(Friday) Morning Run: Record Labor Day Gas Prices, Day 7 for Clancy Jury, “Wheel” Scandal Deepens, Miracle in Nepal, Bartiromo Out at Fox, O’Donnell In at CBS, & MORE!

0:00This is an I Heart Podcast. Guaranteed Human. If you're bookshelf and you're for you page are equally important to your personality, welcome home. Pro Society is a weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for anyone who thinks pride and prejudice and love island deserve the same level of discourse. Each week we're connecting the dots between books, the internet and pop culture. With your favorite writers, book talk creators and plenty of overthought opinions. Yeah, I'm obsessed. So obsessed. Listen to pro society on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. I survived nine months in captivity and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart and these are the survivor files. Every week I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable, abducted, stalked, controlled and nearly silenced. These are stories about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to the survivor files with the Elizabeth Smart on the I Heart Radio app,

1:02Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. On the new podcast, Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus or this random dude is offering me a ride on his motorcycle. I choose option B. I'm Julie Pinero and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word Solita trading the pity for possibility. Listen to Solita on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Our hometown is not a test tube. 90 miles northeast of Nashville, a battle for the future of America plays out in one small town. Developers with right wing ties have purchased hundreds of acres of land. We need cities on a shining hill. This is our town, a podcast about what happens when a small town becomes the site of a social

2:03experiment and fights back. Guess you didn't move in on a bunch of dumb hillbillies now, did you? Listen to our town on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Didn't catch the latest Roland Martin unfiltered podcast. Here's what you missed. There should not be a single law enforcement agency that does not have body cameras. It's real. Black farmers have been under attack. This is just the latest example of them just slapping DEI on anything. It's wrong. And I'm sitting here going. They are playing y'all for fools. Catch Roland Martin's daily commentary on the black information network. And download Roland Martin unfiltered on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts. Or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning run with Amy and TJ and I Heart Radio podcast. Hey there, everybody. And welcome to Morning Run. It is for Friday September 5th. I made me robot and I'm TJ Holmes. Got a holiday weekend.

3:03How you feeling about the holiday weekend? Everybody excited, right? Yeah, we have great weather here. Yeah. I mean, you know, I love the fall. I'm already in an autumnal state of mind. Why is it we feel a bit of angst because of this Clancy trial, right? It's day seven. It feels like we can't as a country even go on a holiday weekend until this thing is resolved. You and I are actually putting all of our plans on hold. We thought we would have either a verdict or some sort of outcome, even if it was a mistrial by today or yesterday or the day before. I actually laughed because I looked at last Friday where we were all talking about whether or not we were going to get a verdict. Oh, yeah. And here we are the following Friday and still saying the same damn thing. So it's hard to look forward. I don't know. The whole country's caught up in this, but yes, people are going to be having a good time this weekend. So wherever you are, hope you're off to a good start to your holiday weekend. On this morning run, we'll be making stops, yes, in Massachusetts, but also in Nepal, Missouri, Fort Dicks, New Jersey.

4:03Also make a stop in the Fox newsroom, the CBS newsroom, and the will of fortune announcers, booths. But let's start, roach. Let's start at the gas pump. We didn't know this was going to be an issue for us. We actually, we canceled a trip. We were supposed to fly off the paradise, but we're so busy. We can't relax. Bro, how stupid is that? We canceled a trip to relax because we're too tired and busy to go relax. That's a true story. Well, we have a bunch of travel coming up. And so we just thought we can't travel three weekends in a row, but the weekend we travel, the weekend we canceled was the only weekend we actually were just going to be chilling. Yes. We made that choice. We are too tired to go relax. And so this is where we are. But now gas prices, prices at the pump could be effective for us. Maybe we'll hit the road and roops. I don't know. I guess I wasn't paying close enough attention, but this could be a historic labor day, labor day at the gas pump.

5:03That's right. Because gas prices, as we head into labor day, AAA, well, put it for us like this. We didn't even have to write it. They actually wrote the perfect way to put it. We do this our whole career. People put out press releases and then we take the information out of it and we write the story. Roops, they wrote it for me. I couldn't do it any better. So I just included it. All right. Here's how they put it. Labor day weekend travelers are facing the highest gas prices ever for this time of year. The national average is 414. That's up four cents from just last week. Continued volatility in the state of hormones has pushed crude oil prices in the $90 per barrel range after a record setting August. This Labor Day weekend is on track to also set a record at the pump. The national average has never been above $4 per gallon on Labor Day. I didn't know that. The current Labor Day record is $3.82 that was set on September 3, 2012.

