March 5, 2026
Morning Run: Trump Texas Endorsement, Iran War Latest, Congressman Admits Affair, Pam Bondi Subpoenaed, Guthrie Glove DNA, RIP Lou Holtz, and Gayle King Staying Put
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Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio podcast.
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Speaker 2: Good morning everyone, Welcome to Morning Run. It is Thursday or Friday Eve, March fifth, and I'm so excited about this weekend everybody. I'm Amy Robot and.
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Speaker 1: I'm TJ Holmes. What are you so excited about? What plans do we have? Well?
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Speaker 2: Whatever we want, because number one, it's going to be warm at least on Sunday, and we're gonna wake up. We're going to spring forward. So yes, we lose an hour of sleep, but we get daylight longer. And I am so excited. It actually wasn't Pitch Black at six pm last night. That is a win.
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Speaker 1: You know what. I'll take the wind. Think you started in an upbeat mood. That is great. Good morning to you all. I am TJ. Holmes. I am now looking forward to the weekend. I am looking forward to this Morning Run even more because of that role. Yes, we got several things to get to today. Some some of the news, even robes might have us rethinking our favorite airline. Explain a move that one airline is making that is getting a lot of attention, and certainly ours will also be making stops this morning in Washington DC, Tucson, South Bend, Indiana, making two stops in Texas as well as two stops in Utah, and one of those stops we need to start with right now, an urgent manhunt. This is a breaking situation going on as of this recording robe. This manhunt underway this morning. Schools closed, government offices closed, and people have been told quite literally, lock your doors.
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Speaker 2: Yes, this is a developing situation. Police say three women were found dead in Wayne County. This is in southern Utah. It's about three hours south of Salt Lake City. To give you some perspective, but two of those women were found dead on a hiking trail and another was found dead at home.
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Speaker 1: I at least say one of the women in her thirties, another in her sixties, other in her eighties. They have not said if or how the deaths are connected. Again, Rodes, we're keeping an eye on this situation. I think that's correct. They haven't come out and said for sure, but the assumption is, yes, that all of these are connected. Also, no details at this point about a suspect other than they were telling people to keep a lookout for a white Subaru. They do have the tags out there. But robes are also telling people to keep their lights on and also keep up and store your car keys.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. This is disturbing and scary and frankly kind of mysterious. And just so you know, if you're interested in this like we were when we woke up and saw the news, we did an entire podcast on this just before morning run, so please check that out if you haven't already. But we will stay on top of this breaking news story. But in the meantime, we need to head to Iran. The war there now in its sixth day, and there were fears the conflict could widen. After Turkey says NATO had to shoot and Iranian missile headed towards their airspace.
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Speaker 1: He Ranian said, hey, what wasn't us? Wasn't our missile? Meantime, Israel has been carrying out attacks in both Lebanon and Iran. The Lebanese Health Ministry said at least seventy seven people have been killed in more than five hundred injured, while.
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Speaker 2: A constant thick smoke can be seen above Tehran as the US and Israel continue their air strikes there. So far, the military has said that the US has hit more than two thousand Iranian targets in these past few days, and that has severely limited Iran's ability to fight back.
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Speaker 1: Still, Iran's in a new wave of missiles targeting Tel Aviv. Overnight explosions have been seen in the air as Iranian strikes are intercepted by Israel's air defense system.
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Speaker 2: Next up on the run, the Pentagon has identified two more American service members who have been killed in the war with Iran.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I remember, initially they told us four were killed in six They told what a total? And they released the names of the first four that were identified, and these are the last to Major Jeffrey R. O'Brien of Iowa, forty five years old, and then Chief Warrant Officer III, Robert M. Marzin. He was fifty four years old from Sacramento, California.
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Speaker 2: All right, our next, next up on the run. An attempt to rein in President Trump's war powers failed in the Senate yesterday.
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Speaker 1: It failed only needing a simple majority to move forward, and it couldn't get that. The vote ended up being forty seven to fifty three from Iran. Paul of Kentucky was the only Republican to support the measure.
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Speaker 2: He was a co sponsor of the bills. So yes, he was the only one to break I guess with the.
