case, obviously, along with the weapons and the forged ID charges, the state murder conviction could also result in life imprisonment. Particularly important right now, Mangione's New York state murder trial is scheduled because September 8th as we were talking about. While a new federal hearing is scheduled for this Friday, tomorrow. So why are they calling for this to be tomorrow when the Fed trial is not expected to start until 2027? A lot of speculation is swirling around. He wants to cut a deal. So we'll have to wait and see. No word from the prosecution or the defense on this, but it does look like defense attorneys jointly ask for this federal judge to schedule this conference. So it sounds like a deal in the works there. All right. And another trial getting a lot of attention, 41-page court filing Tyler Robinson's defense team is asking the Utah judge to take the death penalty off the table in this case over the shooting of Charlie Kirk.

The defense says the fatal bullet traveled downward from a rooftop struck Charlie Kirk rather than passing through the crowd at the Utah Valley University. Attorneys are arguing that that means the shot did not create a great risk of death to other people, which is central to the prosecution's effort to seek the death penalty. The evidence is overwhelming against this guy, Tyler Robinson. As you remember, the shooting happened last September during a turning point USA event there at Utah Valley University. And the prosecutors contend that Tyler Robinson fired from a rooftop overlooking the packed courtyard, and that put a lot of people in the area at risk. If you're firing a rifle on care how good of a shot you are into a crowd of people like that, the potential for somebody else to get hurt is certainly there. The defense is arguing, evidence indicates Kirk, was the intended and only target pointing to the alleged communications attributed to Tyler Robinson. prosecutors have until August 18th next week to respond to the defense filing here. But, I mean, Robinson's lawyers aren't asking the judge to dismiss the murder case in this filing. They're just specifically trying to remove the death penalty. It's a possible punishment. Well, no word from the prosecution. In fact, I think they're like, eh, we're not interested in any type of situation where we're taking that off the table. Is there potential for a plea bargain down the road where he admits everything, gives everything they want as far as why, evidence, the plan, and give it all up to avoid the death penalty? I'm not even sure the prosecution will be interested in that. I mean, maybe they'll take it, maybe they won't, life imprisonment without parole. But, wow, it seems like a shut and closed case, but as defense attorneys will tell you. That's never the case. Alabama's morning news. Well, shocker here, DOJ indicting a former Southern Poverty Law Center executive for financial fraud. Really? A former executive there now at the SPLC has been indicted on fraud and money laundering charges. The first individual charged in this case, the Justice Department announced earlier this year. The prosecutors... are saying the civil rights nonprofit of telling donors it was working to dismantle white supremacist groups while secretly funneling money to informants inside those groups. Yeah, Heidi Byrick, who once led the group's research arm, is accused of overseeing payments to informants, including one she romantically was involved with. Unreal. Her lawyer called the case meritless and politically motivated. Oh, really? Okay, so the fed's coming after you. They don't have their ducks in a row. They're just nilly-willy, you know, throwing charges out at you. No. He says the client's innocent, won't be intimidated, blah, blah, blah. Her arrangement's set for later this month. The SPLC is being charged with for allegedly, let's get that word in there before somebody wants to file a lawsuit on us. Allegedly feeding the beast of racism to keep the subject matter alive. so they can then raise money to fight the racism that they've been fueling on the side and in the background. In other words, if I send the KKK a check for $10,000 for a couple of big rallies coming up and we feed the beast for them to get out there and do what they do because they can't afford to do it on their own or any other radical racist group out there, if the SPLC, this is all hypothetical, of course.

But allegedly, this is what they're accused of, of feeding these people money and services and whatever they need to go out there and be racist. So that way, the SPL cease and see. Look, look what they're doing. We need to raise money to fight this. You can Venmo me if you'd like, that's fine. You can send me a check, whatever. And they're raising lots and lots of money allegedly by doing this whole thing. So, yeah, if that's the allegations and they've got proof, which the DOJ clearly does, or else they wouldn't bring it, when you get the feds coming on knocking on your door, it's not a maybe. Hey, we think you might be up to something. Oh, they got you. Okay. And it's best to just come clean with it because the feds don't play around, nor do they play around with sentencing. You get a sentence from the fed. You're doing 80% of it minimum. You get a conviction in state court, you know, in district court. Yeah, you might do half of it. Maybe good behavior. You might do a week. Wait a minute. That's a mansler charged 25 years. Well, you know, he's been a good guy. How long has he been? Two years. Let him out. Let him out. He's proved. No, that doesn't happen to federal court. And the SPLC, once again, under fire here. And here we go. Specific charges now starting to drop. Well, this is just an insane, crazy situation here. Gali, this is horrible. How to have fun. Anytime, anywhere. Step one. Go to chumbacasino.com. Chumbacasino.com. Got it. Step two. Collect your welcome bonus. Come to Papa, welcome bonus. Step three. Play hundreds of casino style games for free. That's a lot of games. All for free? Step four. Unleash your excitement. Woo-hoo. Chamba Casino has been delivering thrills for over a decade. So claim your free welcome bonus now and live the Chumba Life. Visit chambacasino.com. No purchase.

