Harris County Taxpayers Were Paying To Defend Illegals

Jimmy Barrett takes you through the stories that matter the most on the morning of 01/28/25.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is huge Radio seven forty kt RH Houston.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Five everywhere with thee.

Speaker 3 (00:09):
Now, the latest news, weather and traf It's more of
what matters to you from the John Morris Services studios.

Speaker 4 (00:17):
Well, good morning, five am is our time as we
get started this morning here on Houston's Morning News. I'm
Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories of this half hour,
two thousand illegals arrested now in just two days, Harris
County tax bearers. We're paying to defend illegals. And coming
up at five oh eight, Peta wants to replace punks.
A tawny Phil with the cake details in the minutes ahead.

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You're in Houston's Morning News. First trump cake. First, let's
check in the sky mite. All right, let's fix some
north loot. Jimmy Barrett.

Speaker 5 (00:45):
It's westbound north lut six ' ten at wayside.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
I got a wreck here. It's right lane.

Speaker 5 (00:51):
We've had a small misunderstanding with sea. Looks like everybody's okay.
We're just kind of lying up pointing at things. So
watch out as you're coming up from Wallaceville past the
truck stops.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Oh, I did a little field study.

Speaker 5 (01:01):
Boy, that Katie Freeway roadwork outbound from downtown forty five
to Studomot.

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You're missing two lanes.

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You would think three lanes would be enough, but no,
they're stupid people in your way and you have the
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It's time down for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 6 (01:38):
Thank you, Jimmy, and good morning everybody. It's five oh
one on k t RH.

Speaker 7 (01:43):
This operation will be expensive, but at the end of it,
we're going to save the tax peryod bands of dollars.
Plus we're going to protect our national security borders.

Speaker 6 (01:51):
Our Tom Holman with KTRH as Sean Hannity as Ice
makes nearly two thousand arrests in two days in enforcement
operations nationwide, including ire in Houston, where one local TV
report says arrests were made at least one local business.
According to Fox, less than six hundred people across the
border illegally on Sunday. That is less than half of

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the number coming in every day in the final days
of the Biden administration, and yesterday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott
deployed four hundred Texas military personnel to the border. Now,
while Abbott and Trump are closing the border, Harris County
is paying millions to defend illegals from deportation, and you're

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footing the bill.

Speaker 8 (02:35):
They're doing this despite Harris County's nearly one hundred and
thirty billion dollar budget deficit.

Speaker 9 (02:40):
This comes directly out of our general fund. We are
not in a financial position to be funding these types
of things.

Speaker 8 (02:49):
Precinc three Commissioner Tom Ramsey says that the state legislature
may need to step in here.

Speaker 9 (02:53):
Austin is watching what we are doing here. If they
see something that is inconsistent with what Harris Kenny should
be good, I think they'll rid a bill.

Speaker 8 (03:03):
Ramsey says he'll also be making a motion to stop
this at the next Commissioner's Court meeting Ethan Buchanan News
Radio seven forty.

Speaker 6 (03:09):
And Ramsey will join Jimmy at seven point fifty five
h three now. President Donald Trump talking to House Republicans
during a conference in Florida, addressing the future of TikTok
after giving the social media platform a new lifeline last week.

Speaker 10 (03:23):
We'll see what happens.

Speaker 11 (03:24):
We're gonna have a lot of people bidding on it,
and if we can save all that voice at all
the jobs, and China won't be.

Speaker 6 (03:31):
Involved, adding that Microsoft is in talks to buy TikTok.
He also officially reinstated military personnel discharge for not getting
the COVID shot. Louisiana Senator John Kennedy agrees with the move.

Speaker 12 (03:45):
There were a lot of younger people who said, you know,
this is a government vaccine, at least government funded, and
they don't completely trust the government. Imagine that, And on
principle they said, we don't want to take the vaccine.

Speaker 6 (03:58):
Those soldiers are also getting back pay. Trump also ending
DEI in the military in the series of orders that
he signed last night. It's now fiveh four and another
Trump Cabinet pick is confirmed by the Senate. Scott Bessant
is now Treasury Secretary. The vote was sixty eight to
twenty nine, with sixteen Democrats voting with Republicans. After three

(04:21):
straight cuts to end last year, the Federal Reserve is
expected to hold steady when they meet today and tomorrow.
Economist Dj Antony says the message has changed now that
Trump is back in charge.

Speaker 13 (04:34):
This is in stark contrast to what they were talking
about right before the election, where they were not only
cutting interest rates, but that they were signaling a lot
more interest rates were.

Speaker 1 (04:42):
Coming and fast.

Speaker 13 (04:43):
It's amazing how after Trump won all of that changed
and now those interest rate cuts are gone goodbye.

Speaker 6 (04:49):
Trump said last week that he would demand an interest
rate drop immediately. Overnight trading is up across the board
this morning, after yesterday's roller conster that saw the NASDAK
drop by more than three percent. Of course, in Nvidia
took a major hit, losing nearly six billion dollars six
hundred billion dollars because of the Chinese AI firm Deepseek.

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Money from outside the US is chasing bargains on Wall Street.
That hasn't always been a good thing.

Speaker 14 (05:17):
And lots of foreign currency has been pouring into markets
likely to find those bargains. Investment manager Bill Dendy says,
while some think this rush of cash signals a market top,
it can also be smart money.

Speaker 15 (05:29):
What's kind of interesting is usually people start giving up
on an asset category right before it starts doing real well,
and we're seeing as a lot of international investors.

Speaker 1 (05:40):
Choosing to invest in the United States.

Speaker 14 (05:42):
He points out that trends don't always repeat themselves, and
it's extremely hard to tell if we're starting to see
a stock market top. Michael Shiloh News Radio seven kra.

Speaker 6 (05:51):
And new Pew Research Center numbers show that forty six
percent of remote workers would leave their job if they
were forced to come back to the office. Twenty five
percent say their employers now require a certain number of
days in the office, and that's up from sixty three
percent in twenty twenty three.

Speaker 16 (06:09):
Number one on a fairness rule, all the people who
have to come into the office are looking at these
empty offices going why do they get to work from home?

Speaker 2 (06:17):
And I don't.

Speaker 6 (06:18):
Employment attorney Andy Trusavage says that unless you have a
contract seeing you can work from home, there's not much
you can do five h six breaking overnight, and we're
mating for more details on this. Reports say that an
eleven year old is shot in critical condition after two
men broke into a Northeast Houston home. Elsewhere, police continue

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to search for Salvador Sosado, who escaped custody last Thursday
in Belleville, and what we're learning about him is frankly frightening.

Speaker 1 (06:48):
We got a hold of.

Speaker 17 (06:49):
A probable cause statement from the College Station Police Department
where Salsato is accused of making unwanted and explicit test
messages to a sixteen year old girl she was at school.
We've also learned he has currently wanted out of Gonzales
County for a indecency of a child charge and a
stocking charge out of Brasses County as well.

Speaker 6 (07:11):
Reporter Corley Peel with our TV partner Channel two in
the missing fifteen month old at the center of an
amber alert this past weekend is safe, but while he
is home, police continued to search for the man charged
with his kidnapping the boys, uncle Jason Vasquez. Finally, the
Rockets beat the Celtics in Boston one fourteen to one twelve.
The team is in Atlanta tonight. Pregame at five point

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thirty on Sports Talk seven ninety. I'm Cliff Saunders on
Houston's News Weather in traffic station News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 18 (07:42):
Traffic had weather when you need it most every ten
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Jimmy Barrett Tad the Houston Morning News Team.

Speaker 1 (07:53):
I got you the morning campers. Five.

Speaker 4 (07:55):
Oh wait is our time here in Houston's Born News. Yoes,
Sunday is right? Sunday is February second. Yeah, February already
groundhog Day. And so in their effort to try to
ruin everything that is good and decent about the United
States of America, the PEDA people the people for eating
eating tasting. No, that's my group, people for eating tasty

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animals is my group, people for the ethical treatment of animals.
That PETA is calling to act the American tradition of
punk Satawny Phil. Why dude lives like a king. He's
got his own burrow. I'm pretty sure he's got a
concubine down there. All the food you could ever want,

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I mean, maybe too much food, because when he comes out,
he looks like he's you know, he's eating pretty well.
He only has to work one day a year. He
only has to work for about ten minutes on the
one day a year, and then he goes back to
living a great life. But Peter thinks he's scared. They're
scaring him. He's scared. I could tell he's scared. So

(09:02):
they have called for replacing Phil with a reveal cake.
A reveal cake, you know where you cut into the
cake and the cake tells you whether or not it's
going to be an early spring or six more weeks
of winter. The cake? Oh, first question? Can I have

(09:24):
my cake and eat it too? I don't mind having cake.

Speaker 19 (09:27):
I like cake.

Speaker 4 (09:28):
We could have cake. I don't mind having a spring
cake or a winter cake. But let's let Phil reveal
the cake. Let Phil bring out the cake. So I
want both. I want the cake now, and I want
punks and tawny Phil as well. I think they should
boast that we can do both. But I don't like
the vegan cake. That's the other thing. They want a

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vegan cake, so they don't. They aren't even in favor
of a tasty cake to replace Phil. They want a
vegan cake. Oh the hell with them? Five to ten?
Time for drappick in Weathers go happy.

Speaker 5 (10:03):
He's obviously one of the happiest animals in the world.
I've never know what's happier than pucks Tony Field. What's
that the bullet my mom's farm, He's got it. It's
like it'd be like me working at Fox News. Let's
go to uh what forty five Golf Freeway coming up
from Galbuston, Ga Buston.

Speaker 1 (10:19):
Let's go.

Speaker 5 (10:20):
There's roadwork from Tiki to BUCkies. Don't you miss Glenn
Campbell Terry northbound. You've got the text dot wall of
death the roadwork. It's there for the rest of your life.
And then from League City we look good thirty two minutes.
You know, if you just had Glenn Campbell and Olivia
Newton John, I'd go back to the Rodeo inbound Beltway.
We look good all the way downtown on the Golf Freeway.
Let's check the other side of forty five North Freeway.

(10:41):
We do not have our accident at Shepherd yet. Southbound.
I am sure that Andy from Conrod will check in
with me shortly. Graham Parkway down, piece of Cake nineteen
minutes here and two ninety we're not two ninety deup
Cypress eighteen minutes in Katie Freeway. Who all the way
in Katie Mills and we're looking at twenty seven and
it's into the President's heads. You have the outbound roadwork,

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of course, keep that in mind if you're going from
the Baytown side to the Kdie side forty five out
to STUDEMNT and that's three little skinny lanes and another
text off wall. I'm sky Mike at your Generator Supercenter,
dot Com traffic Center.

Speaker 4 (11:15):
From r KTRH, Tom Tax Defenders twenty four hour whether Center,
Terry Smith and the Weather Channel is here.

Speaker 10 (11:20):
All right.

Speaker 4 (11:21):
We don't know what Phil's going to say on Sunday,
but being the betting woman that you are, you'd bet
the farm on either which one spring or six more
weeks of winter.

Speaker 20 (11:30):
So Phil, in my experience, is a very practical groundhog
and knows that the temperatures will begin to warm up.
So I think he's going to say that spring will
arrive early.

Speaker 4 (11:42):
Okay, he doesn't do that all that often, but yeah,
it works for me.

Speaker 1 (11:48):
Yeah, well we'll see.

Speaker 6 (11:50):
I mean, now we have to ask b cave Bob.
You know who BK Bob.

Speaker 1 (11:56):
Is, right? I think you told me about him last year.

Speaker 6 (11:59):
He's the Medillo.

Speaker 20 (12:00):
Right, he's the forecasting armadillo in Texas, so he's got
a better handle on things locally.

Speaker 4 (12:06):
I think there's probably a dozen or more of these
forecasting animals. Maybe we just need to add some sort
of a consensus, put them all together and see which
which majority wins. Yeah, survive, fight to the death over
the forties.

Speaker 6 (12:21):
Okay, All right, Well, I'll tell you what.

Speaker 20 (12:23):
Our weekend right now is looking really nice because we're
going to get some sunshine, and if that means winter
is on its.

Speaker 6 (12:29):
Way, so be it.

Speaker 20 (12:30):
But right now we're stuck with clouds and some rain
through Friday, no through Thursday. So a twenty percent chance
of his shower today, not a lot of rain, near
sixty today Tomorrow thirty percent chance of getting wet. Temperatures
are actually warmer in the upper sixties to low seventies.
Thursday's the big day. This is when a coldfront will

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move through. We've got a ninety percent chance of showers
and storms, and so that cold front brings us dryer air,
much cooler temperatures, but drier air. So over the weekend
starting Friday into Saturday and Sunday, the sun will shine.

Speaker 4 (13:08):
Temperature right now fifty one at your official severe weather station,
News Radio seven forty KRH.

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It's Houston's Morning News, brought to you by New South
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on the day.

Speaker 4 (13:24):
I think by now just about the whole world has
seen actress Lena Gomez sobbing, crying over these mass deportations.

Speaker 1 (13:34):
The children, the children.

Speaker 4 (13:38):
But if you haven't, we'll share it with you next
and we'll get some Trump administration reaction to it from
the guy who's leading the whole thing, which of course
is Tom Homan, So stand by for that. First, though,
we've got traffic and what they're together, starting with you,
sky Mike.

Speaker 1 (13:54):
You had to be a big shot.

Speaker 5 (13:56):
Let's check your toll lanes here, Grand park Way West,
so it's funny all the nice neighborhoods are over there,
so I don't know the area that well, let's go
to let's check your Oyster Creek crossing Airport.

Speaker 1 (14:07):
You look good so far. Belford.

Speaker 5 (14:10):
You're rocking along fell Air and one more Morton Road.
I know that's a big spot there. Well, man, you're
rocking along on Grand park Way West and North Sam.
You have the roadwork still North Sam toll lanes. No,
it's not toll aldem Bender westbound left lane that way
westbound and then eastbound.