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Speaker 1: Republican Fetterman broke on the Democratic side.
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Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, so yeah, yeah, good point.
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Speaker 1: All right.
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Speaker 2: Next up on the run, President Trump is about to step into the Texas Senate race in a big way. Wait for it. This is really We're gonna let his words speak for themselves. But if you need a refresher of why Texas is so important, well, this primary, by the way, was the most expensive in US history. James tall Rico. Yes, does that sound familiar? Emerging on the Democratic side over Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett.
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Speaker 1: But then on the Republican side, four time Senator John Cornyn is going to have to face State Attorney General Ken Paxton in a runoff. Now, Trump kind of stay quiet, didn't endorse anybody during the primary season. Well, now he is ready to endorse, but he also has a message for the person Robes he does not endorse.
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Speaker 2: Yes, he's like a fair weather friend on this one. He's gonna wait and see which way the wind is blowing. This is from President Trump. August Truth Socials. This is gonna read it in its entirety. The Republican primary race for the United States Senate in the great state of Texas, estate I love and won three times in record numbers, by the way, the highest vote ever recorded by far. Cannot, for the good of the party and our country itself, be allowed to go on any longer. It must stop. Now we have an e to be radical left opponent, and we have to totally focus on putting him away quickly and decisively. Both John and Ken ran great races, but not good enough. Now this one must be perfect.
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Speaker 1: Yep.
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Speaker 2: My endorsements within the Republican Party have been virtually insurmountable. It is such an honor to realize and say that almost everyone I endorse wins, and wins by a lot, especially in Texas.
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Speaker 1: Everything bigger in Texas.
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Speaker 2: I will be making my endorsements soon, and we'll be asking the candidate that I don't endorse to immediately drop out of the race. Is that fair? We must win in November. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Speaker 1: I like this one.
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Speaker 2: That's remark.
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Speaker 1: I do like that one. He's gonna obviously, no one's going to drop out of this race. Can you imagine, I mean, what would he have to offer somebody to drop.
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Speaker 2: Out both cabinet position.
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Speaker 1: These guys think they can win.
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Speaker 2: It an ambassadorship to the Bahamas.
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Speaker 1: Endorse one and tell the other you have to get out. I guess for the good of the party that was that's a going If.
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Speaker 2: The radical left oponent tell Rico was so easy to beat, why is this so necessary?
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Speaker 1: Well, he's got Colbert and on his side. Now I got to continue on the run, thow and we're gonna stay in Texas here robes. This is a hell of a story. And here we are. And why now? After months of denials and scandalous headlines, Texas Congressman Tony Gonzalez has admitted to an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.
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Speaker 2: The Republican finally went on a conservative radio show yesterday and said this, I made a mistake and a lapse in judgment, and there was a lack of faith, and I take full responsibility for those actions. I don't understand a lack of faith, A lack of faith in God? Is that what he's saying?
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Speaker 1: All right, this was a religious I believe it was a religious show.
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Speaker 2: That makes sense, Okay, So he made a departure from his faith. All right, Regina Santo Aveles died last year. She died by suicide, but she set herself on fire. It was just a horrific, horrific death and made headlines. And yes, it was this. This admission was a long time coming.
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Speaker 1: And it was after the election. It was after the primary. Now I was a little surprised. I thought they would the voters might punish him more. But he is in a runoff now, so now he's soon as the election's over, he makes the admission. So now he has time. When is I'm sorry, I'll know off the top of my head win that run.
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Speaker 2: I don't know when the runoff is. But that is just also to the point where he's trying to see again where the voters stood on it. It's what they thought. And once he realized, now he's in a fight to keep his seat. Now he's gonna come clean and be honest. That's tough.
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Speaker 1: It's going to be dead way, but the voters can decide now, but folks will remember the story. Text messages started coming to light alluding to the relationship he had with this staffer. Though the married congressman and father of six I do believe has up and till now dismissed those questions as nothing but rumors. Roads also, was it just yesterday that it came up a censure vote. Yes, has now been introduced and he's also facing it ethics investigation. This is a no, no, you're not supposed to. I don't know how they can punish him, don't know if they can kick him out, but you cannot have a relationship with the staff.
