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Updates on The Second Assassination Attempt
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There are also, I didn't realize that the happy hour or happy hours were regulated by the state in the first place. So Governor Josh Shapiro signed this into law in July, and let's say up to happy hours a bar can host per week has gone up from 14 to 24. I guess bar owners are pretty happy about that, and we're going to get some other details on that coming up in the next half hour, Erin. You can talk to me. Yes, in the next half hour, he'll be on to talk to us about it. All right, you got it. And want to give you an update on this suspect. You've been hearing a lot about this 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, a North Carolina native been living in Hawaii since 2018, and with details, here's CBS's Jared Hill. Ryan Wellesley Routh is now facing two federal firearms charges. Court documents reveal he was camped outside Trump's golf course for nearly 12 hours. Authorities say Routh did not fire any shots and never had Trump in his line of sight. But the incident is raising questions about Trump's security, and today he returns to the campaign trail with a town hall in Michigan. CBS's Jared Hill joins us now with the latest developments. Former President Trump has spoken with the head of the Secret Service as well as President Biden specifically about the issue of security since this latest apparent attempt on his life, saying that Biden asked if he needs more agents on his detail. Keep walking! Police body cam footage shows the arrests of Ryan Wesley Routh, the man accused of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his golf club in West Palm Beach over the weekend. "All of a sudden we heard shots being fired in the air." Last night on X, the former president described the moment when, according to charging documents, a U.S. Secret Service agent saw what looked like a rifle poking from the tree line, then fired shots in that direction. "Secret Service knew immediately it was bullets, and they grabbed me. Everybody just, we got into the carts and we moved along pretty, pretty good." The 58-year-old fled, unharmed, and was later taken into custody about 50 miles away. Routh, a North Carolina native with a criminal record, appeared in court Monday on two federal gun charges. Investigators say they found a high caliber rifle with its serial number scratched out, a digital camera, and some food. According to authorities, cell phone records show he may have been near the golf course as far back as 12 hours before the incident. "He did not fire or get off any shots at our agent. The protective methodologies of the Secret Service were effective." Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe says his agency has beefed up Trump's protection. Following the July assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, President Biden says the agency needs more help. He condemned political violence Monday before speaking with Trump by phone. Multiple sources tell CBS News the Biden administration has asked Congress for flexibility to boost what it spends on the Secret Service. Meanwhile, investigators continue digging into the suspect's social media posts and trying to get a warrant for his car and so forth to try to figure out exactly why this happened. CBS's Jared Hill will continue to bring you details as they dig deeper into the background of this Ryan Wesley Routh who seems to have a very troubled past. Meanwhile, on the upside, the good news yesterday around here, at least if you're a sports fan, is the Pittsburgh Penguins sign Sydney Crosby. To a two-year extension, Sydney is probably one of the most beloved players that we've ever had in any sport in this town. And Kyle Dubas, who is the GM of the Penguins, said, "There are no words to properly describe what Sydney Crosby means to the game of hockey, the city of Pittsburgh and the Penguins organization. Sydney is the greatest player of his generation, one of the greatest players in the history of the game. These actions today show why he is one of hockey's greatest winners and leaders. Sid is making a tremendous personal sacrifice in an effort to help the Penguins win, both now and in the future, as he has done his entire career." What Kyle Dubas is referring to is Sydney easily could be, maybe should be, the highest-paid player in the league. But he's taken another big haircut by accepting 8 million, I say, only 8 million, 700,000 errands start smiling, right? Yes. I mean, this is good money. For a single guy, he's done okay, he's going to be 40 when this contract's over. Unbelievable. But he does get it. He gets 9 million up front as a signing bonus, so I think Sid's okay, but the reason he's doing this is, you know, he could be selfish and really who would blame him, but he's trying to leave money to make sure that they can secure other players that'll help him. He wants to win again. Right. He wants another Stanley Cup. Right. So it's pretty admirable as a captain, as a leader of the team, that he's willing to do that. And somebody like him, you never hear anything negative, he stays out of the limelight, you don't see him on commercials. He doesn't really outside of what he does. And apparently nobody works harder. And that's not just, you know, coach speak, right. He's the first one on the ice, the last one off, even in the games, you see, he waits. Right. So all the other players come on. You've been to games, even though you've never been to a Steelers game as I've found out today. I didn't realize you had such a sheltered life, but said the kid is, is what a compliment to having Mary on a mew, then Sydney Crosby and they actually played together for a little while. And he lived with Mary of, you know, for quite a stretch actually kind of grew up with his kids. Some might say he's a great example of knowing your lane and becoming an expert in that. Whatever you do, work