Speaker 1 (14:25):
That's roadwork. We're missing a left lane at Imperial Valley.
That makes good sense.

Speaker 5 (14:29):
Right, I'm Skymine at your Generator Supercenter dot com Traffic
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Most of the Clouda's slight chains with shower. High temperature
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Warmer tomorrow around seventy and then Thursday morning showers after
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Speaker 6 (14:58):
We are brought to you by Marrow mca ankle. The
State Senate takes up school choice in a hearing later today,
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Speaker 1 (15:25):
Hi, Donald John Trump? What happens next? Who knows what
happens next?

Speaker 18 (15:29):
Happens here on Youth Radio seven forty KTRH oh.

Speaker 4 (15:35):
Selena Gomez has been crying, and I guess she took
down the video, but it's too late. It went viral. Sobbing, sobbing, sobbing,
sobbing over the children and the families, and the go
in the good people that are being deported, none of
which has happened so far. We've deported a couple thousand people,
and then they're all pretty much criminals. Well could be

(15:57):
said that they're all criminals for being here illegally, right,
they all broke the law to be here. That's the
one thing they have in common. Selena Gomez, by the way,
was born in Grand Prairie, Texas. She's Mexican American heritage.
Her paternal grandparents are immigrants from Mexico who I assume
came here legally, or should I maybe not assume that?
She has expressed pride in her family roots In her advocacy,

(16:19):
we were told she frequently highlights the immigrant experience. Well,
she was born here, does she know that much about
the immigrant experience anyway? Sharing personal stories that connect her
to the broader struggles based by the undocumented families here
in the United States, she says, as a Mexican American woman,
I feel a responsibility to use my platform to be
a voice for people who are too afraid to speak.

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And now they're being deported and Selena Gomez is upset.

Speaker 1 (16:49):
Oh dog, go on it.

Speaker 4 (16:50):
After all that build up, Selena g went, and you
got yeah, shy on me. Come on, Selena, cry for me. Cry.

Speaker 19 (17:01):
I just wanted to say that I'm so sorry.

Speaker 18 (17:06):
Only people are eating detect the children.

Speaker 1 (17:15):
I don't understand. They're so sorry. I wish I could.

Speaker 21 (17:20):
Do something that it can't.

Speaker 22 (17:22):
I don't know what to do.

Speaker 1 (17:25):
I'll try and be there.

Speaker 4 (17:31):
By the way, Selena Gomez evidently described her aunt crossing
dust Mexico border hidden in the back of a truck.
So I don't know about the legal status of members
of her family. Maybe she has some illegals in her family,
but I think that maybe one of the best responses
I heard came from Tom Homan. The borders are asked

(17:56):
to react, you know, over Selena Gomez's tears. Let's hear
what mister Homan has to say.

Speaker 7 (18:03):
I can't say better myself. We got we got a
quarterman Americans dead from fandolf across the open border. Where's
the tears for them? I've met with hundreds of angels,
moms and dads who are separate if their children because
they buried them, because they're killed by lague alien. We
got half a million children or sex trafficked into this country,
put separated from their families, put in the hands or
criminal cartels to be spoken in the country. This administration

(18:26):
can't find worth three hundred thousand. Where's the tears for them?
Except monologue a griven one hundred percent?

Speaker 23 (18:31):
Yeah, I mean, how many children do we think are
missing now? Some three hundred and fifty thousand. How many
known terrorists do we know or in this country? Or
do we even know? How many known cartel members are
in the country, or do we even know or gang members?

Speaker 1 (18:45):
Do you know?

Speaker 10 (18:46):
We have no idea.

Speaker 7 (18:46):
We got two point two million known godaways. We know,
we know because they're on video. Drone traffic centri traffic.
Two point two million people across the border. We don't
know who they are, where they came from, or why
they're here. They pay more to get away. They didn't
want to turn themselves in and get a free airline
tickets to the city. They're a choice, a free hotel room,
three meals a day, pre medical care. They paid more

(19:09):
not to be finger printed, not to be vetted. That
just scared a hell out of everybody. It scar as
a hell out of me.

Speaker 4 (19:14):
And if you're scared, I'm scared. Five twenty six Yard
in Houston's Morning News. Time to take a look at
your money. Jeff Bellinger, Good morning.

Speaker 24 (19:21):
Good morning, Jimmy. Investors were scared yesterday. The emergence of
an artificial intelligence startup called deep Seek triggered a tech
sell off on Wall Street. Investors fear the Chinese company
could become a threat to the AI boom here in
the US. The Nasdaq fell three percent of yesterday's trading,
The S and P five hundred felt one and a
half percent.

Speaker 1 (19:42):
The Blue chips managed to post gains.

Speaker 24 (19:44):
The Dow closed two thirds of a percent higher, and
it could be a turnaround Tuesday. On Wall Street, the
futures are all pointing higher at the moment. I'm Jeff Beldinger,
Bloomberg Business on News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 1 (20:00):
You are Old Houston's News.

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More of what's happening now from the John Morris Services studios.

Speaker 4 (20:15):
By thirty our time Here in Houston's Morning News, I'm
Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories this half, our charges
have been dropped against that Texas hospital whistleblower. The Texas
Senate takes up school choice today and coming up at
five thirty eight. Ice raids yesterday in Houston and Galveston.
Details and the minutes ahead. You're in Houston's Morning News. First,

(20:35):
let's check out that morning drive again. Skylike has lead.

Speaker 5 (20:38):
Let's get under the hood, check your belt and loops
and south beld I don't talk about you a lot,
you know what, cause you don't have a lot of problems.
Usually a golf freeway to sixty nine. Everyone is driving
nice and normal.

Speaker 1 (20:48):
We look good.

Speaker 5 (20:49):
The West Sam from the horse Track down to sugar Lands.
So far we are full speed ahead here nord Sam,
even though we have the roadwork at Aldine Westfield westbound
at Imperial Ballet eastbound, we're getting by just fine. And
six ' ten north is usually the first problem we
first place we have a problem. We look good at
the squeeze now westbound at forty five. I'm Scott Miike

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and the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic.

Speaker 4 (21:12):
Center from our KTRH Generator super Center, twenty four hour
weather Center. Mostly Claudi today with a slight chance of
a shower, high temperat you're right about sixty. We'll get
you the complete forecast when we talk with Terry Smith
at the Weather Channel in nine minutes. Right now, fifty
to one at your officials Severe Weather Station, News Radio
seven forty KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's

(21:33):
Cliff Sanders.

Speaker 6 (21:33):
Thank you, Jimmy five thirty one our top story.

Speaker 2 (21:36):
Just in.

Speaker 6 (21:36):
An eleven year old is shot after a home invasion
at two am in northeast Houston. Police are looking for
the two bad guys. HPD says nothing was taken, nobody
else was hurt. They don't have a motive. The boy, though,
is expected to survive. More details as we get them,
and also topping the news after dragging a whistleblower through

(21:57):
the mud, the DOJ officially drops the chargers against Texas
doctor Aton Ham, who exposed gender affirming care so called
gender affirming care at Texas Children's Hospital. All the doctors
so say it's too late.

Speaker 21 (22:12):
They publicly shame you, They drag your name through the mud,
They publicize it and defame you and try to take
you down in any way they can.

Speaker 6 (22:22):
Doctor Mary Tally Boden says that doctors are not prepared
for these kind of political prosecutions, and she hopes that
during Trump's second term they stop for good. Continuing the
theme of your children, the battle over school choice resumes
today in Austin.

Speaker 26 (22:37):
Today is the first hearing in the Texas Senate on
SB two, the newest school choice bill. The plan would
allow families a savings account of up to ten thousand
dollars to use for private school Texas political consultant Bill
Miller doesn't expect as much drama over the bill this time.

Speaker 27 (22:51):
There's going to be more of a debate in the
House than lackity slip at the household. Doctor Merrick now
Ris retreated that's where he thinks that absolutely it's going
to pass, and it will probably passed.

Speaker 26 (23:05):
Several anti school choice Republicans in the Texas House lost
in the primaries last year after Governor Abbott opposed them.
Corioles News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 6 (23:14):
Thank you, Corey. The House speaker battle is over, but
one freshman representative is suing a group that published his
cell phone number.

Speaker 28 (23:22):
I don't appreciate in politics the people that want to
go spend money to try to ruin other people's lives,
and certainly not with lies.

Speaker 6 (23:31):
State Rep. Pat Curry on Waco television is suing the
quote Courageous Conservatives pack, which he says falsely claimed that
he was supporting Dustin Burrows. In reality, he voted for
David Cook five point thirty four. On KTRH, the mass
deportations under Donald Trump continue, with nearly two thousand arrests
between Sunday and Monday. National Border Patrol Council Vice president

(23:55):
Art del Qutto says he's confused by the left's meltdown
over this.

Speaker 29 (23:59):
I don't stand how you would be a leader in
any country, any city, any town, any you know, states
and you would want criminals to stay and remain in
your country and.

Speaker 6 (24:11):
See del Quto on Fox. But another concern at the
border for those on the front lines increased drone activity.

Speaker 30 (24:19):
They go up on the Mexican side of the border.
You know, they come, they actually create an incursion to
the US aerospace. And that being said, you know they're
actually always surveiling the areas.

Speaker 31 (24:28):
You know, they're looking for us, They're looking for.

Speaker 30 (24:30):
A new geno waste actually getting the migrants across.

Speaker 6 (24:34):
Border Patrol agent Andres Garcia telling our TV partner Channel
two there that in twenty twenty three in the Rio
Grand Valley sector alone, there were ten thousand drone incursions
twenty five thousand drone signings. Well, border patrol can expect
more help from the military now that they've arrived at
the border.

Speaker 32 (24:54):
Helped move forward troops, put in more barriers and also
to ensure master deportations, support of mass deportations.

Speaker 1 (25:02):
In support of the President's objective.

Speaker 32 (25:04):
That is something the Defense Department absolutely will continue to do.

Speaker 6 (25:07):
New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. At five point thirty five,
the US Senate votes to confirm Scott Bessentt as Treasury Secretary.

Speaker 22 (25:15):
Eas are sixty eights, the nays are twenty nine. The
confirmation is confirmed more of Trump's cabinet picks. We'll have
confirmation hearings this week, including Robert F. Kennedy Junior tomorrow
and DN I picked Telsey Gabbert on Thursday. Incoming FBI
Director Cash Pattel's hearing is also on Thursday. It's now
five point thirty six.

Speaker 6 (25:36):
A new bill demand foreign adversaries you know, China, Russia
from buying our land, especially near US military bases, is
being proposed by Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Tim the Rosie
of The Washington Examiner says this would allow lawmakers to
review land purchases, ensuring our safety.

Speaker 33 (25:55):
You could also see similar polics like this being adopted
in states other than Texas. Florida is another place where
these sorts of conversations have been happening for years.

Speaker 10 (26:03):
I think it's a small step on a much.

Speaker 33 (26:06):
Larger change in how Congress is planning on dealing with
Forden's threats.

Speaker 6 (26:11):
He says the bill will face challenges, but ultimately will
get passed. The President recently fired seventeen Inspectors general as
he tries to deconstruct the deep state. But is that
really possible.

Speaker 34 (26:23):
According to political commentator Terry Shilling, the answer is yes.

Speaker 35 (26:28):
President Trump's election back into the White House has been
a really good sign that we'll be able to clean
things up here.

Speaker 1 (26:34):
It can be done, but it won't be easy.

Speaker 35 (26:37):
The biggest hurdle against the deep state is that they
are essentially accountable to no one, and it's time that
Congress and President Trump remind them that they do work
for the American people.

Speaker 34 (26:47):
And that is what's at stake here in Trump's second term.

Speaker 1 (26:51):
Jeff Biggs News Radio seven forty K TIERI.

Speaker 6 (26:54):
At five point thirty seven. With auto insurance rates up,
some people are taking a chance on what they're calling
usage based insurance to save cash. USA Today reporter Medora
White says, you'll have to use it app and give
up some privacy in order to save that money.

Speaker 36 (27:09):
They like put some sort of software in your car
to kind of track how you're driving, and based on
your driving habits, they can offer you discounts.

Speaker 6 (27:20):
Now analytics company JD Power says most apps are already
gathering data on you, so this is really not a surprise. Finally,
the Texans hire Mike Toeman is their new team President,
replacing Greg Grissom. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news, weather
and traffic station KTRH.

Speaker 1 (27:37):
Welcome to this, Welcome to the know. People have the
right to know, to know what else, stay in the know.

Speaker 18 (27:44):
Note with US Radio seven KTRH.

