China Places Tariffs On Us

Jimmy Barrett takes you through the stories that matter the most on the morning of 02/04/25.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is used Radio seven forty kt RH Houston everywhere
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Speaker 2 (00:12):
It's more of what matters to you. From the John
Morris Services Studios.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
It is Tuesday morning. Good morning, five am. Here in
Houston's Morning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories
as we get started this morning, China has placed the
tariff on us DOGE shuts down a government slush fund,
and coming up at five o eight, some of the
things US AID spends your tax bearer dollars on will
curl your hair. Details in the minutes ahead. You're on
Houston's Morning News. Police condoms, Yeah, stuff like that sky mite.

(00:41):
I'm gonna blow it for you. That's only one of Betty.
Don't worry. I got I got plenty sky money where
that came from.

Speaker 4 (00:47):
Let's go to the working side, now, east side, I'll
check your ship channel bridges at the five to ten.

Speaker 5 (00:52):
Let's just check your main lanes for now.

Speaker 4 (00:54):
I ten, let's ride in from Mott Bellevue and Chevron Phillips.
Who that is a massive plant coming in. We're looking
at an easy twenty four minutes. Skip in, no problem here,
flip over here to this two twenty five as we
come in from one forty six off the Hartman Bridge,
rocking along problem free into six minutes.

Speaker 5 (01:13):
Smell. It's funny right there, but we're good at eighteen minutes.

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seven forty KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's

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Cliff Sanders.

Speaker 6 (01:41):
Good morning, Jimmy, and good morning everyone, five oh one
on KGRH.

Speaker 7 (01:45):
Now our top story.

Speaker 8 (01:46):
America needs to profit, America needs to be put first.

Speaker 6 (01:49):
Trump advisor Olena Haba on Fox. That was after Canada
and Mexico both back down, agreeing to secure their borders.
In exchange, President Trump pause tariffs on both of those
countries for thirty days.

Speaker 9 (02:03):
They've agreed to put in ten thousand soldiers permanently. Like
forever ten thousand soldiers at their side of the border
and stop fentanyl and illegal aliens from coming into our country.

Speaker 5 (02:15):
They have a big incentive to do.

Speaker 6 (02:17):
But as you slept, China placed retaliatory fifteen percent tariffs
on us a response to our ten percent tariff on them.
So how are markets reacting right now? Dow futures are
down one hundred and five points, the S and P
five hundred, and Nasdaq are basically flat. So where is
all of this heading in terms of our economy?

Speaker 10 (02:40):
Some fear that this tension will wreck our economy, but
the reality is it probably won't.

Speaker 11 (02:44):
When you look at our economy compared to the rest
of the world, we're still the best economy out there,
as dysfunctional as we look to each other.

Speaker 10 (02:52):
Financial planner Richard Rosso says that right now, it doesn't
look like tariffs on Canada and Mexico will be a
long term economic factor in a.

Speaker 11 (02:59):
Large I think that you work it out with Mexico,
and I think you work it out with Canada.

Speaker 5 (03:04):
They need us more than we need them.

Speaker 10 (03:06):
Russell says, for now, Americans should avoid making knee jerk
reactions to any financial news and just try to buy American.
Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 7 (03:15):
It's now five TOHO three.

Speaker 6 (03:16):
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now the acting director
of USAID after a major shake up for that agency.

Speaker 7 (03:24):
Rubia says he's had issues with them for years.

Speaker 12 (03:27):
Okay, we would ask them questions, what is this program fund?
Who gets the money? We won't tell you. We don't
need to tell you. We're a political American ford policy
isn't a political. American foreign policy is to further the
interest of the United States.

Speaker 6 (03:40):
This comes after Elon Musk said the agency responsible for
foreign aid is quote beyond repair and the Trump administration
is working to shut it down. The Trump cabinet continues
to be seated. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is confirmed by
a fifty nine to thirty eight vote. Main Republican Senator
Susan Collins says she will back Tulci Gabbert for DNI,

(04:03):
and the full Senate is likely to vote on Pam
Bondi's confirmation as Attorney General tomorrow. Incoming FBI Director Cash
Patel he is still waiting for a Senate confirmation vote,
but change is already happening at the Bureau.

Speaker 13 (04:17):
Several top officials, including the deputy director at the Washington
Field Office, the head of the Las Vegas Field Office,
and a few more have retired resigns let go. We're
not really sure for circumstances.

Speaker 6 (04:31):
Investigative reporter Julie Kelly told KTRHS Clay and Bucket Purge
is on your way.

Speaker 7 (04:37):
It's now five TOHO four.

Speaker 6 (04:38):
Vice President jd Vance was in East Palestine, Ohio, to
mark the two year anniversary of the toxic train derailment there.

Speaker 14 (04:45):
Environmental cleanup has to get done.

Speaker 2 (04:47):
It's a tragedy and a shame that it wasn't done
during the last.

Speaker 6 (04:50):
Administration, adding that quote, this community will not be forgotten.
And just in case you wanted to know what wasteful
federal grants your tax dollars hate for under the previous administration,
the federalists Matt Kittle has been keeping score.

Speaker 15 (05:05):
I really want him to let the American people know
there is a reason why President Trump is looking at
downsizing the federal government. This is exhibit A in waste
and definitely abuse of the public trust.

Speaker 6 (05:21):
Well, I grant for the National Science Foundation to quote
reimagine biology through social justice. We've got the full list
at KTRH dot com. At five oh five, more violent
crime across Euston, a man is shot and killed on
the East End after intervening in an argument between a
man and woman. The alleged shooters in custody. The two

(05:43):
officer involved shootings this past weekend that we told you
about yesterday, well they're part of an increasing and troubling
trend that guys are no longer afraid to shoot at cops.

Speaker 16 (05:54):
The suspects are firing upon our officers before we ever
sometimes get out of the car. We understand it inherent
dangers of the job, but this is just something that's
been kind of unseen, I guess in history.

Speaker 6 (06:05):
Doug Griffith with the Houston Police Officers Union, there another
disturbing trend across the area, the TikTok door kicking challenge,
and some homeowners are ready to defend themselves.

Speaker 17 (06:16):
The challenge is gain fame on TikTok by kicking at
the back doors of homes and businesses. It's happened in
the Katy area, but retired Houston Police Captain Gregory Freeman
calls it dangerous kick at the door of someone who
fears for his life, and that person could reach for
a gun.

Speaker 18 (06:33):
State of Texas, you have the right to protect yourself
if you are in fear of your life, you have
the right to use dead lea force to protect your
property at nighttime. A third party as well, if you're
in fear of their life.

Speaker 17 (06:44):
Michael shan Loh News Radio seven forty KRH.

Speaker 6 (06:48):
And following up on a story from last week, we
told you HPD was struggling to handle those parking lot
takeovers because they're on private property. Well, the owners are
taking action.

Speaker 19 (06:58):
They've put up concrete barriers at all but one or
two of the entrances.

Speaker 20 (07:04):
They're actually creating security gates.

Speaker 19 (07:06):
They're being fabricated right now.

Speaker 6 (07:08):
City council member Abby came and told us that these
moves led to the first quiet weekend in the area
in months. And finally, the Rockets lose their third in
a row, one twenty four to one eighteen to the
New York Knicks. They're in Brooklyn tonight. Pregame is at
five point thirty on Sports Talk seven ninety. I'm Cliff
Saunders on Houston's News whether in traffic station, News Radio
seven forty KRH.

Speaker 21 (07:30):
The twentieth day of January.

Speaker 2 (07:32):
Well present, Hi, Donald John Trump, inauguration Day, the first
one hundred days and beyond on news radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 22 (07:43):
CAM. Oh.

Speaker 23 (07:44):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (07:44):
The government can do all that and more. They can
also waste a lot of money. Five or eaters of
our time here in Houston's Morning News. You're probably starting
to hear this laundry list of items that USAID. USAID
has wasted. It is a the United State's Agency for
International Development. That's what USAID stands for. It has been

(08:04):
unaccountable to taxpayers. It spend spent in fiscal twenty twenty
three forty three billion dollars in aid to foreign governments.
And basically what it is, it is a laundry list
of pet projects for the woke. And I'll give you

(08:25):
a few examples. Here are just a couple of examples
right from the White House, of money that has been
spent by the United States Agency for International Development one
point five million to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in
Serbia's workplaces and business communities. Yes, it's important that we've
fund Serbia so that they can have more gay people

(08:46):
working in their offices. Seventy thousand dollars for production of
a Dei musical in Ireland, is that part of the
United Kingdom? With the two point five million for electric
vaw hicles for Vietnam, forty seven thousand dollars for a
transgender opera in Colombia, thirty two thousand dollars for a

(09:09):
transgender comic book in Peru, two million for sex changes
in LGBT activism and Guatemala, six million to fund tourism
in Egypt, hundreds of thousands for a nonprofit link to
designated terrorist organizations even after an Inspector General launched an investigation,

(09:30):
speaking of which hundreds of thousands of meals that went
ended up going to Alcaida affiliated fighters in Syria. Millions
of Eco Health Alliance, which was involved in research at
the Wuhan Lab. Yeah, that's where you know, That's how
doctor Fauci was getting money to the Wuhan LAMB funding
to print, personalize comptraceptive birth control devices in developing countries.

(09:52):
And one more for you, hundreds of millions to fund
irrigation canals, farming equipment and fertilizer for farms in Afghanistan
who basically grow poppies which they turn into heroin, and
who benefits the Taliman. Yeah, we gave them all that
money to help them do it. Five ten time for

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traffic and weather together. Unreal, it is gone. You could
waste money.

Speaker 5 (10:18):
Manment.

Speaker 4 (10:19):
The government says, hold my beer, Mikey, which side you
want to go? Jimmy, pick a direction.

Speaker 3 (10:24):
Let's go west.

Speaker 4 (10:24):
Let's go west, all right, the advisors, let's flip it down.
Let's do the west part to Alway now as they're
coming in from Sinco Ranch and boy, you paid for that.

Speaker 5 (10:32):
It's it's worth your money.

Speaker 4 (10:33):
Right now you're flying in, some of you, a lot
of you a little above posted speeds.

Speaker 5 (10:37):
I can't judge. Katie Freeway.

Speaker 4 (10:39):
Come in from Katie Mills, small Rock and along now
twenty six minutes easy.

Speaker 5 (10:43):
I don't even have the skip up at the west
Loop yet. The stupid people are not in your way.

Speaker 4 (10:47):
If you're coming in from two to ninety, the Northwest
Freeway Cyprus in is an easy nineteen minute stroll.

Speaker 5 (10:53):
So we're going here now. Remember this is audience participation.
This is just well it got it. I'm just gonna
sit here on my by dream Mac coffee, listened to
the rain.

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From r ktr H Top tax Defenders twenty four hour
with US Center. Terry Smith is here. We have another
warm day today. In fact, we're starting off warm seventy
one right now today.

Speaker 25 (11:31):
I know this is like we've skipped into summer almost
maybe May. Anyhow, it is rather warm and muggy, and
it is going to stay that way all week long.
And I was just checking. We set record high temperatures
at all the airports that regularly report Bush inter Continental Skymike.

Speaker 21 (11:51):
Were you warm yesterday?

Speaker 5 (11:53):
It was so nice in the Guitu.

Speaker 25 (11:57):
Houston Hobby had a record SODI Gas, Ilveston. Everybody had
records yesterday, and we probably will see some more record
heat again today. Record heat by February standards, of course,
mid seventies to low eighties today and tomorrow upper seventies
to low eighties Thursday and Friday, and by Saturday we
may see some of those temperatures as high as mid eighties.

Speaker 3 (12:19):
Temperature Right now seventy one at your official severe weather station,
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Speaker 2 (12:26):
It's Houston's Morning News, brought to you by New South
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Morning News team all the info you need to take
on the day.

Speaker 3 (12:36):
I have a question today. It's actually kind of a
leftover from yesterday, though it's segways nicely. You may have
heard that that KPRC two did an investigate a peace
with Mario Diaz on two million dollars spent by HISD
what kind of looked a lot to me anyway, like
a ad intended to try to get you to vote

(12:58):
in favor of that four billion dollar bond that ended
up failing. They spent two million dollars on those ads,
and that if that ad was to try to sway
you to vote for the bond, that is against state law.
So we'll have more in that story coming up. But
yesterday was asking about Governor Abbott. You know, he's proposing
as part of the state budget another raise for teachers.

(13:20):
My question is should we give all teachers a raise
or what should we figure out how to create a meritocracy.
I'm fully in favor of giving great teachers who get
the job done a big raise. It's the ones that
aren't getting the job done. I don't think it's fair.
I don't think it's right that everybody gets the same raise.
What do you think? Just go to the iHeartRadio app KTRHU,

(13:43):
put us on your on the on the button there
so that you can get to us right away, just
like the preset button, just like on your car KTRH,
and then hit the microphone. You get thirty seconds. I'd
love your first name, where you're calling from, and your
thought on teacher raises first though, we've got traffic and
weather together. I know we should make it a contest,

(14:03):
a contest for the raises.

Speaker 10 (14:05):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (14:05):
Remember Network Battle of the Stars, Yeah, where they used
to you know, ride bicycles and have tuggle war and
all that.

Speaker 3 (14:10):
So we get five teachers, yeah, five dumb kids and
see which one does the best job. Yeah, or they could.

Speaker 5 (14:14):
Wrestle, you know, let's check.

Speaker 4 (14:16):
Let's go to the hard work and east side check
your ship channel bridges and whoa dude, fog Heartman Bridge
look out now I can see, but I wonder what
your ground level shot is there between Baytown and the port.
Let me know how good your visibility is around Baytown,
Mont Bellevue, especially east and also Brazoria County.

Speaker 5 (14:34):
I need to hear from you shortly too, heartmin Bridge
looks good.

Speaker 4 (14:37):
Toll Bridge is good here six ' ten Sherman Bridge,
no problem, free for now, Steve for Burton.

