The governor of River State, Yosem Wike, has officially made public his support for the candidacy of the Labour Party's presidential flag-bearer, Pytel B. Wike, who invited the Labour Party candidate to inaugurate the Hulu flyover in Pothack, it's added that Ubi has all the characteristics to lead Nigeria and will be supported with logistics for his campaign in River State. It is not good, but it is good for one zone to occupy all party positions.  You see how well I will implement that every zone will be represented, I will implement. That is town hall meeting. That is debate on television. Because everybody wants Nigerians. Oh yes, he sent the writing. But no Nigerians want to say, let us start from this one now. Let us start from this one. Starting from this one, we will know what to do when you get there. It's not true. Don't be so. Start from the party. You have all the criteria. You have all the characteristics that will lead this country. You have it. Nobody can deny that from you. You have it. All I pray, all I pray is for God to give you the strength, to give you the wisdom and continue to move from one state to the other. Each time you want to go to campaign in this state, let me know. All the logistics support will give to you. Speaking also to be a denigration, we case said, unquote, if you had not left the PDP, you would not have realized your vision to be able to save Nigeria. And of course. Because it has meant that I shall show you of our commitment. I'll show you of our commitment to a better Nigeria. We will continue to work with the good people of River State. Take me as one of yours. Take me as one of you. I belong to you. That's the belief in what I'm doing. This man is the foremost man we invented this money in education. He doesn't have investment like others do. We don't know what they are doing. Two of us, you know what we are doing. They know our age. They know the school we attended.  Once you have 75, you have A. Even if you have 93 A, which means you are allowed some small, small mistake. But don't get that. I'm saying you pass. Two of us get A. So you get notified about fresh news updates.


We just want two minutes one minute Why not No, no, no, it's not it's filming. It's not flash. It's not flash What is that? They you care about what happens to them? It was spooked them. Okay, you think they'll get spooked in there They don't get spooked in there Hello, darling We're here with Devon animal safe. This is a cow slaughterhouse and we're here to say goodbye to the animals Wait, you're just saying to her So sweet, huh? Hey, it's okay It's okay, baby No So those poor cows there terrified cows are terrified they're probably Only a year old or a couple years old, but they're just terrified like Just for a burger like is that really worth a burger is poor terrified animal. Here's Hickey comes another one So what happens they go in there They could probably smell the death in there they get hung upside down by their hoof and Sometimes that dislocates their hip a lot of the times the bolt gun in the head doesn't actually work It doesn't actually stun them. I had a friend who worked in the slaughterhouse Yeah, bolt gun in the head hung up by their hoof slash throat open Drained of their blood chopped up into pieces and fed back to the population We only want a minute and then they can go let's if they could be at the traffic lights for the same amount of time We actually thought you might be here to help us save the animals Great the laws here. They're gonna they're gonna stand on the side of justice and help us save these animals We're impartial, aren't we? Yeah, I know so you know like a couple hundred years ago when they had like slavery was legal Like the police would have to defend the slave owners from people trying to liberate the slaves Yeah, this is sort of like a different type of slavery with just like animals You know and we're just saying hey, it's wrong and society hasn't caught up yet But you know all about it, you know what happens in a dairy industry, you probably hear it from Megaton How'd they get pregnant, shove your hand up and ask? I was at a dairy in Israel and that we seen the calf get taken and the cows, yeah, they do it everywhere Can you hear them cry?  No, not really That's alright, go I'm just too impartial, I don't wonder what you guys are up to, you must be Oh great, yeah, we're an organisation called Daven Animals, hey? What do you think about that?   No, not quite, mate You're interested in that You think about that kind of thing, yeah? Long nose lines or? Yeah, my struggle would be giving up fish Oh, okay Yeah, I don't eat meat, I don't have dairy Do you know much about fish? Don't buy leather So for the same reason you don't eat other animals would be because they're sentient They feel pain, they suffer, you know they want to live Fish are just as intelligent They're sentient They feel pain more They get dragged out the ocean and suffocate They're tremendous suffering I tell you the good thing is we're all vegan here So you ever wanted any information on veganism? I've got information on veganism if you want You can take one of my cards, dude It's called Challenge 22, right? You can try it for 22 days And you'll get assigned a free mentor, it's all free This is basically what we do, you know, we document this Put it online for people to see Just so they can be like, well, you know, these are the animals that become your burgers That become your steaks I'll say it, they don't make the connection, do they? No If everyone has to come in here and slit their own throat I thought you were saying it The slaughterhouse is like glass walls, the whole world could be vegan That's right Yeah No one wants to be a part of it It's unnecessary, we can eat so many different options now Like there's no need for it Why don't you eat meat? Like, I'm the odd one out Yeah And my answer to that is, well, why do you eat meat? Perfect thing to say You should say, well, why do you eat animals? Instead of taking away from that word meat Call them what they are, which is an animal Yeah It's not natural to do this to animals For something like a sandwich We showed children what happens to an animal in a slaughterhouse They would never want to eat it I said this to a former colleague They should teach us in school Yeah, well, their industry have a... They're making trillions off the backs of animals Trillions Like, you know, the amount of animals that get slaughtered What they do with their byproducts, their leather, their skin So it's a massive industry, so they have a vested interest in it So they don't want to tell people not to eat them What you're doing here? Talking to these He wants to know what's going on with the animals in there Why they're getting slaughtered I agree with what these guys are doing I think that what goes on behind those walls is disgusting Yeah I know it's a job to you, mate, but I'm talking to these Yeah They're terrified when they go in there, these animals See what I mean? That just riles me up I couldn't stand it all day, mate That's hard Rippin' in But you know, the good thing to know is that we have power in what happens to these animals in our life So you can stop the cruelty in your life And the only way to do that is by going vegan My heart is still pounding now I don't know how you do it We go at the same time You should check out my YouTube channel Stop Stop the... Hey, hey, buddy Don't swear at him Stop the truck, two minutes, buddy Why not for me? Two minutes Come on, just give us two minutes Give us two minutes, buddy Get some footage of the cows So this is the only way you can make a living off the backs of these animals What else could I do with the land? With the land? Could it cultivate any other type of prey? You do cultivation on the dry ground and the wet ground and you should stop For the stock? Yeah Do you think that their life is more important than maybe being a little bit inconvenient for a while Do you find another source of income? They have a good life They have a good life? Yeah They're fed well, they're never hungry, they never thirsty They're kept in sheds when it's wet Do you care about them? Of course I do I don't get a lot of pleasure out of bringing them in here And I certainly don't get pleasure out of you gentlemen making it worse for me We're making it hard for you But it's harder for them, yeah? What about the animals?  No I wouldn't kill it So you care about these animals, I can see it in your eyes And it makes it difficult for you when we tell you, hey, this isn't right Well, that's it, it wasn't right No, no, but in your heart you say it's hard for you to put them in this slaughterhouse Oh, yes, it is Because you know what happens to them in there, yeah? Yeah And they're terrified I wouldn't say that Is it on the water? In there, they're not terrified, have you seen video of them in there? Yeah In their eyes?  They know that I look after them Yeah, so they trust you That's why I wouldn't stop coming in, because I don't want them in the trailer They trust you, and when you do this to them, you betray them, yeah? I wouldn't say that No? If you could find an alternative way of making an income, would you find it? Would you start looking?  No Exactly, if that's saying something, you've got a heart in there Of course I've got a heart I couldn't kill an animal? No Yeah, you feel for them? Yes, but I have no other way with the land I own of making a living To making a living? Yeah No other way? Yeah Have you even tried? No Okay, sorry Have a think about it, mate So that farmer, he was tearing in his eyes That one, like, he really didn't like doing what he's doing And he just knows no other way Like, they've been taught that this is the way to make money And he, you know, uses his land to raise these animals And it hurts him to take him to this slaughterhouse And we were making him feel worse about that So in a situation like this, I always tell people to just listen to your heart If it doesn't feel right in your heart, it's probably not right I mean, to be inconvenienced for a short amount of time to make another type of income Like, it's not the only way to make an income by slaughtering these animals Farmers in particular know how intelligent cows are Not that intelligence justifies anything But they know that they're a feeling sentient being in there They spend more time with cows than anyone, really Except for people in sanctuary So, I don't know, I just...  You know, the same thing with farmers They're conditioned to a... Is it the farmer's fault that they were brought into a... They were born into a generation of, you know Slave ownership and animal murder People are conditioned to this violence That doesn't make it okay But there's a reason for it And, you know, that guy, you could tell that he was... He actually had a heart He was actually a good guy He couldn't stand to drop these animals off here He knows what happens to them But this conditioning, this... Carnous mentality is what sort of programs Good people to do bad things Is there any other way you can make money Without doing the animal thing? Can you do plant-based, like, grow cultivate crops Or something like something that doesn't involve Having to drop these little animals off at the... Place where they get their throat cut open? Yeah, but I got a stick land, that's a trouble It's hard, it's harder


The thing that I stumbled into sort of unintentionally was being very intentional about the people that I surrounded myself with.  You have to do that, right? Or just by being around them, I felt like I could do anything. For instance, this kid that I knew from high school started a clothing line right out of high school. I was so blown away by this, I didn't even know how he did it. I had to ask him, I'm like, how did you do this? I said, what do you mean? I said, well, how did you start this clothing line? You don't have experience in fashion, you don't have any money in the bank. Well, I just took out a loan and I did it. And it blew my mind. I was like, oh, okay. Well, if he did that, I wonder what I could do. And that's when I thought I wanna make a movie. So there's two things that happen when you surround yourself with people that inspire you or give you energy. One, they want you to win, right? They support you. Emotionally, they may even be there when you stumble to help you through it. They will help with resources, they will help connect you with people and they are champion of you as a person. They feel better when you win. The second thing that happens is by being around them, just by osmosis, you feel like you can do more. It's like the high tide rises all boats. You see them do amazing things and you think, man, if they did that, I wonder what I could do. I know they're not that much better than me. They're just my friend, right? They're a regular human being. So instead of just seeing people that you don't know succeed like Oprah, you're like, well, Oprah's a saint. Of course she succeeds, she's incredible. She's smarter than me. She's like walks on water. It's like, no, Oprah's a human being. She started the same way everyone else started, just brick by brick. But you really internalize that when you see people that you know do great things because you're connected to them in a real way. So you think that you can do great things. You get inspired just by seeing them do amazing things. And that's a powerful orbit to be in because it just keeps spiraling up.


