Welcome to the rush hour. Your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Thursday to you. It's December 12th, 2024. I've got all of your news right here. On the afternoon rush, we have Donald Trump

being named Times Person of the Year. I'll share what Time Magazine is saying about that.

Plus, a shocking story broke today regarding Vanderpump Rule star James Kennedy, getting arrested

for domestic violence and Burbank. Will he get charged? What happened?

I'll break down that full story.

And also a big update on the Plan Bree podcast.

We've covered host Brianna Chicken Fry after her fallout from her country musician boyfriend.

Well, now she's got to follow out with her co-host, Grace O'Malley.

And it seems as though people are taking Grace's side.

I'll explain why.

Plus, a brave story of a 98-year-old Dick Van Dyke escaping the Malibu wildfires.

We'll cover that and the fallout from the shooting of the United Health Care CEO and what people are saying about what we need to do to fix the broken health care system.

All these stories and so much

more coming up next on The Rush. Well, this morning exclusively on the Today Show, time editor-in-chief

Sam Jacobs announced who would be their person of the year. Let's play that clip for you right now. The person of the year who

for better or for worse had the most influence on the news in 2024 is Donald Trump. This is

someone who made a historic comeback who reshaped the American presidency and who's reordering

American politics. It's hard to argue with the fact that the

person who's moving into the Oval Office is the most influential person in the news.

I think time has spent more time on the record with the president-elect this year than any news

organization. And what we saw from when we spoke to him in the spring to now is someone who's maybe a

little lower volume, a little more subdued, for Donald Trump, perhaps,

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