Speaker 26 (14:42):
Dude warning shot Mike and Jimmy two ninety all the
way from Brenham.

Speaker 19 (14:46):
Nothing going on really.

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Areas of Pache morning fog seventy eight. Tomorrow another round
of morning fog than mostly Cloudya's like chancefor shower with
the high temperature right about eighty. Current temperature is seventy one.

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Believe it or not. At your official severe weather station
News Radio seven forty KTRH. We're checking out some of
our top stories and with those here's Cliff.

Speaker 7 (15:23):
Thank you, Jimmy. We're sponsored by Moro Mechanical.

Speaker 6 (15:26):
The Mexican cartels reportedly order members to attack US border patrol.

Speaker 7 (15:30):
We'll have more on that.

Speaker 6 (15:32):
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nett Tanyahoo meets Donald Trump at
the White House today and Jimmy trump Berger plans expansion
in Taqima and San Antonio.

Speaker 3 (15:42):
What about Spring.

Speaker 6 (15:43):
I don't know about Spring, but I know that they're
opening a location in Houston within the next few weeks.

Speaker 3 (15:47):
Yeah, need one in the spring.

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Speaker 3 (16:07):
When you were in school, did you ever have a
crush on any of your teachers?

Speaker 27 (16:11):
Ah?

Speaker 3 (16:11):
Men, I had a French teacher, really pretty, I mean,
and I had French when I was a freshman in
high school. And which one? Maybe? What about fifteen fifteen
years old fifteen year old boy with a beautiful French
teacher speaking French to you, wearing a mini skirt. Good

(16:32):
Lord Almighty. Anyway, I digress. In addition to asking you
about how we should handle teacher Raiss, just give them,
give them all arrays, find a way to do it
in a meritocracy. I'd love to hear your ideas. In
addition to that, we've got a report from Mario Diaz
on our television partner KPRC two. Turns out that maybe

(16:53):
about two million dollars was spent to try to convince
us or convince Houston voters that they should vote for
the four billion dollar bond, which of course failed. Here's
the report, and.

Speaker 28 (17:03):
Then there is this ask voters for a bond election
in November twenty twenty four, approximate cont two million dollars.

Speaker 5 (17:11):
That's a lot of money.

Speaker 28 (17:12):
The four billion dollar bond primarily focused on security upgrades
and HVAC improvements.

Speaker 27 (17:18):
Our aging systems struggled to keep up with temperature highs
and lows.

Speaker 28 (17:22):
What about the reason for the two million dollar expenditure ahead.

Speaker 5 (17:26):
Of the bond vote.

Speaker 28 (17:27):
The cost was related to putting the plan together and
hiring a consulting group to support.

Speaker 5 (17:33):
According to the district, that's the problem. It's that word support.

Speaker 28 (17:37):
Former US Attorney Ryan Patrick has questions over the approach.

Speaker 5 (17:41):
You've seen a lot of this stuff. Have you ever
seen anything like this?

Speaker 29 (17:46):
That word's support, that's that's unique, that's if.

Speaker 5 (17:50):
But that's a trouble word in this case.

Speaker 29 (17:52):
To me, that's a trouble word in this case that
if they're trying to be very clever and they're trying
to follow the law with that one, you'd want to
be very careful and not say support.

Speaker 28 (18:04):
Texas Election Code has a law on the books, Title fifteen,
Section two five to five point zero zero three unlawful
use of public funds for political advertising. An officer or
employee of a political subdivision may not knowingly spend or
authorize the spending of public funds for political advertising.

Speaker 3 (18:27):
Question is is that political advertising? I think it is.
I mean they never came out on the ad and
said you'll vote yes for the four billion dollar bond.
But the entire ad was designed to get you to
vote yes on that four billion dollar bond. You'll showing
you all Jim floores that are falling apart and AC
systems aren't working. Yeah. By the way, Mike Miles, HISD Superintendent,

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when directly asked about it by Mario Das refuse to
answer any questions. Five. Time to take a look at
your money. Jeff Bellainger's here, Good morning, and Jimmy, good
morning to you. Stocks lost ground and Monday's trading, but
the numbers could have been worse. The major averages stage
to partial recovery as President Trump announced tariffs on Canada

(19:14):
and Mexico would be put on hold, but plans for
tariffs on China are still in place. China is hitting
back with tariffs of its own, so we'll see how
that plays out today. The futures are mixed at the moment.
I'm Jeff Beldinger, Bloomberg Business on News Radio seven forty
k t RH.

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This is US Radio seven forty KTRH five Everywhere with.

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It is five thirty here on Houston's Morning News. I'm
Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories this f are Pete
hagg sat at the border saying US troops will defend it,
the cartel says it will attack the border with drones,
and coming up at five thirty eight. So far, the
Trump terarorf plant is going just the way he wants
it to. Details in the minutes ahead. You're on Houston's

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Morning News. First, we're checking out that morning drive again.
Here's sky Mine.

Speaker 4 (20:13):
All right, we've got some trouble on the East Sam.

Speaker 5 (20:15):
East Sam.

Speaker 4 (20:16):
If you're coming down from New ninety, look out. Here's
Jeffrey and the Walgreens truck.

Speaker 30 (20:20):
Good morning, Scott Mike. Southbound at the ITN exit ramp.
We got an eighteen wheeler that's flid woo and they're
all floading the cargo onto a flat bench to trying
to get that big old hullaboo boom cleared up.

Speaker 4 (20:38):
All right, Jeffrey and the Walgreens truck. Extra points for verbage.

Speaker 14 (20:42):
Wow.

Speaker 4 (20:42):
Let me let the rest of the media know about it.
That's East Sam southbound the ramp to ITEN. It sounds
like everybody's okay.

Speaker 5 (20:49):
It's just a mess.

Speaker 4 (20:50):
I'm Skymike and the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

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From our KTRH Generator super Center. Twenty four hour Weather
Center overcast areas of Apache morning fog today seventy eight.
It's gonna be about eighty tomorrow. And eighty three on Thursday.
But rumor has it there's another polar vortex coming, so
maybe winter's not done with us yet. We'll talk to
Terry about all this when we talk to her in
eight minutes. Right now, Current temperature seventy one at your

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official severe weather station, News Radio seven forty k TRH.
It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff sanders Hey
to Jimmy.

Speaker 7 (21:23):
It's five thirty two on KTRH. Top story.

Speaker 31 (21:26):
Guys and gals of my generation have spent decades in
foreign countries guarding other people's borders. It's about time we
secure our own board.

Speaker 6 (21:37):
And novel idea from the US Defense Secretary Pete heg Seth,
visiting the border in l Passo yesterday. This comes as
the situation is becoming more dangerous. The New York Post
reports at the drug cartels have ordered members to target
border patrol with Kamakazi drones and other explosives. Elsewhere, the

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State of Texas continues to work with the new administration
on border security, and as we told you yesterday, the
National Guard is front and center in that effort.

Speaker 32 (22:06):
Now they can while working with border patrol agents on
a ratio of one border patrol agent to four guardsmen,
they can actually make arrest.

Speaker 6 (22:16):
Bob Price says that this will be a major boost
to the border patrol, who are understaffed after four years
of the Biden administration. Another victory at the border, El
Salvador agrees to accept our deportees no matter the country
of origin. Five point thirty three on KTRHS for Trump's tariffs,
China responds to the ten percent terriffs by instituting a

(22:39):
fifteen percent retaliatory tariff. This came after the President got
concessions from Mexico and Canada. Both countries will step up
border security efforts to stop the flow of drugs in
illegal aliens.

Speaker 33 (22:52):
They have allowed an unprecedented wave of illegal, deadly drugs
and illegal criminals on our territorial order, and President Trump
said enough is enough.

Speaker 6 (23:02):
White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt with KTRH as Sean Hennity.
The tariffs on Canada and Mexico are paused for thirty days.
The concessions from those countries are proof that Trump's plan worked.
Despite criticism from media and Democrats, Trump continued to push
tariffs on Canada and Mexico right up until they buckled
at the last minute, right Bartik and i'mic editor John

(23:24):
Carney tells the Alex Marlow podcast. Trump was ready to
impose the tariffs if necessary. It's not bluffing. Like somebody said, Oh, well,
what if they call his fluff.

Speaker 34 (23:31):
I pointed out, you can call somebody's hand, but if
they're not bluffing, you didn't call their bluff. You just
lost the bat And that's what seems to have happened here.
They may have claughed Donald Trump was fluffing.

Speaker 35 (23:41):
Trump still hasn't taken tariffs off the table, just delayed
them one month while negotiations continue. Coryelson, who's radio seven
forty KTRH.

Speaker 6 (23:50):
Stock futures reacting to all of this overnight, with the
down futures down by more than one hundred points five
point thirty five assigned of The Times to airport Authority.
Workers at Washington's Reagan National Airport are arrested and accused
of leaking video of last week's deadly midair collision between
a United Airlines jet and a Blackhawk helicopter. To CNN.

(24:11):
Sixty seven people died in that accident. Washington has been
worn for years about it's overcrowded airspace, but does Houston
have similar problems. Doctor Terrence Fontaine of Texas Southern University says,
our Class B airspace restrictions give us a safety net.

Speaker 7 (24:28):
We also just have a good setup.

Speaker 27 (24:33):
The spacing couldn't be better. The fact that where they're
located is it couldn't be better, creates a good mechanism
for air traffic control to be able to divide flights
as they're coming into the city of Houston on arrival.

Speaker 7 (24:45):
He says.

Speaker 6 (24:46):
The only real change he'd recommend is fixing hobby so
the runways don't intersect.

Speaker 7 (24:51):
Five point thirty five.

Speaker 6 (24:52):
Just when you thought critical race theory was out of
Texas colleges and universities, it's apparently back.

Speaker 7 (24:59):
It's happening at Texas Tech.

Speaker 36 (25:00):
With the new course Diversity and Cultural Competence in the Workplace, they.

Speaker 37 (25:06):
Really really stressed the implementation of critical race theory intersectionality
into work environment.

Speaker 36 (25:13):
That's Luca Katchatory with Texas scorecard. But what about the
Texas law and DEI bands.

Speaker 37 (25:21):
Because the law currently doesn't cover curriculum.

Speaker 36 (25:24):
He adds that State Senator Brandon Creighton plans to close
that loophole. This session Jeff Biggs, News Radio seven forty
k Thiery.

Speaker 6 (25:34):
We did reach out to check without getting a response. Meta,
the parent company of Facebook plans to leave Delaware and
reincorporate in Texas, growing a list joining a growing list
of companies seeking a more business friendly environment.

Speaker 38 (25:48):
States like Delaware that have long been leaders in that
area are quickly losing altitude to Texas as a result
of some very importing policy changes we've made.

Speaker 6 (26:02):
Texas Association of Business President Glenn Hamer. We get the
ADP Jobs Report for January later this week. The current
labor market is tight. The old saying, though, is still true.
It's easier to get a job if you've got one.
CEO Brenda Siri with Corporate Connection says people who keep
their jobs but are always looking for something better are

(26:23):
actually just passive job seekers.

Speaker 20 (26:26):
That means that you are gamefully employed but open to
the idea of getting a new job where a headhunter
or a recruiter could reach.

Speaker 30 (26:34):
Out to you.

Speaker 6 (26:34):
The federal government Jobs report for January is due on Friday,
and finally, the Texans have a new offensive coordinator. It's
Nick Kyley, formerly of the La Rams. I'm Cliff Saunders
on Houston's News, Weather and Traffic station KTRH.

Speaker 2 (26:48):
The tools you need to take on the day news
in the morning, weather and traffick. This is Houston's Morning
News with Jimmy Barrett. So are you seekers tariff fied tariff?
Get a tariff? Afraid of tariff's tariff fied? Some people are.
But isn't it funny how this has worked out so far?

(27:11):
You know, he's President Trump is banning two out of three.
Here was a seven to seventy five banning average, signo
doing pretty good.

Speaker 3 (27:20):
Didn't take long for both Mexico and Canada to take
a knee in the tariff war, so their terrifts have
not gone into effect. He's still got them out. There's
a potential potential thing after thirty days if it turns
out that Mexico and Canada are not living up to
their agreements, but both of them are green to send
troops and to patrol the border in to stop the
flow of fetanol in the United States, which is what

(27:42):
Trump wanted. Tariffs are a negotiation tool for him. But
let's let's say, for the argument that we do end
up with some tariffs at some point, like for example,
China is instituting a ten percent tariff on us because
we put a ten percent tariff on them. Let's say
we do end up with some terror. Is there something
potentially good? Is this inflationary or is there something that

(28:05):
is potentially good that could come out of it? Professional
Capital Management founder and CEO Anthony Pampoliano says, ultimately, tariffs
seemed to lead to lower prices.

Speaker 39 (28:16):
To Tariffs are one of the American traditions, right, George Washington,
And it's the first plaison of the United States. Second
Billy Science. He signs tariffs fast forward today that we're
not talking about the seventeen hundreds. We're talking about obviously
twenty twenty five. And so in twenty eighteen Trump put
tariffs in place. He did washing machines, solar panels, and steel.
All three of those products saw a short term up
three to six month increase in price. But before the pandemic,

(28:38):
all three of those were then trading at lower prices
than the pre tariff prices. And so what ends up
happening is we are punishing external foreign producers and we
are incentivizing domestic production. When we do that, they produce more.
If you produce more, the prices.

Speaker 40 (28:52):
So you accept, for maybe weeks or even months, prices
of some Canadian products that coming into America will go off.

Speaker 39 (28:59):
You accept that, of course, But if we trade off,
how people to accept that for? Well, I would argue
that if you get even years of higher prices for
decades of lower prices, that would be a good trade off.
But that's not what's going to happen, because in twenty
eighteen that we saw was live politically, well, well it is.
The American people sent Donald Trump into office, and Elon
must have go slash costs and to go and do
this the America first strategy.

Speaker 5 (29:19):
Now tell me how town creative American jobs.

