It's a wake-up call in more ways than one.
Time for some shit you need to know.
All right, we started talking about this on the show within a show real quickly.
Two passengers have tested positive for Hunter virus as a third one shows symptoms after the cruise ship has been evacuated.
A French woman and two Americans tested positive or showed symptoms of Hunter virus.
This morning, as nations around the world scrambled to repatriate passengers from a cruise ship hit by an outbreak and quarantine or isolate them.
One of the 17 American passengers evacuated from the ship and flown to Nebraska also tested positive for the hunt to virus, but is not showing any symptoms.
Another had mild symptoms.
US health officials said late yesterday.
Now the flight landed in the early hours today and stopped near buses and police vehicles.
They are in Nebraska.
The Americans were first taken to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, which has a federally funded quarantine facility to assess whether they
been in close contact with any symptomatic people and their risk levels for spreading the virus.
Now, before you start to panic, I'm looking at you Parker, who director of the World Health Organization, which you know we're not really part of anymore, but we can still get reports from the World Health Organization.
The director has stressed that the general public should not be worried about the outbreak.
This is not another COVID, he said, and the risk to the public is low, so they shouldn't be scared and they shouldn't panic.
So just keep an eye on things.
Because quite frankly, and I'm not, man, please, I'm not hoping for this at all.
But if God forbid something were to start spreading, I do not trust our administration to handle it well based on past.
experience and based on yesterday when the president said, we have it well under control.
I think we have it under control.
Okay, this is, you know, but right now again, we're not trying to spread panic or hysteria, nothing to worry about yet.
Just know that it's there.
Know that they're monitoring the people who were on the ship.
And, you know, if anything changes, we'll keep an eye on it.
All right, some other stuff you need to know.
This hits closer to home.
Wes Eden's.
You might know that name because he is the billionaire co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks.
He's been identified as the victim of an alleged $1 billion extortion scheme following a brief torrid love affair, which are the best kinds.
Now, this is according to reporting in the Washington or the Wall Street Journal, rather, the charges filed in federal court do not publicly identify Edens, but the Wall Street Journal confirmed he is the person described in the indictment.
The case is set to go to trial later this year.
News of the alleged black male comes the same day as Eden's daughter Mallory was set to represent the Bucks at the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery.
Prosecutors have charged a 46 year old woman with black male extortion and other charges in the alleged shakedown.
It continued for months starting in late 2024 and went through spring of 2025.
The black male reportedly began following the solution of a brief romantic relationship between Eden's and
the woman.
Now, according to court records and the Wall Street Journal, she threatened to publicize photographs and videos of Xi'anine's in compromising positions if Eden did not pay her more than one billion dollars.
Wow.
And you thought having to buy a girl a dinner was expensive, Parker.
That is, that's less than a billion.
She even reached out to Eden's family members, told him she would approach investors and pledged
to destroy him.
You know what they say about hell hath no fury.
She reportedly accused Edens of having
sex with her while she was mentally incapacitated and told him the cameras in her home had recorded everything he did to her.
He denied the claims but reportedly participated in the scheme to avoid public embarrassment and to prevent his family from being harassed.
Court records show he previously agreed to settle the matter for $6.5 million with a million dollars up front.
A spokesperson for Edens told the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Edens will be making no comment on the case as the indictment speaks for itself with respect
respect to the charges against the defendant.
Man, that is a horror story.
That is some fatal attraction kind of stuff right there.
Unbelievable.
I've dated some crazy women in the past, Parker.
I know that probably surprises you.
But since I didn't have multi-billions of dollars, none of them tried to, one threw a brick at me, but none of them tried to extort money off me, which I guess is good.
I dodged the brick, but I think that's for another day.
I dodged the brick and I dodged the relationship.
There you go.
What I cannot dodge is more stuff we need to know.
See how I did that?
Yeah.
So Iran has responded to the latest US proposal to end the war according to their state media yesterday.
That's after an exchange of hostilities that followed the Strait of Hormuz.
hostilities around the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, highlighted by the fragility of a ceasefire the two sides reached more than a month ago, which if you've been following the news over the weekend, we've been shooting at each other.
So I don't know about the ceasefire.
Well, of course, as soon as Iran sent this message to and ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators, saying they wanted to do negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, but...