hard, be the best at what you do, no matter what you do. Yep. That's kind of the message. Exactly. So very happy for Sydney Crosby, the penguins organization and the fans. And I'm just as a fan, I'm thrilled because I can't imagine Sydney Crosby wearing another uniform. Never couldn't imagine it. And I know this is a very large company you're going to talk about. I'm not going to, you know, blow your cover on this story. But this will set the tone for a lot of companies, I think, that have been slowly, in many cases kind of a stalemate situation with workers who are working remotely, in some cases, many cases, hybrid work, where we're spending a couple of days at the office, maybe two or three days at home or who knows where they are, bowling, golfing, fishing, shopping. But a lot of people say they're more productive when they're working from home. So it's, you know, it's one of those things where I think, I don't know how this is going to play out because it still seems to be not a bargaining chip, but it's something that seems to be a deciding factor for some people who are making job changes. Can they work remote full time? I personally, as you know, whenever I was working in the other department here, I came in five days a week because I felt like I worked better in that capacity. But there are others who say they do better working from home. Well, and let's be honest, from a convenience and cost factor, I think it's really important to build relationships still to be, you know, in communication with your coworkers face-to-face and have those interactions. But at the same time, you don't have to drive through the rush hour. I give a lot of people credit that battle through the rush hour every single day, morning and afternoon. And then a lot of times there's a cost to park and a lot of times, well, in every case, if you're utilizing your own car or public transportation, there's a real cost, right? And so people were saying, look, if I can be just as productive at home, then driving in and losing, you lose personal time. Look at it this way. And it's always been this way. So it's not a mystery. You don't get paid for the time it takes you to get here or go home. So the average commute is well over a half an hour. Many cases pushing an hour in one way and out the other. If you're not having to do that and you take away the expense of that, in some cases, child care issue. Yeah, that's another one. It's a tough argument, but I think there's also what's the word I'm looking for, compartmentalization of things that it helps you to do that. In a way, some people will call me crazy, but I think there's a very therapeutic aspect of being stuck in traffic on your way in or your way out because you're transitioning mentally from home mode to work mode. And that's why we're here to kind of offer that and give you kind of a heads up on what's going on around the world, most importantly, what's going on in Pittsburgh. And the rush hour has long been in still with people with radio in the car, even if you're Bluetooth thing through our Odyssey app, AUDACY by the way, download free. You feel like you're in touch and the people that are not having to drive to work miss out on some of that catch up information, I guess. Right. And I think there's also just the sense of isolation. I mean, I think, correct me if I'm wrong, but during the pandemic, you were here every day still, right? You were never one of the people who was working from home full time. We were told while all our other stations for think about this for one full year were not manned, they were on the air remotely, but our station was manned. We had more or less a skeleton crew, but I had to be here. And I was told that's because KDK is the official broadcast emergency broadcast station of the region and they wanted it manned. So I came here, you know, and we didn't know where the pandemic would take us, but think of coming to work here where we have five radio stations in Odyssey, Pittsburgh and you and just a couple other people, human beings, are the only people in the building. It was surreal. Oh, sure. And it's funny you bring this up because I was driving in thinking about going to the Steelers game in the pit game this weekend, Saturday and then Sunday, when we were in, you know, lockdown, there were no fans. Right. How bizarre to be at a football game with no fans. So this has been very hard for companies to try to get people to come back to the office. We've gotten very used to and some of the seasons may be changing, but the deals at the sharpest rides are unbeatable as ever. Hey, what's going on? It's your girl, Tasha McKia, and I need you to join the sharpest rides for their fall into savings events where they're offering incredible prices on their massive inventory. That's right. Everything is on sale now, shot from sleek sedans to rugged SUVs and sporty convertibles. The sharpest rides has the perfect ride to match your fall adventures, plus with their exclusive financing options, getting behind the wheel of your dream car has never been easier. Log on and shop online at the SharpestRides.com, right from the palm of your hands, or check other massive inventory in person at the sharpest rides located 2250 South Sea Home Street in Inglewood. Either way, you will fall into savings. Don't miss out. Head on over to the sharpestRides.com today and explore the deals that make every season better. And tell them that your girl, Tasha McKia sent you the sharpest ride, affordable, sexy, sharp. After investing billions to light up our network, T-Mobile is America's largest 5G network. Plus, right now, you can switch, keep your phone, and we'll pay it off up to $800. See how you can save on every plan for Verizon AT&T at T-Mobile.com/KeepAndSwitch. Up to four lines via virtual prepaid card, a left 15 days qualifying unlocked device credit service, ported 90-plus days with device and eligible carrier and timely redemption required. Card has no cash access