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Speaker 2: Yes. And Regina Santo Avelas's husband has been very outspoken about this and said he has even more text messages that he hasn't put out there. He has a young son that they shared. He doesn't want to obviously create more headlines, but he has. He says a lot of evidence, all right. Next up on the run, the same House committee that hauled the Clintons in for testimony last week is now forcing Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify on the Epstein investigation. The Oversight Committee voted yesterday to compel Bondi to come before the committee.
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Speaker 1: Had no date, no time, no location has been announced just yet, but this certainly will be a big deal. Also, we should mention robes Bill Gates's name came up again in recent weeks in the Epstein five. He has now voluntarily agreed to come before the committee. No date on that as well, but keep an eye out.
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Speaker 2: All right. Next up on the run, an emotional day of testimony in the grief author murder trial. This is happening in Park City, Utah. Cory Richins is on trial for the twenty twenty two ventanyl poisoning death of her husband Eric. It was actually the anniversary was four years ago yesterday of Eric's death.
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Speaker 1: It just so happened there was. The biggest witness probably of the trial was on the stand yesterday. But as a reminder here, after her husband's death, Cory Richards published a book to help kids deal with the grief of losing a parent. Yeah, prosecutor say her motive for the killing was money and a man. They claimed she wanted a fresh start with the guys she was having an affair with. And yes, that man, Robert Josh Grossman, spent most of the day on the stand. Like we said, the day being the anniversary of the death of Eric Richards.
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Speaker 2: This was a this was actually gripping to watch. We watched the whole thing. We're actually going to do a podcast on this later because yesterday's testimony and what we've been watching has been really remarkable. So, the prosecution was showing all the text messages between Robert Grossman and Corey Richins, and as they were going through these text messages, Grossman several times we saw him he was very emotional, put his head down, was like not looking at the text, was wiping tears from his eyes, and at one point the judge even called a recess so he could compose himself. This was This was very dramatic testimony, and that testimony will continue this morning as this trial is now in its second full week of testimony.
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Speaker 1: And continuing on the run here now a huge potential lead in the Nancy Guthrie case has now turned out to be nothing.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, police have been able to trace that DNA in those gloves found near the Guthrie home. Member those gloves that they found that they said they believed match the gloves worn by that suspect in that surveillance video. Will it turns out those gloves belonged to a local restaurant worker, who, in the sheriff's words, has nothing to do with the case.
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Speaker 1: I want to continue on the run here now and make a mention of football coaching legend Lou Holtz. He's passed away at the age of eighty nine.
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Speaker 2: He is one of the winningest coaches and most memorable personalities in football history. The Hall of Famer. Coached a decade at Notre Dame, winning the nineteen eighty eight national title. He had been sick for a while.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, just this year they say it entered hospice. His family did make an announcement about that. But I think a lot of people he worked at ESPN for a while as a commentary. He had a particular personality. He was a little guy with this big, almost cute personality, and I think that's what a lot of people remember about him, and I have to mention he's one of our guys. He coached at the University of Arkansas the Razorbacks enrobed his first year coaching there was the year I was born, Oh, in nineteen seventy seven.
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Speaker 2: That's really cool. Well, his legacy will live on. Look, I'm not somebody who knows a lot about coaches names, but I feel like everyone it doesn't matter how much you follow football, you know the name Lou Holtz.
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Speaker 1: Lost the great and Notre Dame did a sweet thing honoring him yesterday at the stadium there in Indiana. So continuing on the morning run here in just a moment, when we come back, we've got big news from a big name at CBS. You know what, I'm not going to leave you hanging. Gail is staying. Will explain also coming up United Airlines. We're paying attention to what you're doing. Stay here.