Speaker 39 (29:22):
So look at washing machines, and we put the tariffs
on washing machines. In twenty eighteen, two Korean manufacturers came
to the United States said we don't want to pay
the tariff. They built manufacturing plants here in America. They
created two thousand American jobs. Washing machines actually traded lower
prices than the pre tariff price before the pandemic hit. Today,
washing machines are cheaper than they were before those tariffs
are put on.

Speaker 3 (29:41):
Huh funny how that worked out that way? They don't
like paying the tariffs, so they come and manufacture the
stuff here. Yeah, creating more jobs for US five point
forty one time for traffic and weather together, we're checking
out that drive again. Sound this way too early for
you to be exasperated.

Speaker 4 (29:57):
No, I just you know, I don't understand why we
can't get a camera shot of this East Sam thing here.
Jimmy Barrett southbound East Sam. That is a I mean,
how do you miss an eighteen wheeler that's split. I
have told the people on TV, but I don't know
if I'm going to get any.

Speaker 5 (30:10):
Air support because of the fog.

Speaker 4 (30:12):
We'll get to that East Sam southbound the ramp to
IT ten. I'm told an eighteen wheeler has split. I
see the backup now after Wallaceville Road. Jeffrey from the
Walgreens truck says, it's the old well said, Let's hit
more tip Line forty five north Mark Springs.

Speaker 24 (30:29):
For those that are the customer be using AHOV For
some reasons, HOV is shut down.

Speaker 4 (30:35):
Oh that's crazy coming down from spring visibility is to
think Kevin from Texas City More.

Speaker 26 (30:40):
And Scott Mike, Hey, it is foggy as I mean,
you can't see nothing already coming down the road.

Speaker 41 (30:46):
Joe.

Speaker 42 (30:46):
He makes sure y'all going to Gallas and need.

Speaker 4 (30:48):
Be careful, all right, Golf Freeway, Gold Freeway, Drake, Texas City.

Speaker 22 (30:52):
Dude, it is.

Speaker 24 (30:54):
Really really good down here. You cannot go to.

Speaker 5 (30:57):
The speed limits. No, I wouldn't know this.

Speaker 24 (30:59):
Fog.

Speaker 3 (31:00):
The bat of Claire is Joe Biden's speech pattern, all right.

Speaker 4 (31:03):
I mean I need to know how bad is the
visibility from a scale of one to Joe Biden's brain.
I really want to hear from Brassooria County. In fact,
can you see Stephen F. Austin coming up from Lake
Jackson on two eighty eight because he kind of sticks
out Terry, I'm skylike? And the Generator Supercenter? What Generator Supercenter?
Dot com traffic center from my.

Speaker 3 (31:22):
KTI H Generator super Center twenty four aur where the center,
Terry is here? Another morning with fog. It's these are
just the perfect conditions that fall.

Speaker 25 (31:29):
They are, and I suspect not only will we be
dealing with fog this morning for a couple more hours,
but likely the next couple of mornings as well. I
don't see a big change in our overall weather pattern.
It is very buggy, and with the winds being light,
we get that fog to form. We're seeing it primarily

(31:50):
right along the coast and a little bit of Chambers
County and up into Galveston Bay. So the closer you
are to the coast, the closer you're going to see
those visibility issues. Like to the north around Conro, the
visibility isn't much of a concern, though there's some miss
being reported.

Speaker 21 (32:09):
So anyhow, there's no rain of.

Speaker 25 (32:10):
Any consequence this week where you've got the morning clouds,
a little bit of sunshine, plenty of warm temperatures mid
seventies to eighties today and tomorrow, upper seventies to low
eighties Thursday and Friday, and by Saturday some places reaching
the mid eighties.

Speaker 3 (32:25):
All right, And I won't ask you for details about
this because it's way too far out and you don't
like going that far out. But but I mean, you're
kind of far out, but you don't go way far up.
There's talk of another polar vortex coming.

Speaker 21 (32:38):
So we okay, we can go polar vortex hunting.

Speaker 3 (32:42):
Yes, please, mid month polar vortex hunting.

Speaker 5 (32:46):
Quieting quiet, I'll go look and see.

Speaker 3 (32:51):
Just hunting webbits too.

Speaker 21 (32:53):
Oh my goodness, right now, seventy want to check it out?

Speaker 3 (32:55):
All right, seventy one of your officials Severe Weather Station
News Radio seven forty k t R H All, I
have a question today. It's based on part of Governor
Abbot's State of the State address where he called for
raises for teachers. I'm one of those people. I look
at it this way. You're a teacher, right, you do
a fantastic job, or you do a fantastic job, whatever

(33:17):
your job is. You want to get the same pay
raise is the guy down to the cubicle three three
down that is just kind of schluffing off and not
doing anything. No, you should get a bigger raise, right.
I think it should be the same thing for teachers.
Great teachers deserve great, big raises. You know teachers who
are horrible don't. There's got to be way to do

(33:39):
it on more of a meritocracy. How do you think
teacher raises should be handled here in Texas? And if
you are a teacher or a former teacher, I know
you have an opinion on this. You just go to
the iHeartRadio app ATRH put us on your preset, hit
the talkback button. You've got thirty seconds FI point fifty
right now, time for traffic and whether to the other
she's going to look like this? Sorry, sky Mike, what's

(34:00):
going on?

Speaker 5 (34:01):
I tell you what.

Speaker 4 (34:02):
We've got East Sam trouble again. Uber Mike's popped into
my tip line.

Speaker 26 (34:05):
Dude, Hey up, tam Mike LA eight heading towards the
planets yet I got my hard hat on.

Speaker 14 (34:12):
I can exit.

Speaker 26 (34:13):
Completely blocked off eighteen wheeler that they went on its
side and they're pulling it back up and trying to
get it situating cleared out.

Speaker 5 (34:21):
All right.

Speaker 4 (34:22):
This is East Sam southbound ramp to iten on the
work inside. The pretty ladies on TV are trying to
get me to get a camera shot and we're not
having any luck. I can't get any air support, so
you keep your calls coming. Seven one three, two one
two Tips watch out Skymike and the Generator Supercenter dot
Com traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (34:38):
From our KTRH Generator super Center twenty four hour Weather Center.
Overcast areas patchy, full morning fog today seventy eight and
then morning falk again tomorrow. Mostly cloudy with this light shower.
Chance high about eighty. Current temperature is seventy one at
your official severe weather station. News Radio seven forty k
t RH strack out some more of our top stories
this morning. Here's clip Thank you.

Speaker 6 (34:59):
Jimmy respun ure by moral Mechanical China places retaliatory tariffs.

Speaker 7 (35:04):
On the US.

Speaker 6 (35:05):
Nearly sixty percent of voters told Quinnipiac they have a
negative view of the Democrat Party, and former President Joe
Biden re signs with the same Hollywood agency CAA that
represented him between twenty seventeen and twenty twenty. At the
Latest News anytime at KTRH dot com. Our next update
is at six o'clock.

Speaker 5 (35:26):
Four more years.

Speaker 23 (35:27):
Hi, Donald John Trump?

Speaker 5 (35:29):
What happens next? Who knows what happens next?

Speaker 1 (35:31):
Happens here on Youth Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 37 (35:37):
CA.

Speaker 3 (35:38):
Welly, Elon Musk's trying to do something about that with
Doche We've been talking this morning too about US eight
and you know all the crazy things that they funded
and the money they've spent forty three billion dollars in
twenty twenty three. So Senator John Kennedy dispensing some wisdom
on Elon Musk and Doge and saving money and wasting
money and all that good stuff.

Speaker 42 (35:57):
It's it's kind of cool having the president of the gang.
Let me try to put all this in context for you.
I like Omas, I mean, I really like comless. I
could eat an omelet at every meal. I'm like Olmas
better than sex. Not really, but you get the point.

(36:21):
I'm like Omnas. You can't make an omelet without breaking
some eggs.

Speaker 37 (36:26):
Now.

Speaker 42 (36:26):
President Trump ran for office saying I'm going to review
every single penny in the federal budget. Now, how are
you going to review the spending in the federal budget
without reviewing the spending? And that's what mister Musk is doing. Now.

(36:47):
My many of my Democratic colleagues and some of.

Speaker 5 (36:51):
The the tofu.

Speaker 42 (36:54):
Eating wokarate at the USAID are screaming, my they're part
of a prison riot because they don't want us reviewing
the spending. But that's all mister Mosk is doing, and
he's finding some pretty interesting stuff.

Speaker 5 (37:12):
To my friends who.

Speaker 42 (37:14):
Are upset, I would say, with respect, you know, call
somebody who cares.

Speaker 5 (37:20):
They better get used to this.

Speaker 42 (37:22):
It's USAID today, it's going to be Department of Education
and Mark and really years, what's going on for four
years under President Biden? The people in charge ask one
simple question, who needs to pay more in taxes? Who
needs to pay more in taxes? Well, that's not the
question that the Republicans and President Trump are going to ask.

(37:45):
Our question is what the hell happened to the money?
And that's all that's going on. If you notice my
Democratic colleagues and the USAID officials, they're not defending the spending.
All they're talking about is process. Oh, it's an insurrection,
and Elon must doesn't have the authority. Well, I'm sure

(38:05):
he has the authority. The President gave it to him.
And all he's doing is looking at the spending, just
what the President said he was going to appoint Musk
to do. Here's what I hope Rubio and Musk do.
I would put together all the subsurd spending into a booklet.
I'd call a press conference, and in front of God

(38:27):
and country and the corporate media and the USAID folks
and my Democratic colleagues, I'd go over, item by item
by item, every bit of it. The DEI comic books,
the transgender operas, the funding of gain a Function research.
I'd go over every bit of it and say, now

(38:48):
do you want.

Speaker 5 (38:48):
To defend this? And they won't. They can't.

Speaker 3 (38:52):
That's the bottom line. They can't defend it, and they're
going to go away. First they'd be going to our
Secretary State Mark or Rubio, and and then they just
kind of go away. I mean they basically were told, yes,
they don't bother to come to work. That thing is
going to get disbanded. Five fifty six is our time
here in news radio seven forty k TRH.

Speaker 1 (39:14):
This is used radio seven forty kt RH Houston Ive
everywhere with now the latest news, weather and traffic.

Speaker 2 (39:24):
It's more of what matters to you from the John
Morris Services Studios.

Speaker 3 (39:28):
Six am is our time here in Houston's Borning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories this half our
China laces tariffs on US, DOGE shuts down the government
slush fund at least one of them. And coming up
at six oh eight, you're talking back on raises for
Texas teachers. Details in the minutes ahead. You're in Houston's
Bonning News. First, we're checking out that morning drive once again.

(39:50):
Here's sky Mike. All right.

Speaker 4 (39:51):
Finally, our pretty ladies on TV should get a camera
shot from some of my friends at Transtar.

Speaker 5 (39:56):
This is East Sam southbound at IT.

Speaker 4 (39:59):
Tenants and over an eighteen wheeler, and I'm hearing that
the trailers actually split.

Speaker 5 (40:03):
Their looks like everybody's okay.

Speaker 4 (40:05):
From what I'm hearing, this is southbound East Sam coming
down from Wallaceville. Let's go ahead and do the ninety
thing instead. Also Highway six at Memorial.

Speaker 5 (40:13):
What do you doing? Oh, overturned vehicle? Watch out for
that intersection.

Speaker 4 (40:16):
I'm Skywhite at your Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (40:20):
From our KTRH top tax Defenders twenty four hour weather Center.
We're looking at overcast guys today, areas of patchy morning
fog with THEIG temperature run about seventy eight. We'll get
to the complete forecast from Terry Smith at the Weather
Channel in about eight minutes. Right now seventy one at
your official severe weather station, News Radio seven forty k TRH.
It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Sanders and Jimmy.

Speaker 6 (40:41):
We are brought to you by All Star Construction at
six ZH two, our top story.

Speaker 5 (40:46):
You know we're not treated well, and we have to
be treated well.

Speaker 6 (40:48):
President Donald Trump's strategy on tariffs forcing Canada and Mexico
to back down as they will increase their efforts to
secure borders. Trump will pause tariffs for thirty days on
those countries.

Speaker 8 (41:01):
They are capitulating to the fact that we have strong
leadership that says you're not going to be dumping fetan al,
criminals and all kinds of illegal activity into our country anymore.

Speaker 6 (41:11):
Trump counselor Elena Haba on Fox that said, China, as
you slept, placed retaliatory fifteen percent or rather ten percent
tariffs on the US overnight a response to Trump's latest
tariffs on the Chinese. The market reaction to all of this.
Dow futures are down one hundred and twenty one points,
the S and P and NASTAK are basically flat. Now,

(41:32):
the mainstream media would have you believe that the tariffs
are going to hurt the economy.

Speaker 7 (41:37):
Here's the truth.

Speaker 6 (41:38):
The chance of any long term economic issues here pretty slim.

Speaker 11 (41:43):
I don't see this big trade war issue, and I
don't see inflation from these these actions, and we don't
as our firm doesn't see it after all the research
we've done.

Speaker 6 (41:53):
Financial planner Richard Rosso says he thinks Canada and Mexico
will come to the table and work with Trump so
that thirty d a pause will probably be extended. It's
now six ZHO three, a major shakeup at a federal agency.
Usaid Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now the acting
director as the Trump administration tries to shut that agency down.

Speaker 33 (42:16):
The way that the government has executed it has been horrendous.

Speaker 11 (42:19):
Has has been basically a slush fund with very little transparency.

Speaker 6 (42:23):
Texas Congresswoman Beth Van Dining there on Fox Business, dojes
Elon Musk says the agency responsible for foreign aid is
quote beyond repair. As for the Trump cabinet, here's the
latest on that. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is confirmed by
a bipartisan fifty nine to thirty eight vote. The full
Senate tomorrow will likely vote on Pam Bondi's confirmation as

(42:47):
Attorney General, and Maine Senator Susan Collins, Republican, says she
will back Tulci Gabbard for DNI. The administration is already
cleaning house at the FBI ahead of new leadership. Theretigative
reporter Julie Kelly told KTRHS Klay Travis and Buck Sexton
several senior FBI leaders have either quit or were fired

(43:08):
and for those that are still there.

