(Tuesday) Morning Run: Selma Blair in Court, Six Flags Death, “Breaking Bad” Actor Dead, Pope Checks In, Execution at Noon, Diddy Leaves Prison (Briefly), Guilfoyle 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 Tuesday, October 13th. I'm Amy Robach.

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Speaker 1: And I'm TJ Holmes. Hope everybody had a good holiday weekend, Columbus Day, Indigenous People's Day, wherever you were, whatever they call it, where you are. Hope you had A good one. I guess most people, it was soggy over the weekend, right, with the storm. But how was Columbus Day from a weather-wise? We were okay here, right?

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Speaker 2: It was nice here, obviously, but I think it was pretty decent because all that weather had pushed on and out.

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Speaker 1: And what is it? It's Columbus Day here in New York.

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Speaker 2: It's Columbus Day for sure. We've got a big Italian-American population here in New York. So, yes, it is Columbus Day here. All right.

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Speaker 1: Well, on this day after Columbus Day, we have a bunch of stops to make and a bunch of news to get to and a bunch of actually developing stories this morning. We're going to be making stops in Florida, in Cobb County, Georgia, in Vegas, in Brownsville, Texas, in D.C., the Bay Area, Queens, and Fort Dix, New Jersey. Let's start, Robes, with what was a developing story. Story yesterday, news about Selma Blair and an incident on a plane. And we got more details last night. And yes, in fact, she was in court.

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Speaker 2: Yes, actress Selma Blair made a court appearance in New York yesterday and has officially been charged with second-degree assault after a violent incident on a commercial flight. That Delta flight was heading from L.A. to New York late Sunday night, and it all began when authorities, according to authorities and the airline, Selma Blair tried to open the cabin door mid-flight.

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Speaker 1: So that led, of course, as you can imagine, to a violent confrontation because they tried to stop her. And that's when, according to authorities, she punched a flight attendant, drawing blood, bit another flight attendant. Blair had to be restrained for the remainder of that flight. The pilot reported she was also banging her head against the bulkhead. Robes, we hear that in the air traffic control audio that he's saying, yeah, we got somebody back there, passenger. Yeah, apparently bit somebody and banging. Just hear him calmly relaying words. What sounds like a chaotic scene.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and that chaos continued after the plane landed because police met the plane, they took Blair into custody, but not before she reportedly kicked a Port Authority officer in the face, neck, and chest repeatedly. And then when Blair was transported to the hospital, she reportedly assaulted a nurse. Now, her attorney says Selma experienced a medical emergency that led to the alleged conduct. Upon landing, she received immediate medical attention and is currently in stable condition. Delta says Delta has zero tolerance for unruly or unlawful behavior as the safety of our customers and crew always comes first. And look, these New York charges are one thing, but the feds are investigating what happened on the plane. So she's likely to face federal charges in addition to the state charges she's facing.

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Speaker 1: And stay tuned right after this on our feed. We'll have more in-depth information on this story, including some new details we got last night and another explanation that her attorneys gave in court for what might have happened on that plane. Also, Reva says she had her service dog with her.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I know. I thought that was really interesting. I thought that might have kept her calm, but it did not do what I guess most people think that's a therapy dog when they have them on the plane with them. Yeah. All right.

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Speaker 1: Well, next up, as we continue on this Tuesday morning, Ron Florida, scheduled to carry out another execution, this one in a matter of hours. Yes, James Robertson's lethal execution, lethal injection execution set for noon today in Florida.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and he is on death row for the 2008 strangulation death of his cellmate. Robertson claimed that he'd grown tired of imprisonment, and he says that he killed his cellmate for the exact purpose of getting on death row. where there were better conditions. And by the way, there were actually supposed to be two executions in Florida today, but Governor DeSantis rescinded the death warrant for 74-year-old William Lee Thompson. And this is rare. In fact, it's the first time that DeSantis has ever done something like this.

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Speaker 1: So, yeah, don't expect to see. You just don't see this. And we don't have a good explanation as to why. Again, stay with us. On the feed, we are going to break down this morning who this guy is. James Chickenhead Robertson, the guy who will be executed today. He was actually featured in a Netflix show called I Am a Killer. His story is incredible. Thompson we'll talk about as well. Yes, he has been spared at least today, but his story, his crime, quite frankly, will turn your stomach. But the details now about him and his health robes the... Executions are having a moment in this country.