6:03Even the gasoline demand decreases this time of year, typically bringing down gas prices this year is different due to the high cost of crude oil. Roops, there it is. They just said, yes, the war in Iran is costing you more at the gas prompt at a record level this level. I thought JD Vance said yesterday in the press conference that we actually, because of war, are helping keep it, it could be even worse if we hadn't gone to war. The other line that was saying, I wouldn't call it a war is what he said when he was asked yesterday. Again, yes, a lot of people reacted the way you did by laughing. I'm glad everyone noted my sarcasm. All right, well, let's continue on the run. We'll get away from the gas pump. Let's get to the courtroom. All eyes will be on that courtroom this morning in Massachusetts, jurors backrobes to start a seventh day of deliberations in the Lindsey Clancy triple murder trial and the end of day six was a doozy. It really was defense attorney Kevin Reddington made a motion to have a juror removed after the jury sent a note to the judge saying one juror was not following the judge's instructions.

7:07And that set off a full hour of activity. I guess that's one way to put it in the courtroom. Lindsey Clancy was actually rolled to the front of the courtroom where the judge then brought in each juror one by one, swore them in and asked them if they were able to follow his instructions. Yeah, but the reports we were getting out of the courtroom at the time. It was a sidebar. So us watching at home on streaming couldn't see it, but folks in the courtroom, the reporters were reporting Kevin Reddington was lit. Because literally throwing things was yelling and this was all in full view of people in the courtroom and they just had it out. Robes and we didn't know exactly what was going on. It turns out, yes, the judge is going to conduct now an inquiry this morning into this juror. We thought it was actually done. Reddington made a motion. The judge said, I deny the motion. I'm not going to kick off the juror, but then later turns out there will be an inquiry of this morning. Who knows how long that's going to go and whether it's going to look like. It's possible. Roads if he removes the juror, they have to start over.

8:08Wow. Oh my goodness. Well, we shall see because Reddington claimed he said he hoped it would be conducted in open court, not in a sidebar. So we'll know soon enough if we will be privy to what happens before the jury begins deliberating again. If they continue with the same jury, they're at 36 hours and 22 minutes. So we shall see. All right. Next up on the run. We actually appear to be getting a better idea of exactly why Wheel of Fortune announced or Jim Thornton was suspended from the show. And honestly, this was not on any of our radars. But Roads, well, yeah, let's just explain here. You'll remember earlier this week, Sony announced that Jim Thornton was being suspended. After it was revealed that a fellow passenger made a complaint about Thornton during a flight in May. Now we didn't know the nature of the complaint, but it prompted the captain to call ahead to law enforcement meet the plane at the gate. We're police spoke to Thornton, but let him go on his way.

9:10Now Roads, that's all we knew over the past couple days. And a lot of people were taking Sony to task. Wait a minute. What did he do if there was nothing illegal? What could it have been? You and I have been talking about this story for days. Sony must know something we don't because not only did they suspend him, Roads, they are pulling him his voice from the episodes. That have already been taped. Exactly. So TMZ is now reporting that the passenger reported him because it appeared Thornton was in a chat room for pedophiles on his laptop. And TMZ released the photos. It actually, we did see that initial photo of his arm with Wheel of Fortune. Now it's pulled out and you can actually see what's being talked about in the chat room. And look, just this is not something anybody wants to hear, but there were discussions that clearly were pointing to pedophilia. Or at least, yes. And if these pictures are accurate and true and Roads, you can see the screen clearly and you can read the chats.

10:11And we can't tell who he might be in the chat or if he's actually responding. Roads, this is some of the toughest and grossest stuff you ever see. You just cannot believe people are out there having these discussions with each other. And he's open, the laptop is open on the plane. That's what's crazy to me. He doesn't think someone can see what's on his screen. Now his attorney has an explanation telling TMZ. Thornton has been a suicide prevention advocate and often visits some chat rooms to provide support. And apparently he claims that there was a link on one of the chat rooms, the suicide prevention chat rooms that he clicked on that sent him to this other chat room that is a known pedophilia chat room. And the problem for him though, he was on it for what, 50 minutes. His attorney said once he realized what it was, he, he got almost an hour to figure it out. TMZ claims there are timestamps that show he was on for at least 57 minutes. This is awful and this is why Roads, you cannot have the announcer of a beloved family show accused of being any, I don't know if they gave him a chance to explain or if there