Speaker 13 (43:10):
This questionnaire was sent out over the weekend to every
FBI employee asking them to account for their involvement in
the J six prosecution and investigation.

Speaker 6 (43:21):
Cash Mittel is expected to be confirmed as the new
FBI director, but there's no word yet on when that
Senate vote will actually take place.

Speaker 7 (43:30):
At six ZHO four.

Speaker 6 (43:31):
Yesterday was the anniversary of the toxic train derailment in
East Palestino, Ohio. Vice President j D Vance told residents
there that the Biden administration dropped the ball on cleaning up.

Speaker 2 (43:42):
I guarantee we're going to finish the clean up during
this administration, under the great leadership of Lee Zelden.

Speaker 6 (43:48):
Referencing the new EPA administrator and former Republican congressman. There's
a reason why the Biden administration left Trump a thirty
six point four trillion dollar national debt. It includes waste
full spending on federal grants.

Speaker 36 (44:02):
And our friend Matt kittle Over at the Federalist has
shared the Dirty dozen.

Speaker 15 (44:07):
Working over one hundred thousand dollars of your taxpayer money
for basically a sun run through Gaza, a.

Speaker 36 (44:14):
Fun run for palaest Indian girls.

Speaker 23 (44:17):
There are so many insane runs.

Speaker 15 (44:19):
But along with running, there is a grant that went
out for feminist rock climbing.

Speaker 36 (44:25):
That one was for over four hundred and forty five
thousand given to Ohio State, along with one point five
million given to Florida State for Black feminist sisterhood building
Jeff Biggs News Radio seven forty k T eight.

Speaker 6 (44:40):
And some questions about local wasteful spending. For instance, how
did Houston ISD spend two million bucks of a four
million dollar bond proposal that didn't pass.

Speaker 5 (44:51):
We're hoping that you could just address.

Speaker 28 (44:53):
The two million dollars that was spent on the bond
election for the hiring of consultants.

Speaker 5 (44:59):
Thank you or that, But that's another time, another place.

Speaker 6 (45:02):
Mario Diaz with our TV reporter chant for our TV
partner channel to confronting HISD Superintendent Mike Miles, who has heard,
never answered the question. More violent crime in the city.
A man is shot and killed after intervening in an
argument between a man and woman on the East Side.
The alleged shooters in custody. Also on the streets and

(45:23):
upticking violence against cops. More bad guys are shooting at them.

Speaker 16 (45:27):
Think we're going to continue to see this trend for
the near future. Until we get a handle on these
violent offenders and put them where they belong in prison,
We're going to continue to see this type of activity.

Speaker 7 (45:37):
Union President Doug Griffith.

Speaker 6 (45:38):
And there's this a retired Houston police captain is sounding
alarm bells on the TikTok door kicking challenge. That's where
people kicking the back door of homes and businesses. Greg
Freeman says some homeowners may decide to take matters into
their own hands.

Speaker 18 (45:53):
These kids are doing things. That's a small grouping of
them that, in my opinion, are laing, lacking great common
sense and parental supervision at home.

Speaker 6 (46:02):
According to state law, residents have the right to protect
themselves if they fear for their life. Six so seven
the Rockets lose to the nixt one twenty four to
one eighteen and sad news. Alvin Franklin, part of the
five Slammagemma UH teams of the nineteen eighties, dies at
the age of sixty two. He had suffered a stroke
a year ago. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news weather

(46:22):
in traffic station News Radio seven forty KTRH more.

Speaker 2 (46:27):
With Jimmy Barrett and the Houston Morning News teams. This
is Houston's Morning News, six oh eight our time here
on Houston's Warning News.

Speaker 3 (46:37):
You know, I come from a family of teachers. My
father was a teacher. My sister was a teacher. She
couldn't wait to retire. She retired as soon as she could.
I know what a hard job it is. I know
that teachers are underpaid. I'm always happy to see that
we're going to give teachers a raise, but I still
don't think the way we go about giving teachers a

(46:57):
raise is the right way. There simply has to be
a way that it could be more of a meritocracy
where we pay great teachers more money so we can
keep great teachers. If I were If I were a
great teacher and I saw the slacker in the classroom
three doors down getting the same raise, or knowing that
they're getting paid the exact same thing I'm getting paid,

(47:20):
or maybe even getting paid more because they've just been
there longer, I would be upset by that. I'd want
to be paid based on my ability. But I wanted
to know what you think, and you can share your
thoughts because Governor Happits says we're gonna pay teachers more. Okay,
how much more? And how are we going to decide
how much to give teachers? You can respond by going
to the iHeart radio app ktr H, put us on

(47:43):
your preset, and then hit the talk back button like
Jim did. Whoops, hanging on a second. I had him
there a second ago. Where are you, Jim? Where are
you right again?

Speaker 5 (47:56):
I'm jay your part.

Speaker 41 (47:58):
If you have teacher based on student performance, you'll have
teachers leaving for districts where parents participate in their students' education.
Right now, they're incentivized to be in districts where the
students struggle more.

Speaker 5 (48:20):
But if you take those incentives of favor from the
poor school districts, those teachers are going to leave.

Speaker 3 (48:26):
Okay, Well, I'm not suggesting you have to take incentives
away from teachers who are teaching in poorer districts. I'm
just suggesting that we don't get pay raises the same
to each and every teacher. And there's got to be
a way you can judge performance short of test scores. Perhaps,
maybe maybe test scores isn't the answer. I mean, these
schools all have principles, right, isn't having a principle like

(48:48):
having a boss. I mean, isn't the principal your boss
if you're a teacher, Well, how about the principal decides
who gets the biggest races based on the merit of
any individual teacher six ' ten for trafficking weather together. Ha,
let's check out the drive sky Mike has discovered something.

Speaker 5 (49:04):
Wow, we have it on camera now.

Speaker 4 (49:05):
Jimmy Barrett, this is East Sam southbound that overturn truck.

Speaker 5 (49:09):
Thanks for all you know.

Speaker 4 (49:10):
If it weren't for ktr H listeners, I don't think
anybody in the media would even know about this. It's
an overturned truck eighteen wheeler. This is southbound off the
East Sam coming down from New ninety and it's on
the ramp to Iten. From what I can see, it
sure looks like it's blocking that whole ramp. Now, so
you have let's let's do the ninety thing and get
around that business uber Mike says they're working on it.

Speaker 26 (49:31):
Eighteen wheeler that they went on it, sigh, and they're
pulling it back up.

Speaker 3 (49:36):
Huh.

Speaker 4 (49:36):
Jeffrey from Walgreens Big Old Hull Well said, so look
out southbound. I got Kyle from Friendswood, Kyle, what's up doing?

Speaker 24 (49:44):
Hey, good morning, Mike. On the exit ramp headed to
the Sam Houston toll Way, Keith, You've got a rut
tow truck, Ninjas and police unseen, but they're squeaking by
and it's only one lane on that ramp.

Speaker 7 (49:59):
Are you a two?

Speaker 5 (50:00):
Twenty five are on that ien thing? I need to
be a little clear on that.

Speaker 4 (50:04):
Also, if somebody can get me a moving picture of
that eighteen wheeler thing on the East tam if you
could do it safely, please put it on my Facebook
or my Twitter and I'll show it to the pretty
ladies on TV.

Speaker 5 (50:14):
I'm Sky Mike.

Speaker 4 (50:15):
Get your generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (50:18):
Polar vortex fromar KTRH Top tax Avenders twenty four hour
whether Center Terry Smith is here. No polar vortex yet,
but is there one coming?

Speaker 21 (50:28):
I have been keeping my eye on this fog this far.

Speaker 3 (50:33):
If that makes sense.

Speaker 25 (50:35):
Yeah, let's get through today and I'll check out the
polar vortex. But I have to keep an eye on
what's happening right now, and we do have some visibility issues.
The biggest problems are closer to the coast along the
Bay and along the immediate coastline. That's where we're seeing

(50:55):
things with more visibility problems. The FOG's going to be
around this morning. We've got a dense fog advisory until
nine AM. I suspect we're going to see this the
next couple of mornings because I don't see a big.

Speaker 21 (51:08):
Change in our weather pattern through Saturday.

Speaker 25 (51:12):
So once we get rid of the fog, we have
some sunshine, it's going to be a warm day. We
had record temperatures yesterday. We'll be flirting with some record
heat today as well. Mid seventies to low eighties today
and tomorrow, and even warmer upper seventies to low eighties
Thursday and Friday. By Saturday, some places in the mid eighties.

Speaker 3 (51:33):
Right down seventy one at your official severe weather station,
News Radio seven forty k TRH six twenty two our
time here in Houston Born News. I'm wearing that song
out this morning. It's we have so many songs about
Doge or somebody stories about Doge and government waste, and
we've got another one right here. Matt Kittle, join US
senior election correspondent to the Federals, wrote a story about

(51:55):
the Dirty Dozen wasteful federal grants you're paying for. I'm
guessing you you would probably write a story a day
for the next ten years about wasteful spending in US government,
could you.

Speaker 23 (52:08):
It does feel like an inexhaustible list. Yes, it's just
amazing what we are paying for and what we paid for.

Speaker 3 (52:14):
Quite frankly, now some of the things you turned up,
Let's start with this one. The State Department one hundred
thousand dollars to Free to Run, inc Which is a
grant that evidently provided Palestinian girls with some sort of
a fun run.

Speaker 23 (52:30):
Yeah, this is about one hundred thousand dollars to an
organization called Free to Run Incorporated, so that young women
can learn resilience by running through gaza. There's nothing like
being resilient enough to run through the streets of gaza.

(52:52):
And you know, you think about how Hamas terr histor
organization would be all down with that kind of fun
run for women.

Speaker 3 (53:02):
Of course, yeah, because there are all so much into
women's rights there. Here's another one one point five million
dollars to Florida State University for the National Science Foundation
to fund black feminist epistemology. Thank you for helping move
that one building a sisterhood in computing. Is that what

(53:23):
that's all about?

Speaker 23 (53:24):
Yeah, that's right. Yeah, that's again one another one point
five million dollars of your money that's going to yet
another DEI diversity, equity and inclusion program. And like we said,
I mean, there's just no end to this sort of nonsense.

Speaker 5 (53:41):
And it's it just.

Speaker 23 (53:42):
Absolutely exploded over the past four years.

Speaker 3 (53:46):
So obviously you can read all these other ones that
you have in the story by going to the Federalist,
and we urge you to do that. But at the
end of the day, here now a light is being
shown on wasteful spending that hasn't been shown with this
intensity for law time, thanks to Doze and President Trump.
I guess the question is that we're hearing Democrats fighting back.

(54:07):
I'm not sure why they're fighting back. How do you
defend some of the spending.

Speaker 23 (54:12):
Well, you defend some of this spending, because you know
that's what you do. You defend big government and bigger
and bigger government. Well, the people of America, among many
other things, in November said enough with big government, enough
with these divisive programs, enough with this massive debt that

(54:37):
we're burying our grandchildren under and they defend it at
their own peril, the Democrats, because they keep losing.

Speaker 3 (54:45):
Of course, all right, you are get I guess at
the end of the day, how hopeful are you from
your perch at the Federals, How hopeful are you that
we will actually see some strong results from the Department
of Government efficiency. I mean we're already seeing a little
bit of I'm sure you're very aware of the story
about USAID basically being turned over to Marco Rubio the

(55:10):
Department of State and shut down for all intents and
purposes for all of their wasteles spending. And they spent
in twenty twenty three forty three billion dollars on some
amazing things.

Speaker 23 (55:21):
Yeah, it's a great place to start, and gosh, we
desperately need this. I mean, if you want to take
a look at waste, I mean, just look at the
federal government, the massive bureaucracy wasting two hundred and forty
billion dollars a year in payments that should never have

(55:41):
been made for social welfare benefit programs. How hopeful am I?
This is the swamp and it is absolutely incredibly difficult
to move anything and to get actual reform in the swamp.
But you've got a president who seems very committed to it,

(56:01):
and so we shall see.

Speaker 3 (56:03):
We shall indeed. Matt Kittle, thank you appreciate your time,
Senior election correspondent at the Federalist, Matt Kittle, six twenty seven.
Time to take a look at your money. Jeff Bellinger
is here and Jimmy. The stock market futures are mixed.
Only the Nasdaq futures are higher at the moment. After
talks with the leaders of Canada and Mexico, President Trump
announced he will delay his tariffs on those two nations

(56:25):
for a month. That was some relief to investors. The
major stock averages managed a partial recovery yesterday, but tariffs
on China have gone into effect and China has retaliated
with its own tariffs on US goods, so that's keeping
investors off balance. This morning, I'm Jeff Bellinger, Bloomberg Business
on News Radio seven forty ktrh.

Speaker 14 (56:48):
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Our time, Houston's Borning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our
top stories, as have our Pete hag Seth. He's at
the border saying US troops will defend it. The cartel
says it will attack the border with drones and coming
up at six thirty eight, there's not enough air traffic
control because they wouldn't hire the white people. Details in
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(57:26):
checking out that morning drive against Sky Mike Scott the latest.

Speaker 4 (57:28):
All right, now the state people are asking me for pictures, folks,
if you can help me safely.

Speaker 5 (57:33):
Uh, this is East Sam southbound.

Speaker 4 (57:35):
It's kind of a blind spot for everybody East Sam
southbound at the ramp to Iten. That's an eighteen wheeler.
It was turned over and its side. They say it's
uprighted from what I hear. But that's some backups from
Wallaceville Road down visibilities the other thing one forty six.

Speaker 24 (57:50):
Guy Mike, a guy from Sunny Stanley on the visibility
down here is about an eighth of a mile all
the way.

Speaker 18 (57:55):
She leon the Gulf Freeway.

