Jan. 7, 2026
Morning Run: Trump Controls Venezuelan Oil, Trump Wants Greenland, Uvalde Trial Concerns, Nick Reiner Arraignment, Brown Shooter Videos, Jan 6 Website and RIP Michael Reagan
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Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good morning everyone, thanks for joining us for today's Morning Run. It is Wednesday, January seventh.
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Speaker 2: I'm Amy Robot and I'm TJ Holmes on what is a what'd you say, Stephen King? Morning here? Yes, New York where we look are looking out our window that the Hudson, and you can't see the Hudson. We are blanketed in fog right now. So you said there was a I've never even seen a warning like you described.
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Speaker 1: There was a severe weather emergency and I thought, what could that be? Because it was still pitch dark, I didn't see the fog. Clicked on it said it could be dangerous threat to life. Basically, that's how serious the fog conditions are here. We've been hearing like fog horns and it through. You know, it's not just for the sound effect. They're actually using them to steer here in this foggy weather along the Hudson, and it's an active waterway which we have been watching.
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Speaker 2: But yeah, looking it's weird to look across look out the window and cannot see neut It's a white house the way it absolutely is. But wherever you are I hope you have some good weather conditions today. As always, as we get started on this run. Top right corner of that Apple podcast app a little button it says follow click that you can follow our show get all our updates, and there are plenty today. But the Morning Run will take us today first leg. Several legs today, but one of them will take us to northern California. Another leg will take us to LA in southern California. Also make stops in Salem, New Hampshire, Minneapolis, Corpus Christi, Texas, and of course Washington, d C. Rohobes, which is where we need to start.
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Speaker 1: That's right. We begin our run with Yeah, we got their president. Now we're getting their oil. President Trump made this big announcement that the United States we'll be getting millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil, selling it and then doing whatever we want to do with it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and who's in control of it? He actually declared me, I'm going to do with it what I want to do with this money. That is from the President. This is his social media post quote. I am pleased to announce that the interim authorities in Venezuela will be turning over thirty to fifty million barrels of high quality, sanctioned oil to the United States of America. This oil will be sold at its market price, and the money will be controlled by me as President of the United States of America, to ensure that it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States. He says this is happening now, Robes that the Energy Secretary is executing a plan immediately, and these ships are coming to the US and unloading this stuff on the docks of the United States. This is just days after what Saturday he was taken Tuesday, we're taking the oil.
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Speaker 1: So is this about drugs or about oil? It's don't or national security, all of the above, depending on who you're asking. But yes, boll declare declaration, we are getting the oil. I guess you could say he's being transparent, all right. Next up on the Run, the President has said repeatedly that he wants to acquire Greenland, but now the White House is going further. They are clearly stating that military action is on the table, and with what we've seen over the past several days, everyone should listen up, perhaps especially Greenland and Denmark. Here is what Carolyn Levitt said, The President and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the US military is always an option at the Commander in chief's disposal.
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Speaker 2: Um, yes, I guess I don't know what that could possibly mean. This is a country of fifty seven thousand people, that's it. Obviously they're not going to fight the United States, and we would be foolish too. Seems weird to pick on Greenland as well, but this is a tiny, toady place that the President keeps saying is at least from a national security standpoint, strategically important to the United States. It's a reminder this is a semi autonomous region of Denmark. Denmark is a member of NATO. If we were to dare use military action against the NATO member, the point of NATO after World War II was what you attack one of us, you attack all of us. It requires other NATO members to protect a NATO member.
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Speaker 1: This is a mess, and Denmark has made it very clear that Greenland is not for sale. Denmark has made it very clear that they completely oppose anything President Trump is proposing.