11:16is any explanation. Roads, this is, it makes sense now. This looks bad. We knew that there had to be an explanation and we knew it was going to eventually come out and wow. Here it is. Yeah, unfortunately, this is just awful. All right, continue on the run here now. Just an update for you. Roads, this has become almost fodder. Diddy, Sean Diddy comes. His release date has been moved up again. It's been moving around quite a bit since he was convicted and sentenced last year. Now his new release date, Roads, is February 5th, 2028, the day before your birthday. Oh, yes, that's right. That one without be that would be my 55th birthday. Oh, all right. Well, he was originally sentenced to 50 months in prison after being convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and his original release date was set from May 8th, 2028. This is pretty funny. Then it got moved to April 25th, then to February 23rd, then to January 24th. I remember that one caught my eye, but then it moved backwards to February 20th because

12:19of a prison fight, apparently. And now it's at February 5th. Well, stay tuned. I'm sure it will move again. It's just amazing. Yes, time for time served. He does different programs in there or gets in trouble. It can move around. This is common, but it's just everybody's keeping up with Diddy. It's just here. We got another one. It's moving around again. Continuing on the run here. Now Roads, they say never give up hope. And this is why two workers have now been pulled alive from that mud and muck in the poll and roads. This is nine days now after that flooding disaster. Can you imagine the two, at least they had each other, but my God, the two were in a hydropower tunnel along with hundreds of other workers when the flooding happened. There was hope some workers were able to survive and sure enough this morning rescue crews heard voices. So there's even more optimism now that there could be more workers who are alive because they said what as many as 500 workers were trapped in those tunnels. So to find two alive is great, but the idea that there could be more is pretty remarkable. So far, though, 1300 people have been confirmed killed in that just wall of water that came

13:25through. You know, hope was has been dwindling as the days go by to get this now. Huge. Just a little more pep in the step, a little more energy and hope. So that was great to see. Continue on the run here. Now let's go to Missouri where I'm one of my favorite stories of the day. It's more my what the actual held story of the day. A Missouri Republican running for the state legislature has been charged in federal court before trying to plant drugs on his political opponent. Robs. I mean, they say politics is dirty, but this is really just as low as it gets. Can you imagine honestly trying to send your political opponent to prison closely and being okay with that? Like how do you look in the mirror? Thomas Ross is charged with conspiring to distribute a controlled substance. According to the Justice Department, Ross was busted after he gave his campaign manager a black nylon glove that had white powder cocaine inside and an Adderall pill. The campaign manager was supposed to plant the drugs in the purse or car of Ross's opponent,

14:29Louise Sucker. Thankfully, the campaign manager had a moral compass, went to police and actually was wearing a wire. Yes, they got him on tape ropes, apparently, saying this stuff. Now he eventually actually won his race, but only by I think 30 votes. But the head of the state Republican Party is calling for him obviously to drop out of the race. And November, haven't heard his response, Robs. Maybe he has a perfectly good explanation for all of this. All right. Next up on the rod, the tributes keep coming for Gloria Steinem, the long, indefitigable champion of the women's movement. Actually, we found out about her passing just shortly after we recorded Morning Run yesterday. So we didn't get to get it in yesterday. So I want to make sure we give her a nod. She passed away at the age of 92, no cause of death, but a family statement that she passed away surrounded by her loved ones here in New York City. Yeah. And obviously everybody everywhere has been sending in tributes to her, only included two here. The Hillary Clinton one said her activism was rooted in optimism.

15:30And that's a moral choice she made every day. I thought that was great, but the over one, I think really nailed it, Robs. Every woman who has ever walked into a room knowing she belongs there, every woman who is demanded equal pay, equal respect, ownership of her own body and the right to make her own choices. Every girl who has grown up assuming that her dreams are hers to pursue, whether she knows Gloria Steinem's name or not is living in some measure inside the progress Gloria helped create. That's cool. That was a beautifully worded tribute to her. And I remember I was telling you, I read her book. And she talked about one of her favorite things to do is to speak to a driver, no matter where she is, whatever country, whatever city that you will learn more about people, humanity and the place you might be visiting if you just speak to the person who's taking you somewhere, everyone gets into either a taxi or a Uber or whatever. And I just thought that was such a cool thing. And so many times when it's happened, I think of Gloria Steinem. Robs, this is, I don't know, maybe some, I didn't know that story about that she wasn't

16:34a fan of that, but that is a really, this is something we absolutely love doing. You go visit, especially a new place. Sometimes they just start talking to you. Sometimes you get in your car and you might even get a no-it. I don't want to talk to anybody. Man, strike up a conversation. It's true. We just learned about the guy in Canada who crossed the border illegally and we learned a whole story. And that's what reminded me of Gloria Steinem and the book. I know she's written several, but my life on the road, I read it, covered it, covered it, I highly recommend just as a journalist, but as a curious person, as a woman, she just has so many phenomenal stories, so many lessons to impart. And even in her death, she leaves behind a trove of books and just the path that she created for so many of us. Oprah said it best. I will stay with us folks here on this Friday morning run when we come back. A couple of major shakeups in major media. One network is bringing back a big name. Another network, getting rid of it. When I was 14 years old, I was kidnapped and health captive for nine months.