Speaker 4 (57:57):
All right, let's go west at six forty Skymike and
the jenner Or Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (58:02):
From our KTRH Generator Supercenter twenty four hour weather center,
we have areas apache morning fog. It will become eventually
part of the CONTI today, Terry says, with the high
temperature right about eighty, we'll get the complete forecast when
we talk to her again in about eight minutes. Right
now seventy at your official severe weather station, news Radio
seven forty k TRH. It is time now for the news.

(58:22):
Here's Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 7 (58:23):
Thank you, Jimmy. It is six thirty two in our
top story this hour.

Speaker 43 (58:26):
This is a game changer. We will finally succeed and
have an operational control of our southern border with this
president in charge and my partnership with Pete Haig said,
we're going to make this happen. We will not fail.

Speaker 14 (58:40):
Now.

Speaker 6 (58:40):
Was Border's our Tom Holman, NL PASO yesterday visiting the
troops there with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The new Trump
policies at the border are causing the cartels to react.
New York Post reports they've ordered drone attacks Kamakazi drone
attacks on a US border patrol agents as the Texas

(59:00):
National Guard is now allowed to arrest illegal aliens thanks
to our new partnership with Customs and Border Protection.

Speaker 10 (59:07):
This is expected to be a major boost to border
patrol operations in Texas.

Speaker 32 (59:11):
Say they encounter a big group and the group takes off,
you know, it's not just a border patrol agent that
can tackle them and put them into custody. The guardsman
can as well.

Speaker 10 (59:20):
Brightbart's Bob Brice says that this reflects Trump's commitment to
use every available resource to secure the border.

Speaker 32 (59:25):
The same kind of thing that you're seeing out on
the streets where ICE agents are being accompanied by atf
EEA agents US marshals.

Speaker 10 (59:34):
FBI Price says this is a game changer and could
be expanded to include guardsmen from other states too. Ethan
Buchanan News Radio seven forty KRH.

Speaker 6 (59:42):
And yet another win at the border, as L Salvador
says it will accept deported illegals from any country of argent.

Speaker 12 (59:49):
He has offered to house in his jails dangerous American criminals.

Speaker 6 (59:54):
Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Fox after making that
deal with the L Salvador and present at naive kell
It six point thirty three on KTRH. China responds to
our tariffs by instituting retaliatory tariffs on US. Arkansas Congressman
Nick Beggat says Trump had to crack down on the Chinese.

Speaker 4 (01:00:13):
What Donald Trump is doing is standing up for America
and Americans, and he's putting the people of America first.

Speaker 6 (01:00:20):
Trump paused tariffs on Canada and Mexico for thirty days
after they agree to be fump border security efforts on
their end. Now, the media and Democrats are criticizing Trump
for playing hardball on tariffs, but Bright Bart's John Carney
tells the Alex Marlow Podcast, trump had to use this strategy.

Speaker 5 (01:00:39):
People will test you. We used to call this Bazuka theory.

Speaker 34 (01:00:41):
People said, if you carry around to bazuka, you'll never
have to fire it.

Speaker 5 (01:00:45):
Eventually, you gotta fire the bazuka.

Speaker 39 (01:00:47):
Right.

Speaker 34 (01:00:47):
You got to show him that it's loaded, And Donald
Trump is showing them that the Bazuka is loaded.

Speaker 6 (01:00:51):
Stock futures reacting to this is the Dow futures are
down by ninety six, the S and P is basically flat,
and the Nasdaq futures are up about seventeen points six
point thirty four on KTRH. The number of the injured
in last week's Philadelphia medical jet crash has risen to
twenty four. Seven people were killed in that accident, which

(01:01:12):
took place less than forty eight hours after the deadly
DC midair collision that killed sixty seven people. Now, there
have been warnings for years about Washington's jam packed air space,
but what about Euston's.

Speaker 44 (01:01:25):
We have two Class B air spaces. That gives us
a good blanket for many issues.

Speaker 27 (01:01:29):
You have to have clearance, you got to have two
way radio communication, and.

Speaker 5 (01:01:32):
You have to have a MOXI.

Speaker 27 (01:01:33):
Transk part and that's what makes that Class B airspace
unique and what keeps the use in area very safe.

Speaker 44 (01:01:39):
Aviation expert at Texas Southern doctor Terrence Fontaine says our
airport spacing is another positive.

Speaker 3 (01:01:45):
But if there is one fix to be had on
the wish list.

Speaker 27 (01:01:48):
I think we could reconfigure Hobby where we don't have
any intersecting runways.

Speaker 3 (01:01:51):
He says.

Speaker 44 (01:01:52):
The locations of Hobby and Iah also provide an easier
way for dividing arriving flights. Andre Perard News Radio seven
forty K it's now six thirty.

Speaker 6 (01:02:01):
Five and even though DEI on college campuses are against
the law, as is CRT. Texas Tech has a class
that encourages critical race theory, So what about the law.

Speaker 37 (01:02:13):
They are following the law. The law simply does not
cover course curricula. It covers the I offices. They're hiring
practices who actually gets into the university, But once you
get in, they can teach you all of this stuff.

Speaker 6 (01:02:25):
That's Luca Cachatory with Texas Scorecard. Now, we did reach
out to Texas Tech, they did not respond. Elsewhere, Meta
is making a move to Texas, and it's not just
because of the barbecue.

Speaker 45 (01:02:39):
The Baring company of Facebook is reportedly considering moving its
incorporation out of Delaware to Texas.

Speaker 18 (01:02:46):
Well.

Speaker 38 (01:02:46):
We're seeing now is so many companies, including Meta, looking
at the state of Texas as the right place to incorporate.

Speaker 45 (01:02:55):
Resident of the Texas Association of Business Glenn Hammer says
more companies are moving to Texas in part because of
a new state law that provides for new business courts.
Delaware has faced criticism for embracing progressive corporate policies, leading
to concerns about the fairness of its civil justice system.

Speaker 5 (01:03:11):
Eric Sharp News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 7 (01:03:14):
Thank you, Eric.

Speaker 6 (01:03:15):
The job market, well, Biden left it type for Trump,
but there's hope as his economy takes effect. Corporate Connection
CEO Brenda Siri has a friend who sent out one
hundred and eighty six resumes in November and December and
kept a spriatsheet keeping track of the number of interviews.

Speaker 5 (01:03:31):
He got.

Speaker 20 (01:03:32):
Seven percent of the jobs that he had applied to
he had been asked to do an interview with the company.

Speaker 21 (01:03:38):
So it is a very difficult market right now.

Speaker 6 (01:03:41):
Right now, hiring rates are below pre COVID levels six
point thirty seven. The Texans hired Nick Kayley as their
new offensive coordinator. He replaces Bobby Slowick, who has fired
after the loss to the Chiefs in the playoffs.

Speaker 7 (01:03:53):
I'm Cliff Saunders on.

Speaker 6 (01:03:54):
Houston's News, weather and Traffic station KTRH.

Speaker 3 (01:03:58):
This is Houston's Morning News with Jimmy Barrett. Yeah, it's
that coming down part you got to look out for.
Six thirty eight is a time here in Houston's Morning
News right in. Just more proof that President Trump knewbody
who was talking about when he at least mentioned DEI
as being a problem with air traffic control nobody said,

(01:04:19):
by the way, that that's what led to the crash.
But what they are saying is is that we don't
have enough air traffic controllers and we might not have
the best qualified people working for air traffic control because
there's too many DEI policies that have led to a
staff shortage. In fact, there's a lawsuit now that claims

(01:04:44):
over one thousand air traffic control applicants were turned away
despite a staff shortage because of DEI policies. In other words,
we can't hire you you're white. We need somebody who's
not white. Of course, they're not telling you that. Complaints
of the FAA's hiring policies have resurfaced after that American

(01:05:04):
Airlines collision midair with a helicopter over DC. The suit
was filed originally in twenty fifteen. The lead plaintiff claims
the agency's obsession with DEI hiring was a catalyst in
ensuring an accident was likely to happen, and reiterated this
in a recent interview that he did the FAA dropped
a skills based system for hiring air traffic controllers and

(01:05:27):
instead based it on a biographical assessment. What the hell
is that they started doing that under the Obama administration.
When Trump came in, he changed it, and then they
changed it back when Biden came in. The man who
brought the lawsuit, who was white, alleged that he was
discriminated against purely on his race and was the reason
his application was knocked back. The Arizona State graduately was

(01:05:51):
turned down for a job of the agency even though
he had passed his training exam with great marks, according
to the suit. So they're being sued at least by
one person who was turned down for the job and
knows he or feels he knows he was turned down
because of the color of his skin. The man went
on to say, you want to hire the best and

(01:06:13):
the brightest for this kind of job because it's a
very stressful job and it can take a toll on you.
Eed you prematurely. You want to make sure that the
people that are doing it are the best, which I
think is exactly what President Trump said. And we're not
necessarily hiring the best, where sometimes we're not hiring at all,
and for no other reason than de EI six forty

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time for traffic and weather together, they're checking out the
drive once again, here's sky Mike.

Speaker 4 (01:06:37):
Got visor's belts and loops. First of all, Visor's ien.
You're dragging it now from Grand Parkway. The ramps packed
up again into Fry Road, but it's not bad for
the kdie. You'll hit more brakes at STUDAMNT. And of
course we have the roadwork. That's a lifestyle coming out
of downtown at forty five missing two lanes. Let's also
talk belts and loops north Sam the usual sketch at

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Aldan Westfield and usual smooch on the north loop six
' ten at the squeeze at forty five. That's westbound.
We're backed up from your east text.

Speaker 5 (01:07:06):
Oh oh oh dude, Cindy from Dayton is paying attention.
Go Cindy, gonna.

Speaker 19 (01:07:12):
Take a freight train.

Speaker 5 (01:07:13):
Whah.

Speaker 19 (01:07:15):
Can't you see there is no problem with visibility coming
up ninety westbound onto it in westbound down to fifty
nine southbound. Everybody's playing nice, everything's great.

Speaker 22 (01:07:27):
All right.

Speaker 5 (01:07:27):
That's a big banana sticker. She heard my Marshall Tucker.
Can't you see all right there is Let's go to
the golf freeway. What's up on the golf Good morning,
s guy, Mike.

Speaker 19 (01:07:35):
This is Melanie from Lamark Golf Freeway has about a
quarter mile visacilities.

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KEITHA Cruisin all right, thank you so much.

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Jared Parland, Hey mornings gram Ike extended the breezeway this morning.

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I think we might be all stand you a traffick.

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Card that great right outstanding banana stickers all around. I'm
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From r ktr H Generator super Center. Twenty four hour
weather sentat Terry Smith is here record type all across
the South yest day. I think there are more than
twenty records, said Terry Smith.

Speaker 25 (01:08:05):
It was an extremely warm day yesterday here as well.
We had records set at Galveston Bush In or Continental
Houston Hobby, and I suspect we'll see more records here
again today and across the South as well. Because our
overall weather pattern's not changing much. We do have a
little bit of fog in spots. Thank you Cindy for

(01:08:25):
telling us that there.

Speaker 21 (01:08:26):
Wasn't fog somewhere.

Speaker 5 (01:08:27):
Yeah, that's crazy.

Speaker 21 (01:08:29):
That was very helpful. We've got a little bit of
fog out there.

Speaker 25 (01:08:33):
I think we'll see some of that fog every morning,
but we'll turn out partly cloudy, were dry this week.
Temperatures today and tomorrow mid seventies to low eighties, Thursday
and Friday upper seventies to low eighties, and Saturday's another
dry day with heights generally in the low to mid eighties.

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Temperature right now seventy of your official severe weather station
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Fifty hour time here in Houston's Point News. We have
the timeline right around the corner and more response, at
least another response here to the question of the dack
udoposed earlier this morning, which is that Governor Abbitts proposed
teacher pay races. When teachers get pay raises here in
Texas and everywhere else, it's no different anywhere else. They
all get the same raise, or if there is a

(01:09:27):
different amount, it's based on seniority. It's not based on merit.
It's not based on giving great teachers a great raise
and giving not so great teachers a less of a raise.
It's just every day it's one size fits all. And
my question is why can't we figure out a way
to give teachers races based on merit, not just based

(01:09:47):
on a blanket. Everybody you know a blanket, everybody gets
a raise thing, which is how it works in our
public schools. So we'll get another response to that, And
if you'd like to comment, you go to the iHeart
Radio k t r H. You can put us on
your preset so you can find us real fast. You
hit the microphone, you get thirty seconds to maybe give
us a first name where you're calling from, and teacher

(01:10:09):
pay raises your comments on that first though. Traffic and
weather together as we check in again with skymne.

Speaker 4 (01:10:15):
It's e Sam southbound. That's an overturned eighteen wheeler. From
what I hear, they've uprighted it. We have no visual
at see Sam southbound. The rep to it lookout from
Wallaceville Road, a Grand parkway, some.

Speaker 5 (01:10:26):
Kind of disturbance in the forest here it's tyrone.

Speaker 45 (01:10:29):
Mike, there's a bad accident over here in ninety.

Speaker 4 (01:10:32):
Mouski, I see that smush east bound off of coming
off of two ninety. We'll zoom that at the seven
o'clock break and two eighty eight.

Speaker 5 (01:10:41):
Good morning, Hey Sam.

Speaker 19 (01:10:42):
Ike, This is Julie from Paarland, almost to the Beltway.
Traffic is all backed up all the way back in
my car, pre tipical morning.

Speaker 24 (01:10:49):
No bad dogs, just crazy drivers.

Speaker 5 (01:10:50):
Boom Julie from Paarland. Her first bananas took her.

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I'm Skymike and the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

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You did really good for a rookie.

Speaker 4 (01:10:58):
I know we started out with a total Shoelember festival
this morning too.

