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Okay, good to see you. You ready? Let's

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go. It's Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025.

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It's first thing with Kevin Mano. Real

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quick look at all the top headlines,

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and there's a lot going on today,

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so let's jump in. Show starts right

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now. And we always start with the

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top story. According to President Trump,

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today is Liberation Day. It's a

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day of fresh tariffs that according

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to the White House will go

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into effect immediately. While we still

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don't know exactly what's coming, it

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is expected to be his most

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aggressive tariff move yet. There will

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be a Rose Garden ceremony this

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afternoon at 4 p.m. Eastern, that

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is when he will announce these

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additional tariffs. Find out today what

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type of goods will be targeted,

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what countries, and how this will

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ultimately affect consumers here in the U.S. down

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to sports. First, the NFL is

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implementing some new rule changes. The

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league disapproved two updates that will

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go into effect for this upcoming

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2025 season. First, the overtime rules

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are changing. Both teams will receive

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a possession in overtime during regular

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season games. They use this in

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the postseason last year and now

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it's going to be standard. Also,

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the league is expanding their replay

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assists. They're including more penalties that

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can be subject to replay review.

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Also in the NFL, former cornerback

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and current broadcaster Richard Sherman's house

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was broken into. His family was

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reportedly robbed at gunpoint. It's very

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scary. It's not totally clear if

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Richard was there, but his wife

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and kids were. He posted photos

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of the robbers online and asked

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his followers for any information that

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might help authorities locate him. Lastly, back

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to March Madness, the big championship

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weekend is coming up and of

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course. Earleby Music Performances. It's a

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big event, big to do. The

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2025 NC double a March Madness

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music festival is happening in San

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Antonio this weekend. It will include

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pit bull, dochy, jelly roll, tea

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pang, Chris Stapleton, Benson Boone, Brothers,

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Osborne, and more. It's big. Again,

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it's all happening this weekend. On

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to some entertainment headlines. I hate

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saying this one. Sad one to wake

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up to this morning. Val Kilmer passed

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away. Really a legend. He was in

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Top Gun. Tombstone. Heat. Willow. He was

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Batman. When I was a kid, my

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brother and I would always watch the

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movie Top Secret. That's a great

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movie. Anyway, his daughter just confirmed

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that he died of pneumonia. He

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had been diagnosed with throat cancer

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in 2014, but he recovered. So

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this news was kind of shocking.

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Val Kilmer was 65 years old.

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On to some relationship news,

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there's another update on Sydney

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Sweeney and her fiance, Jonathan DeVino.

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According to T.M.Z., the two of

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them have been split up since

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January, living separate lives. They got

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engaged in 2022, and while they

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haven't officially confirmed their split, it's

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currently not looking good. In other

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relationship news, Dave Navarro just got

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married, he married actress and fashion

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designer Vanessa Dubasso. The ceremony was

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in Scotland. Pete Davidson was there.

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Congrats to them. And Kristen Cavalieri

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is in the news. She finally revealed

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the mystery athlete that she had a

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quote, deep relationship with, something she teased

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back in December. It was retired hockey

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player Nate Thompson. She called it, quote,

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the most honest, pure, amazing relationship I've

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ever had. In baby news a few

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things machine gun Kelly had to set

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the record straight regarding his brand new

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baby with Megan Fox He'd originally announced

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the birth with an Instagram post and

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he wrote quote She's finally here our

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little celestial seed is now clarifying that

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the baby's name is not celestial seed

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It's more of an adjective describing the

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baby. He said that Megan will share

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the name when they're ready In other

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baby news, I feel like we heard

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this a while ago, and now it

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seems to be confirmed Jennifer Lawrence and

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her husband Cook Moroni have welcomed their

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second little celestial seed. Now all of

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the reputable sources are claiming that the

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baby is officially here, so congratulations. Also,

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Kiley and Jason Kelsey have welcomed their

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latest... family member a little girl their

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fourth little girl Finley and Kelsey that's

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her name congratulations lastly the rock is

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in the news he was he was on

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an airplane that had to make an

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emergency landing there was apparently some sort

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of hydraulics issue so while over the

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Pacific Ocean the pilot informed him they'd

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have to turn it around return to

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Hawaii everything was fine in the end safe

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and sound but the rock did have to

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miss the United Football League season opener Moving

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on to movie and TV news, some

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more stuff out of cinema con,

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the cast of the upcoming Beatles

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biopix were officially announced. Sam Mendez

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is making these movies, one about

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each beetle. You've got Harris Dickinson,

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it's John Lennon, Paul Muskall, Paul

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McCartney, Barry Keogan, his Ringo Starr,

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and Joseph Quinn is George Harrison.

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All four movies will be in

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theaters in April of 2028. Sam

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Mendez called it the first, bingeable

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theatrical theatrical theatrical experience. That's definitely

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different. Also out of cinema con,

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you guys, I really thought this was

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an April Fool's joke. There were a

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few new stories that broke yesterday that

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I just, I did not believe. Kianu

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Reeves is reportedly returning for John

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Wic-5. If you saw the last one,

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you don't know how that's possible. There's

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also an animated prequel film in the

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works and a spinoff featuring the character

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Kane, who was played by Don Ein

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in John Wic Four. So all of

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this coming in the John Wic universe.

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Why would you make any real announcements

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on April 1st? I don't get it.