Well, after quite a long hiatus, Leafy is here, just did his very first interview with Keemstar over at Drama Alert, and I think he just exposed himself as another selfish creator. What is up everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul, where we talk about the problem, but focus on the solution. And if you're new to my channel, my channel is all about mental health. So what I like to do is pull different topics from the YouTube community or pop culture in general to try to teach you, yes you, how to improve your mental and emotional well-being. And I already know, I already know some of the comments that are coming and I can't wait. I just turn towards them and I embrace them. The comments are like, you're just doing this for views. You just want to give views. Yes, I love views. Views make me happy. They make me happy. I would rather spread a message of hope to a room filled with people than nobody. So yes, I make videos for views and I am just the worst because of it. Just an awful person. Wouldn't you agree Zach? But anyways, so as far as Leafy is here, don't know much about him. I only know about him from like content cop that iDubbbz made. I watch Elvis the Alien, so I watch some of that stuff. And I like, I did like this kind of like rabbit hole dive on Leafy is here. I'm like, who's this guy people keep talking about? So I like, wasn't around during like the spike of Leafy is here. But based on what I've learned, like, doesn't seem like that great of a guy. But anyways, there's definitely some topics from this interview that came started state on drama alert, where like, there's things that we can learn. And like, one of the things that I've been trying to teach on my channel more and more lately, is just how selfish and self-centered so many of us are. Like, our default is to think about ourselves. And this is just a major issue with humans.  But the way our brains are wired is to be selfish. It's just the way it is. So like, we need to look at that, address it and work on it if we can.  So one of those basic survival instincts is to be selfish. And that doesn't necessarily help us foster healthy relationships and live the best life that we can live today in a mental and emotionally well way. You know what I mean? So anyways, one of the first things that they talk about, like, which everybody wants to know is like, where the heck is Leafy? Like, he's been gone for, I think they said like 10 months.  Or why don't you say anything or whatever? And then Leafy like says just some like BS about why he didn't make it. And I just see these kids and they're asking, where is Leafy? So when you left, did you think about, you know, letting down those those hardcore fans? Well, I mean, absolutely.  But I just got halfway through it. And as I said, it was just more and more on top of the YouTube. And I'm not talking just, I'm talking more like YouTube as a platform, right? I remember I'd make jokes with like, like YouTubers and Skype calls. Like, why is this getting popular?  You know, that on top of the fact that YouTube is just keeps rolling out these policies that just kind of seem like, yeah, if you make edgy content, it's harder. So yeah, like, there's no other name for this. There's no other name for this. And like, this is going to be a very tough love video.  Like, you cannot have a following of over four million people and just be like, you know what, nah, no explanation, you know, and like the way that some of these creators like justify it is like, just insane. Like, oh, I just didn't feel like it. I made it. But I just didn't like, what? Like, what? That is not cool. Like, it's not cool. Like, okay, have you ever been like ghosted on in a relationship? Like, how did you feel? All right. Now imagine ghosting like millions of people with no explanation. Like, it's selfish and self-centered. Like to not give an audience this explanation. And like, don't get me wrong. Like, there's a balance that comes into this. Like, I'm somebody, for example, I work in drug and alcohol treatment, right? And people would come to treatment and they say, hey, how do I tell my, you know, my co-workers or these people, how do I tell them that I'm an addict or alcoholic and I'm, you know, went to treatment center. I'm like, you don't owe them anything. You don't have to tell them anything. But here's the thing. Here's where that balance comes in. Cause I'm a firm believer in that, like, you don't owe anybody any of that information until, until you open up the gates.  So like, to just yank that cord is extremely selfish.  But like, I was being very, very nice and kind to her.  And like, at the end of the day, like, I hate to say it, like, right before I made this video, like I talk, this is how I talk to my clients. This is how I talk to people with that tough love. What she's doing is selfish. I'm sorry. Like I just got done reading my newest comment. And like, there's so many just like, Mark Zia, Mark Zia stands just like, Oh, just leave her alone. Just do do do. And it's like, okay, cool. Like, I know you want to justify it and stuff. But at the end of the day, it's selfish. And here's kind of what made me want to bring this up again. I wasn't even aware when I made the video about Mark Zia, that she privated like all of her videos, she privated like all of them like, what, what, why would you do that? Like, again, again, like, you have opened up the gates to let people in. And I've seen comments from people in that video. They're like, I had some of my favorite videos in there. And they were like, good memories and nostalgia and stuff like that. Like, I personally have a playlist that I have saved for like motivational and inspirational stuff. Like, what if somebody just yank that from me, you know, like, that's the problem is so many of us, like, they're just thinking about themselves. And it's just to me, it is such a cop out for me to say, well, I was thinking about it. I was, okay, here's an example. I'm a recovering drug addict and alcoholic. And I wasn't seeing my son. I wasn't being a good father. Like, and I thought I could justify it be like, well, I felt bad. And I was thinking about him like, so, so, like, who cares? Again, I'm trying to redirect it towards me. Like, I was thinking about me, not the bad father I was being like, this is why I give that tough love because I had to give that tough love to myself. You know what I'm saying? So there's just a few other topics that I want to touch on real quick. You know, it's like this stupidish getting popular in the sense of, oh, what's a good example? Like the Logan Paul and Jake Paul's, right? Yeah, you look at it and you're like, okay, I get it that it's popular, right? And I get it, you know, and there's content for anyone on YouTube. But then it just keeps growing. You get like, you know, you see Jake Paul with like 50 million views of video and it just one of them was he was like talking about how he's like upset that Jake and Logan Paul get all the views and, you know, they get 50 million views and all these views and views and stuff like that. Like, who cares? Who cares, right? Like this is a problem that so many creators have. I get this problem sometime. I look at other creators and I'm like, how come they're getting more views than me? Like just keep your head down and focus on your race. Do not worry about everybody else's race. This is for all of you out there. Like you're so worried about people in your office getting promoted and all these other things or what, you know, the people from your high school are doing it. Don't worry about their race. Worry about your race. So then they talk about like the demonetization, the demonetization and I'm sorry, but like I've just heard way too many YouTubers whining about this lately and it just, it kills me. Like right before I watched the Leafy video with Keemstar, like I watched another video from another creator who I'm not going to mention, but like their whole video was just like whining about the demonetization and it's just so crazy to me. Like for example, the creator that I was watching that made an entire video, an entire well edited, great video about this, like they spent all that time. I have seen this person go on live stream and just talk to their fans and within an hour, within an hour, they had thousands of dollars of super chat, thousands of dollars of super chat. This creator also has merch. Like why are people just like, why do people focus on the problem so much? This is why I say we've talked about the problem of focus on the solution. Why are people so focused on demonetization that they get so tunnel vision that they're neglecting? Like you guys, I'm letting you know if you're not a YouTube creator, AdSense is pennies.  It is such little money. Like for example, the amount of money that somebody loses had a big creator, the amount of money that somebody loses by not having a monetized video, right? Like they could make that just as easy with merch, super chat, Patreon, all sorts of other things.   Like I am somebody who almost died six years ago. Tristan and I were talking about this. Like we sit back. We sit back and see people just complain about the silliest, insignificant stuff. I want to make a whole series about this.  Like you really need to get your mindset right. Dude, the policies has been very difficult to even make edu content and even get money. And it's just, I mean, what else can I say about that? Keen, how hard is it to make a video and actually get it so it does have the yellow, what is it, yellow checkmark? I mean, every swear word in this, and you've sworn a lot is being removed in this video right now that we're filming. Yeah. And then like right there, right there in that clip, they're talking about like, oh, we don't get monetized if we cost. Who cares? Who cares? It is not that big of a deal. Like, I love to cuss. I love to cuss. And Zach, I'm sorry about this, but it's very easy to just edit this stuff out. Watch. See? Oh, well, just a minor little inconvenience for Zach. Then I got Zach over here while I'm paying peanuts and you're telling me like these gigantic YouTubers who are raking in the dough from all their, you know, their sponsorship deals, their patrons, their all sorts of things and emerge. And they're like, well, I got to pay someone to edit this stuff out. Like, who cares?  Like, well, I just feel like I should be able to walk around naked. Like, okay, sorry, like, we got to wear clothes in there. Like, it's, oh, I got to put pants on to go out in public. Like, who cares, you guys? There's so many more important things to worry about. But like, one of the reasons I talk about this is because, you know, our perspective on this stuff has just messed up. Like for YouTubers, like, look at Leafy, look at Leafy. This guy was making a ton of money, not saying his content was great, but he left the platform just over some like really silly reasons. So think about the things that we do. We leave jobs. We leave relationships. We just leave things or we give up on stuff for very, very silly reasons.  How can I reasonably justify this? I mean, AdSense was at an all-time high, but... I think that pretty much answered the question. So yeah, right here, like, this is just, this is unhealthy for all of you watching this, this is unhealthy.  