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Bloomberg Radio New York
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"In the mid south, meteorologist Michelle Grossman. So 9 million Americans under heat alert that's mainly in the plains and the upper Midwest, but that heat does extend all the way down to the south. And we are looking at lots of spots near 100° if not over 100° Minneapolis 100 today. It's going to feel like one O 6. COVID shots could be available for children 5 and under as soon as tomorrow the CDC signed off on the recommendation Saturday the decision clears the way for nearly 2 million children in the U.S. to get vaccinated. I'm Michael kassner. This is Bloomberg best on Bloomberg radio. You're listening to a special edition of Bloomberg best, featuring highlights from the Bloomberg equality summit. I'm renita young. We conclude this hour with a wide ranging conversation with former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance bottoms. She addresses voting rights, the midterm elections, and her political future. She speaks with Bloomberg's Jacqueline Simmons. So mayor bottoms, the world watched you lead the city of Atlanta through COVID through social unrest and protest, some heart wrenching violence and economic turmoil. And you officially stepped down as a 60th mayor of Atlanta in January. Post term, how are you focusing your time? So I am figuring it out. I was at my desk in my home one day until about 9 30 at night. And I was telling my mother how tired I was. She said, well, what are you doing? I said, that's a good question. So I've had a couple of resets. They're only 24 hours in a day. And just getting back to normal, I'm speaking, I am doing commentating and all sorts of things, including taking my kids to basketball practice and carpool every day. And you were on a short but very esteemed list to become vice president in 2020. Does The White House remain a goal for you? Each time I have the honor of going to The White House, I feel like I'm going into Disney World. When you are in politics, it of course don't get any better than that. And it is such a magical place. And so I've been there a couple of times over the past month. I was just there last week and I still have to pinch myself. So never say never. Right now I'm working on carpool and we'll see what the future holds. That sounds like a goal. I'm just gonna call it, but okay. Beyond The White House and just one more question about aspirations. Because I never heard you say a rule returned to political life out. Under which context would return to the political scene. I never thought I would run for mayor of Atlanta. It took a very long time for me to get comfortable with the idea of running for mayor. But just as certain as I was that I should run for mayor, I was just in certain that it was time to exit. And put a period at the end of that season. And during my press conference, when I announced that I was not running, I said voters get to decide every four years and so do I. And it is time to pass the baton on to someone else. So that's a very long way of saying. I don't know, but I will know when I know. Okay, so let's put a little bit of into elections. Nationwide and in your state of Georgia, there's a lot of elections coming up. You've got four key posts in the state of Georgia, Secretary of State, house, Senate, governor, we're going to talk about governor in a second. But I know you've said that you hope voters turn out. How concerned are you that people won't turn out, especially after the big voting rights legislative loss in January? I'm very concerned. And for many reasons, and I say my best polling source goes between my mother and my college student, my oldest son. And when I look at my son, I look at someone who's not very satisfied, not mature enough to understand that there is a process, and that it doesn't happen with just one election, although he very much wants instant results. And I think that's reflective of a lot of people in America right now, but just as I'm constantly drilling into him every single election counts. You just can't go and vote for president and then not come back. You've got to vote in local elections. State elections, federal elections. But it concerns me. And then on top of that, we have had massive voters suppression laws put into place in Georgia. A drop boxes have been restricted. The time, the length of time that people can go and vote early voting has been limited and you can't even pass out water. In line. In June, in Georgia. So I know that there's a lot of frustration and then on top of that, we're still recovering as a country. So you have people going, well, what was that all about? Because I don't feel like my life is any better. I don't necessarily agree with that, but I know that's the sentiment. And so we've got to keep reminding people that it matters. And I posted something on Instagram saying that if you don't think elections matter, take a look at a confirmation hearing. This is what happens when you have the opportunity to show up and vote. Historic things can't happen, but again, that's a process. So what do you tell not just your Z 18 year old, your son? 19 years old. Almost 20. Okay, you're almost 20 year old son. And other voters in his age bracket. What do you tell them when they're on the fence or they're frustrated because it's not moving fast enough? Well, my son, you better go vote. And I'm going to 3 o'clock and you better meet me there. That's what I tell him. But my more polite way, is that and I think of the words of audre Lorde, revolution is not a one time event. And especially in Atlanta, we have such a deep and abiding connection to the civil rights movement, led by young people, reminding them that there were students from the Atlanta university center, that literally change the world. And that the power is still within their hands. And if they don't like what's happening, then go vote and change it. But how does the, just widening the lens a little bit? How does the DNC and the Biden administration come back from a ledger slate of collapse that happened in January in a way that fires up the base? In a way that fires up the base in a way that the Republicans have fired up the base. Well, you know, when you take polls, it's a snapshot in time. So polls can swing from this way. They can swing that way. And I'm a living testament to that when I ran for mayor. Just a week before the election, I was 6 points down in the polls. And I ended up winning by a very slim margin. And I say that to say, I know a lot of people are looking at polls and looking at where President Biden may be in the polls and believe that that's going to be reflective in the midterms, but I don't receive that And what I know is that the DNC is continuing to do the work, continuing to invest money in communities towards countering the voter suppression efforts towards registering
WABE 90.1 FM
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on WABE 90.1 FM
"This done May God bless you all and may God protect the sacred right to vote Thank you I mean it Let's go get this done Thank you We've been listening to speeches from President Biden and vice president Harris from Atlanta Georgia making their case for federal voting rights legislation I'm Ari Shapiro The vice president described what she called an assault on our freedom to vote as Republicans pass legislation limiting ballot access in states around the country President Biden said to them too many people voting in a democracy is a problem so they are putting up obstacles Both connected this effort to the history of civil rights battles in Atlanta from doctor Martin Luther King Jr. and the late congressman John Lewis to more recent fights over voting rights in Georgia and beyond This is live special coverage from NPR news And I'm Tanya Mosley Listening along with us today is Scott detro NPR White House correspondent want to summers NPR political correspondent covering race justice and politics and deirdre wash Walsh in PR congressional editor and I'll start with you Scott what stood out to you A lot of things did It seemed like both President Biden and vice president Harris had two audiences for the speech that they went back and forth to several times One was voters particularly voters who voted Democrat their base saying you need to be alarmed about these trends a broad thing is happening and it is trying to suppress your vote Hearing very forceful language from Biden making it clear that he's going to continue talking about this raising this issue The second audience was the United States Senate And I think there Biden's repeated framing of this as something in the sweep of history saying what side do you want to be on the side for civil rights or the side suppressing votes You heard a version of that argument again and again And I think what was interesting was that he directly tied laws that limit voting access in Georgia in Texas and other Republican states to January 6th and more broadly to the attacks on the election and lies about the 2020 election that have continued to be pushed by Donald Trump the former president who Biden defeated in that 2020 election So that's the scope of this And politically I was really struck by Biden's clear call to pass the two voting rights bills that are stalled in the Senate right now pass it pass it now He said at one point frankly that is more forceful language a more energetic argument to pass something than we have heard from Joe Biden as he made the case for his agenda and that build back better bill that is also currently stalled in the Senate And the most important part about that was the fact that Biden who spent decades in the U.S. Senate and thinks of himself as an institutionalist made the argument for the first time really forcefully today that the Senate needs to change its filibuster laws It needs to make an exception so that these voting rights laws could pass by a simple majority vote rather than clearing that 60 vote threshold because every single Republican has opposed those measures and it's very clear that there will not be 60 votes for any of them in this Senate It spoke earlier about what voting rights activists were hoping to hear from the president and vice president today Do you think they got what they were looking for You know at one point the president said that he's been having quiet conversations with members of Congress his fellow colleagues in the Senate and that he's tired of being quiet and frankly I think that is what a lot of these voting rights activists wanted They wanted to hear a president who was as impassioned about the cause of protecting the right to vote as he was about passing the bipartisan infrastructure Bill His economic agenda And I think they really got that today There are points as I'm looking down at my notes that I feel like some of the phrases that President Biden used are thing that I've heard in my own conversations with activists particularly when he made the point that Senate rules have been changed in the past He pointed to them being changed to raise the nation's debt ceiling for example that's something I hear from activists all the time He made the point that history will not be kind to those who have sided with voter suppression over voting rights That is something activists have said what they have really wanted is to feel the full power of the presidency on their side for this cause and I believe that there's a lot that many of them will like here that the president and vice president said Deandra we talked about to Democrat senators at the top of this special West Virginia's Joe Manchin and Arizona's Kirsten sinema Their support of changing Senate rules to get any voting rights reform bills past is key in all of this Did you hear any parts of today's message that you felt like was aimed that their way Definitely I think what Scott mentioned early the earlier the president's message that were sort of at this turning point that senators are going to be judged in the broad sweep of history on this vote was definitely aimed at those two senators He put it flatly as a choice you know where are you going to stand He said you know are you going to be on the side of doctor king or on the side of George Wallace He said that now is the time Now is this turning point As a senator Biden was in the sort of the same place as mansion in cinema he was an institutionalist who argued to keep the Senate rules but he you know today he came out of Scott noted and came out for changing the Senate rules That is the first public time the Senate the president has made this vocal argument to do that He also said change the Senate rules whichever way you need to essentially he argued for a carve out but I feel like in that phrase he was talking to senator cinema and mansion like whatever you need however you want to change the Senate rules get it done I know it's hard to predict what's going to come next but Scott you've been covering Washington for a while now and I wonder whether you expect these speeches to actually change things Is it going to get the legislation passed Is it going to win over the activists who've been disappointed with the amount of attention that this administration has paid to voting rights so far Is it more than a statement I think my gut instinct would be that the Biden might have more success with the broader audience than with the Senate audience The fact is that he has not really engaged on this issue day in and day out He is not really treated it with the urgency that so many democratic base voters feel that this is truly an existential issue right now Biden has talked about it here and there he'd given a couple big speeches but he would often reframe his focus to the day in day out legislating I think if Biden keeps it with this amount of energy this amount of concern I think that is.