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The bad news, of course, is that it's Ebola virus disease. It's very dangerous, very awful thing to have. And what helps people get through it is early detection, early administering of antivirals, if that's possible, but ultimately very good and robust symptom management. And that means controlling fevers, which is the fever, you know, because the disease that we get from it is called Ebola hemorrhagic fever. And that means a very high and sustained fever that leads to the breakdown of body systems and mucus membranes that causes you to bleed out. And that's not very pleasant. So keeping fevers in check by IV hydration, you know, prescription level anti-inflammatories and things like that is very important. And here in the United States, for instance, We can do that on every street corner, basically. We're very blessed. In a place like Congo, not so much. And so they are reliant on international aid groups, charity groups, and whatnot to try to combat this as best as possible. But there are such widespread infrastructure problems in a country like Congo. So that means a lack of hospitals, but also a lack of roads and transportation. So people can't get to the hospitals that are even there. And those hospitals themselves are going to be overrun and understaffed and under supplied. So that's a whole constellation of issues that leads to the conditions like we're seeing now where thousands are infected and thousands will die. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, this is a very huge serious humanitarian crisis in Africa now. But as you mentioned, there are conditions there. Don't feed the beast, but they certainly don't. you know, quell the beast either. With 2,000 people plus have already died, I understand there's more than 4,000 confirmed cases of this. And with the lack of facilities like we have here in the United States and tough goings when it comes to... geographical locations of some of these folks, you know, deep into areas it's tough to get to. What's the plan? I mean, I know they're trying to bring in world leaders as far as volunteers and doctors and humanitarian aid folks. But how do you tackle something like this? You do the best you can with whatever you can get. And so, you know, for instance, in 2014 with the Ebola outbreak that began in Guinea, we eventually deployed our military to build hospitals because one of the things a military can do better than anyone aside for fighting wars is building stuff. And we built field hospitals very, very, very quickly in areas of those countries that needed it. And that allowed for, again, some better, you know, treatment, early treatment of people who are getting sick. We did get some cases here in the United States. We had a person who flew from Guinea to the U.S. to Texas.

and then became symptomatic, and the hospital that he went to sent him home, they didn't recognize it as Ebola, because even though there were some public health alerts from the CDC, there really wasn't a lot about it, and most people were just simply unaware of it, and therefore it turned into something pretty deadly for this man who did not survive. Two of his nurses, I believe, became infected because of exposure to his fluids, and they were treated, and they did survive. But it led to a major, you know, confidence crisis because this one hospital in Dallas couldn't, you know, kind of missed it. And so the question began, can, you know, can every hospital we have in this country handle an Ebola case where we can put someone in isolation and get them the proper treatment and recognize that this is what this is by doing the proper screening? Were you traveling recently? Where were you? Right. So on and so. You know, you mentioned the facilities there is what is probably the main contributing factor of so many deaths and so many. cases still spreading. They just can't get a hold of it. But here in the United States, for instance, if you got sick and you got to the ER and they tested you and they said, oh, you've got Ebola, odds are pretty good. They can treat that and you're going to be okay, correct? Well, they will treat it and you will very likely survive. You will still go through a very horrific disease. Don't get me wrong. Right. But again, the ability to screen and detect, right, to ask that, you know, the patient comes in, let's just say this way, we know that there's an outbreak of Ebola on the other side of the planet. Someone comes in with a high fever for the past day and a half and they're really just in bad shape. Sir, ma'am. Have you recently traveled? Where have you been? Oh, you were in Congo. Let's get you into isolation and then we will be testing on. Meantop, we're going to get you IV fluids and anti-inflammatories to get that fever down. Is there a blood test? Will the blood test show it? Is it that clear if they, you know, search for? I believe there is a test for Ebola virus. It probably requires health department to do it as opposed to just a regular hospital lab. But the thing is, if you suspect it because the person was, let's just say they were in Congo, you know, last week, right? Then you can begin treatment without having to confirm with a blood test, right? Because the treatment is fluids, antibiotics, or sorry, I'm sorry, anti-inflammatories and the like. So you can begin those medications. and that course of treatment without having a confirming blood test. It makes more sense to do it that way because if, in fact, it is Ebola, you want to get that treatment right away, right? Yeah, exactly. Well, I've been to the Congo, said nobody in my house ever. So, yeah, the chances of us getting it here slim, it has happened before, and cases can pop up. And it is treatable, and you can ride the wave with medical treatment from a hospital.

