Thursday’s GOP Presidential debate ended up being a pretty epic verbal battle. Donald Trump is leading the Republican race, but Marco Rubio owned the stage — finally turning against Trump in a late effort to block the real estate mogul from running away with the Republican nomination. Rubio attacked Trump’s character. And Ted Cruz followed up by questioning Trump’s conservative credentials.
Chris Rock will host the Oscars on Sunday night, amidst the continuing controversy over the race of the nominees. Is it a foregone conclusion that Leonardo DiCapio will win the Best Actor award since so much has been made of his lack of wins? USA Today Entertainment Reporter Brian Truitt joined John with a preview of Sunday night’s festivities. (Listen here)
While it’s unlikely that things will get any quieter around O’Hare any time soon, people living in the area could soon be compensated for their trouble. A new bipartisan effort would give people living with noise from O’Hare a tax credit. Illinois State Representative Christine Winger from the 45th district is one of the co-authors of the proposal and joined John to share the details. (Listen here)
It turns out there is a little known restriction that could get you thrown off of an airline flight. ABC 7 Investigative Reporter Jason Knowles has been looking at the issue since a viewer brought it to his attention, and joined John with a preview of his report on it that airs tonight. (Listen here)
Polls show a pretty even match up between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump if they end up being the nominees of the respective party. The general consensus is Team Clinton would love to see Trump be the Republican nominee. Matthew Continetti the editor of the Washington Free Beacon joined John to explain his seven reasons why they shouldn’t be drooling over a match up with Trump. (Listen here)
Illinois regulators have opened an investigation of the Lincoln Towing company. After multiple complaints about illegal towing, overcharging and improper invoicing, the Illinois Commerce Commission is trying to determine if the company should be allowed to continue operating.
A guy has created a bot that might just win the war on telemarketers. When a telemarketer calls you, you add the bot to the call and it will engage the person in just enough inane conversation to keep them busy, perhaps for hours on end.
Hillary Clinton apologized on Thursday for remarks she made in a 1996 speech, in which she used the word superpredators to describe kids with “no conscience, no empathy” who committed crimes.
Joe Biden is in Mexico this week. He said he felt obligated to apologize for the immigration rhetoric coming from the GOP.
Meanwhile, former Mexican President Vicente Fox talk to Jorge Ramos and said Mexico won’t be paying for Donald Trump’s *bleeping* wall. He said Trump has enough money that if he wants a wall, he should be the one to pay for it. He also added that he does not believe a democratic society would elect someone like Trump.
An Australian man believes that he may have officially set the record for the loudest belch in history. It broke the record of a British man, of 109.9 decibels.
