Elon Gives Government Employees One More Chance To Respond To His Email

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

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Speaker 1 (00:02):
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Good morning, five am is our time here on Houston's
Morning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories, looks
like you have one more chance if you didn't respond
to Elon's email and Trump meets with the French president maccrone.
Those stories are more coming up in the minutes ahead.
You're in Houston's Morning News. First, I did my laundry.

Speaker 4 (00:38):
I did a bunch of stuff.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
Okay, that's that's. That's one thing, sky Mine. Four more
things by the way, coming up at five o' weeight.
I'll tell you what that email was really all about,
and it wasn't what you did for the last five days.
But first let's check in with you, Skymkee.

Speaker 5 (00:52):
All right, Well I can't really see anything, but that's
the whole point here. I forty five North Freeway, Tidwell,
here's the deal. Visibility is that things. I got to
turn your snooze off, everybody and get up out of bed.
Let's get an early start so we don't have to
go fast visibility as a thing, fog all over the place.
Nord Freeway did well southbound, that's a stall. Check your
laneage and that will be a right lane, not a

(01:14):
back quarter slip.

Speaker 4 (01:15):
Just yet.

Speaker 5 (01:15):
Just watch out and again seeing you know, it only
takes one dog or one freeway zombie to.

Speaker 4 (01:20):
Mess up your morning.

Speaker 5 (01:22):
So let's get an early start Skymike on the Generator
Supercenter dot.

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Com traffic Center from our KTRH top tax defenders twenty
four hour weather center for today, We're starting off with fog.
It will eventually become sunny with a high temperature right
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Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 6 (01:45):
Thank you, Jimmy.

Speaker 7 (01:46):
It's coming up on five o two on KTRH and
our top story.

Speaker 8 (01:50):
If you can't answer it, that's a serious problem. And
I don't want you working alongside of me President Trump
or for the American people, because that's my taxpair dollars too.

Speaker 7 (02:00):
That's Selena Hobbo, the counselor to President Trump. As dos
as Elon musk Is offering yet one more chance to
federal workers, with many failing to respond to his proof
of productivity email, Elon posting on next that quote failure
to respond to second time will result in termination. Meantime,
more cuts is the VA let's go of fourteen hundred

(02:22):
more employees.

Speaker 6 (02:23):
The agency says.

Speaker 7 (02:24):
They were non mission critical probationary workers that had been
with the VA for less than two years.

Speaker 6 (02:31):
Biboh two.

Speaker 7 (02:32):
President Trump meeting with Francis Emanuel McCrone yesterday about the
situation in Ukraine, saying, the path to piece starts now.

Speaker 4 (02:41):
This is the right time. It may be the only time.

Speaker 9 (02:44):
You know.

Speaker 10 (02:45):
That's a very interesting and horrible situation, and that could
evolve into a Third World War.

Speaker 4 (02:51):
We're not going to let that happen.

Speaker 7 (02:52):
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits the White House on Thursday.
In the Middle East, Israel slams the UN for its
silence on Hamas's atrocities.

Speaker 11 (03:03):
Hamas didn't just murder them, they sloaded them in the
most deprived way imaginable.

Speaker 7 (03:11):
Ambassador Danny dunnone at the UN yesterday demanding a resolution
condemning the terrorists and speaking of the UN more American
lawmakers are calling for this country to withdraw from that body,
and one of.

Speaker 12 (03:25):
The lawmakers is Texas Congressman Chip.

Speaker 13 (03:27):
Roy, because I mean, honestly, we're not getting our money's worth,
and in fact it's the opposite. We're funding hostility to
our existence.

Speaker 12 (03:34):
Roy introduced the bill in the House last week.

Speaker 13 (03:38):
You know, it's becomes to mouthpiece for the radical left
to produce a globalist agenda that underminds our national security
and underminds our freedom.

Speaker 4 (03:44):
I think it's beyond redemption. So that's why I think
we should get out.

Speaker 12 (03:47):
The US provides more funding than any other country to
the UN, including eighteen billion in twenty twenty two.