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It's change helver KTRH Generator super Center twenty four hour
Weather Center forecast. There is apatche fog when that lifts
partly cloudy with the high about eighty today. Not everybody's
seen the fogs. It's happening a lot more around the
coast today than anywhere else. Tomorrow it will become mostly
cloudy with the high temperture right about eighty after we're
done dealing with some morning fog. Temperature right now is

(01:11:21):
seventy at your official severe weather station, News Radio seven
forty KTRH. We're checking out some of our top stories
here on this Tuesday morning. Here's Cliff, thank you, Jimmy.

Speaker 6 (01:11:31):
China slaps retaliatory tariffs on the US. In the meantime,
five hundred of these seven hundred illegal aliens arrested by
Ice this weekend either had criminal convictions or pending criminal charges.
And on this day in two thousand and four, Facebook
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Next on the town.

Speaker 3 (01:12:02):
Six fifty three. Our time here in Houston's one of
you is all right? The question is should we find
a way to have more of a meritocracy as it
relates to teacher pay races? Should we be giving teachers
all the same races or should we find a way
to determine the best teachers and get them the biggest
raiss I suggested earlier. You know that nobody seems to

(01:12:24):
want to be in charge of making the decision of
who the great teachers are. I suggested the principal. But
this caller doesn't think that works.

Speaker 5 (01:12:32):
Hey, this is Joe from Crosby.

Speaker 4 (01:12:34):
Hey, Jimmy, you can't do it the principal way picking
the performers, because the teachers that are fooling around the
principal obviously get to most races.

Speaker 5 (01:12:41):
You'd be surprised how much of that is going on?

Speaker 14 (01:12:43):
Really?

Speaker 3 (01:12:45):
Is that how you get there's a lot of a
lot of hanky panky going on in our schools? Hm,
and thought of that possibility. Here's another suggestion.

Speaker 7 (01:12:58):
E for League City, Texas, Jimmy.

Speaker 46 (01:13:01):
The question is what's the metric that determines what a
good teacher? Is the principal at all, that's a human
who has his favorites. What's the metric for a good teacher?
What makes a good teacher? Is it the test scores?
Is it the students that like one teacher better than
the other? What is it? It's kind of a hard

(01:13:24):
question and teaching.

Speaker 3 (01:13:25):
Never did it? Okay? And I and I get that
there's there's probably no perfect solution. But how do you
get a raise? Where you work? Who decides if you
get a raise or you don't get a raise? And
how big a race is going to be? We all
have a boss, and our bosses all have favorites, right,

(01:13:46):
So I understand that you maybe can't take that out
of the out of the out of the work here
that that that you know, the principal is going to
have favorites over other people, but you hopefully are hiring
principles that are going to be fair and can come
up with metrics that make sense. And judge. Judge each
teacher based on their their abilities, their abilities to engage students,

(01:14:09):
their abilities to improve students, their abilities to make a
difference in students' lives. Whoever you decide to measure that.
I didn't say it was easy. If it was easy,
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Speaker 3 (01:16:19):
Seven am is our time here in Houston's Morning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories, this have our China.
They have placed tariffs on the US DOGE. It's shut
down a government slush fund. And coming up at seven
o eight, the Wall Street Journal says big oil won't
produce more. The new Interior Secretary calls BS on that.

(01:16:39):
Details in the minute to head. You're in Houston's Morning News. First,
we're checking out the drive again with the guy May.

Speaker 4 (01:16:44):
All right, they've uprighted that track on the East Sam
southbound ramp two iten. I've got some more on that
at the seven to ten report. I got something on
the North Sam here. This is no Hartytail Road at
southbound at the Beltway. That's a star right line lookout
and Graham Parkway ty Roun with the crazy Laugh found
that for me. Muski Road this looks like all lanes

(01:17:04):
block now coming up from two to ninety. Technically that's
an eastbound wreck, but it's really northbound at that point.

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And we're going to.

Speaker 5 (01:17:10):
Zoom that at the seven ten it's looking rough.

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Skymike and the Generator Supercenter, dot Com Traffic Center.

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From our KTRH top tax Defenders twenty four hour weather Center,
we have some areas apache morning Fogg, It'll become Bartley
Catty today with the ittips. You're right about eighty. We'll
get to the rest of the forecast for the work
week with Terry Smith at the Weather Channel in eight
minutes right now seventy at your official severe weather station,
News Radio seven forty k TRH. It is time now
for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 6 (01:17:37):
Thank you, Jimmy seven oh two on KGRH. We're sponsored
by Plants for all seasons and our top story.

Speaker 8 (01:17:42):
America needs to profit. America needs to be put first.

Speaker 6 (01:17:46):
Trump advisor Elena Hobba. There After, Canada and Mexico back down,
agreeing to tougher border security measures. In exchange, President Donald
Trump paused tariffs on both countries for thirty days.

Speaker 9 (01:17:58):
They've agreed to put in ten thousand soldiers permanently like forever,
ten thousand soldiers at their side of the border and
stop fentanyl and illegal aliens from coming into our country.

Speaker 5 (01:18:10):
They have a big incentive to do.

Speaker 6 (01:18:12):
But as you slept, China place retaliatory fifteen percent tariffs
on us in response to our ten percent tariff on them.
Now futures are down by fifty eight points. As we
check the markets right now, S and P futures are flat,
NASTAK futures are up by about forty five So where
is all of this tariff stuff heading economically?

Speaker 10 (01:18:33):
Some fear that this tension will wreck our economy, but
the reality is it probably won't.

Speaker 11 (01:18:38):
When you look at our economy compared to the rest
of the world, we're still the best economy out there,
as dysfunctional as we look to each other.

Speaker 10 (01:18:46):
Financial planner Richard Rosso says that right now, it doesn't
look like tariffs on Canada and Mexico will be a
long term economic factor.

Speaker 11 (01:18:52):
In the longer term, I think that you work it
out with Mexico, and I think you work it out
with Canada.

Speaker 5 (01:18:58):
They need us more than we need.

Speaker 10 (01:19:00):
An Russell says, for now, Americans should avoid making knee
jerk reactions to any financial news and just try to
buy American Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven forty KTR eight.

Speaker 7 (01:19:09):
It's now seven h three.

Speaker 6 (01:19:10):
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now heading up the
us AID after a major shake up. Rubio, it's had
issues with that agency for years.

Speaker 12 (01:19:19):
Hey, we would ask them questions, what is this program fund?
Who gets the money? We won't tell you. We don't
need to tell you. We're a political American for policy
isn't a political American. Foreign policy is to further the
interest of the United States.

Speaker 6 (01:19:32):
Dojah's Elon Musk says the agency responsible for foreign aid
is quote beyond repair. The president wants to shut it down.
Trump's cabinet continues to be seated, with Energy Secretary Chris
Wright confirmed fifty nine to thirty eight. Main Republican Senator
Susan Collins says schillback Tulsea Gabbard for DNI. The full

(01:19:52):
Senate will likely vote tomorrow on Pam Bondy's confirmation as
Attorney General. Elsewhere, incoming FBI Director Cash Patel is still
awaiting a Senate confirmation vote, but change is already happening
at the bureau.

Speaker 13 (01:20:06):
Several top officials, including the deputy director at the Washington
Field office, the head of the Las Vegas field office,
and a few.

Speaker 5 (01:20:15):
More have retired resigned.

Speaker 21 (01:20:17):
Let go.

Speaker 6 (01:20:18):
We're not really sure for circumstances, Investigative reporter Julie Kelly
telling KTRHS Clayton Buck that a purge is underway.

Speaker 7 (01:20:26):
It's now seven oh four.

Speaker 6 (01:20:27):
Vice President jd Vance in Ohio to mark the two
year anniversary of the toxic train derailment in East Palestine.

Speaker 14 (01:20:34):
The environmental cleanup has to get done.

Speaker 2 (01:20:37):
It's a tragedy and a shame that it wasn't done
during the last administration.

Speaker 6 (01:20:40):
Adding that this community quote will not be forgotten. And
just in case you wanted to know where wasteful spending
grants was going under Joe Biden, well, the federalists Matt
Kittle has been keeping track.

Speaker 15 (01:20:52):
I really wanted to let the American people know there
is a reason why President Trump is looking at downsizing
the federal government. This is exhibit a in waste and
definitely abuse of the public trust.

Speaker 6 (01:21:08):
Like a grant for the National Science Foundation to quote
re imagine biology through social justice. In seven h five,
more violent crime, a man is shot and killed outside
of a gas station on the South Side last night.
There had been reports that others were injured, but nobody
else was found and the shooter is on the run.
The two officers involved shootings this past weekend are part

(01:21:31):
of a rising trend. Bad guys are no longer afraid
to shoot at police officers.

Speaker 16 (01:21:36):
Suspects are firing upon our officers before we ever sometimes
get out of the car. We understand the inherent dangers
of the job, but this is just something that's been
kind of unseen, I guess in history.

Speaker 6 (01:21:46):
Doug Griffith with the Police Officers Union says that other
than the soft on crime behavior from local judges, there's
no clear reason as to why this is happening. Another
disturbing trend is the TikTok door kicking challenge, and some
Houston homeowners are ready to defend themselves.

Speaker 17 (01:22:03):
The challenge is gain fame on TikTok by kicking at
the back doors of homes and businesses. It's happened in
the Katy area, but retired Houston Police Captain Gregory Freeman
calls it dangerous kick at the door of someone who
fears for his life and that person could reach for
a gun.

Speaker 18 (01:22:19):
State of Texas, you have the right to protect yourself.
If you are in fear of your life, you have
the right to use dead lea force to protect your
property at nighttime a third party as well, if you're
in fear of their life.

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Michael shan Lohan, News Radio seven forty k TRH.

Speaker 6 (01:22:34):
Coming up on seven oh seven, The Rockets lose their
third in a row, one twenty four to one eighteen
to the Nixon New York. They are in Brooklyn tonight
to face the Nets. Pregame is at five point thirty
on Sports Talk seven ninety. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's
newsweather and traffic station, News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 9 (01:22:55):
The Golden h has just begun.

Speaker 5 (01:22:57):
The next four years happen here.

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Greatest years in American history.

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And use Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 3 (01:23:08):
I heard the bridges off before seven oh eight. Is
our time here in Houston's morning news. All right, drill here, Drenale,
Hell yeah, heck yeah, we heck yeah. I mean this drill.
But there's a Wall Street Journal article that claims that
there's not enough property to being made for oil producers
right now, so they're not going to produce any more oil.

(01:23:28):
That's what the Wall Street Journal claims. They're not going
to produce any more oil because it's not going to
be profitable enough for them Interior. The new Interior Secretary,
Doug Bergram, Yes he does look like count chocolate, but
please take him seriously. He calls BS on that I.

Speaker 48 (01:23:44):
Think this is just more people underestimating President Trump. I mean,
you look at the winds that he's had in his
first two weeks in office. You take a look at
you know, Columbia folding, Mexico folding. You know, this is
the guy that wrote the part of the deal thirty
plus years ago, and he's learned a lot in the
last thirty years.

Speaker 5 (01:24:03):
You know him well.

Speaker 48 (01:24:04):
And certainly there's an opportunity here in the United States,
where we've got some of the highest regulatory costs that's
gone up under climate extremism under Biden, when we start
tearing down those regulatory rules, the lack of taking years
or never getting drilling permits on public land. The Department
of Interior itself controls twenty five percent of the oil

(01:24:27):
production in the country on public lands, and Joe Biden
didn't issue any permits. He was the first president in
since Harry Truman that wasn't issuing permits.

Speaker 5 (01:24:37):
It's against the law what he was doing.

Speaker 48 (01:24:39):
So we can open up opportunities for lower cost production,
we can cut it through cutting red tape. And then
on the demand side, you see what's happening. Last week,
Chevron makes a big announcement. This is a global multinational
that says, hey, we're going to get into electric production
with our natural gas.

Speaker 5 (01:24:55):
That's the first acrossover where.

Speaker 48 (01:24:57):
We've got an oil company saying we're going to produce electricity.
They understand the worst short of electricity in this country.
And as you know, you can't build a pipeline in
this country. Under Joe Biden, and with the time of
the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we were offloading four hundred
thousand barrels of dirty Russian heating oil into New England
so people in New Hampshire and Maine could heat their

(01:25:18):
homes with heating oil. Under President Trump, he believes that
every American ought to be able to use clean natural
gas to heat their homes. And when we get pipelines
flowing in this country, we're going to see demand up.

Speaker 5 (01:25:29):
We're going to see production up in the US.

Speaker 3 (01:25:31):
Okay, sounds to me. Look, they got a plan. How
about you seven to ten time for traffic and weather togethers.
We're checking in again with skymkeel.

Speaker 4 (01:25:39):
Hey, KTR rate listeners are the first to know what's
happening on the freeways. I'm getting the Grand Parkway shortly.
First i want to get to some skunches around town,
and that's like Katie Freeway. Those break lights start at
Grand Parkway two ninety from Huffmeister nor It's Sam's been
a real struggle this morning, veterans eastbound and then all
the in Westfield westbound Golf Freeway. We're crammed up now
at Edgebrook two eighty eight from the Beltway, and I

(01:26:01):
want to thank everybody for their calls this morning. Grand Parkway.
We found this wreck at Muski. The rest of the
media now knows. Ken from Magnolia Grand Parkway at Muski eastbound, Pacey.

Speaker 26 (01:26:11):
Guy min Dector on Grand park Way.

Speaker 5 (01:26:14):
They have life flight on the highway.

Speaker 23 (01:26:16):
And the gurney off to the site.

Speaker 4 (01:26:18):
All right, let me let the rest of the media
know about that. You've got Nord Freeway. Roger from Magnolia.

Speaker 24 (01:26:23):
Good Mornings, Guy Mike from Conroe down the loop just
a normal stunge up at the Jefferd gurb Well said,
we can see clearly now because there is no fault.

Speaker 5 (01:26:32):
More music references we've had Marshall Tucker. We're throwing in.
Johnny mathis now part ats.

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This is Stebby from the.

Speaker 6 (01:26:38):
Hard working Eastside, and let me tell you they.