and expires in six months. Okay, Sis, for four years, they've been working remotely. But David is going to tell you about the big company that's saying, by the first of the year, people, you're coming back to the office or you're out. So we'll let them know in just a minute. I have a footnote though to the Sydney Crosby story, re-signing two years with the Penguins. He went, this is part of their annual, in this time of year, their annual event where they send the players out to give certain season ticket holders their package and he went to a home in Mars yesterday and they snagged them on the porch. They had, you know, Jeff Hathorne, our Jeff Hathorne was there too. Hardest working man in sports, by the way, caught up with Sydney Crosby. Listen how laid back he is. Yeah, just glad that I was done and I'm really happy to know that I'll be here for a few more years. Um, you know, my last contract, I don't think I thought about the, you know, possibilities, you know, still playing beyond that at the time. So I'm here, you know, just really happy that that's worked out this way. Yeah, we are too. It's really happy and worked out this way, Sid. No more Sid the kid if he's going to be 40 said the med said the mid middle age man. Is there a nicer professional sports player? No, from the PJ Fitzpatrick home improvement traffic center, AAA traffic powered by Bowser Genesis. Subman Rovel. Here's Heather Zambedo who's working remotely. You may have to come in soon. I'll tell you about it later, okay, the Parkway East is stacking up at Wilkinsburg right now, Parkway West and bounds lining up up before the top of green tree hill. The outbound side starting to build. We're seeing some sluggish moving traffic approaching Carnegie on the outbound side and then some pretty slow moving traffic from the 79 split to Campbell's run, Parkway North also having some delays beginning around Camp Horn Road and staying in slow moving traffic until Bellevue West view, then a little slow again approaching Haslett Street in the street Valley. 65 has about a three light delay at the McKee's Rocks Bridge and 28 are pretty slow between the it in a bypass and Millvale with triple a traffic on the fives. I'm Heather Zambedo on the voice of Pittsburgh, 100.1 FM and AM 10 20 K to K a. This may be an appropriate song, Aaron celebration for many anyway. Hi, this is Larry Richard, the big K morning show and we welcome Sean Kelly, the press secretary for your Pennsylvania liquor control board shine. Good morning. Good morning. Larry, I got to tell you that the song you're playing now is the very first 45 I ever owned when I was growing up. How about that? What a coincidence and it's perfect for our conversation for many anyway because Josh Shapiro our governor signed in July in expansion of the liquor control boards rules and regs. So I don't want to steal your thunder for those who haven't heard. This is a significant change for many. So what's the deal? Well, it is a significant change and let me let me start by first thanking you for having me on to talk about this. A lot of people really don't understand what the Pennsylvania liquor control board does. We're the state agency that oversees licensing of all the bars, restaurants, hotels, golf clubs, wineries, breweries, distillaries, but places you don't even think about hospitals, for example, the hospital, a lot of hospitals have an alcohol permit because they use it to help sterilize their equipment laboratories because they use it in their experiments. So we go into that area. We also have a three point some billion dollar a year retail business with 580 or so retail locations with an e-commerce website. We have a responsible alcohol management program and alcohol education component. We try to encourage responsible consumption and discourage underage and dangerous drinking. So there are a whole bunch of aspects to what we do. We don't do these things in a vacuum. We do these things when the governor and the legislature decide to change the liquor code and that's what happened in this case. The ownership here on the legislature got together and decided that they were going to loosen up some of our longstanding laws on the books about different things. One was happy hour of something that went into effect last Friday. The happy hour law was loosened to allow licensees, more flexibility in terms of setting their happy hours every week. Back to some people who were here for a long time going back to 1985, they saw that we had a restriction in terms of you could have a happy hour for two hours a day and that was pretty much it. Yeah, I didn't realize that, Sean. I didn't know and excuse my naivete. I had no idea that those happy hours were regulated by the PCLB or VACB. It's said in the law, it's not like we arbitrarily picked numbers. There was actually a law that was passed in December of 1985 that set happy hours to two hours a day and it was that way for a very, very long time and then the last change that was made before this change was back in 2011. So it's one of those things that you don't really think about, but it's one of those things that the governor and the legislature get together and they decide what we're going to do this for licensees and give them a little bit more of a privilege. So that's gotten some publicity and people are very excited about that. What's gotten more publicity is the change to the ready to drink cocktail permits. These are brand new. They allow certain licensees to get a permit where they can sell ready to drink cocktails to go. It's one of the fastest growing alcohol segments out there in the market right now. These are things like a whiskey and Coke in a can, a tequila, cocktail in a can. They're popular, they're portable, some of them are lower in alcohol content. So they're increasingly popular and the governor and legislature decided that it was time to allow more licensees the opportunity to sell these products. Or with Sean Kelly, who is the press