And then Leafy, like, you can tell his maturity because he just kind of, like, giggles it off. Like, how do I justify this? Like, what? What?  Like, what? Like, why are you gonna sit there and hold on to this resentment? Like, like, Kim Star, like, he goes at him and he brings up this uncomfortable topic. Like, talk about it. Like, talk about it. But like, I think it really shows Leafy's maturity. Like, again, I think it shows his maturity. Like, he hasn't grown. He hasn't changed. Like, how hard is it to say, but like, okay, yeah, he did it for money. He did it for views. He did it for whatever. He's like, I'd say this is really good. Like, just say sorry. Say sorry. My intentions were bad with that, right? Like, that's one of the issues. Like, when I talk about, like, you know, the way our value system is screwed up, you see people who do these, like, these things that are just, like, shady or unethical or backstabbing, if you will, for money, for views and all of that. Like, yeah, a lot of people make their careers about it. But like, apologize, learn from it, grow from it. Like, that's what's hilarious. That's what's hilarious too. When you see people like going on all these different channels, including mine, saying, Oh, you're just doing this for views.  Like, I just made a video right before this one about people who are like, torturing children and people who struggle with mental illness for views. And you're like, we're bringing up like serious topics here. I don't know. I don't know. Like, I've just watched a lot of, like, really upsetting content today. But like, you guys, again, I know 90% of you who are still watching this video to the very end, most of you understand what I'm doing. Most of you understand how these are things that you can, you know, look at in your own life. Like, are you making too big of a deal about very small things? Are you being selfish in different ways that you may not have even realized? Like, so I love all of you who know how to do that or have the capacity to do that. All right. But anyways, let me know down in the comments below. Let me know down in the comments below, like, has it ever affected you when like someone just ghosted on you and just like walked out and like, how do you learn from that? Okay. How do you avoid being that person and doing that yourself? Okay. Anyways, if you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up. If you're new, make sure to subscribe and ring that notification bell and a huge thank you to everybody supporting the channel over on Patreon. You are all amazing. And if you want to check out some of the new rewired soul merch, you can click or tap right there because it don't matter if I get demonetized. All right. Anyways, thanks so much for watching. I'll see you next time.


Tonight on EKB Evening News at 6, the effects of disability check suspensions continue to ripple through eastern Kentucky. Good evening, everyone. I'm Jill Fraley-Dotson. And I'm Gary Slong. The implications are still being determined. After hundreds of area residents learned, they have lost their disability benefits at least temporarily. In a story first reported on EKB TV News last night, the Social Security Administration emailed notices to hundreds of eastern Kentucky residents, notifying them of their disability benefits were being suspended. Today, EKB News reporter Shelby Steele investigated how far reaching the action is and what impact is likely to have. EKB News today received confirmation from the Social Security Administration that 1,500 people, mostly in eastern Kentucky, have been notified that their disability benefits are in jeopardy and that they will need to go through the process of determining their eligibility again. Those receiving the letters were all represented by Stanville attorney Eric C. Kahn, who has been the subject of numerous investigations and federal lawsuits concerning his practices. Another thing the recipients have in common is that all of them were found eligible for disability benefits based on medical evidence provided by one of four doctors, Bradley Atkins, Serena Voss Amosetti, Frederick Huffnagle, and David Hurr. The SSA has determined that fraud was involved in some cases involving Kahn and those doctors. Vanover Hall and Bartley senior attorney Jim Vanover says this is an unexpected surprise to those receiving the letters. This has been a sudden thing, you know, people, most of the people we've talked to only received their notices on Friday of last week and the letters that they received, their notices were dated maybe 18th and they were only given 10 days from the date of the letter to submit any new additional medical information. Of the 1500 people receiving letters, over 900 are social security disability or SSDI recipients whose checks have been terminated immediately. The remaining 600 receive supplemental security income or SSI or some combination of the two programs. Those people will continue to receive their benefits for now because the process for suspending SSI benefits is a longer process. The notices that were sent out say that their disability benefits will be immediately suspended and of course that's an extreme hardship on people to all of a sudden be told that the benefits that they've received for several years are just going to be immediately terminated. Vanover adds that the redetermination process can be lengthy, meaning those whose benefits are suspended will go a while without a check before learning whether their benefits will be restored. The 10 days is simply a period for them to try and submit any new evidence that they want to submit medical evidence in their claim and then after that takes place then after that information has been submitted whichever way that goes then know the time period that they could be looking at, you know, a year or more before there's a final determination made. In the meantime, Prestonsburg attorney Ned Pillersdorf is working with some others to try to get the Social Security Administration to change the way they are handling the situation. There are hundreds of desperate people who are losing their benefits immediately. How are these people going to pay their electric bills? How are they going to pay their rent? I've been contacted by numerous cancer patients who are worried about being homeless next week. So what we're going to try to do to help these folks is ask the federal judge to tell us Social Security they can't to reinstate everybody's benefits until there's been a hearing. The Floyd County Bar Association is holding an emergency meeting at the Floyd County Courthouse tonight in order to determine a way to help those who have received the letters. The meeting began at five and was open to the public. EKB will bring you more information about the results of the meeting tomorrow. For EKB Evening News at 6, I'm Shelby Steele. And just before we went on the air, Congressman Hal Rogers' office issued a statement about the disability suspensions. In the statement, communications director Daniel Smoot says Rogers is deeply concerned by the decision to suspend payments and his staff is working to help those impact navigate the process to have benefits reinstated. Smoot says Rogers' office has received dozens of calls this week concerning the denial letters and advises those living in Rogers District to call 1-800-632-8588 for assistance. West Virginia residents served by Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power Company can expect to see their electricity bills rise 16.1 percent following Action Tuesday by the state's Public Service Commission. The PSC granted a request for a 9 percent total rate increase which has residential customers shouldering a higher percentage of the burden. The increase will ultimately see the average West Virginia power bill rise $19.50 a month. Yesterday evening, a wreck occurred at the southbound ramp to U.S. 23 at Exit 23 which left a red GMC Sierra in the ditch. Driver Joe Holland was not injured and there were no injuries or other vehicles involved. The driver stated that he blacked out. He ran off the roadway and knocked down the luminaire support, lost control and flipped his vehicle over the hill there. The truck rolled once before it landed back on its tires. The truck was still able to operate but a tow truck arrived at the scene shortly after to move the broken vehicle. The Williamson Police Department is asking for assistance in identifying a white male who has been allegedly taking money from a charity box from a local business in the Williamson area. On April 25th around 3.20 the suspect walked into the Williamson Goodwill and concealed the donation box resting on a counter inside the store. The clear donation box typically contains around $1 to $200 but at this time it is unclear how much money was taken. The suspect was last seen wearing a camouflage baseball cap and a large gray flannel coat. The suspect has blackish hair with a goatee. If you have any information regarding the suspect please contact Sergeant John Hall at the Williamson Police Department at<PHONE_NUMBER> all callers will remain anonymous. Coming up next the Mountain Parkway expansion is beginning to take shape with developments this week. Coming to an event coming up soon will clean up a river valley in two states in two minutes. The annual tug for it cleanup is coming soon and this year will feature a new wrinkle. Hathfield and McCoy airboat tours owner Keith Gibson who is partnering with Pine County Pride to stage the cleanup on both sides of the river has obtained grants which will pay volunteers $5 for each tire they removed from the river. The grants will pay for up to 1,300 tires. Gibson says the sheer number of tires in the river is a big problem which is caused by people not thinking about where they dispose of them. Jimmy Dalsanders with Pike County Pride says he cannot understand why some people do not make more of an effort to keep their surroundings clean.   