Speaker 19 (01:26:42):
Do have the eighteen meler upright trapped his back up.
Oh my gosh, you're talking about a crunch and a scrunch.

Speaker 5 (01:26:49):
How do we follow that, Terry? I can't runch crunch
in a scrunch southbound.

Speaker 4 (01:26:54):
That was an overturned eighteen wheeler. They picked it up
east Sam southbound at it ten. Yeah, follow that, Cherry.
I'm Skymike good great, Thank you, Center dot Com traffic centers.

Speaker 3 (01:27:05):
What's the next serial references? We got us a Captain
crunch over here from our KTRH Stomp tax Defenders twenty
four hour weather center. Terry Smith is here and she's
got a forecast that is warm.

Speaker 21 (01:27:18):
It is warm.

Speaker 25 (01:27:19):
So yesterday all our official recording stations at the Airport's Galveston,
Hobby and Bush, they all set record highs, and we're
going to.

Speaker 21 (01:27:30):
Be at that again today.

Speaker 25 (01:27:33):
Hobby and Bush both have record highs of eighty one
that they were set back in nineteen fifty seven.

Speaker 21 (01:27:39):
That was a little time ago.

Speaker 25 (01:27:41):
So I think we'll see some more records today, and
if it's not today, it's possible all week long because
it's just warm week mid seventies to low eighties today
and tomorrow, upper seventies to low eighties Thursday and Friday,
and Saturday is even warmer and still dry upper seventies
to mid eighties Saturday.

Speaker 3 (01:27:58):
Stepit. You're right now, still seventy at your official severe
weather station. News Radio seven forty k TRH.

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Speaker 3 (01:28:12):
All the info you need to take on the day.
So it's funny how this is whole terraff thing has
worked out. Huh Uh. Canada was going to get a
twenty five percent tariff unless they decided to help us
at the border when it comes to fentanol. Same thing
for Mexico, and all of a sudden, you know, with
ours to spare, they both take a knee and decide
to help and put the tariff's off for at least

(01:28:34):
thirty days. But what if the tariffs go into effect.
We'll get some thoughts here on the pros and cons
of teriffs with Richard Rosso, certified financial planner coming up next.
First though, seven twenty. Time for traffic and weather together
as we check in again with Skimon.

Speaker 4 (01:28:48):
All right, we got east Sam. It's looking pretty terrible southbound.
That eighteen wheel e wrecks southbound at Ien Nord Sam
eastbound at and Twine.

Speaker 5 (01:28:55):
This accent taking up two left lines.

Speaker 4 (01:28:59):
Here tie runs on Graham Parkway at Muski eastbound.

Speaker 18 (01:29:03):
God Mike got a couple of fire trucks and ammunists
coming down here. These people on the highway, they need
to understand get out the way.

Speaker 5 (01:29:12):
Boo. All right, and life flight's about to leave.

Speaker 4 (01:29:15):
I'm SKYMIKEE at your generator Sipercenter dot com Traffic Center.

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From r ktrh Op Tax Defenders twenty four hour Weather Center.
Today we're having some periods of patchy morning fog a
love it's around the coast this morning. It's going to
become partly caughty with a high temperature today right about
eighty and then tomorrow through Friday, we'll start off maybe
with a little some morning clouds followed by some sun.
High temperatures will be right around eighty degrees, so a

(01:29:38):
chance to set some more records current temperature seventy at
your official severe weather station, News Radio seven forty k TRH.
Check out some of our top stories on a Tuesday.
Here's Cliff, Thank you, Jimmy.

Speaker 6 (01:29:51):
According to reports, the Mexican drug cartels have orders to
attack border patrol agents with things like Kamakazi drones, Tulsi
gaber An, RFK junior face key procedural votes in the
Senate today and tickets to Sunday Super Bowl have dropped
by thirty percent on the secondary market over the last week.

Speaker 7 (01:30:12):
I guess people are tired of the seeing the chiefs.

Speaker 3 (01:30:14):
I think so.

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Welcome to this.

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Welcome to the know people. They have the right to know,
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Speaker 3 (01:30:32):
Seven twenty two our time here in Houston's Born News.
You can blame Canada, you can blame Mexico for the
need for tariffs, but not so fast because the tariffs
aren't taking effect. Richard rosso joins US certify Financial planner Gee.
Richard is almost like they couldn't see what Trump was
doing that. They didn't understand that that's this is all
that he wanted them to do all along.

Speaker 30 (01:30:53):
Well, it's a wholesale panic when you see all the
reactions to it, and it is to enforce a behave
or change of behavior. The biggest risk I think you have, Jimmy,
is for people that are listening, is you know, there's
going to be more volatility in markets as we go
through this process, right, So that's an issue that we

(01:31:15):
all need to remember. And we also have to be
excuse me, very careful of the narratives out there. Oh
tarafter inflationary, it's going to be the end of the world.
You're not going to be able to celebrate the Super Bowl,
and we'll block them only for you. You know, these
are all bombastic things designed to to move a needle
that may or may not exist. So that's when you've

(01:31:38):
got to go back and start doing your homework and
you know, looking at it unemotionally.

Speaker 5 (01:31:43):
Sure and with critical thought.

Speaker 30 (01:31:45):
Well, that's that's tough for us to do today.

Speaker 3 (01:31:47):
It is tough for us, But let's let's look at
it from the inflationary standpoint. I saw I saw a
guy who's in your business who basically said, hey, listen,
uh terriss can certainly raise prices temporarily, but what we
have usually found with, for example, when Trump put terrify
on washing machines coming from overseas and steel and some

(01:32:07):
of those other things, it drove the price up temporarily.
But South Korea, for example, said we don't want to
pay your tariffs, so they came over to the United
States and started building washing machines here, creating American jobs,
and now washing machines are cheaper than they were before
the initial Trump tariffs.

Speaker 30 (01:32:25):
Keep in mind, you're dealing with a consumer right now
that it's in a lot different shape than when Biden
released one point nine trillion dollars of stimulus into the
economy and we had too much money chasing too few goods.
We've got consumers right now that are tapped out. They
had the personal savings rates of disgrace, credit cards balances
at all time highs. So here's what will happen. Yeah,

(01:32:48):
what's going to happen is consumers will buy a substitute
good at a lower price. They shift the composition of
the inflation basket of goods. So, in other words, you
have deflation in some parts of the tariff area that
the goods and inflation and others. In other words, overall
consumers are not out there going listen, you raised the

(01:33:10):
price of my washing machine by five hundred bucks. I'm
flushed with cash. I don't care. You're not in that
situation right now. You'll have consumers that will wait, You'll
have consumers that look at substitute items, and this overall
is deflationary for the overall basket of goods. So remember
the cycle you're in when these travelers are released, versus

(01:33:33):
the situation we were in where people were locked in
their homes and then got we released the spending crack
and everybody had cash. We're not there now. So the
fact that it's inflationary is is an overreaction because now
we're worried about inflation.

Speaker 37 (01:33:51):
We weren't worried about it.

Speaker 30 (01:33:52):
Were one point nine to twenty dollars was released into
a system that doesn't make any sense. So you're going
to see a shift in consumer demand inflationary for some
goods or people await, or deflationary on the other and
it wipes itself out, so we don't see it as inflationary. Okay,
So people have to understand that.

Speaker 3 (01:34:11):
All right, well then, and of course you know, some
of these tariffs are not taking effect in our unlikely
to take effect because the results of the desired results
were gotten cooperation from Mexico and Canada. China is a
different story that we get a lot of goods from
China and there's gonna be they're putting a ten percent
tariff on us because we've put a ten percent tariff
on them, right.

Speaker 30 (01:34:30):
And I think right now it's more of a light retaliation.
But listen, you want to talk about the world economies.
We look at things in absolute, look at it on
a relative basis. Our economy is still the cleanest, dirty shirt,
the best economy out there. You look at China's economy
and they are hurting, so they don't need any of this,

(01:34:51):
so sooner or later they'll come to the table. But
right it's a little bit more stubborn with them. But
you look at their economy right right now demograp productivity,
they're in pretty bad shape. So you know they're gonna
throw out some form of you know, they're gonna they're
gonna toss out a missile. They're a moderate ten percent
fee on American oil and agricultural equipment on Tuesday. But

(01:35:14):
you know, I don't know. It's gonna take a little
bit longer. But here's the thing. If you're in a
four to one k and you're investing money, what happens
to you is volatility. You're gonna get whipsawed all over
the place. If you traded yesterday and when the market
futures were down and the market was down, and then
you were up by the community went what did I do?
And the other thing you gotta keep in mind if
you have a balanced portfolio right now, you've got bonds

(01:35:35):
and stops. Money is coming into US treasuries, yields are falling,
prices are going up.

Speaker 24 (01:35:40):
If you own.

Speaker 30 (01:35:41):
Bonds, bonds are acting as protection for your overall portfolio.
And there are areas of the market that are not
getting hurt. Consumer staples, healthcare. There are a lot of
areas that are not. Keep this in mind. Diversification is
going to work for you this year. It may not
have worked as well last year when you adjust in
tech stock. This year with bombs in the portfolio, which

(01:36:02):
are pretty boring, will work for.

Speaker 3 (01:36:04):
You, all right, Good advice, Richie Rosso, Thanks as always
that certify Financial planner Richard Rosso seven twenty eight, We're
taking another look at your money with Jeff Bellinger and Jimmy.

Speaker 49 (01:36:13):
Tariff concerns and the fresh batch of corporate earnings are
in focus on Wall Street this morning. Tariff's on Canada
and Mexico are on hold for now, but a new
trade war is underway with the China. Right now, the
S and P futures are up seven the Nasdaq futures
are up sixty one points, but the NOW futures are
down forty three. I'm Jeff Bellinger, Bloomberg Business on News

(01:36:35):
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Seven thirty is our time here on Houston's Borning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories this half are
Pete Hegseth is at the border saying US troops will
defend it, the car tell says they will attack the
border with drones, and coming up at seven thirty eight,
the polls show that the left still doesn't understand why
they lost details. In the minutes ahead, you're in Houston's

(01:37:18):
Morning News. First, we're checking out that morning drive again
with sky Mike on.

Speaker 4 (01:37:21):
The forty fives. You could connect the dots on the
North Freeway, Greens Road all the way downtown. That's a
twenty minute drag. Golf Freeway connected almost Puquay, twenty one
extra minutes here Grham Parkway. That's an ugly wreck eastbound
at Muski Tyrone says.

Speaker 5 (01:37:36):
Get off the wave and life Flight's just.

Speaker 4 (01:37:38):
Left there and we've got You've got Katie Freeway, nothing
but breaks. Now inbound from Park Road, make that Grand
Parkway into Frei Road.

Speaker 5 (01:37:46):
It's about a twelve minute drag.

Speaker 4 (01:37:47):
I'm Skymichel the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (01:37:50):
From our KTRH Generator super Center, twenty four hour Weather Center.
Areas of morning patche Faulg mainly around the coast today
and then partly Cotti. With the high temperature right about eighty,
we'll get you the complete forecast with Terry Smith that
the Weather Channel in about eight minutes. Right now, still
seventy at your official severe weather station. News Radio seven
forty KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Sanders.

Speaker 7 (01:38:13):
Thank you very much, Jimmy.

Speaker 6 (01:38:14):
It is seven thirty two on KTRH, our top story
this hour.

Speaker 31 (01:38:18):
Guys and gals of my generation have spent decades in
foreign countries guarding other people's borders. It's about time we
secure our own board.

Speaker 6 (01:38:31):
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and l Paso yesterday visiting the
troops sent there by President Trump to close the border down.
This comm says the situation is becoming more dangerous than
New York Post reporting that the cartels have ordered their
members to target border patrol with explosive and comic Cozi drones. Meantime,
the State of Texas continues to work with the Trump

(01:38:53):
White House on border security, and as we told you yesterday,
the National Guard is front and center in that effort.

Speaker 32 (01:39:02):
Now they can while working with border patrol agents on
a ratio of one border patrol agent to four guardsmen,
they can actually make arrests right.

Speaker 6 (01:39:13):
Bart's Bob Price says this will be a major booze
to the border patrol, or understaffed after four years of
Joe Biden. Another victoria at the border is l Salvador
agrees to accept our deportees no matter the country of origin.

Speaker 7 (01:39:28):
It's now seven thirty three. The latest on the Trump tariffs.

Speaker 6 (01:39:31):
China responds to tariffs placed on them by instituting a
tariff of fifteen percent on US. This comes after Trump
won concessions from Mexico and Canada, and now both countries
will step up border security to stop the flow of
illegal aliens and drugs.

Speaker 33 (01:39:48):
They have allowed an unprecedented wave of illegal, deadly drugs
and illegal criminals on our territorial borders, and President Trump
said enough is enough.

Speaker 6 (01:39:58):
White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt with KTRH as Sean Hannity,
the tariffs on Canada and Mexico will be paused for
thirty days. The concessions from Canada and Mexico are proof
that Trump's plan worked. Despite criticism from media and Democrats,
Trump continued to push tariffs on Canada and Mexico right
up until they buckled at the last minute. Right Bart

(01:40:19):
Economic editor John Carney tells the Alex Marlow podcast, Trump
was ready to impose the tariffs if necessary.

Speaker 34 (01:40:24):
It's not bluffing like somebody said, Oh well, what if
they call his bluff. I pointed out, you can call
somebody's hand, but if they're not bluffing, you didn't call
their bluffs. You just lost the bat. And that's what
seems so happened here. They may have thought Donald Trump
was fluffing.

Speaker 35 (01:40:37):
Trump still hasn't taken tariffs off the table, just delayed
them one month while negotiations continue. Corey Yelson, Who's radio
seven forty KTRA.

