(Thursday) Morning Run: TN Woman Survives Execution, Cockpit Attack, Elderly In-Laws Charged, Harry & Meghan v The Press (Again), Diddy in Trouble, & MORE!

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Speaker 1: Morning Run with Amy and TJ.

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Speaker 2: An iHeartRadio podcast. Hey there, everybody, and welcome to Morning Run. It is Thursday, October 1st. I'm Amy Robach.

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Speaker 1: And I'm TJ Holmes. This feels like a hump day. I don't know why. Did we go hard last night? We just didn't.

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Speaker 2: Sleep much last night is what happened. Yeah, I think we're looking at, ooh, under four hours maybe.

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Speaker 1: Oh, okay. It's a little tough. This is just another Thursday. It should be, but we've been going at it a little harder during the days, I suppose. Yes. Is that normal? But yes, Thursday, we're almost there to Friday, wherever you might be in the world. Hope you are having a safe and a good week as we start a new month here. October 1st, we're going to take a run. Today is going to take us to the UK, to Saudi Arabia, to Fort Dix Prison, to Hollywood, the Bay Area, as well as to Nashville, Tennessee. But we need to start there. Roves in Nashville, where we saw... A pretty unbelievable but also unprecedented day of events having to do with the execution of Krista Pike.

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Speaker 2: Yes, this has turned into a colossal mess. So the planned execution of Krista Pike yesterday was called off by one court within an hour of her execution, then put back on by another court, and then when the state finally tried to execute her late last night, it didn't work.

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Speaker 1: You cannot make this up. Because as we are recording this morning, Krista Pike is still alive. Krista Pike, who had an execution last night that went forward, is still alive. So let's get you caught up on what was an extraordinary day. Pike was supposed to die at 10 a.m. local time for the 1985 torture and murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slimmer. But just an hour before that execution, we got an appeals court that stepped in and granted a stay, saying Pike's history of sexual abuse should be considered in her sentencing. Now, Robes, we got that word and thought, wow, that's extraordinary. The Supreme Court had already not stepped in on a previous request, so we thought this was it. Wow, her life is going to be spared. That's right.

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Speaker 2: But then the state of Tennessee appealed to the Supreme Court, which overturned this day and allowed for the execution to move forward. Then the state had until midnight to carry out the execution. You should have seen us last night while we're at dinner trying to see what was going on with Krista Pike. But when they tried to give her the lethal injection, for whatever reason, it didn't work. Witnesses reported that she was given two doses of the lethal drug, but nearly an hour later, she could still be heard snoring.

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Speaker 1: So they finally had to escort media and visitors out of the room. This was some hour plus after this had all started with her snoring. So as of this morning, the governor has said that all executions in Tennessee are off, at least for the rest of this year. We haven't gotten official word on exactly how Krista Pike is doing and what her condition is. But Robes, this is on Tennessee. This is the second time this year they have had some bull happen during an execution, babe. And they've had to stop an execution twice.

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Speaker 2: Hmm.

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Speaker 1: That might be something in Tennessee. They've got some problems.

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Speaker 2: Remember, they couldn't find the main line, the backup line they had to have by law in order to administer a lethal injection. So, yes, this is all I could think about is when Krista Pike wakes up, she's going to be shocked to hell.

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Speaker 1: Like, actually, what? How am I still here?

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Speaker 2: The last she remembers, she was in an execution chamber and she had an IV in her arm.

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Speaker 1: Went to sleep. As far as she knows. That is cruel and unusual. We talked about the victim plenty yesterday and the victim's family plenty, but we have to do better than this. Tennessee, what? What the actual hell? Tennessee, what the hell? We'll be talking about this and get deeper into this. You can look for that episode on our feed coming up. I think that might be the next thing on the feed. Yes, absolutely.

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Speaker 2: But the next thing up on this morning run is another absolutely jaw dropping story. A horrific attack on a fly Dubai flight from Dubai to Israel. Now, we first told you.

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Speaker 1: About this yesterday.

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Speaker 2: It appeared to be a fight between two pilots. It was so much more than that. The flight ended up making that emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after one of the pilots attacked the captain. Israeli officials say the co-pilot was actually attempting to take control of the aircraft in order to crash it.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video and a statement explaining, quote, as they were approaching Israel, one of the pilots stabbed the other pilot and apparently attempted to crash the plane with everyone on board. There's a government there say the attack was thwarted because of the heroism of several passengers who broke into the cockpit and overpowered the terrorists and with their own hands returned control of the aircraft to an additional flight crew that was present on board. Robes, what they described so far, we're only 24 whatever hours removed from this incident. I cannot wait to hear about this scene on the plane.

