Kamala Says She Will Shoot Intruders

Jimmy Barrett & Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter the most on the morning of 09/20/24.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
This is Use Radio seven forty kt RH Houston Rive Everywhere.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
With now the latest news, weather and traffic. It's more
of what matters to you. From the John Morris Services Studios.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
Good morning, five am. Here on Houston's Morning News. I'm
Jimmy Barrett along with Sheriff Fryar bungertop stories. As we
get started this morning, Kamala says, if you're an intruder,
she'll shoot you. Teaching conservative values this weekend in the Woodlands,
and coming up at five oh eight, Trump proposes a
cap on credit card interest rates. Details in the minutes
ahead here in Houston's Morning News. First, we're gonna check

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out that morning drive again. Sky Mike's here.

Speaker 4 (00:42):
Hey, I would be slinkying this morning, but we are
looking at Crosby has still got that roadwork and they're
putting you off all the main lanes on the feeder roads.
There's two crossings where you have to sit at the
four way for now we're doing it. I'm gonna find
out how long exactly this is going. It's Highway ninety
between twenty one and Bohemian Hall Road. That's been kind
of a lifestyle for a little while, and I've got

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a bit of a scooch right before the bridge too
on the inbound I think that's just a little merging fund.
We'll devil check it and we'll also do some chip
channel bridges at five ten and the Generator Supercenter dot
Com traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (01:14):
From r KTRH top tax defenders, twenty four hour weather
center part of the county with the hype right about
ninety six for today dry through the weekend in hot.
We'll get the laced on the forecast Terry Smith that
looks at it. And by the way, it's a little
something out there called Gordon we may need to keep
an eye on. We'll talk to her about that. Get
about nine.

Speaker 5 (01:30):
Minutes ruin those weekends.

Speaker 3 (01:32):
I'm trying not to I'm just trying to keep you
all informed. Right now seventy six at your official severe
weather station, News Radio seven forty k TRH.

Speaker 6 (01:41):
Time Now for the news. Here's Sheriff Fryan.

Speaker 5 (01:43):
Good morning. Everyone is now five oh two on news
radio seven forty KTRH, and our top story this hour
will col Harris. She did a live stream sit down
with superstar Oprah winfree Thursday, and when asked about gun
ownership and the right to self dispense. Well, here's Kamala.

Speaker 7 (02:00):
You have guns.

Speaker 8 (02:01):
No at the debates at as a gun of that.

Speaker 6 (02:08):
House again shot.

Speaker 5 (02:10):
Somebody breaks my houser getting shot. Immediately afterwards, though the
VP told Oprah and all of America she was still
on camp I probably should not have said that. My
staff will deal with that later. Hmmm, Kala having some
laughs with Oprah. Former President Trump was delivering remarks of
Jewish Americans at the Israeli American Council's Summit National Summit

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in Washington, d C. Now, the former president vowed to
take action against anti Israel protesters on college campuses and.

Speaker 9 (02:40):
To confront the crisis of anti Semitism at our universities.
I will tell college presidents that they must end the
anti Semitic propaganda or they will lose their accreditation and
they will lose all federal support.

Speaker 10 (02:56):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (02:56):
The safety of Jewish students on college campuses is a
nationwide disgrace under the assault of anti Israel activists and
demonstrators since certainly October seventh last year. It's now five
three big gathering in the Woodlands tonight and tomorrow, Conservative
influencers and elected officials will be gathering for the annual
Texas Youth Summit.

Speaker 11 (03:17):
Their goal is to bring the conservative message to the
next generation of voters.

Speaker 12 (03:21):
We want conservative values to be spread across the state
and we want young people to be able to make
a difference.

Speaker 11 (03:29):
Christian Collins, founder and president of the Summit, says, there's
a lot to look forward to this time around.

Speaker 12 (03:35):
It's going to be an action pack starist at an
event and you won't want to miss it. We're bringing
the very best people to educate our young people.

Speaker 11 (03:43):
Collins says, this will be a great opportunity for the
whole family, and you can get tickets at Texas Youth
Summit dot com. Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven forty k's
Your Age.

Speaker 5 (03:52):
It's the highest grossing documentary of twenty twenty four, but
the main media film critics they have yet to view
the film. Am I a racist? It's an exposure of
what DEI has done to divide America's produced by Matt
Walsh and The Daily Wire.

Speaker 13 (04:10):
We have yet to have a single film critic from
a mainstream publication review of the film, which I think
is if not unprecedented, it certainly is extremely uncommon.

Speaker 5 (04:22):
Matt Walsh was on with kat H's Buck and Clay.
Clay and Buck am I racist. Walsh has shows the
dangers of DEI on the American mindset of our supposed
free market economy. Too. House Oversight Committee still investigating the
border invasion of the Biden Harris regime. Committee chair James

(04:42):
Comer in a hearing yesterday.

Speaker 14 (04:45):
The evidence of President Biden and Vice President Harris is
incompetent and weak leadership is seen and felt by Americans
across our nation.

Speaker 5 (04:53):
Yeah, Homeland Security and the White House refusing still to
release the nationalities of terrorist suspects who have been caught
at the border, but bragging on this economy, his economy.
Joe Biden went to the Economic Club in Washington yesterday
celebrating the decline of the inflation rate as peak.

Speaker 15 (05:14):
As you all know, inflation was nine point one percent
in the United States. Today is much closer to two percent.

Speaker 5 (05:22):
Yeah, that's on top of the nine percent that got
us here one day after the Federal Reserve cut the
benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point and lowered
rates for the first time in over four years. This
is how it's all playing out in time for the election.
In addition, to sky high prices on everything else. There's
some shocking new numbers on healthcare Sharra.

Speaker 16 (05:42):
Medical bills and premiums are now at an all time high.

Speaker 6 (05:46):
Here in the US.

Speaker 17 (05:47):
The average family of four that has a blue shield
United signer at the plant is paying thirty thousand dollars.
But wait, Jeff, they have an average of a six
thousand dollars deductible.

Speaker 16 (05:58):
That is doctor Bill who runs care Guide, a company
that is fighting outrageous medical bills and price gouging.

Speaker 6 (06:07):
Not gauging, they.

Speaker 17 (06:08):
Must, by federal law, tell you the price period. You'll
be amazed how many shenanigans you can see when you
get an itemized bill.

Speaker 16 (06:17):
Case in point, the going rate for a childbirth is
now just under forty eight thousand dollars. Jeff Biggs, News
Radio seven forty kt ORH.

Speaker 5 (06:28):
You know what the prices are and blame it on
government spending now, says the business professor and columnist Peter Maurici.

Speaker 18 (06:36):
Generally speaking, when prices go up, they don't come back
down because higher prices get built into the cost structure
of the firm, the wages they pay people and the
dividends they pay out to stockholders.

Speaker 17 (06:46):
And so forth.

Speaker 18 (06:47):
It's very hard to reverse that sort of thing.

Speaker 5 (06:50):
Yeah, you know, Jimmy, that's a total turnaround on what
he told us This Morning News a couple of years
ago about the so called infrastructure build back better massive spending.
Bill's said it was going to make America better. No,
it gave us inflation, as we argued with him at
the time. It is now five oh seven. Texas whitetailed
hunting season just ahead. Biologists at Texas Parks and Wildlife

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say it will be exceptional.

Speaker 19 (07:15):
Deer hunt's a really big deal in the state of Texas,
and for good reason. We have millions of deer and
we typically will take out ten to fifteen percent of
those animals to keep the population right.

Speaker 6 (07:27):
The way the.

Speaker 19 (07:28):
Calendar falls this year, there are actually open deer season
days in six months of the year.

Speaker 18 (07:34):
Wow.

Speaker 5 (07:35):
Doug Pike hosting the Doug Pike Outdoor Show on Sports
Talk seven ninety every Saturday and Sunday morning five oh
seven is our time. Those Stros fans, are we ever
ready another postseason? You can now buy single game wild
Cards or Alds tickets online at the Astros website and
with a three to one win last night, over the

(07:57):
Angels magic number now five. They're playing again tonight live
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rig will be joining that coverage once again at seven
pm tonight, I'm surebyf Fryar on News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 20 (08:12):
More with Jimmy Barrett and Sheriff Fryar, this is Houston's
morning News.

Speaker 3 (08:17):
This one gotta be us with this one shocked me
a little bit. I didn't think he was into price controls.
Talk about capping credit card rates at ten percent. Here's
my first question. You have credit card rates ever been
as low as ten percent?

Speaker 5 (08:31):
Yeah?

Speaker 6 (08:31):
Have they?

Speaker 5 (08:33):
They were in Texas. You know, I was saying, we
capped them in Texas through the attorney The state of
Texas did through the Attorney General's office until they did
an in run and the federal courts wouldn't let us.

Speaker 3 (08:44):
Okay, So let's take a look at this. On one hand,
here's where it does make sense because we have, you know,
just untold millions of Americans who have a great deal
of credit card debt and have an interest rate of
twenty eight percent or maybe up into thirty percent range
now and find themselves in a position where they can

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barely make the minimum payment, let alone ever get a.

Speaker 6 (09:07):
Hit on it.

Speaker 3 (09:08):
And we have doomed these people, or they have doomed themselves,
if you want to be you know, honest about it,
they've doomed themselves to a lifetime of trying to pay
back a credit card they can't pay back, and without
lowering interest rates or doing something along those lines, they're
going to have a very difficult time getting out of
credit card debt. So on one hand, there's the desire
to help somebody by saying the only way this makes

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sense is if we can help them get out of
credit card debt or they're doomed financially speaking, maybe for
the rest of their lives. Then there's the other part
of us that says, well, wait a minute, this is
a free market system. We shouldn't you know, we shouldn't
put cap on grocery store prices, and we shouldn't put
caps on credit card rates.

Speaker 5 (09:46):
And if you don't want to pa, no, there's a
big difference in that.

Speaker 6 (09:49):
Okay, go ahead, Okay.

Speaker 5 (09:50):
Prices are one thing, but we're talking about rate fixing
h and that's totally it's a total monopoly because the
banks fix the rates and then they get the eight
that's that's FTC. That is absolute monopoly power, and the
government goes after that every time.

Speaker 3 (10:07):
All right, So I guess you would suggest we go
back to the day where we basically what we do
is you have you can charge up to x percent
over prime.

Speaker 5 (10:15):
Yeah, okay, that's what a rate should be. I mean
the banks, the FED sets the rate that the banks
get to pay, and then the banks turn around and
charge you thirty percent on your credit cards. You can't
do that, okay, that's not a price, all right? In
exchange for that, that's a rate fixing. What do we
do in exchange for that?

Speaker 6 (10:32):
Though?

Speaker 3 (10:33):
For the credit card companies because they are taking the
risk here? I mean, let's face, a credit card debt
is one of those things you can.

Speaker 5 (10:37):
Just suggested, give p that's double okay, it's double what
the rate of inflation is. A triple is four times
what the rate of inflation is. Right now?

Speaker 6 (10:46):
Well, what about all the people defaulting on their credit cards?

Speaker 5 (10:49):
Do we just I don't know how you do that.
You do with that in court, okay, But we do
have federal agencies who are supposed to oversee this, and
so far they've just given all all the rate fixers.
These are rate fits.

Speaker 3 (10:59):
This is rinking, by the way, I should point out
he said temporarily. He's not talking about making this permit it.
He's talking about temporarily. I don't know what he means
by temporarily. If you talk about the year, two years,
or whether it could ever we can.

Speaker 5 (11:10):
Go in and actually pass a law tying it to
whatever the prime rate is or what the T bill
rate is, so that it's fair to the American people.

Speaker 3 (11:19):
Well, here's the good news. We're talking about it, and
that's important. Five eleven. Time for traffic and whether together
they make.

Speaker 4 (11:24):
More money off of volume two, because you'd be more
spending if there was less. I would think there would
be more spending if there's less, if there's less interest.

Speaker 6 (11:32):
What do I know? What do any of us know?
What going about?

Speaker 4 (11:35):
I'm a farm boy. We've got a scientist standing by.
Maybe she knows.

Speaker 6 (11:38):
Let's go to you know what, Let's take her downtown. Jimmy,
I've got I forty five.

Speaker 4 (11:42):
You're Pierce Elevated at West Dowlla the Street. This is
a lovely shot Houston trans Star holding this for me.
We usually get really tight right there at the squeeze
that goes down to three lanes from four, and usually
every day that's usually what scooches up both forty five
North and I TIM because those backups get connected, like
you knee bone.

Speaker 6 (12:02):
For now, we're moving fine.

Speaker 4 (12:03):
If you're playing the home game, you can check out
camera number one zero two on the north side. Let's
see we've got our roadwork. Let's check Aldan Westfield on
the north field and you're getting by.

Speaker 6 (12:13):
There's two left lanes walked out.

Speaker 4 (12:14):
In fact, this is the time you should really watch
out other stations listeners. A lot of times they're not
paying attention and that squeeze down happens and boom they
just you know, run into the wall or somebody else.
This is westbound Aldan Westfield, and then you've got eastbound
at Imperial Valley. We're missing a left line. We're getting by.
Just find so far jump on the free iHeartRadio app
from anywhere in the world.

Speaker 6 (12:34):
Big rig raffs listening to us.

Speaker 21 (12:36):
Good morning sky Mike dude about one hundred and thirty
miles down in Nashville and high boardy just running eat
right line saying good morning.

Speaker 6 (12:42):
You hear how about that from Tennessee.

Speaker 4 (12:44):
I'm skylike on the Generator Supercenter dot Com traffic center.

Speaker 6 (12:49):
Cool, very cool.

Speaker 3 (12:52):
I pulled I pulled this out just in case Gordon
comes in this direction. Bump from our KTRH tops tax
the fenders twenty for our weathers army. He talks about,
you know, the big leg getchee gumi in a shipwreck
in a big storm, But it doesn't really apply to
the golf. I guess, but how big of a problem
is Gordon And where's Gordon going?

Speaker 22 (13:11):
Well, right now, what we're dealing with is a disturbance
in the Caribbean that eventually could get named and next
seven days, the Hurricane Center is saying there's a forty
percent chance that this is going to get better organized.