secretary for the Pennsylvania Looker Control Board, the expansion officially went into effect yesterday. I would imagine you were swamped with applications for these additional licenses, correct? That is correct. We started accepting applications a few weeks ago. It was an opportunity for licensees to really take a look at what the law change meant, decide whether they wanted to make the investment and get into it, and then submit the paperwork so we could start processing it on the very first day. As you said, yesterday was the first day that this took effect. Starting at, I believe, seven yesterday morning, our Bureau of Licensing started looking at the applications and going through them. At the start of the day, we had 1,567 applications from all types of retailers, all types of beer distributors, so they started the morning with 1,567, and I can tell you that by 4 o'clock, they were all processed. Wow, now that's something you don't expect from government, Sean, to be honest. The speedy processing of documents. So this means many places, once they get the OK, they're good to go. They can serve these ready-to-drink cocktails like gas stations, supermarkets, and other grocery stores. Wow. That's correct. There were some applicants who did not meet all the requirements. We had about 150 of those. For example, the law requires that the permitees participate and get certified in our responsible alcohol management program, which ties into what I said earlier about responsible consumption. We want to make sure that the people who are buying these, they have valid IDs. So we train employees for retailers and distributors how to spot fake IDs. We teach them how to look for signs of intoxication, that sort of thing. So we want to make sure that these products, while being out there, are out there in a responsible manner and make sure that they're not getting into the hands of people who shouldn't have them. There are about 150 of those applications that were deemed efficient, that we had 1,416 permits issued yesterday. And it was a process. If not just something as simple as going in and flipping a switch, you have to remember that the licensees who are able to do this, many of them can go into our stores and get discounts. So there's a whole process that we have to do on our end to make sure that all of that works when a licensee goes in to a fine-minded good spirit store to acquire products. Any shot of getting a license here at the radio station? Aaron wanted me to ask our producer, not me. Well, I'm kidding, of course. But there's one other thing I want to ask you about in relationship to this. And that's a liquor license where people offer food and drink combos. We will now allow them to add up to two drinks in the cost of a ticket for a self-sponsored event. That's a big change. And again, there are things that the governor and legislature decided that they needed to loosen up a bit. We saw a last big change in 2016 when Act 39 was passed. Governor Wolf and the legislature decided that they wanted to see wine available in grocery stores, convenience stores, and similar locations. So the liquor code, you know, it dates back to the 1930s. Some people think it's static and many times it is. But when the governor and the legislature decide that they want to do updates to increase convenience or make things more available, kind of loosen the market a little bit, they certainly have the ability to do so. And our job at the LCB is to make sure that we implement whatever they decide to do. We were given 60 days to create this entirely new process out of whole cloth. And as I said, yesterday we had all applications processed between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. So I think our team did a pretty good job. And I will say Chuck Moran, who we've talked to during COVID as they were trying to survive, the executive director of the Pennsylvania License Beverage and Tavern Association, are thrilled, quote, this part of the House Bill 29 provides a new tool for bar owners to use within marketing efforts like combining food and adult combos at discounts for patrons. They're all happy, a lot of happy people in this process. Sean, you did a great job outlining this. Thank you very much. Thanks for having me out, Larry. Happy to talk with you about what we do at the LCB. Yeah, really, really good stuff. Sean Kelly, the press secretary for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. Really, it was very comprehensive. The seasons may be changing, but the deals at the sharpest rides are unbeatable as ever. Hey, what's going on? It's your girl, Tasha McKia. And I need you to join the sharpest rides for their fall into savings events, where they're offering incredible prices on their massive inventory. That's right, everything is on sale now. Shot from sleek sedans to rugged SUVs and sporty convertibles. The sharpest rides has the perfect ride to match your fall adventures, plus with their exclusive financing options, getting behind the wheel of your dream car has never been easier. Log on and shop online at the sharpestrides.com right from the palm of your hands, or check other massive inventory in person at the sharpest rides, located 2,250 South Sea Home Street in Englewood. Either way, you will fall into savings. Don't miss out. Go to the sharpestrides.com today and explore the deals that make every season better. And tell them that you're girl, Tasha McKia sent you the sharpest ride, affordable, sexy sharp. After investing billions to light up our network, T-Mobile is America's largest 5G network. Plus, right now, you can switch, keep your phone, and we'll pay it off up to $800. See how you can save on every plan vs Verizon AT&T at T-Mobile.com/KeepAndSwitch. Up to four lines via virtual prepaid card, a left 15 days qualifying unlocked device credit service ported 90-plus days with device and eligible carrier and timely redemption required. Card has no cash access and expires in six months.