Oct. 15, 2026
(Thursday) Morning Run: Zacharia Still Explaining, Pope Leo’s Condition, Gas Price Record, 2nd Thoughts on Public Execution, People’s Court Arrest, Clancy Juror’s 1st Sit-Down, Diddy’s Prison Fight, Harry and Meghan Step Out, Oscar Winner P
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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 15th. I'm Amy Robach.
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Speaker 1: And I'm TJ Holmes, and we got everybody from the Pope to Diddy to Harry, Meghan, Hillary Swank, and the People's Court all making an appearance in the Morning Run today. We're kind of all over the place. How much Trump stuff we got in there today?
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Speaker 2: Um, not as much today.
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Speaker 1: Really?
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Speaker 2: No. No.
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Speaker 1: No AI videos of note?
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Speaker 2: No, mostly just focused on his new press secretary.
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Speaker 1: And that's bad because the press secretary is supposed to be focused on his agenda.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 1: And everybody right now is focused on hers. This is still a mess and we don't have clarity. We're getting some, but not from her.
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Speaker 2: Actually, I think she's adding to the confusion deliberately so.
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Speaker 1: On purpose?
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Speaker 2: Well, she doesn't have a good answer. That's the problem.
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Speaker 1: All right. We'll get into that here in a moment. But yes, the run this morning is going to take us to Rome. It's going to Take us by the gas pump. We're going to head to D.C., we're going to head out to the tarmac in Arizona, Fort Dix, New Jersey, make a stop in L.A. as well as the U.K. But let's start, Robe, with the hospital in Rome, see how the first American pope is doing.
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Speaker 2: That's right. So the Vatican has released Pope Leo's first message since his surgery to remove that cancerous mass from his lung. The pope said, as you know, I have been unable to be among you during these days. Even that's a sweet little message from the Pope. But yes, we're getting these updates. I had to think back to Francis. You remember every morning getting an update that.
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Speaker 1: Said, He's awake and he had a pancake and it was little stuff.
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Speaker 2: Literally, that's what we got today. It was like he slept well and had breakfast.
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Speaker 1: That was it. But they gave us updates every day about Francis and they're doing this now with Pope. But yes, they just said he slept well for the second night. Says he's back on his regular diet. Says he's up and walking. Celebrated mass with his secretaries in the 10th floor of the hospital. Not clear, though, just the condition, bros, of where they caught this cancer and what stage, what's next. We don't know.
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Speaker 2: Yes. Most doctors have said it's almost certain they took some of his lymph nodes. That's pretty standard with the cancer surgery. And they'll be testing them to see if the cancer has spread. If they've already done that, if they already know the results, they haven't shared them with the public. But the president of Peru may be shedding a bit more light on what comes next for Leo. He said the pope's recovery could take, quote, longer than expected. And therefore, we also understand that there could be some changes to the schedule of his visit. The Pope is right now set to be in Peru on November 11th. And remember, it's a special place to him. He worked there for two decades. So there was a lot of excitement surrounding this trip. And it's unclear if he will actually be able to go.
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Speaker 1: I think the Vatican called the president of Peru and said, pipe down, Pipsqueak. Yes, probably. The messaging comes from us.
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Speaker 2: Yes, exactly.
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Speaker 1: We're continuing on the run here now. Speaking of messaging, Robes, this is all just a big misunderstanding. Newly appointed White House press secretary, Yes, Katie Zachariah still struggling, Roe, to clear up the confusion over her resume. Specifically, we're talking about, is this woman an attorney or not?
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Speaker 2: Right. So she's represented herself as a lawyer, an attorney, and general counsel. That's all verifiable. So on her first day, it definitely caused a stir when she was asked, in which state did she pass the bar? And her response? when I moved to China. Here's the deal though, there's no record of her ever passing the bar in any state And foreigners are not allowed to practice law in China. So none of that makes any sense. And it's funny because when you said on the tarmac in Arizona, that's where the New York Times says she was sitting when they finally got her to get on the phone with them.
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Speaker 1: You know, we haven't talked about this ahead of time. I'm curious what you think of it. So the New York Times, yes, said they got on the phone. They're now reporting that in that phone call with her, this is how she explained the mix-up. Quote, I assumed the question was, where were you after law school? That's all I could hear over the sound of Marine One. And wanting to respect protocol, the distance behind the president, kept me from moving closer to hear the question.
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Speaker 2: That is absolute bullshit.
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Speaker 1: You think so?
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Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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Speaker 1: Marine One is loud out there.