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Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone to this Friday Eve morning run and some big TV news Morning TV news. This was a huge question mark and a lot of folks believed that Gail King was going to transition to a lesser role perhaps or just a different role at CBS. But you know what, Gail King isn't going anywhere.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll give her credit for this. She says she believes in the mission over there. And there was a lot of speculation that you'd leave after Barrett Weiss came in and all that. She's sticking around, you know it. Her sticking around doesn't just make me want to I'm gonna go watch the morning show because she's there, But it says something to me about CBS. It sends a message even to me because we know and perspect and love her. Well, if she's sticking around and she's saying she believes in the mission, maybe there's something going on over there that's not as bad as some of these headlines make it out.
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Speaker 2: To me. Yes, because we've seen so many people in enviable positions that you work your whole life to secure leave voluntarily because of what's happening over at CBS. To see Gail King staying is a very strong message. And I'm sure CBS bosses knew that if Gail King left, what would that say to the viewing audience?
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Speaker 1: Who else could leave that would make as much of an impact to the viewing audience about oh, even she's jumping ship. Who else it couldn't leave at CBS that you would think that, I don't know, maybe somebody at sixty.
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Speaker 2: Minutes that I mean, that's already happened. I mean Anderson Cooper left. I mean there's a lot of folks you distanced themselves from the network specifically. But yeah, that's a huge, huge boost for CBS.
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Speaker 1: So, yes, that's the word we got that. Yes, the Queen of Morning Television has signed a new deal going to keep her there for the foreseeable future and not just doing side projects. Yes, she's going to stay in that seat on the morning show.
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Speaker 2: All right, for the final leg of the run, let's head up to the friendly skies that have just gotten a lot friendlier for a lot of us because United Airlines is making a play for becoming our new favorite airline. They are addressing an issue that frankly shouldn't even have to be addressed. But you know what, from experience on lots of like mass transit on airplanes, sometimes just in a waiting room, they have now updated their policy.
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Speaker 1: Is this ever okay? The policy now that we're shocked you have to write one about says that all passengers are required to use headphones when listening to their devices. We've all been in that situation, yes, on an airplane. I think I see it a lot of time with parents letting their kids use iPads and.
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Speaker 2: What exactly what I was going to say, or like playing a video game and I have to hear and it's just like, seriously.
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Speaker 1: Right now, I am shocked that people do this. Tell me, is it ever okay? Is it ever okay in public to do that?
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Speaker 2: No, it's not, because what it is is you're saying what I want to do is more important than everyone else. And by the way, you're in a shared airspace, and so yeah, that needs to be a rule that's enforced.
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Speaker 1: So United has put it in place and as a part of their contract of carriage. We should all read those. Actually, by the way, you sign a contract and agree to do whatever they are when you buy a plane ticket, we should all read these. But they updated there is to say yes, not only do you have to listen to them, and not only can they put you off your plane robes as possible, you might not be able to get on another United plane. Again. I love it. They say they can ban you from the airline. That's amazing non compliance United.
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Speaker 2: We applaud you here here United Airlines. And now for our Thursday Quote of the Day. Babe, this one yesterday I said, I felt like this one was for you. I feel like this one is for me. Oh, but I don't even know that you need to heed this or to pay too much attention to this, because I think you're pretty good with this. For me, not so much. All right, I think a lot of you will listen. Listening will also this will resonate with you you take things personally when you believe you must control how others see you. Approval is not oxygen. That really resonated with me. You take things personally when you believe you must control how others see you. Approval is not oxygen.
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Speaker 1: Approval, Yeah, it's not really my thing.
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Speaker 2: You don't seek it the way I think. I mean, I certainly have for most of my life. I think a lot of people listening will understand that it might be. I hate to make it stereotypical, but I do think more women than men perhaps feel this way. So this one really spoke to me. I actually saved it, took a picture of it. I just felt like, this is something I need to remember. Instagram my favorite place to get quotes from. I get and then you know, you get in the algorithm and then you start getting all of these quotes that are of like mind. But I just look, I think so much of the disruption in our lives, or anytime your piece is upended, it's because of this. We take things so personally when it actually isn't personal at all, and then you're so upset about how someone else sees you or what they think of you, that you suddenly your mood changes and shifts because you want their approval. Why and it probably was never about you to begin with. So it's just so I loved this quote one more time. You take things personally. When you believe you must control how others see you, approval is not oxygenzed. And with that, everyone, thank you so much for running with us. I made me a robots and I'm TJ.