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Speaker 2: Yes, they are. And so, yes, we will explain all of that later on in the feed. But in the meantime, up next on the run, one person has died after falling from a roller coaster at Six Flags over Georgia. Several others were also injured. This all happened during a Columbus Day incident. The park, which is about 11 miles west of downtown Atlanta, did not specify how the death or how the injuries took place or even confirm whether Which roller coaster we're talking about?

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Speaker 1: However, we do know we're talking about the Goliath roller coaster. There are videos out there of these folks stuck on this 200-foot roller coaster. It reportedly goes up to 70 miles per hour. Robes, I just don't know. How did this person end up out of the seat and fall? Now, there are witness reports that are pretty horrific about watching this person fall to the ground and hitting the roller coaster and other things on the way down. Now, Six Flags temporarily closed similar roller coasters at other parks out of an abundance of caution. Robes, you know, you know, well, I pass that Six Flags every day for five years because I live. Well, my house was a three minute drive.

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Speaker 2: You could pretty much see the roller coaster from your house.

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Speaker 1: You absolutely could. And so there have been deaths there over the years. There was one there. I was living there. Robes said they've had seven at this park.

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Speaker 2: That's frightening.

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Speaker 1: What is going on?

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Speaker 2: You know what? I love roller coasters, but when I hear stories like this, maybe not so much.

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Speaker 1: Isn't it Six Flags? Isn't there the big X2 out in California that people are suing over because they had brain injuries and whatnot?

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Speaker 2: The G-Force basically literally left lasting brain damage. Next up on the run, federal agents showed up at the front door of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar yesterday. The Justice Department executed a search warrant on the D.C. home of the Democratic Congresswoman as part of a criminal investigation.

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Speaker 1: Don't know exactly what they're investigating just yet. That's unclear. But Omar is a Minnesota Democrat born in Somalia. She's a frequent critic of the president's. He's never been shy about calling her names either. These two seem to really not like each other. And it's rare that they seem to be having policy debates. It seems personal all the time.

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Speaker 2: But it is a little disturbing that now the Justice Department is somehow raiding her home.

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Speaker 1: How many weeks? Two, three weeks before midterms. This is not done generally. to avoid the appearance of what this appears to be.

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Speaker 2: That's a really good way to put it. All right, next up on the run, the writing may be on the wall for U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle. This won't come as a shocker to anybody who's been paying attention to the news or our feed because we've been talking about the former fiancé to Donald Trump Jr. Yes, she was outed in a Washington Post report for allegedly trying to trade political influence.

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Speaker 1: Documents Now, in particular, one incident is being reported on. She allegedly tried to get her $ 100, 000 credit card bill paid off by a Republican donor in exchange for access to top administration officials. President Trump was asked by reporters yesterday if he was considering firing Guilfoyle. Rose, he didn't dance around this too much.

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Speaker 2: No, his response was very telling. He said, we're looking at it. Yeah, we're not happy. A.K.A. Today, tomorrow, it's coming.

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Speaker 1: We know where this is going.

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Speaker 2: It's coming.

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Speaker 1: I still have a hard time not calling her Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom because that's how I got to know her working in the Bay Area when she was married to one of the biggest Democrats in the country. And she was in the family of the biggest Republican family in the country. And now she's going to be flapping in the wind.

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Speaker 2: Man, this is going to be a tough, tough fall from a pretty tall pedestal that she was given. She was given a really wonderful assignment, and ouch. All right, yeah, I don't know how she survives that in any way, shape, or form. Next up on the run, Diddy got out of prison over the weekend, briefly, and it was to go to the hospital. Several media outlets were talking, the LA Times, TMZ, all reporting that Sean Combs suffered a head injury and was transported from the prison in Fort Dix, New Jersey, where he's serving his 50-month sentence.