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Speaker 2: All right, we'll continue on the run here now on this Wednesday morning, and we'll head to Minneapolis for this one. The Apartment of Homeland Security has launched what it is calling the largest immigration enforcement operation ever. Yes, and they're in the Twin Cities. Two thousand agents are descending on the area. According to Christy Nome of a Homeland Security department, they're focusing on immigration crackdown and that massive fraud scandal that has dogged the state, dogged the current governor who has just out of a reelection bid. But they have flooded that area.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, two thousand agents in the area. And well it looks like after the whole debacle with that Hampton Inn outside of Minneapolis, they'll all have hotel rooms available and waiting for them as they arrive in that city. Discounted rates, Yes, whatever you need. Next up on the Run, a mistrial already. Testimony has been suspended today in the trial of the officer who was accused of child endangerment in the Uvalde school shooting. This was former officer Adrian Gonzalez. The charge is that he did not follow his training, that he did not act. Seventy seven minutes went by before anyone entered that school, despite the fact that we have learned Adrian Gonzalez was there on the scene as an armed, trained police officer before the shooter even went into the building.
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Speaker 2: So yes, a lot of parents, a lot of people really have been waiting for some kind of accountability, some type of justice. Well, this is the first trial of the first officer involved in this, but on the first day of testimony, this is a very big issue. Testimony from a teacher who was there the day of the shooting prompted objections from the defense, which claimed her testimony was different from the official statements she gave to authorities. So now they're arguing that the prosecution knew about her change of testimony, did not let them know that her story had changed. That's called a Brady violation and a pretty big deal and early a possibility for a mistrial. And also, you would bring this up at any appeal, this is the first thing they would start with.
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Speaker 1: Yes, and we should point out we just before this episode, we have a full episode on what happened in court yesterday, what her testimony was, and why the defense was so upset about it enough to say, hey, this whole trial now has to come to a halt, and we have to discuss whether or not a mistrial is necessary. So please, if you're interested in this case, which I know so many of you are, check out that episode and we will continue to follow all of the developments in that courtroom today. Next up on the run, another big court case today, or at least a court hearing today, is happening in Los Angeles. Nick Reiner is going to be arraigned and is expected to enter a plea to those murder charges. He's charged with two counts of murder for the killing of his parents, Rob and Michelle Reiner. He did have a previous appearance, it was brief, he did not enter a plea. And remember Rob and Michelle Reiner were brutally stabbed to death on December fourteenth. Just all eyes are going to be on that court room. It happens at eight thirty am local times, so around eleven thirty here on the East Coast, and we will be following that for you.
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Speaker 2: We turned on to another major criminal case of interest, the Brown University shooting. Well, we were finding out now that the shooter left videos behind confessing to the shooting and indicating he'd been planning this attack for months, even years. Authorities found the videos in the storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, where they track down the suspect, Claudio and Well Nevis Valente. He had taken his own life. Prosecutors did release transcripts of the videos, not the videos themselves. And then this was December fourteenth. Excuse me thirteenth. I didn't put this together. Those were back to back. The brown shooting and the killing of the writers were on back to back days, kid Lord, right around the holidays.
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Speaker 1: That is. Yeah, I didn't put that together either.
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Speaker 2: We just boom, boom boom, all this news was coming and we kind of get into this rhythm of just doing it and didn't piece that. Man, I did not realize we had those huge back to back stories. But yes, this was December thirteenth. He went on campus, killed two, injured another nine in that shooting, then two days later killed at MIT professor. But in these videos Robes he makes a mention almost like he corrected himself. He said, looking at this for what he say, six months, and he's had actually six semesters, so he actually said six semesters, as if he was planning this for quite some time years.
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Speaker 1: Yes, and he said he chickened out. He was going to do it multiple times. He had several opportunities, he said, but he got scared and chickened out. But he said the only objective was to leave more or less on my own terms. And he also said this, I don't regret what I did. So this was all these videos were made after the shootings. So that's I mean, it's chilling to think there was zero remorse for what he had done and if he wanted to go on in his own terms. I'm always wondering, why not just go ahead and kill yourself? Why do you have to take innocent people with you? Certainly the kids in the classroom had nothing to do with his rage.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, any of all these videos, what we're hoping for was a motive. We still don't know why he killed that professor and why he walked into that classroom. He mentioned in the class that it didn't go the way he wanted it to because he wanted to go into a class and ended up in an auditorium. These are the things and notes would saying. He also mentioned he was surprised the police hadn't found him yet.