Speaker 4 (27:49):
Oh, Yeah, it's a rate all right. Sunday there's some
raids here in Houston and in Galveston. We don't know
a lot of details about it. As you would expect
that ICE is not exactly tipping off who they're going,
after where they're going. They just show up and do
their thing. Sunday specifically, according to Daniel come O come oh,
I'm not sure how you pronounces it. Com e Ux

(28:12):
come O, special Agent in charge of the DEEA Houston,
said this weekend being Sunday specifically, we did a targeted
operation with our ero O counterparts that resulted in some
arrest So no idea exactly how many people got arrested
or what they're accused of. We other than being here illegally,
we can assume that alb it has to do with

(28:34):
criminal activity because we know about the cell phone stores
right the money laundering operations happening here in Houston through
cell phone stores involving members of the cartel. Meantime, Sergio Lera,
president of the Greater Houston League of United Latin American Citizens, said, quote,

(28:54):
most of them are law binding and have worked to
make this city and they have given everything to live
a good life in this country. But to live in
fear and to worry about their children is just heartbreaking. Well,
I don't believe those are the people right now that
are being targeted, but there's no guaranteed that at some
point they won't because the key word here, the word,

(29:17):
the word that everybody has a problem with on the
left is illegal immigrant. Illegal meaning you're not here legally,
which means you broke the law to be here. And
it's really quite simple and quite basic. You're not allowed
to come to the United States just because you want to.
If you're living in a foreign country, there's a process

(29:39):
you have to go through. Now, the previous administration completely
circumvented that process. But there's a new sheriff in town.
You're gonna hear that a lot that's gonna be worn
out phrase here in a matter of a few weeks,
there's a new sheriff in town, and the New sheriff says,
you can't do that anymore, which is why we had
a record load number of people at the border over
the weekend. It the message is getting through. Even Columbia's

(30:04):
president now understands that we are going to deport people
who are here illegally, especially those who are criminals. In fact,
Columbia's president, who said he wasn't going to do it,
in a matter of hours said that, okay, when Trump
threatened him with tariffs, he can really changed his mind,
so much so that he even sent Colombian military planes

(30:26):
to the United States to pick these people up. He
was complaining about US using military planes to you know,
to deport the people back to his country, but he
himself sent military planes to pick them up. Doesn't seem
to make much difference, does it. Five forty one time
for traffic and mother together. Coffee too. I love their coffee, Yes, Skuy,
My great coffee I used from Columbia. Is that where

(30:49):
one Baldez lives with his with his uncle.

Speaker 1 (30:52):
He's up there in the in the hills. Yeah, the coffee,
it is in these hills.

Speaker 5 (30:56):
Let's check out six to ten in the North Loop
waist side.

Speaker 1 (30:59):
We had this earlier here.

Speaker 5 (31:00):
That's a really pretty shot Houston Transtar always my good
friends over there, and we're in good shape here now
North Loop. You can't tell there was a problem. Bud
plant around the horn over to the squeeze at forty five.
We look good. Let's check on the squeezezoom that for me, please,
and westbound very slightly loopy right around Fulton. If that,
watch out for the wicked curve, dude westbound, and then

(31:22):
if you're coming on the other side past the Farmer's Market,
no problems. From two ninety west Loop down to uptown.
Does that make sense?

Speaker 1 (31:28):
Terry?

Speaker 5 (31:29):
From two ninety down to West Timer piece of cake,
and then northbound going up to uptown, which makes more sense.
From Meyerland back up to West Timer, Rock and Long.
I have forty five north Freeway. Let's check Garrett Gerald Conroe,
you're fun to say.

Speaker 9 (31:43):
Skylight from Conroe to about halfway into Green's Point.

Speaker 35 (31:47):
We had one of our brave lands in blue in
the hob lane, so everybody was driving.

Speaker 2 (31:51):
My good church folks. As soon is the it, it's a.

Speaker 35 (31:54):
Free for all.

Speaker 5 (31:56):
We had a little anarchy this morning on the west
Loop six to ten, but we're not bumping into each other.
I'm in the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic.

Speaker 1 (32:03):
Center, Terry. What's the BK Bill or BK Bob? It's
an armandella. Where is he?

Speaker 6 (32:08):
Hey, he's in Austin. Oh, BK Bob.

Speaker 5 (32:12):
K Bob the armadale. Okay, so we have BK Bob
bunks Atony Phil.

Speaker 4 (32:15):
And Aunt Barbara's knee can tell then, well, if BK
Bob is in Austin, he might be stone. So he
you know, they're gonna to sober him up for February
of the second. If we're going to get an accurate
weather prediction.

Speaker 1 (32:26):
If the smoke is green, winter will stay.

Speaker 4 (32:28):
He's living at Willie Nelson's place. From from our KTRH
Generator super Center twenty four our weather Center, Terry Smith
is here, and all signs do point towards an early spring.
It's amazing. We got our two weeks and winter, and
all of a sudden, we're going to go to the seventies.

Speaker 1 (32:41):
I'm ready me too, Bring it on.

Speaker 20 (32:45):
I'd love springtime and I'm looking forward to seeing some sunshine.

Speaker 6 (32:50):
I have to say, it's nice to get.

Speaker 20 (32:52):
Some warmer temperatures. Definitely happy about that, and uh, if
you're ready for the sunshine, we'll see some of that
by the end of the week. But for the time being,
we've got lots of clouds, lots of humidity, not a
lot of rain, A twenty percent chance of a shower today,
near sixty this afternoon Tomorrow with thirty percent chance of
some showers. It's warmer close to seventy tomorrow, and then

(33:16):
the cold front will had our way Thursday, so that's
our best chance of showers and storms and ninety percent
chance of getting what clears out, some dryer air shows up,
so that we've got sunshine and comfortable weather Friday through
the weekend.

Speaker 4 (33:30):
Yeah, but you're right now fifty one at your official
severe weather station, News Radio seven forty k TRH.

Speaker 1 (33:36):
What you need to know for the day ahead.

Speaker 18 (33:39):
This is Houston's Morning News, brought to you by New
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Speaker 4 (33:44):
Five fifties our time here in Houston's Morning News. Senator
John Kennedy yesterday had an opinion on President Trump reinstating
about eight thousand members of the US military who were
drummed out of service for not getting the COVID JAB
and in getting their back pay. What he thinks about
that coming up next. First, though, we've got traffic and

(34:05):
weather together's we check out the drive once again with
sky Mike.

Speaker 1 (34:07):
Please allow me to be short. We're checking your West
Part tollway.

Speaker 5 (34:12):
Did they have a wreck on the West Sam oh
is the West sam Nordown at the West Park. Didn't
sit there very long? Touch Tretton, just obstruct. You can't
even till we had a problem. I'm Skymite at your
Generator supercenter dot com Traffic Center.

Speaker 4 (34:24):
From r KTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour weather center.
Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a shower. High
temperature today right about sixty mostly cloudy, little warmer. A
couple of showers are also possible Tomorrow seventy and then
we're looking at seventy three morning showers on Thursday, afternoon thunderstorms.
That's the best day as far as getting wet, more
likely day to get wet. Temperature right now currently fifty

(34:47):
one at your official severe weather station, News Radio seven
forty KTRH. It's time to check out some of our
top stories on a Tuesday morning. Here's Cliff, Thank you
very much.

Speaker 6 (34:56):
Jimmy Nearly two thousand illegals have been arrested in Ice
Rates between Sunday and Monday. Nobody was heard in a
shooting yesterday at a Katie Ariel Walmart. Apparently it was
an angry former employee who is now in custody. And
CNN's Jim Acosta is leaving the network after he was
canceled by the network yesterday.

Speaker 1 (35:16):
Oh no, he's leaving because he doesn't have a job anymore. Exactly.

Speaker 6 (35:19):
Okay, get the latest news anytime at KTRH dot com.
Our next update, amicable, is that six o'clock.

Speaker 1 (35:26):
I think that's called being fired. Fifty nine in bound
at the loop is always a problem.

Speaker 18 (35:32):
KTRH time saving traffic connect on the ten.

Speaker 1 (35:38):
It's a COVID update.

Speaker 4 (35:39):
Yeah, we don't get a lot of those anymore, but
this is this is a good COVID update. This is
President Trump reinstating. Of course, who knows how many of
those eight thousand military members are still interested in getting
back into the military. Maybe I don't know, maybe half,
maybe more hard to say. They might be more interested
now that Trump is president and we have a different

(36:01):
repete Hegseth as the Defense secretary, and we have the
military moving back towards its core mission. Maybe now they'd
be more interested in going back. But Senator John Kennedy
yesterday asked about the President's decision on COVID and also
talking about why he believes doctor Anthony Fauci got so

(36:22):
crazy and control eachho over the whole COVID thing.

Speaker 12 (36:25):
I think he's doing the right thing. Look, I took
the COVID vaccine. Why did I do that? Because I
didn't want to die and that stuff. I'm a couple
of years older than y'all, and that stuff was like
Russian yo met. But there were a lot of younger
people who said, you know, this is a government vaccine,
at least government funded, and they don't completely trust the government.

(36:48):
Imagine that, And on principle they said, we don't want
to take the vaccine. Doctor Fauci, I don't hate him,
but let's face the facts.

Speaker 1 (36:57):
He made them.

Speaker 12 (36:58):
He tried to establish complete control over everybody.

Speaker 1 (37:02):
Why did he do that?

Speaker 12 (37:03):
In my opinion, he was scared doctor Fauci. I think
we're going to find out was funding gain a function
research and a Chinese lab and the.

Speaker 6 (37:15):
Virus may have gotten out from lab.

Speaker 12 (37:17):
And doctor Fauci saw that, and he said, oh my god,
I could get blamed for all this, so I'm going
to have to establish complete controls. So nobody asked questions,
and nobody looks under the sea cushions, and I thought
he went too far in terms of mandating the vaccine
for everybody. Right, Well, the worst of it is that
all of this undermined.

Speaker 1 (37:39):
The institution of public health.

Speaker 12 (37:42):
So next time people will trust our public health institutions less,
and that's not a good thing.

Speaker 4 (37:49):
Yeah, And you know, maybe a good example of that
is tuberculosis cases are on the rise in our country.

Speaker 1 (37:57):
Now.

Speaker 4 (37:57):
There could be multiple reasons for that. Probably are multiple
reasons for it. Maybe some of it is because you
have some people who have become anti vaxxers as a
result of what the federal government did with the COVID vaccine.
They just don't believe in vaccines. They don't want to
take vaccines. And when you don't take certain vaccines, then
you can bring back mumps and measles and potentially polio

(38:21):
and tuberculosis and a lot of things that we pretty
much have eradicated in this country. That's one of the reasons.
But the other reason is, and it's another reason why
we have to be concerned about illegal immigration. Now, these
vaccines are not customary in many foreign countries. They don't

(38:41):
get mumps and measles in polio and tuberculosis shots. So
if somebody comes over and they are infected with something
like TB and you haven't had your protective shot against it,
you can contract it and before you you know, what
was pretty much an eradicated illness is backreaking havoc again.

Speaker 1 (39:07):
Again.

Speaker 4 (39:08):
Public health another reason to be concerned about illegal immigration.
Five point fifty six. Now here in news radio seven
forty KTRH.

Speaker 1 (39:18):
This is use Radio seven forty KTRH Houston.

Speaker 2 (39:23):
Drive Everywhere with the IrMn.

Speaker 3 (39:25):
Now, the latest news, weather and traf It's more of
what matters to you from the John Morris Services Studios.

Speaker 4 (39:33):
Six am is a time here in Houston's morning news.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories this half hour,
we have two thousand illegals now rested in just two days,
Harris Cutty, taxpayers, you're paying to defend illegals from deportation.
And coming up at six oh eight, So why you
white people got to eat so many eggs? Details in
the minutes, say head, you're in Houston's morning news. First

(39:55):
with those let's check out. Let's check out that morning
drive with this waiveos here skuy mine, Hey, hey.

Speaker 1 (40:01):
All right, let's look at your north Loop six ' ten. No,
I see these all the time. Don't be nervous.

Speaker 5 (40:05):
North Loop six y ten westbound at the squeeze. It's
getting kind of loopy right there. Nothing big, nobody's ran
into each other. I you lose a minute or so,
stay the course. If the north loops is your thing.
Let's check ninety coming in from Dayton. It's cindy from
Dayton ninety.

Speaker 37 (40:20):
Bound, like before you get to ninety nine.

Speaker 16 (40:23):
It's about sixty lit up belief card.

Speaker 15 (40:26):
It looks like somebody's ran off.

Speaker 38 (40:28):
Into the ditch.

Speaker 5 (40:29):
All right, look on the outbound side if you're heading
to Dayton. I'll check your ship channel bridges add six
ten and the Generator Supercenter dot Com traffic.

Speaker 4 (40:37):
Center from r KTRH top tax defenders. Twenty four hour
weathers that are mostly claudy. Today's light chance of a shower,
high temper at you're right about sixty. We warm up
to about seventy and then into well into the seventies
starting on Thursday. So the warm up has begun, or
at least it will begin soon along with better ring chances.
We'll talk to Terry Smith about that in about nine minutes.
Right now fifty one at your official Severe Weather station

(40:59):
News KRHS. Time out for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 6 (41:05):
Thank you very much, Jimmy six zero one. We are
sponsored by Plants for all seasons. Our top story.

Speaker 5 (41:10):
We are going to restore law and order at any cost,
and I think we owe that to the people.

Speaker 6 (41:14):
Ouse speaker Mike Johnson. There as, ICE makes two thousand
arrests over a two day period in enforcement operations across
the country. Those operations apparently included Useton, where there were
arrests at at least one local business. Texas Governor Greg
Abbott sending four hundred Texas military personnel to the border
to help the Feds, and Fox reported that less than

(41:36):
six hundred people in total cross the border illegally on Sunday.
That is less than half of the number that they
were seeing on a daily basis in the last days
of Joe Biden's presidency. Now, while both state and federal
authorities are trying to end the border crisis, Harris County
has been busy setting up a multi million dollar legal

(41:57):
fund for illegal aliens.

Speaker 10 (42:00):
This is not anything will need to be doing.

Speaker 9 (42:02):
I think with what the administration's doing in Washington, this
is inconsistent with what ICE is done over the last week.

Speaker 6 (42:11):
Precinct three Commissioner Tom Ramsey says this is something we
might see legislation on in Austin if it continues. Ramsey
will join Jimmy at seven point fifty. The President doubling
down on ending birthright citizenship yesterday during a House Republican
conference in Florida.

Speaker 35 (42:27):
Who was not meant for everyone to come into our
country by airplane or charging across the borders from all
over the world and think they're going to become citizens?

Speaker 6 (42:36):
Nearly two dozen states are suing Trump over this. Six
oh three on KTRH, the President issuing more executive orders
last night, including one to end DEI in the military.
Missouri Senator Josh Holly applauds.