Speaker 5 (13:30):
Here's the thing.

Speaker 22 (13:34):
Right now, the models are really kind of wishy washy
about what happens if it does become better organized and
make its way into the golf. I've seen some indications
that it could be sitting in the golf for quite
some time. So the best thing to do is not
worry about it over the weekend. Just check back in
look and see what's going on, what the update is,

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and we'll keep you posted. But that's the most pressing
concern right now, is that disturbances in the Caribbean. Now
around here, no concerns because we're sunny, hot and dry
through the weekend, most of.

Speaker 5 (14:06):
Us in the low to mid nineties.

Speaker 22 (14:08):
But there'll be some upper nineties and we will start
to get some rate a thirty percent chance of showers
and storms Monday and Tuesday.

Speaker 3 (14:16):
Yeah, but you're right now, let me double check that
for you have got to look seventy six at your
official severe weather station. News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 20 (14:24):
It's Houston's Morning News, brought to you by New South
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Speaker 3 (14:33):
Day coming up on five point twenty here on Houston's
Morning News News Radio seven forty KTRH. Some testimony yesterday
I found very interesting I wanted to share with you
regarding the border. And the guy's name is Erin Hank.
We'll get to him in the second. Aaron is a
retired Chief Patrol Agent for Border Patrol. He testified. Now
he's retired, I guess he feels free to speak out.

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Testified at Homeland Security Committee hearing yesterday about what's been
happening at the border and how the Biden administration has
facilitated so many illegals getting into the country, and the
testimony's pretty damning. We'll share some of that audio with
you coming up next. First, though, let's do a little
traffic and weather together, starting with you, sky Mike.

Speaker 4 (15:14):
We're looking at the Bush Airport area. Let's go to
ups Daryl, Dude Guy.

Speaker 23 (15:19):
Mike Well that that construction was moved on will Clay
Parkway one block up from mckage to Humble Parkways. Left
lane closed to right lanes are open. It's pretty smooth
right now, though.

Speaker 4 (15:30):
That's not much of a hubbub for now, and then
later on that will become just some full hoopfly.

Speaker 6 (15:35):
We'll keep an eye out Skymike.

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And the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center from r
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Speaker 3 (15:43):
Partly cloudy about ninety six today, mostly Sunday in hot
ninety five Tomorrow Sunday partly cloudy with a high of
ninety three up. But you're right now seventy six at
your official severe weather station. News Radio seven forty KTRH
Let's get you caught up in some of our top
Friday morning stories. Here's Share five.

Speaker 5 (15:59):
On news radio seven forty k trhd's headlines sponsored by
Morrow Mechanical. United Auto Workers warn of potential strikes Ford
and Stillatis union announcing a September twenty fifth strike deadline
at a Ford plant near Detroit, Harris County. New legal
troubles now. The Texas Attorney General State of Texas, Ken
Paxson has sued for a second time to block the

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Uplift Harris Guaranteed Income program. You know that's the big
money giveaway to people they choose. Paxton won that first lawsuit.
Lena had a new version written passed by the three
Democrat County commissioners. Single novote was a Republican Tom Ramsey.
Earth getting a second moon for a while. An asteroid
the size of a bus will begin to orbiting Earth

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Speaker 20 (17:01):
Bottom of the hour I live in Friends with your
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Speaker 3 (17:11):
Aaron Hankey is the guy's name. He's a former Border
Patrol agent, chief Border Patrol Agent, and now that he's retired,
I guess he's not worried about them canceling his Social
Security check or his government pension, so he's willing to
come out and talk about what has been like for
the last three years under the Biden administration at the border.
His delivery a warning is not super exciting. He's reading

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a prepared statement, but it's the content that matters.

Speaker 24 (17:35):
For the first time, in my twenty five years and
under five different administrations, whether through neglect or on purpose,
I saw large scale laps in our ability to return
people to their country of origin. The inability to send
people home meant that most people being arrested for I
legal entry would either have to be detained or released.
The current administration, however, from day one, made a point

(17:55):
of decreasing the amount of detention space available nationwide. Immigration
and Customs Enforcements funding for detention it's steadily been cut
and private detention eliminated. The fact that so many illegal
aliens are being released into the United States spread worldwide
very quickly. As this happened, the numbers of portatral encounter
illegally crossing the border increased exponentially.

Speaker 7 (18:16):
The impact to me and my agents were significant.

Speaker 24 (18:19):
Sectors were ordered to take in and process all the
illegal aliens encountered on the border. The portals saw groups
of hundreds and thousands coming into the United States and
turning themselves in. These numbers pulled eighty to ninety sometimes
one hundred percent of the agents on duty away from
the border. Poor patrol zones across Texas, Arizona, and California
had no agent presence for weeks and months at a time.

(18:42):
Those who did not want to be caught could simply
walk in. We have no idea who and what entered
our country over this time. Throughout twenty twenty two and
twenty three, I sent agents to Texas and Arizona to
count guideways. Those sectors could not even put enough agents
in the field to see what they had missed. Simultaneous,
in San Diego, we had an exponentially increase in significant

(19:03):
interest aliens. These are aliens with significant ties to terrorism.
Prior to this administration, the San Diego sector averaged ten
to fifteen SIAR rest per year.

Speaker 7 (19:13):
Once word was out the border was far easier to cross.

Speaker 24 (19:16):
San Diego went to over one hundred SIAS in twenty
twenty two, well over that in twenty twenty three, and
even more than that registered this year.

Speaker 7 (19:25):
These are only the ones we caught.

Speaker 24 (19:27):
At the time, I was told I could not release
any information on this increase in SIAS or mention any
of the arrests. The administration was trying to convince the
public there was no threat at the border.

Speaker 3 (19:38):
So in San Diego alone, let me allow me to
paaphrase place, in San Diego alone, they rested over the
course of three years, probably the better part of four
hundred or more suspected terrorists that they knew about. No
telling how many more came through and actually got away,
because there were days on end where the border wasn't
even manned, because they didn't have enough empower in order

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to demand the border, because the administration had been busy
doing other things. Again, no surprise, nothing that we don't
really already know about. But somehow we just have allowed
it to continue to happen. If the immigration remains illegal,
immigration remains the number one issue in this country, even
even surpassing the economy. So how it is that the

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race could even be as close as it is is
beyond me at this point five twenty six. It's time
to take a look at your money, Courtney Donaho.

Speaker 6 (20:33):
Happy Friday, Well, happy Friday, Jimmy.

Speaker 25 (20:35):
It's definitely very happy here for investors because stocks sword
to all time highs yesterday. Wall Street's betting the Federal
Reserve will help the economy avoid a recession. The Central
Bank cut interest rates by half a percentage point this week.
The Dow rose five hundred and twenty two points to
finish out the day. Now this morning, stocks are looking
at a slightly lower open. SMP futures down to tens percent.

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Shares of FedEx taking a hit this morning. The company
sees it's business lowing in the year ahead. FedEx says
increasingly price sensitive customers are trading down to cheaper shipping options.
The results definitely spooking investors looking for signals about where
the economy is headed. The company is considered an economic
bell weather due to its wide exposure to so many industries,

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and in a welcome sign for home buyers, mortgage rates
are continuing to decline. According to Freddie Mac, the average
for a thirty or fixed loan six point zero nine percent.
High prices and a shortage of desirable listings have continued
to sideline so many buyers. I'm Corney, Donahoe Bloomberg Business
on News Radio seven forty KTRH.

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Five thirty is our time on this Friday morning. Here
on Houston's Morning News, I'm Jimmy Barrett, along with Sheriff
Ryer Monger. Top story this half hour, Arizconi Democrats have
passed a huge property TAXI like, don't know how much
the government, Don't know much I should say about the government.
This is just how they want it. And coming up
at five thirty eight, peanut butter and jelly candy. Details

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in the minutes ahead here in Houston's Morning News. First,
we're checking out that morning drive again. Here's sky Mike.

Speaker 4 (22:20):
All right, Jimmy, sure, put on your hard hats. We
are going to the east side. Let's check out your
ship channel bridges as we check out the heart Met
bridge this time I'm looking from the Laporte side and
let's see if you're playing the home game camera one
threes one zero, looks beautiful shot of the bridge. We're
in good shape, both boys. Toll Bridge rocking along now.
The Suconch hasn't started yet southbound. That's roadwork six '

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ten east loop at gail Horn. I'm looking from the
bud Plant side. We looked good. Let's look the other
side up to twenty five at Manchester. We're rocking along
now on the hard work and east side. Skymike and
a classic Elite generator and the classic Elite GMC.

Speaker 3 (22:56):
Traffic center from r KTRH Generators super Center twenty four.
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about ninety six. We stayed dry and hot through the weekend.
We'll get you to the complete forecast when we talk
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Speaker 6 (23:18):
It's time now for the news. Here's Sheriff Fryer.

Speaker 5 (23:20):
Good morning. It is five thirty two on news radio
seven forty kt RG and our top story this hour.
We knew it was coming. It is official now. Democrats
and Harris County Commissioner's cord. It's a four to one
party line vote. They passed a jacked up property tax
increase on US.

Speaker 6 (23:37):
Shriff Precinct three.

Speaker 16 (23:38):
Commissioner Tom Ramsey was the loan Republican and the loan dissent.

Speaker 17 (23:43):
It is a total disregard for what people are going
through right now. We did not have to the full
eight percent.

Speaker 16 (23:52):
But instead this increase is actually more than eight percent.

Speaker 17 (23:56):
Thank it's close of thirteen percent. The general tax increase
will mean that Harris Canton gets an additional two hundred
and sixty four million dollars this year, more than we
got last year.

Speaker 16 (24:09):
He adds that this was all part of Alena had
Allgo's plan with redistricting back in twenty twenty one.

Speaker 6 (24:16):
Jeff Biggs News Radio seven k TIH.

Speaker 5 (24:19):
Yeah, redistricted in order to get that super majority that
they have there. They can run it the way they
see fit. But but gasoline prices are coming down just
in time to vote. The national average expected to drop
a low three dollars a gallon for the first time
in three years.

Speaker 28 (24:35):
Now, I'm going to get used to a new era
of low gasoline prices. Normally this happens this time of year,
prices come down. But if I look at the inventories
of oil, for example here in the United States, they're
below average.

Speaker 5 (24:49):
Yeah, Market analyst Bill Flynn says, not a coincidence. If
prices were made to fall so close to the election,
chances are they will rise again in the not so
distant future. Utures are rising back above seventy bucks a barrel,
about seventy two something this morning in Texas, though regularly
unleaded right now two seventy eight a gallon, down two

(25:09):
cents from last week, sixty five cents cheaper than a
year ago.

Speaker 28 (25:14):
Now.

Speaker 5 (25:14):
Houston's average fell six cents this week to two seventy four,
and national average is still three twenty two. The temporary
spending bill mired in the US House, and so Senate
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says, well, now his Senate is
going to move out of order to pass its own bill,
thus throwing the blame on Republicans. If the deadline of
September thirtieth has not met to avoid that partial government shutdown,

(25:38):
the Senate version will not contain the added law that
requires proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. It's
now five thirty four. Donald Trump delivering remarks to Jewish
Americans at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Washington,
d C. The former president making a really scary prediction

(25:59):
if I don't win.

Speaker 9 (26:00):
This election, and the Jewish people would really have a
lot to do with that if that happens, because at
forty percent, I means sixty percent of the people of
voting for the enemy Israel, in my opinion, will cease
to exist within two years.

Speaker 29 (26:14):
And I believe I'm one hundred percent right.

Speaker 5 (26:17):
In twenty twenty, twenty nine percent of the Jewish vote
went to Donald Trump. They're predicting that forty percent will
go this time. He's trying to up that. Kamala Harris
revealing she's a gun owner, sort of to Oprah Winfrey.
It was a live audience, live stream sit down with
the Superstar yesterday and Oprah set up the question what

(26:37):
if someone breaks into Kamala's house quote they're getting shot.
She didn't say, by whom. Harris then said, while laughing
that she probably shouldn't have said that, adding quote, my
staff will deal with that later. She didn't realize that
was caught on the microphone too. So much at stake
in this election, Yes, yet most Americans know very little

(26:59):
about government and how it's supposed to work.

Speaker 30 (27:02):
The annual Constitution Day Civic survey reveals a majority of
Americans can't name at least one of the protections in
the First Amendment, besides freedom of speech. Political analyst Anthony
Russo says, many Americans don't understand their own rights, and
the government is fine with that.

Speaker 31 (27:16):
We don't want a bunch of thinkers, We want a
bunch of students that will follow the plans. And I
think that the lack of continued education on civics and
stuff like that is based on the fact that if
we know too much about what we're allowed to do
as Americans, then all of a sudden, they lose control.

Speaker 30 (27:30):
Survey also finds one third of Americans can't name all
three branches of government. Cory Jolson, who's Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 5 (27:38):
UP in Dallas. A judge has decided to define Texas law.
He's denied the request by the Texas Attorney General Ken
Paxton to block the ban on firearms at this year's
state fair. Paxson says the ban violates our law of
legal license carry on state properties. The fairgrounds are government property,

(27:58):
but state fair officials these are separate private businesses. Initiated
his own new gun policy after there was a parking
lot shooting during last year's fair. Well, Jimmy, I'm seeing
a lot of bright lights coming into work. Did you
know the city of Houston moving a lot of roadwork
too overnight.

Speaker 32 (28:17):
That's a good IDEA heavy road construction projects will now
be happening more during the nighttime hours.

Speaker 4 (28:23):
From a congestion standpoint, it's a great alternate.

Speaker 32 (28:26):
Ktria's traffic guy sky Mike says, this is something that
should have been happening in the city already.

Speaker 4 (28:31):
They should have been doing this a long time ago.
We are scooched up enough during the day, and if
it were up to me, all short term projects would
be done overnight.

Speaker 32 (28:40):
He edited that there's still some major road projects going
on and in around Houston that people should make note
of when driving. Jarre Lewis News Radio seven forty KRH.

Speaker 5 (28:50):
It's five thirty seven. I just got to tell you this.
When business leaders telling us gen Z not ready for
the workforce, and they blame it partially on COVID lockdowns.