17:36I survived and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should have destroyed them. I'm Elizabeth Smart and these are the survivor files. You just remember this low taunting voice next to my ear saying, shut up, don't say anything. Every week I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable. I knew if he woke up without a doubt, he was going to hurt me. I started feeling that there was someone at the end of my bed and I just started screaming. They are abducted, stalked, controlled and nearly silenced, but these aren't stories about what's taken from them. Their stories about what it takes to make it out alive, listen to the survivor files with Elizabeth Smart on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. If you're a bookshelf and you're a for you page are equally important to your personality, welcome home.

18:37This is Pro's Society, the weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for thought daughters, pop culture obsessives and anyone who thinks pride and prejudice and love island deserve the same level of discourse. I'm Eli Rallo and every week we're connecting the dots between books, the internet and the conversations everyone can't stop having. I'm going to have to look up this story. I'm obsessed. I'm obsessed. From bestselling authors and your favorite book talk creators to the latest pop culture moments, nothing is off the table. It's like if you can hide some real messages inside compelling characters and that is the Trojan horse, whether you're looking for literary deep dives, smart pop culture conversations or a community of readers who love to think a little too much, you're in the right place. Listen to Pro's Society on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. See you between the pages. On the new podcast, Solita, we share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus or this random dude is offering me a ride on his

19:41motorcycle. I choose option B. I'm Julie Beniero and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word Solita, trading the pity for possibility. Every time I try to be alone, I kept meeting people and they were like, you smile good, that's not a lot of people smile around here. It's when you're alone that you're most receptive to the world as it is and not the lies you're sold about it. It can be a time where you push your limits, change your mind or wake up to a new version of yourself. So whether you're a solo travel veteran or you're too nervous to book your first trip, I hope you listen to Solita on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Our town is small taters by most standards, right? But to the people who grew up here, it's everything. What happens when a quiet Tennessee town becomes the front line in a battle over the

20:42future of America? The developers with right wing ties have purchased hundreds of acres of land in the area. The first thing you see when it pops up is high nears and apple at you, but they weren't just planning houses. We need cities on a shining hill that exemplify and embody the Christian way of life. Stop right there, is that normal? A podcast about what happens when a small town becomes the site of a social experiment. God need men to rule. And decides to fight back. Do not use my hard work to sell your bull. They're not just opposing what's being planned for here. Our hometown is not a test too. They feel like they're standing in opposition to an entire administration. I guess you didn't move in on a bunch of dumb hillbillies now, did you? Listen to our town on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Didn't catch the latest Roland Martin unfiltered podcast? Here's what you missed. And the argument is, do you want to win?

21:45If you don't win, you have no power. It's real. Those are the very people who I always say vote against their own economic interests and they complained about the very thing they were seeing. It's wrong. I knew that the issue of transgender athletes was not going well with a lot of black men. Roland Martin unfiltered. I went off. I said, this is exactly what I'm talking about. We all go scream at Chanel, but you don't want to see a black luxury company in the same bank. Catch Roland Martin's daily commentary on the black information network. 12 seats. Those are moving south. So if you Democrats, you don't wait to 23. You better be hitting the ground going hard in the south now. And download Roland Martin unfiltered on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast. Wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to your Friday morning run. Next up on the run, yes, a couple of major shakeups in media.

22:49First CBS has a new co-host of its morning show, New or maybe like a renewed host. Nora O'Donnell has been renamed host of the morning show along Gayle King and Nate Burleson. Yeah, she's making a comeback after seven years. She was angry in the show seven years ago and she left to be the CBS evening news anchor. I'm not sure how long that ended up lasting, but she never left and stayed as a CBS course. 60 minutes. She just, yes, she just got, I think newly named was that renamed to 60 minutes course comment, or at least she was more prominently featured in 60 minutes after they had several departures. You might remember. Hey, but she's there. I just, we think as soon as I saw this, I think we, man, media, we don't know. And we just, I love it. Nora, this is not a thing against her. It's just we just don't know what to do. We don't innovate. We don't do anything new. It's not that she's not deserving of the job. I just hear that and go, wow, we are just the businesses.

