It's new day northwest with Amity and Tracy.
Ohh. Hello my friend, and welcome.
Welcome to new day. You know, there is
no better way to kick off the week than
with the sweet, sweet round of hot topics.
Joining me on today's panel are
Marcus Harrison Green with the
South Seattle Emerald, Katie Hall
with Katie Hall communications and
New day producer Rebecca.
Good morning. Happy Monday to you all.
Thank you for being here.
Good morning. Happy Monday.
Starting our week off right.
I haven't seen keyla.
Have been friends for how many years now?
Seven years? Yeah, 88.
And I haven't seen you in so long, so that
is why hot topics can be so wonderful.
You know what else is wonderful though?
The Grammys.
We need to start with that.
Beyoncé made history last night.
She picked up four more trophies,
giving her more Grammys than
any artist ever in the world.
But she didn't win the top prize album
of the year that went to Harry Styles.
And it's the 4th time Beyoncé has
lost out on the top of wards.
My goodness.
So what did you think did y'all watch?
What were the highlights?
Were the low lights?
What do you think?
Well,
I loved when Beyoncé won that first award.
She actually was stuck in traffic.
So she. That's right. They pointed
it out. And but yeah, when she won,
when she kind of beat the record,
that was so amazing.
I also loved Lizzo's performance
and her acceptance speech.
It was, it was
pretty amazing.
I I of course, I didn't get to
watch it because I couldn't on
the cable provider that I have.
I'm not my streaming service.
But I saw highlights.
I thought Trevor Noah, he's so great.
I miss him so bad on The Daily Show.
Did was he funny though did
he do a great job? I thought
he did great.
Yeah he you know the Grammys are
one of those things where there's
not a ton of host interaction.
It's really more about the performances.
But I thought for what he
did do he did a nice job.
Katie, what did you think of the
the the outfits the clothing. Ohh.
The outfits were nice but I really like
the 50 year tribute to hip hop.
Oh my God. And I was watching.
Earlier and ice tea was like,
I wasn't gonna go at 1st and he said
someone called him and said now when
you see it on TV you're gonna be upset.
You wanna part of it?
And so I thought that was pretty cool.
I really like that tribute.
Ohh that's all.
I can't believe I missed that.
Alright Marcus, what did you think?
I also really liked the 50th
anniversary tribute to hip hop.
But I gotta say it made me feel super old.
Yeah I was watching it with my
little cousin Josiah who's like 9.
And when LL Cool J came out he was
like who is this new guy?
And I'm like that dude has
an AARP card that is not.
There's nothing new about the guy.
There's nothing new.
Ohh, we're needing to do some
music education with him.
We do y'all think that Beyoncé was robbed.
I know that's what a lot of people are
saying this morning. You know, I think
that even if she was robbed,
I hope that she takes in like the
moment of, like everything else
that she won over that night.
But I I'm sure none of Virgo amity
who. Yeah, you know, she's very right now.
Like what? And I'm sure she's probably
listening to all her tracks.
But Renaissance was amazing.
Yeah, it really was.
And so I hope she just takes that in
to, you know, she's over analyzing it. Yes.
It's hard when like,
you are good enough to win the
most Grammys of anyone ever,
but they don't get you that one.
That just brings you over the top.
So I can see why there was some
disappointment there.
I will say that as a fan of Olivia Wilde,
anything that makes her happy makes
me happy and I knowing that her, her,
her, Boo Harry Styles won for best
album of the Year, it makes me happy.
So that was a good album.
They're all amazing,
amazing artists,
but you know who else?
The big winner yesterday?
Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith.
He threw 5 touchdowns at the Pro Bowl,
leading his team to the win.
The NFL switched things up this year,
opting for a game of flag football instead.
And his skills competition,
which I think is great.
Nobody needs to get hurt.
Do you guys like this format?
I mean, I think it's kind of great to see
these NFL stars playing flag football.
Yes, right.
Yeah. Nothing like rich
millionaires having a ball in
Las Vegas. Just warms my heart. Yeah,
sure. I I gotta say, no matter if it is
a bake sale in Rainier Beach or just
the Pro Ball games in Las Vegas,
anytime you have Pete Davidson
as an honorary captain,
I gotta wonder how seriously
you are taking your event.
Which makes me wonder how
seriously I should take it.
I don't. Absolutely
no. No seriousness at all.
What do you think ladies? I think it was
interesting being able to see
them without their helmets on.
Yeah, I was like, ohh,
that's what that person looks like.
And so that was really cool.
I know that the problem has gotten.
A lot of Flack in recent years
because nobody plays that hard,
because they don't want to get hurt in a
game that doesn't really mean anything.
So this was kind of a good compromise. It
did feel a little bit, though,
like it should have been like
the pre game before the big game,
and then the big game just didn't come.
That was kind of my
it was, it was still fun to see
it look like they were having
a really good time out there.
Yeah, well, you know, hey,
good for Gino, good for Gino.