But if it's left undetected or it's left untreated and not the proper medical care available, it's not going to go well. Evan Brown, thank you so much. I appreciate you. Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. Boy, I tell you, I do love these kind of stories. A couple saw a Chick-fil-A worker chasing after a customer who was driving away. Not trying to get him to pay for his order. No, no, the customer forgot something. The Chick-fil-A employee is running on foot to take him a coffee that they'd forgotten at the window. Here's their reaction. It's just, I mean, I just love these stories. Listen. Oh, my God, Chick-Fleet had the best. That is crazy. Good God. She needed a tip. Sis-Rin, but I love it, though. Listen, if you're a business owner and you just saw that, you saw that lady running after the car to deliver a coffee that the person drove off on all the way that Chick-fil-A, she's on the road running, listen. If you have that level of service, you will win in business. That's right. There's no surprise as to why Chick-fil-A is so popular. And you've been there. You know what it's like, talking to the folks that wait on you. Their customer service is second to none. I got to tell you, if I'm running a business and I got people out front running counters and cashiers and I'm running with, you know, people that have to talk to customers on the floor somewhere, I'm hiring a couple of people from Chick-fil-A's management at some point, somewhere, and we're going to run through the Chick-fil-A training of how to deal with customers. Well, you go into some places. I mean, it's just insane what people are going through these days. Now, granted, it works both ways. There's some ugly, nasty customers that show up and get rude and all that. But how many times have you walked up to somebody that's waiting on you, right? It's their job to talk to you. And they look at you and it's just like, okay, what do you need? It's like, are you bothered you had to come to work today? I mean, what are you doing here? Where's the smile? How can I help you? What's going on? Good to see you. You don't get that probably nine times out of 10 unless you pull into a Chick-fil-A line. It's unbelievable. So, yeah, those folks, not surprised either, but he's right about that. You treat the customer service the way that they do with Chick-fil-A and train your employees. You're going to do quite well, no matter what you're doing. If you're out front dealing with the public, not a bad little training course to go through. Well, a new survey highlighting now just how far some parents are going to go to pay for their kids' school supplies. Nearly a quarter of folks of the 2,000 parents polled are using the buy now pay later option. 20% racking up credit card debt. By the way, credit card debt now highest had spent in years, years. 12% of folks even pawned their stuff to cover back to school costs. And while many are dealing with tighter than ever budgets, more than half, admit that they're worried that their kids are going to be judged for reusing things like clothes and tech from previous years. You know, this is, I'm telling you, the parochial schools, private schools, this is why they do uniforms. And I think it's a great idea. Nobody can judge everybody if they're wearing the same thing.

