{"id":18424,"date":"2020-11-04T09:35:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T14:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=18424"},"modified":"2020-11-04T05:18:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T10:18:34","slug":"on-todays-show-489","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2020\/11\/on-todays-show-489\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u27a2 People in the U.S. went to bed without knowing who will be the next president, with\u00a0President Trump\u00a0and former Vice President\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0locked in a tight battle, with the three traditionally Democratic states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania that Trump was able to flip in 2016 again the focus of attention. All three had a large number of mail-in votes amid the pandemic that need to be processed, and while we may have a result today, there is a prospect of the election outcome might not be known for days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 A\u00a0man in Bronx, New York, plummeted\u00a0more than 15 feet into\u00a0a\u00a0sinkhole\u00a0as he was waiting for a bus\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday afternoon. He broke his arm and leg and the sinkhole was\u00a0 filled with so many rats that he couldn&#8217;t yell, because they were going in his mouth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 Paris traffic was brought to a standstill late last week when a record-breaking traffic jam was seen snaking through the city hours before France entered its second coronavirus lockdown. Figures from the official traffic monitoring website Sytadin showed the line reached 438 miles (706km) \u2013 breaking the previous French record of 391 miles (629km), which occurred last December amid public transport strikes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 These people were feeding a zebra at a drive-thru zoo when it suddenly stuck its head inside the car and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CG5bBRrAsph\/\">shouted<\/a>\u00a0at them like Marty the Zebra from &#8220;Madagascar&#8221;.\u00a0 He&#8217;s voiced by Chris Rock.\u00a0 (Here&#8217;s a collection of Marty\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lWMzqjQ3MJA\">scenes<\/a>.\u00a0 The very first one is the best comparison.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 When\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;Dexter&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0ended, a lot of people HATED the finale, but apparently, they&#8217;re going to get another shot at it. Showtime is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/10\/dexter-showtime-reboot-limited-michael-c-hall-clyde-phillips-1234597514\/\"><strong>reviving<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0the show . . . WITH its star\u00a0<strong>MICHAEL C. HALL<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The only catch is that it&#8217;s only supposed to be a one-off, limited series with 10 episodes.\u00a0 There&#8217;s no premiere date yet, but it&#8217;ll be sometime NEXT fall.<\/p>\n<p>The execs at Showtime say they were only willing to revisit\u00a0<em>&#8220;Dexter&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0if they had a creative take that was &#8220;worthy&#8221; . . . and they&#8217;ve &#8220;found it.&#8221;\u00a0 There are no details on the plot yet.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Dexter&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>originally ran for eight seasons on Showtime, from 2006 to 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 Kazakhstan\u2019s government absolutely hated the 2006 movie \u201cBorat,\u201d but now they\u2019re embracing the character\u2019s catchphrase\u2014\u201cVery nice\u201d\u2014as part of its latest tourism campaign. The \u201cVery Nice\u201d campaign consists of four short advertisements showcasing the country\u2019s landscape, food, and culture, each with a visitor remarking \u201cvery nice\u201d during the experiences. A message on the country\u2019s official social media pages reads, \u201cKazakhstan? Very nice! It\u2019s a place you may have heard of, that\u2019s nicer than you ever imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cKing Tut Day\u201d, celebrating the date of the discovery of King Tutankhamen\u2019s Tomb. King Tut\u2019s rule lasted just nine years, from 1333 B.C. to 1324 B.C. His cause of his death is uncertain. Murder, malaria and an innocent accident are the main theories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cEasy-Bake Oven Day\u201d, this pop-culture icon has struck a note with kids and adults. It\u2019s even been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2001 [19] \u201cHarry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone\u201d, the first film adaptation of the books by J. K. Rowling, premieres, is released, starring Daniel Radcliffe (In the US, India and Pakistan, it is released as \u201cHarry Potter and the Sorcerer\u2019s Stone\u201d)<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dierks Bentley<\/strong>\u00a0went to Number One in\u00a0<em>Billboard\u00a0<\/em>with &#8220;Every Mile A Memory&#8221; in 2006.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>STANDING ROOM ONLY:<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>A man who is being called \u201cBritain\u2019s biggest hoarder\u201d has died, and left behind a treasure-trove worth as much as \u00a34 million (US $ 5.2 million).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The collection of more than 60,000 items was crammed into a home in Nottingham, where the owner had stacked possessions from floor-to-ceiling in every room, including everything from unopened parcels dating back to 2002 to valuable collectables and antiques.