AJC Briefing
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on AJC Briefing
"Group is offering a stock swap worth two point two four billion dollars to merge atlanta-based financial technology company green sky into its digital banking unit. It's the second atlanta high tech company to receive a multibillion dollar offer this week but whether the deal goes through will depend on green sky stockholders. Green sky connects banks with customer seeking consumer loans for needs such as home improvements or healthcare earlier this week atlanta-based mail chimp announced it had agreed to a twelve billion dollar sale to california based into it which will integrate male chimps marketing social media and communication tools into its financial and tax software and the embattled fulton county elections board added. Cathy woolard as its new chairwoman yesterday. A move that georgia secretary of state. Brad ravensburger condemned as a blatantly political appointment. Woolard who served as atlanta city council president and ran for mayor in twenty seventeen is a former lobbyist for the voting rights organization. Fair fight action. She was nominated to head. The fulton elections board by commission. Chairman rob pits. The commission voted in favor of the democrat. Heading the board woollard. A university of georgia alumna was a longtime advocate for lgbtq plus rights before she became the first openly gay atlanta city council member in nineteen ninety seven. She was also the first woman to serve. As council president. woollard will become the deciding. Vote on polarizing issues before the five-member elections board which also includes two democratic and to republican appointees. That's all for today. Check back each weekday morning for more from the atlanta journal constitution or go to ajc dot com. Have a great day spoken layer. It's a fast paced twenty four hour news cycle from top stories to breaking headlines. Wherever you are. There's a big story but there is no story bigger than this state. Farm has surprisingly great rates on car insurance. So you can get the coverage you need at an affordable price. That's the best kind of breaking news. Possible like a good neighbour. st martins bear..
AJC Briefing
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on AJC Briefing
"Is the atlanta journal constitution brought to you by state farm like a good neighbour. State farm is there. It's thursday september sixteenth. Here's today's news. Most atlantans have a favorable opinion of mayor. Kisha lance bottoms but about the same percentage of residents think the city is headed in the wrong direction. And that many of the mayor's policies have flopped. That's according to a poll commissioned by the atlanta journal constitution it found that fifty seven percent of atlanta voters either strongly or somewhat approve of the job. Bottoms has done as the city's sixtieth mayor but a clear majority also think the city is headed in the wrong direction on some of the biggest issues facing the city. The poll shows that on the topic of crime. Seventy percent of those survey think atlanta is off track as for traffic congestion percent. Think the city is off track and in the affordable housing category fifty six percent of those who took part of the poll thought. Atlanta was off track in other news. The state's healthcare system continues to operate in crisis mode as hospital intensive care unit still overflow with gravely ill patients even though in nineteen admissions have declined since hitting a pandemic peak in early september. The high demand for critical care has pushed hospitals to try to limit ambulance to their severely crowded emergency departments. The result is frequent scenes of ambulances piling up outside ers as ems workers keep caring for patients on stretchers and listening to radio. 'cause they can't quickly respond to emergency. Medical and hospital officials told the atlanta journal constitution. They worry the decline may be temporary. Cases may balloon again over the next few weeks as a result of labor day celebrations the return to in-person school and the start of college and high school football games that are attracting large crowds in business. The goldman sachs group is offering a stock swap worth two point two four billion dollars to merge atlanta-based financial technology company green sky into its digital banking.
The Breakfast Club
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on The Breakfast Club
"Many i think i mean i mean shoot i i mean. I don't know how to handle that. You know as someone that doesn't live here. I think on steel sharpens steel. I mean if you have opportunities in your community take them. You know what i'm saying. And i will never turn down the opportunity immunity to make some some ins or some some headway in my space. You know what i'm doing. But what i can tell you about being in atlanta is. There's a community of people here that share information that are eager to help other people Even in the same way that dawn. Angela in monique helped me. That type of vibe like oh let me introduce you to this person and that person are places like the gathering spot where we go we. We have community in the introduced to so many different types of people. Some the people that i really met in this space That i met in this space I met at the gathering spot Retake check really talking about so you know. How long can this is. I can't wait to hear answer on this. But how how long can atlanta be the black cultural capital and economic capital. That he is a. Here's why i ask you. There's there's context question you remember. When mayor bottoms up after mayor read and how slim knows margins were for her to win. And there was a white candidate and a big issue. If you look at the numbers and spread of us the big issue is that when black people move to atlanta. They actually moved in norcross or alfa reta or decatur But only people who live in atlanta vote from about him and i don't think people realize that right and does atlanta change when there's one day perhaps a white mayor who isn't as passionate about black economics in black enterprise. Our mayor's of benzes maynard jackson one hundred percent. Absolutely i mean and i think the heartbeat a it sounds crazy but the heart of the city is like the entertainment culture is really what brings people here right s. the draw. The dry is no no. I'm not trying to be disrespectful. The but the draw is magic city. The draw is you know you see the draw. Is you know like a little baby. The draw is these nightclubs and the entertainment life in the in the lifestyle in the wealth. Right the draw is street culture right and so from that when that changes if the the you know the the the mayor in the government government change hands you can easily deny liquor licenses and closed down the magic cities in the world and make these nightclubs closed down and the studios move outside the city and really kill the culture so i feel like atlantic will remain the cultural epicenter of black cultural epicenter of america as long as we continue to vote and continue to get out and exercise our right vote. Now one thing that i can say which was what stacey. Abrams did with the new georgia project. If i'm not mistaken is that in this presidential election. They registered eighty thousand new voters and forty thousand. Fifty percent of those people have colored black between the age of eighteen and twenty four in the city limits of atlanta. So understand that we have forty thousand young black voters that that's that's a lot more people to get out there and vote for a black mayor right in. Continue to do so so I think a as long as we remain politically Sharp in aggressive and we elect staves governor in two thousand twenty two. We'll be good. I wanted to have you speak on something. I've heard you say many times. You know atlanta's own pop culture social media like the it is what what's in that new york in la now. They capitalize on what atlanta creates. And why you heard you say why is b. t. not in atlanta wise. The breakfast club not speak on that. Well i mean. I think honestly i think we're starting to see the change in the shift right. I think it since. I've said that i've seen will packer. Create this show called central ad right like an entertainment pop culture show based out of atlanta georgia. I've seen More radio stations. Try to change their their The way that they create content and space. They're a little bit more visual unit. Three's a little bit more visual bay. They spent a little bit more time focusing on online in the content. More so than just the radio so I i mean. I feel like i've seen butter. At l. come about by you know websites in in in you know cultural phenomenon Pop up in the city and even the influencers in this phase. Really get more savvy about what they do and i think atlanta has probably some of the most popular black. You know influence creatives in in the community. So i think people have listened and said know. We need to capitalize on that. So i see the change. I see what tyler perry's on television studios and so i. I see the evolution. I think we're right at that or right at that. Space like i said the infrastructure so more important. bt doesn't want to move here the first bt like network that is a really sinks they feed into atlanta the white bt out by. It won't even be hard. It'll be easy to though my wanted the anymore they want to miss watching this map. Because you you can't. It's no secret that like the most popular. Tv shows that they have black people in them are like real housewives of atlanta love in atlanta and lemon on ethics like shows that are so wildly popular about our culture so it the writing bay or you know the writings on the walls. Just who's gonna come in and really sink their teeth into the opportunity in a. How frustrating is it to you or might it be for you when you see artists and families of artists who don't own much of anything of what they're creating in they don't realize that you know five ten twenty five years their kids won't be able to leverage those assets in their persona in take care family business like like you did with your father in managing his estate and then being able to merchandise and take care of your family like is what do you think when you think about. They're giving it all away. Well i mean some of the decisions that are being made. I think our business decisions to make you know. Lateral moves in different verticals. Like i'm i'm gonna leave the music industry now. I can invest in tech or real estate other things like that. So i understand that. It's just kinda hard for me to understand that. Because i know the value of my fathers catalog and i understand how much money has made and will continue to make because he has one of those evergreen catalog where people can consistently sample him over and over again. Some of these other is. I don't know if they'll like they'll have that where they always simple their records and make new records new records and more wreckage right so But i think also a lot. More savvy than ownership is on the mind and everybody. I think Legos like qc where they do on their masters in. It is a licensing universal. I think artists like drake. That i think now. He's out of his cash. Money dealer people turn that corner there. It's it's a lot more ownership in the space people realize and i think When those story start to come out of people really reveal what they do on and what they do have. I think inspire future generations. They know. I need to own my stuff to that i've seen is. It's way more popular than it used to be the understand it really reading the fine print understanding why and and this is the reason why feel like even fan base is so important. Because what can you tell in independent artists that you want assign them when they have a fan base where they're making a million like i'm making twelve million dollars a year fan base. What cricket building you offer me like what can you give me. I if i a masters. I don't need i don't money so the ability to give creatives leverage in other spaces and be disrupted is another reason. Why i think the platform ray. Because there's gonna be some young rapper that gets.