You know, khaki pants, red shirt, a little blue shirt, maybe, black shirt, whatever. And sneakers. In fact, you know, my grandson's in a daycare where, you know, they wear uniforms. And I got to tell you, nobody's walking in there with, you know, $500 pair of sneakers and, you know. all kinds of designer clothing, and other kids are walking around with holes in their jeans and shirts. Of course, some of those holes in their jeans cost $300. I guess they're by design, but I love the idea of uniforms on that one for sure, no doubt. Dr. Bo Cabala joins us. Now, always good to catch up with Dr. Bo. He is a smart guy and assistant professor there in Polly Sigh at Tarleton State University in Texas, Ph.D. from Yale, undergrad work at Harvard. I don't even know how I get to talk to these type of smart people like this. I'm just blessed, I guess. Dr. Bo, welcome back in. Thanks for being here. All right, let me press the right button. There we go. Hello, sir. See, right out of the gate. I can't even figure out of push her button. Good morning. Good morning. Well, I wanted to get your thoughts on the primaries this past Tuesday here in Alabama. And this is going to be some races to watch coming up in the midterms. We had some, you know, four districts went through the changes. The U.S. Supreme Court said, yeah, we can change the map on it. And so we did. And that changed things. A special election took place. Ami Aiken won the Republican nod to go up against Terri Sewell coming up in the, you know, Congressional District 7. And Gary Palmer, a veteran in Congress, easily won to maintain. District 6 there. And there were a couple of other districts as well. Republican selected state representative Red Marcus as their nominee for the newly redrawn second congressional district. And there was also one other district here in Alabama. So it's going to be interesting to see where 6-1 Republican Democrat districts in the state with seven districts. And push is to go to 7 and 0. But let's talk about some of these other races that were around the country. And I've got to tell you, one that really stood out for me, obviously, the South Carolina with, you know, Darlene grabbing the seat that, you know, her brother vacated when he passed. So your thoughts in South Carolina on what happened with the replacement of Lindsey Graham here. Well, and all credit to Darlene Graham and, of course, building on the legacy of the late Senator Graham and with President Trump's endorsement. She's headed to a runoff. I imagine she'll do quite well. Of course, this is now the runoff, you know, because no candidate in the primary, you know, hit the 50% mark. And I think it's...

Quite positive to see the legacy of Senator Graham celebrated in this way and honored and her own talents and just the sense of loyalty, I think, in South Carolina and you mentioned Alabama that people have to the president still. Despite the media narratives, it's striking. And so I would think she'll do quite well. Yeah, I think she will too. I think she's probably going to get it. Let's talk about what happened in Wisconsin with that crazy Democratic socialist Francesca Hong. Hey, it's Ryan Sechrest here, and I have discovered a fun new escape from the daily grind. Chumba Casino. Chumba Casino has hundreds of social casino style games. It's all free to play anytime, anywhere with daily bonuses. So get to chumbac casino.com. No purchase necessary. VGW. Boy, we're prohibited by law. See terms and conditions. 21 plus. When it comes to your business, great promotions should do more than just get your name out there. They should drive action. And that's exactly what your business will get from a partnership with iHeart media. Imagine your business connecting with music fans and future customers through sweepstakes, ticket giveaways, listener contesting, and local media. Attach your business to high energy music moments built to help grow awareness, engagement, and leads. Get started today. Call 844-844-Iheart. That's 844-844-Iheart. Haug was not going anywhere. Now, here's the deal. Everybody's saying, well, look. Yeah, she lost. And, you know, if you're in second place, that means you're first in line of the line of losers. Okay, but less than one point, one percentage point in her defeat. So, yeah, glad she's not there. But, boy, the impact on this crazy socials left wing part of the Democratic Party. Yes. Your thoughts on all that. Well, what a story. And you're absolutely right. You know, razor-thin victory for David Crowley, who, you know, really, what a compelling background. He has, let's kind of acknowledge Francesca Hong an interesting character herself. She's a chef. She's a business owner. So how she came to her Democratic Socialist convictions, I'm not sure. But I would ask a couple things. Where were the pollsters? You know, because... The conclusion was all over the newspapers and being circulated by our elite pollsters that she was a shoe in. And so, wow, I mean, David Crowley pulling it out. He's a Milwaukee County executive. really striking family background, growing up in poverty. He's talked about his family being evicted multiple times. And what I think it means, J.T., is this narrative that's kind of being peddled out there that Democratic Socialists have taken over. They are certainly rising. But in Wisconsin, the establishment drew a line. And David Crowley, the moderate Democrat here, a Milwaukee County executive, he pulled it off. And so there's a struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party. And it's not clear to me that the Democratic Socialists have won just yet. And I want to get your thoughts, too. I'm of the mindset that 80% of this country is common sense and the 10% of crazies on the right and the left or, you know, getting the focus and the cameras and the microphones because it's sensationalistic. It's titillating. Yes. It's national inquire headlines. And but it's not the reality of what is.

