We open Monday, September 21, with Kayal and Company and jump into Toys “R” Us betting on adult nostalgia, then move through Philadelphia crime, the Delaware hunting death, Pennsylvania’s proposed disease-rule deadline, the Cheltenham football hazing case, the Eagles’ 24-20 comeback in Nashville and Cristopher Sánchez earning his 18th win. The Big Take centers on President Trump’s decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds, with the crew debating First Amendment questions, past credential fights, court precedent and what that standard could mean under a future administration. Reuters reports that journalists from all three outlets are turned away after Trump announces the ban.
We move to Austin, where an ICE officer shoots Wilber Rafael Garces Perez during a brief foot pursuit; Reuters reports that ICE says he entered the country unlawfully and faces removal, while his attorney says he entered legally. From there, Nancy Mace’s “Go Cocks” football post turns into a discussion of politicians as social-media personalities, and we cover a sworn filing alleging improper conduct by Lauren Boebert and staffers while also including Boebert’s denial. Harry Mayes joins us before Dawn gives her firsthand account from Ed Sheeran’s Philadelphia concert, where protests follow Macklemore’s removal from the tour and Sheeran speaks from the stage about the controversy.
The back half gets even stranger: a Detroit family says the wrong woman appears in Kimberly Moore’s casket, a Hermosa Beach homeowner says an Airbnb guest refuses to leave, and Patrick Clancy speaks with 60 Minutes after Lindsay Clancy’s mistrial. We get Fight Club, a Pennsylvania freshman winning $1 million with a barefoot College GameDay field goal, Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak and the debate over federal artificial-intelligence rules. Pennsylvania reports 731 measles cases across 38 counties and four measles-associated deaths. Dawn’s Big Three carries us through the Delaware hunting case, gunfire after a referee-spectator fight at a Roxborough youth football game, the Raymond Horsch investigation, Germantown homeownership reparations grants and the Hero Thrill Show before peach vodka and Dry January close the morning.