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Speaker 1: Yes, which is just a last little f you to the police like, hey, I was right here the whole time. Believe you didn't find me.
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Speaker 2: All right, we want to continue on this run now and mention that the eldest son of former President Ronald Reagan has died. The Reagan Foundation made this announcement yesterday that Michael Reagan died January fourth, and he was surrounded by family in la.
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Speaker 1: He was eighty years old. He worked as a political commentator. I'm sure a lot of people know his face and his name. He was described as a steadfast guardian of his father's legacy. That certainly was true. He was adopted by Ronald Reagan and his first wife, but yes, was loyal till the end.
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Speaker 2: All right, we'll stay with us here on this Wednesday morning run. When we come back, Congress has lost another member. Another member of Congress he has has passed away. This is at least a fourth in the past year. We'll get into that. Also, a day of remembrance in California today and in Washington, d C. It might not be surprised, but Democrats and Republicans chose to commemorate the January sixth anniversary in much different ways. Stay here, we continue here on this Wednesday morning, Ron, and another member of Congress has passed away. Is this California Republican douglam Maufel Republican from northern California. It represented the district up there for seven terms. Now be died after having a medical emergency at home, but they say he died at the hospital. Wor This is now at least a fourth member of Congress who's passed away in the past year. Now, it's look, it's DC and it's politics. But I have actually seen some stories that barely have a passing mentioned. Yeah, he died and went right into the politics of it, which is and I get it and understand. But the margins, it's so tight in the House that when somebody passes away, it does make the job of Republicans more difficult when they lose a member than there's a special election that's coming they could Democrats could pick up another. But it's yes, they're talking about the numbers and what this does to.
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Speaker 1: It feels very incentive. He was sixty five years old. He was a young man that you know, that's not that's that's something to add to the tragedy of it and the sadness of it. So yes, maybe wait a couple of days before we start pointing to the political ramifications of losing a Republican seat. I don't know. That's just me though, but.
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Speaker 2: No, you're right, but I actually saw an article that it was just like a passing mention. He died, Okay, now in Congress is going to make it difficult for the president. It just went into a total analysis. I mean, I get you. I know it's part of the story of it.
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Speaker 1: I get it. But isn't that telling? Isn't that telling? And did you see anything about this man, who he was, how he lived his life, who he left behind, any of that. Like we've I think in politics especially and in crime, we've lost, we continue to lose the human element, which is the whole purpose of why we care and why we can come together. And if you think about that and you remember that, we could all actually come together on a lot of other issues.
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Speaker 2: It's just ugh, true crime is too often entertainment. Yeah, and politics is too often a blood spoort. That's just what it is. Okay, Yeah, he died. What does this mean for the American people and the agenda?
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Speaker 1: What does this mean for me? Is usually what it comes down to But yeah.
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Speaker 2: I mean Congress lost a member. I mean there's a lot of sadness up there in this man's family, in that district he represented for a long time. So yeah, wanted dimension.
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Speaker 1: All right, thank you well, Next up on the run. Today has officially been declared a day of remembrance in California. It is now officially, yes, the one year anniversary today of the start of those deadly horrific fires. Thirty one people died. We forget that, you know, I forget that that many people. Almost three dozen people died. Thousands of structures were destroyed. You and I went out there, I believe what the week after or so, and just you know, We've covered plenty of tragedies and natural disastros, but just to see the scorched earth and just the loss, the unbelievable losses.
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Speaker 2: We do hurricanes or do tornadoes. Those are events. They happen and they're done. This went on for three weeks. La was on fire for three weeks. That's going to be recovering for years and years and years. But the governor there has ordered the flax to be flown with ad half staff and half mass half staff. They are both actually accepted. But some people will go crazy in this country if you call it what.
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Speaker 1: Half staff is actually, I would think mostly on land and half mast is on both.