Speaker 33 (29:00):
When you come up and this is the only context
that you have and you just waltz in and it's
the pandemic and you can zoom in and be in
your pajamas the entire time, then you develop a sense
of entitlement.

Speaker 5 (29:10):
Entitlement columnus Riggi Slott telling Fox News really is the
fact that gen Z grew up having everything from their
parents to their teachers catering to them. That's more of
the factor. Okay, Astros fans, you can snag a seed
to the Astros postseason single game tickets on sale right
now for Wild Card and Alds Series games. Looking better

(29:31):
and better for the Stros postseason three to one win
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Again now right now, News Radio seven JTRH.

Speaker 3 (30:06):
Just a I like peanut butter and jelly butter as
a kid. I don't think I've had a peanut butter
and jelly sandwich for probably forty years, minimally forty years,
and I certainly would not seek it out as candy.
But as you know, the folks at Eminem's try to
reinvent themselves over and over and over and over again,
and they have decided, I guess people been requesting it

(30:27):
that they are going to produce starting in December, a
peanut butter and jelly eminem.

Speaker 5 (30:33):
How do you get the taste of the bread in there?

Speaker 3 (30:36):
I don't know. It's not a peanut butter and jelly
sandwich candy. It's just a peanut butter and jelly candy. Okay,
So the bread, I guess bread is under tent. Well
here's yeah, Well here's the part. And this is the
part I was the most curious about because I'm imagining,
and I'm trying real hard not to activate my gag reflex.

(30:57):
I'm imagining, you know, chopping in to an M and
m and have you know, grape jelly or whatever squish, Yeah, exactly,
see that doesn't that doesn't stay down. Well, that's stuff.

Speaker 5 (31:11):
It's going to be in them and peanut candies with
the jelly wrapped around it, or is it going to
be those flat ones.

Speaker 3 (31:17):
Well, there's not gonna be an a jelly in it.
Somehow they're going to make the candy shell on the
outside tastes like berry flavored, So it's gonna have a
berry flavor. Now I don't know what they mean by that. BlackBerry,
a blueberry, raspberry, strawberry have different flavor.

Speaker 6 (31:36):
Maybe maybe, or maybe it's just some sort of generic berry.

Speaker 5 (31:40):
Well maybe will be the jelly.

Speaker 6 (31:42):
Yeah, yeah, that's what they're saying.

Speaker 5 (31:44):
It's kind of like Congress having to pass the bill
and order.

Speaker 6 (31:48):
You know what, you're gonna have to eat it.

Speaker 5 (31:50):
You have to buy it.

Speaker 3 (31:51):
To know what it tastes like. Exactly five forty time
for traffic and weather together.

Speaker 4 (31:56):
What they should do if you're from East Texas, muscanone, No,
what does that taste look? It's kind of a sweet
heart right in there. Terry said that they have that
in Georgia. Let's go by the airport up here, Jimmy,
let's check out will Clayton Parkway now you ps. Darryl
told me that they've shifted that road work. I believe it,
you can. I don't have the skunch just yet, but

(32:17):
Humble Parkway they moved it down a block. This is
still westbound and for now we're getting by it. We've
got two lanes getting by, so that's nice. Could get
a little messy as we get through closer to the
middle of the day. Now in the north sam as
far as alternates here Aldan Westfield, that left lane, the
two left lanes not causing a big backup just yet.
I think some people are taking Friday off eastbound. We've

(32:38):
got roadwork at Imperial Valley. Oh, here we go with
that toll bridge southbound. It's an extra two or three minutes.
You got this little puny lane and the textalk wall
of death that's going on for another week or so.
And see if I can get an update here at
the forty bread at the next ten break at the
seven o'clock.

Speaker 6 (32:56):
Oh Nightie Crosby Junior from.

Speaker 34 (32:58):
Dayton Dute Drive. With every morning it's ofternating lane closures.
They're laying new ass falls in and on where that
it could be either side. Uh Bridge is ours chuffed down.
They're completely repaving all of that. Stop and go have
your patients both hands on the wheel.

Speaker 6 (33:15):
All right, that's on for the rest of this week.

Speaker 4 (33:17):
I know, Terry, everybody else like, well, Terry Smith, when's
this rag?

Speaker 6 (33:21):
Get a cool lop outside?

Speaker 10 (33:22):
We gotta go.

Speaker 6 (33:22):
See.

Speaker 4 (33:23):
This is a season of hope for me. It's like
my love It's the weather's like my love life. It
could just change any day. So I'm waiting for that
blue line.

Speaker 17 (33:30):
Here.

Speaker 4 (33:31):
I'm in the classic elite GMC traffic.

Speaker 3 (33:32):
Center Hope and Joy, hoping joy from our KTRH Generator
Supercenter twenty four hour with the senat Terry Smith is here.
We are going to table any further discussion on what
could become Gordon, because Terry says it's way too early
to worry about that, and I will take her at
her word, even though the rest of the media is
sounding the alarm.

Speaker 5 (33:49):
You know how excitable we are, Yes we are. And
the next one is Helene.

Speaker 22 (33:54):
Gordon developed out in the Atlantic couple days ago and
kind of fizzled, so kind of came and went under
the radar for most folks. But Helene would be our
next tropical system, all right, but it is worth watching.
There's reason to watch the Caribbean. There's not reason to panic.

(34:14):
So that area of low pressure is in an environment
that is favorable for some development. The models have grabbed
onto that, and so they're thinking not in the next
day or two, but the National Hurricane Center is saying
in the next seven days.

Speaker 5 (34:31):
It'll probably be sooner than seven days. So we're watching.
You watch.

Speaker 22 (34:35):
No need to panic because blue skies in summertime continues,
it continues into the weekend, and then we have sub
marine a thirty percent chance of those showers and storms
Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures through the weekend most of us
load to mid nineties. There'll be some upper nineties though.

Speaker 3 (34:52):
Temperature ride now still seventy six. Here at your official
severe weather station, News Radio seven forty KRH.

Speaker 6 (34:58):
For the day ahead.

Speaker 20 (35:00):
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Speaker 3 (35:05):
You know, I can't believe I missed the funniest moment,
maybe the funniest moment at President of Trump's Long Island rally,
when he urged people to get out and vote in
a very Donald Trump sort of way.

Speaker 6 (35:18):
I'll share that with you.

Speaker 5 (35:18):
Coming up NeXT's talking to New Yorkers.

Speaker 6 (35:21):
Yeah, he was.

Speaker 5 (35:21):
He knows the language, Yes he does. Like I said,
it's not a fake accent for him.

Speaker 3 (35:25):
No more than coming up next. First thought five if
they him, No, they did not have to. We don't
even have to bleep him skyline.

Speaker 10 (35:32):
Oh cool.

Speaker 4 (35:32):
Well let's go to the southwest side here we'll check out.
You're riding up from Richmond and beautiful Rosenberg across the
Brezis River.

Speaker 6 (35:39):
Keep in mind they did the.

Speaker 4 (35:41):
Lane shift on the outbound past University because the Brazis
River thing. That deals going to be a lifestyle for now.
It's rocket along twenty mone minutes from the fountains. We've
got North sam starting to spackle up. Now westbound at
Alding Westfield, it's roadwork and Crosby Freeway of course, Highway
down in between Bohemian Hall and twenty one hundred. You've
got some delays. They're redoing the asphalt on those overpasses.

(36:02):
I'm skymikeel the classically GMC Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (36:05):
From our KTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour Weather Center,
part of the cloudy about ninety six today mostly Sunday,
about ninety five tomorrow, and then Sunday partly CLOUDI with
a high ninety three deep. You're right now seventy six
at your official severe weather station, News Radio seven forty KTRH.
It's time to check out some of our top Friday
morning stories. Here's Shera.

Speaker 5 (36:25):
It's five fifty one on news Radio seven forty KTRH.
Our headlines are sponsored by DNM Auto Leasing. An Alaska
man has been charged with threatening to kill six Supreme
Court justices. He's seventy six years old. Arrested after sending
hundreds of threatening messages to the court through an online portal.
Democrats and Harris County Commissioner score They've done it again.

(36:46):
It was a four to one vote passing that eight
percent additional property tax increase for Harris County homeowners this year.
Republican Tom Ramsey was the lone no vote. VP. Harris's
husband plans to spend two two days in Texas next
week campaigning for her second husband, dug him Off, will

(37:06):
participate in a get out the vote rally Monday in
San Antonio, Tuesday in Austin, and then Houston. Here if
the latest news anytime Katurah dot com. Our next update
will be at the top of the hour.

Speaker 6 (37:20):
Our fifty nine inbound at the loop is always a problem.

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Speaker 3 (37:26):
Ten President Trump is only President Trump can do, displaying
flashing his wicked sense of humor at Long Island, urging
people to get out and vote, but share with you
what he said and some reaction to it from the
Ruthless podcast. Folks, here we go.

Speaker 9 (37:42):
We can do all of this and more, but patriotic
New Yorkers must get your asses out to vote.

Speaker 29 (37:49):
Get again, get it, Get out, Harry, Get up, Harry, Harry,
get your fat ass out.

Speaker 6 (37:56):
Of the couch.

Speaker 9 (37:58):
You're gonna vote for Trump today.

Speaker 6 (38:02):
Come on, let's go.

Speaker 7 (38:05):
Let's go, Harry.

Speaker 35 (38:11):
I mean, he sounds like a human, which is just
after you see those Kamala Harris clips. It's so jarring
because he's able to connect with people like they'll see
iMedia people being like, how do people think that a
billionaire is relatable? That's why he talks like people talk
to each other, not like, oh, we'll undo the memory
of the past, like no one can relate to Kamala
Harris whatsoever. When he says that you think of you know,

(38:34):
I know a buddy like a Harry who never votes.
You know, it might be a good idea to tell him, Harry,
get off your ass this year you're gonna vote. Everyone
laughed because everyone can relate to that. So, I mean,
that's a brilliant maneuver by him. And also the reason
I think he's in New York it's actually that's brilliant too.
That's where we're gonna pick up house seats. That's where're
gonna fend house seats. And when he becomes president, we

(38:55):
need the house. So he's showing up at that rally,
that energizes a lot those like all through Long Island.
Those people are going to be juiced and ready to go.

Speaker 3 (39:04):
What a great point that is. You know, for Trump,
it's not it's not realistic to think that he can
win New York the state, but it is.

Speaker 5 (39:11):
So he did say he thinks he will take.

Speaker 3 (39:13):
The mfire state, and God bless him for doing it.
But but I will say this, he you know, he
can he can control some seats.

Speaker 5 (39:20):
There, and being there a lot of them are at risk.

Speaker 6 (39:23):
Being there is important.

Speaker 10 (39:25):
You know.

Speaker 3 (39:26):
Also there's a Vegas rally. I'm not sure someoney a
little bit from the Vegas rally. You know who spoke
about him at the Vegas rally is do you know
who Rick Harrison is? Rick Harrison is on a on
a cable show called Pawn Stars, right where they they
they have a pawn shop and you know they they
praised things and all that kind of stuff.

Speaker 6 (39:46):
It's been off for quite a while.

Speaker 5 (39:47):
Audience in America that Donald Trump has not tried to
make an appeal to.

Speaker 6 (39:50):
Absolutely.

Speaker 3 (39:51):
Rick Harrison got to speak and what he had to
say was just so relevant to why people are supporting Trump,
why people in Las Vegas should support Trump. There's another
battleground state see that they're working really hard to try
to win. So I'll be sharing some audio from that
coming up next hour five point fifty six. Now you're
in News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 1 (40:16):
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Speaker 3 (40:30):
Good morning, six am is their time here in Houston's
morning news. I'm Jimmy Barrett along with Sheriff Ryer Monger
top Stories as are Kamala says, if you're an intruder,
she'll shoot you. Teaching conservative values this weekend in the
Woodlands and coming up at six o' eight. If this
happens on September thirtieth, would be way more impactful than
a partial government shutdown. Details in the minutes ahead. You're

(40:52):
in Houston's Morning News. First, we're checking out that morning
drive again with skyline.

Speaker 4 (40:56):
We just cleared a wreck off the west Sam that
was northbound at Camp Boyd. Looks like, I'll we're back
to full speed, forget it was even there. I ten,
we've got real trouble coming in from Columbus, some kind
of roadwork closure. It looks like to me, now that's
a long way for us to stretch to look, but.

Speaker 6 (41:11):
You can see this scoots.

Speaker 4 (41:12):
That's got to be at least twenty extra minutes on
the inbound. I will bet somebody calls the tip line
at seven one three two one two tips and gives
me some laneage.

Speaker 6 (41:21):
At the six ' ten report, I'm Skymike on.

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Speaker 5 (41:48):
Good morning. Everyone is sound six oh one on news
Radio seven forty k trh's news sponsored by Choice Home
and Commercial. Top story, This is our Vice president. Kamala
Harris is a gun owner, apparently, and postures that she's
not afraid to use one. During a live streamed interview
with superstar Oprah Winfrey yesterday, kamalas said, if anyone breaks

(42:08):
into her house, they'll get shot.

Speaker 8 (42:12):
And my house again shot. Yes, yes, I hear that.
I hear that probably, but.

Speaker 1 (42:22):
I deal with that later.

Speaker 5 (42:26):
Ha ha. Harris nonetheless repeatedly has pushed for gun control
in all of US bans on firearms and even gun
confiscation from the American people. Harris never said what caliber
or even how many guns she has, and maybe you know,
you wonder will they get shot? By the Secret Service
or by her. Donald Trump again speaking directly to the people,

(42:46):
this time delivering remarks to Jewish Americans at the Israeli
American Council National Summit in d C. Now, the President
outed his accomplishments of peace in the Middle East while
he was in office.

Speaker 9 (42:59):
Under my leadership, we totally obliterated the Isis Caliphate. We
terminated its founder and leader Al Bagdaddy. I withdrew from
the horrendous Iran nuclear deal and imposed the toughest ever
sanctions on the Iranian regime.