The Erick Erickson Show
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on The Erick Erickson Show
"Hello there. Welcome in his. Eric erickson here delighted to have you with me today. What is it. i don't know. I just got back from vacation. It's monday. i believe monday. Yes it is. I'm told welcome the phone number if you'd like to be a part of the program. Eight seven seven nine seven eric. Eight seven seven nine seven three seven four to five keep in mind. There is a bit of a delay on the phone. So just get to your point here. We can't do a lot of chit chat and i want to start with caller who has waited patiently because i wanted to talk about this issue. calling from atlanta georgia is joe. And let me see. Can i fire there. We go joe. Welcome to the program. Thank you eric. I appreciate your taking my call. The first question. Or i comment. I wanna make is. Did you hear our esteemed mayor or mice team mayor mayor bottoms. Although i call her. Mayor pits Said that eighty. I don't remember the percentage but the x percent of crime in atlanta was caused by guns to get your take on that and second is talking about her reelection or non reelection campaign. My thought is that. It's a tacit admission admission that she's not up to the job then secondly that in order to Salvage any future political aspirations. She has. She decided not to run for reelection because she knew she would not be reelected and didn't want future opponents to be able to use that against her I actually yes she. She has future political aspirations. She's gonna go spend some time with her family. She knows she can't win reelection right now. Cassim read the former mayor of atlanta is gonna run limit. Let me set the stage here for those you listening nationally. Because she was. She was vetted to be joe. Biden's vice presidential pick. She was stacey. Abrams was not kisha. Crimewave bottoms was the elderly went with kabul harris who might be slightly more incompetent than kisha crimewave. And then they offered her ambassadorship and they offered her a cabinet position and she decided no she should've taken it. Here's the situation in atlanta. The mayor of atlanta is dealing with a crime..
WSB-AM
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on WSB-AM
"Traffic 35.5 W S B. Let US news and it is five o'clock in afternoon. I'm Chris Chandler Live in the WSB 24 hour news center would be smart to avoid are 16 in this area until further notice at G dot Kyle Collins on the scene of the bizarre accident, which has closed interstate 16 in trouble and county and will keep by 16 closed for several days. At least. Long way from here, obviously, but among other things, that is the way to the coast. Of course Road also handles traffic to and from the port. Here's the latest 16 is shut down in both directions between Dublin and Savannah. Not great news Coming out of South Georgia, Natalie Dale with the Georgia D O T tells WSB a truck crashed into a bridge near so pretend that has shifted that bridge about Six FT. Making that bridge unstable She's not sure when it will reopen. We have bridge inspectors on site trying to get this done as quickly as possible. Allow for extra time. She expects the detours to be slow. Bill Chi Accio 95.5 WSB Indeed, the serious enough that governor can't briefed us on the repairs earlier this afternoon here in the bridge apart. The night, which is incredible. And obviously this is a team that unfortunately is very experienced and having to deal with things like this. If we all remember the 85 fire and bridge collapse here in the metro area, so what to do If you are headed south? Let us ask Smile and Mark McCain. Ironic the governor would be talking about the bridge collapse on I 85 is where over 85 the connector here, the surface streets just like the 85 bridge collapse really loaded up like it was here in North East Atlanta. Member that if you're trying to make your way between Dublin and better, all of those on state highways that run north and south of ice 16 are loaded up in will be until they can completely open or at least get one lane open in each direction on I 16 triple team traffic alert sample. Keep that incident up and running. If you haven't downloaded our app already going to do so, If you had the Georgia Coast, we've got alternative in there. Making an alternate through downtown Atlanta might not find one though We're over the delay, 75 South down, leaving Northside Drive told you about the heavy traffic at itself. The city from the Northeast quarter and the goat back connectors. No better as you approach University Avenue break pre in midtown Mike Feels Korea carrier traffic, So I'm not going to escape the break license through downtown Houston to 85 Looks like new trouble on the team came on the North side perimeter. 25 West Belt. The antelope Northside Drive Powers Free Road exit 22 That's in the second left lane. You're chained all the way back to I 85 spaghetti junction Exit 33 the East Side perimeter bumper to bumper 25 south down the interlude believing I 85 Getting past. I 20 that's due to a crash off to the right now. 25 westbound the interleukin flight shows 60 48 triple team traffic 95.5 ws peed. In their view, It is not a covid crime wave as mayor Bottoms has repeatedly branded at Governor Kemp in the G B today have put much of the blame of the for the Atlanta crime spike on.
Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
"I argue with me but are you going to blame me. You're gonna blame me that your boy is failing. Drug tests are scissor off drug tests. I mean five in one year. Christ how many he's said in the last ten years condone that at all so can. I'm sick and tired. Of hearing about bob effing baffert. I mean christ almighty when i think cheaters i put him right up at the top of the list. He's in the top guy. Kept up on google long and that big party. They had for shop ski today. To what all is cheating. Going on in durham and paying players to go play duke dirty as well that he's getting out of dodge right in time carbohydrate. Get rid of all the cheaters seriously. Oh i'm wrong. Tell you the players now days. They just run around lawless on end a time killer. She swatted easy. Thank you painkillers. And how much did they pay zion to go to duke. And his family brought him condos and cars and everything plane rides they pay. I mean i have been going on with every single player. How much she didn't. Tatum got to go there. All they do is glorify. These great is guy ever. I don't deny guy's brilliant coach. I don't deny beverage a great trainer. I don't deny either that they jeep and that's all there is to it. I mean honestly and then bill self. Don't get me started on the on these people. Don't get me started. i'll be here all day. i don't have all day. Don't get me started on on all of these cheaters in sports it's everywhere. The dodgers just dealt with it right dealing with these astros losing the world series to those cheating hacks the yankees had to deal with it. They deserve everything. They're getting those cheating hacks and then you know what i get. I get all of this all the time Same thing as tonight. I get you know. I'll everybody cheats. They just they just got caught. Everybody's cheating everybody's doing and everybody's stealing signs tonight. I got it guy. Decapitates a player of his colleagues and peers in the players association. In the nhl. They're supposed to all be boys. They're all in the fraternity together and this guy sharply take sevens head off. Would a dirty premeditated murder. He murdered him and broke. His neck could have left them. Paralysed and after the game. I get from fan. I get well. You should look at your own player. Perry meanwhile i got nothing to do with. Perry and i got nothing to do with the canadians or the jets. I have absolutely no bones in this at all. I'm as objective as a cloud flying over your house. And all i know is is that i a guy tries to kill another guy i get. Well i mean this guy. Berries been doing it for years. Like it like like. What does that have to do with evans getting his head decapitated by but he had a coming because of perry's on the canadians perry played on the ducks for ten years. Like bring his rap sheet up any assume for something he did in anaheim for ten years to bring him up in montreal. What's he done in montreal. Besides nothing shut up shut up. People find silver lining in everything guy takes up blame. Someone else perry's look at your own guy. Perry how stupid. You have to beat us. Say that to me. He has nothing to do with this. You stupid ass. They love the people that are like. Oh well you know what. He's he's a great guy just played a frustrating game okay. I don't care he did it. It's like you know the people that are sit there in the news camera to someone and they find three bodies in the basement of some house like you know. I never known that he was such a great guy. I don't care what he was like before he did this. It's on him. He gets the punishment character accused saving the world before it took some kid out though. Just trying to put the puck in the net them the game and it was a completely dirty hit an abc get the wrath of the nhl. Doesn't matter if you're not five suspensions before this that was one of the dirtiest place we have seen it. This playoffs this season. And maybe even the last couple of years that was the dirtiest hit. I've seen in the entire. Nhl season bar. None the play was over. The game was over. The wraparound was already in the net. It snapped off the back of the net. That guy was five feet after scoring a goal and gets decapitated by a flying elbow. What is this the ufc. How embarrassing chablis. Be ashamed of yourself of your wife doesn't do for like three months. I mean seriously The dodgers are up on the cardinals fourteen to three right now in the bottom of the seventh that is awesome as up five nothing on the mayor's bottom six everything else is a final. I'll tell you.
WSB-AM
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on WSB-AM
"Grips of a crime wave double D S P S Bill Kaya Geo Reports live. Fulton County's district attorney is venting yet Judge D a funny Willis calls it frustrating and unacceptable. We had a public health emergency. I get it. We've got another public health emergency. Now it's called violence, Willis tells Channel Two action is most of the criminals or young people, she says. Unless they get parental supervision, they're going to end up facing a judge. Willis says Stolen guns are used in many of the shootings in Atlanta. Don't leave your gun in your car. He vows harsh consequences for people committing crimes. Her comments come as mayor bottoms anti Violence Council begins looking for a fix. They could have some recommendations by early next month. Reporting live Bill Cappuccio 95.5 WSB Atlanta police offer a $5000 reward. Find the man the men who stole a woman's car at gunpoint. The suspects first caused a fender bender on 14th Street near Howell Mill and then pulled an AK 47 as she got out to inspect the damage. W was recovered the next day. Anyone with information should call Crime stoppers and you can see video that Carjacking and wsb radio dot com Senator Raphael Warnock asks the FAA to do its due diligence on plans to build a space port in southeast Georgia. The Democrats sent a letter to the agency saying he's worried it's trying to rush through an environmental impact study. Warnock says he's especially concerned about faulty launches setting wildfires on nearby Cumberland and Little Cumberland Island reporter Rob Stadler says the study should be ready by the end of the month. Spaceport Camden would be built on the site of an old munitions plant. Five counties in Oregon want to defect. Idaho Oregon Live reports A conservative counties have voted in favor of discussing relocating the Oregon border Toe Idaho because it provides a more suitable political environment where Michael Castor says a similar efforts underway Northern California although they are not Likely to succeed L a times releasing a fix for its tread and tread. Plus treadmills can now access the tread lock feature that requires a four digit code before using the treadmill. The machine will also lock after 45 seconds of in activity outside of a class CBS correspondent Dying King Hall says Pellet on recalled all the treadmills earlier this month after child's death, and dozens of injuries were blamed on the machines. Ws produced time 7 35 25 minutes away from her A T M nonstop to use 45 in sample there that hang around. Join us at eight o'clock this morning 15 in depth nonstop minutes of the news, weather and traffic information you depend on here every morning and that includes Atlanta's most accurate and dependable weather forecast. Here's Channel two action news meteorologist Brad Nets. Mix of sun and clouds today, but the mix will be mainly son. Very few clouds will be mostly sunny, breezy today with a high of 83 overnight, Nancy tomorrow morning down to 59 comfortable start to the day, But then we get very warm 86 in the afternoon with the mostly sunny sky. And then by Saturday, mostly sunny near 90. While the morning low 61 high of 89 that we push up into the nineties, Sunday and Monday, we stayed mostly sunny and dry. We're going to be hot and no rain for a week or more I mentioned earlier. We might not see rain again until June. So 10 days, 11 days will be watching that carefully. Of course, coming up in just a few minutes. I'll break that down your five day forecast right now. We're 64 on Peachtree Street. Channel two action news meteorologist Brad Nets 95.5 WSB bread. Thanks. Let's check the morning drive again. Our triple team coverage begins to Mark McKay Trouble out of Roswell Crash with injuries Hell for a highway and upper Hemery Road. Elaine is blocked in both directions. They're all traveling into the work zone starting to slow now. 400 South Valley, The North Springs, Marta station, 2 to 85. 85. We flew over the delays between delusion or across there pretty routine for this time of morning on 85 South found Pleasant Hill Road into the Indian Trail region. Unusual delays out of commerce due to an overturned vehicle crash. 85 South Down south of Highway 98 exit 1 47 is highway 15 or highway 98 down the highway 82 to get back on 85 Northwest Mark Karen Madness on 5 75 South folks trying to get into the express lanes before and after 90 to tap the brakes on 75 south and Acworth and 92. Another slow zone. Developing 75 south at Windy Hill Road. This ward, sponsored by Peach past Want to keep moving this spring Peach past keeps you moving to get to where you need to go love the lanes while doing so. Visit peach fast dot com To learn more triple team traffic 95.5 WSB. Thanks.
600 WREC
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on 600 WREC
"Has to be reconciled with the Senate version before final passage. The April jobs report comes out of the bottom of the hour. U. S employment is expected to post another solid gain for the month. His businesses hire more workers to meet rising demand. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal are forecasting that employers added one million jobs compared with a gain of 916,000 and March and project that the jobless rate ticked down to 5.8% from 6%. Even with another solid gain, the economy will still have millions of fewer jobs than it did before the pandemic. The outbreak's impact was so severe that economists Expect employment to close out this year, 1.6% lower than in the fourth quarter of 2000 and 19, despite the quick pace of hiring they anticipate in coming months. Hillary bars SKI Fox News. Fizer is applying for full Food and Drug Administration approval of its Corona virus vaccine for everyone 16 it up like the two others in use in the United States, but journals and Johnson and Johnson's it's being used under an emergency used authorization from the FDA. Visors asking for that to be expanded to Children aged 12 to 15 Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom says she will not run for re election this year. The rising Democratic star surprised afters announcing she's not going to run for a second term as mayor. Bottoms also sent out an open letter, saying she's not sure of what the future holds. She won praise for a news conference when she tried to protesters to go home well, talking about her own experiences as the mother of two black sons, But she's been facing trouble Is Atlanta sees a rise in violent crime shooting through up 50%. Compared to this time last year.
The Patriot AM 1150
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on The Patriot AM 1150
"It has to be reconciled with the Senate version before final passage. The April jobs report comes out of the bottom of the hour. U. S employment is expected to post another solid gain for the month. His businesses hire more workers to meet rising demand. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal are forecasting that employers added one million jobs compared with a gain of 916,000 and March and project that the jobless rate ticked down to 5.8% from 6%. Even with another solid gain, the economy will still have millions of fewer jobs than it did before the pandemic. The outbreaks impact was so severe that economists Expect employment to close out this year, 1.6% lower than in the fourth quarter of 2000 and 19, despite the quick pace of hiring they anticipate in coming months. Hillary bars SKI Fox News. Fizer is applying for full Food and Drug Administration approval of its Corona virus vaccine for everyone 16 it up like the two others in use in the United States, But Donna's and Johnson and Johnson's it's being used under an emergency used authorization from the FDA. Visors asking for that to be expanded to Children aged 12 to 15 Atlanta Mayor Keith Lance Bottom says she will not run for re election this year. The rising Democratic star surprised afters announcing she's not going to run for a second term as mayor. Bottoms also sent out an open letter, saying she's not sure of what the future holds. She won praise for a news conference when she tried to protesters to go home well, talking about her own experiences as the mother of two black sons, But she's been facing trouble Is Atlanta sees a rise in violent crime shootings were up 50% compared to this time last year. Fox Gelato.
