Morning Run: Diddy Denied, Trump Booed, and Jordan Downsizes

Published Sep 18, 2024, 10:00 AM

Robach and Holmes cover the latest news headlines and entertainment updates and give perspective on current events in their daily “Morning Run.”

Only consequential presidents get shot at that comment from former President Trump at his first official campaign event since Sunday's assassination attempt.

Hello everyone, I'm Amy Robot.

And I'm TJ. Holmes.

It's Wednesday, September eighteenth. Glad you could come along for our morning run, freak offs and a thousand bottles of lubricant. We hear the wild alleged details in the indictment against Sean diddycombe.

An elaborate, unprecedented attack in the Middle East that had hundreds of pagers blowing up simultaneously. A long awaited move today that should make it less expensive for you to buy a house or a car.

For President Trump says something pleasant about Kamala Harris. His own supporters boot him. The Tuppleware party is now.

Over, and after twelve years on the market, there's finally a buyer for one of the most iconic properties in Chicago. Here's a hint, the number twenty three is on the front gate.

But let's start the morning run here in New York where Sean Ditty Combs woke up at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn this morning. That's the same federal facility that once hosted the likes of r Kelly and Gallaine Maxwell.

A judge yesterday denied Diddy bail after prosecutors unveiled their wide ranging case against the music mogul. He is facing three counts, the first one a racketeering conspiracy, second sex trafficking, and then third transportation to engage in prostitution.

But despite Diddy offering to put up fifty million dollars for bond, prosecutors successfully argued that he was a flight risk given his considerable resources.

And they said he has reached out to witnesses and victims in this case, some of whom they say are scared of him. Soon after the judge's decision to deny his bail, Ditty's attorney announced they would appeal, and that appeal will be heard by a different and judge. It happens today in court at three thirty Eastern times.

Bye.

Back to yesterday's hearing, prosecutors not only called Ditty a flight risk, but also said he quote poses an ongoing and significant danger to the community end quote. The indictment details over a decade of alleged abuse, assaults, intimidation, kidnapping, sex trafficking, brivery, among other crimes by Ditty and his associates.

Prosecutors put Combs at the top of a criminal enterprise that helped to fulfill his sexual desires, they say, through coercing, drugging, and threatening women and at the center of this indictment what they're calling freak offs.

Yes, you're going to be hearing that term probably a lot throughout this process, but freak offs that, according to prosecutors, was the diddy's name for his sex parties that sometimes went on for days. The indictment said these were elaborate sex performances that were arranged orchestrated and often recorded by Combs.

Prosecutors women would be drugged and then coerced into sex with male prostitutes, and they were kept stocked with drugs and lubricants.

A thousand bottles.

Of baby oil and lotions were seized from raids on Ditty's properties, and all of this is according to the indictments.

Prosecutors say they also have evidence video evidence of these parties. In fact, prosecutors also say some of these parties went on for so long and were so stressful to some of the participants that in fact they needed an IV to recover afterwards, Colm's attorney countered all of that by arguing that there was no sex trafficking or corsion because quote, everyone wanted to be there.

Wow.

Well, Diddy spoke just two words during yesterday's hearing. We heard him say not guilty when asked how he wanted to plead. He is facing fifteen years to life in prison if he's convicted on these charges.

Now take it with this perspective. Think of it this way.

If he does not win his bail appeal, he is going to have to stay in prison until his trial. If then at the trial he's convicted, he would then be going right to prison to begin his sentence, which could be, as Robes just said, up to life in prison. So Robes, it's amazing to think that this media music mogul, this icon. We're now looking at the real possibility that Sean Diddy Combs has walked his last day on this earth as a free man.

And it's remarkable when he saw those images circulating of him with his sons here in New York City just the day before. We're getting worried that he has two teenage daughters. They're now being cared for by a family friend. In California. Many people said he was anticipating these charges, but still the details of them and what's being alleged against him are, to put it, very frankly, just shocking.

It's incredible that he is being charged under something that many people here in New York are familiar with with the Federal Act. This was used to put the big heads of the Five Families, the mafia families, in prison by essentially saying that the head of the enterprise can be held responsible for everything his people do under him, the Rico Act that some of you all are familiar with. To think that Diddy is now being prosecuted under that same law and being viewed the same way as a mafia boss.

Yeah, running a criminal enterprise, that is what they are alleging. Well, we will certainly keep you up to date on what's happening and what happens here in New York City later this afternoon, but we continue our run today with an attack like nothing the world has seen before. At least nine people were killed, thousands of others were injured after handheld pagers exploded. And yes, we're talking about those archaic communication devices. Many of us remember using them back in the nineties before blackberries or even smartphones. Well, the target of these handheld pagers members of the militant group Hesbelah.