Speaker 5 (43:17):
Even as Israel is continuing right now to fight Hamas
terrorism and its allies, most recently launching attacks in Lebanon
targeting Hezbela terrorists. Lawmakers are now calling out Secret Service
for what they've done. What about this latest assassination attempt
on Donald Trump? Missouri Senator Josh Holly says last weekend's

(43:37):
incident is raising ever more new questions about this government.

Speaker 6 (43:43):
It sounds as if they didn't even sweep the perimeter.
This is really strange.

Speaker 30 (43:46):
This is why the gunman was able to hang out
there at one of these known vulnerable sites.

Speaker 6 (43:50):
For twelve hours.

Speaker 5 (43:51):
Yeah, President Biden, he keeps calling for more funding for
the Secret Service. Critics though, say, look, the agency needs
total reform. Lord of Governor Ron DeSantis revealed yesterday that
the Secret Service will not let his state investigators on
that perimeter or any sort of inside information on the
investigation which they need, because it is a murder, a

(44:16):
second degree murder charge that they will launch attempted murder. Tonight,
the Texas Youth Summit kicking off here in the Woodlands,
featuring headliners Donald Trump, Junior Congressman Matt Gates, Riley Gaines,
and more.

Speaker 12 (44:30):
It's a really a great event and we want your
whole family to be involved in the comes and learn
about our country and get your kids involved in our community.

Speaker 5 (44:40):
Yeah, Texas Youth some At founder president Christian Collins, telling
ktr H the goal just spread conservative values across this state,
teaching young people they can make a difference. The film
Am I A Racist? It's a documentary starring Matt Walsh,
is now playing in select theaters across America. Walsh says

(45:00):
though major film critics are shying away from even bothering
to see it.

Speaker 13 (45:06):
They don't want to acknowledge. You know, we are exposing
the DEI grift and if they acknowledge the film, they're
acknowledging sort of that exposure, and they don't want to
do that. And also I'm very biased, of course, but
I think it's a good movie.

Speaker 5 (45:19):
Yeah. On the Clay Travis buck Sexton Show yesterday here
on kt R. H. Walsh of The Daily Wire says
his movies received over an eighty percent positive rating from
fans on Rotten Tomatoes. It is currently the highest grossing
documentary film of twenty twenty four. Economic Club in Washington,

(45:42):
d C. Joe Biden decided to be optimistic about our
economy in light of the Federal Reserve decision ohaha, right
before the election to slash interest rates. The President also
tried to gaslight all of us into believing he is
not to blame for record high inflation.

Speaker 29 (46:02):
Four years ago.

Speaker 15 (46:03):
We inherited the worst pandemic in a century. The worst
economic crisis is a great depression. In fact, my predecessor
is one of just a few two presidents in American
history who left office a fewer jobs than the day
came to office.

Speaker 5 (46:18):
Yeah, Federal Reserve moved to lower interest rates by half
a point marks a turning point, as the first such
cut since March of twenty twenty oh with one in
five Americas now dealing with medical debt. Doctor Bill Hennessy
started care guide Is to fight for patients over their

(46:38):
outrageous medical bills and overcharging well.

Speaker 17 (46:43):
Price causing is ridiculous. Under federal price transparency law, hospitals
were supposed to publish their retail rates, the cast prices,
and what BlueShield United State at Medicare Medicaid paid them.
The zero hospitals are compliant with that, he says.

Speaker 5 (46:57):
Make sure you get itemized medical bills. Check what the
price difference is between your insurance and what it would
be if you just simply paid cash. It's now six
oh six high cost of living. Will it ever go away? Well,
when do prices come down?

Speaker 32 (47:15):
If ever, usually when prices of things go up, they
don't come back down for a while.

Speaker 18 (47:21):
If at all, Americans spend too much and the federal
government spends too much and.

Speaker 28 (47:25):
At taxes too little.

Speaker 18 (47:26):
As a consequence, we have a seven percent of GDP deficit.

Speaker 32 (47:30):
Peter Maurici, a business professor at the University of Maryland,
says Kamala Harris especially doesn't have the right plan to
solve the high prices.

Speaker 18 (47:37):
Neither one of them has a credible plan to bring
prices down. I don't know how Kamala Harris is going
to measure excessive profits in the food industry.

Speaker 32 (47:46):
Inflation, debt in the high cost of housing is crippling
the pockets of Americans. Char A Lewis News Radio seven
forty KHRH.

Speaker 5 (47:54):
It's now six oh seven Texas Hunters reminding all of
you there are several new Chronic ways Wasting disease zones
in place for this upcoming hunting season.

Speaker 19 (48:04):
For anybody who's going to be out there deer hunting,
they need to be watching for unusual.

Speaker 6 (48:08):
Behavior and deer.

Speaker 19 (48:10):
There's a lot of things that could cause that, but
the one thing that would be worst is if we
discover more cases of chronic wasting disease, because if that
occurs somewhere, it can spread really quickly through the entire herd.

Speaker 5 (48:22):
So be responsible. Doug Pike hosted the Doug Pike Outdoor
Show in Sports Talk seven ninety now. The twenty twenty
four to twenty five archery only season is kicking off
this month September twenty eighth. Astros fans, are you ready
for that sport another postseason, and you can buy single game,
wild Card or Alds tickets online now at the Astros website.

(48:44):
Check it out. Three to one win last night over
the Angels and the magic number now five. They're playing
again tonight. Live coverage on Sports Talk seven ninety at
six pm and KTRH joining the coverage at seven. I'm
Sheber Fryar on news Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 17 (49:01):
Power by Hour.

Speaker 6 (49:02):
There's much to learn.

Speaker 1 (49:04):
Keep listening, hey, critical moment, you'll keep learning.

Speaker 27 (49:06):
We will learn lessons from this.

Speaker 3 (49:08):
Use radio seven forty kt RH. It's September thirtieth. There's
a couple of dates. You know, everybody's talking about the.

Speaker 5 (49:16):
Oh no parcel government shutdown.

Speaker 3 (49:18):
Which I don't think be any big deal at all
because you know, so security checks still go out. All
the important stuff is just the non essential stuff, And
maybe it's a good chance for Americans to see what's
non essential and what isn't is it relates to the
US government. No, I think this one would be a
much bigger disruptor. There's a potential port strike on the
US East coast, West coast and even the Port of Houston.

(49:42):
You've got about forty six thousand members of the International
Longshoreman Union whose contract expires at midnight September thirtieth. If
that contract expires and no deal has worked out, the
ports will shut down. When the ports shut down, nothing
is we're not getting any imports. We're not getting any exports.

(50:03):
And just to give you an illustration of how quickly
things could deteriorate as it relates to the supply chain,
if we only had a one day strike, it would
take the better part of a week to catch up
from the back log. So imagine a week or two strike.
Even it's only week or two strike, that could be

(50:24):
months worth of supply chain issues.

Speaker 5 (50:26):
Yeah, and that's not all ports are totally union covered.
We have non union workers at Port of Houston, which
means that the backlog and the work and oh my gosh,
you know just how having to redirect where you're going
to offload and everything.

Speaker 3 (50:43):
Yeah, it's a that's a mess. It's a potential mess.
Keep an eye on a six ' ten time for
traffic and weather together. We're checking out the drive once again.
Here's sky Mahight. It's just west of Columbus.

Speaker 4 (50:52):
This is some big stuff going on on it if
you're driving in from the San Antonio side of the world.
This wreck here, I don't have the laneage yet, but boy,
you could see that big backup and there's roadwork. What
must have happened here was somebody that listens to other
stations wasn't ready for that roadwork and it surprised him.
So look out inbound could still use little help off
the tip line for that seven one three two one

(51:13):
two t ips golf Freeway.

Speaker 6 (51:14):
We've got a bit of a.

Speaker 4 (51:16):
Little hoofly right after Telephone Shar's life by the way,
Telephone inbound, that's a little bit of a skunch as
we're coming up from Wayside.

Speaker 6 (51:23):
By the way they finished that roadwork Wayside.

Speaker 4 (51:26):
I wouldn't do it for over a year in front
of gus Wortham golf Course.

Speaker 6 (51:29):
That was nasty. That's out of the way.

Speaker 4 (51:31):
And sometimes when we have a problem with six ten
the bridge, wayside's actually kind of a secret hack to
get around that northwest side went out two ninety.

Speaker 34 (51:39):
This guy Mike, it be clear from the faint so side.

Speaker 6 (51:43):
Fair coming in two ninety. I like you better when
you're a woman, aren't you.

Speaker 4 (51:48):
Jerl Gerald tells, I know, I think he's Captain Jack
Gerald Conrad.

Speaker 36 (51:52):
Let's gokey, it's Gerald from Conroe. I know, hey, I
ain't trying to see now. I'm just saying the traffics.
You're flying all the way from Road A Greek's Point.
Have a good day. Knock yourself out.

Speaker 4 (52:03):
I don't know what he said there, Jimmy, but I
thought i'd bleep it for safety. Let's check on your
two eighty eight side of the world in ten minutes
in the Generator Supercenter, dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (52:13):
Bromo R Katie RhE Tom Tax Defenders twenty four our
weather Center. Terry Smith is here. The hot and muggies
are still here. Got a friend visiting, going to some
sort of convention in town. She's from New Mexico.

Speaker 5 (52:25):
Jesus, where it's nice and dry.

Speaker 3 (52:27):
Yeah, she got off the plane and she proceeded to
melt on the spot.

Speaker 22 (52:32):
Well, you know, people who live in the South, we
tend to g listen. So just tell her she just
looks radiant. Oh my goodness. Well, welcome to Houston. It's
a lovely place. We have lots of sunshine and and
we spend a lot of time in air conditioning and
by the pool, and it is a great pool weekend

(52:53):
if you have that opportunity. No rain, just sunny and
warm like it's been last several days.

Speaker 5 (53:00):
All week long.

Speaker 22 (53:00):
It seems like load of mid nineties for most of us,
a few places in the upper nineties. We will start
to get a little bit of rain early next week
Monday and Tuesday, thirty percent chance of those thundershowers that
may hold the temperatures down just slightly.

Speaker 5 (53:14):
But you know what, it's a step in the right direction.

Speaker 3 (53:17):
Tepaji Right now seventy six at your official severe weather station,
News Radio seven forty k TRH.

Speaker 6 (53:23):
News, Traffic and Weather.

Speaker 20 (53:25):
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Speaker 3 (53:31):
So a lot of us are hoping that prices go
back down, but the reality is the only thing that
could possibly happen to drive prices down is something really
bad economically. Assuming that we don't go into a really
really deep dark recession, for God forgive a depression, prices
are not going to go back down. Glenn Hammer joins

(53:52):
US President and sea of the Texas Association of Business.
We'll talk about it next. First, we've got traffic and
weather together starting to use that right.

Speaker 4 (53:59):
Yep, al right, ten, Jimmy, just this side of Columbus.
Whatever's going on there, it's nothing good. You got roadwork,
you got a wreck. I'm hearing that the word a
dead stop. Now, come in this side of Columbus on
the eastbound lanes of IEN and we'll zoom that at
the thirty break. Also we've got North Grant North Beltway
at Alding Westfield. That roadwork starting to back us up.

(54:20):
Skymike on the Generator Supercenter, dot Com traffic.

Speaker 3 (54:22):
Center from r KTRH top tax Defenders, twenty four hour
weather center. Part of the Claudi today with high temperature
right about ninety six mostly sunny, hot ninety five tomorrow
partly Claudi about ninety three for the high temperature on Sunday.
Temperature right now is seventy seven at your officials severe
weather station. News Radio seven forty KTRHS get you caught

(54:43):
up on some of our top trending stories on this Friday.
Here's Shera six.

Speaker 5 (54:47):
Twenty one on news Radio seven forty k TRH. These
headlines are sponsored by DNM Auto Leasing. Donald Trump says
supporters of Israel have to defeat Kamala Harris and promise
to buy voting against her and promised to reinstate the
travel ban on terrorists supporting countries that he had ordered
one he was president. Trunk spoke Thursday to the Israeli

(55:08):
American Council's National Summit in DC. A Houston man arrested
for human smuggling. Troopers stopped to pick up towing a
cargo trailer in which sixteen illegal aliens were crammed into
an unventilated space. This happened in Kennedy County and Highway
seventy seven, which intersects both US sixty nine and I
ten directly to Houston. Profits down at FedEx consumers are

(55:31):
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Speaker 16 (55:45):
Happens here, Astro's scream time, inflation, the Election.

Speaker 6 (55:49):
News Radio seven forty Summer Life.

Speaker 3 (55:51):
KTRH prices are not going backwards unless, as they said,
something really bad happens. Glennhaber joins as President in c
of the Texas Association of Business. It's amazing to me, Glenn,
how hard it is to explain to people what the
inflation monster really looks like. You know, in how much
inflation we've really had over the course of the last
three or four years. All they hear is it, Oh,

(56:14):
it was only it was only about two point two percent.
This last month inflation is going away. Yeah, Well what
about all the other months in front of it?

Speaker 37 (56:22):
Well, the way to look at it is that if
you had a dollar bill, you could rip about a
fifth of it or a quarter of it, and and
that's what inflation really is. I mean, it shrinks the
value of the money that you have in your wallet.

Speaker 6 (56:37):
And you're right.

Speaker 37 (56:38):
The only way the prices really would dive down is
if we went into a recession or depression. And no
one has a interest in that. So the question is
what can we do? And i't to say the number
one thing. Here we are, where the energy capital of
the world, the number one thing we could do to
actually have logs lasting price relief for consumers is that
all the above energy strategy where we're pumping oil and gas,

(57:03):
we're we're building more solar and wind and battery plants,
and we're keeping energy costs as low as possible.

Speaker 5 (57:12):
You have to have energy to produce everything. There's nothing
that you can buy that is not somehow really having
to depend on energy.

Speaker 37 (57:21):
Absolutely, and and and the other thing is is thank god,
finally the days of just you know, dumping money out
of an airplane and blowing up, you know, sending trillions
of new dollars into the economy. Uh, those are over.
So you're getting some level of control over federal spending

(57:42):
is extremely important. Uh More, regulatory relief would help, you know,
meeting make it easier to build things like housing for
people to buy or or for people to rent is
very very important. That would that would offer relief. And
we also think extending the twenty seventeen Tax Cut and

(58:06):
Jobs Act is very important because you have massive tax
reductions for small businesses and a doubling of the standard
deduction for all Americans that were part of that package
that will expire in twenty twenty five if not extended.
All of those are things that would make day to
day living easier for Texans than Americans.