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Speaker 2: Because she said, when I moved to China. Where were you after law school when I moved to China? When I moved to China was the answer to where did you pass the bar?
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Speaker 1: Okay. I don't know. It's possible. It's loud out there. It's loud out there. There's all these protocols, presidential protocols. She did. She's good at her job, babe. She respected the presidential protocol, and she stayed behind. I'm looking for wins for this lady right now, okay, because she's not getting them. She went on to tell the outlet that when she left law school, she consulted with the head of her law school. about what she could call herself. She tells the Times, Robes, that she was told it was okay to call herself lawyer, but she shouldn't use words like attorney or esquire. She says she asked, got guidance on it, and that's why she's, yeah.
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Speaker 2: Right. And so the Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that Zachariah did sit for the bar exam in California, but she did not pass. And we certainly know that Yes, she might have gotten that guidance, but she didn't follow it, it appears, multiple times.
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Speaker 1: And yes, the back and forth, lawyer versus attorney. Yes, they're used synonymously. But if you are Robes, if you're out there, you know what you're doing if you keep calling your... But she's not licensed to practice law. She can't represent a client. She cannot give legal advice. That's fine. Just square it up. She can settle this. Say, no, guys, I didn't pass the bar. But you keep using that practice international something with the proper credentials.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. She makes no sense. And that's the problem. Just be clear, straightforward, honest, transparent. I don't care. That's actually literally your job. And it definitely should begin with when you present yourself to us. Damn, man.
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Speaker 1: Oof.
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Speaker 2: All right, next up on the run, gas prices in the U.S. just set a record, and it's not a good one. We have now had more days of $ 4 gas this year than any other year on record.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, we sit at about $ 4. 33 as the average right now. So we've had 158 days this year with the average price above $ 4, and that beats the record set during Biden's second year in office. No surprise there about gas prices. People have been feeling that for a while.
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Speaker 2: Yes. All right. Next up on the run on Second Thought, maybe a live stream firing squad execution is not such a good idea. After all, multiple outlets are reporting that the Trump administration is reconsidering the plan for that public execution of Fort Hood shooter Nadal Hassan.
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Speaker 1: Secretary of Defense Pete Hexeth caused quite the uproar when he announced a plan to live stream the execution at Fort Hood on December 3rd. The announcement was widely condemned by pretty much everybody. And now, according to ABC and CNN, advisers have expressed concern about the possibility of the execution being used as propaganda to stir anti-American sentiment around the world. And then, Robesie. Other issue that came up is one of the first issues you and I brought up when we heard about publicly executing this guy.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's simply that it's a really bad look for the United States. And you and I actually talked about both of those things the moment it was announced that we looked like ISIS, that we looked like them. So for a million reasons, it's a terrible idea. When asked about it this week, the president simply said, we're looking at it. CNN has also reported that President Trump only found out this week that, yes, Hassan is paralyzed and is in a wheelchair. And the idea of publicly using a firing squad against a man in a wheelchair, it's not appealing to the president.
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Speaker 1: It's not, Robes.
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Speaker 2: Or anyone.
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Speaker 1: They said he didn't realize. He didn't know that. And I think maybe a lot of people didn't. You and I, Robes, it was one of the first things out of our mouth. Are you going to have to prop him up against... Something he can't stand. Think about the idea of a man sitting in a chair with wheels on it and we're shooting him in the heart.
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Speaker 2: And also he wants to die. He wanted to become a martyr. So we're literally giving, there's every reason not to, I can't think of one reason on the other.
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Speaker 1: Side of this.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. All right, next up on the run, the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial has done his first sit-down interview. Michael Desronville tells Fox News that he thought Clancy was, quote, methodical in how she executed her kids. And yes, execution, that is the word he used.
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Speaker 1: He also tells Fox News that he does have a five-year-old daughter. And yes, that was a factor for him. He said, quote, seeing those three kids, it's emotional. You can see the innocence, the pure joy in them. It's hard to just take that away. So Robes, Fox News released some excerpts of this yesterday. They're airing the full interview at 8 o'clock this morning. So we haven't seen, the country hasn't seen the whole thing yet as of this recording, but we'll be keeping a very close eye and ear on this one.
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Speaker 2: Yes, we will. All right. In the meantime, though, next up on The Run. We're learning more about Sean Diddy Combs' head injury and that trip to the hospital. Several outlets are reporting Diddy went to the hospital after getting into a pretty brutal fight with a convicted drug lord. TMZ claims it was an infamous inmate, Jamaican drug lord Christopher Coke, also known as Dudus.