Yeah, lower tech devices, but this was a sophisticated attack in which hundreds of pagers detonated across two countries, Lebanon and Syria at the same time. Now among those injured Aron's ambassador to Syria, along with twenty eight hundred other people, at least two hundred of them critically wounded.

Now, the pagers were all being carried by members of Hesbla, who described the incident as the biggest security breach to date. This all happening in their year long war with Israel. No one has officially claimed responsibility for this attack, but Hesbela is pointing the finger right at Israel, who has yet to comment.

But however, several outlets, including The New York Times, reported that it was in fact Israel that intercepted a batch of pagers that was meant for Hesbelah and then hid explosives insigned them. The militant group apparently adopted the use of pagers recently for fear that their cell phones could.

Be Now Hesbla promise to retaliate against Israel, saying it would receive quote its fair punishment for those deadly blasts, and the militant group, which is supported by Iran, has been engaged in cross border battles with Israel since the war in Gaza began. So unfortunately, this will not be the end of this, and we will continue to keep you updated.

Next up on the run here, the Federal Reserve expected to cut interest rates later today. Rates are currently at their highest level in twenty three years. Today is going to mark the first cut we've seen since March of twenty twenty. Of course, that's back in the pandemic. Big question though, not if, but how much they're going to cut. Economists predict the Fed will make a standard reduction we're used to seeing a quarter percentage point, but others believe this could be a big cut, a half a percentage point.

Yeah, the quarter point might not be earth shattering initially for all of us in terms of how it will affect us, But today's rate reduction is expected to be just the begin They are anticipating further rate cuts in November and December, so all of those added up together could have a real impact on all of us consumers. That could help home buyers with mortgage rates which have surged alongside the FED rate hikes over the past few years, making home ownership difficult, if not impossible, for many Americans. So this will be welcome relief for consumers who are in the market for a home or if you're looking to buy a car, as well as for those carrying pricey credit card debt. Now again, it won't be much relief initially, but hopefully by their saying May of next year, you will actually feel relief in your pocket. It should be mentioned though, those who enjoyed higher rates on saving accounts and CDs.

You're probably going to take a little bit of a hit on that.

But please be patient here, folks.

Is going to be happening by the end of the year, but some of these things take up to a year for the rates to work through the financial system and finally get to you. But still a sign at least that a bit of relief is coming.

We have much more coming up here on the Morning Run. We're going to be talking about President Trump getting booed by his own supporters.

Stay with us, Welcome back everyone.

Our Run continues this morning with former President Trump talking over booze coming from his own supporters. They were booing while he was actually saying something positive about his opponent. The Flint, Michigan crowd began booing when former President Trump told them he had a quote very nice call with Vice President Kamala Harris who called to check in on him after that second failed assassination attempt.

Now, he started by saying he had a very nice conversation with President Biden, who called him first about the incident, and that he appreciated that call. He moved on to talk about the call that VP Harris gave him. Parts of the crowd started booing just at the mention of her name. Now, of course he took note of that when it happened, but he didn't mind coming back to this topic in this town hall he was at. He repeated that the Vice president quote couldn't have been nicer.

Now, it should be mentioned this was a very different tone from what we've been hearing from former President Trump about his opponent. He's repeatedly said that she will ruin the United States if she's elected president, calling both President Biden and Kamala Harris the enemy from within and the real threats.

Trump and his running made j D Vans have been widely criticized for their rhetoric during the campaign. They have accused the Arrivals of going over the top in their criticism, however, even suggesting that it has incited both assassination attempts on Trump. And this is bizarre robes that we are at this point that I relieved it was an exhale and my shoulders went down just to hear President Trump say something pleasant about Kamala Harris. He was just saying something pleasant in her name. He didn't even compliment her necessarily. Thanks for the call. Even hearing that is a surprise in this current political climate.

And isn't that sad but also shocking that when someone does say something and to your point, not necessarily kind but just pleasant, just positive, how about just not negative, that that could create even negativity within the crowd itself. So you know, we've been saying this, but these assassination attempts were real, scary and incredibly disturbing, and words do matter coming from both sides, So continuing to point the finger at one another certainly doesn't help. But we would like more from Trump from what we saw yesterday. Next up on the Run, it is a sad sign of the times for an iconic American brand. Topperware has filed for bankruptcy.

Say, this company has been around for seventy eight years, but it's been struggling in recent years with lagging sales and increased competition.

After a bit of a sales resurgence during the pandemic and a plan to restructure, it's dead. There was some hope out there that the company could actually make a comeback, but unfortunately it did not happen.