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Speaker 2: But we argue that. But over there it doesn't matter. It's all just interchangeable. But yes, that's happening. You just remember California. It's just one year, but it's going to be a lot a lot of years to come to recover. Also here finally on our run, Democrats in the White House marked the five year anniversary of the January sixth assault on the Capitol. Yes, it's hard to believe it's been five years, but the Democrats and the Republicans, no surprise, commemorated in very different ways. Democrats gathered moment of silence at the Capitol. The White House, for its part, released a new and pretty remarkable I would say is it surprise, but it was remarkable website. This is at white House dot gov slash j six, So you can go to the White House dot gov slash J six and they give you a complete retelling of January sixth. And it flies in the face of what your eyes saw on that day on live television.
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Speaker 1: It flies in the face of everything you've read or learned about that day, and it completely turns the facts upside down all around. It's incredibly jarring to read it is. You sent it to me this morning and said, before we do morning run, you gotta look at this and read through it all. And I did. And you even said, I'm surprised at how often I'm still surprised at what I see coming from the administration oftentimes, and it is remarkable. That is the word you used, and that might be the best way to describe it. But we can give you one excerpt. This is what I did.
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Speaker 2: That's I plucked out the one and again, you just pull up the page. You see Nancy Pelosi's face first, and a whole line of Democrats and this entire page is dedicated to blaming Democrats for everything that happened that.
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Speaker 1: Day and police.
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Speaker 2: Oh yes, and you know what, that's the line I plucked out. There was so much stuff that's unbelievable, but I was. I plucked this one out to give everybody an accurate example.
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Speaker 1: And just a taste of what Yes, it's everyone's fault, but President Trump's capital police response escalates tensions. That's the subheader. Here's what it reads. Capital police aggressively fire tear gas, flash banks, and rubber munitions into crowds of peaceful protesters, injuring many and deliberately escalating tensions. Video evidence shows officers inexplicably removing barricades, opening Capital doors, even waiving attendees inside the building, actions that facilitated entry read while simultaneously deploying violent force against others. These inconsistent and provocative tactics turned a peaceful demonstration into chaos. It also says that President Trump repeatedly urged for peace, repeatedly asked for nonviolence. The timeline of events, as we know it will show otherwise, But they actually said that legacy media gaslighted the American public. But the way this reads it is as if Capitol police set up a trap for peaceful protesters to make them think they were welcome and then to attack them. That is what they are saying here.
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Speaker 2: Folks read at white House dot gov slash j six some of these things. I just to interpret it or try to challenge or try to be factual as pointless. Read it for yourselves and knock yourself out. But this is a complete rewriting, And if you don't know anything about January sixth, that somebody else in another country. You're looking at that as fact. The White House put this out, so surely this is all true. That's terrifying.
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Speaker 1: It's terrifying, you know, I hadn't thought about that that people who are young enough who don't know there it is people who weren't watching the people who are in a different country, correct, who don't understand American polics, or who aren't immersed in it, or who might have heard this that or the other goes onto our official White House dot gov page and reads this timeline of events. It's that is frightening.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we usually have something a little lighter as our last story of the day. Apologies on this Wednesday, it's the hump.
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Speaker 1: Day where you're going to bring it home though with the quote of the day, that's.
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Speaker 2: A lot of pressure there, but no, what the hell with it. I'll take it before we let you go. As always something we were like for you to consider. It is our quote of the day. Now, it's funny to me and quote it is better to be hated for who you are than be accept for who you are.
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Speaker 1: Not.
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Speaker 2: That's a tough one. Sometimes nobody wants to be hated, but sometimes so many of us are okay with Yes, you love me, you accept me, but I'm not really being myself. How many of us do that day and day out?
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Speaker 1: I think everybody does that. Everybody wants to be liked, Everybody wants to be accepted, and so we adjust our thoughts, our behaviors to try and make sure that happens. Yes, and I know plenty of times when you see people who are authentic, you applaud them, you appreciate them, but they take it doesn't come with rainbows and butterflies. When you are your authentic self, you won't please everybody, but you're being true to yourself. And I think that is the takeaway. When you can be true to yourself, then you are actually living an authentic life and that is what brings you peace.
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Speaker 2: Well, folk, take that with you today. Our quote of the day. It is better to be hated for who you are than be accepted for who you are not. And with that, folks, we always appreciate you going on a run with us for now, I'm T. J.