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Speaker 1: You all check him out. They have a Netflix whole documentary on him. That's a bad man.
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Speaker 2: Yes.
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Speaker 1: That's a bad man.
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Speaker 2: And apparently Diddy got the worst of it. Wow. this fight. And they described him as being rushed to the hospital. But the fight was reportedly over Diddy getting all the other inmates in trouble because, yes, TMZ says prison officials have conducted at least two raids.
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Speaker 1: On all the inmates since.
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Speaker 2: That NBC report came out that he was paying prisoners for massages, meals, maid service, cell phones. Fine alcohol. Yeah, but word is, you mentioned he's a bad dude. He's serving a 23-year sentence along with several other inmates. And, yeah, they're pissed that they lost their contraband in those raids all because of Diddy.
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Speaker 1: Oh, wow. Diddy got us all in trouble.
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Speaker 2: Yep. And so apparently, like, and I even said this, he's in solitary confinement. But they said the fight went down when he was out for his daily break. Like, they were waiting for him.
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Speaker 1: Okay, it's about that time. Diddy's on the way out.
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Speaker 2: Y'all ready? Ready? So now they're both in solitary confinement.
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Speaker 1: Robes, Christopher Coke is notorious. I don't care what Diddy did on the outside. That is not one dude you need to be messing with.
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Speaker 2: Right. I saw his picture. I was like, ooh.
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Speaker 1: Robes, and his history, he is notorious. Yeah. Check it out if you get a chance. We might have to do an episode on this now just to explain who Christopher Coke is. He's a bad man.
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Speaker 2: All right.
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Speaker 1: Next up on the run here now, let's head to Orlando. This is a hell of a story. Police there. have arrested the former fiancé of a woman who disappeared 15 years ago. And she disappeared on the same day, Robes, in which she appeared on an episode of The People's Court with the man now under arrest for her murder.
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Speaker 2: This is an insane story. Her name, Michelle Parker, she was last seen hours after that episode of When the show aired, which featured her and her ex-fiance, Dale Smith Jr., they were trying to settle a dispute over her $ 5, 000 engagement ring. Parker was last seen after dropping her kids off to Smith. And look, Smith has always been considered the prime suspect, but police say they finally took a fresh look at the case in this past year. and that advancements in forensic technology allowed them to better interpret the evidence, which led to Smith's arrest. I guess you could say better late than never, but 15 years.
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Speaker 1: There was never anybody else they were looking at or considering. They just couldn't prove it. And this is in Rose's hours. The show aired hours later. She was never seen again.
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Speaker 2: And you'd think, like, duh, obviously, you're fighting over an engagement ring. You're sharing kids. You're fighting over finances. It's every motive you can think of all built into one.
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Speaker 1: Probes the past 15 years. The kids have been raised by the man.
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Speaker 2: That's tough.
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Speaker 1: That police say killed their mother.
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Speaker 2: That's so tough.
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Speaker 1: That's tough. All right. Stay with us on this Thursday morning run. You haven't done your Friday evening.
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Speaker 2: I haven't yet.
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Speaker 1: I'm sorry. Did I get ahead of it?
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Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
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Speaker 1: No.
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Speaker 2: I'm sorry. I just haven't pulled it out, but I love it.
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Speaker 1: Okay, I'm sorry. We'll wait until it feels good to you. But stay with us on this Thursday morning run. When we come back, guess who is stepping out for the first time since they moved back to the U.K.? You know who I'm talking about. It's the only U.K. residents you know of or care about at this point. Yes, Harry and Meghan are stepping out today. We'll explain. Also, Netflix hit with a major round of layoffs, and she's 52. She's an Oscar winner, and she's having a baby. Stay here.
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Speaker 2: Welcome back, everyone, to your Friday Eve morning run. And next up on the run, Harry and Meghan, expected to be out and about in the UK today. This will be their first joint public appearances since returning. This is a really big deal. And we know the couple and their kids returned and, I guess, temporarily returned? relocated to the UK.
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Speaker 1: Why are you still up in the air? We're not sure if they're staying.
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Speaker 2: Well, they kept their home in California, so they just don't know. Maybe they're just keeping it to go back in the summers. I guess there's already reports that Megan's going back for the holidays to visit friends. She's made holiday plans to return. That was everywhere yesterday.
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Speaker 1: I hope she can do holiday episodes of her show.
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Speaker 2: Oh, that would be what show?
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Speaker 1: It doesn't exist anymore, does it? With Love, Megan.
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Speaker 2: That's canceled, babe.