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Speaker 1: The injury reportedly not life-threatening. He was returned to prison on the same day. No official word from the prison about what happened. But Robes, there's been a lot, it seems, happening with Diddy. He keeps making news in prison one way or another. Of course, he just got moved over to, what, solitary after the NBC News report that he was getting some special privileges in prison. They added some time now, his two months at least, his release day got pushed back. And now this, what the hell happened?

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Speaker 2: Well, I don't know how you have a head injury in solitary confinement. So my, I would imagine either he slipped and fell.

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Speaker 1: On what? It was an easy.

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Speaker 2: A banana peel?

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Speaker 1: No, it was an easy baby oil joke. Oh, I miss it. I set you up for a very easy baby oil joke.

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Speaker 2: It was right there. Oh.

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Speaker 1: Sorry.

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Speaker 2: But then I was just wondering if he went back into the general population. and was looking for who was squealing or squeaking and maybe some sort of something ensued. Who knows?

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Speaker 1: Do we want to address it? Are you four? You said a banana peel. Like you've been watching Wile E. Coyote on the weekends.

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Speaker 2: I was just kidding.

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Speaker 1: That's funny, though. I didn't really know. We should tell people. You literally slipped on a banana peel.

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Speaker 2: I did. Okay. I did. And then you didn't believe me and I was walking on the sidewalk the next day and I saw the remnants of it and I took a picture and showed you. This is literally the banana peel I slipped on. All right. Next up on the run. We turn to the Bay Area where there has been another incident.

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Speaker 1: What the hell is happening?

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Speaker 2: I cannot believe this. Why do we have to keep reporting on this? There's been another incident in which a family member... kills his family, and then turns the gun on himself. And this time it was a retired police officer who police say killed his wife and his adult daughter.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, this is out in Moraine County. The sheriff out there says they don't know what led 68-year-old Kevin Mannix to kill his 62-year-old wife, Ann, and their 24-year-old daughter, Catherine. Now, Kevin Mannix was a retired sergeant with the San Francisco Police Department. His wife was a retired deputy chief in the same department. No idea what's happening here, but we keep seeing this, Robes. And we shouldn't get to the point. You know how we did with mass shootings? I'm sorry to say this out loud. Sometimes we had so many mass shootings and school shootings that in newsrooms you hear three dead and you go, you're almost relieved that it's not 15. This is three dead versus the eight we saw in an incident earlier this week, Robes.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to start treating these like, oh, okay, it's not as big of a mass shooting or it's not big of a– but this is happening.

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Speaker 2: All the time.

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Speaker 1: That's where we're getting to.

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Speaker 2: Where we're comparing them. That's where you get into– like that's where the concerning part is that there are so many that you're actually like looking at the different details and saying which one's worse.

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Speaker 1: Which one's worse than the other.

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Speaker 2: Right? And that's an awful place to be in. Please, these have to stop. All right, next up on the run, the man convicted for the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur is scheduled to be sentenced today in Vegas. Dwayne Davis convicted this summer of first-degree murder for orchestrating the 1996 Vegas strip shooting.

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Speaker 1: He wasn't the trigger man, but he, yes, put the plan in place and also provided the gun. He was in that vehicle with the gunman. actually. Davis is the only person to ever face charges for the death of Tupac. He is facing life in prison without the possibility of parole. Was he not one of the more entertaining murder suspects that you've ever seen in court?

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Speaker 2: He was talking to witnesses. He was talking to the judge. He was, yes, and the witnesses were talking back at him. It was, yes, it was not your typical trial.

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Speaker 1: So this is kind of the reason I want to kind of keep an eye on it. It's not supposed to be that I don't know. I'm not sure if there are victim statements today from Tupac's family.

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Speaker 2: That will be interesting.

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Speaker 1: This could add some drama. Him plus that could add some drama.

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Speaker 2: You're right. We will be watching that one. But next up on the run, some really, really sad, sad news to pass along to everyone. Actor R.J. Mitty, known for his role as Walter White Jr. on Breaking Bad, has died at the age of 34. This was one of the best shows ever. ever on television and Mitty was remarkable. He played the son to Bryan Cranston's character and he had cerebral palsy. So did his character. So this was just such an incredible insight to see what's possible and also to just get an idea of what it's like living with and acting with this disease. It was on full display for everybody. And we fell in love with him collectively as a country watching him in this role.