Speaker 3 (58:26):
One more to your list here, Glenn, and that is
to get control of the border and to take a
look at how we're caring or how much money we're
spending for the tens of millions of people who are
here illegally, not only in our public school system, but
in all sorts of other social programs.

Speaker 38 (58:40):
Hospital districts well having Absolutely we need more border security,
that's for sure, but we also need to have a
good legal immigration system, because the fact is, for a
lot of occupations we need workers.

Speaker 37 (58:56):
You think about agriculture, you think about home healthcare workers,
you think about nurses. We simply need a very good
legal system so that where we have these areas where
labor supplies are tight and drive up wages, or just
simply make it very difficult, if not impossible, for certain

(59:17):
businesses to operate. Think about the tourism industry, for example,
the construction industry. We need a good legal system. We
need increased border security. We could ad our cake and
need it too. On immigration, and when we.

Speaker 5 (59:30):
Have a great legal system, we just needed enforced.

Speaker 37 (59:34):
Well, it needs to be enforced. But it also it's
not the easiest thing in the world for hotels, home
builders and a lot of companies to use existing programs.
And that's where I'm talking about. Regulatory reform is very important.
Let's make it as easy as possible. For workers that

(59:56):
we need to come into the country legally while we
increase our border security. We can do both, right, I mean,
I go around the state. I'll just tell you the
number one issue I hear when I go around the
state of Texas is that employers, particularly small businesses, need
more workers, and they need workers with the right skills.

Speaker 3 (01:00:18):
And that goes back to now we're going back to
our education system. Marked me a little bit, Glenn Hammer,
thanks your time appreciated, President and CEO of the Texas
Association Business Glenn Hammer, six twenty seven. Time to take
a look at your money, and Courtney Donahoe's here, well,
good morning, Jimmy.

Speaker 25 (01:00:33):
Stocks closed out the day yesterday at a record, with
the Dow jumping five hundred and twenty two points. Now
this morning, futures are looking at a lower open. FedEx
tumbling in the pre market after seeing it expects business
to slow. SMP future is down three tens of a percent.
Oil is except for a weekly gain even though futures
are lower. This Friday crew does that seventy one dollars
a barrel. Traders continue to monitor tensions in the Middle East,

(01:00:56):
threatening oil flows, and Apple's iPhone sixteen, the stores in
almost sixty countries today. It's rare to see huge crowds
of iPhone shoppers at Apple stores these days, but some
diehard fans have lined up at locations around the world.
The phones feature battery life improvements and camera upgrades.

Speaker 5 (01:01:13):
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More of what's happening now from the John Morris Services Studios.

Speaker 3 (01:01:35):
Six thirty is our time here in Houston's Borning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett along with Sheriff Ryer. Among our top
stories in this saf hour, Harris County Democrats, Well, they
past a huge property tax hike on Harris County residents
don't know much about the government. Hey, that's just the
way they want it. And coming up at six thirty eight,
trying to find har supporters in Nevada. Wasn't that easy

(01:01:55):
for CBS. We've got the details coming in the minute
to Hey yea, But first we've got an update on
your drive here's sky Mine.

Speaker 4 (01:02:03):
Let's see what's going on on the south side. Checking
your chip line seven one three two one two Tips.

Speaker 34 (01:02:08):
Morning, sky Mike, Derek from Lake City heading. It's out
on forty five.

Speaker 2 (01:02:12):
Got a stalt car, slow lane.

Speaker 4 (01:02:14):
All right, it looks like it's right around the beltway.

Speaker 6 (01:02:16):
We'll zoom in.

Speaker 4 (01:02:17):
I think they may update that lane and shortly I
ten west of Columbus. It's bad, you got roadwork, you
got an accident. I've got at least a twenty minute
drag going this way and tollbridge southbound and it's about
ten minutes going down to two twenty five. I'm Skymike
on the Classic Elite GMC Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (01:02:32):
From our KTRH Generators Supercenter, twenty four hour weather center.
Part of the cloudy today with a high temperature right
about ninety six. We'll get you the complete forecast for
the weekend when we talk to Terry Smith of the
Weather Channel in nine minutes. Temperature right now is seventy
seven at your officials Severe Weather Station, News Radio seven
forty k TRH. It's time now for the news. Here's

(01:02:54):
Sheriff Ryer.

Speaker 5 (01:02:55):
It's now six thirty one on news Radio seven forty
k TRH our top story this hour is ex back
to Democrat dominated Harris County Commissioner's Court in a four
to one vote passed an eight percent property tax increase
for Harris County homeowners, preasing three. Republican Tom Ramsey was
the lone no vote on that.

Speaker 17 (01:03:15):
I did not support the eight percent tax increase. They
were taking the eighty nine million dollars that the disaster
allowed us to collect and plug budget holes.

Speaker 34 (01:03:26):
It passed.

Speaker 17 (01:03:27):
If they disregret, it's not permanent.

Speaker 5 (01:03:30):
Yeah, that increased by the way, taxpayers will be giving
these Democrat tyrants totally two hundred and sixty four million dollars.
Then they spent last year in a balanced budget for
Harris County. What a windfall, and just in time to fullest,
the gasoline prices once again going down. Experts predict national

(01:03:51):
average is going to fall under three bucks a gallon
for the first time in three years.

Speaker 11 (01:03:55):
So what's causing the gas prices to finally fall back down?

Speaker 28 (01:03:58):
The demand for gas One, what'sn't as high as people
have expected, so we had more supplies that put downward
pressure on prices.

Speaker 11 (01:04:07):
Market analyst Phil Flynn told KTRH the fact that prices
are falling so close to the election isn't a coincidence either.

Speaker 28 (01:04:14):
We have an administration, the Biden administration, that has used
the Strategic Patroleum Reserve to try to bring down gasoline prices.

Speaker 6 (01:04:22):
Flynn says.

Speaker 11 (01:04:23):
Unfortunately, this is likely to be just a temporary dip
and other prices won't follow as a result of it.
Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 5 (01:04:32):
Yeah, Houston and Texas have already been under three bucks
a gallon. Houston's average today two seventy four a gallon.
National average still at three twenty two.

Speaker 31 (01:04:42):
Well.

Speaker 5 (01:04:42):
The Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate is
going to move on its own to pass a government
funding bill before the deadline of September thirtieth. The House,
under the constitution is where funding bills are supposed to begin.
But the House bill failed yeah because it had included
citizenship proof of citizenship before being allowed to register to

(01:05:06):
vote in federal elections. The Senate bill will not include that.
Former President Donald Trump. He gave remarks to Jewish Americans
at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Washington, d C.
Yesterday making a really scary prediction if I don't.

Speaker 9 (01:05:22):
Win this election, and the Jewish people would really have
a lot to do with that if that happens, because
at forty percent, I mean sixty percent of the people
of voting for the enemy Israel, in my opinion, will
cease to exist within two years.

Speaker 29 (01:05:36):
And I believe I'm one hundred percent right.

Speaker 10 (01:05:39):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (01:05:39):
Donald Trump, who received twenty nine percent of the Jewish
vote in twenty twenty, is predicted to get forty percent
this time around. But that's what he was appealing to.
He thinks it should be more Conala Harris Well, she
says she's a gun owner. She told Oprah Winfrey it
was a live audience streamed sit down yesterday without super Star,

(01:06:01):
and Oprah's set it up. What would you do if
someone breaks into your house? Harris came back with, they'll
be shot. Then she laughed on so that I probably
shouldn't have said that, adding my staff, we'll deal with
that later. Who's going to shoot them? First Amendment protects
all Americans, and yet most don't even know or even

(01:06:22):
understand what the Bill of Rights is. Sadly, there was
a survey by on Civics and it found that fewer
than one in ten Americans can actually name all five
rights that are protected just under the First Amendment. Political
analyst Anthony Russo says, look, if we don't understand our rights,

(01:06:43):
we're going to lose them.

Speaker 1 (01:06:45):
You could be arrested for certain things you post.

Speaker 31 (01:06:47):
That's what we're seeing in countries like the United Kingdom
and countries that because they don't have the constitution, like America,
they have lost the ability.

Speaker 6 (01:06:53):
Do you have any freedom of speech and.

Speaker 31 (01:06:55):
Dissension with the powers that be or the government of media.

Speaker 5 (01:06:58):
Yeah, the rights that are given to us as our
natural rights, they're not given to us. There are natural
rights freedom of speech, religion, freedom of the press, freedom
to assembol and freedom to petition, the right to petition
the government. It's now three thirty six, six thirty six.

(01:07:21):
Boy Well investigators are now confirming that there were human
remains found inside that burned out car that was recovered
from the site of the natural gas pipeline exposure and
fire in Deer Park. Officials there say it is a
criminal investigation. They believe though identifying the remains will take

(01:07:42):
a lot of time. Witnesses saw that driver crash through
a fence and into the pipeline Monday morning. Touching off
the explosion and fire, Texas Department of Transportation says heavy
road construction projects in Houston, they're going to be going
on more now during nighttime hours.

Speaker 4 (01:08:03):
They should have been doing this a long time ago.
We are scooched up enough during the day, and if
it were up to me, all all short term projects
would be done overnight anything that involves a closure. I
wish we could shift some of this weekend stuff to
strictly overnights.

Speaker 5 (01:08:19):
On weeknights, tell us what you think, skuy Mike, He says,
another great idea would be to only have one freeway
shut down during the weekend. Oh gee, that'd be nice, great, Mike.
Six thirty seven is our time. Business executives say gen
Z hires they're not really ready for the workforce. It's

(01:08:40):
because of how they were raised. Students.

Speaker 33 (01:08:43):
Sun College campus has recently really kind of ruled the
town there, and if they protested a speaker coming on
to campus, and the administrator would say, okay, cool, well
just we won't have them.

Speaker 39 (01:08:53):
We'll appease you.

Speaker 33 (01:08:54):
And so there's an attitude that your bosses should act
in the same.

Speaker 5 (01:08:57):
Way you do what you to do. Columnist Rickey Schlott
told Fox News growing up during the pandemic when you
could just zoom into work and your pajamas is also
playing a role. Astros fans, well, you can snag a
seat to the Astros postseason. Single game tickets are on
sale now for Wild Card or Alds Series games. Looking

(01:09:19):
better and better for the Stros postseason three to one
win over the Angels last night, two teams playing again. Tonight.
Live coverage and Sports Talk seven ninety begins at six.
Kt r H joins the action at seven. The magic
number now five. Jimmy's even more than hopeful.

Speaker 3 (01:09:38):
You know what, though, I'm you know, selling tickets before
they clinch it that it's kind of like, you know,
I have I get bad ju ju on that one.
I know, I know we go with the Hicks. Yeah,
I know it's I know it's common. I know that
they always do it. But makes me nervous.

Speaker 5 (01:09:53):
There's a lot of superstition in baseball, Yes there is.
I have all every one of them, I'm sure. Friar
and News Radio seven KTR eight.

Speaker 3 (01:10:02):
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We're cheaping you up to date at the top thirty
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Speaker 36 (01:10:13):
Where I get my information fun.

Speaker 3 (01:10:15):
Use radio seven forty KTRH CBS News. Send a reporter
to Nevada to talk to Kamala Harra supporters. Right, here's
your job. Go find Kamala Harra supporters and Nevada is
a battleground stage shouldn't be a problem. Turns out it
was harder than she thought it was going to be.

Speaker 39 (01:10:36):
Do you always get together and talk politics?

Speaker 27 (01:10:37):
Were doing Yes, So it's our lucky day.

Speaker 6 (01:10:39):
We've on the right table today. What issue is most
important to you?

Speaker 10 (01:10:43):
I'm extremely concerned.

Speaker 6 (01:10:45):
About the quarter illegals.

Speaker 5 (01:10:47):
They gotta go.

Speaker 39 (01:10:48):
People are coming here seeking asylum, Hollo, they're coming.

Speaker 5 (01:10:52):
Here for the freebies.

Speaker 39 (01:10:53):
I took my brisket at Mac and Chee's with me
to catch Ken Lasker with a to go order.

Speaker 6 (01:10:58):
How closely are you watching the verse?

Speaker 39 (01:11:01):
He was the only hair supporter we met at lunch,
Even though Washoe County has historically been pretty politically sport.

Speaker 5 (01:11:08):
We had so much fun.

Speaker 39 (01:11:10):
But what was really incredible is in every single restaurant,
the people willing.

Speaker 27 (01:11:14):
To talk to us.

Speaker 39 (01:11:14):
We could only find one hair supporter in every restaurant,
and we left no stone unturned. I approached every single person.

Speaker 3 (01:11:23):
Okay, you imagine can you imagine that? People at the
ank or desk at CBS News.

Speaker 6 (01:11:27):
Go what what do you mean? You couldn't find any
hair supporters?

Speaker 5 (01:11:31):
Your faces were somewhat stuned.

Speaker 6 (01:11:34):
Yes, Oh, I love it. I love it.

Speaker 5 (01:11:37):
See political class, they just all and that includes the
me and New York. They don't they do is talk
to each other.

Speaker 3 (01:11:42):
Yep, exactly right six forty time for traffic and weather
together skybike?

Speaker 6 (01:11:46):
What's going on? Aha?

Speaker 4 (01:11:47):
All right, we've got it in some lineage here way
out west or well you know, right there where they
are where they are, but coming in now, I'm word saliking.
We're coming in from Columbus. Let's let Brad from Wimer
bail me out here right ten got.

Speaker 34 (01:12:01):
Ike right after Columbus is off at FM nine forty
nine onto a very rough.

Speaker 36 (01:12:06):
Side road, like the front of road back on.

Speaker 32 (01:12:08):
At Bernardo Road.

Speaker 34 (01:12:10):
They closed it down and they're doing the destruction on
them bridges.