Sure. The tug for it cleanup is expected to take place June 5th beginning at 10 a.m. Volunteers can meet either in Matewan on the West Virginia side of the river or at the Bus Kirk Park on the Kentucky side. The first batch of concrete has been poured on the Mountain Parkway Expansion Project as workers have begun steel and construction work on the new Gifford Road interchange in McGulfin County. Engineers say the development is a milestone indicating that the project is beginning to take shape. Currently, two sections of the Parkway Expansion are underway in McGulfin County with a third expected to begin soon. Both of the other projects will modernize existing interchanges including one at Route 7 in Soutiersville and another at Route 30 further west. All three projects are expected to be completed within two years. Three Floyd County residents are among the most recent graduates of the Kentucky State Police Telecommunications Academy. Rebecca Randolph, Johnny Johnson and Matthew Scott Hall work as police telecommunicators at KSP Post 9 in Pikeville. They completed 236 hours of training during a six-week period. Randolph of Beaver is the 1995 graduate of Johnson Central High School. She is the daughter of Larry and Kathy Osborn. Johnson of Prestonsburg is a 1993 graduate of Prestonsburg High School. He is the son of Johnny Johnson of Prestonsburg and the late Freda Owens of Hayside, Virginia. Hall of Gretel is a 1997 graduate of Betsy Lane High School. He is the son of Matthew Hall and Glenda Hall. Coming up, Andrew Joyce will be in to stage tonight's 15th Region Baseball and Softball Championships. The first DKB Chief Meteorologist Lathen Hopkins will be in with her weather forecast. We'll be right back. Well, it was a nice day in many parts of our area. A little warm, a little muggy. Some would say a little too warm. We had temperatures in the mid and upper 80s today and yes, it is a very nice evening all across the region. I can show you that. Take you outside here from the stations of East Kentucky Broadcasting overlooking downtown Pikeville, 86 degrees, a muggy day, but so far so good as far as any rain is concerned. The Doppler radar showing, well, that may not last all night long. We do see a couple of showers beginning to make their way closer to, let's say, the Mountain Parkway as well as Interstate 64. We're broadening the picture with the Doppler radar and you can see exactly what I'm talking about. A pretty impressive line of showers and thunderstorms stretching from Lexington to Richmond down towards Somerset and Monticello, making their way to the east. I want you to notice this little blue line here. This is actually a big gust of wind from these storms as they're dying out, but sometimes we can see storms fire up along these little boundaries. So we'll watch this through the rest of this evening. As far as the satellite radar composite goes across our region, eastern Kentucky, southwest Virginia, western West Virginia, pretty nice day. We had plenty of sunshine, but there you see those storms moving in from central parts of Kentucky. I'm going to show you one of the computer forecasting models and you can see it's picking up on that line pretty nicely. But as it moves to the east, notice it really just fizzles out as it moves to the east. And before it gets here, this computer forecasting model is saying we will see nothing more than just the cloud cover. So we'll watch this through the rest of the evening and overnight hours, but pretty much a repeat forecast today for tomorrow and even into the day on Friday. I'll show you that with a seven day here in just a little bit. And a radar composite across the entire eastern half of the country. Numerous watch boxes, the yellow boxes that you see there near New York, Columbus, severe thunderstorm watches, nothing like that here locally. And even tornado watches out to the west. But this is the first round. This there's actually a little front right through here stretching from St. Louis up toward Detroit. It's going to move closer to the Ohio River overnight tonight. It may be the focus for more storms during the day tomorrow. All right, let's take a look at that pollen count sponsored by Faith Pharmacy, Adam's Posa in Pikeville. Tomorrow 8.0 out of a possible 12, 8.8 on Friday. And with a better chance of rain as we move into the weekend, of course, that's going to drop the pollen count by Saturday back into the moderate category. All right, seven day forecast time. 30% chance of rain on Thursday, 40% on Friday, 50% chance of rain on Saturday, 60% for Sunday into Monday. But each and every day temperatures in the low to mid 80s and overnight lows very muggy in the low to mid 60s. So no real change in the weather pattern. What we've had the past couple of days will continue this weekend early next week, middle part of next week, lighter part of next week. Well, you get the you get the idea. So what are you doing here? I'm not sure tonight and we're just going to replay this tomorrow. See how it goes. Summer temperatures starting early. Absolutely. All right, thank you. Well, this weekend, Elkhorn City will host Kids Day in the Park. The day is filled with free activities for children, including games, music, face painting, inflatables, and much more. However, according to organizers, the message behind the event is much more serious. The day is part of National Foster Care Awareness Month. And the one day event will include information booths for adults to learn more about foster care and how to become a foster parent. Well, May is a National Foster Care Awareness Month. So we wanted to have the event in honor of that because at any given time there's about 400,000 children in foster care nationwide, which equals out to be about one per minute. So we wanted to have this event in honor of that, but to also raise awareness and to try to get some foster parents involved and hopefully recruit some new homes because we don't have any foster homes in Elkhorn. And we wanted to have a fun-filled day to encourage people to come out, not only to maybe recruit, but also to get people involved, more involved if they can't be foster parents, that maybe they can donate their time or their money, you know, for our program. Not that we can take donations, but the foster care association can. Kids Day in the Park will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Elkhorn City Park. And also our good friend, Banjo Neil James. He's going to be on hand, signing autographs and taking pictures with the kids. So it's going to be a great event. It will be. And we'll be back with sports in two minutes. Well, dodging the rain to 15th reach in high school baseball and softball action continued. They did. Of course, last night some lightning delays, dealt with some rain, but got the semifinals complete. And of course, in high school baseball and softball teams began the season with dreams of advancing to the Kentucky State tournaments in Lexington or the softball tournament in Owensboro. To get their teams must get past the upsets in the district or regional tournaments as contenders are separated from the pretenders. As of last night, only contenders remained. In 15th region, high school baseball semifinal action in the opener on Scotty Fakes and Paintsfield. The Tigers looking for a little revenge. This one was close to the sixth. They go to the field. Bottom of the sixth, Paintsfield had a 1-0 lead. But here come the Bulldogs runners on first. Zack Kazee at the plate. He drives the right center field gap, allowing Morgan Miller to travel to first to home to tie the game. Austin Bailey then with the chopper, back up the middle, driving in the run to break. The 1-1 tie with the Tigers. Bailey will still second. That's coming up. He's in scoring position after the stolen base. Josh Cantrell to the plate and will just get this one past the third baseman to score another run. And the call at the plate. Not everyone agreed, as you may see in the background. Paintsfield was able to make the last out of the inning, but were unable to battle back in the seventh. Bulldogs five, Tigers one. Lawrence County starter Austin Bailey gets the win, giving up just one run on four hits and seven innings, shutting down the region's most prolific offensive unit. And in the nine cap. Defending champion Johnson Central facing Prestonsburg. Let's head back to Stonecrest. Johnson Central and Prestonsburg went head to head until the fourth when the Eagles scored the first run of the game. Bottom of the fifth, no outs, bases loaded. Johnson Central's Jordan Blanton up to bat. Hits a two upper to third. Bobble, Bobble. They can't get it out here as Garrett McLeod scores on the play. Now playing small ball. Lake Gamble drops the sacrifice bunt to advance the runner from third home. Make it four nothing. Johnson Central then Seth Ratliff will hit a blue shot over the shortstop set in the shallow left to seal the deal for the Eagles. Johnson Central wins it six nothing over Prestonsburg. They say pitching and defense wins championships. Eagles starter Braxton Kelly did his part as well, throwing a two hit shutout while striking out 15. The matchup is set for tonight's 15th region baseball championship. Lawrence County takes on Johnson Central. 731st pitch, complete radio coverage on 93.1 WDHR beginning at 715. The 15th region softball semifinal action last night in the opener. Pikeville's girls facing Johnson Central. These two tradition rich programs split their meetings this season. This was a one run game until the bottom of the fifth. The Lady Eagles set the plate. Two outs, J.L.A. Spurlock. It's a grounder to short, but the drop end to flip to second, not in time. Now Mikaelyn Pierce will drive in a run as she hits a grounder to short. The throw is wide, everybody's safe. Mace is loaded still. The pitch in the dirt and one more run will score and secure the win. A close game to the fifth when the Lady Eagles put up four runs. Johnson Central's ladies five nothing over Pikeville. Lady Eagle pitcher Mikaelyn Pierce tossed a three hit shutout for the win. The Lady Panthers season ends at 17 and 18. And in semifinal number two, McGuffin County facing the Eastridge Lady Warriors. Eastridge had beaten the Lady Hornets twice this season. Mace is loaded. Hornets already up four. Laley Birchell hits a soft liner over the drawn in infield. Two more runs will score, putting McGuffin up by six. Then a high past ball. Play at the plate. Jazzy Howard beats the tag. Now Kristen Gamble hits a grounder to short. And another Eastridge error. It was just one of those nights. Lady Hornet pitcher Laley Birchell allowed just one Eastridge hit in four shutout innings. McGuffin County advances to the title game with a 15 nothing win over the Lady Warriors. Eastridge sees their season end at 16 and 16. And now underway at Stonecrest, McGuffin County facing Johnson Central's ladies for the 15th region softball crown. Radio coverage on ESPN Radio 95 9 and 104.5 FM. It's a rematch of the 57th district championship, won by the Lady Hornets to nothing. Certainly interested to see how those games tonight play out. Love championship nights. Seasons up for grabs in a trip to the state tournament. Lots of excitement. Lots of fun tonight. Thanks, Andrew. We'll be back in just two minutes. Well, a late in chance for some showers. Yet again, much like what we had today, we'll repeat that for tomorrow. 30% chance of rain with temperatures in the mid and upper 80s. 40% chance of rain on Friday. And it just keeps increasing all the way to a 60% chance of rain as we move into Sunday and Monday each and every day, temperatures in the 80s. Sounds like a broken record. It really does. I really still don't know why you're going to be here for the next five days. One of our days, the next two days. Right, Drew. Of course, baseball and softball wrap up tonight. We'll have all the coverage tomorrow, the winners. And then tonight, what's coming up? A full throttle video. It's one of my favorite new shows. 7 o'clock tonight. A very own 10-minute. It's a great show. Well, that will do it for this evening's EKB Evening News. Remember, you can get more local news anytime by listening to the radio stations of East Kentucky Broadcasting. And you can also follow EKB News and EKB TV on Facebook and on Twitter. Tonight, we leave you with a view from over eastern Kentucky from the state line. Overlook at the Breaks Interstate Park. Good night, and thanks for watching.