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Speaker 1: Holmes. You all have a good one talks here
Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ and iHeartRadio podcast.
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Speaker 2: Good morning everyone, Welcome to Morning Run. It is Thursday or Friday Eve, March fifth, and I'm so excited about this weekend everybody. I'm Amy Robot and.
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Speaker 1: I'm TJ Holmes. What are you so excited about? What plans do we have? Well?
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Speaker 2: Whatever we want, because number one, it's going to be warm at least on Sunday, and we're gonna wake up. We're going to spring forward. So yes, we lose an hour of sleep, but we get daylight longer. And I am so excited. It actually wasn't Pitch Black at six pm last night. That is a win.
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Speaker 1: You know what. I'll take the wind. Think you started in an upbeat mood. That is great. Good morning to you all. I am TJ. Holmes. I am now looking forward to the weekend. I am looking forward to this Morning Run even more because of that role. Yes, we got several things to get to today. Some some of the news, even robes might have us rethinking our favorite airline. Explain a move that one airline is making that is getting a lot of attention, and certainly ours will also be making stops this morning in Washington DC, Tucson, South Bend, Indiana, making two stops in Texas as well as two stops in Utah, and one of those stops we need to start with right now, an urgent manhunt. This is a breaking situation going on as of this recording robe. This manhunt underway this morning. Schools closed, government offices closed, and people have been told quite literally, lock your doors.
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Speaker 2: Yes, this is a developing situation. Police say three women were found dead in Wayne County. This is in southern Utah. It's about three hours south of Salt Lake City. To give you some perspective, but two of those women were found dead on a hiking trail and another was found dead at home.
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Speaker 1: I at least say one of the women in her thirties, another in her sixties, other in her eighties. They have not said if or how the deaths are connected. Again, Rodes, we're keeping an eye on this situation. I think that's correct. They haven't come out and said for sure, but the assumption is, yes, that all of these are connected. Also, no details at this point about a suspect other than they were telling people to keep a lookout for a white Subaru. They do have the tags out there. But robes are also telling people to keep their lights on and also keep up and store your car keys.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. This is disturbing and scary and frankly kind of mysterious. And just so you know, if you're interested in this like we were when we woke up and saw the news, we did an entire podcast on this just before morning run, so please check that out if you haven't already. But we will stay on top of this breaking news story. But in the meantime, we need to head to Iran. The war there now in its sixth day, and there were fears the conflict could widen. After Turkey says NATO had to shoot and Iranian missile headed towards their airspace.
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Speaker 1: He Ranian said, hey, what wasn't us? Wasn't our missile? Meantime, Israel has been carrying out attacks in both Lebanon and Iran. The Lebanese Health Ministry said at least seventy seven people have been killed in more than five hundred injured, while.
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Speaker 2: A constant thick smoke can be seen above Tehran as the US and Israel continue their air strikes there. So far, the military has said that the US has hit more than two thousand Iranian targets in these past few days, and that has severely limited Iran's ability to fight back.
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Speaker 1: Still, Iran's in a new wave of missiles targeting Tel Aviv. Overnight explosions have been seen in the air as Iranian strikes are intercepted by Israel's air defense system.
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Speaker 2: Next up on the run, the Pentagon has identified two more American service members who have been killed in the war with Iran.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I remember, initially they told us four were killed in six They told what a total? And they released the names of the first four that were identified, and these are the last to Major Jeffrey R. O'Brien of Iowa, forty five years old, and then Chief Warrant Officer III, Robert M. Marzin. He was fifty four years old from Sacramento, California.
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Speaker 2: All right, our next, next up on the run. An attempt to rein in President Trump's war powers failed in the Senate yesterday.
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Speaker 1: It failed only needing a simple majority to move forward, and it couldn't get that. The vote ended up being forty seven to fifty three from Iran. Paul of Kentucky was the only Republican to support the measure.
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Speaker 2: He was a co sponsor of the bills. So yes, he was the only one to break I guess with the.
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Speaker 1: Republican Fetterman broke on the Democratic side.
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Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, so yeah, yeah, good point.
