The Breakfast Club - UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Fatally Sh0t Outside NYC Hotel

Episode Date: December 5, 2024

The Breakfast Club Dives Into The UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Who Was Fatally Shot Outside NYC Hotel. Listen For More!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi, I'm David Boren. And I am his dear friend Langston Kerman. And we host My Mama Told Me, a podcast about black conspiracy theories. We just did a spectacular live show with some of your favorite comedians on the planet. David, tell them who was there. We had the Kid Mero, Marie Faustin,

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Ooh, I know that's right. Wake that ass up. early in the morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne, the guy we are, The Breakfast Club. Lauren LaRosa's filling in for Jess. And let's get in some front page news.

On Thursday night, football! The Packers take on the Lions at 8.15. Good morning, Morgan. Good morning, Good morning. There is a big story developing out of New York. I'm sure you guys have heard all about it. Y'all doing okay this morning? Yes.

All right. So this story out of New York, as the search continues for a man who gunned down United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson in Manhattan. Now the suspect in Wednesday morning shooting ran off and ultimately jumped on a bike, e-bike and rode into Central Park. But police have surveillance video of him and are hoping to catch him quickly. Now NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch spoke publicly yesterday about what they saw on the video. Let's hear more from Jessica Tisch. Many people passed the suspect, but he appeared to wait for his intended target. The suspect fled first on foot, then on an e-bike,

and was last seen in Central Park. We will not rest until we identify and apprehend the shooter in this case. So investigators say welcome. Go ahead. No, I was just gonna say, I don't think they gonna find that guy because that guy is not meant to be found.

Like that was clearly a targeted hit, right? Absolutely. Silence on his gun. Yeah. I don't think he's meant to be found. Yeah. While a motive is not clear, they do believe that Thompson, of course, was targeted, as you mentioned.

Yeah. Like you said, there was a silencer on the gun. In fact, he even cleared the gun. So police are investigators are saying this guy is actually a professional so he knows what he's doing. NYPD chief of detectives Joe Kenny says three shell casings, three live rounds and a cell phone were found at the scene. The words deny, defend and depose were reportedly etched in the shell casings discovered by detectives on the scene. I believe Lauren reached out to law enforcement.

What? Yes, the deny, defend, depose. So it wrote that on the bullet. No, no, no, no. We're not saying that he wrote it. Whatever we're saying is that detectives have discovered or reportedly discovered that shell casings at the scene had those deny, defend, and oppose words etched into them. So let's hear more from NYPD Chief Detective Joe Kenny

on what they found on the scene and in the video. This does not appear to be a random act of violence. We are seeking information from the public to help identify the shooter. We're working through that cell phone. Obviously, we'll be processing it forensically. And as far as words being exchanged, we do not have audio of the incident. We only have the regular video. He ignores numerous other pedestrians, approaches the victim from behind, and shoots him in the back. The shooter then walks toward the victim and continues to shoot. It appears that the gun malfunctions as he clears the jam and begins to fire again.

It appears that the gun malfunctions as he clears the jam and begins to fire again Very long now so so so so the shell casing said deny defend the polls and just like the news reports And I read the gun jams and he kept shooting. Oh, yeah He's trying to clear he cleared a clear the jam and and keep shooting. Yes, so he shot four times Four times right deep that heard the man got hit Shot four times? Four times, right? That hurt? The man got hit? Yes. Yes. So Kenny says the video showed, of course, that the suspect was dressed in dark clothes and a distinctive gray backpack. So of course, you know, they're looking for him and of course the victim, 50-year-old Thompson. He was shot multiple times and later pronounced dead at a hospital. He was in town for an investor conference and a $10,000 reward is already being offered

to find the suspect and look for, you know, in terms of helping find the suspect. So, yeah. Very scary. Rest in peace to that man, man. Absolutely. If you look at the video, there was a woman standing right next to the guy that got shot,

where, you know, if he missed, she could have got hit. But you could tell it was a target hit, because he had one intention and he was out. The way he walked down, he wasn't gonna miss. Like he saw the woman, and it was a person in the car, you saw that there was a black truck on the left, they were about to pull out and then they stopped. Yep. Yeah.

And the fact that he took off on a city bike. No, they said it wasn't a city bike, they said it was an e-bike. They said if it was a city bike, they would be able to follow where it went, but they said it was an e-bike, not a city bike. Yeah, they said it wasn't a city bike. They said it was an e-bike. They said if it was a city bike, they would be able to follow where it went, but they said it was an e-bike, not a city bike. Yeah, like I said earlier, I don't think they gonna find that guy because that guy is not meant to be found.