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Speaker 1: Holmes and I'm Amy Roebuck. We will run with you soon.
Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio Podcast. Good morning everyone, thanks for joining us for today's Morning Run. It is Wednesday, January seventh.
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Speaker 2: I'm Amy Robot and I'm TJ Holmes on what is a what'd you say, Stephen King? Morning here? Yes, New York where we look are looking out our window that the Hudson, and you can't see the Hudson. We are blanketed in fog right now. So you said there was a I've never even seen a warning like you described.
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Speaker 1: There was a severe weather emergency and I thought, what could that be? Because it was still pitch dark, I didn't see the fog. Clicked on it said it could be dangerous threat to life. Basically, that's how serious the fog conditions are here. We've been hearing like fog horns and it through. You know, it's not just for the sound effect. They're actually using them to steer here in this foggy weather along the Hudson, and it's an active waterway which we have been watching.
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Speaker 2: But yeah, looking it's weird to look across look out the window and cannot see neut It's a white house the way it absolutely is. But wherever you are I hope you have some good weather conditions today. As always, as we get started on this run. Top right corner of that Apple podcast app a little button it says follow click that you can follow our show get all our updates, and there are plenty today. But the Morning Run will take us today first leg. Several legs today, but one of them will take us to northern California. Another leg will take us to LA in southern California. Also make stops in Salem, New Hampshire, Minneapolis, Corpus Christi, Texas, and of course Washington, d C. Rohobes, which is where we need to start.
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Speaker 1: That's right. We begin our run with Yeah, we got their president. Now we're getting their oil. President Trump made this big announcement that the United States we'll be getting millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil, selling it and then doing whatever we want to do with it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and who's in control of it? He actually declared me, I'm going to do with it what I want to do with this money. That is from the President. This is his social media post quote. I am pleased to announce that the interim authorities in Venezuela will be turning over thirty to fifty million barrels of high quality, sanctioned oil to the United States of America. This oil will be sold at its market price, and the money will be controlled by me as President of the United States of America, to ensure that it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States. He says this is happening now, Robes that the Energy Secretary is executing a plan immediately, and these ships are coming to the US and unloading this stuff on the docks of the United States. This is just days after what Saturday he was taken Tuesday, we're taking the oil.
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Speaker 1: So is this about drugs or about oil? It's don't or national security, all of the above, depending on who you're asking. But yes, boll declare declaration, we are getting the oil. I guess you could say he's being transparent, all right. Next up on the Run, the President has said repeatedly that he wants to acquire Greenland, but now the White House is going further. They are clearly stating that military action is on the table, and with what we've seen over the past several days, everyone should listen up, perhaps especially Greenland and Denmark. Here is what Carolyn Levitt said, The President and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the US military is always an option at the Commander in chief's disposal.
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Speaker 2: Um, yes, I guess I don't know what that could possibly mean. This is a country of fifty seven thousand people, that's it. Obviously they're not going to fight the United States, and we would be foolish too. Seems weird to pick on Greenland as well, but this is a tiny, toady place that the President keeps saying is at least from a national security standpoint, strategically important to the United States. It's a reminder this is a semi autonomous region of Denmark. Denmark is a member of NATO. If we were to dare use military action against the NATO member, the point of NATO after World War II was what you attack one of us, you attack all of us. It requires other NATO members to protect a NATO member.
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Speaker 1: This is a mess, and Denmark has made it very clear that Greenland is not for sale. Denmark has made it very clear that they completely oppose anything President Trump is proposing.
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Speaker 2: All right, we'll continue on the run here now on this Wednesday morning, and we'll head to Minneapolis for this one. The Apartment of Homeland Security has launched what it is calling the largest immigration enforcement operation ever. Yes, and they're in the Twin Cities. Two thousand agents are descending on the area. According to Christy Nome of a Homeland Security department, they're focusing on immigration crackdown and that massive fraud scandal that has dogged the state, dogged the current governor who has just out of a reelection bid. But they have flooded that area.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, two thousand agents in the area. And well it looks like after the whole debacle with that Hampton Inn outside of Minneapolis, they'll all have hotel rooms available and waiting for them as they arrive in that city. Discounted rates, Yes, whatever you need. Next up on the Run, a mistrial already. Testimony has been suspended today in the trial of the officer who was accused of child endangerment in the Uvalde school shooting. This was former officer Adrian Gonzalez. The charge is that he did not follow his training, that he did not act. Seventy seven minutes went by before anyone entered that school, despite the fact that we have learned Adrian Gonzalez was there on the scene as an armed, trained police officer before the shooter even went into the building.