Speaker 4 (01:12:12):
I guess hotly, Wow, that looks like a massive backup
coming this way. Will Clinton Parkway. We got the roadwork
now around Bush Airport. Uber MIC's gonna help us.

Speaker 36 (01:12:21):
Hey, skylike Airport Bush. Remember you take ninety sixty. You
had Boyce Whitaker Roads where it goes into McKay.

Speaker 10 (01:12:27):
Can you take a right.

Speaker 36 (01:12:28):
There's all the way down the airport. Do you want
to go a little bit further? You had Lee Road.
JFK has always another option.

Speaker 6 (01:12:34):
Yeah, remember not to tell everybody.

Speaker 4 (01:12:36):
The Hearty Connector might be the best way to skip
around all that business. We've got Golf Freeway starting to
scunch up again from the loop.

Speaker 34 (01:12:43):
Now.

Speaker 4 (01:12:43):
We had an earlier problem at Telefion. I think they
I moved that stall out of the way pretty quickly.
Nord's Sam westbound all the westfield, two left lanes for
road construction and two ninety Mike Magnolia, Mic from Magnolia,
I need you to do a PSA for me Intexas
it's illegal a free up to be in the left lane,
especially when they have all the bumper stickers.

Speaker 6 (01:13:04):
Get the hell out of the way, all right, take
your mask off.

Speaker 4 (01:13:06):
We look good until you get to about Hoffeister inbound
Skymike and the classically GMC traffic center.

Speaker 3 (01:13:12):
Well, it's a prius from our KTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty
four hour weather center. Partly clouding ninety six today mostly Sunday,
about ninety five tomorrow, partly clouding ninety three for the
high end Sunday temperature. Currently he is seventy seven at
your official severe Weather Station, news Radio seven forty KTRH.
But I would like to look ahead a little bit,

(01:13:32):
Terry I did I did this weekend because it's just
more of the same. I would like you to look
at Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and tell me we're going
to get some rain.

Speaker 22 (01:13:41):
We are going to get some rain Monday and Tuesday
and Wednesday.

Speaker 5 (01:13:49):
We'll see, We'll have to wait and see.

Speaker 22 (01:13:50):
But yeah, I've got a thirty percent chance of those
showers and thunderstorms. And with a little more rain, we
are seeing the temperatures cooled just a little bit, upper
eighties to low nineties Monday and Tuesday.

Speaker 3 (01:14:03):
Okay, s deput, you're right now, as they said, seventy
seven at your official severe weather Station, news Radio seven
forty k TRH. So Cher's been telling you this morning
about gen Zer's and the problems they're having in the
workplace and she's just really kind of scratched the surface because,
as it turns out, gen zers are getting fired in
record numbers. I'll tell you why and share some audio

(01:14:25):
with you. Coming up next, first though, traffic and weather
together as we check out that drive once again. This
sky mike, all.

Speaker 6 (01:14:30):
Right, it ten coming this way.

Speaker 4 (01:14:31):
Jimmy from Columbus on the eastbound lanes here big banana
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Speaker 6 (01:14:36):
Thank you.

Speaker 4 (01:14:37):
I've got a closure from nine to forty nine to
Bernardo Road, which is fun to say. I just put
it in your in car navigation. When I did it,
gave me a digital A seventy one minute delay. Is
ALT ninety a good alternate? Dana Tyson from Sunny's down
the Hall. She's from cat Spring. I'll last car, but
I think ALT ninety's your best alternate. On the inbound,
you've got west loop down to uptown, scunstep now around

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Hipstead Highway and six ' ten notes getting awfully loopy
westbound forty five that squeezed down hashed you backed.

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Let's play some timeline skymike in the classic Elite GMC traffic.

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Friday morning.

Speaker 5 (01:15:29):
Here Sharon, Good morning everyone. It's now six fifty two
on news Radio seven forty KTRH. Our headlines are sponsored
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Speaker 3 (01:16:42):
Dega mcgow was on Fox Business talking about gen zers
getting fired. Here are the top three reasons why gen
zers are getting fired to record numbers, lack of motivation,
poor communication, and lack of professionalism, none of which will
serve you well in the workplace.

Speaker 5 (01:17:00):
So professional oh yeah, you know those terms. They just
don't want to work under the conditions that you have
to work in.

Speaker 6 (01:17:08):
Exactly in the working place.

Speaker 3 (01:17:10):
Now, you can blame the parents, you can blame social media,
can blame a whole bunch of things. Let's see what
Diggan things about it.

Speaker 40 (01:17:14):
It's a big issue, and anecdotally it makes itself apparent.
And then also in these surveys, one of which you
were citing. So if you were interviewing me for a
job and I'm gen z, it says if I go
into an interview and say, Hi, I'm an unskilled egomaniac.

(01:17:34):
I have a degree in folklore and two hundred thousand
dollars in student loan debt. I'm a sour puss, which
you would know from my trump rants on the talk.
And if you decide that you want to hire me,
I will treat all work assignments, even the simplest ones,
as microaggression. So I will turn your workplace into a

(01:17:56):
living hell. So it is the generation that is a
confluence of where they're detached from reality because of social media,
and they're helicopter parents. They don't know how to behave
in the workplace. There was one in a Wall Street
Journal article. It was a company that runs travel sites

(01:18:19):
said their presentation they had to be told about simple
workplace norms. Say your presentation shouldn't be forty slides long,
and you when you're in a meeting, you shouldn't leave
like a virtual meeting. Don't leave nasty snarky comments about
other employees in the presentation. Again, detachment from reality because

(01:18:44):
of social media.

Speaker 3 (01:18:45):
Yeh, pretty amazing, isn't it. The lack of the lack
of a skill set when it comes to those types
of things they never learned.

Speaker 5 (01:18:53):
But you know, they also learned to communicate using text
messages and emojis, so you never can flush out in
an absolute attitude about anything.

Speaker 3 (01:19:03):
It's just like mm hmm yeah. And they evidently interact
with people the same way. In many cases.

Speaker 5 (01:19:09):
It's like that group think they got going. Yep, they
know what you mean when you do an emoji. I
don't know what you mean.

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Seven on one hour time Here on Houston's Morning News,
I'm Jimmy Barrett. A long with Sheriff Fryer. Among her
top stories this f hour, Kamala says, if you're an intruder,
she'll shoot you. Teaching conservative values this weekend in the
Woodlands and coming up at seven o' eight saving Dad
from an angry bear. Details in the minutes ahead. You're
in Houston's Morning News. First we check out that Morning

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Drive again. Hey s guy, Mike.

Speaker 4 (01:21:00):
KTRH listeners of the first to know we've got this
North Freeway southbound problem of right.

Speaker 6 (01:21:06):
Center lane steep from Spring just messaged me.

Speaker 4 (01:21:08):
Thank you so much, and I will let the pretty
ladies on TV know about that that's southbound.

Speaker 5 (01:21:13):
Had a possum in my family.

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And you know we'll get some backups now after air techs.
I've got it east found after Columbus coming this way.
I put that in your in car navigation. It's big
nasty road construction. Once I clicked it, it hit ninety
minutes on the digital ninety minute delay coming eastbound. It
looks like ninety's your best way around that Skymike on
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Speaker 3 (01:21:36):
From our KTRH top tanks Defenders twenty four hour weather
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Speaker 5 (01:21:56):
Good morning. Everyone is seven oh two on news Radio
seven forty ktr RIGHTEOUS. News is sponsored by Choice Home
and Commercial Top Story. This there Kamala Harris within a
live stream sit down with the superstar Oprah Winfrey a
live audience too, and asked about gun ownership and our
rights to self defense. Well, here's Kamala, you have guns.

Speaker 7 (01:22:17):
No, I had the debate at them.

Speaker 10 (01:22:20):
Is a guy no that.

Speaker 5 (01:22:24):
My house against shire? Somebody breaks into my house or
getting shot? She said. Immediately afterwards, Harris went on to
tell Oprah and all of America, I probably shouldn't have
said that. She laughed. My staff will deal with that later.

Speaker 35 (01:22:38):
Ha ha.

Speaker 5 (01:22:39):
Kamala was having some laughs with Oprah. Former President Donald
Trump was delivering remarks to Jewish Americans at the Israeli
American Council National Summit in Washington, d C. The President
vowing to take action against anti israel protesters on college
campuses when he's in office, and.

Speaker 9 (01:22:57):
To confront the crisis of anti sematism at our universities.

Speaker 6 (01:23:01):
I will tell college.

Speaker 9 (01:23:02):
Presidents that they must end the anti Semitic propaganda or
they will lose their accreditation and they will lose all
federal support.

Speaker 5 (01:23:13):
Now, that went over very well. It is now seven
oh four. Big gathering in the Woodlands. Tonight here and
tomorrow conservative influencers elected officials will be gathering for the
annual Texas Youth Summit.

Speaker 11 (01:23:27):
Their goal is to bring the conservative message to the
next generation of voters.

Speaker 12 (01:23:31):
We want conservative values to be spread across the state
and we want young people to be able to make
a difference.

Speaker 11 (01:23:39):
Christian Collins, founder and President of the Summit, says, there's
a lot to look forward to this time around.

Speaker 12 (01:23:45):
It's going to be an action pack starist at an
event and you won't want to miss it. We're bringing
the very best people to educate our young people.

Speaker 11 (01:23:53):
Collins says, this will be a great opportunity for the
whole family, and you can get tickets at Texas Youth
Summit dot com. Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven forty keys.

Speaker 5 (01:24:01):
Your ah Well. It's the highest grossing documentary film of
twenty twenty four that film critics they have yet to
even bother to review it. Am I a Racist? Is
an exposure of what DEI has done to divide Americans
and it was produced by Matt Walsh in the Daily Wire.

Speaker 13 (01:24:21):
We have yet to have a single film critic from
a mainstream publication review of the film, which I think
is if not unprecedented, it certainly is extremely uncommon.

Speaker 5 (01:24:32):
He was on the Clay and Bucks Show. They both
saw it, reviewed it said it was great. Am I Racist?
Walsh says shows the dangers of DEI on the American
mindset and our supposed free market economy. In DC, the
House Oversight Committee still investigating the border invasion of the
bidas Biden Harris regime Committee Chairman James Comer in a

(01:24:56):
hearing yesterday.

Speaker 14 (01:24:58):
The evidence a present by and Vice President Harris's incompetent
and weak leadership is seen and felt by Americans across
our nation.

Speaker 5 (01:25:07):
Yeah, the White House, in DHS Homeland Security, they're refusing
to release the nationalities of the terror suspects who have
been caught at the border alone. It's now seven oh six. Well,
he's bragging on his economy and Harris's Biden speaking at
the Economic Club in DC Thursday talking about the decline

(01:25:29):
of our rate of inflation.

Speaker 6 (01:25:32):
As peak.

Speaker 15 (01:25:33):
As you all know, inflation was nine point one percent
in the United States. Today is much closer to two percent.

Speaker 5 (01:25:42):
The Federal Reserve cut the benchmark interest rate by half
a percentage point, lowering rates for the first time in
over four years. That's going to help a little bit
down the line. But don't forget two and a half
percent inflation is on top of all the inflation we've
had on top of that nine percent we had before.
So the sky high prices, when are they coming down?

(01:26:05):
I don't know. Shocking new numbers on healthcare charges now, Shara.

Speaker 16 (01:26:10):
Medical bills and premiums are now at an all time high.

Speaker 6 (01:26:14):
Here in the US.

Speaker 17 (01:26:16):
The average family of four that has a blue shield
United signer at the plant is paying thirty thousand dollars.
But wait, Jeff, they have an average of a six
thousand dollars deductible.

Speaker 16 (01:26:27):
That is doctor Bill Hennessy who runs care Guide, a
company that is fighting outrageous medical bills and price gouging.

Speaker 17 (01:26:35):
Not gauging, they must, by federal law, tell you the
price period. You'll be amazed how many shenanigans you can
see when you get an itemized bill.

Speaker 16 (01:26:45):
Case in point, the going rate for a childbirth is
now just under forty eight thousand dollars. Jeff Biggs News
Radio seven forty kt.

Speaker 5 (01:26:55):
Orh forty eight thousand dollars hospital vs. To have a child. Unbelievable.
It's now seven o seven. Astros fans, well another postseason.
You can buy single game, wild Card or Alds tickets
online at the Astros website. We're not there yet, but

(01:27:16):
we're not putting a hecks on it three to one
win last night over the Angels. Astro's magic number now five.
They're playing again tonight. Live coverage Sports Talk seven ninety
beginning at six pm, and then kt RH joining that
at seven. I'm shereby Fryar on Houston's news, weather and
traffic station News Radio seven forty k t RH.

Speaker 2 (01:27:36):
When we say what happens next, happens here is just
your guests is as good as ours?

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What happens next?

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Man on Youth Radio seven forty kt RH.

Speaker 3 (01:27:48):
Sure, I wrestled a bear. Once wrestled bear. Yeah he won,
didn't take him loger.

Speaker 5 (01:27:55):
Big was that bear?

Speaker 6 (01:27:57):
He was about six feet tall.

Speaker 5 (01:28:00):
Was this a mascot? A school bear?

Speaker 6 (01:28:02):
It was a train bear? He had you know he.

Speaker 5 (01:28:05):
Was oh is this one of those promotional things?

Speaker 6 (01:28:07):
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. And the reason I guess
of this he.

Speaker 5 (01:28:10):
Had gloves on. The claws couldn't hit.

Speaker 3 (01:28:12):
You, no, But he, I mean, he was very very gentle.
He just you know, they had a little thing, you know,
a little muzzle on and to make sure that he
didn't nipp you or something. But you're a better man
than I am. It took about eight seconds for him
to dispatch me. All he had to do is lean on
me because they weigh a ton, you know, they just
weigh a ton. But I digress. This is a bear story,

(01:28:35):
and when I first saw it, I thought, I wonder
what the heck happened here? And then as I read
the story, it's pretty easy to see what happened. Hunter
and his son went out in Wisconsin to do some
hunting and they they had a they had a what
are they called a hunting lean or whatever up in
the tree, and they got approached by a black bear,
big black bear acting aggressively. So the dad took a

(01:28:59):
shot at the bear, thought he might have hit him,
but it did scare him away, and for whatever reason,
the dad and with the twelve year old in tow,
decides he wants to go looking for the bear to
see if he wounded the bear or what happened to
the bear, And sure enough, he ends up finding the
bear and the bear goes after it and starts attacking.