I reached out this morning just to check if they had any leads or anything like that and nothing that they would give me. What did the fourth cal shell case? How many shell cases did you find? You said they found three? Three. Yeah, they found three. Okay, because I thought I read that he got, what's his name, Brian Thompson, got hit in the chest four times.

That's what I thought I read. Yeah, but that would have been, I was, well, go ahead, go ahead, Lauren. I thought it was a leg shot, a back shot, and one other shot. Yeah, I thought it was three shots. Oh, okay, okay. Two in the back and one in the leg, I thought they said.

And the bullet said, denied it hit that part, denied defend the pole. That came out this morning, yeah. Yeah, ABC is reporting, I think New York Post reported it too, but I couldn't confirm that either Yeah, I'd opposed so, you know that should I don't know I don't know give detectives I guess some lead in terms of you know, maybe a motive So and that's very scary Like you said because 645 during rush hour people are like the city's packed at 6.45, 7 o'clock. So very scary.

And what I'm hearing too is that that meeting actually continued. That meeting went on that, you know, those other members of that board couldn't, pretty much not to say stepped over him, but that meeting continued. I think they didn't know though, because in one of the articles I read for New York Post, they basically said that during the meeting people started getting alerts and they were like freaking out and one guy had to stop and say, okay guys, we're dealing with a medical emergency and people stopped to call their families.

I think they found out in real time as we did. Well question, how could they find out in real time? They still had to walk in the building. They ain't see all of the police cars and everything else. They probably did but they didn't know what it was. They might not have known who it was because at first we got the report that someone was shot. It wasn't until like 30, 45 minutes later here in the building, I got an alert from CBS News

that said who it was. Like they identified him. It was one of the dudes in a truck that fell out the truck that they thought he got shot. Cause that was the first thing. They sent the picture of a garbage truck, like one of those loading trucks. And they said somebody got shot.

So that was the first report. And then it came out later that it was somebody else. So they probably, like you said, they probably found out in real time. I know one thing, what's the point of watching that video too? Like I got, you're not a detective. Like I have no reason to want to see that video.

I kept seeing that video pop up. I'm like, why would I watch this? All right, well, people are watching it to see if they can identify him or if there's any clue that they can see what it was. That's how people identify the backpack. And people watching that because they sick and we love violence as a society.

I watched it because I just need to know as a reporter and I ain't trying to identify nobody. All right. Well that is front page news. I know we went over time Morgan, sorry about that. No, no worries, but we'll talk more at 7 a.m. about what's happening in Washington with the new president. Wake that ass up early in the morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody, it's DJ NV Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the Guy, we are The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy, we are The Breakfast Club, Lauren LaRosa filling in for Jess. And let's get in some front page news.

Now in Thursday Night Football, the Green Bay Packers are taking on the Lions at 8.15. Now good morning, Morgan. Good morning, good morning Envy, Charlamagne, Lauren. Hey girl, good morning. Peace, Morgan. Hey y'all, okay, so yeah, let's get into it. President-elect Trump, well, he is asking to have his criminal election interference case

in Georgia thrown out. Trump's two federal cases have already been tossed and he's attempting to do the same with his hush money case in New York. The president-elect is accused of attempting to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. In a court filing, lawyer Steve Sato said the case should be thrown out before Trump is inaugurated in January.

Meanwhile, the president-elect is scheduled to sit down for his first network interview, NBC's Meet the Press, that'll happen on Sunday. The network says the interview will show moderator Kristen Welker and it will be taped on Friday and then air Sunday morning. Clips of the interview will be released prior to the show. Welker interviewed Trump for NBC News in September of 2023 which ended up being his only network sit-down during the 2024 presidential campaign. Now in other political news, President-elect Trump's embattled pick for defense secretary was on Capitol Hill yesterday, Pete Hegseth, uh, he met

with senators who will decide whether or not to confirm him. Let's hear, uh, Hegseth make his plea. Make sure that we're putting the war fighters first. That's what Donald Trump asked me to do. Your job is to bring a war fighting ethos back to the Pentagon. Your job is to make sure that it's lethality, lethality, lethality. Everything else is gone. Everything else that distracts from that shouldn't be happening. That's the message I'm hearing from senators in that advising consent

process. And it's been a wonderful process. Now, despite a report that he could be replaced, as you mentioned yesterday, Charlemagne by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Hegseth said he is not withdrawing his name from consideration. He is embroiled in multiple misconduct allegations. And The Washington Post reports that Hegseth

will, in fact, visit Trump today at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. So we will keep you posted on that. This comes as congressional Republicans are setting their sights on President Biden's head of citizenship and immigration services blaming her for the surge of illegal immigrants over the past four years. He says, excuse me, California Congressman Tom McClintock says the agency has bent the rules to allow as many people into the country as possible. Let's hear more from California Congressman Tom McClintock.