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Speaker 2: So yes, a lot of parents, a lot of people really have been waiting for some kind of accountability, some type of justice. Well, this is the first trial of the first officer involved in this, but on the first day of testimony, this is a very big issue. Testimony from a teacher who was there the day of the shooting prompted objections from the defense, which claimed her testimony was different from the official statements she gave to authorities. So now they're arguing that the prosecution knew about her change of testimony, did not let them know that her story had changed. That's called a Brady violation and a pretty big deal and early a possibility for a mistrial. And also, you would bring this up at any appeal, this is the first thing they would start with.
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Speaker 1: Yes, and we should point out we just before this episode, we have a full episode on what happened in court yesterday, what her testimony was, and why the defense was so upset about it enough to say, hey, this whole trial now has to come to a halt, and we have to discuss whether or not a mistrial is necessary. So please, if you're interested in this case, which I know so many of you are, check out that episode and we will continue to follow all of the developments in that courtroom today. Next up on the run, another big court case today, or at least a court hearing today, is happening in Los Angeles. Nick Reiner is going to be arraigned and is expected to enter a plea to those murder charges. He's charged with two counts of murder for the killing of his parents, Rob and Michelle Reiner. He did have a previous appearance, it was brief, he did not enter a plea. And remember Rob and Michelle Reiner were brutally stabbed to death on December fourteenth. Just all eyes are going to be on that court room. It happens at eight thirty am local times, so around eleven thirty here on the East Coast, and we will be following that for you.
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Speaker 2: We turned on to another major criminal case of interest, the Brown University shooting. Well, we were finding out now that the shooter left videos behind confessing to the shooting and indicating he'd been planning this attack for months, even years. Authorities found the videos in the storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, where they track down the suspect, Claudio and Well Nevis Valente. He had taken his own life. Prosecutors did release transcripts of the videos, not the videos themselves. And then this was December fourteenth. Excuse me thirteenth. I didn't put this together. Those were back to back. The brown shooting and the killing of the writers were on back to back days, kid Lord, right around the holidays.
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Speaker 1: That is. Yeah, I didn't put that together either.
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Speaker 2: We just boom, boom boom, all this news was coming and we kind of get into this rhythm of just doing it and didn't piece that. Man, I did not realize we had those huge back to back stories. But yes, this was December thirteenth. He went on campus, killed two, injured another nine in that shooting, then two days later killed at MIT professor. But in these videos Robes he makes a mention almost like he corrected himself. He said, looking at this for what he say, six months, and he's had actually six semesters, so he actually said six semesters, as if he was planning this for quite some time years.
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Speaker 1: Yes, and he said he chickened out. He was going to do it multiple times. He had several opportunities, he said, but he got scared and chickened out. But he said the only objective was to leave more or less on my own terms. And he also said this, I don't regret what I did. So this was all these videos were made after the shootings. So that's I mean, it's chilling to think there was zero remorse for what he had done and if he wanted to go on in his own terms. I'm always wondering, why not just go ahead and kill yourself? Why do you have to take innocent people with you? Certainly the kids in the classroom had nothing to do with his rage.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, any of all these videos, what we're hoping for was a motive. We still don't know why he killed that professor and why he walked into that classroom. He mentioned in the class that it didn't go the way he wanted it to because he wanted to go into a class and ended up in an auditorium. These are the things and notes would saying. He also mentioned he was surprised the police hadn't found him yet.
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Speaker 1: Yes, which is just a last little f you to the police like, hey, I was right here the whole time. Believe you didn't find me.