in America. I can't imagine. I mean, they're pop up in these little pockets. You know, the invasion of the Islamic world is all over our place. But it's not the majority of America. Do you agree or do you think that we have something really to be concerned about? It's absolutely not. And we could also point out Wisconsin, Minnesota, you know, this is an idiosyncratic, unique part of the country. There's actually a little bit of socialist history there if you look at the Milwaukee mayors from the early 20th century. And so it's not like these democratic socialists. are like an alien landing. They're that part of the country has some experience with the ideology. It's not 80% of the American people. You're right. So, yes, Francesca Hong, these folks talking about affordability, but they're offering the wrong solutions, ones that won't be sustainable, that will actually make affordability worse. And I agree with you. I think 80% of Americans recognize that. Yeah, you look at Abdul El-Sayed, this guy, just as crazy as the rest of him here. And you've got what happened in Minnesota, you know, the lieutenant or Peggy Flanagan, rather, defeated, you know, Andy Craig there for the Democratic Senate nomination. But that will go, I think, pretty competitive when she's facing Republican Michelle Tofoya, the former sports broadcaster. So where do you think this one ends up? So, and Peggy Flanagan, again, just in terms of the personalities, worth noting, she's a citizen of the white Earth nation. In this case, unlike Crowley's race, yes, Peggy Flanagan, Democratic Socialists, pulls out a Democratic primary. I give the edge to Tofoya. I would say note that in Minnesota, you know, the other big Democratic primary, arguably the bigger one. went to the moderate Democrat, right? So Amy Klobuchar wins the Democratic governor's primary. She'll go up against. Lisa Demuth, I just think you're right that even the Democratic Party as a whole has not fully committed to Democratic socialism. Just look at what CNN did with Abdul El-Sayed, by the way, who's still talking about adhering to Sharia a lot. Did you notice that CNN's k-file right after he wins dumps like 100 YouTube videos where he's making comments about July 4th and other things? You could read that a couple different ways, but I think James Carville, some folks at CNN, Gretchen Whitmer, there's a lot of people in the Democratic Party who are seeing this Democratic Socialist wave, recognizing it's not 80% of the American people, and it will not play well this fall. Good. I'm glad to hear that. Let's end on that. Midterms still look like common sense will prevail in all this. I'd have to agree. Dr. Boch, Cabala, always good to catch up with you, buddy. Thank you.

Great to chat with you, J.T. Thanks. Alabama's morning news. I'm J.T. We sure to appreciate you making it as part of your morning as you get things rolling here. Our phones are always open. If you'd like to jump in and chat on anything on your mind or what we're talking about, come on in here. 205-439-9372. I believe we have John on the phone. John, good morning. You're on Alabama's morning news. What's going on? Good morning, J-T. I just wanted to expand on your comment earlier or your question. about the Democratic Socialists not very well this fall with the Democratic Party because some in the Democratic, moderates in the Democratic Party, you mentioned Megan Gretchen Whitmer and some others, not allowing that to flourish. And my question was that... was if the Democratic National Party funds elections, if they choose to fund an election or get behind a candidate, why would they not just simply starve them out financially? and not fund those as a way to limit that rather than competing with them in the polls. Well, you're right. And it's a great question and it's a great point. And I think it's the greatest thing that the Democratic Party, the moderates and the non-crazy socialist left communists that are running is faced with here. The bottom line on that one would be, well, if we do that and don't fund them and they're the leaders, then we risk Trump. The MAGA team winning. So they have to weigh it out. Does my common sense outweigh my Trump derangement syndrome? Because that's what it's going to come down to in some of these races. It's either vote for this El-Sayed guy. and fund him because he is going to be the front runner now in that district to go that direction and just say, all right, well, we didn't get our moderate guy in here. Let's go ahead and vote for him. Or, no, I can't do that. I'm going to have to vote for the Republican this time because there's only going to be two choices. Insanity. Or common sense when it comes down to situations that you're painting. I agree. I think it's a tough decision. What would you do in that situation is the question. Oh, I'm sorry. I must have lost a minute. Hi, Alabama's morning news. Good morning. Good morning. What's on your mind? This is it. Yes, I wanted to make something pretty clear that has come to light recently after attending a couple of political events. The Muslim population, the Islamists, typically are allowed to lie about what their end goal is, and that's part of what they believe with Muhammad and Sharia law. And also, if they weren't interested in...