WSB-AM
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on WSB-AM
"Here's Veronica Waters and Jughead about him. President Biden touches on the Atlanta spawn mass murders during his address, promising to do all he can to address the gun violence, epidemic and root out systemic racism. I also want to thank the United States Senate For voting. 94 to 1 the past covert 19 Hate crimes Act to protect Asian American Pacific Islanders by noted that White House flags were still flying at half mast for Atlanta's eight victims with 10. More lives were taken in Colorado Senator Tim Scott's Republican response to President Biden's address contents. He's trying to put government and everybody's lives. We should be expanding opportunities and options for all families, not throwing money at certain issues because Democrats think they know bad the president's family plan. Proposal includes Universal, pre K Free Community College in federal paid family Leave. First Lady Jill Biden hosts a virtual reception for guests who ordinarily would have joined her in a box at the U. S. Capitol for the address, she says the five guests personify themes in the president's speech. He knows that these aren't just issues to be debated or polled. The challenges that shape your lives, Dr. Biden told her guests that everything the president is doing is for them. Twitter is having a field day with a sleepy senator, as Ted Cruz is spotted falling asleep during President Biden's congressional address, some of the comments included calling him Ted Snooze, Double DS Reduced time. Seven Oh, three new federal charges for the three Men behind bars awaiting trial for killing Ahmad Armory, Double The ESPYs. Michelle write reports live. A federal grand jury handed up the indictments Wednesday afternoon. That's right, Travis and Gregory McMichael, along with Really, Um Roddy Brian are now facing federal attempted kidnapping and hate. Crime charges in the killing of the 25 year old Aubrey in Brunswick last year, WSB senior legal analyst Ron Carlson explained. The new indictment realized on the federal statute, which makes it a serious felony to attack and injure someone on a kind of his or her race, religion or sexual orientation. The cases former prosecutor joy at home sales Channel two action news she's pleased with the moon was very happy to hear that the indictments came down to make Michael's are also facing an additional federal weapons charge. Reporting live, Michelle right, 95. Mi five. WSB speaking as a private citizen, he says former Atlanta Mayor Cassim Retells Kiss one of 4.1 the city's crime greatest unacceptable metal detectors on fifth Plaza Lenox Square Mall. Are you kidding me? In our lifetime we've never seen, Reid says he feels a lot of calls about running for mayor again. But that's not part of his plans. Crime is shaping up to be the central issue with the mayoral race. Mayor Bottoms has called it a covert crime wave. Nobody has produced time. Seven. Oh, five were reporting on this story too little later this hour. The plane to put up 10,000 new streetlights in Atlanta is part of the effort to fight crime. It'll make the the pictures a little easier to turn on all the security cameras. It's five minutes after seven o'clock, it's timed up day. Weather and traffic. WSB beer all destruct. Mellish Jackson with Atlanta's most accurate and dependable forecast, right, Scott forecast for today. Mostly cloudy to partly cloudy, little more humid on Lee a 30% chance of an isolated shower by the end of the Day or this evening. Hi 81 lows tonight 57 to 60 tomorrow Mostly cloudy to partly cloudy. High 78 Low's 50 to 54 Saturday mostly sunny to partly sunny highs. 78 Low's 53 to 57 Recapping the forecast for today. Mostly cloudy to partly cloudy, little more humid on Lee a 30% chance of an isolated shower late day or evening in a high around 81. Yesterday was 83 right now is 64 on Peachtree Street. I mean, the rocks is correct knowledge. 95.5 WSB. Let's get on top of the morning driving.
AJC Briefing
Atlanta Mayor Delivers 2021 State Of The City Address
"Atlanta kisha lance bottoms announced a plan to hire two hundred fifty new police officers in the next fiscal year. Beginning july first. The mayor made her remarks. During wednesday's virtual state of the city address. The speech was prerecorded on march. twenty third. Bottom speech focused heavily on issues. Certain to be at the heart of this year's mayoral election including administration's response to crime affordable housing homelessness the pandemic and the social unrest last summer. The mayor faces a challenge this year from atlanta city council president felicia moore who has served more than two decades on the city council and has said crime would be her top priority. As mayor bottom said ninety police recruits are currently in the pipeline. And that she is working with the city council to enact a retention bonus for officers. The department is about four hundred officers under its authorized level.
KNBR The Sports Leader
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"Way, knbr. Well, guys, I guess we're gonna have to cancel our Very non existent plans to go down to Atlanta and have a good time for The All Star game, which is ridiculous and unnecessary and end up itself. Now that the mayor of Atlanta and by the way, Larry put some respect on her name, actually, all three of her name's the mayor of Atlanta. Not Keisha Lance. She's hilariously nand kishore land bottoms. Bottoms Here, put some respect on Mayor bottoms his name and say all three of mayor bottoms. His name's and that's the bottom line. The legs bottoms, girls make the world go round bottom s o, you know, And if there's one thing I know people who like to go to NBA All Star games and parties, you know what they love to do. Listen to reason and common sense. I am pretty sure that they've heard what Mayor Bottoms has said He went well in their bottoms said We shouldn't go. We shouldn't go. Hmm. That's gonna go over. Well, Yeah, exactly. I don't think anything's really closed down there that land anyway. I think you could go out and pretty wide open. Do your do your thing down in Atlanta. If you want to close with none. Nobody's gonna be able. I mean, there are gonna be people in the arena for the game. But tickets are not going on sale to the public so Do not think that you're going to go down there. And you know what? Not listen, the mayor and get tickets. You know, you will not let me tell you some people who go to the All Star game for the festivities don't care nothing about going to the game. Yeah, Nothing. One of the odds. Vegas is a couple with odds do Whether it be a player that goes to the all Star came Decided to hell with this. I'm not sitting in my room itself Star Weekend on to get my party on a little bit. What do you know? It's one of those players. Comes back and infects the team. Out of Lou Williams were the I percent 10% put Mommy. It's low, but I think I thought you were going to say what's the chance that one of the players like pulls their own boycott because there's been so much discussion about not playing it. Um, what do you think the penalty would be it for such a thing? If you know how we're supposed to play in that game severe, I think Damian Lillard alluded to that. I think dear and Fox alluded to that. If you don't go You gotta be pretty pretty heck and fine. I don't know what it would be. It's gotta be six figures. Uh, but I don't know exactly what it would be. Again. I'm with Damian Lillard on this. You paid a lot of money. You're asked to do it. You don't want to do it, but suck it up and go do it. Nobody really needs it. Nobody wants it. I mean, nobody. Nobody is even argued what it's about way all know what it's about, man. Just given so big money grab and everybody gets it. What are you gonna do? I mean, if you're TNT, I I understand the ask, Uh, I mean, I don't know what ratings have been. I know. Ratings were brutal last year. I don't know what they are this year. And I'm sure they're not getting bang for their buck For all the money they paid for the television contract. Just show another episode of Snowpiercer and get it over. Good movie. By the way, I like that movie watch TV show. But I didn't do that. I didn't do the movie. Very good. It is funny that they'll show three times in a row. So like the same movie 33 consecutive times. I was looking for a lot of gladiator on there. Yeah, that's the same thing over and over and over again, and the worst part about watching it is if it's a 2.5 hour movie, it's a four hour movie on You Know what? Don't watch Lord of the Rings on TBS. Good night, you know, yeah, like Lord of the Rings to start taking a train across country. Trilogy Otake Rainer. We'd like taking a bush like taking a Greyhound. It's like taking a slight ride The dog from Seattle of Miami. Oh, it's gonna take you a while, There will be some stops. Welcome to text are canna Feel free to stretch your legs down Good stay in the bus. Here's the thing, though I devoted again. We know we don't need it, but I'm okay. But do we really got to me 22 damn three point competition in the dunk competition at halftime. Jamming those things in. I mean, is that gonna be a huge draw for everybody? Is that gonna bump the ratings that much? But again? No. But we know what it's about. It's about the money. Whoever is sponsoring the dunk contest. Whoever sponsors the three points, right or somebody died in state farm or, you know, whatever. Um, they, you know they want what they pay for, which is why he is doing it. But couldn't you do it? Virtually They couldn't guys go in their own gym. And do like their own dunks like I mean, that that seems like something you could do. Without flying guys in like you could happen, Zoom or something and got to be better that way in their own gym, and you say Okay, now up, so and so, and he, you know, is it staples or is it wherever and he goes in and does his own Own dunks. And then you get guys virtually judging it who don't have toe don't have to be there. Then three point shoot. I mean, you could do that your own gym to me. I just it those seemed to me. To be more agree GIs in flying guys in because you could If you wanted to, theoretically do those virtually me. You obviously can't play the game. Virtually everybody needs to be on the same court by the game. But those those You need everybody in the same site to do a three point competition or dunk competition, do you? Well, I don't think I get why they didn't wouldn't have used the all stars. But why couldn't you use the all Stars and not not fly that many more guys in for the shooting? I mean, are you really gonna be taxed by shooting in the contest? I mean, is it that you know, I could understand for the guys the all stars who maybe don't want to be participate The dunk contest cause the dunk contest is For those guys with, you know, really, really live, you know, legs, jumping ability, the younger guys in the league the just jump and jump and jump. I don't know that I'd want to look bad and get hung on the rim. If I was some epic star who's just a little bit maybe a long in the tooth 30 or 31. Don't think that I was. I was thinking, Larry, I don't even know who was there. It's late because it's not like back in the old days. A deal that when you had LeBron Kobe and Vince Carter and an all Star game, you just like damn just put those dudes in the dunk competition..
