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Welcome to the Daily Dive: WEEKEND EDITION. This is a compilation of the best stories of the week. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Carolina Coast is in for it all weekend as Hurricane Florence makes its way to land. It is now at Category 2 and has slowed down which means the area will face sustained winds and tons of rainfall. The Eye of the storm is on track to hit Wilmington, North Carolina and the situation there could be dire for days. Alex Riley, reporter with the Wilmington Star News, joins us to talk about how they...

The FDA has declared youth vaping an “epidemic of addiction” and is putting manufacturers of e-cigarettes on notice. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has given manufacturers of the top 5 brands of e-cigs 60 days to come up with new plans to prevent youth vaping or he might ban the sales of them all together. According to the latest numbers more than 2 million middle school, high school, and college...

Hurricane Florence continues to strengthen as 1 million people are told to flee the East Coast. Florence is expected to make landfall on the Carolina coastline later this week and may then stall out over land pounding the area with a potentially deadly storm surge, high winds, and dangerous inland flooding. Andrew Freedman, science editor for Axios and extreme weather expert joins us details on th...

Les Moonves is out as the Chief Executive at CBS amid accusations that sexual harassed and assaulted numerous women over his career, but he won’t be going far. Moonves is still set to remain as an unpaid adviser to CBS as part of his termination agreement. My producer Miranda joins us to talk about what his possible payout would be… reportedly set to be over $100 million pending the results of an...

The mystery is still alive as questions continue to swirl about who the anonymous senior administration official is. The main question seems to be how senior is this anonymous person and how much influence do they have over the president? Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters joins us more on this, the return of President Obama, and a wrap up of the Brett Kavanagh confirmation hearings. Ne...

Welcome to the Daily Dive: WEEKEND EDITION. This is a compilation of the best stories of the week. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the Daily Dive: WEEKEND EDITION. This is a compilation of the best stories of the week. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone around the country is asking the same question… Who wrote it? After the NY Times published an anonymous Op-Ed called “I am part of the resistance inside the Trump administration,” the country was left to wonder who this “senior official” is. The news has left the President angry and isolated. Mike Snider, reporter for USA Today, joins us more on this and the flurry of denials from cabinet...

It started off as a feel good story about a Good Samaritan that has turned into a bitter fight over money. Homeless man, Johnny Bobbitt Jr. helped out Kate McClure when she was stranded without gas on the interstate in Philadelphia.  As a way to repay the favor, she set up a GoFundMe page and raised over $400,000 for him.  Well now all the money is gone and Bobbitt is accusing McClure and her boyf...

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick continues to make headlines despite not being on the field anymore. Kaepernick will once again be in ads for Nike as they gear up for the 30th anniversary of their Just Do It campaign. It’s part of a campaign that plans to release a Kaepernick inspired shoe, t-shirt and will donate money to his “know your rights” educational campaign. Dan Beyer, managing edi...

The midterm elections are only a couple of months away and state legislatures are poised for big changes. More women are running for office and they have a great rate of victory. In Michigan for example, a woman will appear on the ballot for Governor, attorney general, secrtary of state, and in several house and senate races. Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters, joins us what this all me...

It is Labor Day and while many of you have the day off to relax, we are going to be talking about…jobs. Teens and summer jobs, robots at work, and ghosts at interviews. First, the economy is pumping and there are more jobs than ever, but the share of teens with summer jobs has plunged, and the type of work they do has shifted.  Drew DeSilver, Senior writer at the Pew Research Center, joins us for...

Welcome to the Daily Dive: WEEKEND EDITION. This is a compilation of the best stories of the week. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the Daily Dive: WEEKEND EDITION. This is a compilation of the best stories of the week. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are two new laws hitting the books that will close loopholes that allow fraudsters to steal children’s identities. Kids are attractive targets for scammers to open credit cards or take out loans because they have clean credit reports. In many cases family members are the ones responsible for opening up these credit cards. Leticia Miranda, reporter for Buzzfeed News, joins us for details on t...

There is a big food fight in Missouri over the use of the M-word, MEAT.  A new law aimed at clearing up shopper confusion just went into effect that bans calling plant-based and clean meat alternatives “meat.” Zlati Meyer, reporter for USA Today joins to talk about the new law, who pushed for the law, and why the makers of Tofurky are fighting back. Next, President Trump attacked Google earlier in...

There is a shocking new trend happening as the opioid crisis continues to spread all over the country. Pet owners are abusing their own animals to get drugs and its causing changes in the way vets prescribe and administer painkillers to animals. Beth Warren, reporter for the Louisville Courier Journal, joins us to talk about new warnings from the DEA and FDA, and the story of a woman who cut her d...

Another shooting and another person suffering from mental illness. We have learned that David Katz, responsible for killing two and injuring nine at a Madden eSports tournament in Jacksonville had twice been hospitalized for mental illness and prescribed anti-psychotic and antidepressant medications. We will speak to Eli Blumenthal, reporter for USA Today about the shooting and the rise of eSports...

The country has lost a war hero, statesman, and patriot who lived his life in service to his country. Senator John McCain, has died at the age of 81 after a year long battle with brain cancer. He will lie in state at the US Capitol, becoming just the 31st person receive the honor.  Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters, joins us to talk about John McCain’s love of country, his political le...

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After searching for University of Iowa student, Mollie Tibbetts for more than a month, her body was found earlier this week and Cristhian Rivera, who is not in the country legally has been charged with her death. Gary Barrett, reporter for WHO Radio in Iowa will join us for more details in the case and how home surveillance footage was the break in the case that led investigators to her murderer....

President Trump has now weighed in on both his former lawyer and former campaign chairman becoming convicted felons and he has praise for one and jabs for the other. The President continues to say good things about Paul Manafort, but have nothing but contempt for Michael Cohen. Lauren Meier, news editor for Axios, joins us for all the fallout and why Michael Cohen is willing to spill more secrets....

Huge news impacting the Trump administration and the Mueller investigation as two of the President’s men went down in a single day.  First, Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters, joins us for the news that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been found guilty on 8 of 18 charges of fraud and what the bigger picture is for the Mueller investigation. Next, President Trump’s longt...