Hi everyone, Joe for jaspyscasebrakes.com. Happy Sunday, happy 4th of July holiday weekend. Thanks for spending a bit of time with us, I appreciate it. So we've got Jaspys, the hip parade, Jaspys collab, the multi sport madness dual case break number six. You can already tell the next one's in the store right now. All filled up, ready to go. Big thanks to the people who bought their spots straight up, most of you did. And congrats again to the people who won their spots in that series one hangar box, random team number 12. No matter how you got in, we appreciate that too. So you're getting a football team, there are the combos there, a baseball team, and a basketball team, all one dice roll for all of those lists. And it's going to be three and a six, nine times. Your names first. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and ninth and final time. Got Mark down to Brian after nine. So there is the, let's do the first tab. You can see the tabs on the bottom of your screen. Football, baseball, and basketball. Now three and a six, nine times for all the sports teams. Nine times for the football teams. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and ninth and final time. So we got Seattle down to New York, New York Jets after nine. And I'll show you all your team. Actually, let's do that right now. So there you go. I think that's a decent size there for everybody's screens. So there's the first, let's go a little bit smaller here. So there's the first half of the list right there, plus the combos and the second half of the list right there. So Jeff, last spot mojo, bucking ears. And let's sort by team. And during the trade window, I'll flip back to whatever sport you want and you can see what your teams are going to be. You need to see them again. Three and a six, nine times for baseball teams. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and ninth and final time. So after nine, we've got Toronto down to St. Louis. Baseball section right there, Toronto down to St. Louis. All right, so here's the first half of the list right there and the second half of the list right over there. Jeff, last spot mojo, of course, Reds in the baseball section. All right, and finally, basketball teams. Three and a six, nine times for the Hoops teams. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and ninth and final time. A lot of free agent frenzy over the weekend. I feel like my lake is at a pretty good job. There's sixers down to Raptors. The lake is at a great job in free agency. And then I think the Damien Lillard trade is still out there. Let's see if they, Portland and Miami can get that done. What else, James Harden, I think, is still a possible trade option out there as well. So there's some other dominoes still left to drop. Jan is saying to make a deal having the trailers would have to add a, maybe a third team could be involved. That's a good call. Yeah, Tyler Hero, draft picks, Duncan Robinson, salary cap relief for the trailblazers. That's going to be an exciting domino. Let's see what happens there. Jeff, last spot mojo with the jazz. There you go. And we're going to pause the video when we come back. We're going to see if there's any trades. And then we'll have the break. So stick around, be right back. All right, hi, welcome back everybody. No deals are done. So the list that you saw previously are now officially printed out. Remains the same Sunday, the second. Thanks everybody for getting in. Someone at the end of the night remind me that I need to pay my rent. I probably like that. All right, here's the baseball section right here. Guess I'll keep that to my left over here. And here's the basketball list right here. This is a fun break. I feel like Hit Parade has kind of evenly-ish, right? There's three different sports and only 20 hits, but to the best of their ability, I think they've made this as even as possible. In terms of sport, sport distribution. The basketball section next to me here. All right, well, good luck. No, not on that auto pay life. I don't like auto pay. I pay when I want to, Gilo. Can't tell me what to do automatically. All right, first box, good luck. First box is Breeze Hall. Two color patch and autograph, two out of 10. That's gonna go to Brian and the J-E-T-S Jets, Jets, Jets, good start. Pre-injury, I feel like he was on his way to get some, get some offensive rookie of the year votes. If not winning. Sunday Night Baseball on the background, Giants at Metz. We've got speaking of baseball, Dylan Cease. 51 out of 75, inception autograph for the White Sox. That's over here. That's gonna be for Corey and Chicago White Sox. Ooh, graded card. I always like seeing graded cards. It's gonna be graded football, PSA nine. It's Justin Fields from Clearly Donner's Rated Rookie Autograph. Nice. That'll go to Jeremy S and the Bears. Have the Bears done enough to protect Justin Fields. Give him some weapons. We'll see. They want him to run as often as he did last year. All right, next up is, got some basketball. We have a world champion, Michael Porter Jr. Nine out of 10, National Archives, Inc. autograph from NT Basketball, 21-22 NT Basketball. Nice on-card auto. Denver, that is for Andrew. All right, another box. We've got football. We've got Jonathan Taylor, rookie Jonathan Taylor RPA. 98 out of 199 from Certified. Nice one for the Blue Horseshoes. That will be for Douglas with a spot that he won. Got a spot for a fraction of the price. Got randomized the Colts, this is Jonathan Taylor RPA. We've got Yandee Diaz, three color patch and autograph, 16 out of 99. Is this, is he an All-Star? All-Star Yandee Diaz? This is the very same Yandee Diaz, this is Cleveland edition of Yandee Diaz, but nice RPA for the All-Star.  Cleveland, this is for you. All right, next, who do they trade him for? I got it here in 28 Yandee. Indians traded Diaz to the Tampa Bay Rays and a three team trade in which the Rays also acquired Cole Sulser for Jake Bowers, and then the Mariners got Edwin Incarnacion for Carlos Santana. And he is an, he is an All-Star game starter. More baseball, we got Rafael Devers, three color patch and autograph. Orange parallel, that's nine out of 25. From 2020, Topps Inception Baseball, nice. That will be for Aaron Miller and the Red Sox. It's with a spot he got straight up. Now the graded card, PSA 10, basketball, Steph Curry. Speaking of All-Stars, from 2016, Penini Donner's Optic Basketball, Steph Curry All-Stars, PSA 10. That will be for Corey and the Golden State Warriors. 2016, think about that, how long ago was that? Seems it was a long time ago. I mean, it's kind of a long time ago. 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, seven years ago, almost a decade. More hoops, PSA 10, LeBron James, nice. From 2021, Donnery's Elite Basketball, Orange Parallel, PSA 10. I feel like the Lakers, now they just have to kind of execute, but I think the Lakers did a great job in free agency. And in the draft, Zach Sullivan with my Lakers. If they get a, and then, you know, Darwin Han is not a rookie coach anymore. If, you know, so if they get all that whole team, pretty much brought back the team that went to the Western Conference Finals, made some good additions to that team, some more shooters. If they get a full training camp together and if they blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, then if all the youngsters take another step forward and hopefully LeBron James doesn't take too much of a step back at his age, 80 stays healthy. Who knows? Hope Springs Eternal in the summer for basketball fans. PSA nine football, Trevor Lawrence, rookie Trevor Lawrence from 2021 Phoenix, Fireburst Parallel, which looks really sharp. I like that. Jags, that's gonna be Brian Kay with the Jaguar. So there you go, Brian. The spotty got straight up. But wait, we're not done. There's more. It's a dual case break. Folks, we got another dual caser in the store right now, jaspeaskaserakes.com. We got, we're planning on some full spots, giving away some spots in those hanger box breaks in the baseball section. So check that out. We can get another one going tonight. Good luck. Beckett grade, nine, 10. Basketball, looks like ink. It is, who's ink? It's Mono Ginobli. From 2017-18, Panini Contenders Basketball, NBA Ink Mono Ginobli, centering at eight, five, corners at nine, edges and surface at nine, five, his auto is a 10. And it's numbered a 10, seven out of 10. Who's got the spurs? That's gonna be Brian Kay, nice. Spurs, definitely relevant again, right? They got Wenbenyama. They got Jeremy Sohan from last year. They got some good youngsters there. I don't know if they made any big free agent moves, but they're rebuilding something there. We've got Trevor Lawrence, Prism Silver Autograph. Another one from Brian Kordek. This time on the football section with the Jags. Yes, first Nudina veteran on that team. Did they not make any no big moves yet? I think they were in the hunt for Austin Reeves. All right, next one is Corey Seeger, 23 out of 199 rookie Corey Seeger, Dodgers edition. Now they're all star here. It's having a great year. That goes to Jeremy S and my Dodgers. But I think the Lakers have pretty much indicated that any contract that, cause I think the, I don't know how this rule exactly works, but just due to the fact that he was undrafted, blah, blah, blah, Lakers could only offer him so much, but then other teams could pay twice as much, but as some sort of restricted free agent, the Lakers could match and they pretty much said, we're going to match anything. So I think they kind of scared everybody away. All right, next is Jerry Judy. All right, it's 2020 Panini Select basketball.   That's pretty awesome. That is not numbered, but it's still cool looking Denver. My rivals, Joseph, with that one. Is Van Vleet still out there? No, Van Vleet is on a, he signed with Houston yesterday. But I don't know, what are the other big free agent still out there? Yeah, Van Vleet joined the Rock. It's on a $130 million deal, which is I think three years, 130. So Van Vleet could take another bite of the free agent, Apple again. And I mean, that would be good for that, for that young team there. We got Josh Giddy, speaking of youngsters, 2021 Mosaic, Red Mosaic, PSA 10 rookie, Josh Giddy. It's another team that's young. Maybe could use veteran player here. OKC, that's over here. Brian Clinge with that one, different Brian K, Brian with a Y. PSA 10, I like that. Yeah, it's going to take a minute or two for me to kind of wrap my head around where everybody is now. And we'll have to take a bit of the preseason to be like, wait, that guy's on that team now? Kyrie went, re-signed with the Mavs. And there is Devonte Adams for my Raiders. 34 out of 199, orange parallel PSA 10. And who's got my Raiders? That's Dennis with the Raiders. I don't know what else, what other big bits of news happened? Yeah, Dreymon re-signed with the Warriors. I think that was definitely, oh yeah, Lakers were trying to get Bruce Brown Jr. But he left elsewhere. I think he got a lot of money somewhere else. We got Nick Chubb, rookie patch and on from Phoenix Football. 