Speaker 4 (03:55):
Jeff Biggs News Radio seven forty k T eight.

Speaker 7 (03:58):
By the way, Jimmy will talk to Congressman Roy at
six point twenty.

Speaker 6 (04:02):
It's five h four.

Speaker 7 (04:03):
Federal judge denies an emergency motion from the Associated Press
to restore its access to White House press events. The
Trump administration pulled it because the outlet continues to call
the Gulf by its old name and not the Gulf
of America. A recent U Golf poll shows that more
Americans trust the Trump administration than the mainstream media so

(04:25):
why is mainstream media dying?

Speaker 14 (04:27):
It doesn't occur to a lot of them that certain
facts are worth including and are pertinent. One of their
single base reasons why the media trust has plummeted is
biased by a mission.

Speaker 7 (04:38):
Curtis Hawck with NewsBusters says that while the mainstream media
has lied and deceived Americans for years, Trump has earned
their trust by being transparent. As the President continues to
drain the swamp, will big tech censorship be next on
his list of targets?

Speaker 15 (04:54):
Ninety eight federal agencies were told to silence Americans during
the Biden years, but times are.

Speaker 16 (05:00):
Andrew Ferguson is now the chairman of the Federal Trade
Commission and he has made it a priority to root
out the censorship.

Speaker 15 (05:07):
Dan Schneider the Media Research Center says big tech is
learning how to work with Trump, and the FTC crackdown
has only just begun.

Speaker 16 (05:15):
The Federal Trade Commission will enforce the law, our consumer
protection laws and that sort of thing, and go after
these big tech firms if they continue to silence us.

Speaker 15 (05:24):
He says, this administration will help restore our rights to
free speech. Andrei Berrard News Radio seven forty KTR eight.

Speaker 7 (05:31):
At five oh five, Apple announces a major investment in
the economy, a five year initiative focusing on manufacturing. One
plan includes factories right here in Houston.

Speaker 17 (05:41):
Apple, one of the biggest companies in this world, is
going to invest five hundred billion dollars right here in
the United States of America and create twenty thousand new jobs.
America is open for business again.

Speaker 7 (05:54):
Whine House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt, speaking of jobs, here's
yet another thing AI can do. Make it easier for
your boss to watch you work.

Speaker 18 (06:03):
Data shows between March of twenty twenty and June twenty
twenty three, the use of employee surveillance software grew by
fifty four percent. Dan It's not just outdoor security cams by.

Speaker 19 (06:14):
It, he shoke loggers via even cameras that track whether
their highs are going off the screen or not.

Speaker 4 (06:20):
So this really isn't anything new.

Speaker 19 (06:22):
AI is taking a lot of the guestwork out of it.

Speaker 18 (06:24):
Marketing consultant Peter Shankman adds that AI can't help improve
areas of productivity, but it could be at a cost
to morale. Fifty six percent of employees reported increased tension
due to workplace tracking Eric Jarp News Radio seven forty ktra.

Speaker 6 (06:38):
Thank you, Eric.

Speaker 7 (06:39):
The President posting the truth Social that he wants to
restart construction on Keystone Excel pipeline, which of course was
canceled under Joe Biden. On truth Social, Trump said the
company behind it was quote treated very badly by Sleepy Joe.
Five oh seven, the fourth rank UH men's basketball team
beats Texas Tech sixty nine to sixty one to win

(06:59):
a share of the Big twelve regular season championship, and
the Rockets host Milwaukee tonight.

Speaker 6 (07:04):
Pregame is at.

Speaker 7 (07:04):
Six on Sports Talk seven ninety I'm Cliff Saunders on
Houston's News weather in traffic station kg R h.

Speaker 2 (07:12):
B informed be on time. Houston's morning News continues with Jimmy.