(01:29:21):
He shot at the bear eight times, missed all eight times,
time to go back to target practice, and the bear
ends up knocking him down and then pinning him down.
The twelve year old takes his rifle shoots the bear
one shot, boom, dead, and everybody's calling the twelve year
old a hero. But I'm thinking to myself, the kid

(01:29:43):
may be a hero, but I'm not sure what to
make of dad, first of all.

Speaker 5 (01:29:47):
And whether that bear was wounded or not.

Speaker 3 (01:29:50):
Yeah, I mean, first of all, you pissed the bear off,
you know, and then you go looking for him out
there in the woods and you find him. What do
you think the bear? I'm sure the bear is smart
enough to with a shot at him, so jensus are
pretty good he's going to come.

Speaker 5 (01:30:03):
After you wounded there.

Speaker 3 (01:30:05):
Yeah, yeah. In other words, folks, don't mess with a
pissed off bear. Seven to eleven is our time time
for traffic and weather together as we check out the
drive once again. Oh, what's the problems going?

Speaker 4 (01:30:16):
I she's going to put you in probation for language.
Oh let's you know what, Throw your hard hats on everybody.
Let's go to the hard work in east Side. I've
got toll Bridge southbound. That's an extra eight minutes just
trying to get through that road construction.

Speaker 6 (01:30:28):
I think we have the end of this month.

Speaker 4 (01:30:30):
They were supposed to finish it around the fourth, and
you know, stuff happens. I understand. I'm not going to
get mad at nobody.

Speaker 6 (01:30:35):
I read from Rio Visito, which sounds romantic, but it's
really channel be read.

Speaker 43 (01:30:41):
Summon Bridge sixteen northbound got some ninjas and broken down
vehicles just after the Clinton drive turning Bason exits boom.

Speaker 4 (01:30:52):
Read from Rio Vista knocks us out of the Schulenberg Festival.
Extra points for verbiage East texts. I've got al from Kingwood,
old al from Kingwood.

Speaker 44 (01:31:00):
Oh, Mike, we have three Salsol going south right, but
i'll hop wrexit one on the left just on an
suv and an eighteen wheeler on the right type and
going nord there's jeep also salt Al.

Speaker 4 (01:31:14):
Are you sure that's not a wreck southbound at Hopper
and then I don't think that jeep northbound is related. Also,
I tend this side of Columbus eastbound. All lanes have
been shut down for some pavement repair. FM ninety nine,
I'm showing a twenty eight minute delay. Now we'll keep
that in your navigation. And I told the pretty ladies
on TV and darn Armstrong, I'm SKYMIKEE on the generator

(01:31:35):
Supercenter dot Com traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (01:31:36):
From r KTRH Tom Tax Defenders twenty four hour weathers
at a time to check in. But Terry Smith, another
cloudless morning out there, Terry.

Speaker 22 (01:31:43):
Oh yeah, beautiful day, gorgeous weekend, No rain to slow
you down, just.

Speaker 5 (01:31:48):
The heat and humidity.

Speaker 22 (01:31:49):
Now, the temperatures have been warmed the last couple of
days and they'll stay like that, mainly load to mid nineties,
some upper nineties. Here's the thing though, the humidity is
running a little bit higher and so the heat indecks.
We'll be running between one hundred to one oh seven
over the weekend. So that means make sure you're not
spending too much time outside and stay well hydrated.

Speaker 5 (01:32:10):
Water works best.

Speaker 22 (01:32:11):
We do have summ rain, a thirty percent chance of
a shower thunderstorm Monday and Tuesday, and that will cool
the temperatures ever so slightly upper eighties to lone nineties
Monday and Tuesday. But really there's no signs of fall.
And remember fallse starts Sunday.

Speaker 3 (01:32:27):
Morning, doesn't he Well, sure doesn't feel like it does
it right right now? Seventy six at your official severe
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Speaker 3 (01:32:45):
Seven twenty is a time here in Houston's born news.
Tonish DESUSA has a brand new movie coming on Cold
vindicating Trump. We will talk to him in just a moment. First, though,
we've got traffic and weather together as we check out
the driver. Your sky mine cool?

Speaker 4 (01:32:59):
All right, Taed, Let me go fast than The biggest
thing we have now is just the site of Columbus
iten east bound. They've shut the whole shebang down at
FM nine forty whatever that is right before Bernardo Road.
It's a big sixty minute scoots coming this way. I'm
Skymike and the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic.

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Check out some of our top stories on this Friday.

Speaker 5 (01:33:35):
Here's Share seven twenty one now on news radio seven
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Speaker 3 (01:34:44):
Denish TSUSA filmmaker. He's many things I was looking at.
Have you ever read the description they give you in Wikipedia?

Speaker 17 (01:34:54):
Yeah?

Speaker 42 (01:34:55):
I have read it, and I can safely say that
it's written by a collection of my worst enemies.

Speaker 6 (01:35:00):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:35:01):
For those who have not seen it, it says Denish
is an American right wing political commentator, conspiracy theorist, author, filmmaker,
and convicted felon received a potential pardon by Donald Trumper's crimes. Well,
isn't that special?

Speaker 42 (01:35:15):
I mean I think, yeah, Wikipedia is just such garbage,
and these guys hide behind the fact that they're kind
of an open source. But no, they have editors, they
have an editorial position, and you'll notice that people on
the left are amplified and made to look gorgeous and
beautiful and wonderful. And then people like me, even though
I've never peddled the conspiracy theory in my life, I

(01:35:38):
get these labels hurled at me.

Speaker 5 (01:35:40):
Well, you have a new film coming out, and it's
going to be released another theater, a limited theater release
next week next Friday. Is it the twenty seventh? Tell
us a little bit about it, because you interview Donald
Trump in this documentary, you interview Laura Trump, and I've
forgotten who the other. I just got to the trailer.

Speaker 42 (01:36:00):
I can't wait to say it's the third one is
you know Elina Haba, Trump's lawyer. The film it's called
Vindicating Trump, and it, you know, it makes the case
for Trump. Trump is a it's kind of a strange character.
He he inspires such radically opposed reactions of love and hate.
I mean, some people his supporters will take a bullet

(01:36:21):
for him. Other people aren't too upset when somebody else
tries to assassinate him. So, you know, you have to
go back to Lincoln to find a president who was
this sort of polarizing or divisive. And yet with Lincoln
the division was over slavery, whereas with Trump, it's over
the man. And so what this film does is it
brings out, I think, a whole aspect of Trump that

(01:36:44):
is very rarely seen in public. Trump is a guy
who sort of holds his feelings back, never shows vulnerability,
never shows the part of himself. And I wanted to
bring that out in a very kind of one on
one with Trump, a conversation that's in the movie, and
then there's a lot of other stuff. They're entertaining recreations.
It's really the Trump story, but told in a fresh way.

Speaker 3 (01:37:05):
Well, it's called vindicating Trump. So is there something in
there about vindicating the president for some of the things
he's been accused of in the past.

Speaker 42 (01:37:13):
Yes, absolutely, it covers really the character attacks on Trump.
You know, there's so many people, there are people even
on the Republican side, who say something like this. They say, well,
I don't really like Trump, but I like his policy.
So they say I wish he would shut his mouth,
or they what they're trying to do is they want
like a new and remade Trump. They want to rehabilitate

(01:37:35):
Trump in some way. And the part of what I
want to argue in this movie is we don't need
to do that. We don't need to remake Trump. We
sort of need to remake our own understanding of Trump.
Why because for this time and in this crisis of
the country is facing now, he is the right guy.
His peculiar qualities, including by the way, his almost superhuman courage,

(01:37:58):
is what the country really needs. So you know, it
would be like if someone were to go to link
it in the Civil War and say, you know General Grant,
you know he bankrupted his family's store, he yells at
his wife, he cusses a lot, he's a heavy drinker.
Pull him off the battlefield. No, why, Because this guy
knows how to fight. He knows how to take the
Union armies to victory. So that's my point about Trump.

(01:38:20):
This is a defense not just of Trump's policies, but
also of Trump the man.

Speaker 5 (01:38:24):
Well they've flat outline about him. He doesn't drink at all.
He drinks die cokes.

Speaker 1 (01:38:30):
No exactly.

Speaker 42 (01:38:31):
Well, the thing about Trump that is really, I think interesting,
is that this is a guy who doesn't need it.
It doesn't in a way, his behavior doesn't make sense.
If you or I were facing ninety one criminal indictments
to trying to.

Speaker 17 (01:38:44):
Lock us up for life.

Speaker 42 (01:38:45):
Two people have already tried to assassinate him in one
way or the other, we would.

Speaker 1 (01:38:50):
Be like, we're out of here.

Speaker 27 (01:38:51):
We have a better life.

Speaker 21 (01:38:52):
Waiting for us.

Speaker 42 (01:38:52):
We have mar Lago. So Trump, in a sense, is
putting it all on the line in a very kind
of abnormal way. I mean, any other Republican candidate, I
think facing five criminal charges would have long exited the
field and would be currently hiding under their.

Speaker 3 (01:39:08):
Desk, right, which, of course only makes the lot that
much more angry. Where can we see the movie? Danish?

Speaker 42 (01:39:14):
So the movie is in It'll be in a thousand
theaters next Friday, so it's actually quite a wide release.
It's nationwide. The website is vindicating Trump dot com. If
you go there, you can put in your zip code
or you just put in Houston and it'll pop up
all the theaters. It's in a bunch of places in
this area. And so get tickets for next weekend and

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go opening weekend.

Speaker 5 (01:39:35):
And if you want to get a group together of
fifty or more, you can also get a special deal.

Speaker 42 (01:39:40):
Absolutely, you can do both tickets if you want. It's
a fun film to see. It's family, your friends, or
your book club or your your group. Because this is
a film that's inspiring, it's entertaining, it's moving, and it
also opens a window into Trump I think that people
haven't seen.

Speaker 3 (01:39:56):
Nice sir, thanks for joining us as always appreciated. Denish
Desuza six twenty eight or seven twenty eight. Brother, time
to take a look at your money. Here's Courtney Donahope.

Speaker 5 (01:40:04):
Well, good morning.

Speaker 25 (01:40:05):
Jimmy Wallstreet was excited about the Federal Reserve supersized great
cut on Wednesday, which sent stocks to a record yesterday.
Now this morning trading's a little more subdued. SMP Future
slightly lower, FedEx tumbling in the pre market on its earnings.
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More of what's happening now from the Sean Morris Services Studios.

Speaker 3 (01:40:40):
Seven thirty is our time, Houston's Morning News. I'm Timmy
Barrett Long with Sheriff Fryar Bung. Our top stories of
this half hour ARIZONI Democrats, they passed a huge property
tax hike.

Speaker 6 (01:40:49):
Don't know much about the government. Hey, that's just the
way they want it.

Speaker 3 (01:40:52):
And coming up at seven thirty eight, pawn Stars, Rick
Harrison explains what we really want from our government tales
in the minutes ahead. You're in Houston's Morning News. First,
we're gonna check out that morning drive again. Here is
sky Mike all.

Speaker 6 (01:41:05):
Right west of Columbus. Iten.

Speaker 4 (01:41:07):
It seems like it's eased up a little bit. We
had some roadwork. They had the whole thing shut down
before Bernardo Road on the eastbound lanes here. That was
at one time it was a ninety minute delay. Looks
like it's a little easier now, big shots. Graham Parkway North.
We're going westbound this time. You hit some slowdowns now
after Tomballhooks Airport and will zoom in on downtown at

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the seven forty in the classically GMC Traffic Center. Sure
it's lonely here.

Speaker 3 (01:41:34):
From our kat Urge Generator super Center twenty four hour
Weather Center part of the Claudie today with the high
temperature right about ninety six, we'll get the complete forecast
from Terry Smith at the Weather Channel in eight minutes.
Right now, it is seventy six and your official severe
weather station, News Radio seven forty k t RH.

Speaker 6 (01:41:52):
It's time now for the news. Here's Sheriff Fryar.

Speaker 5 (01:41:54):
It's now seven thirty two on news radio seven forty
KTRH and our top story of this son. We knew
it was, I mean, it's official now. The Democrats and
Harris County Commissioner's Board, with a four to one party
line vote, passed a jacked up property tax increase.

Speaker 16 (01:42:10):
Shaff Precinct three Commissioner Tom Ramsey was the loan Republican
and the loan dissent.

Speaker 34 (01:42:16):
It is a.

Speaker 17 (01:42:17):
Total disregard for what people are going through right now.
We did not have to do the full eight percent.

Speaker 16 (01:42:24):
But instead this increase is actually more than eight percent.

Speaker 17 (01:42:29):
Thank it's close of thirteen percent. The general tax rate
increase will mean that Harris County gets an additional two
hundred and sixty four million dollars this year, more than
we got last year.

Speaker 16 (01:42:41):
He adds that this was all part of Lena Hidalgo's
plan with redistricting back in twenty twenty one.

Speaker 6 (01:42:48):
Jeff Biggs News Radio seven k TH.

Speaker 5 (01:42:52):
So while they're trying to just strike you from that
mainstream media touting all gasoline prices are coming down. Time
to vote, national average expected to drop a ly below
three dollars a gallon for the first time in three years.

Speaker 28 (01:43:07):
I'm going to get used to a new era of
low gasoline prices. Normally this happens this time of year.
Price has come down. But if I look at the
inventories of oil, for example here in the United States,
they're below average.

Speaker 5 (01:43:20):
YEP, not a coincidence that prices are falling so close
to the election nationwide, they're going to rise again in
the not so distant future. Oil futures, by the way,
already rising back above seventy dollars a barrel. Here in Texas,
regular unleaded is two seventy eight a gallon. Houston's average
is now two seventy four. National average is at three

(01:43:41):
twenty two. Right now, temporary spending bill for the government
is mired in the House, and so Senate Majority Leader
Chuck Schumer, the Democrat, says the Senate may move out
of order and pass its own bill, throwing the blame
then on Republicans that the deadline of September thirtieth is
not met. To avoid a partial government shutdown, the Senate

(01:44:03):
version will not contain that added law that the House
put in requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.
It failed in the House, by the way, fourteen Republicans
joined the Democrats and shooting it down is now seven
thirty four. Former President Donald Trump, delivering remarks to Jewish
Americans at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Washington,

(01:44:25):
d C. Former President well, he made a scary prediction
if I don't.