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Speaker 2: All right, we want to continue on this run now and mention that the eldest son of former President Ronald Reagan has died. The Reagan Foundation made this announcement yesterday that Michael Reagan died January fourth, and he was surrounded by family in la.
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Speaker 1: He was eighty years old. He worked as a political commentator. I'm sure a lot of people know his face and his name. He was described as a steadfast guardian of his father's legacy. That certainly was true. He was adopted by Ronald Reagan and his first wife, but yes, was loyal till the end.
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Speaker 2: All right, we'll stay with us here on this Wednesday morning run. When we come back, Congress has lost another member. Another member of Congress he has has passed away. This is at least a fourth in the past year. We'll get into that. Also, a day of remembrance in California today and in Washington, d C. It might not be surprised, but Democrats and Republicans chose to commemorate the January sixth anniversary in much different ways. Stay here, we continue here on this Wednesday morning, Ron, and another member of Congress has passed away. Is this California Republican douglam Maufel Republican from northern California. It represented the district up there for seven terms. Now be died after having a medical emergency at home, but they say he died at the hospital. Wor This is now at least a fourth member of Congress who's passed away in the past year. Now, it's look, it's DC and it's politics. But I have actually seen some stories that barely have a passing mentioned. Yeah, he died and went right into the politics of it, which is and I get it and understand. But the margins, it's so tight in the House that when somebody passes away, it does make the job of Republicans more difficult when they lose a member than there's a special election that's coming they could Democrats could pick up another. But it's yes, they're talking about the numbers and what this does to.
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Speaker 1: It feels very incentive. He was sixty five years old. He was a young man that you know, that's not that's that's something to add to the tragedy of it and the sadness of it. So yes, maybe wait a couple of days before we start pointing to the political ramifications of losing a Republican seat. I don't know. That's just me though, but.
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Speaker 2: No, you're right, but I actually saw an article that it was just like a passing mention. He died, Okay, now in Congress is going to make it difficult for the president. It just went into a total analysis. I mean, I get you. I know it's part of the story of it.
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Speaker 1: I get it. But isn't that telling? Isn't that telling? And did you see anything about this man, who he was, how he lived his life, who he left behind, any of that. Like we've I think in politics especially and in crime, we've lost, we continue to lose the human element, which is the whole purpose of why we care and why we can come together. And if you think about that and you remember that, we could all actually come together on a lot of other issues.
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Speaker 2: It's just ugh, true crime is too often entertainment. Yeah, and politics is too often a blood spoort. That's just what it is. Okay, Yeah, he died. What does this mean for the American people and the agenda?
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Speaker 1: What does this mean for me? Is usually what it comes down to But yeah.
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Speaker 2: I mean Congress lost a member. I mean there's a lot of sadness up there in this man's family, in that district he represented for a long time. So yeah, wanted dimension.
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Speaker 1: All right, thank you well, Next up on the run. Today has officially been declared a day of remembrance in California. It is now officially, yes, the one year anniversary today of the start of those deadly horrific fires. Thirty one people died. We forget that, you know, I forget that that many people. Almost three dozen people died. Thousands of structures were destroyed. You and I went out there, I believe what the week after or so, and just you know, We've covered plenty of tragedies and natural disastros, but just to see the scorched earth and just the loss, the unbelievable losses.
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Speaker 2: We do hurricanes or do tornadoes. Those are events. They happen and they're done. This went on for three weeks. La was on fire for three weeks. That's going to be recovering for years and years and years. But the governor there has ordered the flax to be flown with ad half staff and half mass half staff. They are both actually accepted. But some people will go crazy in this country if you call it what.
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Speaker 1: Half staff is actually, I would think mostly on land and half mast is on both.
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Speaker 2: But we argue that. But over there it doesn't matter. It's all just interchangeable. But yes, that's happening. You just remember California. It's just one year, but it's going to be a lot a lot of years to come to recover. Also here finally on our run, Democrats in the White House marked the five year anniversary of the January sixth assault on the Capitol. Yes, it's hard to believe it's been five years, but the Democrats and the Republicans, no surprise, commemorated in very different ways. Democrats gathered moment of silence at the Capitol. The White House, for its part, released a new and pretty remarkable I would say is it surprise, but it was remarkable website. This is at white House dot gov slash j six, So you can go to the White House dot gov slash J six and they give you a complete retelling of January sixth. And it flies in the face of what your eyes saw on that day on live television.