85 out of 99, that'll be for Brian with a Y. Brian K with a Y. Cleveland, this is for you. The Phoenix Suns have been piecing together a lot around their team. I think they got Eric Gordon as well. Bucks re-signing Chris Middleton at a nice deal. I don't know what other free agents are out there. I think Lakers are looking for another big man. They got Jackson Hayes, which I thought was a good deal. He's Jackson Hayes, still only 23 years old. So I feel like they can kind of develop him. Maybe the change of scenery might be good for him. Here's a PSA nine. Maybe they re-signed Mo Bamba. Here is Zion Williamson speaking to the Pelicans. Marble variation, nice. From Spectra, really like that parallel. Should be a, yeah, I was gonna say it should be a low number out of five. So that's a train whistle. A lot of fives and under, get the train whistle. Aaron Miller with a spot he got straight up. Aaron, all aboard the Big Hit Express. Like to see him stay healthy this year. That's gonna be good for the hobby. Let's go Zion. Right. Yeah, I'm liking, I'm liking what the Pacers are doing. I think Obi Toppin on the Pacers. Tyrese Halliburton getting locked in. So, and they, I think they really surprised a lot of people last year, you know, Benedict Mithurian, good youngster on that team. I think they signed what, they drafted Jarece Walker. I mean, and they played well last year. Here's Randy Arzoenia, he plays well. 30 out of 99. Did I, yeah, Eric Gordon did, right? Two year deal. That's a good move for the Suns. Mark Russo with the raise. There you go, Mark. Porzingis, the Celtics, that's a good fit. Porzingis, just gotta stay healthy. That's a good fit there. I like the Celtics kind of refreshing the team a little bit. Yeah, David, what's up? You have a chance to buy Otani Transcendent from 2019. All right, last one's a graded card. Good luck, everybody. It is, it's gonna be baseball. It's more raise, it's Taj Bradley. 002 out of 299 from 2022 Bowman. Speckle Refractor, PSA-9. And that is Mark Russo with another raise. There you go, ladies and gentlemen. That was Jaspie's Hit Parade, it's a collab. It's a multi-sport madness dual case break. Random team break number six. Next one in the store. I'd love to run another one of these back tonight. These are a lot of fun. It's a multi-sport edition. And as you can see, some really nice hits being pulled out of here. So thanks for watching. Thanks for breaking with us. I'm Joe for Jaspie's Case Breaks.com. I'll see you next time for the next one. Bye-bye.


Thanks for staying with us. The disturbing issue of sexual abuse within religious communities, particularly involving pastors and female members, is slowly eating deep into the fabric of our society. Sexual deviants within religious contexts can be sensitive and challenging, however, striking a balance between upholding religious values and addressing the complexities of human sexuality requires a thoughtful and compassionate approach. So tonight we're asking, how can we address sexual deviants in religion? Please let's hear what you have to say. Remember you can join the conversation, send us an SMS or WhatsApp to 0818 038 4663. So Mary, have you seen the documentary? Yeah, I was actually third of the series this evening. What were your thoughts? What were your feelings? Okay, so I might not be emotional as everybody is, but I found it very intriguing. I could see how consuming power is, and I could tell that he had a vision. Absolutely. Yeah, he had a serious vision and more struck out for me the most. Okay, it's such a positive thing, but yeah, believe. He believed that he could. Yeah, because if you look at this guy, he's a local man. So there's no finesse of him trying to impress people. He just knew what the people wanted, and he had a vision for himself.  It was brilliant. You know what I'm saying? The involvement of the white people, he wasn't really on a local level. Because in the beginning, he said, why is small crowd now? Soon, why is it going to be a large crowd? I'm just saying. Wow. Yeah, wow, wow, wow. When you read porn artists in books, we see white people. You know, it's a bit like, oh, nice. Well, this is like... The scale and the scope of it was grand. The thought process behind it, I mean, like you said, let's be honest, it was genius, right? Yes. Whichever position you take, he harnessed certain things. He studied the sort of huge American teleministries. Yes. He knew the power of media. He knew the power of visuals. He knew the power of storytelling. And so before social media was social media, he knew the power of storytelling. Yes. And he understood distribution. He understood how he was going to get his message out there. He understood the investment that it took because early on, for him to actually be paying for the white people to fly in, just so he could get validation. And it went far because I'm seeing Korea. I'm seeing Israel. I'm seeing all these countries, right, that are represented. And I remember the first time I heard about TB Joshua, right? It struck me because that format, it was TD Jakes. And I was like, is this person trying to copy TD Jakes? And they said, oh, no, this is TB Joshua. And I'm like, who is TB Joshua? This is in Nigerian big church, everything. I'm like, I didn't know anything about it. But they said, no, there are plenty of white people there. If you see, did it, did it, did it. And it moved me to white people. You know, I never sort of paid attention to it. I literally had goosebumps when I was watching. In fact, it wasn't the first, because the first I heard of it, of course, as with everything else, you see people on social media. So somebody posted and I started to see the comments. And usually I don't pay attention to these things. But then the power and the effusiveness behind those comments, I was like, okay, let me check this out. And of course, you know, started to watch the videos. And halfway through the first one, I literally have to tell myself that you have to keep going. Because the genius of it, of seeing somebody think through this thing, bring it to life, you know, when you see, I think the first bit that got to me was when they showed a clip of people playing with, so not people playing, people carrying concrete, church members, white and black, carrying concrete. They literally had, what they call that, is it pom-pom on their head.  And the bit that I think hurt me the most was these were people who were really looking for God. Yeah. They were not just like, these were people who were genuinely looking for God. I have a problem, I understand that there is a God, I believe in this God, and I am looking for God to solve my problem. Do you know how hard it is to even get people to believe in God? Then to now take the ones that believe in God and just completely destroy it, that was the most painful part for me. But then when you look through, his church is just one church. I mean, we've talked so many times on the show about the proliferation of religion in Nigeria. What's that phrase? Religion is the opioid of the masses. Like, we understand it. It is, we understand it. You know, people are coming to these churches because they need healing. They need all sorts of things. And we can see that it's not just black people. It's not just black people. But do you see how they strategically built on that system? I mean, I think the entire first episode didn't really talk much about the sexual part of it. The second one. But then the second one sort of really delves into it. And the sad part for me was when it kicked in. And it sort of ran around. Yeah, that's true. I used to hear this story. People used to sort of, it had been mentioned in different places at different times. And I think one of the core characters that they mentioned, I'd seen a video of her maybe like four years ago or something like that. And it brought it back to the fore. But you know, there's nothing more powerful than the story. You know, a story you can follow. Characters that have been developed, then you see what they were going through. And you know, this is not just recreations. She was so big on media and on visuals. There was video to see it. Then we got to one part in the video where they had brought a lady to the church to obviously be prayed for because she had been raped. And he said, forget about the rape. She's a temptress. Yeah, I remember that part. So he would, you know, coin the story. Even when the guest house collapsed, he sent money to the people, to the families of the bereaved and was saying that she should be happy that she died for you or something. And I was like, wow. It was intense to watch. And I will admit that, I mean, there's lots of things wrong with it. But if we even sort of move away, if we sort of try and circle back to, you know, our question today about the church and the sexual issues, it's not unique to synagogue. It's not. It's not unique to the late TB Joshua because there's so many, I mean, the Catholic Church has had its own issues. I mean, almost every denomination has had its issues, whether it be with boys, whether it be with girls. And I asked myself, what is the real trigger? Is this just human? Is this just deviance? Like, is it because why is it so fixated? Is it focused on the church? Some people will say, oh, it's a spiritual attack. Some people will say, oh, it is proximity and what's the word now? It's denial and proximity when you sort of take the religions and doctrines that don't allow the men of God per se to have wives or whatever. Somebody will say, oh, it is opportunity and denial. That's that one. Then in this case, you take people that have power because unfortunately, with particularly the Pentecostal movement, as we saw again in this video, those pastors take on a God-like essence. People follow them with complete devotion, complete, you know, there was a song they were singing in there that was about him. And I was like, we've moved this thing now from praising God to praising the man. But even that is not unique to him. I remember the first time I encountered a protocol team of a church, not even in Nigeria, abroad. And it made me to this day have a problem with protocol team because it seemed all of a sudden like, I'm like, if you're a pastor in a church, the very nature of a pastor, of what pastoral care is, is to care for people. Then you are not accessible. You are almost like gates. So if I can't access you as my pastor, what am I in your church? So that aspect of the power that then comes to play, the worship that comes to play, the fact that people seem to lose all reason around the things that you do. This one, from the video, you can see that the tactics were clear. Isolate, give them the narrative, keep feeding it and feeding it and feeding it. Then you start to convince a virgin that she's lost thing. You keep feeding it and feeding it and thinking to myself, what exactly, I mean, his case was classic. But then I was thinking back to, it was a few years ago now when, what's her name? Timidakola's wife, Boussala. When she came out again. Also, against the very popular pastor. And similar things happened because one of the things that actually I think really triggered me. In fact, I went to get my nails done today and as I walked into the salon, they were having this discussion. As I heard it, I said, please, I beg you, just you would change the topic. And I just put my headphones on because I just didn't want to be triggered any more than I already had been. Because in the midst of what seems to be glaring evidence, people say, but he's not alive to defend himself. What has him been alive got to do with anything? This is clear. Even if we're not even trying to be spiritual or anything, this is a cult. No, but that's what it is. I mean, it's not for any good purpose. I can't see how you're uplifting people. You're tearing them down to control. They can't sleep. They have to call you to say good night. Please, where on where? What was your body dream that this is okay? Like you said, he had a plan. You need the person to be alive to defend that. He has a plan and he stopped to it. But I mean, if we even