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Speaker 2: Obviously, we're going to do another episode on this because I have chills from head to toe because, yes, Israel is investigating this incident as a possible September 11th style terror attack. and says it is looking into whether the attacker was acting alone on that plane. I mean, there has been so much talk from the passengers who were on board. They all thought they were going to die. The aircraft plummeted more than 17,000 feet in two minutes. This is a remarkable scene that they are describing. No passengers were injured in this incident, which is incredible. insane but the pilot who was attacked by the other pilot he did sustain stab wounds and we know that two other crew members were hospitalized with injuries as well on board that plane but this is just incredible it landed safely.

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Speaker 1: Uh it's incredible and the intelligence officials are trying to get to the bottom of this road we are still in the middle of war right now this is a new tactic how did someone how did how did we miss this guy how did someone get control of a plane get Hired as a pilot. With a pocket knife. But who wants to do this? Who has this desire that we're giving the keys to a plane and with civilians? It's frightening. Bros, this is, I cannot imagine what the intelligence community is doing right now with this.

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Speaker 2: Next up on the run, a medevac helicopter with five people on board has crashed off the coast of Catalina Island. It happened late last night, Wednesday night. And as of this recording, four people have been recovered from the water. Two were pronounced dead on the scene and the other two were rushed to the hospital.

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Speaker 1: There is a search that continues for a fifth person so far. Still remaining missing, KABC reporting the two people were killed. Who were killed were the pilot and the flight nurse. That's, again, from the local reporting there. The NTSB is going to lead the investigation to exactly what happened here.

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Speaker 2: Next up on the run, two 77-year-olds have been officially charged with murder in California. And yes, their alleged victim, their son-in-law, Xiong Zhang and Xie Lichen, made their first court appearance yesterday.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're accused of shooting and killing in broad daylight 40-year-old Jonathan McKinsley, their son-in-law. McKenzie was head of engineering at the New York Times gang department. This happened over the weekend at a sports complex in the Bay Area in the town of Dublin, California. Police accused the couple of lying in wait rows before then they took turns shooting McKinsley. Now, we do know McKinsley was in pretty nasty divorce and court battles and back and forth and restraining orders and accusations of domestic violence against his wife. There was a lot that was going on in that family, but they are officially charged in this murder. And again, Roe, this is not a... They had masks on and planning and.

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Speaker 2: Two 76-year-olds. Yes, we might need to do a follow-up on this one as well because there are a lot of details coming out of that case. But next up on the run, a Florida woman accused of driving across the country... to fire a gun at Rihanna at A $ AP Rocky's Hollywood home has been indicted by a grand jury on attempted murder charges. We're talking about 36-year-old Ivana Lisette Ortiz. And yeah, she's accused of firing a rifle and hitting the trailer that Rihanna and A $ AP Rocky were inside at the time, as well as firing on the nursery yard. where their kids were, and this was such a scary situation.

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Speaker 1: And she is pled not guilty to the 14 felony charges against her. She's being held on a $ 2. 6 million bail. Continuing here on The Run, a concerning story, continued concern in Pennsylvania, where there's been another measles death, the fifth there for the state. Only information we have on the person is that they were unvaccinated robes, and we've been hearing that about all of these cases, which continue to go up. That's right.

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Speaker 2: The other four deaths in the state were two infants. They were both unvaccinated, an 18-year-old resident and a 40-year-old woman.

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Speaker 1: Again, all of them not vaccinated.

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Speaker 2: And the last two deaths both happened just a couple weeks ago in mid-September. So this is alarming. Five measles deaths in a pretty short period of time. So far, there are 943 confirmed cases of measles across the state. This is the largest outbreak in the United States and so far about 176 people. have been hospitalized.

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Speaker 1: We'll stay with us on this Thursday morning run when we come back. Harry and Megan are speaking once again and they are talking about the kids. We will explain also talk to you yesterday about the reports of the luxury life that Diddy is living behind bars. It might be a life of luxury, but it just became a very lonely life. Stay here.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back, everyone, to Amy and TJ. Next up on the run, this didn't take long. TMZ is reporting that NBC's reporting has gotten Diddy into some hot water. The outlet says Sean Diddy Combs is headed back to solitary confinement after after NBC's report about his pampered prison routine.

