{"id":7036,"date":"2019-06-17T09:35:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T13:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=7036"},"modified":"2019-06-17T05:27:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T09:27:03","slug":"on-todays-show-179","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2019\/06\/on-todays-show-179\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two guys decided it would be smart to try and rob a store in Daytona Beach that sells spy equipment and of course they were caught on camera. There were roughly 40 cameras running in the store.\u00a0\u00a0They tried to smash the front window with a hammer, but couldn&#8217;t get in because the owner paid extra for special glass that&#8217;s meant to withstand a hurricane.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The town of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin is considering a new anti-bullying ordinance where parents will be FINED if their kids bully anyone at school.<\/p>\n<p>The first time your kid does it, you&#8217;ll have to pay a total of $313 between fines and administrative costs . . . and the price just goes up from there.<\/p>\n<p>The city council will vote on whether to pass this ordinance this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Men in Black: International&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>won the box office over the weekend, but it only made $28.5 million.\u00a0 A few weeks ago, it was projected\u00a0to rake in $40 million. \u00a0And it reportedly cost $110 million to make.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s also the smallest opening weekend for a\u00a0<em>&#8220;Men in Black&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0movie.\u00a0 The first three all made at least $50 million.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><em><strong>&#8220;The Secret Life of Pets 2&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>, $23.8 millions.\u00a0 Up to $92 million in its 2nd week.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>&#8220;Aladdin&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>, $16.7 million.\u00a0 Up to $263.4 million in its 4th week.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The new\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;Shaft&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0opened in 6th place, with just $8.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cEat Your Vegetables Day\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cApple Strudel Day\u201d, the oldest known recipe for apple strudel (Apfelstrudel) is from Austria. It was handwritten in 1696.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2018 [01] \u201cThe Incredibles 2\u201d sets a box office record for an animated release, earning $180 million its opening weekend<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1994 [25] O.J. Simpson doesn\u2019t turn himself in on murder charges, and LA cops chase his Ford Bronco for 1\u00bd hours. He eventually gives up (seen live on TV)<\/p>\n<p>OJ Simpson joined Twitter on Saturday, and posted a video\u00a0saying\u00a0he wants to share his thoughts and opinions . . . there are a lot of fake OJ accounts. . . and he has, quote, &#8220;a little gettin&#8217; even to do.&#8221;<\/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>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenny Chesney<\/strong>\u00a0kicked off a five-week run at #1 with &#8220;Summertime&#8221; in 2006.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>RANDOM REPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The U.S. has more millionaires than Sweden has people.\u00a0 There are more than 10.2 million American households that now have a net worth over $1 million, versus just under 10 million people in Sweden.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>The Hoover Dam is made of 4.36 million cubic yards of concrete.\u00a0 That&#8217;s enough to make a highway from San Francisco to New York.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Cans of Diet Coke float in water . . . but cans of Coke sink.\u00a0 It&#8217;s because the sugar in Coke weighs 39 grams and the sweetener in Diet Coke is 125 milligrams . . . that makes Coke denser, so it sinks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>The college with the most national football championships is . . . Princeton, with 28.\u00a0 They were winning most of them in the late 1800s, long before most other schools were competing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY\u2019S GOOD NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a\u00a0seven-year-old in\u00a0Cleveland\u00a0named\u00a0Alex Walker\u00a0who has epilepsy.\u00a0 So she&#8217;s been in and out of hospitals her whole life.\u00a0 And a few years ago, she noticed some of the other sick kids she met didn&#8217;t have stuffed animals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She wanted to give them some of hers.\u00a0 But they couldn&#8217;t use them because of germs.\u00a0 They&#8217;re only allowed to have NEW toys no one&#8217;s used yet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So when she was four years old, Alex took all the money in her piggy bank . . . a whopping\u00a065\u00a0bucks . . . and bought\u00a013\u00a0teddy bears.