take... I mean, we've all seen, I'm sure, so many movies have been made about these cults. And when you were just talking about having to call him and all of that, it brings back a very old one that happened in the 80s in America, which was the seizure at Waco in Texas. Which was another man also claiming that he was Jesus. And that all the children, all the female children in the compound were his wives. And he was sleeping with the mothers and sleeping with the children. So this issue, to be fair, is not a new one. This one was just on a very calculated, very extreme, very high ground. Because, you know, when the guest house collapsed, I didn't even know that. You know, they kept calling to guest house and I had heard that, oh, a lot of white people lived there. I didn't know it was a paying business that it was actually in truth, it was a... they built it for people to come and people to pay. So the strategy of come and stay for free had paid off. Now when you come, you pay five-star premium rates and then for a building that was clearly not fit for the purpose and not built in the right way. So this context now of there are people that, even till today, I guess in this world, when they say there's somebody for everybody, there really is somebody for everybody because till this day people, if you go on social media right now tons of people are still supporting him are still saying one, he's not alive and he's not true. Even with all the... I mean, there were rumors before, now you have evidence, it's not just Nigerians, it's not just South Africans, it's not just the Brits. Like everybody is represented, right in this video to tell their story. If he was alive, like I asked what would he have said? He's going to stand on... I mean, this one... He has gone this far. Do you think he's going to come out and confess anything? So these rumors have been there I mean, I think he passed in 2021. The video I saw of the the main Nigerian lady, Bisola I had seen a video of her in like 2019. I'm like, beyond actually all the stuff they put out about her being a terrible person and all of that. What do you say to defend yourself? Nothing. Nothing. So if he's alive today I'm very interested and perhaps maybe when our callers call him, I'm very interested to hear what it is that their thoughts are around. Is there something that he could actually say today if he were alive to defend himself? Is there something the church could say to defend themselves? But more importantly I think we now need to ask the question how do we deal with this? Because this is not unique to synagogue. This is as we can see the other high profile case. That one you never made any headway. They're all from top leaders. Yes. So if it's still happening and it keeps happening how do we deal with it? Because it's now a problem. It's a very real problem when we know the problem what kind of solutions do we put in place? The way like I said that we've elevated men of God. Do we now need to start convincing people to look? The word of God the Bible read it. Is it the same lack of education that is triggering this and impacting this? But then it's happening all over the world in different countries. So how can we really stop it? I hope that when our callers call in they can give us some of their thoughts around how we can manage the situation. But I think we can take a short break now and when we come back we'll open our phone lines and we really love to hear what you have to say. If you've just tuned in it's our Ladies Night Out and we are discussing how to address sexual deviance in religion. Please let's hear it. Remember you can join the conversation. Send us an SMS or WhatsApp to 0818-038-4663 our phone lines are now open. You can call us on 07002-570-7749 We really would love to hear what you have to say on this topic. In fact it is it's so intriguing it's actually so intriguing I mean my colleague was like oh she had a goosebumps I'm like I tell people I'm not seeing what I'm seeing but I'm just like for me I don't know why I take some positivity out of it like it gives me a danger to say that if this man can't believe in himself he's on his own I'm just like if this man, if you can't believe in yourself, why couldn't you use it for something positive? Imagine what's going to come out just actually imagine but I mean it shows so many things and one of the other things that really apart from even the gullibility think about our people think about let's leave the masses he got to the crime and the crop of society he got to presidents he got to prime ministers he got the order of Nigeria the title so how is it possible okay I think we have our first call good evening thank you for calling good evening please let's have your name and where you're calling from my name is Pasta Ladipo good evening Pasta Ladipo thank you let's hear what you have to say please okay what I have to say is discover something that is a level in man we are think especially in religious circles if the man is not careful people begin to worship him and once that worship starts it will be difficult for such a man not to abuse that privilege absolutely one of the things that happened in this man's case was that even when he was a liar there were a lot of oppositions like this why is that always such a thing coming up me and my boss trying to play the devil's advocate but that is daughter is it that a lot of people didn't know that this man had a daughter somewhere that he didn't talk about all through why the man was alive that now she is coming out anyway when you come up with a story like this for a dead man the man is not there to defend himself so I like that you have said that he is not there to defend himself right but if he was going to defend himself in your opinion what would he say to you that would counter everything that you saw in those videos I mean even the daughter that you mentioned she looks like him yes thank you you see okay you know what you know what the man would not defend himself that is just the truth even when he was alive when great allegations were laid against him he didn't go down to defend himself I get him he would still defend himself that is just the truth only God would say when he comes to religious leaders and these people are catching too much honor that is due for God and they get away with a lot of nasty things that would bless you thank you for calling I like what he has said there that is a very key thing and when we are talking about how to address these issues I think that is one very important thing for both the congregation and the pastors themselves to look at because power can be very intoxicating so when you find that your church has started to grow to a certain size when you find that your congregation is starting to address you in a certain way in a God-like format you have to really now start to ask yourself what do I need to do to take the spotlight away from me it's almost like some praise and worship ministers you hear them when they are getting into the spirit they are almost sort of saying this is not coming from me this is coming from the spirit of God so for those pastors that are coming up that are starting to gain that sort of popularity and that status if I hear what Pastor Ladikwa is saying there is a responsibility to continue to return the spotlight to God and away from yourself because let's be honest power does amazing things to people we see it with our leaders any small power you are going to go crazy that is what I am wondering who is going to call them to order let's say they just can't see that they have gone past that because we are not talking about subordinates now we are talking about the apex in each of these religious hierarchies so who is going to hold them accountable? so perhaps within the church leadership structure there has to be somebody or people that can call them to order but let me take this comment quickly I want to ask you how we can defend such a terrible lifestyle all in the name of religious affiliation the fact that they didn't see it as a warning to beware of false prophets that would litter the earth in these times I have just been wondering what manner of humans we are since the videos were released I feel bad for the damaged persons and pray for their healing true healing from God there are so many ways in which you can really start to shoot for hopefully because there is no indication that this will never happen again because we are still saying we are still giving indications that we won't believe that we don't believe that this is glaring in the face of all of this people are still saying if he was alive he can't defend himself I have heard all sorts you can't even imagine because for me there is a larger issue at play here we already know that we have issues around rape culture we already have issues around gender we have a culture of silence we have a culture where we are still in the part of the world where the victims get the blame now in the face of all this evidence in the face of women who are clearly traumatized then to see that people are still saying if he was alive like literally why would anybody watching this video speak up if they went through it doesn't even have to be at the hand of the pastor any kind of sexual molestation why would they speak up this takes us back because if I see this I see women who have been bold enough to come out and say this is what has happened and I am seeing people's reactions on social media I have just been like well let's be quiet because who wants to really haven't gone through this be victimized in a different way again so there are so many implications around this story and where it has gone I mean I can understand it here we are talking about sexual issues but at one point in time the touch not my anointed was like a sing song everybody is like this is the man of God and I always with that phrase man of God I always say please which one comes first she is man man of God meaning he was a man first before he became of God and every human being is fallible it doesn't even have to be in a sexual nature and again this is where like pastors said you have built the person up to that point where he is now God then you forget that he is a human being they can't be but a man of God is first and foremost a man they struggle with the spiritual attacks they themselves are moving targets then if you then add the self belief now that these status they have tied to you you are now truly in by bits as he did because calling to say good night was that to check maybe to trigger a good right pick tonight or do you know what the occultity I like the place in the video where the lady said who joins a cult but that's what all these cults that's how they start because you come in thinking you are going to get something else then you are brainwashed into believing whatever the ideology is and he did the classic thing isolate you from your family isolate you from everybody that can tell you come pure isolation and then you keep feeding and you know if you sort of see the way the videos were structured in video one and video two I kept asking myself so I mean I believe in miracles let's be clear I'm a Christian I absolutely believe that miracles happen but I kept asking myself because you know the videos were the stories were told in parts and they never sort of talked about those miracles because those things looked crazy the types of medical conditions they were calling the types of miracles that were happening it will catch anybody even if it's just for you to say you know what me I want to use my eyes to see how they then you don't