Speaker 39 (42:50):
The move DEI is unconstitutional. What did Supreme Court say
just a year or two ago you couldn't use race
as the basis in college admissions? Now not college admissions?
Why the United States military?

Speaker 6 (43:01):
Trump also officially reinstated military personnel thrown out for refusing
the COVID job. Those personnel also getting back pay. Six
h four on KGRH, another Trump cabinet pick is confirmed.
His Treasury Secretary, Scott Besent got sixteen Democrats to vote
for him. The final vote was sixty eight to twenty nine.

(43:22):
We could see a vote on Sean Duffy as Transportation
Secretary today. The Federal Reserve meets over the next two days,
the first meeting of the new year and the first
since Trump took over again.

Speaker 1 (43:35):
And so what can we expect.

Speaker 13 (43:37):
I think what we're expecting is for the Federal Reserve
to essentially just hold steady and stay the course on
interest rates.

Speaker 1 (43:44):
That is economist e J and Tony.

Speaker 34 (43:47):
And what about Trump's demand to drop interest rates immediately?

Speaker 13 (43:52):
I think Trump is really holding a grudge, and rightly so.
I'm not sure that there's anything Trump can do to
work with this institution. I think what he really needs
to do is clean house.

Speaker 34 (44:01):
He notes that while the Fed is labeled as independent,
over ninety percent of their donations go to Democrats.

Speaker 1 (44:09):
Chuff Biggs News Radio seven forty K tieries.

Speaker 6 (44:12):
And more of your money. As stock futures are up,
this morning after yesterday's volativity. Of course, Nvidia lost nearly
six hundred billion dollars thanks to a Chinese AI firm,
Deep Seek, which we'll have moron tomorrow. Foreign investors have
been pumping money into our stock markets by the tens
of billions over the last three months. A new study

(44:34):
also found that foreign money is not necessarily a good thing,
but TeX's investment manager Bill Dendy says he prefers to
look at it differently, and.

Speaker 15 (44:43):
They usually do it when the dollar is getting stronger,
and so even if the market doesn't go up, the
strengthening dollar means that they make more money when they
turn the investments back into their own foreign currencies.

Speaker 6 (44:54):
He says this is a case of investors swooping in
to get a slice of the American money high. There's
a new Pew Research Center survey finding that close of
close to half of remote workers would quit if they
were told to go back to the office. Employment attorney
Andy Trusevach says, unless you've got it in writing, if

(45:15):
your boss tells you to come back, come back.

Speaker 16 (45:18):
People who are working remotely that have to come back
to the office, a lot of them are going to
be very disgruntled workers and how productive is a disgruntled worker?

Speaker 6 (45:29):
The survey finding that forty six percent of workers asked
said they would leave if forced to return. Six oh
six and eleven year old is hospitalized but expected to survive,
shot twice in a home invasion overnight in northeast Houston.
The manhunt for two bad guys continues elsewhere. Police are
still searching for Salvador Sosato, who escaped custody last Thursday

(45:51):
in Belleville. Residents there don't feel safe.

Speaker 1 (45:55):
It's kind of shocking. It's like, how did that happen?
And he was just across the street, well forty eight
hours later. It kind of makes you wonder what's going on?
How did he get away so quickly?

Speaker 6 (46:07):
That woman with our TV partner, Channel two, and police
are also still looking for the man charged with kidnapping
his fifteen month old nephew. That boy was found safely yesterday.
It's now six oh seven on KTRH bounder.

Speaker 10 (46:21):
Go ahead, Dralla up.

Speaker 6 (46:28):
And those were the last words we heard in nineteen
eighty six from the Space Shuttle Challenger. Today is the
anniversary of the explosion that killed all seven crew members,
including Christa McCall iff, the first teacher selected to go
into space. The rockets with a one fourteen to one
twelve when in Boston last night. They are in Atlanta
tonight with pregame at five point thirty on Sports Talk

(46:50):
seven ninety. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news, weather and
traffic station KTRH.

Speaker 18 (46:56):
Houston's morning News continues with Jimmy Barre It how many
h you got in that basket? That's an expensive basket.
Price of eggs still high.

Speaker 4 (47:07):
It's come down a little tiny bit, but it's still high,
still high, and it's going to stay high for a while.
Because we had we got a bird flu going on.
In fact, hang on, let me find this here. First outbreak,
a rare bird flu strain reported at California poultry farm,
So it's spreading to poultry farms in the US. This

(47:29):
is the H five and nine came alongside detection of
the more common H five and one on the farm
which led to one hundred and nineteen thousand birds deaths.
So we are losing a lot of chickens to this
bird flu which they have not been able to bring
under control.

Speaker 1 (47:47):
But that didn't stop.

Speaker 4 (47:48):
I mean that's that's perfectly explainable, right as far as
the high price of eggs, at least currently the high
price of eggs. But that didn't stop an MSNBC contribut
His name is Eli Maestell. He is African American. He
he's upset over the pardon, saying a majority of white

(48:09):
people voted for this. This is the disgusting version of
America that people want. And then he said, and by
the way, eggs are still more expensive, so you didn't
even get that. Great job, white folks.

Speaker 1 (48:24):
President.

Speaker 4 (48:24):
Can I point out again the President Trumpet. First of all,
he's been in office for a week. The amount of
things he's done in a week is amazing, truly amazing.
We have to be prepared, however, for inflation to not
come down as quickly as we'd like it too. What
has changed, I mean of the things that drive inflation.

(48:45):
What has changed yet? I mean, the Trumpet hasn't gotten
the budget fully under control. He hasn't gotten the price
of oil and gas to go down, because we're just
ramping up for drill, baby drill. Those things are going
to have to have happened for prices to start to
come down. And even then people like Kevin O'Leary are

(49:05):
saying it could take it probably will take two years
before we see an inflation rate down around two percent
or below. Two years. This is not something that can
get fixed overnight. Six ' ten. Time for traffic and
weather together, Dumbo, I know we're checking out the driver
sky mine.

Speaker 5 (49:22):
I can tell you Eggs are big in the Mexican community,
especially in East two Stile.

Speaker 1 (49:26):
You can't have pop us go with us without it?
Could you have breakfast without eggs? Not where I'm from,
So you know, let's very few things. I'm gonna look
it up.

Speaker 4 (49:33):
I bet there's maybe one or two items that on
the breakfast menu that don't have eggs in them.

Speaker 1 (49:37):
Now I'm hungry. Let's go put on your hard hat.

Speaker 5 (49:40):
Let's go to the hard work in East Side, and
it's time to check ship channel bridges.

Speaker 13 (49:44):
Terry.

Speaker 2 (49:44):
Is it me?

Speaker 1 (49:45):
Or is there a little fog here and there?

Speaker 5 (49:46):
Look at the ship channel bridge here, it's a Hartman
from Baytown to Laport both sides here. I don't know
if that's showing up in your megadoppler, but it looks
it looks good so far.

Speaker 1 (49:55):
It's just that shot looks a little fuzzy.

Speaker 5 (49:57):
Let's check over switch the toll bridge here I tend
to deer park piece sick cake.

Speaker 1 (50:01):
If you're wearing your.

Speaker 5 (50:02):
Hard hat the two twenty five, you're in a good
shape here. And on six ' ten the Sherman Bridge.
My little peels pocket radar showing something here Between bud
Plant and two twenty five, we're rocking long. And if
you ever have trouble with the ship Channel bridges. By
the way, remember my secret hack is Wayside, especially since
they did that roadwork around Guswortham Golf Course. Now Wayside's

(50:22):
like except for Harrisburg. There's that one light. And also
the Washington Tunnel is a good way around. Oh found
a new problem here. I've got some suckage on the
south Loop going eastbound right around Old Galveston Road coming
off of Golf Gate. Let me see if I can
get you some laneage. And all are at the Let's
let the rest of the media know. At the six
to twenty break, I'm in the Generator Supercenter dot Com

(50:44):
Traffic Center.

Speaker 4 (50:45):
From r ktr H top tax Defenders twenty four hour
with the Senaer Terry Smith is here. We're looking at
another cloudy day today. Something's gonna shine eventually, Terry. When's
that Friday?

Speaker 20 (50:54):
Friday, Friday into the weekend, So okay, the timing will
be really nice for most of us. But until then,
not only are we cloudy, it's very muggy. We have
the possibility of summarrain, with Thursday being the day that
we're gonna have to watch most carefully because of that
potential not only for rain, but some strong to severe storms. Now,

(51:16):
it's only a twenty percent chance of a shower today,
any rain we see today on the light side near sixty.
The high today Tomorrow thirty percent chance of showers. It
is warmer, close to seventy Tomorrow Thursday, a ninety percent
chance of showers and storms. Some of those storms could
produce some gusty winds, also some heavy rain. We're gonna

(51:37):
be watching that and then it all clears out and
the sunshine shows up Friday through the weekend. Temperatures stay
on the mild side, generally in the sixties through the weekend.

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Speaker 4 (52:01):
So one of the things the Senate's going to take
up in DC the US Senate is a move to
block enemy countries. I guess they would include China, Russia.
I assume it would include you're on those types of
countries to prevent them from buying land near US bases.

(52:24):
Should we be selling any land to two countries that
are we considered to be enemies. We'll talk about it next.
First of the traffic and weather together as we check
out a skymie.

Speaker 5 (52:33):
Aha, I knew we had something on the south lip
six ' ten. Let's talk to trucker Doug from Alvin.

Speaker 1 (52:40):
From morning sky Mike due.

Speaker 9 (52:41):
Three lanes right lanes blocked on south Loop right over
Broadway heading forward. The shift Caanne Bridge, fire trucks, coach trucks.

Speaker 10 (52:50):
Is some police.

Speaker 9 (52:50):
I don't know what's going on in accident, but three
right lanes or.

Speaker 5 (52:53):
Block south loops got an accident at Broadway. Sees found
lookout three right lanes. Thank you truck or dug and
east text Young Albert from Kingwood morning inbound.

Speaker 6 (53:03):
Two lanes starting to form of parking lot and it's
filling up very quickly.

Speaker 2 (53:07):
South side of the Kingwood Try.

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All right, let me let the rest of the media know.

Speaker 5 (53:11):
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Speaker 4 (54:14):
As far as I know China Grove, Texas is not
owned by China, it's just called China Grove. But we
would there certainly not want China Grove, Texas to be
owned by China.

Speaker 10 (54:25):
Six p.

Speaker 4 (54:25):
Twenty four Here on Houston's Boring News, Timothy Narrosi joins
US Foreign Affairs report of Washington Examiner. Is the US
Senate getting ready to try to make a move to
block enemy land buys near US bases? Is there any
consideration tympathy of just banning what we would consider enemy
countries like Iran, China, Russia from buying any land in

(54:47):
the United States, let alone near US bases.

Speaker 40 (54:51):
Well, there's certainly a consideration of that, but I think
that you'll find that in today's globalized world, that's a
lot more typicult than you would imagine.

Speaker 10 (55:00):
This isn't just buying bases. You know, foreign governments.

Speaker 40 (55:03):
You listed up foreign adversary governments that might be involved here,
and you hit the nail round the head.

Speaker 10 (55:08):
It's Russia, China, and North Korea, Iran.

Speaker 40 (55:12):
The problem is that it's not just governments that can
buy land, it's foreign adversary aligned.

Speaker 10 (55:17):
Companies, private individuals.

Speaker 40 (55:20):
There is an issue with a Chinese billionaire that was
a former general in the People's Liberation Army that was
looking to buy many acres of land in Texas not
too long ago. So it's not as cut and dry
as you think, especially in today's sort of globalized world.

Speaker 4 (55:33):
Well, you know, the military bases I think are self explanatory, right,
it's the national security concerns. But even if you are
a foreign adversary like a China for example, buying a
farm land to grow food, if you control that food
and where that food goes, isn't that a potential national
security concern?

Speaker 41 (55:52):
Well?

Speaker 40 (55:52):
Absolutely, And I mean it doesn't have to be a
farm land. I mean there are properties in major cities
owned by the Communist Party or you know, sort of
bought by a shell organization or by an individual on
behalf and destinedly on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party
where they're operating secret military basis or not military police
patients that you know, are sort of harassing or monitoring,

(56:16):
whether it's American nationals or Chinese nationals. You know, any
sort of ability for foreign adversary government to kind of
get a foothold on American soil does present present a
national security risk.

Speaker 4 (56:29):
So, how far is a potential bill in the progress
in the process here are they're just starting to talk
about it. Is there something that's formally being introduced? What
what's the top frame on this?

Speaker 10 (56:40):
It's only in the beginning process, it's being introduced.

Speaker 40 (56:42):
But you know, there's been many challenges to a lot
of the changes that Donald Trump and his administration and
his sort of.

Speaker 10 (56:50):
Lawmaker allies put forward.

Speaker 40 (56:53):
But it seems that you know, they're operating on the
you know, get stuff out the door now.

Speaker 10 (56:58):
If there's legal challenges, will deal with it as they come.

Speaker 40 (57:01):
But they're not slowing down, if that makes sense, compared
to the first administration, where I think they had a
slightly more cautious move forward with each sort of agenda
piece of agenda. Now it's just everything in the kitchen
sink is going out as we prepare it, and we'll
deal with any sort of challenges or opposition as they

(57:22):
as they appear.

Speaker 4 (57:23):
All right, Tiffathy, thanks for the update. Appreciated Foreign Affairs
reporter Washington Examiner Timothy Derossi six twenty seven. Time to
take a look at your money. Jeff Bellinger is here.