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since then, she&#8217;s bought another\u00a0400\u00a0plush toys by collecting donations and selling tomato plants she grows herself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every month, she and her mom deliver the stuffed animals to kids at the Cleveland Clinic.\u00a0 And now they&#8217;ll get to hand out a LOT more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>GoFundMe.com does a thing called &#8220;Kid Hero,&#8221; where they highlight one kid a month who&#8217;s doing great things.\u00a0 And they just named Alex their\u00a0Kid Hero for June.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Donations have been flooding in.\u00a0 And last we checked, her total was\u00a0over $18,000.<\/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>[76] Barry Manilow, singer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[39] Venus Williams, former #1-ranked women\u2019s tennis player with fastest recorded serve in WTA history (127 mph)\/older sister of tennis star Serena Williams<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Human Rights Complaint Filed After Employer Failed To Provide Adequate Vegan Food<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is an interesting human rights complaint:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An Ontario firefighter has filed a human rights complaint that could set a precedent for the accommodation of ethical veganism.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adam Knauff alleges the Ministry of Natural Resources violated his\u00a0human rights when he was not provided sufficient vegan food while battling a massive blaze in British Columbia in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Kenora man says his employer discriminated against his sincerely held ethical belief \u2014 or creed \u2014 when it failed to provide him with adequate vegan food but the ministry argues that veganism is lifestyle choice and does not meet the legal definition of creed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The advocacy group \u201cAnimal Justice\u201d is hoping to intervene in what it says is an important test case because veganism in the workplace isn\u2019t limited to Knauff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Five Steps to Turn Yourself into a Morning Person<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A new study found it IS possible to turn yourself into a morning person.\u00a0 You just have to be vigilant for about a month.\u00a0 Here are the five steps you need to follow . . .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Force yourself to get up two to three hours earlier than usual.\u00a0 Then immediately get some sun.\u00a0 It signals your body to stop producing the sleep hormone melatonin.\u00a0 So opening your curtains or having breakfast outside can help you adjust.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>No caffeine after 3:00 PM.\u00a0 That means coffee AND soda.\u00a0 It might not matter for everyone.\u00a0 But people in the study had a three o&#8217;clock cutoff time for caffeine.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Keep lights to a minimum at night, and get in bed two or three hours earlier than usual.\u00a0 It trains your body to start producing melatonin earlier, so it&#8217;s easier to sleep.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Stick to your schedule.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t stay up late, or sleep in on weekends.\u00a0 For the first month or two, try to go to bed within the same 30-minute window each night.\u00a0 And naps are okay, but not after 4:00 PM.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Move up your meals.\u00a0 Have breakfast as soon as you wake up.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t do dinner after 7:00 PM.\u00a0 And you might need to shift a few other things too.\u00a0 Like showering earlier, or exercising in the morning instead of at night.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>__________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>MONDAY JUNE 17<sup>TH<\/sup> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[76] Barry Manilow, singer<\/p>\n<p>[39] Venus Williams, former #1-ranked women\u2019s tennis player with fastest recorded serve in WTA history (127 mph)\/older sister of tennis star Serena Williams<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><u>MLB<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Toronto\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Houston\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Detroit \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After 24 long years, the Toronto Raptors are the 2019 NBA Champions. The parade today begins at the Princes\u2019 Gates at the CNE at 10 a.m. ET, \u00a0then ends at a rally at Nathan Phillips Square beginning at approximately 12 noon ET, where fans will hear from the newly crowned NBA champions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><em><strong>&#8220;Men in Black International&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>won the box office over the weekend, but it only made $28.5 million.