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Speaker 1: All right.
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Speaker 2: Next up on the run, President Trump is about to step into the Texas Senate race in a big way. Wait for it. This is really We're gonna let his words speak for themselves. But if you need a refresher of why Texas is so important, well, this primary, by the way, was the most expensive in US history. James tall Rico. Yes, does that sound familiar? Emerging on the Democratic side over Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett.
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Speaker 1: But then on the Republican side, four time Senator John Cornyn is going to have to face State Attorney General Ken Paxton in a runoff. Now, Trump kind of stay quiet, didn't endorse anybody during the primary season. Well, now he is ready to endorse, but he also has a message for the person Robes he does not endorse.
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Speaker 2: Yes, he's like a fair weather friend on this one. He's gonna wait and see which way the wind is blowing. This is from President Trump. August Truth Socials. This is gonna read it in its entirety. The Republican primary race for the United States Senate in the great state of Texas, estate I love and won three times in record numbers, by the way, the highest vote ever recorded by far. Cannot, for the good of the party and our country itself, be allowed to go on any longer. It must stop. Now we have an e to be radical left opponent, and we have to totally focus on putting him away quickly and decisively. Both John and Ken ran great races, but not good enough. Now this one must be perfect.
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Speaker 1: Yep.
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Speaker 2: My endorsements within the Republican Party have been virtually insurmountable. It is such an honor to realize and say that almost everyone I endorse wins, and wins by a lot, especially in Texas.
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Speaker 1: Everything bigger in Texas.
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Speaker 2: I will be making my endorsements soon, and we'll be asking the candidate that I don't endorse to immediately drop out of the race. Is that fair? We must win in November. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Speaker 1: I like this one.
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Speaker 2: That's remark.
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Speaker 1: I do like that one. He's gonna obviously, no one's going to drop out of this race. Can you imagine, I mean, what would he have to offer somebody to drop.
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Speaker 2: Out both cabinet position.
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Speaker 1: These guys think they can win.
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Speaker 2: It an ambassadorship to the Bahamas.
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Speaker 1: Endorse one and tell the other you have to get out. I guess for the good of the party that was that's a going If.
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Speaker 2: The radical left oponent tell Rico was so easy to beat, why is this so necessary?
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Speaker 1: Well, he's got Colbert and on his side. Now I got to continue on the run, thow and we're gonna stay in Texas here robes. This is a hell of a story. And here we are. And why now? After months of denials and scandalous headlines, Texas Congressman Tony Gonzalez has admitted to an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.
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Speaker 2: The Republican finally went on a conservative radio show yesterday and said this, I made a mistake and a lapse in judgment, and there was a lack of faith, and I take full responsibility for those actions. I don't understand a lack of faith, A lack of faith in God? Is that what he's saying?
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Speaker 1: All right, this was a religious I believe it was a religious show.
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Speaker 2: That makes sense, Okay, So he made a departure from his faith. All right, Regina Santo Aveles died last year. She died by suicide, but she set herself on fire. It was just a horrific, horrific death and made headlines. And yes, it was this. This admission was a long time coming.
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Speaker 1: And it was after the election. It was after the primary. Now I was a little surprised. I thought they would the voters might punish him more. But he is in a runoff now, so now he's soon as the election's over, he makes the admission. So now he has time. When is I'm sorry, I'll know off the top of my head win that run.
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Speaker 2: I don't know when the runoff is. But that is just also to the point where he's trying to see again where the voters stood on it. It's what they thought. And once he realized, now he's in a fight to keep his seat. Now he's gonna come clean and be honest. That's tough.
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Speaker 1: It's going to be dead way, but the voters can decide now, but folks will remember the story. Text messages started coming to light alluding to the relationship he had with this staffer. Though the married congressman and father of six I do believe has up and till now dismissed those questions as nothing but rumors. Roads also, was it just yesterday that it came up a censure vote. Yes, has now been introduced and he's also facing it ethics investigation. This is a no, no, you're not supposed to. I don't know how they can punish him, don't know if they can kick him out, but you cannot have a relationship with the staff.
