BA tanker slams into a riverboat cruise ship on the Mississippi, the boat capsizes, and somehow... nobody dies.
BThat's the story out of New Orleans right now. Fox News is reporting the American Heritage went over after a tanker hit it.
BThe mayor is calling it a miracle. And look, I'm not a religious man, but when a riverboat flips and all you've got are 32 people hospitalized with non-critical injuries...
BThat's the number we can confirm. Everyone accounted for. No fatalities. The BBC has the same details.
BThe captain stayed aboard, by the way. Fox says he stayed on the boat until—
BWe don't have the full picture on the captain's actions yet. What we know is the outcome, and it's remarkable.
BFair. But think about the physics of this. A tanker hits a docked riverboat, it capsizes, and everyone gets out. That's not just luck, that's people doing their jobs.
BAnd the Coast Guard response was fast. This is the kind of story that could have been a disaster and instead it's a headline about a miracle.
BSpeaking of disasters that weren't... the FAA ground stop fallout is still spreading. Amtrak's website and app are struggling as stranded airline passengers turn to trains.
BThat's from a Natalie Harp account on X, and we can't confirm the Amtrak surge yet. But the logic tracks—when planes stop, people look for any way to move.
BAnd DHS Secretary Mullin is out there saying the public was never in danger during the ground stop. 'There were never any lives at risk.'
BThat's also unconfirmed from our end. But here's what I want to know: if there was never any danger, why did the whole system grind to a halt?
BSpeaking of frustration, a post making the rounds on Bluesky: Robert Evans says he could 'fuck up air travel for a lot less than 50 billion dollars.'
BIt's a joke, but it lands because people are furious. They're stuck, they're tired, and they're looking for someone to blame.
BAnd the public just wants to get home.
BMeanwhile, on the other side of the world, there's a claim floating around that US negotiators floated the idea of Ukraine ceding parts of eastern Donbas in exchange for NATO membership.
BThat's from Al Jazeera, and they're citing Zelenskyy. But we can't confirm it from any other source yet.
BIf it's true, that's a massive shift. Trading land for security guarantees is the kind of deal that gets people killed in the streets of Kyiv.
BBut it's also the kind of deal that ends wars. The question is whether Ukraine can trust any security guarantee after what happened in 2014.
BAnd whether the US would actually defend Ukraine if Russia tested the line again. That's the whole ballgame.
BI'm not ready to believe this one yet. Al Jazeera has been wrong before, and Zelenskyy's office hasn't confirmed it.
BAgreed. We'll keep an eye on it. But if it's real, it changes everything about how this war ends.
BLet's shift to something a little lighter. The Wall Street Journal has a piece about ultrawealthy Knicks fans who can afford courtside seats but prefer to sit one row behind Spike Lee, Taylor Swift, and Mariska Hargitay.
BSo billionaires are choosing to sit behind celebrities? That's either humility or a very smart PR move.
BPaul Tudor Jones and Mike Novogratz could buy the whole row. But they'd rather be seen as 'regular' fans.
BOr they just don't want the camera on them every time they react to a bad call. Courtside is a fishbowl.
BTrue. But the Journal can't confirm the seating preferences, so take it with a grain of salt. It's a fun story, not a hard news piece.
BAnd honestly, if I had that kind of money, I'd sit wherever I want. Probably next to Spike Lee, just to hear what he yells at the refs.
BThat's the real entertainment. Not the game, the commentary.
BOne more political note before we go. There's a post from a Natalie Harp account claiming Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is calling for new Republican leadership and backing Jim Jordan for Minority Leader.
BWe can't confirm that either. But it's the kind of fight that's been brewing since the midterms.
BThe GOP is having the same argument it always has after a loss: do we change the message or change the messengers?
BAnd Luna, if the report is true, is saying the messengers need to go. That's a direct shot at the current leadership.
BIt's also a sign that the party's internal civil war isn't over. The midterms didn't settle it, they just moved the battlefield.
BWe'll see if Luna actually said it. But the fact that it's spreading tells you people are hungry for a fight.
BThat's the show for this hour. We'll be back with more after the break.