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Freedom Fuel, Marcellus Wiley’s Arrest, and Hov at Yankee Stadium · The Breakfast Club

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  Speaker 1: The White House just opened its own gas stations. We're
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  Speaker 1: here at the first Freedom Fuel Network gas station. Former
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  Speaker 1: NFL star and ESPN analyst Marcellus Wiley has been arrested
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  Speaker 1: for domestic violence. And jay Z takes over Yankee Stadium tonight.
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  Speaker 1: The ticket prices, well they just dropped. It's Friday, July tenth,
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  Speaker 1: from the Black Effects Podcast Network. I Mimi Brown. This
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  Speaker 1: is front page, and here are the day's biggest stories.
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  Speaker 1: The White House is getting into the gas business, or
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  Speaker 1: that's at least what it looks like. A partnership called
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  Speaker 1: the Freedom Fuel Network is offering discounted gas at twenty
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  Speaker 1: five participating stations across the Philadelphia area and South Jersey,
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  Speaker 1: with regular gas selling at three dollars and forty seven
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  Speaker 1: cents a gallon. The White House promoted the program on
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  Speaker 1: social media, posting vig drivers thanking President Trump for lowering
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  Speaker 1: the prices. Saw it. I thought it was a fake news,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm glad it's true. I definitely couldn't leave my
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  Speaker 1: eyes when I just go passed. I'm actually taking a
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  Speaker 1: trip down the shore, so I wasn't even gonna come
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  Speaker 1: and get the gag. But I'm glad. I did. Now
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  Speaker 1: it just save me a lot of money. Thanks a lot, Charlton,
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  Speaker 1: doing what you're doing. Done a good job. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for much Trump, thank you for helping our country. It's
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  Speaker 1: President Donald J. Trump leading the charge the lower gas
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  Speaker 1: prices right here and Freedom Fuel Network casting the roll
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  Speaker 1: out comes as gas prices remain a top concern for
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  Speaker 1: many Americans and with the mid term elections just months away.
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  Speaker 1: But the discount isn't huge. According to Triple A, the
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  Speaker 1: national average is about three dollars and seventy nine cents
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  Speaker 1: a gallon, making the Freedom Fuel about thirty two cents
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  Speaker 1: cheaper now. One important point, Despite the White House promotion,
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  Speaker 1: Freedom Fuel is not a government program. The administration says
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  Speaker 1: it's a private company and the federal government is not
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  Speaker 1: paying for the discounts. At this time, it's still unclear
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  Speaker 1: who is paying for the subsidized gas. However, gas prizes
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  Speaker 1: have also been coming down in recent weeks as oil
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  Speaker 1: prices ease following the conflict between Israel, the US, and Iran.
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  Speaker 1: For now, the program is limited to twenty five stations
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  Speaker 1: in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but the White House says
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  Speaker 1: it hopes more retailers will join. Meanwhile, former NFL player
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  Speaker 1: and longtime sports analyst Marcellus Wiley is facing a domestic
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  Speaker 1: violence charge after being arrested over the fourth of July
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  Speaker 1: weekend in Florida. According to an Orlando police report obtained
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  Speaker 1: by TMZ, Wiley and his family were in town for
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  Speaker 1: one of their children's basketball tournaments when an argument broke
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  Speaker 1: out inside their hotel room, Please Say. Wiley's wife, Anne Marie,
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  Speaker 1: told officers he stood over her while she was sitting
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  Speaker 1: in the bed, initially poked her in the face, and
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  Speaker 1: threatened to kill her. Investigators say the couple's three children,
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  Speaker 1: including their seven year old daughter, were in the room
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  Speaker 1: during the incident. Wiley denies those allegations. In a statement
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  Speaker 1: posted to x, he said, in part, I completely and
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  Speaker 1: unequivocally deny these allegations, and I am certain the truth
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  Speaker 1: will prevail. He also said there was no physical altercation
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  Speaker 1: in pointed officers to text messages he says showed the
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  Speaker 1: couple was communicating normally. Afterward, police, however, say they found
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  Speaker 1: probable cause to arrest him on a domestic violence battery charge.
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  Speaker 1: His wife has since filed for divorce and is asking
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  Speaker 1: the court for a restraining order. And here's a little background.
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  Speaker 1: Wiley played ten seasons in the NFL after being drafted
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  Speaker 1: by the Buffalo Bills out of Columbia University. Following his
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  Speaker 1: football career, he became a familiar face on ESPN and
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  Speaker 1: later fs IE, where he built a second career as
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  Speaker 1: a sports commentator. The case is now making headlines not
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  Speaker 1: just because of Wiley's NFL career, but because of his
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  Speaker 1: high profile media presence. He has not entered a plea
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  Speaker 1: and the case is moving through the Florida court system. Tonight,
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  Speaker 1: jay Z kicks off a historic three night run at
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  Speaker 1: Yankee Stadium, celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Reasonable Doubt tonight,
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  Speaker 1: the twenty fifth anniversary of The Blueprint tomorrow, and wrapping
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  Speaker 1: things up on Sunday with a third show called Extra Innings.
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  Speaker 1: It's pretty nice. If you're a jay Z fan, you're
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  Speaker 1: definitely going to feel the energy, fill the fever. All
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  Speaker 1: the CDs are here, all the tapes out here. Grew
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  Speaker 1: up listening to him. My whole life sees our people
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  Speaker 1: forming Yankee Stadium these next three days is amazing. You know.
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  Speaker 1: The concerts are his first hometown shows in New York.
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  Speaker 1: Since twenty nineteen. But here's what's getting almost as much
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  Speaker 1: attention as the concert themselves, the ticket prices. When the
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  Speaker 1: tickets first went on sale, fans complained that even the
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  Speaker 1: cheapest seats were more than three hundred dollars. Now, right
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  Speaker 1: before opening night, prices have dropped significantly, with some retail
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  Speaker 1: tickets starting under two hundred dollars depending on the night
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  Speaker 1: and where you want to sit, So if you've been
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  Speaker 1: waiting to buy, it may have paid off. This three
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  Speaker 1: night run is one of jay Z's biggest live events
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  Speaker 1: in years and celebrates two of the albums that help
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  Speaker 1: define his career. And if history is any indication, don't
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  Speaker 1: be surprised if a few special guests show up along
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  Speaker 1: the way. That's your front page, I Mimi Brown. This
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