Speaker 6 (01:40:45):
And how is Wall Street reacting to all of this?
Down futures are off fifty points s and P five
five hundred futures are up slightly. Nastack futures are up
by sixty five. It is now seven thirty four on
KTRHA sign of our times. Two airport authority workers at
Washington's Reagan National Airport are arrested, accused of leaking video

(01:41:08):
of last week's mid air collision between a United Airlines
jet and a Blackhawk helicopter to CNN. That crash killed
sixty seven people. Washington has been warned for years about
its overcrowded airspace, but does Houston have similar issues.

Speaker 7 (01:41:24):
With our two airports?

Speaker 6 (01:41:25):
Doctor Terrence Fontaine at Texas Southern University says our class
b airspace restrictions give us a little bit of a
safety det We also have a good setup.

Speaker 27 (01:41:35):
The spacing couldn't be better. The fact that where they're
located is it couldn't be better, creates a good mechanism
for air traffic control to be able to divide flights
as they're coming into the city of Houston on arrival.

Speaker 6 (01:41:47):
The only change, he says, he'd make his fixing hobbies
so that the runways don't intersect. At seven thirty five,
just when you thought critical race theory was out of Texas,
colleges and universities are bringing it back.

Speaker 36 (01:42:01):
It's happening at Texas Tech. With the new course Diversity
and Cultural Competence in the Workplace.

Speaker 37 (01:42:08):
They really really stressed the implementation of critical race theory
intersectionality into work environments.

Speaker 36 (01:42:15):
That's Luca Katchatory with Texas scorecard. But what about the
Texas law and DEI bands.

Speaker 37 (01:42:23):
Because the law currently doesn't cover curriculum.

Speaker 36 (01:42:26):
He adds that State Senator Brandon Creighton plans to close
that loophole this session. Jeff Biggs, News Radio seven forty kties.

Speaker 6 (01:42:36):
We should mention that KTRH did reach out to Texas
Tech and did not get a response. The parent company
of Facebook is planning to leave Delaware and reincorporate here,
joining a growing list of companies seeking a more business
friendly Environmental.

Speaker 38 (01:42:51):
States like Delaware that have long been leaders in that
area are quickly losing altitude to tech excess as a
result of some very important policy changes we've made.

Speaker 6 (01:43:05):
Texas Association of Business President Glenn Hamer will get the
job's reports for January this week. The current labor market
is tight, but the old saying is still true. It's
easier to get a job if you've got one. Corporate connection.
CEO Brenda Siri says people who keep their jobs but
are always looking for something better are actually passive job seekers.

Speaker 20 (01:43:27):
That means that you are gamefully employed but open to
the idea of getting a new job where a headhunter
or a recruiter could reach out to you.

Speaker 7 (01:43:35):
It's now seven thirty seven.

Speaker 6 (01:43:37):
The Houston Texans have a new offensive coordinator, hiring Nick
Kyley away from the Los Angeles Rams. I'm Cliff Saunders
on Houston's news weather in Traffic station KTRH.

Speaker 5 (01:43:48):
Used weather and traffic updates. It makes my day easier.
Remember the rule of three can make the day Better
on Youth Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 3 (01:44:00):
Seven thirty eight Our time here on Houston's Morning News. Well,
the elector losers, not because they're not what they appear
to be, but they are exactly what they appear to be,
and they haven't evidently learned anything from the election. Here's
a GOP polster talking about that and talking about Trump's
popularity is at at all time high and Democrat popularity

(01:44:24):
is at at all time low. Here he is putting
the numbers together. I don't want people to go watch it.
I've already watched it for them.

Speaker 50 (01:44:30):
But some of the clips from the DNC vote on
Saturday are out and their platform clearly has not changed,
and their leadership coming.

Speaker 5 (01:44:39):
In has not picked up on these signs.

Speaker 50 (01:44:41):
We had a bunch of people go on stage yelling
at the crowd members to be silent because a black
woman is speaking. She is showcasing her power. They did
not talk about economic policy. They talked about, as you
showed that clip before, what gender or non gender they
need on the board here. So no, they haven't learned
any lessons. They haven't learned a messaging plan. They also

(01:45:02):
don't have a single policy that they could go out
and actually give to the voters.

Speaker 40 (01:45:07):
A separate Quinnipiac National poll shows more people approve of
Trump's performance at the start of his second term than
at the start of his first term. Significant improvement. Why
is there some more optimism this time around?

Speaker 50 (01:45:21):
Yeah, it's promises kept, promises delivered. In the Trump admin one,
it was kind of spur of the moment. We didn't
have these policies in place. We had a talk about
what we wanted to do. But Trump's been adamant from
the day one of this campaign the things that we
are going to do, what we are going to overhaul,
what we are going to do to the corrupt system
in DC. And people are seeing that, what's going on

(01:45:42):
with USAID currently, what's going on at the border, ice
cracking down. This is what people wanted to see. This
is what people voted for. This is the mandate. And
now the job is pushed to the Senate for this
week to make sure they confirm this mandate. The three
people that are left to confirm this week are what
the will of the people ask four. So it's again
the job on the GOP senators to go out and

(01:46:04):
confirm these nominees. Trump has the rest of the game
plan ready to go, and people often give you more
leeway when you are straightforward and tell people what you
want to do and how are you going to fix something,
They're going to allow you to go and try and
do it.

Speaker 3 (01:46:17):
By the way, two of those potential cabinet members of
Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Junior, I think they're going to
get their votes today. Looks like they're going to get
their votes today, so there may be two more cabinet
members they get added today. Seven forty. Time for traffic
and weather together. You're kind of wore out this morning,
s guy Michael. We've got you going all over the place.

Speaker 4 (01:46:38):
I'll tell you what this is really unfolding A twist
here Graham park Way eastbound at Muski. We thought that
was a wreck, turns out that as a road rage incident.
Ladies on TV, you're helping me out here. I'm going
to make sure the rest of the media knows. And
also my radio dad, Bill Ingram from the Christian station.
I'll pass that along to all my good friends in
the media here.

Speaker 5 (01:46:56):
It's road rates. They've closed the whole thing down.

Speaker 4 (01:46:59):
There's been a sh shooting, Graham Parkway eastbound at Muski
and I'm sure we'll be covering that all morning.

Speaker 5 (01:47:05):
Don't do it. Coming up from two ninety.

Speaker 4 (01:47:07):
You've got that overturned truck on the east sam southbound
it ten. That's out of the way. Now we look
like we're back at full speed. Forty five North Freeway.
Connect the suckage now from air Tex all the way
pretty much to Cavalcade Golf Freeway breaks at Edgebrook. You've
got something scrunching us up on two eighty eight northbound
at Highway six Leming zoom that shortly.

Speaker 5 (01:47:27):
Scott from Wallasville.

Speaker 24 (01:47:29):
Mit drive right here.

Speaker 41 (01:47:31):
So a slow rise.

Speaker 4 (01:47:32):
Oh man, you know we've just had all kinds of
musical listeners this morning. Roger from Magnolia gave me Johnny
Mathis on the North Freeway.

Speaker 5 (01:47:40):
We can see clearly now, and then Sindy from Dayton
gave me Marshall Tucker Band on ninety. Can't you see
you can't top that, Terry.

Speaker 4 (01:47:48):
I'm in the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic.

Speaker 3 (01:47:50):
Center from our katrh Generator Supercenter twenty four. Our weather
Center by AC kicked on yesterday. That's how I know
it's warming my goodness, that was got a shock.

Speaker 25 (01:48:03):
Yeah, it's February.

Speaker 21 (01:48:05):
Who wants ac in February. We're gonna be running at
hard in the summer months.

Speaker 25 (01:48:11):
Well, I don't see things cooling off anytime this week. Now,
next week we may get temperatures back into the sixties,
which is where they're supposed to be. Mid sixties, folks.
That's highs in early February, but not this week. We're
much warmer than that. Mid seventies to low eighties today
and tomorrow, upper seventies to low eighties Thursday and Friday.

(01:48:34):
Still dry, still some sunshine Saturday and most of us
in the low to mid eighties.

Speaker 3 (01:48:39):
Saturday temperature right now is still seventy at your official
severe weather station, News Radio seven forty k TRH.

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Well, here's something as a state wherever we're gonna have
to be ever vigilant on, and that is the teaching
of critical race there. It's still happening in some of
our universities. Texas Tech has a class that encourages critical
race theory in human resources departments. We'll talk to Luka Kachatori,
reporter at the Texas Scorecard about this coming up next.
First though, traffic and weather together, starting with you, Skymike.

Speaker 4 (01:49:16):
All right, Grand Parkway, Muski are actually I'm calling it Muski.
It's closer to Mason Road eastbound. That is turns out
to be a road rad shooting for car vehicle accident.
I don't know what came first, but it's quite a
scene and it's going to be there for a long time.
We got investigating to do, so if you're coming up
from two to ninety, don't get caught in that.

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Speaker 3 (01:49:39):
From r KTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour Weather Center. Today,
we started off with some patchy morning fog. It's going
to become partly cloudy today with the hype right about
eighty and then tomorrow all the way through Friddy. A
few morning clouds followed by some sun with the high
temperatures somewhere around eighty to eighty three degrees. Current temperature

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is seventy at your officials Severe Weather Station News Radio
seven forty KTRH. Time to check out some of our
top stories this morning. Here's Cliff, thank you, Jimmy.

Speaker 6 (01:50:10):
That road range shooting this morning that Mike is talking
about in North Harris County on Grand Parkway.

Speaker 7 (01:50:15):
Apparently life flight is called in on that.

Speaker 6 (01:50:17):
Wanted to add that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahoo meets
with President Trump at the White House and according to
a new study, the average teenager spends ninety two minutes
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Your reliable forecast next on the ten on seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 3 (01:50:48):
IF seven fifty one hour time here on Houston's Morning News.
All right, yeah, critical race theory, it's still showing up
in this case at Texas Tech in a class that
encourages critical race theory in Human resources department. So it's
being taught in a specific class. A Luca Caritory joins
us reporter at the Texas Scorecard. So, Luca, how did
how did the information on this turn up? Because it

(01:51:10):
seems to me that the only way we ever find
out about this stuff is somebody blowing the whistle.

Speaker 30 (01:51:15):
Sure.

Speaker 3 (01:51:15):
Yeah.

Speaker 22 (01:51:16):
We've actually been looking at universities across the state for
around two years now, and we've been looking at some
of the classes that they offer just to make sure
that certain ideologies that you know, we as Texans, we
don't typically associate ourselves with, you know, ideology surrounding race

(01:51:38):
and intersectionality, which is kind of a fancy term that
encompasses a lot of these things like critical race theory.
Searching for those in class syllabi, which are you know,
essentially the agenda that are offered for various courses. We've
been looking around at different universities like Texas A and M,
University of Texas at Austin, and Texas Tech for classes

(01:52:02):
like this, and that's how we stumbled upon this specific class.

Speaker 3 (01:52:05):
The course is called Diversity and Cultural Competence in the Workplace.
I guess when you see diversity and cultural incompetence all
in the same sentence, you probably say to yourself, we
need to investigate this.

Speaker 5 (01:52:17):
Yeah, yeah, exactly.

Speaker 22 (01:52:19):
I mean those are typically you know, there's certain key
words where you can kind of read between the lines
and see what exactly is going on.

Speaker 3 (01:52:26):
So if you talk to the folks at Texas Tech
about this class, and if so, what have they said
to you about it?

Speaker 37 (01:52:32):
We did, they.

Speaker 22 (01:52:33):
Haven't said anything. And that's kind of typical for this,
you know, reaching out to the universities, they'll either give
you a prepared statement or they won't give you a
statement at all. And in Texas Tech's regard, they did
not provide us with the.

Speaker 36 (01:52:47):
Statement on this.

Speaker 3 (01:52:48):
Okay, So that being the case, and I'm not saying
this is your job to do it, I'm just curious,
do you report this to this to a state agency?
And if so, who do you report it to?

Speaker 22 (01:53:01):
Well, so the issue right now. Just for some background
on this, there's this bill, Senate Bill seventeen, which was
past last session, that prohibited public universities from establishing DEI
offices using DEI criterion hiring, or requiring employees or prospective
employees to attend DEI trading sessions.

Speaker 5 (01:53:22):
What it didn't, and this is.

Speaker 22 (01:53:23):
The really key thing, is it did not cover de
CRT or intersectionality, these very fancy.

Speaker 5 (01:53:30):
Terms used in course curriculum.

Speaker 22 (01:53:33):
So although these universities can't include it in their hiring practices.
They can't have these elaborate DEI offices within their university.
The actual classes they teach, including the one at Texas
Tech that we're talking about now, can include all of
this stuff, and it can can include all of this
stuff from an instructional standpoint. So although within the actual

(01:53:58):
university in these offic is, you know, there might be
prohibitions against it, they're teaching the new generation of leaders
in business about this.

Speaker 3 (01:54:08):
Do you think it was the state legislature's intent to
leave that out, do you? Or do you think this
is something they just forgot to cover.

Speaker 22 (01:54:16):
Yeah, it's a great question. State Senator Brandon Creyton, who
authored the measures, said in December that he plans to
explain expand the divan to cover university governance. That these
sorts of things are being floated. So I think what
happens with a lot of state legislature is they're just

(01:54:36):
very reactive. You know, state legislature isn't a proactive institution,
and that requires you know, people to constantly, you know, citizens,
concerned citizens across Texas to constantly try to push them
forward on things, whether it be DEI, HE or T
or anything else.

Speaker 3 (01:54:55):
Okay, so they Basically, what you're saying is that they
react to what has already occurred. They're not thinking about
what could a cure a cure occur in the future exactly.

Speaker 22 (01:55:05):
So stories like this that can potentially, you know, put
a light on it.

Speaker 3 (01:55:09):
All right, Well, thanks for doing what you do and
putting the like on it. Luka. We appreciate that reporter
with the Texas scorecard. That's Luca Katcha Torri. Gotta keep
an eye on their stuff all the time, don't you. Hey, listen,
you all have a great day. Thank you for listening.
I'll see you tomorrow morning, bright and early at five am,
and I hope to see you. This had from four
on AM nine fifty KPRC