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Speaker 1: Oh, but they can come back and do a short run.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, but this big joint appearance comes six years now after they gave up their royal duties and moved to Southern California.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, today the two are scheduled to visit several charities in central London that they've had relationships with. This is, yes, it's their first joint appearance since going back. Robes, I didn't realize, first time. Meghan has made a public appearance in the UK since we were there with her in 2022.
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Speaker 2: That's incredible.
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Speaker 1: I didn't realize that, baby.
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Speaker 2: The Queen's funeral.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: The last time she was publicly out and about in London. Last time we were publicly out and about in London. That's kind of funny. We need to go back. Maybe just mark.
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Speaker 1: Well, let's see how this goes for her first.
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Speaker 2: Okay, all right. Let her test the waters. All right, next up on the run, Netflix just announced a major round of layoffs. The streamer says it's cutting 6% of its workforce. That amounts to about 1,000 jobs.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they say it's necessary as they're trying to prioritize where to invest the most in their people and their resources. The shares have actually fallen 40% over the past year. That sounds wild, crazy, and things are going the wrong direction, but the company is actually... reporting double digit increase in profits rose like 13%, I believe, year over year right now. So something is working, but those two things don't seem to go in line. The shares thing is more about growth. When you're as big as they are, it's hard to keep growing at a huge rate.
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Speaker 2: I guess the whole idea is they're trying to figure out how to get viewers to watch longer, to stay on the service longer. And so by doing that, they've added live channels, video podcasts, YouTube shows, live sporting events. So they're doing what they can to try and make their service more appointment television. But yeah, I'm surprised by the stock. plummeting the way it has.
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Speaker 1: It doesn't make a lot of sense. Outlook. People always say, nah, this is not growth potential. It can't last. Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 2: That kind of a thing.
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Speaker 1: But still, that's scary to think something. Has anyone who has a Netflix account ever sat around and thought, wow, I should spend more time watching Netflix?
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Speaker 2: No.
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Speaker 1: It seems like we're on it all the time, and they're trying to get you to use them all. Right?
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Speaker 2: All right. For the final leg of our run, another celebrity over the age of 50 is pregnant. I feel like these headlines are constantly coming and they're great headlines this is wonderful news congratulations to 52 year old hillary swank yes she just announced she's expecting her third child with her hubby did you see this instagram.
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Speaker 1: Video it sounds cute it's.
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Speaker 2: Cute but i was thinking like wow that that took a lot she had to make these glow sticks that were taped to their bodies to make them all look like little stick figures so the lights were out these rainbow glow sticks um her twins and her husband it was cute And then she comes up with her pregnant belly, and there's a little glow stick baby on her belly. That's cool. Yes.
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Speaker 1: That is cute. Go big or go home. Yes, she put some effort into it. She's 52, about to have another baby. Yes, let's make a big deal of this.
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Speaker 2: It is a big deal. And the caption was, a lot of people have been asking what project I'm doing next. This one releases in December.
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Speaker 1: I thought that was cute.
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Speaker 2: That's very cute. So yes, a Christmas baby or winter baby. And look, she first became a mother at 48. She welcomed twins Aya and Om.
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Speaker 1: Where does, and we talked about this, Rob, where does sometime when a story like this and the celebration of this need to come with a caveat about this isn't just easy or everyday or simple or eggs, right? All of that, I know you've talked about that before, that we need to add that other part sometimes.
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Speaker 2: I think it makes younger women feel like they can wait and wait and wait, and that could be dangerous if you know you want kids. This is not easy. This is not inexpensive. And this is rare. But we're thinking about doing another episode on this one, too, because this is a growing trend. And, yes, there are a lot of positives, but there are some cautions as well.
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Speaker 1: All right.
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Speaker 2: On this Friday Eve, we will leave you with this for our quote of the day today. If you're looking for reasons not to do it, do it. If you're looking for reasons to do it, don't do it. Okay.
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Speaker 1: Say it one more time. If I'm looking for reasons not to do it, do it. Okay, so I'm looking for excuses to do something maybe you know you should do or you really want to do and you're trying to talk yourself out of it. Okay, I'm with you. Go ahead.
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Speaker 2: If you're looking for reasons to do it, don't do it.
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Speaker 1: If you have to talk yourself into doing something.
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Speaker 2: There's a reason why usually.
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Speaker 1: There's a reason why.
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Speaker 2: Okay. I love that.
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Speaker 1: Man, that's heavy. It's a little confusing. Well, no, just my whole life is flashing before my eyes.
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Speaker 2: All right, one more time. If you're looking for reasons not to do it, do it. And if you're looking for reasons to do it, don't do it. And with that, everyone... Make good choices today. I made me a robot.