Speaker 3 (07:18):
Verrett on phone. Have you seen the memes that are
going around five things you know, government employee Actually actually
it's a SpongeBob meme. You know, five things things things
I did last week like cried over cried over Trump,

(07:39):
cried over musk. You know, those were two things, and
then I forget what some of the other ones were.
But the the the list all was about, you know,
complaining about having to fill out the list. It didn't
actually list any accomplishments. I think the thing to remember
about the about the whole elon musing. I think that

(08:00):
thing is completely misunderstood. And I guess that doesn't surprise me,
because we got to remember. These are federal employees we're
talking about here, right. They don't work in the real world.
They don't work in the private sector. They don't don't
understand what life is like in a big corporation. In
big corporations where you have thousands upon thousands of employees,

(08:21):
this evidently is not an unusual exercise to send out
an email like this. They want to try to find
It's a great way to try to find out who
is actually reading their emails number one, who is actually
on the job number two, And if they're working from home,
who's actually checking into their emails and doing something from

(08:42):
home other than goofing off. And that's really what this
is all about. They weren't. They didn't care what the
five things were. You could have said, picked my nose,
scratched my ass, you could come up with a whole
list of things. The fact that you responded to the
email means that you are alive and that you exist

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and you have a working email in that government agency
and that you actually work for them. There's a reason
why you get a paycheck. It may not be a
good reason, but at least there's a reason why you
get a paycheck. What they wanted to do and probably
what they still want to do and what may be
a little bit more difficult to do. With all the
publicity this is gotten because normally something like this wouldn't

(09:24):
get this kind of publicity. It tips people off who
are cheating the system, that the government is looking for
you and to find out if you're cheating the system.
But if you don't actually work for the government and
you are still somehow collecting a paycheck, if you're not
alive in working for the government, you're not going to
be able to respond. And those are the first people

(09:45):
you're going to look at. You may be a limited
be able to eliminate thousands of paychecks that people actually
don't work for the government anymore and no longer get
those emails. So that's what it is. It's not about
whether you're actually doing something productive. It's if you exist.
That's if you exist email, then they'll take it from there.
I think five to ten time for traffic and whether together.

Speaker 4 (10:04):
So that you're not one hundred and sixty four years old.

Speaker 3 (10:07):
Yes, there's social security if you're one hundred and sixty
four years old's coming.

Speaker 4 (10:10):
I went a government job.

Speaker 5 (10:12):
Let's go to two eighty eight, Jimmy Barrett, and they've
just cleared a stall truck at Yellowstone.

Speaker 4 (10:17):
That's out of the way. You can't tell it was there.

Speaker 5 (10:19):
Well, you can't tell a lot of things were there
because it's really tough to see. I noticed that this
morning driving in from the Ghetto House on the Hardy Bond,
I could see just about as far as my lights,
which which I know sounds like a Yogi Barrett thing.
But southbound, if you're coming down from the Hardy, now
we're in good shape.

Speaker 4 (10:36):
We're clear. But again, visibility is a thing, same thing
from the east.

Speaker 20 (10:40):
Text.

Speaker 5 (10:40):
I really want to hear from those of you out
in the sticks this morning. Cleveland splendor and new Canny
seven thank you seven one three, two one two t ips.

Speaker 4 (10:49):
And let's go up forty five. I will tell you
forty five.

Speaker 5 (10:52):
We have a stall at Tidwell and you may not
see him till last minute, So watch out and bound.

Speaker 4 (10:57):
It's a right Lane.

Speaker 20 (10:57):
Hey, good morning, I Mike, This is Jeff from Conrad.

Speaker 21 (11:01):
Boy, is it foggy?

Speaker 20 (11:02):
Visibility? Maybe two or three blocks?

Speaker 4 (11:05):
You're looking at it that layer. I'm gonna hear a
lot of that this morning. I'm Skymike, Oh the Generator
Supercenter dot Com traffics.

Speaker 3 (11:12):
I can't see two or three blocks with glass. That's
Terry over there, ill see past to be nearsighted. You
can't see anything no matter what from our katrh tom
tax Defenders twenty four where the sanitary is here, ball
Ball Gurley and fog around tomorrow too.

Speaker 4 (11:28):
I guess yeah.

Speaker 22 (11:29):
I suspect we'll see some fog here at least the
next two days, and then we've got a weak cold
front that'll maybe disrupt that possibility of fog for a
period of time.