being a government versus just a religion, if you want to call it a religion, why are they so adamant about getting their people that believe as they do in office? Oh, yeah, listen, I 100% agree with you. And I recently spoke at one of the political events. I was speaking with the women at the Jefferson or Shelby County Women's Luncheon just a couple of days ago. And a Muslim lady came up to me and I had said when I was speaking that we need to be concerned of this Islamic regime and what the nation of Islam is all about and what their intent is. Their intent is to take over the world, period. No holes barred there. That's their intent. Is every Muslim on board with that? The answer to that is no. And this woman said to me, I'm Muslim, but I'm from Tuscaloosa. I'm not from Iran. I'm not from that crazy regime. I'm one of the people that wants them out of there. But on the other hand, there are people that say, you know, all these Muslim centers that are coming up, all these different... locations that are going to be zoned for Muslim centers are being turned down in some cities because of, you know, the infiltration, if you will. But you look at these videos from places like Dearborn Michigan, Sharia law. You look at the Bronx right now with what's going on under Zohran Mamdani and how many thousands of people are in the streets with the speakers from the phone polls playing the music and the rugs on the streets. And it's alarming. and they don't indoctrinate into the United States. When you come here from another foreign country, it's my belief that you assimilate to the ways of the United States of America. Don't come here and try and change us like it was where you came from. You obviously left there for a reason. Now, if your sole purpose is to come here to infiltrate and indoctrinate American citizens and change the way we do things and get elected and you're not leaving because it was a horrific situation, then that's a whole other ballgame. Here's the other thing. I think you ought to be a U.S.-born citizen to serve in our House of Representatives and Senate. That's going to get a lot of pushback. We did have some people that were not from this country in the beginning when this, you know, Constitution was written. Also, I believe if you're going to be in our United States Senate or the U.S. House of Representatives, you fly the American flag inside our U.S. Capitol. You're not flying any other flags outside your office doors. Nah, this is the United States of America, and if you come in here, you've got to jump on board with us. or get out. I appreciate you call. Thank you so much. Special guest joining us now. Bill Walsh, who's been with us before, business strategist, to talk about, this is just insane. And the guise of helping mental health patients and people that struggle a little bit, the University of Michigan has decided to do away with the current grading system. Bill, welcome in. Thanks for being here. Tyler Reddick here from 2311 racing. The rush of racing, nothing beats it. But Chumba Casino comes close. Chumba's got fast spins, fun games, daily bonuses, and all the action you can handle. Now that's a run. Ready to hit the throttle? Get in the driver's seat and head to chumbacasino.com. Let's Chumba. Sponsored by Chumba Casino. No purchase necessary. VGW Group, voidware prohibited by law, 21 plus, terms and conditions apply.

When it comes to your business, great promotions should do more than just get your name out there. They should drive action. And that's exactly what your business will get from a partnership with IHeart Media. Imagine your business connecting with music fans and future customers through sweepstakes, ticket giveaways, listener contesting, and local media. Attach your business to high energy music moments built to help grow awareness, engagement, and leads. Get started today. Call 844-844-I-Hart. That's 844-Ehart. Hey, glad to be on the show. How are you this morning? I'm doing fantastic. So please talk to me about why this would happen. The University of Michigan announced there that they're going to, according to their website, students are going to still receive grades, but they are going to be doing away with how they do this. Apparently they'll give you grades, but I guess it's not going to be included in your final. I guess system, GPA, transcripts? What's going on? Transcripts. Yeah. Well, you know, I think it's the dumbing down of America. I mean, we talked about this before. I mean, who wants to hire an okay brain surgeon? Exactly. Not me. Thank you. No, absolutely not. And I'm on the other side. I'm a CEO that hires people. And if I can't find out exactly how they did or if someone's going to that school because they're looking for a laxed way to get through, it might be somebody I want to hire anyway. You know, if you're going to do this, are we placating to the... Look, I know people struggle with mental illness. I'm not downplaying this, but what we're really doing here is feeding the wimpification of America here. I mean, what happened about coping skills? Can we teach that? If you can't handle getting a D or an F on a class, you know, paper you've turned in, there's bigger issues going on here. So apparently they're going to go A, B, or C, but no Ds and no plus or minus signs. We don't want to hurt feelings. Why is this happening? I just think what's happening is that as we continue to move further left in so many areas in our country today, people are afraid to stand up and say something that says, listen, if you're not going to do the work, you don't deserve the job. And if there's no way to score that, how do you track that? Could you imagine watching the NBA finals and it gets down to last 30 seconds? Hey, what's the score? Oh, we didn't keep score because we don't want someone to feel bad. Yeah, yeah. Are you kidding me? Look, I see it all, you know, we're starting young with it. Forget about getting into college and, you know, getting rid of the Ds and Fs. I mean, you see it in Little League or T-ball. No scores. But they're just learning skills here. Everybody's a winner. Everybody gets a trophy. It's the whole thing. You know, at some point, you know, we're going to raise these people that are coddled and have bubbles around them so their feelings aren't hurt. And then they're going to get in the real world. And they're going to work for people.