\u00a0 That&#8217;s the smallest opening ever for a\u00a0<em>&#8220;Men in Black&#8221;<\/em>movie.\u00a0 It reportedly cost $110 million to make.\u00a0 The new\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;Shaft&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0opened in 6th place, with just $8.3 million.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>A 94-year-old guy in Chicago named William Wagner never\u00a0graduated high school, because he had to serve in World War Two.\u00a0 So his son recently made some calls.\u00a0 And just in time for Father&#8217;s Day, he got his former school to include him in this year&#8217;s graduation ceremony.\u00a0 He put on his cap and gown and got his diploma last Thursday.\u00a0 Here he is talking about it with his son, Forrest.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Two winning tickets were sold for the $19 million jackpot in Friday night&#8217;s Lotto Max draw.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>One of them was purchased on the Prairies and the other in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Each winning ticket is worth $9.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on June 18 will be approximately $10 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There were two winning tickets for Saturday night&#8217;s nearly $30 million Lotto 649 jackpot.<\/p>\n<p>Both tickets were sold in the Prairies and each is worth $14.9 million.<\/p>\n<p>The draw&#8217;s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on June 19 will be approximately $5 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Blames chicken wings for speeding, watched Avengers: Endgame 114 times, and striptease at McDonald&#8217;s\u00a0 \u00a0(From Fallon and Bill Maher on Friday, June 14, 2019)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>LUKE COMBS&#8217; NEW EP IS &#8216;JUMPING OFF POINT&#8217; FOR NEXT CHAPTER OF CAREER<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Combs\u00a0<\/strong>gave fans some new music with his brand-new EP, The Prequel, which he released on Friday (June 7th). The five-song project is just a taste of things to come, and as Luke tells us, the EP title was very purposeful.\u00a0[&#8220;You know, I didn&#8217;t want people to think that it was like the only thing we were gonna do for a long time. You know, I didn&#8217;t want to say, &#8216;Oh we&#8217;re just gonna put out these five songs and that&#8217;s kind of it.&#8217; I wanted them to know it&#8217;s kind of a jumping off point for the next part of the career, whatever that may be as far as whether it&#8217;s a new album or a new tour or whatever.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Luke&#8217;s debut album,\u00a0<em>This One&#8217;s For You<\/em>, was released in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The album (and the reissue) produced five consecutive Number One hits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ERIC CHURCH EARNS MORE HEAVY METAL FOR PAST HITS\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eric Church<\/strong>\u00a0has had several records certified by the RIAA in recent weeks. His hit \u201cSpringsteen\u201d was just certified 5x platinum, while \u201cLike a Wrecking Ball\u201d and \u201cRecord Year\u201d are now 2x platinum. The North Carolina native\u2019s \u201cSinners Like Me\u201d and \u201cOver When It\u2019s Over\u201d have gone gold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpringsteen,\u201d which is featured on Eric\u2019s 2011 album\u00a0<em>Chief<\/em>, is not just a song, it\u2019s an experience for all of those who hear it. He tells us:\u00a0[\u201cThe interesting thing about this song is it has probably less to do with\u00a0(Bruce)\u00a0Springsteen than it is about what\u2019s happening at this amphitheater up on the lawn. I had this experience. If you\u2019ve had this experience, no matter whether you stay together or don\u2019t stay together, when you hear that person\u2019s music whether it\u2019s Springsteen or anybody else, you always think of the person you were with at that show. And I have that. I just thought it was an interesting story about two people falling in love at a concert, and for the rest of their life that\u2019s the soundtrack. That artist is the soundtrack to their love, and I just love that. It makes me feel 17 again every time I hear it.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Eric\u2019s <em>Double Down Tour\u00a0<\/em> runs through late November where it wraps up in Sacramento, CA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BRANTLEY GILBERT EXPANDS CRUISE LINEUP; RELEASES NEW SINGLE\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brantley Gilbert<\/strong>\u00a0has expanded his cruise ship performance lineup to include\u00a0<strong>Danielle Bradbery<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>LANCO<\/strong>, and new artist<strong>\u00a0Jon Langston<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The ship will sail from Miami to Cozumel along the Norwegian Pearl from November 4-8 of next year.\u00a0<strong>Chase Rice<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Colt Ford<\/strong>\u00a0were previously announced. The announcement came following the sell-out of this year\u2019s cruise. 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