We open with Tony Bruno filling in for Nick Kayal alongside Dawn Stensland and producer Dan, and the news moves immediately. A block party on Locust Street in Trenton turns deadly when multiple gunmen fire into a crowd of roughly 100 people, killing two and wounding eight. We also cover the shooting near Temple University where police find spent shell casings and cars struck by bullets, then head to Delaware for the Rehoboth Beach bank robber described by police as a man in his 20s wearing tight women’s clothing and a wig. The unusual suspect description sends the room off the rails before we get back to the facts of the robbery.
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope gives us a change of pace after its launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, including President Trump’s call congratulating the team at Kennedy Space Center. The mood gets serious again as we cover U.S. strikes on Iranian rocket launchers near the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s threat of retaliation. We also discuss Trump’s Venezuela oil agreement and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve before Dawn gets into Pennsylvania’s measles fight and the state’s announcement of two measles-associated deaths. Dawn closes an early Big Three with Dolly Parton’s private burial in Nashville, and Phil brings us a Phillies sweep, Curaçao’s Little League title, the Eagles’ four-quarterback roster and Scottie Scheffler’s FedEx Cup win.
Later in the hour, the Philadelphia Cycling Classic returns after a decade and the crew celebrates the city’s famous Manayunk climb before another Philadelphia tradition takes over: a 30-foot greased pole above the Delaware River. Cooper DeJean’s appearance at the Red Bull event gives Tony plenty of material before politics returns with Kathy Hochul, the coming September 11 commemoration and retired Port Authority officers asking Hochul and Zohran Mamdani to stay away from Ground Zero. We hit CBC’s fight over its September 11 terminology and Doug Ford’s appearance with Martha Raddatz as U.S.-Canada tariffs escalate, which somehow turns into Canada Dry, poutine and pronunciation trouble. The hour closes with Lindsay Clancy verdict watch and James Clyburn saying his support for Clarence Thomas was a mistake.