WSB-AM
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on WSB-AM
"24 Hour news, Senator Top story this hour, a new push underway in the Georgia Legislature for revised law they would crack down on street racing Channel two action use. Matt Johnson reports. Senate Bill 10 would honor 16 year old J. Sanford Killed by accused street races into Cab County last November. Senator Emanuel Jones says his build toughens existing law. This is not an urban issue. This is an issue all over the state. It increases the mandatory fine for a street racing conviction. Toe $1000. A third events could come with the fine up to $5000 would also add 68 points to the driver's record. Marissa McCall doubts and with the Southern Center for Human Rights says they will have a disproportionate impact on black and brown you, she says existing laws are strong enough. Finn would rather have the impact of racing studied by experts. The bill would require high performance cars with 650 or more horsepower to have a special registration and display a designated the license plate. WSB News times 701 Channel to me, the Robert Just Brad knits calling for rain all day long and lives most accurate and dependable forecast just ahead. A divided Cobb County School board has extended the contract of Superintendent Chris Ragsdale for three more years. The Thursday vote was along party lines. Four of Republicans voting Yes, three. Democrats know the board will finalize details, including salary and allowances. Over the next few weeks. The top local news every 30 minutes and when it breaks 95.5 WSB depend on Atlanta Marrakech alliance problems got to bend the president's ear. President Biden's ear Friday about helping coordinate the corner virus response more on that from WSB Cheryl Castro mayor Bottoms joined a handful of mayors and governors at the White House, where she tells Channel two action news. She emphasized the need for greater local control in the vaccine. Roll out there. 1.3 million vaccines distributed and Fulton County I don't know if that's on the West Side of Atlanta word that's in Alfa Greta. I don't know Bottoms, also asking President Biden for help. Been protecting frontline workers like teachers. Cheryl Castro 95.5 WSB new poll says A majority of Americans are in favor of President Biden's work in the White House. So far, the new Hill Harris ex poll shows Biden with a 60% job approval rating, he received high marks for handling the economy, fighting terrorism and foreign affairs. His best score was 65% for taking on the coronavirus W of SP's top national story. One of the biggest events in sports takes place tomorrow. CBS is Steve Kay, Thin has more on the Daytona 500. It's the sport where social distancing has always been a thing. Our athletes are in a car by themselves. They're already wearing gloves and helmet. They're isolated from each other. Dave Halpern is president of one of the most successful NASCAR teams. Joe Gibbs Racing because of the pain Endemic, 30,000 fans will be there instead of more than 100,000. I think what will be a little bit different is it just won't be completely full, but I think once the race starts, it's going to sound the same. It's gonna look the same on the racetrack driver Joey Logano says there's plenty of interest in a new team owner Michael Jordan, less famous athlete of all time giving their sport really means a lot is something that's really special Steve Case and CBS News. Wst News Times 703. We're here for.
KLIF 570 AM
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on KLIF 570 AM
"If one person in your bubble is exposed, then everyone is potentially exposed. I'm Dr Sanjay Gupta, helping you live a better life. Atlanta Mayor Qi Sha Lance bottoms, the daughter of Fame's R and B singer Major Lance shared her vision for her city and her inaugural address, pledging to give all citizens equal access to opportunity. She established the first ever office of equity, diversity and inclusion charged with ensuring inclusive practices for all city departments. Mayor Bottoms became nationally known after speaking out in support of black last night, Al concern Me and out. Care about where we are in America, I we salute her during black, his Three month football Quarterback Colin Captaining started a national movement in 2016 when he kneeled during the playing of the United States national anthem as a protest against racial injustice, police brutality and systemic oppression. Two years later, he personally donated $1 million to 37 different organizations fighting for justice if it was not for the support from the people. Would not be on this stage today, With or without the NFL's platform. I will continue to work for the people. He's a little colleague, captain it a man of conscience during Black History month. Proud, courageous, dedicated. These are the words that come to mind when we think of our nation's.
WSB-AM
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on WSB-AM
"Journalist of all All time. Top local news every 30 minutes, and when it breaks 95.5 WSB depend on it to politics. Now, Qi Sha lance bottoms could have some competition if she decides to run again for Mayor Atlanta City Council President Felicia Moore is taken the first step to enter the mayor's race, filing fundraising paperwork with the state Ethics Commission. Mayor Bottoms acknowledge last week that she could face a tough reelection battle taking anything for granted. We we've seen Mayors across the country who didn't get reelected More isn't commenting on her plans just yet. She served on the city Council for 20 years before becoming council president in 2018, Jennifer Perry 95.5 WSB Mork Corona virus vaccine Heading here to Georgia, Georgia will have more vaccines for people 65 older starting this coming week. Governor camp expects 40,000 more doses each week. They were earmarked for nursing homes. But now those doses can go to the General public. So far, almost 600,000 Georgians have gotten their vaccination. Charlie O'Brien used 95.5 ws speech. Joe Biden, speaking at the 89th annual conference of Mayors, the winter meeting, which was all virtual this year, and during his pretaped video by been thinking the nation's mayors for their work dealing with the virus and urging mayors to issue mask mandates through April 1st rescue American people a mask up for the 1st 100 days. Yes, I've issued an executive order requiring mask on federal property and interstate travel like trains, planes and bus isn't and say so.