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He had also filled a rented apartment, two garages, part of a neighbor\u2019s year and 24 wheelie bins to store more belongings. It took a team of eight people in three vans 180 hours to empty the house, over the course of six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The items, many of which are described as \u201cnot rubbish, but top-quality stuff\u201d, will be sold off in 3,000 lots over a 4-day sale. The late owner had assembled so much stuff that he was forced to move into a bed-and-breakfast in the last year because he\u2019d run out of space for himself<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>FOUR RANDOM \u201cMOVEMBER\u201d FACTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mustaches are hotbeds for bacteria because of the moist air leaving the body through the nose and mouth.<\/li>\n<li>A study found that the more common bearded men are, the less attractive beards become to women.<\/li>\n<li>Sideburns are named after American Civil War General, General Burnside, who had huge sideburns connected by a mustache.<\/li>\n<li>In 17th century Russia, you could be taxed 100 rubles a year for having a beard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u2713 If you were to put down the razor and stop shaving forever, your beard would grow to approximately 27.5 feet (if you are male).<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In August, a guy in California named Kevin Cozzi\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/society\/texas-family-hopes-to-repay-man-who-saved-girl-from-drowning\/7464582\/\">saved<\/a>\u00a0a woman&#8217;s 10-year-old daughter from drowning after she got stuck in a riptide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So now the mom is raising money on GoFundMe to pay for his dream wedding.\u00a0 His original wedding got cancelled by COVID this year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As of last night, she&#8217;d raised about $25,000.\u00a0 (They talked about it in an interview, along with her daughter Hayley.\u00a0 Kevin said saving her was the only reward he needed.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[83] Loretta Swit, actress (\u2018Hot Lips Houlihan\u2019 on \u201cM*A*S*H\u201d 1972-83)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[59] Ralph Macchio, actor (\u201cThe Karate Kid\u201d, The Outsiders\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[59] Jeff Probst, TV reality show host (\u201cSurvivor\u201d since 2000)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[51] Matthew McConaughey,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Thieves Break Into an Escape Room, Crack the Safe . . . But Only Find Riddles Inside<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You should probably understand the concept of an ESCAPE ROOM before you break into one.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, some thieves broke into an escape room business in Utrecht, in the Netherlands.\u00a0 And while they were inside, they focused most of their energy on breaking into an antique safe.<\/p>\n<p>But when they finally got it open, all they found inside were . . . RIDDLES.<\/p>\n<p>Because cracking that safe is actually part of the puzzle.\u00a0 People who go to that escape room crack it daily.<\/p>\n<p>The thieves ended up grabbing whatever non-riddle stuff they could find, including a camera, candy, soda, and $11 in cash . . . and then they took off.<\/p>\n<p>The cops are trying to track them down.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>A Woman Impersonates a Prosecutor to Drop the Charges Against Herself<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve heard of people trying all sorts of things to get charges against them dropped . . . but this is a new one.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a 33-year-old woman named Lisa Landon from Littleton, New Hampshire.\u00a0 And last year, she was facing charges for drug possession and stalking.<\/p>\n<p>And her plan to get out of trouble was . . . she impersonated a county PROSECUTOR and filed counterfeit documents with the court to have charges dropped.<\/p>\n<p>And it actually worked . . . temporarily.\u00a0 No one noticed her paperwork until she was scheduled to have a psych evaluation, and the state forensic examiner realized the charges had mysteriously been dropped.<\/p>\n<p>The REAL prosecutors investigated and figured out what she&#8217;d done.\u00a0 So she was charged with six counts of falsifying evidence.<\/p>\n<p>And she was just indicted on those charges by a grand jury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>New Pill That Prevents Snoring Is on the Way<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some exciting news . . . for you, or the person who sleeps next to you.\u00a0 A new pill to prevent SNORING is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/27\/new-nightly-pill-to-end-snoring-being-tested-in-united-states\/\"><strong>in the works<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a combination of two non-sleep drugs.\u00a0 One is a drug for ADHD, and the other is used to treat people with overactive bladders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A small study found that when both drugs are combined, it reduces snoring by 74%.\u00a0 And people with sleep apnea have higher blood oxygen levels when they take it.\u00a0 So now a drug company in Massachusetts is doing a full trial to make sure it&#8217;s safe.