Daily Podcast (04.16.18)
WMMR's Preston & Steve Daily Podcast
93.3 WMMR
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2018
⏱️ 185 minutes
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Summary
News; Entertainment News; Andrea Helfrich in studio & What Jobs Have The Most Potheads?; Bizarre File; Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Recap; Tony Danza Calls In; Bizarre File; Hollleywood Trash & Music News; Wrap up
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| 0:00.0 | 93-3-3-WMR Audio on Demand presents the Preston and Steve show podcast. |
| 0:08.2 | And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano. |
| 0:13.2 | And today is Monday, April 16th. Good morning, Kathy. |
| 0:16.9 | Good morning in the news this morning. |
| 0:18.3 | Starbucks CEO, Kevin Johnson, has apologized for the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia location of the coffee chain, calling it a reprehensible outcome and saying he wants to personally apologize to them. |
| 0:29.1 | Protesters gathered Sunday and are planning to gather outside of the Starbucks again today at 18th in Spruce, where the two men were arrested last Thursday. |
| 0:36.9 | Video of the incident that went viral shows several police officers talking to the two men |
| 0:41.6 | who were seated at a table outside of the store, and then the officers cuffing them and |
| 0:45.6 | leading them away as other customers say the men weren't doing anything wrong. |
| 0:49.2 | The men had been waiting for a friend, but hadn't bought anything at Starbucks. |
| 0:52.8 | Police Commissioner Richard Ross said |
| 0:54.3 | Starbucks workers called 911 and reported that the men were trespassing, saying the officers were |
| 0:59.5 | told the men had come in and asked to use the bathroom but were denied because they hadn't bought |
| 1:03.8 | anything and then they refused to leave. Johnson said the company was investigating and stated |
| 1:07.8 | our store manager never intended for these men to be arrested and this should have never escalated as it did. The district attorney's office said the two men were |
| 1:15.3 | released because of lack of evidence that a crime had been committed. Commissioner Richard Ross |
| 1:19.6 | stands by his officers saying that they were called to the scene and were just doing their job. |
| 1:23.5 | He says the police did not just happen upon this event. They were called there for a service. |
| 1:27.7 | The officers had legal standing to make the arrest. |
| 1:30.6 | And after processing the paperwork, they were notified by Starbucks that they no longer wanted to prosecute. |
| 1:36.6 | A Bush family spokesman said yesterday that former first lady, Barbara Bush, is in failing health and won't seek further medical treatment. |
| 1:44.4 | Sad to hear this this morning. |
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