WSB-AM
"mayor bottoms" Discussed on WSB-AM
"Dark, and as you just heard for Amanda, they're clearly It's been a strange year, and we are in unprecedented times. Quote. We're all in this together, quote in any other cliches. I'm missing from 2020 Grim milestone. Yes. Dumpster fire. Ha ha Does daughter actually will give her credit for this? I'm looking for those precedented time returns and I have a confession to make. I think I need to take the blame for this When you guys remember How we started the segment last year on for the 1st 11 months of the year. Frankly, it was pretty slow. But with our top two stories coming into the final month, I guess it's time to strap in and get ready for a crazy 2020. So this is all your fault. Did we just make it to the end of the most historic year since World War two? I thought about this, and I would say not necessarily historic there. You know, there's 1968. There was 1989 the Berlin Wall, I would say maybe one of our most consequential years instead, I think That is definitely true. It could be said, and certainly of my lifetime health wise, I would say not since the 1919 flu pandemic Well, when you look at the impact on average American lives, you know, I would have to say it likely is because this thing affected everyone, and I think it's probably been since the mid forties. Since we've been through something like this. Together. What really sticks in your mind the most When you think back over this year's Scott Oh, gosh, individual responsibility. We had to hunt and gather again. We had to predict the supply chain And while trying to decipher differing edicts from the government where mass no don't wear a mask, I mean, what do you do? And finally you had to make individual decisions for your safety and your own families unlike we've ever had to make it least in my lifetime. For the most part this year. I think everybody rose to the occasion as best they could. They tried to rise to the occasion. They tried to overcome just tremendous obstacles. And it's it's enough to give you a little faith in humanity Still at the end of the year. And you know that was like Halloween when the CDC said we can't have Halloween. And every kid America said. Oh, no, and everybody figured out a way to pull off Halloween kind of safe, But for me, I heard this a lot of sports and for my friends, I had dinner with my family again. Yeah, that is definitely a positive, and after a while that becomes a negative spending more time with family. I think that commercial you may remember where the dog is like your dog for a walk it first and then it's starting to hide because everybody's so desperate to get out of the house who want the longest without a haircut. Why was the first to get a haircut? I knew I knew I knew out of this group that I was sacrificing and I have to say it's because that you have to just get to the root of the matter. Listen, that J. Maybe you went the longest I would quote I would, from February toe the summer. I think it was 60 days for May and the women in my house figured out how to cut my hair. How'd that go? Yeah, pretty good actually, because there's not but not much left to God. I had I had to call in my brother's girlfriend, and she got it done. But I do feel bad about my barber that I see no real interest in going there any time soon, But I think she's still in business. But What is your favorite innovation or improvement that we've quickly found? This year's got working my remote even though that much rather work in person being able to work by remote keys, a whole different part of your brain. I'm going to turn that around. I've been coming into work every day. I think one of the greatest innovations is having a spouse who works at home. Who can for the first time. Do all the shopping on Thursday so that I don't have to go on. I like zoom. I did not even know really What zoom was before this house on this radio station and I and now it's a verb. I like zooming with my family. We've say that we're going to keep that going as a trend, even when we could see each other again. But yes, I think Zoom and all the different ways we found to connect. We had a couple friends whose wedding Had been bagged because of the Corona virus. We said, come to our house. We had a wedding in the backyard with 150. People watching on the zoom with the cameras set up on a ladder that weddings don't terrible. It was indeed I wasn't gonna name names, and it was the sweetest thing you ever saw, and they'll be able to tell their grandchildren about it and it's you know, it's again. People figure ways out to continue on This is 2020 on WSB. I'm J Black with our anchors Roundtable, Scott Slade, Marcie Williams and Chris Chandler. And we usually in this segment, you know, Look at the stories we overlooked this year. It's almost easy. Look at the stories we forgot about. But what what did get overlooked in thrown under the road marching? Well, it's it's all pre and post Cove. It, isn't it. There was Kobe Bryant. There obviously was the impeachment. Over fires not just in California but also in Australia record hurricane season and even murder Hornets E For me was the racial justice movement in seeing Humvees guarding the state capital and Lenox Square. First of all, while that was happening, a lot of people were genuinely afraid. That that's a real movement. It's a societal movement mostly were leads us. I'm not making a connection there with that. But I would say crime inside the city of Atlanta has been something that has been on the increased just month after month after month. Something's gonna have to give and here at the end of the year we discovered the mayor Bottoms is not offer the Biden administration after all, so perhaps something will give after the first of the year. What are you looking forward to?.
Dr. Joe Esposito
Atlanta Mayor Bottoms’ adviser confirms she declined offer to join Biden’s Cabinet
"Atlanta Mayor Keisha Leon's bottoms turns down the spot in President elect Joe Biden's Cabinet top adviser for mayor Bottoms confirms she was offered a role in the Cabinet but respectfully declined. Several top Democrats have reported the bottoms was in the running to Leave the small business Administration, but the mayor's office didn't say which Cabinet role was offered. Bottoms was vetted for vice president before Biden selected Kamila Harris is his running mate. The mayor has one year left on her chairman, plans to run for
Atlanta's Evening News and Rick Erickson
Mayor Bottoms gives update on Atlanta COVID-19 situation
"URGENT Governor Brian Camp Suze Atlanta over over the the city's city's requirement requirement to to wear wear masks masks in in public public and and other other cove cove in in 19 19 restrictions. restrictions. You You know know what what this this is is all all about? about? Mayor Mayor Keisha Keisha lance lance bottoms bottoms in in addition addition to enacting A mask mandate for the city of Atlanta had also rolled back the city's reopening to what was called phase one that would shut down in person dining at restaurants and shut down some other businesses. But Governor Kemp has said all along that local mayor's not just mayor bottoms, but any local mayor. I can't do anything that overrules or supersedes his gubernatorial executive orders. And the mayor's actions. In his view, We're going further than his executive orders. And so he said that the mass mandate and the reopening rollback Wass no and void as recently as noontime today before this lawsuit was filed with the mayor, speaking earlier today. Said that she believes the city's position is legally defensible. What we do have is a statement from governor camp and I'll just read it to you. This lawsuit is on behalf the Atlanta business owners and their hard working employees. We were struggling to survive during these difficult times. His men and women are doing their very best to put food on the table for their families, while local elected officials shuttered businesses and undermine economic growth, just like sending in the Georgia National Guard to protect those from living in our capital city from crime and violence. The I refuse to sit back and watch as disastrous policies threatened the lives and livelihood of our citizens. We will fight to stop these reckless actions and put people over pandemic politics. The word of this came in about 5 45 What actually will happen now and how quickly It's something we will have to wait and see. The
Green And Growing With Ashley Frasca
Atlanta mayor orders city to return to Phase 1
"In Corona virus cases of Vladimir Keisha Lance Bottoms moves the city back to phase one guidelines. Here's WSB Cheryl Castro mayor Bottoms order goes on to say Georgia reopened in a reckless manner, and the people of our city and state are suffering the consequences under face. One residents are urged to stay home except for essential trips. Restaurants are encouraged. Closed dining rooms and go back to to go orders in curbside pickup Governor Kemp says the voluntary guidance from the mayor is both non binding and legally unenforceable and the
Steve Harvey
Atlanta mayor tests positive for coronavirus
"Mayor testing positive DeKoven 19. She announced yesterday evening right before 6 p.m. that she had tested positive for the virus, She said in the tweet, she had no symptoms. Man. The state is reporting now almost 100,000 cases as of 3 p.m. Monday. That's an increase of about 1500 cases and 18 deaths since Sunday. Think about that we're over 1000 cases a day close to 2000. The other day, we were at 3000 cases in one day in our state. The city of Atlanta has made it now mandatory to wear a mask and public has not made it mandatory rather, But mayor Bottoms, of course, is encouraging Everybody. To make sure you do so,
Clark Howard
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms tests positive for coronavirus
"Keisha Lance Bottom says she has tested positive for Coben 19 despite having what she describes as no symptoms she talked on Tonight on MSNBC. I will be in one place in my home office for the next two weeks and praying that the rest of my family's healthy mayor. Bottom says her husband has also tested positive.