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Speaker 2: Yes. And Regina Santo Avelas's husband has been very outspoken about this and said he has even more text messages that he hasn't put out there. He has a young son that they shared. He doesn't want to obviously create more headlines, but he has. He says a lot of evidence, all right. Next up on the run, the same House committee that hauled the Clintons in for testimony last week is now forcing Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify on the Epstein investigation. The Oversight Committee voted yesterday to compel Bondi to come before the committee.
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Speaker 1: Had no date, no time, no location has been announced just yet, but this certainly will be a big deal. Also, we should mention robes Bill Gates's name came up again in recent weeks in the Epstein five. He has now voluntarily agreed to come before the committee. No date on that as well, but keep an eye out.
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Speaker 2: All right. Next up on the run, an emotional day of testimony in the grief author murder trial. This is happening in Park City, Utah. Cory Richins is on trial for the twenty twenty two ventanyl poisoning death of her husband Eric. It was actually the anniversary was four years ago yesterday of Eric's death.
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Speaker 1: It just so happened there was. The biggest witness probably of the trial was on the stand yesterday. But as a reminder here, after her husband's death, Cory Richards published a book to help kids deal with the grief of losing a parent. Yeah, prosecutor say her motive for the killing was money and a man. They claimed she wanted a fresh start with the guys she was having an affair with. And yes, that man, Robert Josh Grossman, spent most of the day on the stand. Like we said, the day being the anniversary of the death of Eric Richards.
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Speaker 2: This was a this was actually gripping to watch. We watched the whole thing. We're actually going to do a podcast on this later because yesterday's testimony and what we've been watching has been really remarkable. So, the prosecution was showing all the text messages between Robert Grossman and Corey Richins, and as they were going through these text messages, Grossman several times we saw him he was very emotional, put his head down, was like not looking at the text, was wiping tears from his eyes, and at one point the judge even called a recess so he could compose himself. This was This was very dramatic testimony, and that testimony will continue this morning as this trial is now in its second full week of testimony.
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Speaker 1: And continuing on the run here now a huge potential lead in the Nancy Guthrie case has now turned out to be nothing.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, police have been able to trace that DNA in those gloves found near the Guthrie home. Member those gloves that they found that they said they believed match the gloves worn by that suspect in that surveillance video. Will it turns out those gloves belonged to a local restaurant worker, who, in the sheriff's words, has nothing to do with the case.
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Speaker 1: I want to continue on the run here now and make a mention of football coaching legend Lou Holtz. He's passed away at the age of eighty nine.
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Speaker 2: He is one of the winningest coaches and most memorable personalities in football history. The Hall of Famer. Coached a decade at Notre Dame, winning the nineteen eighty eight national title. He had been sick for a while.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, just this year they say it entered hospice. His family did make an announcement about that. But I think a lot of people he worked at ESPN for a while as a commentary. He had a particular personality. He was a little guy with this big, almost cute personality, and I think that's what a lot of people remember about him, and I have to mention he's one of our guys. He coached at the University of Arkansas the Razorbacks enrobed his first year coaching there was the year I was born, Oh, in nineteen seventy seven.
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Speaker 2: That's really cool. Well, his legacy will live on. Look, I'm not somebody who knows a lot about coaches names, but I feel like everyone it doesn't matter how much you follow football, you know the name Lou Holtz.
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Speaker 1: Lost the great and Notre Dame did a sweet thing honoring him yesterday at the stadium there in Indiana. So continuing on the morning run here in just a moment, when we come back, we've got big news from a big name at CBS. You know what, I'm not going to leave you hanging. Gail is staying. Will explain also coming up United Airlines. We're paying attention to what you're doing. Stay here.
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Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone to this Friday Eve morning run and some big TV news Morning TV news. This was a huge question mark and a lot of folks believed that Gail King was going to transition to a lesser role perhaps or just a different role at CBS. But you know what, Gail King isn't going anywhere.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll give her credit for this. She says she believes in the mission over there. And there was a lot of speculation that you'd leave after Barrett Weiss came in and all that. She's sticking around, you know it. Her sticking around doesn't just make me want to I'm gonna go watch the morning show because she's there, But it says something to me about CBS. It sends a message even to me because we know and perspect and love her. Well, if she's sticking around and she's saying she believes in the mission, maybe there's something going on over there that's not as bad as some of these headlines make it out.