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Speaker 1: That sucks. That's too bad. It's like we got him in trouble.

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Speaker 2: You actually feel bad right now.

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Speaker 1: Like, oh, maybe we shouldn't have said anything. We got him in trouble. He was doing his thing. Whatever. Okay. NBC cited multiple sources revealing that Diddy spends thousands of dollars a month for premium liquor, for phones, for massages, for cooked meals, for inmates performing chores for him. All of that stuff, yes. is not supposed to be allowed, but his celebrity has gotten him some perks, Robes. His money has gotten him some perks. TMZ is now saying that this is typical procedure for an inmate as prison officials conduct an investigation. So they're essentially putting him over here. You sit for a second. You're in timeout until we figure out if you should actually be suspended.

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Speaker 2: That's exactly the way to put it. Yes, that's exactly how they describe it. And by the way, that's not his first trip to solitary. It's called special housing unit, I believe is how they describe it. He was back there in July after a reported prison fight. So he's just going back to a place he's visited before. And again, his scheduled release date remains the same. TMZ did check. It's still listed as January 21st.

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Speaker 1: It feels like we snitched on him.

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Speaker 2: Well, we didn't snitch on him. His fellow inmates did. He should be mad at them. He's got some loose lips over there in Fort Dix.

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Speaker 1: But it wasn't. Come on, man. It feels bad. We got him in trouble. You don't snitch on people and get them in trouble. They just get stitches. I'm sure he's looking for who told.

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Speaker 2: All right, for the final leg of our run, Prince Harry and Meghan, they're not so happy.

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Speaker 1: They're speaking out.

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Speaker 2: Through their spokesperson, after photographers were seen at their kids' new school. Two men with backpacks were reportedly spotted walking around Archie and Lilibet's UK school. Some reports said that they were even looking in windows, which prompted the Sussexes to release a statement, yes, via their spokesperson.

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Speaker 1: You know, that is pretty scary stuff.

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Speaker 2: It is.

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Speaker 1: I mean, what if it's not a photographer? What if it's somebody who actually meant the children harm? This is worth noting here. Harry and Meghan called the photographer's presence at the school An unacceptable intrusion. They went on to say that the decision by photographers to conduct themselves in this way around a school is extraordinarily reckless. There is a world of difference between legitimate media activity and photographers walking the perimeter of a school, stopping to look into the ground and monitoring children as they go about their day. Whatever photographs they may have been seeking... This was not only an unacceptable intrusion into the privacy of children, it was an irresponsible and ill-considered way to conduct themselves in the vicinity of a school.

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Speaker 2: Okay.

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Speaker 1: And now what happens, Robes? I mean, if anybody gets a picture, you're not allowed. I mean, aren't you immediately sued and out of business? You can't just start putting out pictures of kids, can you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not sure what or who would print those pictures. I'm sure they'd find someone to do it. But by the way, I do feel sorry for a little bit of Archie, but also... This fascination around what their faces look like is also creating part of this frenzy. This is the second school those young kids, what are they, seven and five, have been enrolled in since moving to the UK at the end of August. So, yeah, this is disruptive and I'm sure pretty frightening for them. It's probably the talk of the school. It's the last thing they want for their kids to be surrounded by this.

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Speaker 1: Well, they can't switch schools again. Again, it's October 1. Every parent knows school just started and this is their second one. Hate that for the kids, but my goodness, babe, this is, how is this going to be received now? I mean, we always say, Megan can do no right. It's true.

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Speaker 2: It's true.

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Speaker 1: I know.

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Speaker 2: There will be more to come on that one indeed. But on this Friday Eve, we have your quote of the day. The more you let go, the lighter you become. Choose from trust, not control.

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Speaker 1: Trust and not control. Yes, I love that. But nobody can trust that you got no control. I know, it's scary, right?

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Speaker 2: But the truth is none of us have control, actually. We just try to pretend or try to make ourselves think we do. But I love the concept. The more you let go, the lighter you become. Choose from trust, not control. Trust that it's all going to work out. And with that, everyone, we always appreciate you running with us.

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Speaker 1: I'm Amy Robach. And I'm TJ Holmes. We'll run soon.