The KFBK Morning News
Children are among the victims of July 4 weekend gun violence across the US
"Was a really violent one or in terms of shootings, gun violence in a number of cities across the country are going to break down some of the numbers just to give you an idea and, unfortunately included small Children. Across the country. A seven year old girl in Chicago shot in the head while she was playing with some friends. On Saturday. A 14 year old killed in a separate Chicago shooting Washington D. C. 11 year old boy shot and killed while running into the house to grab a phone charger. At least 24 people were shot in Atlanta on Saturday into Sunday evening for them died, including an eight year old girl. Who was driving in a car with her mom and a friend, and it has people like the mayor of Atlanta. Very, very concerned. We're fighting the enemy was in Well, we're shooting each other up on our streets in that sitting shot and killed a baby That is Atlanta Mayor Key shit. Lance bottom. She held a press conference after the shooting to talk about the tragedy. And if I'm not mistaken, Christina's she also at one point in time with in the past recent weeks. Talked about the need to defund the police department as well. Right? This is happening in other cities, this movement, obviously to defund the police department. And if you talk to police unions, they say that you know, morale is at an all time low among police department. That's awesome Video out of New York, where 11 people were shot and killed over the weekend of NYPD car rolling through a neighborhood as people just like tossed bottles at it, and the officers did not get out of the car. So apparently they disbanded this anti crime unit and a lot of the officers are retiring. There just their morale is low, and the union at least says This is part of the reason why we are seeing this crime spike that people are criminals are emboldened to come out because they know that they probably won't be arrested. Here's another audio clip from mayor Bottoms from Atlanta, talking about the passion that she sees right now towards ending community violence that she has seen towards police reform. Do you want people to take a seriously? You want. You don't want us to lose his movement that we we can't can't lose lose each each other. other. Here's Here's one one more more clip clip from from their their bottoms bottoms from from Atlanta. Atlanta. This This random random Wow! Wow! Wow, Wow, Wes, Wes, shoot shoot him him up. up. Because you can It's gotta stop. It has to stop. But the problem is when you talk about like New York City, and they pull all of those officers off the streets, and you talked about the increased they've had a 200% increase in shootings, 116 shootings took place in New York since officers were reassigned. That was in June 15th. To July 2nd, that same number that same time for him last year. 38 shootings 1 16/38 right one year and you know they've talked and in the cities where they're talking about defending the police. They've talked about putting other community safety professionals in place that hasn't happened and if it did I don't know if you want to send them out if people are shooting, no, especially if they're unarmed, So they're just Yeah, it's an issue. It's an issue that we're seeing. And there's a cause and effect here. Yeah, we wanted to bring you just some of the headlines making Ah, making news this morning in Atlanta in Chicago and in New York out to
Clark Howard
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms discusses APD walkout
"Hour Atlanta mayor Keisha lance bottoms is addressing the so called blue flu sick out among Atlanta police right after two officers were charged in the shooting death of Richard Brooks mayor bottoms tells channel two action news not had any coverage issues because we still have officers who are continuing to show up for work each day one hundred seventy one Atlanta police officers have called in sick most of them working downtown that's the area in which officers shop ray shard Brooks other
Handel on the Law
Atlanta City Council votes down withholding police funding
"Saturday and landed city council voted down an ordinance that would have withheld seventy three million dollars from the police budget the failed ordinance wanted mayor bottoms office to draft a plan to reinvent the culture of policing in Atlanta and make it a national model for law enforcement
WBZ Morning News
Protests in Atlanta continue after officer shoots and kills black man
"Protests in Atlantic continue over Friday's police shooting Atlanta police now releasing the body cam footage of the moments leading up to a white police officer shooting and killing twenty seven year old Ryszard brought a black man the struggle caught on camera but the body cam falls off the officer during the incident the shooting itself is not captured here's what happened it went down Friday night at a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta officers trying to conduct a field sobriety test when Brooks allegedly took an officer's taser he was reportedly shot by police as he tried to run away now Atlanta's police chief is out on the shell of an announcement from Atlanta mayor Keisha lance bottoms she feels has offered to immediately step aside as police chief the news comes after weeks of protests over police tactics and after mayor bottoms said she had a chance to see video of the latest shooting just released by the Georgia bureau of investigation I do not believe that this was a justified use of deadly force majeure Brooks was shot and killed by police outside a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta Friday night Cheryl Castro ABC news Atlanta attorneys for Ryszard Brooks family say that the shooting is not justified telling reporters that a taser is not considered a deadly weapon in
Coronavirus: Fact vs Fiction
It Broke Me: A Conversation with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
"It broke my heart. It was devastating. There are no words in the English language that will convey the despair that I felt watching that man life. Leave his body and him scream out for his mother. Here. Get Justice for my city. My city has been going through a lot of pain. This is not the first second or third time you see all this other than this is what we have to do to get hurt. All over the country, people are filling the streets to protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd a black man who died in Minneapolis while a police officer. Kneel down his neck. Disturbing video of this was seen all over the world. We are all seeing so much pain and anger and outrage. In this episode I spoke with the Mayor of Atlanta. Key Chalance bottoms about how she's dealing with the crisis as a leader. As a mother of four children. All unfolding against the backdrop of a global pandemic. Most of America caught sight of her recently, she gave an incredibly powerful press conference this past Friday. We are better than Nisus. We're better than this. As a city, we are better than this as a country. Go home. Go home. Born and raised in Atlanta Mayor Bottoms was a lawyer and a judge and has been in office since two thousand eighteen. She's only the second woman ever to hold the job. Heard. There were rumors about balanced protests in Atlanta. Idea with a mother would do I. Call My son and I said. Where are you? I said I cannot protect you in black. Boys shouldn't be out today. I spoke to her about this important moment in history as black and Brown America, disproportionately face to deadly threats. Police brutality, and they global pandemic. I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta CNN's chief medical correspondent. And this is corona virus, fact versus fiction. Thank you again. Mayor Bottoms I very much been looking forward to this. Let me just ask. How are you? Are you doing over the last few days? You know I'm doing okay. I think I'm doing as well as all of America's doing right now. It's Um. It's very stressful in exhausting time for all of us but I'm doing okay. Thank you for asking. Have you been worried for your own safety for the safety of the people that you love it all over the last few days? In s Sunday. That's a good question, the one think. Carrying heaviest on my heart right now is my eighteen year old. Because he's, he's eighteen and he very much to be in the middle of everything. That's happening. Anna I know that they're so much. That can go wrong so much that we've been watching. Go wrong across I I want to ask you a couple of questions about protests in the midst of a pandemic I mean we are truly going through something that is unchartered here. We don't know the impact that these protests will have on the pandemic itself the spread of the virus. There were some powerful moments of solidarity. Though during the protests people came together. They sang a hugged. They were walking hand in hand. Those and the images. A lot of people will see. At a time when so many people are hurting like this? Are Those moments worth suspending the physical distancing mandates. Feel. This is just this convergence of where we are. Globally like I, don't we? Any of us will see again and our lifetime. Getting a covid nineteen tests today. Because everything that we've talked about over the past two months. just became secondary or has become secondary so. I just I just hope that people will get tested and will remember that we are really. We're still in the middle of Panton. Our communities are sick in their tired. In they're dying dying from covid nineteen, dying from poverty dime from police. Brutality! We're exploding. These forces seen unseen covid. Nineteen is the one that's that's unseen. Police brutality is the one that we can say. I I. DO Wonder How how did you navigate? the policies regarding the pandemic in Atlanta specifically, which at times seemed at odds with the governor, the data for example in the state of Georgia did not show a fourteen consecutive decline, which was one of the guiding criteria for reopening things. As a elected leader. How do you? How do you balance that on Friday governor? Kim Call in as asked me. What do we need in Atlanta in what he can do to help and he's provided the assistance from the state that we've needed. And I think you know when you're in leadership it. You can't take things personally. I didn't like the decisions made about covid. Nineteen and I'm sure the governor didn't like lab response. To the decisions he made. But it didn't stop him as a leader from coming to me asking me how we could help. How the state could help in I wouldn't too prideful to go to him and say we need your help. Your the mother of four children mayor, three sons and a daughter. You're having conversations with them. I'm sure as many parents are with their children across America right now. I heard you talking about conversations. You've had with your own mother back when you were a child. Historic Times back then, and it feels like these are historic times as well all. I feel like sometimes. You don't know how historic something is at the time you're going through it. Does the gravity does the importance of what's happening right now? Has it settled in with you and your family? In terms of the conversation you're having. I asked my husband the other day at What will this moment in time be call and I don't think any of us know the answer to that. I just know it something extraordinary that we're witnessing and I said. In my remarks a couple of days ago. What we say in happening across Atlanta. We didn't see when Dr King was assassinated. And so we know that this is this. Is something different? And not only is it happening across America will now see a having the globe. And the question will be what will be the difference on the other side of this moment. Will. We continue to see the disruption and all that we've been saying over the past few days or Or will truly be a revolutionary moment, and I think about the words of Audrey lowered quite a bit. Revolution is not a one time event. Do you remember the moment when you first
Chris Burns
Atlanta Mayor Bottoms extends nighttime curfew
"Atlanta's mayor extends the city's curfew to tonight nine o'clock until sunrise hours after taking her message national mayor bottoms a guest on CNN's state of the union Sunday morning host Jake tapper asking her about the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the riots that have followed there is a history lesson that we find right here in Atlanta from the civil rights movement on how you effectuate change and what I saw happening and what we've seen happening over the past few days that in America is not the way that that things will change in this country