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Speaker 1: He's a damn hero for disability rights and advocacy. Robes, It's one thing to get a role, a starring role in a show, but that show happens to be a part of history. So he got a bigger platform. Robes, he had one of the greatest roles on one of the greatest shows ever on TV. That is a consensus about this show, by the way. This is not just us giving some opinion. Now, Robes, I heard this story. I heard about it yesterday. He's 34. And he's like, oh, my goodness. I thought maybe it was connected some way to cerebral palsy.

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Speaker 2: So did I.

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Speaker 1: Or something, Robes. And then we got news later that his rep, according to Variety, confirmed this as a suicide.

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Speaker 2: It's just so incredible. That is gutting. And according to police, they received a call just before 1 p.m. They responded to his Bronzeville, Texas home where they found him. And his rep put it like this. It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of a beloved actor, philanthropist, and passionate disability rights advocate, R.J. Mitty. Drawing from his own experience living with cerebral palsy, Mitty brought authenticity to the role and built a platform on disability awareness and inclusion. I was looking, he was going around the world giving speeches, and people were applauding him. I mean, what an opportunity, and he took it, and he was wonderful.

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Speaker 1: Wasn't he engaged? Robes, he was working and had projects. He was promoting things. He had things to look forward to.

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Speaker 2: Look, Bryan Cranston wrote just some of the most beautiful things about him online, but also expressed his absolute shock that they were working at a lunch date, that they were about to see each other. No one saw this coming, and that often is the case. It's incredibly sad. Reach out. Give someone a hug. Check in on someone. You just don't know.

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Speaker 1: All right, well, folks, stay with us on this Tuesday morning run. When we come back, Pope Leo is heading to the hospital this morning. We'll explain what's going on there. Also coming up, a very big day in the White House press briefing room. There is a new press secretary, and she is doing her first press briefing today. This is probably the nicest they're going to ever be to her. Also coming up, Michael Jordan. His jerseys keep setting records.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back, everyone, to your Tuesday morning run. And next up, we'll head to Rome, where Pope Leo is checking into the hospital this morning. The Vatican says the 71-year-old pontiff is going to have to undergo surgery to remove a small localized lung nodule. They've already canceled his public schedule through October 20th, and they have cautioned everyone that this is common, that these nodules are often benign, but we and they will know, doctors will know more, once they complete this surgery.

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Speaker 1: But this wasn't scheduled, babe. This is something they caught and moved on pretty quickly. For whatever reason, Rob, of course, he has a smile. He's going to be okay. Everything's going to be fine. But I couldn't help. I saw pictures this morning of that hospital. We know that hospital very well because Francis was in that hospital. This is the Pope Hospital.

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Speaker 2: Yes.

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Speaker 1: Just to see the outside of it, you would immediately recognize it, and you'd just be filled with dread. Oh, no. Because we followed Rob for, what, two or something weeks. We were expecting him. to die, Francis. And then he recovered and got out of the hospital, then died very soon after. But it was after he got one last hurrah with the people.

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Speaker 2: It was pretty remarkable. I do remember that.

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Speaker 1: But just to see that hospital didn't make me feel good this morning. Continue on the run here now. Big day, Robes. Katie Zachariah, Trump's new press secretary. She's going to hold her first press briefing this morning. 9.30 Eastern. I'm actually really looking forward to seeing this.

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Speaker 2: That's right. She takes over for Carolyn Leavitt, who left in August. Zachariah has been in the Trump orbit for some time now. She's helped on the campaign trail. She spent some time in the DHS press office and most recently worked as an advisor to the Trump media company. She's also done commentary on Fox News. That won't shock anyone. This is what Trump said to her. Good luck, Blondie. Oh, no.

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Speaker 1: That was my... Oh. It wasn't supposed to be read. I was like. That was a note for us to just have a. Jesus. That was. Why are you revealed? That was for us. You weren't supposed to say that out loud.

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Speaker 2: That sounded like something that I could see him saying to her, like affectionately.