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Speaker 1: And I'm TJ Holmes. Talk to y'all soon.
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 15th. I'm Amy Robach.
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Speaker 1: And I'm TJ Holmes, and we got everybody from the Pope to Diddy to Harry, Meghan, Hillary Swank, and the People's Court all making an appearance in the Morning Run today. We're kind of all over the place. How much Trump stuff we got in there today?
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Speaker 2: Um, not as much today.
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Speaker 1: Really?
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Speaker 2: No. No.
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Speaker 1: No AI videos of note?
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Speaker 2: No, mostly just focused on his new press secretary.
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Speaker 1: And that's bad because the press secretary is supposed to be focused on his agenda.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 1: And everybody right now is focused on hers. This is still a mess and we don't have clarity. We're getting some, but not from her.
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Speaker 2: Actually, I think she's adding to the confusion deliberately so.
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Speaker 1: On purpose?
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Speaker 2: Well, she doesn't have a good answer. That's the problem.
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Speaker 1: All right. We'll get into that here in a moment. But yes, the run this morning is going to take us to Rome. It's going to Take us by the gas pump. We're going to head to D.C., we're going to head out to the tarmac in Arizona, Fort Dix, New Jersey, make a stop in L.A. as well as the U.K. But let's start, Robe, with the hospital in Rome, see how the first American pope is doing.
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Speaker 2: That's right. So the Vatican has released Pope Leo's first message since his surgery to remove that cancerous mass from his lung. The pope said, as you know, I have been unable to be among you during these days. Even that's a sweet little message from the Pope. But yes, we're getting these updates. I had to think back to Francis. You remember every morning getting an update that.
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Speaker 1: Said, He's awake and he had a pancake and it was little stuff.
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Speaker 2: Literally, that's what we got today. It was like he slept well and had breakfast.
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Speaker 1: That was it. But they gave us updates every day about Francis and they're doing this now with Pope. But yes, they just said he slept well for the second night. Says he's back on his regular diet. Says he's up and walking. Celebrated mass with his secretaries in the 10th floor of the hospital. Not clear, though, just the condition, bros, of where they caught this cancer and what stage, what's next. We don't know.
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Speaker 2: Yes. Most doctors have said it's almost certain they took some of his lymph nodes. That's pretty standard with the cancer surgery. And they'll be testing them to see if the cancer has spread. If they've already done that, if they already know the results, they haven't shared them with the public. But the president of Peru may be shedding a bit more light on what comes next for Leo. He said the pope's recovery could take, quote, longer than expected. And therefore, we also understand that there could be some changes to the schedule of his visit. The Pope is right now set to be in Peru on November 11th. And remember, it's a special place to him. He worked there for two decades. So there was a lot of excitement surrounding this trip. And it's unclear if he will actually be able to go.
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Speaker 1: I think the Vatican called the president of Peru and said, pipe down, Pipsqueak. Yes, probably. The messaging comes from us.
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Speaker 2: Yes, exactly.
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Speaker 1: We're continuing on the run here now. Speaking of messaging, Robes, this is all just a big misunderstanding. Newly appointed White House press secretary, Yes, Katie Zachariah still struggling, Roe, to clear up the confusion over her resume. Specifically, we're talking about, is this woman an attorney or not?
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Speaker 2: Right. So she's represented herself as a lawyer, an attorney, and general counsel. That's all verifiable. So on her first day, it definitely caused a stir when she was asked, in which state did she pass the bar? And her response? when I moved to China. Here's the deal though, there's no record of her ever passing the bar in any state And foreigners are not allowed to practice law in China. So none of that makes any sense. And it's funny because when you said on the tarmac in Arizona, that's where the New York Times says she was sitting when they finally got her to get on the phone with them.
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Speaker 1: You know, we haven't talked about this ahead of time. I'm curious what you think of it. So the New York Times, yes, said they got on the phone. They're now reporting that in that phone call with her, this is how she explained the mix-up. Quote, I assumed the question was, where were you after law school? That's all I could hear over the sound of Marine One. And wanting to respect protocol, the distance behind the president, kept me from moving closer to hear the question.
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Speaker 2: That is absolute bullshit.
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Speaker 1: You think so?
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Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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Speaker 1: Marine One is loud out there.
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Speaker 2: Because she said, when I moved to China. Where were you after law school when I moved to China? When I moved to China was the answer to where did you pass the bar?