Speaker 24 (57:33):
And Jimmy Microsoft is reportedly among the companies interested in
buying TikTok from its Chinese parent. President Trump says the
software giant is in talks to acquire the video app
to keep it operating here in the US. The President
old reporters he expects TikTok to get a lot of interest.
Stock markets are mixed this hour. The futures anyway. The

(57:54):
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Six thirty Our Time, Houston's Morning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett
among our top stories this f our charges have been
dropped against that Texas hospital whistleblower. The Texas Center will
take up school choice starting today and coming up A
six thirty eight was the Super Bowl logo for Super
Bowl fifty nine. A conspiracy details in the minutes ahead.

(58:46):
You're on Houston's Morning News. First, we're checking out the
Morning Drive with Skymine. Clear the South Loop. That wreck
didn't sit there very long. That was eastbound at Broadway.
Weave reopened the three line right lanes.

Speaker 5 (58:56):
The subconds has pretty much gone too from Gulf Gate,
so stay the course there.

Speaker 1 (59:00):
Nord Sam's getting sticky.

Speaker 5 (59:01):
Aldan Westfield West found especially that's a left line missing
with roadwork. And young Albert from Kingwood found a wreck
for me. Uh that is south of Kingwood Drive somewhere
on the East tex Freeway. Hey, somebody give me an
update on that. We can't seem to see that on camera.
So seven one three two one two tips. Seven one
three two one two t ips and tell me if

(59:23):
you could see that wreck on the East Text Freeway.
I'm Skymike on the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 4 (59:29):
From r ktr H Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour Weather
Center mostly Cloudey's life chance of a shower, high temperature
today right about sixty. We'll get you the complete forecast
when we check in with Terry Smith at the Weather
Channel in eight minutes. Right now fifty one at your
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It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 6 (59:50):
Thank you, Jimmy. It is six point thirty two on
kt RH. Top story and eleven year old boy is
shot twice in a home invasion overnight in northeast Houston.
At boy expected to survive. The bad guy's gone away
and are on the run. Also topping the news, the
Department of Justice drops charges against doctor Aton Ham, hence
the whistleblower who exposed Texas Children's hospitals so called gender

(01:00:15):
Affirming Care clinic.

Speaker 16 (01:00:16):
This was just one of.

Speaker 8 (01:00:17):
Many instances of politically motivated lawfair from Biden's DOJ.

Speaker 21 (01:00:21):
That is what happened during the Biden administration. They basically
just weaponizing the legal system against people who spoke out.

Speaker 8 (01:00:30):
Doctor Mary Tally Boden says that for victims of this
sort of lawfair, the process is the punishment.

Speaker 21 (01:00:35):
It's a cloud of dress that hangs over you, and
not to mention, the legal bills not something you're ever
prepared for as a doctor.

Speaker 8 (01:00:43):
Boden says she hopes Trump administration changes will meet a
permanent end to political lawfair Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven
forty KTRH.

Speaker 6 (01:00:51):
Thank you, Ethan. Today is the first Texas sented hearing
on school choice, which failed two years ago despite multiple
special sessions. Texas political consultant Bill Miller protects success this
time around, after several school choice opponents got voted out.

Speaker 27 (01:01:07):
There's not going to be much hesitation on whether the
still passes.

Speaker 42 (01:01:10):
An obvious question how fast it passes.

Speaker 9 (01:01:12):
And I think this is going to pass quickly.

Speaker 27 (01:01:15):
It will be taken up, it'll be passed, and then
Dodger's part of a program in the state going forward.

Speaker 6 (01:01:19):
The hearing starts at eleven o'clock this morning. Freshman state
Representative Pat Curry final suit against a conservative political action
committee for doxing him during the Texas speaker race.

Speaker 28 (01:01:32):
They put out a text on me that went throughout
the district and then they put it on Facebook and
they also put it on Twitter. They put my personal
cell number in there, the my longtime business cell number.

Speaker 6 (01:01:43):
Curry told Waco television he was accused of supporting Dustin
Burrows when he had actually voted for David Cook six
point thirty four. The ice raids under Donald Trump continue
and there have been some two thousand arrests between Sunday
and Monday. National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art deal
Quetto says ICE is finally being allowed to do its job.

Speaker 43 (01:02:04):
People like President Trump and individuals like Tom Holman and
the many many men and women out there putting their
lives on the line each and every day trying to
get home to their families, are also out there making
sure that these criminals are detained, put behind bars, and
reported back.

Speaker 6 (01:02:18):
To their country del Cueto on Fox. But another concern
at the border for those on the front lines is
drone activity to the tune of one thousand a month.

Speaker 44 (01:02:27):
Well, imagine always having to watch for someone jumping out
of the bushes. Now these agents have to worry about
what's over their heads. The Border Patrol chief of the
Real Brand Valley sector told the House Oversight Committee in
twenty twenty three they had ten thousand drone incursions twenty
five thousand drone sightings in her sector in one year.

Speaker 6 (01:02:46):
Reporter Robert Arnold with our TV partner Channel two, reporting
from the Border. Six point thirty five, the US Senate
votes to confirm Scott Besant as Treasury Secretary. As more
of Trump's cabinet picks have confirmation hearing this week. They
include Robert F. Kennedy Junior tomorrow, Tulsey Gabbert on Thursday.
Both their former Democrats. Both have triggered the left.

Speaker 31 (01:03:09):
If Joe Biden was still president and he nominated Bobby Kennedy,
it would have been brilliant, right, Tulsi Garritton, What a
brilliant choice. But instead they resort to personal character assassination,
they resort to politics. They're going to find something wrong
with all of them.

Speaker 6 (01:03:25):
Kansas Senator doctor Roger Marshall with ktrh's Clay Travis and
Buck Sexton. Incoming FBI Director Cash Betel's hearing is also
set for Thursday. Six point thirty five. Texas Senator Ted
Cruz is pushing a new bill to ban foreign owned
land near American military bases.

Speaker 19 (01:03:44):
The country's targeted include Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.

Speaker 33 (01:03:48):
It basically gives authority to the Committee on Foreign Investment
to review purchases being made in those areas.

Speaker 19 (01:03:55):
Timothy no Rosie of the Washington Examiners. As lawmakers are
scrambling for solutions, then it may face challenges, but the
Gopi's aggression will help get it done.

Speaker 33 (01:04:04):
The Republicans are more focused on getting legislation and bills
on the board and then dealing with legal challenges later.

Speaker 19 (01:04:11):
He says, it's a small step representing much larger change
in dealing with foreign threats. Andre Parard, News Radio seven
forty KTRH, Thank.

Speaker 6 (01:04:19):
You, Andre. Another one of President Trump's priorities is deconstructing
the deep state. Political commentator Terry Shilling believes it's possible,
but it will take some time.

Speaker 35 (01:04:29):
It'll take a while to start to really deconstruct him
in meaningful ways. But President Trump.

Speaker 1 (01:04:34):
Overcame all of their efforts to get.

Speaker 35 (01:04:36):
Him out of power, to bankrupt him, imprison him, even
and so we just got to keep the ball rolling
here and bring in some mush in the reforms to
get these agencies back under control.

Speaker 6 (01:04:44):
This past weekend, Trump fired seventeen inspectors general at six
point thirty seven. If an insurance company offered you lower
rates in exchange for using an app to record your
driving habits, would you buy it? Well, a lot of
people already are. To USA Today's Madora Lee, usage based
insurance has been the only kind you can get when

(01:05:05):
you buy at Tesla, and now it's going mainstream.

Speaker 36 (01:05:08):
Because everybody is so concerned about inflation and high insurance costs.
People more people seem to be open to this these days.

Speaker 6 (01:05:19):
And she adds that most apps are already gathering data
on you, so this is not a surprise. Finally, Mike
Towman is named the new team president of the Houston Texans,
replacing Greg Grissom. And I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news
weather in Traffic station KTRH the twentieth day of January.

Speaker 25 (01:05:36):
President Hi, Donald John Trump, inauguration day, the first one
hundred days and be on on news radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 1 (01:05:47):
All right, the super Bowl.

Speaker 4 (01:05:48):
Here's you heard about the super Bowl conspiracy theory. The
logo for super Bowl fifty nine, this year's super Bowl
was actually drawn up a year year ago, right before
last year's super Bowl. It is very I don't know,
it's very sixties looking. Maybe that was the idea because

(01:06:11):
it's kind of got that, you know, tied ie look
about it. But the super Bowl logo which is at
l i X, which is Roben Nuvers fifty nine. The
reason why there's a conspiracy theories because there. It's two colors,
two colors red and green. And of course you probably

(01:06:37):
are aware that the Kansas City Chiefs, whose primary color
is red, is playing in the Super Bowl, and the
Philadelphia Eagles, whose primary color is green, is also playing
in the Super Bowl. So this is held up as
some sort of proof that the whole thing is rigged.
There's also a story going around that the Kansas City

(01:06:57):
Chiefs supposedly were say, enhancing the retirement plans of some
NFL referees. That's the accusation anyway. I don't know that
there's anything to it. I would I mean, what a huge,
huge controversy that would be if it turned out if

(01:07:17):
any of that stuff turned out to be true. And
the theory behind the the refs and giving Kansas City
breaks and not calling penalties on them is because of
supposedly Taylor Swift. The Taylor Swift factor has led to
so much additional income for the National Football League that
that's why they wanted to see the Chiefs make it
to the Super Bowl again. For the money you buying

(01:07:40):
any of this? Six forty time for traffic and weather together,
Let's check out that drive once again. The skyline all right.

Speaker 5 (01:07:46):
Let's check on the south Clip six ten. If you're
just tuning in, maybe you missed a gap. We've cleared
a wreck on the south Loop six ten at Broadway.
You can't even tell it was there. Stay the course
all the way around the Sherman Bridge. Looking good this morning.
East Freeway. I'm starting to spackle up now inbound inside
the Loop from Lockwood back into downtown. If you're trying
to cross Saint Arnold over to the Katie Freeway, remember

(01:08:08):
you have that Katie Freeway road construction down to three
lanes and the text wall of death.

Speaker 1 (01:08:13):
Let's see. Jennifer from Channel eleven is ringing me up.
She's like, what guy, Mike, what is going on.

Speaker 5 (01:08:18):
On to Eddy eight northbound and Highway six? So please
help me out before she drives me crazy. Uh seven
one three two one two t ips. I see this
s munch, but I don't know what the laneage is there.
Forty five North Andy from Conroe.

Speaker 35 (01:08:30):
Good one is sky Mike three thirty three Loop two
belt Way eight is nice and clear. Traffic starting to
build up and everything's good, all right.

Speaker 5 (01:08:38):
Put a banana sticker on your briefcase. Red from Rio Vista.

Speaker 10 (01:08:43):
Good morning, Sky, Mike and Jimmy two dollars ridge going southbound.

Speaker 44 (01:08:46):
That would be the Celtway eighth Ridge.

Speaker 42 (01:08:49):
Just a few break.

Speaker 14 (01:08:49):
Lifes then mostly that's from underpowered vehicles going uphill.

Speaker 5 (01:08:54):
Standy, she's got the timeline left down. You would never believe,
Terry Smith. What are you Visita red dust for a living?
I'll give you two seconds. She runs a tugboat operation Wow, cool, crazy, Yes, fun.
She's gonna take me for ride on the Inner Coastal Canal.
I'm ann Generator Supercenter dot com Traffic Center.

Speaker 4 (01:09:12):
Promog Katirah Generator Supercenter twenty four hour will the Center.
Terry Smith is here, ready to fill you in on
the forecast.

Speaker 20 (01:09:19):
More clouds, more clouds, more clouds, more rain. Not a
lot of rain today and tomorrow. The best chance of
rain is Thursday. That's another developing storm that'll head our way.
We may get some rather stronger storms. We're going to
be watching that. There's the potential for some stronger storms Thursday.
Today a twenty percent chance of a shower. If you
see it, it's light. The rainfall temperatures near sixty and

(01:09:42):
tomorrow a thirty percent chance of showers and temperatures near
seventy Tomorrow warmer. Thursday, we have a ninety percent chance
of showers and storms, and we could get some gusty
winds with those storms, some heavy rain as well. We're
going to be keeping an eye out to see there's
the conditions are right for any sort of tornado development,

(01:10:03):
but it's very similar to a spring like situation. Thursday,
it'll all clear out. Friday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We
got sunshine and the temperatures are in the sixties, so
nice looking.

Speaker 1 (01:10:15):
We hand jepit.

Speaker 4 (01:10:17):
You're right now, still fifty one at your officials, Severe
Weather station, News Radio seven forty k TRH. You are commute,
you are forecast your news. It's Houston's Morning News, brought
to you, buying new Southway to those solutions. So is
if the border wasn't dangerous enough now, there are reports
that there are explosive devices that are being placed along

(01:10:38):
the roadways at the Brownsville, Texas border with Mexico by
the cartel. More in that story coming up next, along
with the timeline. But first we've got traffic and weather
together with skyline.

Speaker 1 (01:10:48):
All right, we found two eighty eight.

Speaker 5 (01:10:50):
First of all, let me give you something here Southwest
Freeway northbound. Oh, trouble in the canyon forty five. This
is a stall, all right? Well, he's right in the
ramp going to the Golf Freeway to eighty eight. I've
got Karen from Lake Jackson.

Speaker 21 (01:11:03):
Just before the entrance through the toll roads.

Speaker 20 (01:11:05):
There is a wreck on the right hand side blocking
the side shoulder and the right.

Speaker 21 (01:11:11):
Length before going slow and there's looky loose.

Speaker 1 (01:11:13):
All right, sure work on the verbiage.

Speaker 5 (01:11:15):
Karen from Lake Jackson her first ever banana sticker. I'm
Skymike on the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center from
r KTRH Generator super Center, twenty four hour Weather center
for today, clowne skies slide, chance of a shower high
about sixty seventy tomorrow with pretty much the same forecast,
and then Thursday morning showers afternoon storm seventy three.