I don't care if you own your own company. You work for the bank, okay? You work for people. And the world is not going to coddle you. And in fact, quite the opposite. They will chew you up and spit you out, given any opportunity. And if you don't come from a position of strength and being able to cope with the ups and downs of reality, we're setting people up for major disaster. How about a better way is let's get you prepared properly. And now if you're having some of health issues, mental health issues, of course get them the health they need. Right. But across the board to just say everyone's average, that is not the reality. And it goes back to the same thing. Let's say that I'm running a big law school. And now you want to apply to the law school. And I say, well, I'm looking for the best of the best. And, you know, you might be the worst of the worst, but nobody knows that. And now what's going to happen is if I go to ask for that information, well, now I'm invading your privacy because the student will still get their grades, but they won't be published anywhere. So now if I ask for that from the student, then am I a bad person because I ask those questions? That's where it's going to. Because it'll wind up being another lawsuit. Yeah, it's a horrible standard. I guess they're saying this is a pilot program. And how about this? It's officially known as grade covering. So they're, like you said, not going to show the grades. Students will still see them. But hey, if you can walk into a law school and apply to get in and you can tell the people doing the screening process that I did really well. Well, that's all you need to know. I'm not giving you my grades. In fact, if you ask again, I'm going to sue the university, you know? And that's exactly what's going to happen. Yeah, this is not hippocids. Okay, so this is a bad program. Of course, it's in Michigan. But, yeah, this will not. Right. Well, there's also the reverse of that, there's a very successful black college that is now making the students wear suits to school. which I think is a great idea. In other words, get dressed for success. It's not, you know, wearing your flip flops and shorts and you're not coming to the office dressed well. I think a lot of these younger generation, they don't know what it looks like to dress for success. Well, I was talking about this earlier in the show. I like the uniforms, you know, in elementary schools, in parochial schools, private schools. I like the uniforms because it makes everybody. you know, the same. And nobody's judging each other on $400 pair of sneakers and $300 pair of designer jeans. And this kid over here has got, you know, old khakis from last year and a T-shirt, you know, I love the uniform idea. And as far as the suits go, yeah, if you're coming into high school and college, you know, I kind of like that idea. You know, you're right, dress for success. How many times have you been in a situation where you see people interviewing and they look like they're dressed to go to the gym or something? Yeah, and the bottom line is that what you're doing is with this, what I call dumbing down of America, you're just making it so that we become non-competitive. Yeah. And if that's their goal, you know, once again, you're in the world marketplace. You're no longer doing business just in Michigan. Yeah. You know, the same person's got to compete with a job with the guy that's coming over here from Czechoslovakia or coming to Japan or coming where they did get graded and they were literally driven to win.

Yeah. And so I think what's going to happen is you're going to continue to go on this path that, you know, companies are going to look somewhere else to hire people. I would. I don't want, like I said, I don't want an average brain surgeon, average lawyer, average car mechanic. I want someone that's earned their way to be there. Amen. Bill Walsh, always good to catch up with you, buddy. Thank you so much. And we'll do it again. Thanks for having me. Talk to you soon. Tyler Reddick here from 2311 racing. Victory Lane? Yeah, it's even better with Chumba by my side. Race to Chumpacasino.com. Let's Chumba. No purchase necessary. VGW Group. Void were prohibited by law. CTNCs, 21 Plus. Sponsored by Chumba Casino. When it comes to your business, great promotions should do more than just get your name out there. They should drive action. And that's exactly what your business will get from a partnership with IHeartMedia. Imagine your business connecting with music fans and future customers through sweepstakes, ticket giveaways, listener contesting, and local media. Attach your business to high-energy music moments built to help grow awareness, engagements, and leaves. Getting started is easy. Learn how today at iHeartadvertising.com. That's IHeart Advertising. dot com.