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Speaker 1: It flies in the face of everything you've read or learned about that day, and it completely turns the facts upside down all around. It's incredibly jarring to read it is. You sent it to me this morning and said, before we do morning run, you gotta look at this and read through it all. And I did. And you even said, I'm surprised at how often I'm still surprised at what I see coming from the administration oftentimes, and it is remarkable. That is the word you used, and that might be the best way to describe it. But we can give you one excerpt. This is what I did.
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Speaker 2: That's I plucked out the one and again, you just pull up the page. You see Nancy Pelosi's face first, and a whole line of Democrats and this entire page is dedicated to blaming Democrats for everything that happened that.
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Speaker 1: Day and police.
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Speaker 2: Oh yes, and you know what, that's the line I plucked out. There was so much stuff that's unbelievable, but I was. I plucked this one out to give everybody an accurate example.
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Speaker 1: And just a taste of what Yes, it's everyone's fault, but President Trump's capital police response escalates tensions. That's the subheader. Here's what it reads. Capital police aggressively fire tear gas, flash banks, and rubber munitions into crowds of peaceful protesters, injuring many and deliberately escalating tensions. Video evidence shows officers inexplicably removing barricades, opening Capital doors, even waiving attendees inside the building, actions that facilitated entry read while simultaneously deploying violent force against others. These inconsistent and provocative tactics turned a peaceful demonstration into chaos. It also says that President Trump repeatedly urged for peace, repeatedly asked for nonviolence. The timeline of events, as we know it will show otherwise, But they actually said that legacy media gaslighted the American public. But the way this reads it is as if Capitol police set up a trap for peaceful protesters to make them think they were welcome and then to attack them. That is what they are saying here.
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Speaker 2: Folks read at white House dot gov slash j six some of these things. I just to interpret it or try to challenge or try to be factual as pointless. Read it for yourselves and knock yourself out. But this is a complete rewriting, And if you don't know anything about January sixth, that somebody else in another country. You're looking at that as fact. The White House put this out, so surely this is all true. That's terrifying.
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Speaker 1: It's terrifying, you know, I hadn't thought about that that people who are young enough who don't know there it is people who weren't watching the people who are in a different country, correct, who don't understand American polics, or who aren't immersed in it, or who might have heard this that or the other goes onto our official White House dot gov page and reads this timeline of events. It's that is frightening.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we usually have something a little lighter as our last story of the day. Apologies on this Wednesday, it's the hump.
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Speaker 1: Day where you're going to bring it home though with the quote of the day, that's.
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Speaker 2: A lot of pressure there, but no, what the hell with it. I'll take it before we let you go. As always something we were like for you to consider. It is our quote of the day. Now, it's funny to me and quote it is better to be hated for who you are than be accept for who you are.
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Speaker 1: Not.
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Speaker 2: That's a tough one. Sometimes nobody wants to be hated, but sometimes so many of us are okay with Yes, you love me, you accept me, but I'm not really being myself. How many of us do that day and day out?
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Speaker 1: I think everybody does that. Everybody wants to be liked, Everybody wants to be accepted, and so we adjust our thoughts, our behaviors to try and make sure that happens. Yes, and I know plenty of times when you see people who are authentic, you applaud them, you appreciate them, but they take it doesn't come with rainbows and butterflies. When you are your authentic self, you won't please everybody, but you're being true to yourself. And I think that is the takeaway. When you can be true to yourself, then you are actually living an authentic life and that is what brings you peace.
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Speaker 2: Well, folk, take that with you today. Our quote of the day. It is better to be hated for who you are than be accepted for who you are not. And with that, folks, we always appreciate you going on a run with us for now, I'm T. J.
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Speaker 1: Holmes and I'm Amy Roebuck. We will run with you soon.