Showing everybody just a reminder.
I'm still good.
Some good news for your Super
Bowl party if you're having one.
Turns out eating potatoes can improve your
heart health and help you manage your weight,
which is something I've never
heard of potatoes, ever.
Is this true?
Where do we get this study?
I don't know about this.
This was from an
actual nutritionist.
Now, I think it probably depends on the
way that you prepare your potatoes.
So maybe like the French fries and the,
you know, adding a bunch of like,
mayonnaise and stuff is maybe
not the best way to go.
But I know that when I eat potatoes,
I feel satisfied.
I love a potato. I was eating French
fries at the Burger Master yesterday.
Best day of my life. But I don't know.
Do you? I don't know.
Come on. Potatoes. Really.
They're good for your heart health.
Apparently so good. I mean, hey,
what is the what is your favorite
way to eat a potato, you guys?
Like, I have to say,
maybe it's because I am still
stuck in like the college era
when I would go to Wendy's,
you know, three times a week.
Yeah. And get the steamed
baked potato for $0.99.
Yeah. But that is,
it's still how I love my potatoes.
So you love that too with
some cheese and sour cream
and a little bit of like,
green onion on top.
Yeah, yeah, salt and pepper
and the Wendy's chili on top of
the way. These baked potato,
that was that was his college staple
for me too. The chili and the potato.
Can we break for we? Potato in here.
I I love mashed potatoes, but they
have to be real potatoes.
They can't be the the packaged kind.
No love mashed potatoes and gravy.
Alright, well,
next time we're gonna you guys, come on.
We're gonna have like big potatoes for you.
Just potatoes forever.
Potatoes all around for everyone.
Alright, well, did you all obviously follow
that alleged spy balloon that got blown,
I mean, blown to pieces over the weekend?
Thank goodness. I mean, so here's
here's the story if you've been living.
Never rock.
And you didn't hear about this. U.S.
officials said it was a spy balloon
that China was using for surveillance.
So here's the thing, here's the thing.
This thing was flying over here.
It flew over us.
It flew over Montana where we've got,
you know,
long range missiles buried and stuff.
I mean, wow, right.
What do you all think of this?
I saw somebody say.
We're afraid about spy balloons,
but not TikTok. Doesn't everyone
saying that like China is spying on
us through TikTok?
To to Rebecca's point,
I have to say, like, we have,
like with all the technological
advancement we have, right?
I mean, we have AI that can
draw better than Picasso.
Like, this is the thing that
they send over to spy on us.
Are like, are we gonna, you know,
retort with carrier pigeons?
What is this? Like what? What is this?
I mean, I want to get on candy. I just
wanted to get on the balloon for a minute
there. Ohh hold on no no.
I just, I don't.
I mean, alright, you know,
it was, it was kind of freaky.
Everyone saw everyone like
get this thing out of the sky.
They couldn't obviously,
because they were worried about like
immense damage to people and property.
But it did provide a lot of
fodder for for comedians and a
local social media website or.
What would you call it?
Like a spoof. Spoof.
Yeah, like it's like the onion.
It's called the needling.
And if you haven't already
followed them on the interwebs,
you've got to do it because
they have posts like this.
So this one,
the Space Needle waiting for waiting here,
we're going to bring it up for you right now.
Space Needle waiting whole
life for this moment.
So essentially the,
the whole joke about this was the
Space Needle had been sharpening its
little top just to pop the balloon.
Thought that was Hillary.
Don't mess with Seattle.
And that's the best part was the Space
Needle replied and said gotta stay ready,
gotta stay ready and that,
that was my favorite part
of the whole weekend.
But yeah, no, it was scary stuff.
And luckily,
you know,
it's not over obviously because
there's a lot going that we going
on that we don't know about so.
We'll see what happens next.
Alright.
Now, finally, before I let you go,
Speaking of things that are not
where they're supposed to be.
Jaywalking.
It's illegal here in Washington,
but there's a new bill that says, hey,
let's get rid of the jaywalking along.
What do we think?
People gonna start like,
running in the middle of the street?
Totally
get rid of it.
Until I read that yesterday.
I jaywalked earlier that day.
I mean, it's part of our day-to-day,
especially when you have
kids and bags to carry.
So please, please
get rid of that law.
Yes, I love the honesty. Ohh yeah.
Ohh. I don't want a ticket though.
No, no, no. You're good,
you're good, you're safe here.
You're safe here. No, it's true.
I I Jay walked with my kids
just the other day too.
Cause you know,
doesn't get you always you know.
But I get it.
They say you gotta use your common sense
right? Like you see a card
don't jump in front of it.
Yes, there's a good idea.
Alright, hold up.
More on that. Hey my friends,
we're not going to let you guys
leave just yet if that's OK.
Marcus. Katie and Rebecca,
they're gonna come back later in the show
so we can try the new the most Oreo Oreo.
It is like Amando Oreo.
So get.
Excited for that meantime?