Guess what our president quickly said.
Well, he rejected it as totally unacceptable in capital letters on truth social.
Put no other details in there, just totally unacceptable, which is kind of par for the course for the way that this administration is dealing with international relations where we don't sit down and negotiate because
Well, they'll call us is what the president told us before.
So still waiting for that call, even though the message did come in through Pakistani mediators.
Now this one is totally unacceptable.
So on Iran's front, they seek to end the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, where Israel is fighting the Iranian backed Hezbollah militant group and to ensure the security of shipping state.
of shipping rather, state TV said.
So Washington's latest proposal addressed a deal to end the war, reopen the strait and roll back Iran's nuclear program.
So earlier yesterday on social media, the president accused Tehran of quote unquote, playing games with the United States for nearly 50 years, adding they will be laughing no longer.
So again, resorting to threats, saying they're now, again,
the Iranian regime is not to be trusted either.
But at least there are, we're finding out through other channels, through the Pakistani mediators, that there are proposals coming that way.
We do not, we're giving all or nothing ultimatums.
We have decided we as a country, and by we, I mean the administration, because I surely do not share their viewpoints, the administration has decided that
Ultimatums are better than negotiations and this is a All-in Win or lose there is there can be no subtlety there can be no compromise it is a zero-sum game We've got to either we're either going to win Which who knows what win means in Donald Trump's world now since he hasn't really given us even a reason why we're there that's
reliable in any way.
So how is this going to, how is this going to ever change?
Because his idea of diplomacy is sitting on truth social typing in all caps.
Now the president did say he's giving diplomacy every chance we possibly can before going back to hostilities That actually was not the president that was ambassador to the UN Mike waltz on ABC yesterday Iran's new supreme leader who has not been seen or heard
publicly since the war began issued new and decisive directives for the continuation of operations and the powerful confrontation with enemies while meeting with the head of the joint military command that according to state broadcasting in Iran.
Now the fragile ceasefire was tested if you were paying attention over the weekend and quite frankly I would not blame you if you weren't.
If you can find a data completely unplugged from all of this
Take it take it when you can because I have a feeling all the bad news is still gonna be there with more piled on top of it if you take that day to unwind So the fragile ceasefire was tested when a drone ignited a small fire on a ship off Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait reported drones entering their airspace the UAE said it shot down two drones and Blamed Iran no casualties reported no one immediately claimed responsibility
Qatar's foreign ministry called the ship attack a dangerous and unacceptable escalation that threatens the security and safety of maritime trade routes and vital supplies in the region.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center gave no details about the ship's owner or origin.
Now the president has reiterated his threats.
To resume full-scale bombing if Iran Iran does not accept an agreement to reopen the straight and roll back its nuclear program Iran has largely blocked the strategic waterway That's key as you know as we've said many times to the global flow of oil natural gas and fertilizer So the markets are going up.
We're all paying more at the pump the negotiations are not happening because
the president doesn't want to keep sending people over to Iran or to Pakistan to meet with Iran.
So we're stuck with a president who is, even if there are negotiations going on on back channels and in, you know, behind closed doors, his public taunts on true social are setting all those negotiations back if they're even happening.
So, okay.
Well, guess what?
Closer to home, the FBI has decided they are going to investigate Wisconsin's 2020 election.
Yes, remember 2020?
That was six years ago.
Remember who lost that election?
The current president.
You know who can't let it go?
the current president.
The FBI has started an investigation into Wisconsin's 2020 election that according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinels reporting and talking to some sources
The investigation is only in a preliminary phase.
It's focused on vetting previous complaints and no ballots have been seized in Wisconsin to this point, according to the sources.
Now, confirmation of the probe came as the Journal Sentinel reported that an FBI agent had interviewed a state election official in recent days.
The agent spoke with Wisconsin Elections Commission Deputy Administrator Robert Keough and discussed how elections are handled in Wisconsin.
We've covered this so many times.
We told you how elections were covered here.
You audited those elections and everything was fine.
So the president, as you know, repeatedly, falsely claimed that he won the 2020 election.
The recount in two Wisconsin counties that his campaign paid for, court rulings, a state audit, and a conservative review have all confirmed that Trump lost not only in Wisconsin, but
the entire election, but in Wisconsin it has been litigated and investigated and checked over.