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Speaker 1: See, we should let folks know. Maybe we should let people in on some of this. We write little notes in our scripts in here to just as a reminder of something. Just little notes. And this is the first time ever, I think, Rogue's. That you read a note that wasn't supposed to be read out loud.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we are rooting for her. We've said this.

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Speaker 1: We're excited. But the blondie thing was to put you in the right mindset and to know who it was and the whole thing. Okay, that was disastrous. All right. But we wish her luck today. She's a 41-year-old mom who happens to be blonde.

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Speaker 2: Yes.

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Speaker 1: Okay? Yes.

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Speaker 2: Yes.

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Speaker 1: But you know what? Carolyn Levitt left because she had a second child. Right. This woman has four.

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Speaker 2: It's pretty impressive.

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Speaker 1: And what are their ages, I wonder? I mean, she's 41. How early does she start? They could be a little older, but she might have some young ones in there, right?

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Speaker 2: She has her hands full. She knows how to juggle a lot. Let's see how she juggles and handles the press.

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Speaker 1: All right.

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Speaker 2: Next up on the run.

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Speaker 1: It's the last leg, right?

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Speaker 2: Another. Is this the last leg? The last leg of the run. Yes, another Michael Jordan jersey has set another record. The jersey is one of several game-worn jerseys from the 1998 finals, which ended up being Jordan's final NBA finals appearance.

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Speaker 1: Even you, everybody watched the last dance, right, during COVID. So, yes, the jerseys that have been sold and setting records are all from the last dance, if you will. Each time one is sold, pretty much sets a new record. And this latest one is no exception. $ 14 million. That is the most money. $ 14 million is the most money ever paid for a single piece of basketball memorabilia. We don't know who bought it. This was a private sale. It's just amazing what Jordan... It does. Now, oh, yeah, the reason this one is different, it's not even from the final game. This was game three. Do I have it in there right? He signed this one.

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Speaker 2: Oh.

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Speaker 1: It includes his autograph. Wow. So that's why.

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Speaker 2: The power of Michael Jordan. That's pretty remarkable.

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Speaker 1: And have you know, the only other jersey that sold more in sports was Babe Ruth's jersey, the famous call your shot. That uniform sold for $ 24 million.

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Speaker 2: What do people do? Do they just display it under glass? Yes.

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Speaker 1: Yes. Even the Babe Ruth jersey gives me chills.

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Speaker 2: You sound excited about it. You would like to own a piece of that?

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Speaker 1: Babe Ruth pointed to the stand and said, I'm going to hit a home run. And then he did it. That jersey, I would pay money to just walk by it and see it.

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Speaker 2: That's impressive for you to say. Wow.

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Speaker 1: All right.

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Speaker 2: A quote of the day here on this Tuesday comes to us from Mahatma Gandhi. Forgiving someone takes more strength than getting even.

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Speaker 1: That's a good one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I like that. Yeah, but it doesn't... It doesn't feel as good, does it? Initially. Initially, you want to get even. Say it again. Say it again.

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Speaker 1: Say it again.

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Speaker 2: Forgiving someone takes more strength than getting even. Ah. And I appreciate that because it does. It's so much harder to just forgive someone... in peace and let it go rather than say, I'm going to get them back. I'm going to show them. I'm going to tell them. I'm thinking about Kelly Clarkson, honestly, and the whole story. Like it feels good in the moment.

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Speaker 1: Don't talk to me about strength. All I gotta do is pick up my phone and send a tweet.

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Speaker 2: Yep.

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Speaker 1: Stop with all this strength stuff. I don't need strength. I just need to let this out.

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Speaker 2: Uh, so I just thought this was so good in the, in the wake of all of the stories where people get upset and egos flaring. And I think about Trump's true social and sending, uh, the Justice Department to Ilhan Omar's house, all of that.

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Speaker 1: He didn't do that, by the way.

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Speaker 2: Stop it.

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Speaker 1: He said clearly he had nothing to do with that.

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Speaker 2: Okay.

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Speaker 1: For the record.

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Speaker 2: Forgiving someone takes more strength than getting even. So with that, everyone, we always appreciate you running with us. I'm Amy Robach.

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