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Speaker 1: Okay. I don't know. It's possible. It's loud out there. It's loud out there. There's all these protocols, presidential protocols. She did. She's good at her job, babe. She respected the presidential protocol, and she stayed behind. I'm looking for wins for this lady right now, okay, because she's not getting them. She went on to tell the outlet that when she left law school, she consulted with the head of her law school. about what she could call herself. She tells the Times, Robes, that she was told it was okay to call herself lawyer, but she shouldn't use words like attorney or esquire. She says she asked, got guidance on it, and that's why she's, yeah.
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Speaker 2: Right. And so the Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that Zachariah did sit for the bar exam in California, but she did not pass. And we certainly know that Yes, she might have gotten that guidance, but she didn't follow it, it appears, multiple times.
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Speaker 1: And yes, the back and forth, lawyer versus attorney. Yes, they're used synonymously. But if you are Robes, if you're out there, you know what you're doing if you keep calling your... But she's not licensed to practice law. She can't represent a client. She cannot give legal advice. That's fine. Just square it up. She can settle this. Say, no, guys, I didn't pass the bar. But you keep using that practice international something with the proper credentials.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. She makes no sense. And that's the problem. Just be clear, straightforward, honest, transparent. I don't care. That's actually literally your job. And it definitely should begin with when you present yourself to us. Damn, man.
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Speaker 1: Oof.
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Speaker 2: All right, next up on the run, gas prices in the U.S. just set a record, and it's not a good one. We have now had more days of $ 4 gas this year than any other year on record.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, we sit at about $ 4. 33 as the average right now. So we've had 158 days this year with the average price above $ 4, and that beats the record set during Biden's second year in office. No surprise there about gas prices. People have been feeling that for a while.
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Speaker 2: Yes. All right. Next up on the run on Second Thought, maybe a live stream firing squad execution is not such a good idea. After all, multiple outlets are reporting that the Trump administration is reconsidering the plan for that public execution of Fort Hood shooter Nadal Hassan.
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Speaker 1: Secretary of Defense Pete Hexeth caused quite the uproar when he announced a plan to live stream the execution at Fort Hood on December 3rd. The announcement was widely condemned by pretty much everybody. And now, according to ABC and CNN, advisers have expressed concern about the possibility of the execution being used as propaganda to stir anti-American sentiment around the world. And then, Robesie. Other issue that came up is one of the first issues you and I brought up when we heard about publicly executing this guy.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's simply that it's a really bad look for the United States. And you and I actually talked about both of those things the moment it was announced that we looked like ISIS, that we looked like them. So for a million reasons, it's a terrible idea. When asked about it this week, the president simply said, we're looking at it. CNN has also reported that President Trump only found out this week that, yes, Hassan is paralyzed and is in a wheelchair. And the idea of publicly using a firing squad against a man in a wheelchair, it's not appealing to the president.
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Speaker 1: It's not, Robes.
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Speaker 2: Or anyone.
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Speaker 1: They said he didn't realize. He didn't know that. And I think maybe a lot of people didn't. You and I, Robes, it was one of the first things out of our mouth. Are you going to have to prop him up against... Something he can't stand. Think about the idea of a man sitting in a chair with wheels on it and we're shooting him in the heart.
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Speaker 2: And also he wants to die. He wanted to become a martyr. So we're literally giving, there's every reason not to, I can't think of one reason on the other.
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Speaker 1: Side of this.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. All right, next up on the run, the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial has done his first sit-down interview. Michael Desronville tells Fox News that he thought Clancy was, quote, methodical in how she executed her kids. And yes, execution, that is the word he used.
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Speaker 1: He also tells Fox News that he does have a five-year-old daughter. And yes, that was a factor for him. He said, quote, seeing those three kids, it's emotional. You can see the innocence, the pure joy in them. It's hard to just take that away. So Robes, Fox News released some excerpts of this yesterday. They're airing the full interview at 8 o'clock this morning. So we haven't seen, the country hasn't seen the whole thing yet as of this recording, but we'll be keeping a very close eye and ear on this one.
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Speaker 2: Yes, we will. All right. In the meantime, though, next up on The Run. We're learning more about Sean Diddy Combs' head injury and that trip to the hospital. Several outlets are reporting Diddy went to the hospital after getting into a pretty brutal fight with a convicted drug lord. TMZ claims it was an infamous inmate, Jamaican drug lord Christopher Coke, also known as Dudus.
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Speaker 1: You all check him out. They have a Netflix whole documentary on him. That's a bad man.
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Speaker 2: Yes.
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Speaker 1: That's a bad man.