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Also, cinema con news, Mark Hamel is

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going to receive their icon award this

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year. Luke Skywalker. He's being honored

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tomorrow night. In other movie news,

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another one that broke yesterday, and

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I definitely didn't believe it. Apparently,

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there is a follow-up to Quentin

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Tarentinos once upon a time in

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Hollywood coming to Netflix. Tarentino wrote

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the script, but he's not directing,

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but he's in talks to Star.

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I mean... This is too big

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to announce on April Fool's Day

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a mad about it. I still

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don't really believe it. A couple trailers

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up this morning, one for Karate Kid

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Legends. Jackie Chan and Ralph Machio are

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in this together joining the original franchise

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with the more recent films that movies

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out in May and that trailer is

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up right now at First Thing Pod

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in the Instagram stories. Also the first

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teaser trailer for the new Hunger Games

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movies. Sunrise on the Reaping. It's a

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prequel that'll be in theaters November of

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next year and I've got that teaser

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up. In TV news, this could be

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just a rumor, but NBC is reportedly

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offering Kelly Clarkson a job on today.

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The word is that they want her

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to take Hota's vacant chairs of now.

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Jenna Bush-Hager is hosting the show with

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rotating guests. That's temporary though, until Hota's

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permanent replacement is announced. Could be Kelly

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thing. Okay on to music. Another April

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Fool's Day joke that I fell for

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yesterday. I'm getting kind of sick of

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this. I wrote up like a whole

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thing. about how Taylor Swift was taking

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classes at Oxford to get a doctor

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of philosophy and theory of music because

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this story was everywhere. Turns out, that

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was fake news. Fun. Definitely could have

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been true. It's not really that far-fetched,

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but it's not happening. So if you

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see that anywhere, know that it was

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bogus. I've got another trailer up in

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our Instagram stories this morning. This one

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is for the weekends upcoming movie, Hurry

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Up Tomorrow, which is a companion to

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his latest album. He just dropped another

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trailer for it and that movie is

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in theaters May 16th. Some 41 just

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released their final music video ever. They

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recently wrapped up their farewell tour and

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now they have a retrospective video for

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this on Radio Silence to mark the

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official end of the band's career. Lastly,

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the guys in Creed are currently killing

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it with their reunion tour. It's going

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so well. They've added more dates. I'll

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post those new dates if you want

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to take a look up in the

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Instagram stories, if you want to see

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Creed. Some additional headlines here on this

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Wednesday morning, President Trump's administration has admitted

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to making a mistake in deporting a

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Maryland man to an El Salvador prison

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last month. This man... He has protected

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legal status. He's 29 years old. He

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was deported due to a quote, administrative

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error. His wife is fighting to get

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him back, but officials are saying it's

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going to be tough since he is

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now in Salvador and custody. This one

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is far from over. I'm sure we'll

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hear a lot more about it. In

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other political news, Senator Corey Booker spent

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over 24 hours speaking on the Senate

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floor. He started at 7 p.m. Eastern

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time on Monday and he talked continuously

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until after eight yesterday. He said his

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plan was to speak for as long

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as he was physically able. The whole

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thing was about President Trump. He's quite

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critical of the president. He said it

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was about, quote, what Donald Trump is

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doing to our nation. He broke the

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record for longest speech on the Senate

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floor 25 hours and five minutes. We

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found out yesterday that the justice This

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department will seek the death penalty for

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Luigi Mangioni, an accused of killing United

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Health Care CEO Brian Thompson if he

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is convicted on those capital murder charges.

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Prosecutors will go for the death penalty.

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In restaurant news, hooders just filed for

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bankruptcy. They have accumulated $476 million in

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debt, and they plan to sell 151

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of their corporate owned restaurants to a

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buyer group. The deal has to be

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approved by the courts before it can

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go forward, but it sounds like the

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plan is to keep them open. In

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April Fool's News, because I'm such a

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fan, some of the biggest April Fool's

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Day brand pranks this year included Hidden

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Valley Ranch-flavored Soda from Olive Pop, Yahoo's

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Touchgrass keyboard, Cat Poop-sented candles, and Electric

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Butchaver from Dude Wipes, and a five-year

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dual lingo world cruise to help you

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learn 40 different languages. Lastly, I always

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end the show with something positive. Sometimes,

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I'll be honest, these stories can kind

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of bum me out. I like this

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one, but you know, the stories of

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like a community rallying around a senior

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citizen so they can finally retire. Like

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it's just, it's kind of sad to

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me that that even needs to be

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done. But this one made me smile.

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A woman in Massachusetts ordered food from

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DoorDash as we all do. And the

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delivery driver was her old high school

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science teacher. He retired in 2013 and

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he's been doing this. so that he

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can help his son with tuition costs.

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This woman heard the story, they chatted

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for a while, they talked about his

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son and everything, and she decided to

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set up a go fund me for

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him. She managed to raise over $40,000

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for her old teacher. She said that

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this teacher had a huge impact on

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her when she was in school, so

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this was her attempt to pay it

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back to say thank you to him.

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And as of this morning, Mr. Melendez's

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go fund me. is $41,466. That's awesome.

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Good for him, good for her. I

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like that in the show is over.

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Okay. So much going on at the

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moment. I'm really boned about. Val Kilmer

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and I'm mad about all the April

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Fool stuff that I fell for yesterday,

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but going to be

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a good day good

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Make it a

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great Wednesday a let's

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do this again tomorrow.

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again tomorrow. your friends

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about this show. about this

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show.