‘That just gave me chills’: CNN anchor spooked by Kentucky governor’s report on UPS crash
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear spooked CNN's Kate Bolduan by describing how nearly a Louisville plane crash could have been exponentially worse.
A UPS plane crashed Tuesday evening as it departed Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport for Honolulu, killing at least three crew members and at least six other people and sending up an enormous fireball and thick clouds of black smoke, and the Democratic governor told "CNN This Morning" the death toll would likely rise.
"We do think it's going to grow, sadly," Beshear said. "But the search and rescue mission went through the night has been able to intensify today, so hopefully it won't grow by much. We also have two individuals in critical care at U of L hospital. We're praying for them and for their recovery. It's hard to lose nine plus people in such a violent way."
However, Beshear said the crash could have been far worse.
"This plane barely missed a restaurant bar," he said. "It was very close to a very large Ford plant with hundreds, if not a thousand-plus workers. It was very close to our convention center that's having a big livestock show that people were arriving for. So really tough, but recognize it could be worse."
Bolduan was stunned by the disclosure.
"That just gave me chills thinking about all of the people that were right in the line of this crash," she said. "I mean, when you see the debris field and what happened with this plane, it's terrifying. I mean, how much destruction and damage are we talking about here?"
"Well, it's a huge amount of of damage in about a city block, about a mile," Beshear replied. "Think about the plane loaded with 38,000 gallons of air fuel hitting a petroleum, not refinery, but recycler, which also added to the to the challenges, and then an auto parts lot, and so what we saw is not just the direct impact and explosion of the plane, but everything that then occurred on the ground. Thankfully, there wasn't any significant hazardous material inside the plane. The air quality conditions are improving significantly. We now have a shelter-in-place [order] only around a very small area. We're monitoring water, because of the air, the jet fuel. But the area that we're concerned about is smaller than originally anticipated, and then we've just got so many incredible first responders on on the scene from dozens of different agencies that do such a great job."
"So we are very quickly getting a hold of the environmental search and rescue and other challenges we face," the governor added, "and we'll probably have some pretty close to to final information mid-afternoon."
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Ted Cruz’s inadvertent admission on Fox News brutally mocked by observers
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was brutally mocked by political analysts and observers after he made an inadvertent admission during an interview on Fox News.
Cruz joined Fox News host Sean Hannity for an interview on Monday, where the two discussed the potential impact of the upcoming midterm elections. Cruz pointed out that Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) want to pass policies that could stifle entrepreneurial growth in America. However, Cruz may have told too much of the truth in making that point, according to some analysts.
"By the way, AOC also said it is impossible for someone to earn a billion dollars," Cruz said. "Which, look, I recognize for her, given she was a bartender, that is probably true. No disrespect to bartenders. Bartenders are an honorable profession. But she went from that to being a government employee and a parasite sucking on the taxpayer."
Some political analysts and observers called out Cruz for the notable phrase he included in his answer.
"Ted Cruz just called himself a parasite sucking on the taxpayer," Hemant Mehta, a former "Jeopardy!" champion, posted on X.
"Love him calling himself a parasite," comedian Sam Weber posted on X.
"Ted Cruz seems to have forgotten what he is, and what he was," John F. Clark, professor emeritus of media studies at the University of Kentucky, posted on X. "He’s never done anything but go to school, do some lawyering, and then go to work for the government. We need more bartenders and fewer lawyers in Congress."