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Speaker 2: And apparently Diddy got the worst of it. Wow. this fight. And they described him as being rushed to the hospital. But the fight was reportedly over Diddy getting all the other inmates in trouble because, yes, TMZ says prison officials have conducted at least two raids.
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Speaker 1: On all the inmates since.
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Speaker 2: That NBC report came out that he was paying prisoners for massages, meals, maid service, cell phones. Fine alcohol. Yeah, but word is, you mentioned he's a bad dude. He's serving a 23-year sentence along with several other inmates. And, yeah, they're pissed that they lost their contraband in those raids all because of Diddy.
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Speaker 1: Oh, wow. Diddy got us all in trouble.
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Speaker 2: Yep. And so apparently, like, and I even said this, he's in solitary confinement. But they said the fight went down when he was out for his daily break. Like, they were waiting for him.
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Speaker 1: Okay, it's about that time. Diddy's on the way out.
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Speaker 2: Y'all ready? Ready? So now they're both in solitary confinement.
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Speaker 1: Robes, Christopher Coke is notorious. I don't care what Diddy did on the outside. That is not one dude you need to be messing with.
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Speaker 2: Right. I saw his picture. I was like, ooh.
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Speaker 1: Robes, and his history, he is notorious. Yeah. Check it out if you get a chance. We might have to do an episode on this now just to explain who Christopher Coke is. He's a bad man.
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Speaker 2: All right.
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Speaker 1: Next up on the run here now, let's head to Orlando. This is a hell of a story. Police there. have arrested the former fiancé of a woman who disappeared 15 years ago. And she disappeared on the same day, Robes, in which she appeared on an episode of The People's Court with the man now under arrest for her murder.
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Speaker 2: This is an insane story. Her name, Michelle Parker, she was last seen hours after that episode of When the show aired, which featured her and her ex-fiance, Dale Smith Jr., they were trying to settle a dispute over her $ 5, 000 engagement ring. Parker was last seen after dropping her kids off to Smith. And look, Smith has always been considered the prime suspect, but police say they finally took a fresh look at the case in this past year. and that advancements in forensic technology allowed them to better interpret the evidence, which led to Smith's arrest. I guess you could say better late than never, but 15 years.
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Speaker 1: There was never anybody else they were looking at or considering. They just couldn't prove it. And this is in Rose's hours. The show aired hours later. She was never seen again.
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Speaker 2: And you'd think, like, duh, obviously, you're fighting over an engagement ring. You're sharing kids. You're fighting over finances. It's every motive you can think of all built into one.
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Speaker 1: Probes the past 15 years. The kids have been raised by the man.
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Speaker 2: That's tough.
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Speaker 1: That police say killed their mother.
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Speaker 2: That's so tough.
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Speaker 1: That's tough. All right. Stay with us on this Thursday morning run. You haven't done your Friday evening.
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Speaker 2: I haven't yet.
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Speaker 1: I'm sorry. Did I get ahead of it?
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Speaker 2: I'm sorry.
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Speaker 1: No.
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Speaker 2: I'm sorry. I just haven't pulled it out, but I love it.
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Speaker 1: Okay, I'm sorry. We'll wait until it feels good to you. But stay with us on this Thursday morning run. When we come back, guess who is stepping out for the first time since they moved back to the U.K.? You know who I'm talking about. It's the only U.K. residents you know of or care about at this point. Yes, Harry and Meghan are stepping out today. We'll explain. Also, Netflix hit with a major round of layoffs, and she's 52. She's an Oscar winner, and she's having a baby. Stay here.
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Speaker 2: Welcome back, everyone, to your Friday Eve morning run. And next up on the run, Harry and Meghan, expected to be out and about in the UK today. This will be their first joint public appearances since returning. This is a really big deal. And we know the couple and their kids returned and, I guess, temporarily returned? relocated to the UK.
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Speaker 1: Why are you still up in the air? We're not sure if they're staying.
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Speaker 2: Well, they kept their home in California, so they just don't know. Maybe they're just keeping it to go back in the summers. I guess there's already reports that Megan's going back for the holidays to visit friends. She's made holiday plans to return. That was everywhere yesterday.
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Speaker 1: I hope she can do holiday episodes of her show.
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Speaker 2: Oh, that would be what show?
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Speaker 1: It doesn't exist anymore, does it? With Love, Megan.
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Speaker 2: That's canceled, babe.
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Speaker 1: Oh, but they can come back and do a short run.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, but this big joint appearance comes six years now after they gave up their royal duties and moved to Southern California.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, today the two are scheduled to visit several charities in central London that they've had relationships with. This is, yes, it's their first joint appearance since going back. Robes, I didn't realize, first time. Meghan has made a public appearance in the UK since we were there with her in 2022.