Speaker 4 (01:11:34):
Right now it is fifty two at your officials, Severe
Weather Station News Radio seven forty k TRH. We're checking
out some of our top stories on a Tuesday. Here's Cliff,
Thank you, Jimmy.

Speaker 6 (01:11:44):
Ice operations result in twelve hundred arrests nationwide yesterday. The
death toll from the La Wildfires is now at twenty
nine and Jimmy, you were talking about the Super Bowl
logo before.

Speaker 1 (01:11:55):
Uh huh?

Speaker 6 (01:11:56):
How about this? A group of Louisiana lawmakers is now
asking the NFL to make sure that rapper Kendrick Lamar's
halftime show is family friendly. Okay, get the latest news
anytime at KTRH dot com and our next update is
at seven o'clock.

Speaker 1 (01:12:13):
I live in Pasadena, Sharptown Southwest.

Speaker 18 (01:12:16):
Next on the ten time saving traffic on seven forty KTRH.
All right, so down around Brownsville, evidently we have a
problem with explosive devices being planted by the cartel. Here's
a report I so I have to share with you
from News four out of San Antonio.

Speaker 37 (01:12:36):
Don't touch, don't move, don't manipulate. Residents in Tamaulipas, which
is across the border from Brownsville, woke up to a
concerning message. Cartels are placing explosives like these along the roads.

Speaker 45 (01:12:50):
It's a shame that those are images. I thought I
left behind in the combat zone and I rack in Afghanistan,
and now I never in a million years really thought
that we would be that so close to home.

Speaker 37 (01:13:02):
Patricia Driscoll grew up along the border, later serving as
a military contractor people who.

Speaker 1 (01:13:07):
Are from there.

Speaker 45 (01:13:08):
We don't think of our Mexican border as a war zone,
and we don't want to.

Speaker 24 (01:13:12):
She says.

Speaker 37 (01:13:13):
This message is alarming for people in border cities who
cross back and forth every day.

Speaker 45 (01:13:17):
People thinking, well, I'm just commuting to work, I'm just
commuting to see my family, and now I have to
worry about terrorists like devices.

Speaker 1 (01:13:24):
This is a twenty four hour command center that we
have here in the border.

Speaker 37 (01:13:29):
On the US side, security experts like Jorge Luisi Snarros
are watching these threats closely. His company provides protection for
companies in the US and Mexico.

Speaker 25 (01:13:39):
The cartails are fighting each other, but they're not looking
to hurt amertives or any travelers or the foreigners.

Speaker 37 (01:13:47):
Some are still worried this could be retaliation or a warning.
President Trump signing an executive order this week designating drug
cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

Speaker 45 (01:13:57):
I'm not sure that it changes there behaviors anymore, but
it is definitely time for them to see that the
United States does not is not going to allow it
to continue business as usual.

Speaker 37 (01:14:09):
Long term violence could have big impacts on the economies
of both countries.

Speaker 26 (01:14:14):
Millions of medison dollars that are coming back and forth,
and we haven't predictled people that are involved are working there.

Speaker 2 (01:14:22):
You know.

Speaker 37 (01:14:22):
Congressman Tony Gonzalez represents several of those border cities. He
tells US action is being taken to curtail cartel activity.

Speaker 1 (01:14:30):
Quote.

Speaker 37 (01:14:30):
Mexico needs to play a vital role in this and
current interactions between the United States and Mexico's government. Officials
are rooted in improving safety and security initiatives across the board.
So far, there haven't been major threats in cities like
El Paso, Eagle Pass, or Del Rio, but as tensions rise,
officials are urging travelers to be careful.

Speaker 4 (01:14:50):
Who is that one guy who says all the cartels
they're not they're not looking to hurt tourist or Americans?

Speaker 1 (01:14:57):
Really?

Speaker 4 (01:14:59):
Is that why they're bringing fetanol into our country? Is
that why they're doing human trafficking? It seems to me
that I don't think the cartel really cares who they hurt,
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It is seven am here on Houston's Morning News. I'm
Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories this half hour, two
thousand illegals now arrested just in the last two days.
Arisconti taxpayers are paying to defend those illegals. And coming
up at seven oh eight, Trump says if he can't
fire the extra IRS agents, you might send them to
the border. Details in the minute to the head. You're in

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Houston's Moorning News. First, we're checking out that morning drive
again here sky Mite.

Speaker 5 (01:17:09):
Hey, somebody snap me a picture of the two eighty
eight things so I can send it to the ladies
on TV.

Speaker 1 (01:17:14):
They can't get a shot of that.

Speaker 5 (01:17:15):
Only if you can do it safely, all right, two
eighty eight northbound, I do have that wreck.

Speaker 1 (01:17:19):
Karen from Lake Jackson her first banana sticker.

Speaker 5 (01:17:22):
This is northbound, right before the entrance to the toll
lanes and Highway six northbound. They've got solid suckage now
from County Road fifty seven. Scott from Wallaceville is on
one forty six.

Speaker 24 (01:17:33):
Good morning, sky Mike, south Mound after Furmont Parkway.

Speaker 42 (01:17:37):
Before Joke Road or the sixth car pile up in
the left hand lane.

Speaker 5 (01:17:41):
All right, let me tell my work wife, Christina Cruzin,
She'll put that in your in car navigation.

Speaker 1 (01:17:46):
Man.

Speaker 5 (01:17:46):
That's gonna really mess up your container truck southbound from
Barber's Cut. I'm Skymike at your Generator Supercenter dot com
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Speaker 4 (01:17:53):
From r KTRH top tax Defender's twenty four hour weather center.
Mostly clouding with this light chance of a shower today.
High temperature about sixty Look at the complete forecast as
the temperatures continue to warm up into the weekend. We
talked to Terry Smith in eight minutes right now, temperature
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seven forty KTRH signed off with the news. Here's Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 6 (01:18:15):
Thank you, Jimmy. It is seven oh two on KTRH.
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Speaker 7 (01:18:21):
In our top story, this operation is won't be expensive,
but at the end of it, We're going to save
the tax billions of dollars plus for protect our national
security orders.

Speaker 6 (01:18:30):
Our Tom Homan with ktrch as Sean Hannity as Fox
Now reports that ICE rates have begun in New York City.
ICE has made nearly two thousand arrests into day's worth
of enforcement operations across the country. Fox is also reporting
that less than six hundred people across the border illegally
on Sunday. That is less than half of the number

(01:18:51):
that we're coming here daily in the final days of
Joe Biden. Yesterday, Governor Greg Gabbott deployed four hundred Texas
military personnel to the border. Now, while Abbott and Trump
are closing the border, Harris County is paying millions to
defend illegals from deportation, and you're the ones who are
paying the bill.

Speaker 8 (01:19:09):
They're doing this despite Harris County's nearly one hundred and
thirty billion dollar budget deficit.

Speaker 9 (01:19:14):
This comes directly out of our general fund. We are
not in a financial position to be funding these types
of things.

Speaker 8 (01:19:23):
PRECINC three Commissioner Tom Ramsey says that the state legislature
may need to step in here.

Speaker 9 (01:19:27):
Austin is watching what we are doing here. If they
see something that is inconsistent with what Harris County should
be doing, I think they'll write a bill.

Speaker 8 (01:19:37):
Ramsey says he'll also be making a motion to stop
this at the next Commissioner's Court meeting. Ethan Buchanan News
Radio seven forty KETRH.

Speaker 6 (01:19:43):
Thank you, Ethan. It's now seven oh three. President Trump
talking to House Republicans during their conference in Florida yesterday,
addressing TikTok's future after giving the social media app a
new lifeline last week.

Speaker 10 (01:19:55):
We'll see what happens.

Speaker 11 (01:19:56):
We're going to have a lot of people bidding on it,
and if we can, will that voice at all the
jobs and China won't be involved.

Speaker 6 (01:20:04):
President adding that Microsoft is in talks to buy TikTok.
He also officially reinstated military personnel discharged for refusing the
COVID shot. Louisiana Senator John Kennedy agrees with the order.

Speaker 12 (01:20:17):
There were a lot of younger people who said, you know,
this is a government vaccine, at least government funded, and
they don't completely trust the government. Imagine that, and on
principle they said, we don't want to take the vaccine.

Speaker 6 (01:20:31):
These soldiers are also getting back pay. Trump also ending
DEI in the military in the series of orders that
he signed last night. At seven oh four, another Trump
cabinet pick is confirmed as Scott Bessant is now Treasury
Secretary in a sixty eight to twenty nine vote with
sixteen Democrats voting with Republicans. After three straight rate cuts

(01:20:53):
to end last year, the Federal Reserve is expected to
hold steady when they start meeting today and wrap up tomorrow.
It's their first beating of the year. An economist DJ
and Tony says the message has changed now that Trump
is back in charge.

Speaker 13 (01:21:06):
This is in stark contrast to what they were talking
about right before the election, where they were not only
cutting interest rates, but that they were signaling a lot
more interest rates were coming and fast. It's amazing how
after Trump won all of that changed and now those
interest rate cuts are gone goodbye.

Speaker 6 (01:21:20):
Trump said last week he would demand that interest rates
drop immediately. Overnight trading remains up across the board this morning,
after yesterday's rollercoaster rind that saw the NASDAK lose more
than three percent in Nvidia took a major hit yesterday
as it lost nearly six hundred billion dollars thanks to
the Chinese AI firm Deep Seek. Now, money from outside

(01:21:42):
the US is chasing bargains on Wall Street and has
been doing so for the last few months. Historically, that
hasn't been a good thing.

Speaker 14 (01:21:49):
And lots of foreign currency has been pouring into markets
likely to find those bargains. Investment manager Bill Dendy says
while some think this rush of cash signals a market top,
it can also be smart money.

Speaker 15 (01:22:01):
What's kind of interesting is usually people start giving up
on an asset category right before it starts doing real well.
And what we're seeing as a lot of international investors
choosing to invest in the United States.

Speaker 14 (01:22:14):
He points out that trends don't always repeat themselves, and
it's extremely hard to tell if we're starting to see
a stock market top. Michael Shane Loan News Radio seven
forty KTR.

Speaker 6 (01:22:24):
Thank you, Michael. Newpew Research Center numbers show that almost
half of remote workers would leave their job if they
were ordered to, you know, work in the office. Seventy
five percent said their employers now require a certain number
of days in the office. It's up from sixty three
percent two years ago.

Speaker 16 (01:22:41):
Number one on a fairness rule. All the people who
have to come into the office are looking at these
empty offices going why do they get to work from home?

Speaker 1 (01:22:49):
And I don't.

Speaker 6 (01:22:50):
Employment attorney Andy Trussevag says that unless you've got it
in writing saying that you can work from home, there
isn't much you can do. At seven oh six, reports
say that an eleven year old is shot and in
critical condition after two men broke into a home in
Northeast Houston. Those two men are still on the run.
Another man is found shot and killed in North Houston.

(01:23:11):
The shooter in that case is on the loose as well. Meantime,
police continue to search for Salvador Salsato, who escaped custody
last Thursday in Belleville, and what we're learning about him
is quite frightening.

Speaker 17 (01:23:24):
We got a hold of a probable cause statement from
the College Station Police Department where Salsato is accused of
making unwanted and explicit test messages to a sixteen year
old girl while she was at school. We've also learned
he has currently wanted out of Gonzales County for a
indecency of a child charge and a stocking charge out

(01:23:45):
of Brasses County as well.

Speaker 6 (01:23:47):
Reporter Cory Peel with our TV partner Channel two seven
oh seven. The Rockets beat the Celtics in Boston one
fourteen to one twelve. They're in Atlanta tonight. Pregame at
five point thirty on Sports Talk seven ninety I'm Cliffs
And on Houston's News whether in traffic station KTRH.

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Speaker 4 (01:24:15):
Ezy Great seven o eight Our time here in Houston's
morning news. Well, even if your accents a letter to
the irs, you know they may not have as many
people to work with as they thought, as far as
you know, chasing down, you know people like you and
me who they think are paying their fair share, although
I can assure you I'm paying a lot more than

(01:24:37):
my fair share at any rate. President Trump in Las
Vegas over the weekend brought up the Internal Revenue Service
basically says he'd like to fire them, but if he can't,
he has another thing that he thinks he might be
able to do with him. Here's what he had to
say and some reaction to it.

Speaker 11 (01:24:55):
One day one, I immediately halted the hiring of any
new ir s.

Speaker 46 (01:24:59):
H you know, they hired, they hired.

Speaker 11 (01:25:06):
We're tried to hire eighty eight thousand new workers to
go refue and we're in the process of developing a
plan to either terminate all of them or.

Speaker 46 (01:25:16):
Maybe we'll move them to the border. I think we're
going to move them to the border. Well, they're allowed
to carry guns. You know, there's so strong on guns,
but these people are allowed to carry guns, so we'll
probably move them.

Speaker 1 (01:25:33):
To the border.

Speaker 47 (01:25:34):
We weaponized the IRS, right, and it wasn't even against
the wealthiest. It was against the middle market, which is
exactly what Biden promised against. And the idea of saying
we need more revenue. Instead of growing the economy, the
idea is hire more IRS agents turn this against our people.
That's why people are so excited about President Trump saying
let's go and collect the money's owed to us by
other countries. What a novel idea that is. So I
think it's going to be I think many of those

(01:25:56):
people are in his messages. Those people will be looking
for work, and they're gonna have to develop ways to
build the economy as opposed to Additionally, taxing our people.

Speaker 1 (01:26:04):
There you go.

Speaker 4 (01:26:05):
That's up by the way from Aquinas Wealth Advisors. That's
Chris McMahon his reaction to it. Seven ten. Time for
traffic and weather together as we check out the drive again.