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 4<sup>TH<\/sup> \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>People in the U.S. went to bed without knowing who will be the next president, with\u00a0President Trumpand former Vice President\u00a0Joe Biden\u00a0locked in a tight battle, with the three traditionally Democratic states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania that Trump was able to flip in 2016 again the focus of attention. All three had a large number of mail-in votes amid the pandemic that need to be processed, and while we may have a result today, there is a prospect of the election outcome might not be known for days. Other close states yet to be called included as of 4:00 a.m. ET, when Biden had 238 electoral votes to 213 for Trump &#8212; according to the Associated Press&#8217; count &#8212; of the 270 needed to win,\u00a0included Georgia, North Carolina and Nevada.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Saturday&#8217;s (November 7th) football game between Wisconsin and Purdue has been canceled because of the coronavirus outbreak in Wisconsin&#8217;s program. The school has had 27 cases among 15 athletes and 12 staffers since October 24th. This is the second straight game Wisconsin has been forced to cancel due to their outbreak, after calling off their Nebraska game on October 31st.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys quarterback<strong>\u00a0Andy Dalton<\/strong>\u00a0was put on the reserve\/Covid-19 Tuesday (November 3rd) and will miss the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. This is the second straight game Dalton is missing after being out of the first because of a concussion. ESPN said Dallas hasn&#8217;t decided yet who will start in his place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Denver Broncos general manager\u00a0<strong>John Elway<\/strong>\u00a0and team president<strong>\u00a0Joe Ellis<\/strong>\u00a0both tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday (November 3rd). The Broncos said both Elway, the former quarterback great, and Ellis have minor symptoms and are &#8220;doing well.&#8221; The team said contract tracing shows\u00a0no players or coaches came into close contact with either recently.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Rich people and celebrities get a lot of free stuff.\u00a0 Sometimes they even expect it.\u00a0 Yesterday, three streamers were interviewing the Vice President of Xbox, Phil Spencer, and asked him about giving an Xbox Fridge to Snoop Dogg.\u00a0 He explained why, and also has a funny\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/ZealousHardDadFeelsBadMan\">answer<\/a>for rich people when they bug him for free Xbox products.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Here&#8217;s comedian Jim Gaffiganon his laziness with emails.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CARLY PEARCE SAYS CMA SONG OF THE YEAR NOD IS &#8216;EXTRA&#8217; <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Carly Pearce<\/strong>\u00a0heads into next week\u2019s\u00a0<em>CMA Awards<\/em>\u00a0with four nominations &#8212; three for her chart-topping hit, \u201cI Hope You\u2019re Happy Now,\u201d along with New Artist of the Year. Carly co-wrote the song with\u00a0<strong>Luke Combs, Randy Montana<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Jonathan Singleton<\/strong>. &#8220;I Hope You&#8217;re Happy Now&#8221; is up for Song of the Year, which honors the writers, as well as Musical Event and Video of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Carly tells us that being included in the Song of the Year category is especially meaningful:\u00a0[\u201cThat one means extra. That\u2019s on another level. You realize how important songs are when you do this and you realize how many great songs happen, and to think that I was recognized as a songwriter, solely, on something that was so special and so personal to me, that is very, very special to me because it shows something outside of just Carly Pearce.\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>CMA Awards\u00a0<\/em>airs live from Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 11th at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.<\/p>\n<p>FAST FACTS<\/p>\n<p>Carly&#8217;s latest single is called &#8220;Next Girl.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It will be included on her upcoming studio album.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ASHLEY McBRYDE BECOMES FIRST ARTIST AMBASSADOR FOR CMA FOUNDATION PROGRAM <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashley McBryde\u00a0<\/strong>has teamed up withe The CMA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Country Music Association (CMA), to launch its inaugural Artist Ambassador program as part of its Unified Voices for Music Education (UVfME) initiative.<\/p>\n<p>As the first UVfME Artist Ambassador, Ashley will use her voice to advocate for music education throughout the month of November. She will work with music educators in a variety of ways including creating an original band-specific video lesson plan, meeting virtually with music educators to discuss challenges they are facing during this time and sharing how music education led to her career in Country Music.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>MIRANDA LAMBERT PLANTS TREE IN HER LATE DOG&#8217;S HONOR <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Miranda Lambert<\/strong>\u00a0shared a special gift on Instagram Stories that she tagged and thanked her stylist,\u00a0<strong>Tiffany Gifford<\/strong>, for in memory of her dog, Waylon, who recently died. She honored her 13-year-old pup by planting a tree on her Nashville-area farm. Attached to it is a silver tag that is inscribed with &#8220;&#8221;Your paws left prints on our hearts Waylon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Miranda paid tribute to Waylon with a sad post on Oct. 22nd writing, We are heartbroken but happy that he is running across the rainbow bridge right now and will be waiting for us when we get there. Dogs change your life. 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