Speaker 9 (01:44:30):
Win this election, and the Jewish people would really have
a lot to do with that if that happens, because
at forty percent, I means sixty percent of the people
of voting for the enemy Israel, in my opinion, will
cease to exist within two years.

Speaker 29 (01:44:44):
And I believe I'm one hundred percent right.

Speaker 5 (01:44:47):
Yeah. Meantime, we had, once again laughing Kamala revealing she's
a gun over owner to Oprah Winfrey. Yeah, it was
a live audience, live streams sit down yesterday with that
superstar Oprah, who said it up up, what if someone
breaks into Kamala's house, they're getting shot? She said laughingly.

(01:45:07):
She said, oh, I probably shouldn't have said that, and added,
my staff, we'll deal with that later.

Speaker 17 (01:45:12):
Ha ha.

Speaker 5 (01:45:13):
There's so much at stake in this election, yet most
Americans know very little about the government and how it's
supposed to work.

Speaker 30 (01:45:20):
The annual Constitution Day Civic survey reveals a majority of
Americans can't name at least one of the protections in
the First Amendment, besides freedom of speech. Political analyst Anthony
Russo says many Americans don't understand their own rights and
the government is fine with that.

Speaker 31 (01:45:34):
We don't want a bunch of thinkers. We want a
bunch of students that will follow the plans. And I
think that the lack of continued education on civics and
stuff like that is based on the fact that if
we know too much about what we're allowed to do
as Americans, then all of a sudden they lose control.

Speaker 30 (01:45:48):
Survey also finds one third of Americans can't name all
three branches of government. Oryolson, who's radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 5 (01:45:56):
It's now seven thirty six. Well, La Dallas judge has
denied a request by the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
to uphold Texas law the ban on firearms that the
State Fair of Texas is still in play by that
nonprofit group that so oversees it. But Paxson says the
ban violates Texas law on legal license carry on state property,

(01:46:21):
which the Fair park is. But Fair officials again, it's
a nonprofit entity that manages it. Initiated a new gun
policy after there was a parking lot shooting during the
last year's fair. Read it, however you want to read that.
Seven thirty six is our time. Now we've got business
leaders all across this country telling us that gen Z

(01:46:43):
isn't ready for the workforce, and they blame part of
it on COVID lockdowns.

Speaker 33 (01:46:48):
But when you come up and this is the only
context that you have and you just waltz in and
it's the pandemic and you can zoom in and be
in your pajamas the entire time, then you develop a
sense of entitlement.

Speaker 5 (01:47:00):
Yeah, but they're entitled anyway. The fact gen Z grew
up having everyone from their parents to their teachers. Yeah,
the institutions of universities catering to them is also a factor.
Astras fans, well, you can snag a sea to the
Astros postseason, though we're not really there yet. Single game
tickets are on sale for wild Card or Alds games.

(01:47:23):
You can go to the Astros online website. Looking better
and better though for a postseason. With a three to
one win over the Angels last night, the Magic Number five,
they're playing again tonight live coverage Sports Stock seven ninety
and kt r H will join the action at seven.
Don't jink si, Yeah you say jinks, I say it's
a Hicks as on you on this one. Nope, I'm

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sure Refriar on news radio seven forty kt R agent
Jimmy cose A bed Juju need Land Clearing, Daniel Dean,
Land Clearing and.

Speaker 6 (01:47:56):
Dirt work two eight, one, three, five six dirt.

Speaker 32 (01:48:00):
Usually take iten West, but lately that's been a nightmare.

Speaker 20 (01:48:03):
KTRH time saving traffic next on the ten.

Speaker 3 (01:48:08):
Time here in Houston's morning News. Similar message, by the way,
delivered that of Vegas Trump rally by Palm Stars Rick Harrison.
Here's kind of an imprompt You think he got asked
at the last minute to speak Donald Trump.

Speaker 21 (01:48:21):
I mean, I've met him plenty of times. I've had
dinner with him, I've been to the White House. He
really is that good guy. He is not what the
media over there portrays him as. He's a man that
really really cares about normal people. Okay, you have the
Washington establishment and they were just the cleaves.

Speaker 6 (01:48:39):
We're the poors. They don't want to even talk to
us and whatever will appease them.

Speaker 21 (01:48:44):
Trump really wants us to do well. And you know
it's just and you know, you get Kamala Harris, who
will say anything that she thinks will get her elected.
Not once, not once in the history of the world
has a country been taxed into prosperity. Okay, it just

(01:49:08):
doesn't work. Socialism doesn't work. Shall be one spot where
it works. It works nowhere. What we all want to
raise our kids, go to our own church, make sure
our kids do better than we do. Okay, and the

(01:49:29):
government just get the hell out of the way. You know,
you know, you have the Democrats in Harris. They literally
want to just micro manage our entire lives from from
cradle to grave. And you know what, I think. I
know what's best for me. I think you know what's

(01:49:51):
best for you. And what the best thing is for
this country is Donald Trump.

Speaker 3 (01:49:56):
Just leave us alone. It's basically what he's saying. A
lot of people feel that way. I'm one of them.

Speaker 6 (01:50:01):
Seven forty.

Speaker 3 (01:50:02):
Time for traffic and weather together as we check out
the drive once again.

Speaker 6 (01:50:06):
Here is sky Mike.

Speaker 4 (01:50:07):
All right, let's come in from Iten West and Columbus, Texas.
On the eastbound lanes on this side around Bernardo Road.
They had to do a complete closure of the digitals
are showing that things a little bit relaxed now, but
I'm still showing all lanes blocked here, so you keep
me up to date. That's a long way to see
from here. Tip line seven one three two one two
t ips. I don't believe the digitals right now. I

(01:50:29):
think we still have a big back up coming this way.
Dana from our sister station Sunday ninety nine point one
down the hall. She's from cat Spring and she says
ninety might be a good alternate that way. On the
North Grand Parkway, you big shots were scooched up both
ways pretty much between Hooks and twenty nine twenty trying
to pass the golf ball terry. It's an extra eight
minutes trying to get over to the Woodlands. I've got

(01:50:50):
north sam Man, that's all scooched up eastbound, Imperial Valley
roadwork westbound all Dean West built.

Speaker 6 (01:50:56):
Plus we always seem to have a wreck there.

Speaker 4 (01:50:57):
Clear the stall on the North Freeway that was inbound
at Ranking Road. We still got a back back order
slipped from Little York.

Speaker 6 (01:51:04):
Let's go to Dean from Kingwood.

Speaker 17 (01:51:06):
I'm off Park Drive.

Speaker 5 (01:51:08):
You put the hecks on it.

Speaker 10 (01:51:09):
Left plane between Ruthel, Harmer and Luke, pouring.

Speaker 23 (01:51:12):
Out the fourth about a quarter of a mile the
left plane lot and going heads ward fifty nine.

Speaker 4 (01:51:18):
That's some major westbound Suckage and Terry Jack from Connecticut's
listening on the free iHeartRadio app. Don't look, but tell me,
what do you think the temperature is? He says, in
the hood in Connecticut.

Speaker 5 (01:51:29):
In the hood in Connecticut, I don't.

Speaker 4 (01:51:31):
Think Connecticut has a hood. I'll just tell you, he said,
sixty eight degrees Now, yeah, I think Connecticut was all
like south Shore Harbor. Anyway, they get the pretty weather,
we get this. I'm in the Generator Supercenter dot Com
Traffic Center.

Speaker 25 (01:51:42):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:51:42):
Houses in the Connecticut hood are about one point two
million from our ktrange what's up at Connecticut?

Speaker 5 (01:51:48):
From Mark skylike wants to be a hood rat?

Speaker 6 (01:51:51):
There, no kidd from wouldn't we all from know? We wouldn't.

Speaker 3 (01:51:55):
You wouldn't like, you wouldn't like winter, and you wouldn't
like the politics. From our Ktirah Generator super Center twenty
four Weather Senay Terry Smith is here, Yeah, sixty eight.
When do you think we're going to see sixty eight
degrees here?

Speaker 5 (01:52:05):
December?

Speaker 22 (01:52:10):
Maybe we'll get nighttime temperatures in the sixties in the
near future, not this week though.

Speaker 5 (01:52:17):
It is going to be sunny, hot and dry through
the weekend.

Speaker 22 (01:52:20):
No big change there, load to mid nineties, some upper
nineties and places. Just keep in mind if you've got
outdoor plans, which it's a great weekend for that, heat
and disease will be running in the triple digits. There's
a thirty percent chance of rain Monday and Tuesday, and
I'm just excited that we have a change in the
weather pattern to start the work week.

Speaker 3 (01:52:38):
I don't blame you anything. Anything that looks like rain,
I'd love to see too before I get my water
bill from Mark Katie. But what's their temperature now? Seventy
six at your official severe weather station, News Radio seven
forty KTRH.

Speaker 6 (01:52:49):
What you need to know for the day ahead.

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Speaker 3 (01:52:58):
Here in Houston's Morning News, reaction continues to come in
about the Teamsters refusing to endorse Kamala Harris. More in
that story coming up next. First, though, let's do a
little traffic and weather together as we check in once
again with Skymike North Freeway.

Speaker 6 (01:53:11):
I'm forty five.

Speaker 4 (01:53:12):
My work wife, Christina Kruz, thinks there's a wreck at
North Maine. I say, no, no, no, she's not wrong. Don't
go there from Little York. I do see a back
order slip. I will double check the lanes at the
eight o'clock deal southbound Grand Parkway north westbound at Gosling Road.

Speaker 6 (01:53:27):
That's a wall.

Speaker 4 (01:53:28):
Oh breaks if you're somebody's butler and Tom Ball all
write you an excuse.

Speaker 6 (01:53:31):
Looks like twenty extra minutes that.

Speaker 4 (01:53:32):
Way and Southwest Freeway breaks at the fountains breaks at
West Park.

Speaker 6 (01:53:36):
I'm Skymike on the classic Elite g MC Traffic.

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Speaker 6 (01:53:59):
Here shri.

Speaker 5 (01:54:00):
It is now seven fifty two on news Radio seven
forty KTRHR. Headliness responsored by Texas Mutual Insurance false accusations.
They could cost a fantasy football player a quarter of
a million dollars in five years. In federal prison. Matthew
Gabriel's's name of Philadelphia. He pleaded guilty to falsely accusing
a competing player of making terror threats Last year. DOJ

(01:54:24):
spent hundreds of man hours investigating before Gabriel admitted he
made it all up. Democrats and Harris County Commissioner's Court,
with a four to one vote, passed an eight percent
property tax increase on US Republican Tom Ramsey this single
no vote and Jimmy, a sixteen year old boy in Michigan,
hasn't been able to shop for shoes in a store
since he was in the fifth grade. He has feet

(01:54:47):
that measured thirteen and a half inches long. He wears
a size twenty three. His hands are nine point thirteen
inches nine point thirteen nine point one three inches, just
a little over nine inches long. Average for a sixteen
year old is seven. He says, well, he's got the
Guinness records. That's what he gives Talla. Is this kid,

(01:55:08):
I don't know. Sounds like he could be a kicker.
He's got wild feet. I'm gonna he's not going to
drop the ball when they throw.

Speaker 3 (01:55:17):
I'm not going to complain about having to go get
size fourteen anymore.

Speaker 5 (01:55:20):
I know, I thought you'd like that latest news anytime
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Power by Hour. There's much to learn.

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Keep listening a critical moment.

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You'll keep learning.

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We will learn lessons from this.

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Use Radio seven forty Katie rh hard Time. So Kamala
Harris did not get an endorsement from the Teamsters. That's
considered a win for Trump. Here's uh Jesse Waters on
the five talking about that and about some of the
latest battleground state poles.

Speaker 45 (01:55:52):
And they don't like Kamala Harris personally because she doesn't
connect with people, and they don't like the policies, they
don't like the ev stuff, they don't like the regulations.
And so that's that, And it's more significant than she's spinning.
And that's okay, I'd spin too if I didn't get
that endorsement.

Speaker 5 (01:56:08):
But it's significant and it shows.

Speaker 45 (01:56:10):
You in the Midwest that they have a huge problem.
And these people also are on the grounds. They're politicking,
they're knocking on doors, they're organizing, and that's not going
to be there for Kamala Harris like it would have.
I told you a couple of days ago that I
would tell you when I get nervous about this election.

(01:56:30):
Not there yet, but it's getting closer. And I'm going
to be honest with you. It has titaned to Jessica.
And that just shows you what an honest broker item
yes to acknowledge that the race is titaned.

Speaker 27 (01:56:43):
But then I look at this.

Speaker 45 (01:56:44):
I look at the last four polls in Pennsylvania, Donald
Trump is either winning or tied. I look at the
last I look at the last four poles in Georgia.

Speaker 6 (01:56:56):
Donald Trump is winning. I look at the last poles in.

Speaker 45 (01:57:00):
Arizona, Donald Trump is winning, and three out of the
last four at North Carolina. If she loses Pennsylvania, she's
gonna lose this election.

Speaker 6 (01:57:08):
And right now it's a toss up.

Speaker 45 (01:57:10):
And every time you go into these races, Jessica, Hillary
was up five, Biden was up nine, and it ends
being like this close.

Speaker 14 (01:57:17):
So if Trump is.

Speaker 45 (01:57:19):
Going into this election tied or down one or two,
He's gonna win.

Speaker 6 (01:57:24):
And that's what makes you nervous.

Speaker 3 (01:57:25):
Well, but makes me nervous. This is still within the
margin of cheating. Listen, you all have a great weekend.
We'll see you Monday morning, bright and early at five am.
A good one, you two, and we'll see you. I'll
see you at the stav from four and the nine
to fifty KPRC