Speaker 5 (01:26:14):
This guy Mike, all right, something's cooking up on the
hard work and east side. This is I inbound around
by you drive past the truck stops. Look at that spackle.
Back to the San Jacino River Bridge. Give me the
seven to twenty report. I'll get you some laneage there.
We've got one forty six southbound Houston Transtar now has
that on camera. Let's see one three, one five. If
you're playing at home and the pretty ladies on TV now.

Speaker 1 (01:26:36):
Know about it.

Speaker 5 (01:26:36):
You knew about it ten minutes ago. Southbound a wreck
Wharton Williams takes the left line. Six car pile up
Scott from Wallaceville. Banana sticker you've got on the north side.
Let's go wildcard to.

Speaker 28 (01:26:47):
Ninety Hiksas Cyperstave.

Speaker 13 (01:26:49):
There's an unseen tuffle somewhere around.

Speaker 42 (01:26:52):
Nineteen sixty, twenty miles an hour from aw Fush.

Speaker 10 (01:26:55):
You're upward all right.

Speaker 5 (01:26:56):
We got a wreck inbound at Jones Road and get
some laneages for you there in ten minutes, and the
banana sticker verbts for you, Big rig Randy from Spring God, my.

Speaker 9 (01:27:05):
Hardy tow rolled south bound for some reason. We are
backed up right in trying to hect it all for
Beltway eight.

Speaker 5 (01:27:12):
All right, I found the source of the seconds here.
What it is is people are getting off from the
Hardy Toll Road to go to the North Sam. Those
lights at the North Sam and West Hardy are blinking,
So that's going to mess up your Hardy southbound. I'm
Skymike from the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 4 (01:27:27):
From r KTRH top tax Defenders twenty four hour Weather Center.
Time to check in with the Terry over at the
weather channel.

Speaker 1 (01:27:34):
Hip.

Speaker 4 (01:27:34):
Still still dark out. There must be all the extra
clouds we've got, Terry, We.

Speaker 20 (01:27:38):
Got a lot of extra clouds. You know what, I
haven't looked at the satellite picture. I've been so busy
looking at the hourly observations, and yeah, we're just stuck
with clouds. Got a steady flow of moisture that's coming
off the Pacific that's bringing us some of those clouds.
And that same kind of area of low pressure that
was bringing southern California rain. That's the one that's headed

(01:27:59):
off our way, some form of it at least, and
that's what's going to bring us the potential for some
stronger storms possibly by Thursday. Now we've got lots of clouds,
but only a twenty percent chance of rain today and
temperatures near sixty Tomorrow with thirty percent chance of rain,
and temperatures are warmer near seventy tomorrow, and then Thursday,

(01:28:21):
ninety percent chance of showers and storms, and there's the
potential for strong, maybe even severe weather.

Speaker 6 (01:28:27):
We're going to be watching that.

Speaker 20 (01:28:29):
Temperatures on Thursday in the low seventies, it's all gone
by Friday and the sun is back and it stays
with us through the weekend. A sunny, dry weekend with
highs in the sixties through the weekend.

Speaker 4 (01:28:42):
Going that sounds good, right down fifty one at your
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Speaker 4 (01:28:59):
Only under the administration would you have a Department of
Justice that would defend a hospital providing gender affirming care
when it was told it could no longer do that
it was against the law here in Texas to do so,
and instead charged the whistleblower who tipped authorities off that
this was going on. Well, that wrong has been rectified.

(01:29:19):
We'll talk to doctor Mary Tally Boden about that coming
up next. First, though, traffic and weather together as we
check out the drive once again with Skymine.

Speaker 1 (01:29:27):
Two eighty eight northsbound Highway six.

Speaker 5 (01:29:28):
That spackle has you backed up from County Road fifty
seven one for six, lookout Wharton Wings. That's a southbound
six car pilot Lisa Splendora.

Speaker 9 (01:29:37):
Good morning, Skymike, Good morning.

Speaker 42 (01:29:38):
Love Southombe right before Lauder.

Speaker 10 (01:29:41):
There is a vender vendor and there's a tres Ninja on.

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The same boom. Well said, that's an olive branch.

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And I'm in the Generator Supercenter dot Com traffic Center.

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From r KTRH top tax Defenders. Twenty four hour weather
sentday today mostly Colnnie, slight shower chance, high temperature about
sixty mostly Colnnee, a chance of a few showers. Warmer
tomorrow about seventy Thursday is the big rain day, morning showers,
afternoon storms with a high seventy three. Right now fifty
one at your official severe weather station, news Radio seven
forty KTRH. We're checking out some of our top trending

(01:30:13):
stories on this Tuesday. Here's Cliff, Thank you, Jimmy.

Speaker 6 (01:30:16):
The Texas Senate takes up school choice at eleven o'clock.
In a hearing today, the IRS says residents that had
losses in Beryl and the main storms could get tax
deductions and Target's decision to roll back DEI. Well, it's
not going over so great in liberal Minneapolis, where the
city council is now calling for a wait for it, boycott.

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Speaker 1 (01:30:53):
Never sounded so good.

Speaker 4 (01:30:56):
It's a seven to twenty two now here on Houston's
morning news. So little justice has been provided by the
Trump Department of Justice. Charges have been dropped with prejudice,
which means that they can't be brought back up again
against the Texas Children's Hospital whistleblower eating ham join us
talk about it is doctor Barry Tally Boden a bit
of a Boden rather a bit of a whistleblower herself

(01:31:19):
over COVID nineteen. So this is this is a good news.
This signals are changing Department of Justice.

Speaker 21 (01:31:26):
I would think, yeah, I mean, it's great news. But
people need to realize that this kind of thing shouldn't
happen in Texas, right, I mean, Texas is a birthplace
of the mandates. Now we've got the largest children's hospital
in the world, Texas Children's Hospital, trying to sneak in
gender modification procedures on minors and then attacking a doctor

(01:31:52):
that blows a whistle on it.

Speaker 45 (01:31:53):
I mean, this is this is Texas not.

Speaker 21 (01:31:55):
Supposed to be happening.

Speaker 4 (01:31:56):
Well, it should be happening anywhere. You know, what kind
of world do we live in though, where we have
a justice department who's willing to bring charges against the whistleblower.
Whistleblowers by their nature are supposed to be protected.

Speaker 6 (01:32:10):
Right.

Speaker 21 (01:32:10):
Well, this is a part and parcel for what happens
during Sidon's regime, and it's hopefully we'll see a turnaround
with Trump because this law there is completely out of control.
It happened with doctor him, it happened with doctor Simone Goal,
it happened with President Trump, and it's happening with me.

Speaker 4 (01:32:32):
Well, let's let's talk about that for a second here,
because I think that you know, we certainly this is
good news. As you said, from the standpoint of you know,
there's no charges that are going to come against him anymore.
They can't bring more charges against him. But as you
found yourself, even if charges do get dropped in some cases,
the damage has been done. Have you ever been made

(01:32:52):
doctor Boden, Have you ever been made whole by the
campaign against hospital's campaign against you? And do you think
doctor Kane will ever be made whole?

Speaker 45 (01:33:02):
Well?

Speaker 21 (01:33:02):
I intend on seeing the medical Board once my my
law suit with them has been completed before violating my
due process right. I'm not sure about doctor Him in
terms of what Houston Methodists did to me. You know,
I tried to fight back.

Speaker 11 (01:33:19):
I seed them, and I.

Speaker 21 (01:33:20):
Lost that unfortunately. But there's more in the works. There's
more things in the I can't really speak about publicly,
but you know, we're not done fighting.

Speaker 4 (01:33:30):
How do we how do we prevent this from happening
in the future. I mean, things should be fine for
the next four years, but there's no telling what can
happen after that. How do we protect how do we
protect whistleblowers, especially those who are reporting on a hospital
that's breaking Texas law.

Speaker 18 (01:33:48):
Well, that may.

Speaker 21 (01:33:49):
Be a better question for a lawyer. I'm not sure.
I just I have been quite disappointed in the people
that we elected in the office to protect us from
things like that us because they have not been They've
been very quiet.

Speaker 16 (01:34:03):
Uh.

Speaker 21 (01:34:04):
You know, there are exceptions, but for the most part,
the people in the Texas House and said have not
really stood up and tried to fight back and protect us.

Speaker 4 (01:34:14):
Well, that's interesting to me. What's also interesting to me
is that Missouri US Senator Josh Hawley evidently is the
one that went to President Trump on behalf of doctor Ham.
I'm in order to intercede in that. I'm a little
surprised that Texas Texas representatives or senators had not done
the same thing.

Speaker 21 (01:34:36):
Yeah, I found that surprising too. I just I think
the medical mafia in Texas is so strong they have
a grip on the people that we elected into office.
You know, it's so it's not surprising. I mean, look,
mandates started in Houston, Texas.

Speaker 10 (01:34:53):
That's all you really need to know.

Speaker 4 (01:34:55):
Okay, And by the way, if you don't mind, I'd
like to steal your your term medical mafia.

Speaker 1 (01:34:59):
That's a good one.

Speaker 21 (01:35:01):
It's very appropriate.

Speaker 4 (01:35:03):
Unfortunately, unfortunately you're right, doctor Boden. Thank you, as always appreciated,
Doctor Mary Tally Bowden joining us seven twenty six. Time
to take a look at your money as we check
in again with the folks from Bloomberg.

Speaker 24 (01:35:16):
And Jimmy Boeing warned last week that its fourth quarter
results would be dismal, and they were. The company lost
nearly four billion dollars during the quarter, which included a
lengthy strike that shut down production. Scott Piscent can get
to work as Treasury Secretary today. He was confirmed by
the Senate late yesterday. Stock market futures are mixed, S
and P and n ASDAC futures hire. The Dow futures

(01:35:38):
are down seven points. I'm Jeff Bellinger, Bloomberg Business on
News Radio seven forty KTRH Houston's.

Speaker 25 (01:35:49):
News Why there were traffic plus Preaking News twenty four
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Speaker 18 (01:35:57):
With more of what's happening now from the John Morris
Services Studios.

Speaker 4 (01:36:02):
Seven thirty is our time here on Houston's Morning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories of this half hour,
charges dropped against that Texas hospital whistleblower, The Texas Center
takes up school choice starting today, and at seven thirty eight,
how long will the inflation stay above two percent? Details
in the minutes ahead. You're in Houston's Morning News. First,

(01:36:23):
we're checking out that morning drive once again with Skyminke.

Speaker 5 (01:36:25):
We are two nineed up from Upmeistar. Yeah, inbound. We
had a wreck earlier at Jones Road. Somebody get me
a ground shot of two eighty eight. Put it on
my Facebook if you could do it safely. Two eighty
eight northbound. That's Erecord Highway six. We're holding that as
a right lane now one forty six on the east side.
Here's east side Joe ast guy Mike.

Speaker 42 (01:36:42):
The sucking starts at two twenty.

Speaker 1 (01:36:44):
Five here here Will said.

Speaker 42 (01:36:46):
You might be better off going down Tensrup.

Speaker 5 (01:36:48):
All right, extra points for Verbert sins Road. Sounds like
an alternate thank you and I'm in the Generator Supercenter
dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 4 (01:36:55):
From r KTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour weather Center,
mostly Cloudi's like chance with shower right about sixty for
the high temperature today, we drop that, or I should
say we go up about ten degrees tomorrow starting hitting
around seventy. Will doctor Terry Smith and get you an
updated on the forecast here in nine minutes, right now
fifty one at your official severe weather station, News Radio

(01:37:17):
seven forty KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's
Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 6 (01:37:22):
Thank you, Jimmy. It is seven thirty two on KTRH
in our top story, and eleven year old is shot
and in critical condition after a home invasion overnight in
northeast Houston. Police are looking for two bad guys. HPD
says nothing was taken, nobody else was injured, and the
motive is just not clear at this point. Well after

(01:37:42):
dragging a whistleblower through the MOUD, the Department of Justice
officially drops charges against Texas doctor Aton Ham, who exposed
so called gender affirming care at Texas Children's Hospital. All
their doctors, though, say it's too late.

Speaker 21 (01:37:56):
They publicly shame you, they drag your name through the mud,
they publicize it and define you and try to take
you down in any way they can.

Speaker 6 (01:38:05):
Doctor Mary Tally Bowden, who just joined Jimmy, says doctors
aren't prepared for these kind of political prosecutions and she
hopes that during Trump's second term they end for good. Elsewhere.
The battle for school choice resumes today in Austin at
the Texas Senate.

Speaker 26 (01:38:21):
Today is the first hearing in the Texas Senate on
SB two, the newest school choice bill. The plan would
allow families a savings account of up to ten thousand
dollars to use for private school Texas political consultant Bill
Miller doesn't expect as much drama over the bill this time.

Speaker 27 (01:38:35):
There's going to be more of a debate in the
House than there is a sentence lckity split at the
household debate, Doctor Merricks. Now, BIBUS retreated and that's where
I think that absolutely it's going to pass, and it will.

Speaker 26 (01:38:47):
Probably passed by Several anti school choice Republicans in the
Texas House lost in the primaries last year after Governor
Abbott opposed the Orioles. News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 6 (01:38:57):
Meantime, the House speaker battle is over. One freshman state
representative is suing a conservative group that published his cell
phone number.

Speaker 28 (01:39:05):
I don't appreciate in politics the people that want to
go spend money to try to ruin other people's lives,
and certainly not with lies.

Speaker 6 (01:39:15):
Pat Curry on Waco Television says the quote courageous Conservatives
Pack falsely claimed he was supporting Dustin Burroughs. In reality,
he voted for David Cook. It's seven thirty four. Mass
deportations under Donald Trump continue in New York City this morning.
In the first week of his administration, there have been
thirty five hundred arrests. National Border Patrol Vice President Art

(01:39:38):
del Cueto says he's confused by the pushback against these operations.

Speaker 29 (01:39:43):
I don't understand how you would be a leader in
any country, any city, any town, any state, and you
would want criminals to stay and remain in your country and.