According to a spokeswoman for the Wisconsin Elections Commission, we are not aware of an active investigation, but they have been preparing for an investigation, especially in Milwaukee, so...
He's focusing on Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin.
They've all been central in his false claims that he won the 2020 election.
Remember?
Oh, in the middle of the night, all of a sudden, he says, oh, there were all the dumps, the vote dumps and the ballot dumps.
And it's just stop.
Just stop.
But it will not stop.
And so neither will we because Parker, I'm nothing if not a man who will not quit.
I'm like a dog with a bone.
We're going to stay on top of this.
It's a wake-up call in more ways than one.
Time for some s*** you need to know.
All right, well we're starting with some local news because former Republican Governor Tommy Thompson is backing Tom Tiffany in this year's race for governor.
This is a coveted endorsement for Tiffany and it ends months of speculation about whether Tommy Thompson would join the race himself.
Boy, I would hope not Tommy Thompson is 84 years old and based on the conversation.
We had the other day That is too old and that's no listen.
That's no shade on people in their 80s what it is shade on his politicians who think they can still govern effectively and represent the widest number of people at that advanced age, so we don't
Tommy Thompson not running again.
Tom Tiffany is running.
He just got endorsed by Tommy Thompson.
Tiffany heads into the state GOP convention next week with endorsements from Thompson and President Trump.
Two key supporters in a Wisconsin Republican campaign for governor.
Trump's endorsement prompted Tiffany's only major competitor in the GOP field, Washington County executive Josh Schoeman to drop out of the race, which made Tom Tiffany the defacto.
Republican nominee which he remains now you may remember unless you're new to Wisconsin Tommy Thompson was governor between 1987 and 2001 he had said in October that he was quote seriously considering joining the Republican primary for governor and as recently as April told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he saw encouraging polling on a potential return but Thompson who I mentioned before
is 84.
He decided against a run.
He said I've spent my entire career fighting for my neighbors, my country and my state.
I love Wisconsin and growing up in Elroy instilled in me the values that shaped my time as governor.
That was a statement that he shared that was shared by the Tiffany campaign.
And he says Tom Tiffany comes from those same Wisconsin roots.
Thompson has said said the state has to keep performing and moving forward.
That is what
Tommy said about Tom Tiffany.
He, uh, Thompson was elected governor four times and served as president George W. Bush's health secretary.
So there you go, Tom Tiffany.
And we know the, the August primary for the Democrats is coming up.
Still no movement.
We still have seven candidates running and we've talked to most of them.
We are actually going to talk, um, on.
Friday to Francesca Honk, correct?
Yes, Friday, Francesca will be on the program.
So we will talk to her and we have reached out to Tom Tiffany as well to try to get him to join the program and talk about his run for governor.
So far we have not had any response from the Tiffany campaign, but that doesn't mean we're not trying and we would welcome.
I would love to hear from Tom Tiffany, so we're not just relying rather.
on news reports and statements from other people.
We'd love to hear from Tom Tiffany himself and let him come on and make his case to be your next governor.
All right, we mentioned this before, but the Honda virus is here.
Passengers on the cruise ship hit with the deadly virus.
We're disembarking yesterday.
in Spain's Canary Islands.
Now this was, if you watch this, it was a very carefully coordinated repatriation which is just bringing people back on the land.
And monitoring mission, it includes several evacuations over the next couple days.
The first plane bound for Madrid departed carrying Spanish nationals who will be treated at the military hospital.
We talked to you before and I will tell you about it again that
There are a French woman and two Americans did test positive or showed symptoms of the hantavirus yet today as nations around the world scrambled to repatriate their passengers.
One of the 17 American passengers evacuated from the ship and flown to Nebraska also tested positive for the virus, not showing any symptoms.
Another one had mild symptoms according to U.S.
health officials.
The flight landed in the early hours of this morning in Nebraska.
They were taking the patients to the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
That's where they have the federally funded quarantine facility.
Pardon me.
Quarantine facilities always make me have some sort of viral reaction.
It's like somebody yells out Marco, I say Polo.
So I talk about quarantine facilities.
I start to cough.
So the director of the World Health Organization has stressed and we will stress this too so that you're not going to panic.
Do not be worried about the outbreak.