Speaker 23 (11:41):
We'll see how long.

Speaker 22 (11:42):
But yeah, widespread fog across the area, and most places
are seeing visibility around a quarter of a mile, and
it may get even less before we start to get
the sun.

Speaker 23 (11:53):
To come up and kind of mix things out after
the fog clears.

Speaker 22 (11:57):
It's really going to be a very pleasant day sunshine,
upper sixties to low seventies today and tomorrow. We'll probably
go through the same drill. Cloud's early some fog and
then sunny, but it's warmer Tomorrow, mid to upper seventies.
Thursday just briefly cooler, looks cloudy but dry, near seventy
the high and then more sunshine, no rain Friday or Saturday,

(12:20):
and we'll start warming back up into the seventies for
Friday and Saturday.

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Speaker 3 (12:41):
It is five twenty now here in Houston's Morning News. Boy,
do I feel better today. I didn't really mention it
yesterday because I thought, well, I'll just get through it.
Nobody will notice anyway, hopefully, But I get so. I
don't know what it is. Is there a bug going
around right now that just kind of makes you really
super tired, gives you body aches, But you know you

(13:04):
don't have nausea or or head cold kind of a thing.
There must be not I even did something. I'm surprised.
I did not because I cared if I had COVID
or not. But I thought, well, we've got a COVID
test in the house, I'll go ahead and take it,
just just because it reminded me of the way I
felt after I had the second COVID vaccine. Yeah, I

(13:25):
was one of the dumbasses who did That's that's how
I felt after I had that second vaccine. But it
was negative. So whatever it is is just something that's
going around right now. Like I said, not enough to
you know, to keep you from making your appointed rounds,
just making you drag every so slowly. But today a
whole lot better. It's about if you get it. It

(13:47):
seemed to be about a two day deal Sunday and Monday,
and here it is Tuesday. I'm feeling a lot better.
So whatever it is, it seems to be of the
forty eight hour variety five twenty one time for traffic
and whether it's to.

Speaker 5 (13:58):
Get A year ago, I had COVID light or diet COVID,
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (14:02):
It was like like like sugar free covid, yeah, pretty much.
And it was it was like tab of COVID. Oh
I never did you like Tab.

Speaker 24 (14:10):
No.

Speaker 3 (14:11):
It was like TAB and Fresco. No, you lose your
man car right there aftertast My mother was addicted to
Fresco for well, I don't I don't like anything diet.

Speaker 4 (14:20):
Let's let's put on your hard hats and go to
the east side.

Speaker 15 (14:22):
Here.

Speaker 4 (14:22):
I've got something in Jack City.

Speaker 5 (14:24):
It oh man, they're doing that work again at Federal
Road on the outbound, right in front of my gym.
And if you're heading through Jack City shiny wheels, you're
looking an extra two or three going outbound, not inbound.
Let's do some tip line. I got Steve from Burton.
He's way out on June ninety.

Speaker 25 (14:39):
Coming in and down through Brenham, coming through Chapel Hill.

Speaker 26 (14:42):
Looks like the Bob Mirley concert had noncore and visibility
is even worse today.

Speaker 5 (14:47):
All right, I see that things are pretty thick out there,
less than a quarter mile east.

Speaker 4 (14:52):
Text talk to me, I.

Speaker 9 (14:53):
Might work and Nick Yaney complete closure coming down from
nick Daney.

Speaker 20 (14:59):
Very bad fog. Everybody be careful, all right.

Speaker 5 (15:02):
That's not on the East tex itself. It's on forty five,
just east of New Caney. Will double check that and
if anybody else is up on that. You can take
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Here's Cliff.

Speaker 6 (15:39):
We'll call that.

Speaker 7 (15:40):
Crispy right Jimmy Headlines sponsored by Moro Mechanical. One of
the arrestmated Colony Ridge yesterday reportedly was an MS thirteen
gang member wanted for a murder that had been committed
just hours before law enforcement got there. An eight year
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And the latest chain restaurant to add an egg surcharge

(16:03):
to their bills is Denny's. So much for that Grand slam.
Cracker Barrel says they will not add the search charge.