Speaker 6 (01:39:55):
Seat del Cueto on Fox. Another concern at the border
for those on the front lines drone activity.

Speaker 1 (01:40:01):
They go up on the Mexican side of the border.

Speaker 30 (01:40:04):
You know, they actually create an incursion to the US aerospace.
And that being said, you know they're actually always surveiling
the areas. You know, they're looking for us. They're looking
for a new geno waste actually getting the migrants across.

Speaker 6 (01:40:16):
Border Patrol agent Andres Garcia told our TV partner Channel Too,
they're seeing a thousand of these incidents a month. Border
Patrol can't expect more help from the US military now
that they've arrived at the southern border.

Speaker 32 (01:40:28):
We helped move forward troops, put in more barriers and
also to ensure mass deportations.

Speaker 1 (01:40:35):
Support of mass deportations, in support of the President's objective.

Speaker 32 (01:40:39):
That is something the Defense Department absolutely will continue to do.

Speaker 6 (01:40:42):
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seven thirty five. Now, the US
Senate votes to confirm Scott Bessant as Treasury Secretary.

Speaker 22 (01:40:50):
The Ya's are sixty eights, the nay's are twenty nine.
The confirmation is confirmed, and Sean Duffy may very well
be confirmed today as Transportation Secretary. More Trump cabinet picks
have confirmation hearings this week, including Robert F. Kennedy Junior
on Wednesday and Tulca Gabbert on Thursday. Incoming FBI Director
Cash Pattel's hearing is also set for Thursday. Seven thirty five,

(01:41:14):
A new bill demand our adversaries, for instance Russia and
China from buying land near American military basis, is being
proposed by Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Tim no Rosi of
The Washington Examiner says this will allow wallmakers to review
land purchases and ensure our security.

Speaker 33 (01:41:33):
You could also see similar paus like this being adopted
in states other than Texas. Florida is another place where
these sorts of conversations has been happening for years.

Speaker 10 (01:41:41):
I think it's a small step on a.

Speaker 33 (01:41:43):
Much larger change in how Congress is planning on dealing
with Forden's threats.

Speaker 6 (01:41:48):
He says it will face challenges, but in the end
will get passed. The President recently fired seventeen inspectors general
as he tries to deconstruct the deep state, But is
that really possible.

Speaker 34 (01:42:01):
According to political commentator Terry Shilling, the answer is yes.

Speaker 35 (01:42:06):
President Trump's election back into the White House has been
a really good sign that we'll be able to clean
things up here.

Speaker 1 (01:42:12):
It can be done, but it won't be easy.

Speaker 35 (01:42:15):
The biggest hurdle against the deep state is that they
are essentially accountable to no one, and it's time that
Congress and President Trump remind them that they do work
for the American people, and that.

Speaker 34 (01:42:26):
Is what's at stake here in Trump's second term.

Speaker 1 (01:42:29):
Jeff Biggs, News Radio seven forty k T raise.

Speaker 6 (01:42:33):
It's now seven thirty seven. As auto insurance rates continue
to go up, some people are taking a chance on
what's being called usage based insurance to save some cash.
USA Today's Madora lisas, you'll have to use an app
and give up your privacy, but in the end you'll
save some money.

Speaker 36 (01:42:49):
They like put some sort of software in your car
to kind of track how you're driving, and based on
your driving habits, they can offer you discounts.

Speaker 6 (01:43:00):
Analytics company JD Power says most apps are already gathering
your information, so this really isn't a surprise. And the
Texans hire Mike Toeman is their new team president, and
he replaces Greg Grissom who got fired last week. I'm
Cliff Saunders on Houston's news Weather in Traffic station News
Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 13 (01:43:21):
I usually take iten West, but lately that's been a nightmare.

Speaker 1 (01:43:24):
KTRH time saving traffic. Next on the.

Speaker 4 (01:43:27):
Ten wait seven thirty eight hour time here on Houston's
Boarding News A right, so a lot of people have
a lot of critics. Of course, Trump critic going, well,
you see you elected president, we still got inflation. Is
if somehow he is going to wave a magic wand
on day one and cut government spending, and that would

(01:43:50):
be a big thing to do. Drill, baby, drill. I
mean those things are in process, but it's going to
take a while. I mean, do you didn't expect overnight
relief on inflation, did you? Of course not. I mean
that would be realistic. So Kevin O'Leary, the Shark tank guy,
mister wonderful, got asked about inflation and how long he
thought it would last, and well, you probably won't. If

(01:44:12):
he's right, you probably won't care for this very much.

Speaker 1 (01:44:14):
Yeah, I think it's a good talking point.

Speaker 38 (01:44:15):
The truth is, though, inflation took a long time to
build up, and the most measurable are around proteins, eggs, cheese, meat, housing,
either your rent or your mortgage payment, and energy prices.

Speaker 1 (01:44:28):
So from what I can see.

Speaker 38 (01:44:30):
From the mandates brought in by the new administration, Trump
at all, they're attacking all of those, making energy and
dependence important and security just make drill drill. We know
that story that reduces all input costs. Energy is an
input costs across all eleven sectors.

Speaker 1 (01:44:47):
So when you reduce the.

Speaker 38 (01:44:48):
Cost of energy, inflation comes down. Now there's a whole
lot of other issues around, you know, interest rates and
everything else. But we had so many acts in the
last four years that poured from a helicopter into every sector.
I mean, you know, the Inflation Act or whatever you
wanted to call that thing. Billions. I don't know why

(01:45:09):
we did that. Ships and size. Half of that's being
completely wasted on companies I can tell which are the
loser companies and semiconductors. I would never invest Intel. I
don't know why my tax dollars have to We should
have let the private sector do that to some form
of tax credit. All of these government programs too much,
too much at the same time, helicopter money, it's going

(01:45:30):
to take a while to burn that off.

Speaker 1 (01:45:31):
Jesse, I would say about two years.

Speaker 38 (01:45:33):
So you get inflation anywhere in new year.

Speaker 1 (01:45:36):
Two years, Yeah, that's my same reaction. Two years.

Speaker 4 (01:45:40):
Yeah, maybe two years, seven forty do for draffic and
weather together. We're checking out that drive once again with Skyline.

Speaker 5 (01:45:46):
Oh, I got a box of scunchists for you here,
Jimmy Barrett, first of all, to eighty eight northbound. I
tried to get some air support from Channel thirteen. Helicopter
Tammy can't go up this morning because of low ceiling.
So got a wreck on Highway two eighty eight northbound,
just passed high Way six. If you can safely send
me a picture to social media or we would really
appreciate that and I'll share it with the ladies on
TV two ninety. We're still two ninety up. You had

(01:46:08):
a wreck earlier right past five twenty nine. Now there's
a new one in the backup. That scunch goes all
the way back from let's call it Tookey Katie Freeway.
Visors let's see for now you don't need them, but
we're backed up from Grand Parkway to Eldridge Parkway.

Speaker 1 (01:46:22):
Loose about ten minutes this way.

Speaker 5 (01:46:23):
They've moved the wreck on the East Freeway over to
the shoulder inbound at Bayou Lane one forty six southbound.

Speaker 1 (01:46:30):
That's a big wreck. Let's see east side. Joe was
on that.

Speaker 42 (01:46:33):
The Sufi starts at two twenty five.

Speaker 1 (01:46:35):
Could not have said it better myself.

Speaker 5 (01:46:37):
That's southbound at Wharton weams and let's check out Ken
from the Woodlands sky Mine.

Speaker 1 (01:46:42):
Dude, don't way in West Hardy.

Speaker 35 (01:46:44):
They are working on the.

Speaker 2 (01:46:45):
Lights after just being day number two.

Speaker 1 (01:46:47):
They've been down.

Speaker 35 (01:46:48):
I don't know if i'd call him ninjas, but they are.
They're working on I needed my first banana sticker for
my laptop.

Speaker 1 (01:46:53):
Oh you got it, my brother.

Speaker 5 (01:46:54):
Here, let's put one on your head so you could
show everybody at work too. And Woodlands now looks good,
forty five cleared. Whatever was happening southbound, got some breaks
happening right at Gulf Bank. I'm Skymike at your Generator Supercenter,
dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 4 (01:47:07):
Bromo r Katie rh Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour Weather Center.
Terry Smithy is here. Another cloudy day coming up today.
But by this weekend, you're not only going to have
the short pants on, you might even look for the swimsuit.

Speaker 6 (01:47:20):
And sky Mike's going to be looking for his suntan lotion.

Speaker 1 (01:47:24):
Yeah he needs well yeah, because you keep pale. Yeah,
let's do this.

Speaker 20 (01:47:30):
Yeah, you're losing your color. So okay, So clouds and
a little bit of rain today. Twenty percent chance of
a shower temperatures near sixty thirty percent chance of showers
tomorrow near seventy tomorrow.

Speaker 1 (01:47:44):
Then this next.

Speaker 20 (01:47:45):
Wave of low pressure on the way Thursday, a ninety
percent chance of showers and some storms. There is the
potential for some stronger storms, maybe some severe weather.

Speaker 6 (01:47:55):
We'll be watching it.

Speaker 20 (01:47:56):
Clearing out Friday, stays nice and sunny Friday through the
weeks weekend, and temperatures Friday through the weekend will be
in at least the sixties. We may see a few
seventies on Friday.

Speaker 4 (01:48:07):
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So thanks to.

Speaker 4 (01:48:23):
A open records request, we found out that the Harris
County Housing Community Development Department spent a little over two
million dollars in twenty twenty four paying for legal services
for illegal aliens. That's an addition to the two million
dollars they spent launching a program called the Immigrant Legal
Services Fund in twenty twenty, so that's at least four

(01:48:45):
million dollars depending illegals and by the way. If you're
an illegal who has a criminal record, they'll defend you too.
That's Harris County taxpayer money being spent on that. We'll
talk to Harris County Precinct three Commissioner Tom Ramsey about this,
but first we've got traffic and weather together as we
check in with Skymike, all right.

Speaker 1 (01:49:03):
Let me give some extra time to Commissioner Tom.

Speaker 5 (01:49:06):
He rocks one six southbound right before Chot Road. Call
it Wharton Williams. That's arect We're still taking up the
left line here. There's not much room there and we're
backed up from two twenty five southbound. I'm skylike and
the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center from.

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Looks like Thursday could be a wet, stormy day with
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Speaker 4 (01:50:26):
Seven fifty two our time here in Houston's morning news.
So let me get this straight. Harris County taxpayerss have
contributed about four million all together so far paying for
legal services for illegal aliens. And by the way, if
you're an illegal alien with the criminal record, you are
eligible for this too. Joining us Precinc three Commissioner the
Loan Sane Member of Commissioner's Court, PRECINGC three Commissioner Tom Ramsey,

(01:50:50):
Welcome back to the show, sir. So obviously this has
been good morning. This has been going on for several years.
I'm sure I'd like to think anyway that you are
aware that this was going on or were you not
aware of how much this was going on?

Speaker 9 (01:51:04):
Yes, and I've had many opportunities to vote against it,
which I have in every case. When you go back
and look at the record, Jimmy, it's actually closer to
seven million dollars. And these fignds are given to, or
granted to, or are dispersed to Folk Fight, Baker Ripley,

(01:51:24):
Catholic Charities, Houston Immigrant Services, Refugee and Immigrant Center. It
seems like this Commissioner's Court for the last four years
reads what they're doing in New York or Chicago or
LA and says, well, let's do that too, even though
we can't afford it. This money's coming directly out of

(01:51:46):
the general fund. It should be spent on the many,
many needs that we have, specifically in Harris County, for
responsibilities we should be doing, which is not immigrant defferent.

Speaker 4 (01:52:00):
You know, Commissioner, I've lived here for seven years now,
and it is amazing to me when I think back
to Harris County seven years ago in twenty seventeen, when
I first moved here, and how the county was run
and who it was led by, and the decisions that
were being made. It's amazing that the county could have

(01:52:22):
gone this far downhill in seven years.

Speaker 9 (01:52:25):
Well, elections that do have consequences, and that was twenty
eighteen judgement loss, and it's been downhill ever since.

Speaker 4 (01:52:33):
It sure has. And I know you're fighting a good
fight as best you can. I guess all we can
really do is try to highlight stories like this and
hope that it reaches enough people that we can make
a change. Or do you believe I know Precinct III
doesn't believe this, But do you believe overall that Harris
County taxpayers would support the idea of spending their harder

(01:52:54):
and tax money on supporting illegal aliens in court on
deportation proceedings.

Speaker 1 (01:53:00):
I don't think they do.

Speaker 9 (01:53:01):
I think everybody I talk to crime is the number
one issue. Of course, immigrant crime is something that we
read in news every day. We have horrible examples here
locally of that we need to be spending those dollars
on those types of things. At the next Commissioner's Court,
I'll be making the motion to fully support ICE in

(01:53:24):
their efforts to get the criminal folks out of Harris County.
I look forward to getting a second. You can tune
in and see if I do get a second on that.
I hope I do. At the same time, I'm willing
to make a motion that we stop spending money on
legal defense. We've got other activities we should be doing,

(01:53:49):
and we'll see that. The November election, Jimmy has sent
a I think a shockwave through the Democrat Party. They're
paying attention now, and if they're not paying attention, I
will assure you the state legislature and Austin is paying
attention and they don't like it when Harris County is

(01:54:11):
wasting seven million dollars a year and they're going to
Austin asking for more money of some sort. So we've
got several different avenues I think to pursue in trying
to put a side to this.

Speaker 4 (01:54:24):
We'll keep fighting the good fight, sir. As always, we
appreciate your time. That's Harris County Precinct three Commissioner Tom Ramsey.
Y'all have a great day. We'll see you tomorrow morning
bringing nearly five, and I'll see you this afternoon four
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