know that you are walking into a den where they are now going to peel your layers away and just you know take advantage but the truth of it was the thought process behind even in identifying the victims of a certain age like the guy the guys who were looking after him that was another scary part the five story boys like literally they didn't understand the coating of his beard putting it in the mountain so I'm even trying to stay away from all of that occultic because that whole prayer mountain but is there any biological thing that that makes well no it wasn't meant to be a biological musician of course that's purely occultic but I mean as that man on that side I mean you could obviously tell that the storytellers also didn't understand the significance of maybe occultic things they sort of told it at a very high level you know if it was Nollywood style they would have dug into it and you know but it really was it was scary it was shocking it was unbelievable I've even left that part of the conversation because anybody that says he should call and he should come and defend himself I was hoping that more callers would call in and tell us exactly what their thoughts were because I mean we've seen it somebody that I want to say that anybody who is rational that has seen that video knows that there was just too many things wrong but I mean again back to how do we deal with this because it's not a synagogue it's not a unique problem to synagogue the responsibility on pastors the responsibility on church but then the responsibility I think there are a few pastors that I've seen who consistently refer people when they're preaching the word to the bible everybody you have a bible it's in every language or almost every language don't you all even have consciousness to right and wrong well you know consciousness is based on different factors common sense all of those things you know it's they're all they're all in there right but something so this people were brainwashed but something in them is still fighting back you know something in you is still fighting back to if the guy you know inviting his room for the first time you know he's doing all of that there's you don't need bible no but you know by the time they got to that point they were they were fully brainwashed at that point they had sleep deprivation they remember when she even sort of talked about how they looked more nourished and then they started to wear makeup and dress better so clearly the approach was nefariously flawless because you did not you made sure they were sleep deprived you cut them off from everybody that could have shown them love and triggered them and ask them the right questions at that point they were more like robots because you walk into a room somebody you think you don't think about how you revere a god and then that god tells you do something ah you know you mean hope to hope to that's what happens I mean even in the military it happens well you know so you know I try not to say ah never never could happen because again those the strategy they they used it has it it is tried and tested so to say I just pray that I never find myself in any such situation because that method is proven and it works so you caught people who had a vulnerability who were looking for god you put them in a situation where you were then the only thing that they saw the only thing they had to refer to you put them together so they were collective so it became more than the power of one like you know even when you want to have unique thoughts and then you see all these other people around you all saying daddy daddy daddy you too would be like well you know human beings also we conform so it is I mean when you when you watch it I literally want to say that it is god that gave the people that broke out it's god that gave them the strength and the option to break out because if you look at even the lady who had the video after she left where she came back and tried to confront him she was so distressed shouting at the gate you know he had text and I'm like this is someone who is clearly traumatized this is somebody who is coming to the donning of the realization that this thing has happened to me I don't even want I mean the part about his daughter that one was just too distressing like literally telling people they can slap her they can beat her all of those things you know so there was a deep level to it that if you think about it is deeply unsettling but like we said it is it's not a new problem we have to start to figure out how to empower people we need you to make sure that you are you are learning the word you are finding because it's very difficult to say find somebody because at this point anybody if a person like this could get to this point everybody can be so in that sense you have to find someone who can really teach you the Bible encourage you to get into not even just the Bible your books of faith get into it so that you can learn for yourself when it doesn't smell right when it doesn't sound right you find a way and you run I remember seeing a comment somewhere on social media where a lady said the first time she came to church with her mom she was I think she said she was 17 and somebody came and asked if she was a virgin and she was like what has been a virgin got to do with coming to church and she ran off and that now when she's seeing this that in understanding what she potentially escaped that is just it's a lot and you know sometimes you just think and this man everybody say no we know this story is not a new thing but people were still crying we are his widows, we are this, we are that why? I'm not surprised because he was also philanthropic and the people are hungry he's giving rice he's giving money he's got the powerful story of miracles I mean it's too much I literally had to force myself to say you know what I need to watch this video all the way through to the three videos all the way to the end but the most painful thing for me was how somebody took advantage of people's faith and it is still happening and that is the bit that as a religion we have to stand up against the genuine pastors out there the genuine Christians out there please talk to people about your faith tell people the right thing tell people to understand that there is no way that it is okay because it happens even all these places of deliverance where they people they say they take people torture for witchcraft, for mental illnesses there's nothing there flogging out of you you know if you can't emulate anything emulate Jesus the gospels are there people can read about it people can see what it could not speak to like literally it is right there in languages but it goes beyond that now where I say everybody that has a genuine belief in God and loves God and loves their religion has a responsibility to make sure that they are actually this is not now when you say oh yes go out and preach the gospel they don't even say you want to preach the gospel but make sure that people truly understand what the gospel is so that when you see these things because I remember there's another particular church that also has this sort of type of followership dedication I just heard somebody shouting what was he saying now I think somebody asking his name and I'm like where does he keep saying I'm chosen someone has explained to me all these churches there's all sorts of doctrines that you see out there and when you encounter it please, please, please we have to start to educate people because you have to shine in light you have to shine in light where there is darkness for there to be clarity so if we're going to start to work against these things I know that a lot of the churches for example the catholic church has put a lot of work into trying to distance itself from this image and all of that but there has to be clear work organizations like Kahn really now need to start taking a clear eye to monitoring pastors as they get bigger to understand are they abusing this power are they taking advantage of people because we have some mega mega size churches in this country we really do so we have a responsibility to make sure that the thing that is dearest to us the faith the gospel the message of Jesus the sacrifice that he has made is not torn apart and you know taken away from people who are genuinely seeking him who are genuinely seeking miracles because miracles do happen but it is just sad that in this day and age it has happened and it is still happening and there is no indication that it won't happen again so I mean it has really been it has been a very tough day for me you know having to have these conversations and you know watch the videos it really is heartbreaking and even for the people who say I think there was another conversation we were having around or if they had followed through they could have been prosecutions why did they wait until it was there to bring it out again I refer to the collapsed building case this is almost how many years later I think that happened in 2019 also this is almost five years later and there has been no no what's the word now, prosecutions right even though the corona came out to say this was what it was all of these things have been said but as with our country there's been no apparent consequences for someone of that kind yeah there's been no apparent consequences so there is just so so much that we need to do or we need to think about in terms of protecting people is there anything you want to add before we wrap up just as your final thoughts on this issue and how we move forward as a thing I still believe that as human beings we've given a discerning spirit and let's try as much as possible to listen to that inner still voice I mean sometimes it's hard because there are a lot of manipulation techniques and you know all of that out there but that nudging spirit if your spirit nudges you to say I don't think you should do this today the earlier and the better we begin to listen to that spirit sometimes it happens in the most mundane ways I know it wouldn't be something that is really big to say you're right and wrong but then there's always that nudge in you when you're rude to someone you have that, that's not me so we should learn to listen to that inner voice it would really really help us help with this, I think you have a comment as well I say good evening my dear beautiful sisters of what he's saying how to address sexual sexual deviance in religion it is very simple the pastors that are involved should be exposed the bodies of the so-called women are holy and should be respected not all pastors are born again sister Altie happy new year to you I missed you a lot my name is Daniel, you're always regular fan thank you, thank you so much Daniel I think your comment is very apt the bodies are the temple of God and they are absolutely holy the pastors have a responsibility it's been a fantastic conversation albeit it's quite triggering it would be a miss to say that we hope that wherever this is happening that people know that they can find help they can speak out reach out to family members to close friends and really give yourself the opportunity to be heard and hopefully to get some solution or respect for the situation that you find yourself in the resources are bound for sexual molestation and those kinds of issues so please do find the opportunity and the strength to reach out to get support before we go do ensure that you follow us on Instagram at We Show Africa you can interact with us further, drop a comment and most importantly follow all our social media 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