According to the WHO quote, this is not another COVID and the risk to the public is low.
So they shouldn't the public should not be scared.
They should not panic.
end quote so try not to panic and try not to worry too much about it even though I'm sure we are all a little bit worried about it especially when yesterday an official from the administration was on saying well it's impossible it's impossible to get a hunt a virus from person to person contact and I'm like no that's literally how they got it on the boat person to person contact so listen to the world health organization maybe
Take whatever you hear from the administration with a grain of salt.
FIFA matches.
You know, the world cup's coming.
Parker, you're not a soccer fan despite wearing a soccer jersey today.
This is true.
It's a cool jersey though.
I am not a, I have no animus toward soccer or football.
As they say on Ted Lasso, football is life.
But the World Cup matches set to be held across the U.S.
have now are now facing fighting heightened terrorism risks with experts warning that vulnerabilities are being amplified by the U.S.
Israeli conflict with Iran and a depletion of counterterrorism expertise within federal law enforcement.
G why is that?
Oh yeah, they laid all those people off.
The biggest threat.
Stems from homegrown violent extremists, often lone actors, that may have become radicalized online by extreme political views or jihadists, such as the Islamic State, which is ISIS, said four counter-terror experts that were interviewed for this story, we need to protect not only
each venue, but all the other links in the chain that get to the point of the game, said Javed Ali, associate professor of the University of Michigan, who previously served with the FBI Department of Homeland Security and as a National Security Council senior director for counterterrorism.
Now in March, the FBI held large residential training exercises on domestic threats, bringing together agents from across the country who work in domestic terrorism ahead of major national security, such as the World Cup.
The US is experienced as we know it's securing large-scale stadium events such as the Super Bowl But the sheer number of World Cup matches will require an unprecedented level of Coordination the Department of Homeland Security has announced that the only the final match which will be at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey will be designated as quote a national special security event It makes sense that all of these
which are going to draw huge crowds even though there have been there has been some worry about ticket prices so I don't know I'm sure that they're still going to sell out but right now people are still you know especially in New York at MetLife there's no they're they've taken all the parking lots away they've decided they were going to jack up the train tickets so now what's usually like a fifteen twenty dollar train ticket to get from New York out to New Jersey is now going to be over a hundred dollars
just to take the train, and then you have to walk almost a mile from the train to get to the stadium.
So I'm going to pass on World Cup soccer.
But I can see, I can see where the concern comes from.
You've got to figure it.
And quite frankly, we've been very fortunate in the U.S.
that all these big events, whether it's the Super Bowl, whether it's the Final Four, whether we've all, you know, or any, any sporting event.
we've been lucky or We've been lucky that we haven't heard about it as the public because I don't think we need to hear about every Potential attack that is stopped.
That's what the authorities are for and that's I trust they're going to do their job But something like this where you're bringing in a global audience is something that Should be of concern and is of concern and we will monitor this as it goes forward.
I don't know why only the final would be
designated as a national special security event, but as long as they're looking at everything, that's fine.
And finally, the remains of a U.S.
soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco a week ago were recovered in the Atlantic Ocean, the Army said yesterday.
Military teams are still searching for a second missing soldier.
The remains were those of First Lieutenant Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., a 14A air defense artillery officer who was one of two U.S.
soldiers who fell off a cliff during a recreational hike in Morocco while off duty he was 27 years old.
The two were reported missing May 2nd after participating in African Lion, an annual multinational military exercise held in Morocco.
According to U.S.
Army, Europe and Africa, U.S.
Army spokespeople in Europe and Africa, they said a Moroccan military search team found the soldier in the water along the shoreline at approximately 8.55 a.m.
local time May 9th within roughly one mile of where both soldiers reportedly entered the ocean.
The two went missing around 9 p.m.
near the Cape Draw training area outside Tantan, a terrain characterized by mountains, desert, and semi-desert planes, according to the Moroccan military.
Search efforts will continue for the missing second soldier, according to a U.S.
defense official talking to the Associated Press.
While the official said a U.S.
contingent remained in Morocco after the war games ended Friday to provide command and control and to continue search for the rescue operations.
So thank goodness at least those first remains were found and they can family can get a little bit of closure.
We'll see hopefully we get the the remains of that second soldier.