For the first day of Biden's presidency, USCIS adopted policies that transformed temporary programs into de facto permanent residency programs. For example, temporary status for victims of a hurricane in Honduras that occurred 20 years ago. This is illegal chain migration on steroids, all made possible by an agency willing to contort and ignore the law.

So he went on to say that nearly 8 million immigrants, illegal immigrants rather, have been allowed to stay in the country while they await a hearing. And that has overwhelmed social service agencies and hospitals. Director Err-Jadow shot back at the hearing saying her agency acted with integrity and migrants have fueled the economy instead of actually, you know, taken from it.

Any thoughts on that? Into the next story. I think everybody needs to enjoy the holiday season. Everybody needs to enjoy the holiday season, enjoy these last little bits of normalcy that we have before before next year You ain't never you ain't never lie Let me tell you it's crazy because it seems like California is not going to is going to go ahead and skip that whole enjoyment of the holiday and they're getting down to business because

California Attorney General the last story came out of California this story is also out of California California attorney attorney general Rob Bonta He's telling state institutions and their staff not to participate in anticipated deportations under the upcoming Trump administration, but also saying that they must comply with the law. He went on to say his office provided print guidance about what is expected. Let's hear more from California Attorney General Rob Bonta. In response to the incoming Trump administration's threats

of mass deportations, I want to affirm that California's immigrant community has a support of my office and their families by outlining steps they can take to ensure they are not using state or local resources to support immigration enforcement. Now he spoke at a public library in San Francisco saying the law prohibits using state funds, resources or employees at state and local institutions to aid in immigration enforcement activities. So all that roundup, all that mass deportation, it has to be done on a federal level is essentially

what's happening in California. Now President-elect Trump has warned that of course the crackdown on illegal immigration, including mass deportations is coming. So get ready. Yeah. Yeah, that pretty much wraps it up for me guys. It's a lot going on and you know it's a lot to keep up with and I'll keep my eyes on that story developing out of New York for you guys with the CEO of UnitedHealthcare as well and

check back in. So that's your front page news. I'm Morgan Wood. Follow me on social at Morgan Media. And for more news coverage, follow at Black Information Network, download the free iHeartRadio app, and visit us at BINnews.com. Hi, I'm David Boren. And I am his dear friend Langston Kerman. And we host My Mama Told Me, a podcast about black conspiracy theories. We just did a spectacular live show

with some of your favorite comedians on the planet. David, tell them who was there. We had the Kid Mero, Marie Faustin, and we had Jaboukie Young White. Some of your favorite comedians playing some of the most offensive and groundbreaking games. So listen to My Momma Told Me on iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We want to speak out and we want this to stop.

Wow, very powerful. I'm Ellie Flynn, an investigative journalist, and this is my journey deep into the adult entertainment industry. I really wanted to be a player boy, my doll. He was like, I'll take you to the top, I'll make you a star. To expose an alleged predator and the rotten industry he works in. It's honestly so much worse than I had anticipated. We're an army in comparison to him.

From Novel, listen to The Bunny Trap on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Jay Shetty and my latest interview is with Wiz Khalifa. The craziest part of my life, I can go from performing in front of 40,000 people to either be in a dressing room, being in a plane, or being back in a bed all by myself. He is a multi-platinum selling recording artist, mini mogul, and an actor. Which of them are the one, the only? The Wings of Hollywood!

Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Join iHeart Media Chairman and CEO Bob Pitman for a special episode of the hit podcast, Math & Magic, Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing, as he interviews the iconic and prolific Martha Stewart in front of a live audience in celebration of her 100th book. Did you ever think you were going to wind up writing a hundred books? Yeah.

You did? Yeah, it's just a minor goal. Listen to Math & Magic on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey everyone, it's John, also known as Dr. John Paul. And I'm Jordan, or Joe Ho. And we are the BlackFatFilm Podcast. A podcast where all the intersections of identity are celebrated.

Ooh, chat, this year we have had some of our favorite people on including Kid Fury, T.S. Madison, Amber Ruffin from the Amber and Lacey Show, Angelica Ross and more. Make sure you listen to the Black Fat Fam podcast on the iHeart Radio app, have a podcast or whatever you get your podcast girl. Ooh, I know that's right.