Yeah, Tupperware, I did not know this robes. It's been a part of our lives for so long. But it was actually founded where that name come from. Founded by a guy named Earl Tupper in nineteen forty six. He was a chemist. He used new plastics to develop food storage containers with an air tight seal.

And then those products took off.

You think about tuperwere you think but nineteen fifties, nineteen sixties.

Those Tupperware parties.

So they had that direct to consumers sales strategy, and yes, women were empowered. They were able to sell the products from their own homes. They could create Tupperware parties with their friends and their neighbors and it really took off, and unfortunately, well that's just not the times we're in these days, and so sadly Tupperware has had to file for bankruptc.

So they didn't change with the times.

A lot of people would argue, but I was asking you, and we did talk about this right before we came on. I can't name another brand that makes those containers. Yeah, I'm sure everybody does, but.

Yeah, you ask me, and the only name that comes to my mind is Pyrex.

Does that even bring a belfree?

Yeah? I mean I think it's only because maybe just registering for gifts.

When you're getting married or something the Pyrex bowls.

But no, nothing comes close to becoming a household name like Tupperware.

And if you want to just do a little bit of a check, this is how you know how iconic this brand is. When you want a tissue, what do people.

Often say, Kleenex?

Give me a Kleenex, Give me a Kleenex.

If you want to photocopy something, what do you say.

You xeroxy?

Yes, but this is one of those things. I need to go get some Tupperware. Where's my Tupperware? It is the name for those containers, no matter what it is that a few things reached that level.

Yes, they did, so it's it's legacy lives on even if we aren't using perhaps their products, we might call them by that name.

Anyway, we should say they are trying to save the company right now, do some restructuring to keep some employees on board and try to keep the company going. But it doesn't look great right now, but still an icon going away, a sign of the time and a bit of a shorter run. We have these sometimes, don't we. When we get out there this morning, you run a little shorter. So we're on the final leg now. And there's a mansion. It's been on the market for quite a while. It was deemed unsellable, maybe even after sitting on the market for twelve years, but it appears it has a buyer. What mansion are we talking about, Well, you will know it as soon as you see it, as soon as you pull up to that front gate and there's a large number twenty three.

That greets you.

Yeah, you can't miss it.

Michael Jordan's Chicago mansion. Of course, that's what we're talking about. It looks like it is finally selling. After Jordan dropped the price. I love this to fourteen million, eight hundred and fifty five thousand. Those numbers are significant because when you add each of those numbers up comes to a sum of twenty three. And yes, that number his jersey number. I didn't realize this for all but twenty three games of his time with the Bulls.

That really is an important number in his life in so many ways.

And by the way, he originally listed this home way back in twenty twelve for twenty nine million dollars.

The mark has changed a little bit. I guess.

This house is described as a fifty six thousand square foot property as a regulation sized basketball gym. Of course, it has a circular infinity pool, nice detail, a putting green makes sense for him, tennis court, and a cigar room, nine bedrooms, nineteen bathrooms, five fireplaces, a massive den, and a futuristic kitchen with a huge center island. I like the place, looked into it, but I need about twenty two bathrooms. It only had nineteen, so.

I need a further price reduction. That was my issue with it.

But you know, for anyone who's feeling sorry for Michael Jordan for having to take that big cut on his mansion, we should just point out, oh lord, he is that his most recent yearly royalty check with Nike reportedly worth around two hundred and sixty million dollars, and we believe his net worth is now understood to have surpassed the three billion marks.

So he's doing just fine.

And I think he can afford to sell his mansion at a discount after having been on the market for more than a decade.

This dude.

But he has a lot of two other properties. A lot of people are familiar. He has more than two, but the one he has in North Carolina, his home state, and then the one he has in Jupiter, Florida, that exclusive, exclusive community. That one is about forty three thousand square feet. The one in North Carolina leaves around ten to twelve thousand.

Wow, you know a lot about Michael Jordan's real estate properties.

I'm impressed.

I do, because I'm trying to follow his model of building a portfolio.

I'm at zero right now.

I take fifty six hundred square feet versus fifty six thousand.

That's where I am in my life.

But if you're thinking that any of these homes is the one we saw in that documentary that everybody watched during the pandemic last dance. It is not that home was actually one they just used to shoot in. It's not his property. He wouldn't allow them to actually shoot in his home. So a lot of people saw him sitting in this big room by himself in one chair like that. Plays is nice, but why isn't it decorated a little more. It's not his grip all right.

Well, he has plenty of others to choose from, even though he sold this one. So thank you everyone for joining us on the morning run. Hope you'll run with us again tomorrow.