23:50Nothing original, nothing new. Just keep on rehashing and keep on doing the same stuff. And we wonder why the ratings don't go up. This is a mate. I'm not, maybe she will be a ratings mananza. Again, please don't hear me saying anything negative about her. It's just, yeah. Got a new anchor. It's the old anchor. Yes, that's where we are. But there's going to be a new anchor on Fox News or I guess a series of rotating anchors to fill a spot. That's my favorite thing that folks do. When they don't have a plan, we just rotate anchors. That's what CBS has been doing all summer. They've been rotating and where they land back on the one from seven years ago. All right, Fox News abruptly parted ways with one of its biggest and most recognizable stars. Maria Bartiromo is out at the network after 12 years. And here's the deal. No one is saying why? Yeah, this was for star that big that's been there that long. Their statement they put out robs is the thing they got attention. Quote, effective today, Maria Bartiromo is no longer with Fox Media.

24:52We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 and a half years and wish her all the best on our next chapter. Effective today is always there's more to the story. Bartiromo had close ties to resident Trump was a defendant in that defamation lawsuit brought against the network over promoting false claims about the 2020 election that suit was settled for $787 million. But look, if that were any reason it would have happened a long, long time ago, there was speculation. She was going to step in Karen Lovitz position. JD Vance seemed to have shot that down, but it was a little coy about it. And several hours, New York Times, including all reporting. There was an actual incident to where she gave, I guess, inside Fox information over to the administration when they weren't, when she wasn't supposed to. And that caused all kinds of rip. But she's been as big of a star. She's it has been she's been kind of a headache for them to a certain degree. That makes sense. That makes sense. All right. I'm sure she'll land somewhere if not at the White House press briefing room. All right. Your quote of the day on this Friday.

25:54If you feel like giving up because you're not seeing results, remember this. The last thing to grow on a tree is the fruit. Okay. I love that. You're right. You're right. You're right. Okay. She's so true. All right. This is bear the fruit. It takes a little while for me. It does. If you feel like giving up because you're not seeing results, remember this. The last thing to grow on a tree is the fruit. And with that, everyone never give up. I thank you for running with us. That made me real bad. And I'm TJ Holmes. Please know we are keeping a very close eye on that courtroom in Massachusetts. I expected to start at nine o'clock. We will be staring at that live stream. You can keep an eye on our feed. We will continue to update you. We appreciate you as always spending time with us on TJ Holmes. Run soon. I survived nine months in captivity. And I've spent my life exploring how other people survived what should have destroyed

26:57them. I'm Elizabeth Smart and these are the survivor files. Every week, I'm with survivors who live through the unthinkable, abducted, stalked, controlled, and nearly silenced. These are stories about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to the survivor files with Elizabeth Smart on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm a new podcast, Solita. We share the messy reality of traveling alone as a woman. I can wait four hours for the next bus or this random dude is offering the ride on his motorcycle. I choose option B. I'm Julie Pinero and I travel by myself because it's a rare space where I can say yes without asking anyone else first. I'm on a mission to reclaim the word Solita, trading the pity for possibility. Listen to Solita on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. If you're bookshelf and you're for you page are equally important to your personality,

28:01welcome home. Pro Society is a weekly podcast that's part book club, part group chat for anyone who thinks pride and prejudice and love island deserve the same level of discourse. Each week we're connecting the dots between books, the internet, and pop culture. It's your favorite writers, book talk creators, and plenty of over thought opinions. Yeah, I'm obsessed. Listen to pro society on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Our hometown is not a test tube. 90 miles northeast of Nashville, a battle for the future of America plays out in one small town. Developers with right wing ties have purchased hundreds of acres of land. We need cities on a shining hill. This is our town, a podcast about what happens when a small town becomes the site of a social experiment and fights back. Guess you didn't move in on a bunch of dumb hillbillies now, did you? Listen to our town on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

29:02Didn't catch the latest Roland Martin unfiltered podcast. Here's what you missed. There should not be a single law enforcement agency. It does not have body cameras. It's real. Black farmers have been under attack. This is just the latest example of them just slapping DEI on anything. It's raw. And I'm sitting here going. They are playing y'all for foals. Catch Roland Martin's daily commentary on the black information network. And download Roland Martin unfiltered on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts. Or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed Human.