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Speaker 2: To me. Yes, because we've seen so many people in enviable positions that you work your whole life to secure leave voluntarily because of what's happening over at CBS. To see Gail King staying is a very strong message. And I'm sure CBS bosses knew that if Gail King left, what would that say to the viewing audience?
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Speaker 1: Who else could leave that would make as much of an impact to the viewing audience about oh, even she's jumping ship. Who else it couldn't leave at CBS that you would think that, I don't know, maybe somebody at sixty.
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Speaker 2: Minutes that I mean, that's already happened. I mean Anderson Cooper left. I mean there's a lot of folks you distanced themselves from the network specifically. But yeah, that's a huge, huge boost for CBS.
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Speaker 1: So, yes, that's the word we got that. Yes, the Queen of Morning Television has signed a new deal going to keep her there for the foreseeable future and not just doing side projects. Yes, she's going to stay in that seat on the morning show.
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Speaker 2: All right, for the final leg of the run, let's head up to the friendly skies that have just gotten a lot friendlier for a lot of us because United Airlines is making a play for becoming our new favorite airline. They are addressing an issue that frankly shouldn't even have to be addressed. But you know what, from experience on lots of like mass transit on airplanes, sometimes just in a waiting room, they have now updated their policy.
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Speaker 1: Is this ever okay? The policy now that we're shocked you have to write one about says that all passengers are required to use headphones when listening to their devices. We've all been in that situation, yes, on an airplane. I think I see it a lot of time with parents letting their kids use iPads and.
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Speaker 2: What exactly what I was going to say, or like playing a video game and I have to hear and it's just like, seriously.
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Speaker 1: Right now, I am shocked that people do this. Tell me, is it ever okay? Is it ever okay in public to do that?
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Speaker 2: No, it's not, because what it is is you're saying what I want to do is more important than everyone else. And by the way, you're in a shared airspace, and so yeah, that needs to be a rule that's enforced.
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Speaker 1: So United has put it in place and as a part of their contract of carriage. We should all read those. Actually, by the way, you sign a contract and agree to do whatever they are when you buy a plane ticket, we should all read these. But they updated there is to say yes, not only do you have to listen to them, and not only can they put you off your plane robes as possible, you might not be able to get on another United plane. Again. I love it. They say they can ban you from the airline. That's amazing non compliance United.
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Speaker 2: We applaud you here here United Airlines. And now for our Thursday Quote of the Day. Babe, this one yesterday I said, I felt like this one was for you. I feel like this one is for me. Oh, but I don't even know that you need to heed this or to pay too much attention to this, because I think you're pretty good with this. For me, not so much. All right, I think a lot of you will listen. Listening will also this will resonate with you you take things personally when you believe you must control how others see you. Approval is not oxygen. That really resonated with me. You take things personally when you believe you must control how others see you. Approval is not oxygen.
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Speaker 1: Approval, Yeah, it's not really my thing.
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Speaker 2: You don't seek it the way I think. I mean, I certainly have for most of my life. I think a lot of people listening will understand that it might be. I hate to make it stereotypical, but I do think more women than men perhaps feel this way. So this one really spoke to me. I actually saved it, took a picture of it. I just felt like, this is something I need to remember. Instagram my favorite place to get quotes from. I get and then you know, you get in the algorithm and then you start getting all of these quotes that are of like mind. But I just look, I think so much of the disruption in our lives, or anytime your piece is upended, it's because of this. We take things so personally when it actually isn't personal at all, and then you're so upset about how someone else sees you or what they think of you, that you suddenly your mood changes and shifts because you want their approval. Why and it probably was never about you to begin with. So it's just so I loved this quote one more time. You take things personally. When you believe you must control how others see you, approval is not oxygenzed. And with that, everyone, thank you so much for running with us. I made me a robots and I'm TJ.
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Speaker 1: Holmes. You all have a good one talks here