(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!

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4:04Hey there, everybody, and welcome to Morning Run. It is Friday. September 5th, I made me robot. And I'm TJ Holmes. We got a holiday weekend. How you feeling about the holiday weekend? Everybody excited, right? Yeah, we have great weather here. See you in summer? 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 where we are, hope you're off to a good start to your holiday weekend.

5:07On this Morning Run, we'll be making stops, yes, in Massachusetts. But also in Nepal, Missouri, Fort Dix, New Jersey. Also make a stop in the Fox newsroom, the CBS newsroom, and the Will Affortune 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 to paradise. But we're so busy, we can't relax. Roach, how stupid is that? We canceled a trip to relax because we're too tired and busy. To go relax. That's actually a true statement. 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, it was pretty. I don't know why 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.

6:07I guess I wasn't paying close enough attention. This could be a historic labor day at the gas pump. That's right. Because gas prices, as we head into labor day, triple A, 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. 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 4 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

7:10that was set on September 3rd 2012. Even 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 our helping keeping, 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 at 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

8:12to the judge saying one juror was not following the judges instructions. And 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 a limit was 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 this morning.

9:13Who knows how long that's going to go and what it's going to look like. It's possible. Roads if he removes the juror, they have to start over. Wow. 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 we'll affort an announcer 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,

10:14but it prompted the captain to call the head to law enforcement, meet the plane at the gate. We're police spoke to Thornton, but let him go on his way. Now, 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 chatroom 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 chatroom. And look, just this is not something anybody wants to hear, but there were discussions that clearly were pointing to pedophilia or at least.

11:14It was on. Yes. And if these pictures are accurate and true and Roads, you can see the screen clearly. And you can read the chats. Now 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 chatrooms to provide support and apparently he claims that there was a link on one of the chatrooms, the suicide prevention chatrooms, that he was sent. That he clicked on that sent him to this other chatroom that is a known pedophilia chatroom. And the problem for him though, he was on it for what, 50 minutes. His attorney said once he realized what it was, he It took him almost an hour to figure it out. TMZ claims there are timestamps that show he was on for at least

12:1557 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 is 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, 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 would have 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.

13:19This 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 of a prison fight, apparently. And now it's at February 5th. Well, stay tuned. I'm sure it will move again. It's just the May, yes, time for time served. He does a different program's in there or gets in trouble. It can move around. This is common, but it's just everybody's keeping up with Diddy. And it's just here. We got another one. It's moving around again. I'll continue on the run here. Now, Robs, they say never give up hope. And this is why two workers have now been pulled alive from that mud and muck in the Paul and Robs. 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

14:20because 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, 1,300 people have been confirmed, killed in that just wall of water that came through. You know, hope was has been dwindling as the days go by to get this now. Huge. 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 hell story of the day. I'm a jury Republican running for the state legislature has been charged in federal court for 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 OK with that? Like how do you look in the mirror? Thomas Ross is charged with conspiring to distribute

15:20a 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, Louise Sucker. Thankfully, the campaign manager had a moral compass, went to police, and actually was wearing a wire. Yes, they got him on tape, Robs, 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 run, 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.

16:21She passed away at the age of 92. No cause of death, but a family statement said 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. And that's a moral choice she made every day. I thought that was great, but the Oprah one, I think, really nailed it, Robs. Every woman who has ever walked into a room, knowing she belongs there, every woman who has 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-borded 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,

17:26humanity, 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 was a fan of that, but that is a really, this is something we absolutely love doing. You go visit, especially a new place. Sometimes I just start talking to you. Sometimes you're getting your car and you might even get a no-it. I don't want to talk to anybody. Man, strike a full 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. In the book, I know she's written several, but my life on the road, I read it, covered a cover, 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.

18:26We'll 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. This message is sponsored by Regeneron and Santa Fe. Janokramer does not have direct experience with the product advertised. As the mother of a child who has eczema, I know how hard it is to watch your child struggle. It's frustrating trying everything from home remedies to topical prescription creams, but when you're a mom, you never stop trying. If you feel like your child's moderate to severe eczema isn't under control with topical prescription therapies, it could be time to ask their doctor about duPixen duPilliumab. DuPixen works inside the body helping to block a key source of inflammation that can cause eczema flare-ups on the outside. DuPixen helps your child stay ahead of their eczema symptoms with clear skin and less itch, and it's not a steroid or immunosuppressant. DuPixen can be used for children as young as six months.

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22:34Yeah, 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 correspondent. 60 minutes. And she just, yeah, she just got, I think newly named was that renamed to 60 minutes correspondent, 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. I just, 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. Nothing 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. Maybe she will be a ratings man. Again, please don't hear me saying anything negative about her. It's just, yeah, got a new anchor.

23:35It'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. Well, they don't have a plan. We just rotate anchors. That's what CBS has been doing all summer. They've been rotate the anchor 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 a star that big that's been there that long. Their statement they put out, Robes is the thing they got attention. Quote, effective today, Maria Bartiromo was no longer with Fox Media. We 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. Yeah, Bartiromo had close ties to President Trump was a defendant in that defamation lawsuit brought against the network over promoting false claims about the 2020 election that

24:39suit 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 L. Levitt's position. J.D. Vant seemed to have shot that down, but it was a little coy about it. In 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 what she wasn't supposed to. And that caused all kinds of rent. 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. 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. Okay. I love that. You're right, you're right, you're right, you're right. Okay, fine. She's so true. All right, this is bear the fruit.

25:39It takes a little while for her. 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. I made me robot. And I'm TJ Holmes. Please know we are keeping a very close eye on that courtroom and Massachusetts expected to start at nine o'clock. We will we'll 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. We manage work, kids, appointments, bills. Basically, we keep everything moving. So if someone steals our identity, the last thing we need is another full time job, filling out forms and chasing down accounts. I mean, it can take months to restore ID theft on your own. So what can you do? You get life lock. Life locks, restoration specialists will do the hard work for you because life lock truly

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