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Speaker 2: That's incredible.
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Speaker 1: I didn't realize that, baby.
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Speaker 2: The Queen's funeral.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: The last time she was publicly out and about in London. Last time we were publicly out and about in London. That's kind of funny. We need to go back. Maybe just mark.
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Speaker 1: Well, let's see how this goes for her first.
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Speaker 2: Okay, all right. Let her test the waters. All right, next up on the run, Netflix just announced a major round of layoffs. The streamer says it's cutting 6% of its workforce. That amounts to about 1,000 jobs.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they say it's necessary as they're trying to prioritize where to invest the most in their people and their resources. The shares have actually fallen 40% over the past year. That sounds wild, crazy, and things are going the wrong direction, but the company is actually... reporting double digit increase in profits rose like 13%, I believe, year over year right now. So something is working, but those two things don't seem to go in line. The shares thing is more about growth. When you're as big as they are, it's hard to keep growing at a huge rate.
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Speaker 2: I guess the whole idea is they're trying to figure out how to get viewers to watch longer, to stay on the service longer. And so by doing that, they've added live channels, video podcasts, YouTube shows, live sporting events. So they're doing what they can to try and make their service more appointment television. But yeah, I'm surprised by the stock. plummeting the way it has.
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Speaker 1: It doesn't make a lot of sense. Outlook. People always say, nah, this is not growth potential. It can't last. Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 2: That kind of a thing.
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Speaker 1: But still, that's scary to think something. Has anyone who has a Netflix account ever sat around and thought, wow, I should spend more time watching Netflix?
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Speaker 2: No.
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Speaker 1: It seems like we're on it all the time, and they're trying to get you to use them all. Right?
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Speaker 2: All right. For the final leg of our run, another celebrity over the age of 50 is pregnant. I feel like these headlines are constantly coming and they're great headlines this is wonderful news congratulations to 52 year old hillary swank yes she just announced she's expecting her third child with her hubby did you see this instagram.
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Speaker 1: Video it sounds cute it's.
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Speaker 2: Cute but i was thinking like wow that that took a lot she had to make these glow sticks that were taped to their bodies to make them all look like little stick figures so the lights were out these rainbow glow sticks um her twins and her husband it was cute And then she comes up with her pregnant belly, and there's a little glow stick baby on her belly. That's cool. Yes.
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Speaker 1: That is cute. Go big or go home. Yes, she put some effort into it. She's 52, about to have another baby. Yes, let's make a big deal of this.
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Speaker 2: It is a big deal. And the caption was, a lot of people have been asking what project I'm doing next. This one releases in December.
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Speaker 1: I thought that was cute.
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Speaker 2: That's very cute. So yes, a Christmas baby or winter baby. And look, she first became a mother at 48. She welcomed twins Aya and Om.
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Speaker 1: Where does, and we talked about this, Rob, where does sometime when a story like this and the celebration of this need to come with a caveat about this isn't just easy or everyday or simple or eggs, right? All of that, I know you've talked about that before, that we need to add that other part sometimes.
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Speaker 2: I think it makes younger women feel like they can wait and wait and wait, and that could be dangerous if you know you want kids. This is not easy. This is not inexpensive. And this is rare. But we're thinking about doing another episode on this one, too, because this is a growing trend. And, yes, there are a lot of positives, but there are some cautions as well.
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Speaker 1: All right.
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Speaker 2: On this Friday Eve, we will leave you with this for our quote of the day today. If you're looking for reasons not to do it, do it. If you're looking for reasons to do it, don't do it. Okay.
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Speaker 1: Say it one more time. If I'm looking for reasons not to do it, do it. Okay, so I'm looking for excuses to do something maybe you know you should do or you really want to do and you're trying to talk yourself out of it. Okay, I'm with you. Go ahead.
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Speaker 2: If you're looking for reasons to do it, don't do it.
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Speaker 1: If you have to talk yourself into doing something.
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Speaker 2: There's a reason why usually.
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Speaker 1: There's a reason why.
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Speaker 2: Okay. I love that.
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Speaker 1: Man, that's heavy. It's a little confusing. Well, no, just my whole life is flashing before my eyes.
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Speaker 2: All right, one more time. If you're looking for reasons not to do it, do it. And if you're looking for reasons to do it, don't do it. And with that, everyone... Make good choices today. I made me a robot.
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Speaker 1: And I'm TJ Holmes. Talk to y'all soon.