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Speaker 3 (16:34):
Been fun watching the Joyraid reaction. Goodbye to you Joyraid.
More than that in the second. But first I feel
compelled to comment just a little bit on the egg
searchargs thing. Listen, I get it, that is the one
menu item right now. There's out of control, and it
costs a lot of money for restaurants to change their
menu prices. And if you're going to go in and
have to constantly change the menu price for eggs or

(16:58):
any egg dish, it just makes probably more sense to
have a surcharge. But what I think they're failing to
take into consideration here. Sure it's more convenient for them
and it's cheaper for them to do it that way,
but the public relations thing with the consumer probably not
the best idea. Although maybe people will be understanding because

(17:21):
they have to shop for eggs themselves and they see
how expensive eggs are. But it does give a competitive advantage.
If somebody like a cracker barrel, for example, wants to
not participate in the ex surcharge or decides, well, if
we have to, we'll just up the price on the menu,
but we won't call it an ex surcharge. Then from
a pr standpoint, that probably works better for them. But hey,

(17:42):
we'll wait and see. Yeah, I wish I could lift
it out eggs for breakfast.

Speaker 20 (17:45):
I can.

Speaker 3 (17:46):
All right, let's do this. The goodbye to you for
joy Read. Here's a little left versus right on the
end of joy Read. We hear from a variety of
people in this one. First you're to hear from joy
Read herself, her tearful goodbye. This was not on the air.
This is a message to all of her fans. Making

(18:07):
Kelly's response to that she's on the right, and Don
Lemon's very quick and terse response to Megan Kelly, my
show had value.

Speaker 27 (18:16):
And then I'm sorry that.

Speaker 4 (18:23):
What I was doing.

Speaker 6 (18:26):
Value he value And in the end, I'm sorry.

Speaker 4 (18:29):
I'm not trying not to cry on TV. And I
tell you this is kind of like you know on TV,
So I apologize.

Speaker 28 (18:33):
The big news tonight will be Joy Read's final show
on MSNBC. Single tier white woman tears happening right here.

Speaker 29 (18:44):
Joy.

Speaker 28 (18:45):
She was officially fired over the weekend because she's a racist,
horrible news anchor with no ratings, and that's that's really
been the truth for a long time. MSNBC's undernew management,
and I guess they decided to come to grips with reality.
The truth is, this is very sad news for us,
as she's provided so much.

Speaker 23 (19:06):
Material over the years.

Speaker 28 (19:07):
So I feel the way I felt when Brian Stelter
got fired. But she came back, and you never know.
I'm sure Joy Reid will wind up doing something where
we will continue to get to respond to her absolutely
insane pov.

Speaker 2 (19:22):
Let me just say to Megan Kelly, in my thirty
some years as a journalist, in my fifty some years
as a person of color, go yourself.

Speaker 3 (19:30):
Oh yeah, okay, isn't that special? Yeah, they're so eloquent
when it comes to that kind of stuff. You know,
to get back to Megan Kelly's comments for just a second,
she was not fired because she's a racist. MSNBC does
not care that she's a racist. It is perfectly fine
to be racist against white people. You can be as
racist against white people as you want to be. The

(19:51):
low ratings means low advertisers, and that's always where the
problem is in the media business. It's all about the
money that you bring in or the money you drive away.
By twenty seven, it is time to take a look
at your money. Jeff Bellinger is here. Good morning, and
good morning to you, Jimmy.

Speaker 30 (20:09):
The Monday session on Wall Street did not live up
to its early promise. Major averages started out higher but
ended mostly lower. The Dow held on and closed a
tenth of a percent higher, but the Nasdaq fell back
one point two percent. The S and P five hundred
fell half a percent, futures lower right across the board.
At this early hour, the Dow futures down sixty four points.

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By thirty is our time Houston's Bonning News. I'm Jimmy Barren.
Among our top stories this half hour, Ice finds an
MS thirteen killer at Colony Ridge. They're looking to revap
the Star test and coming up at five thirty eight,
Texas has a political log gem is it time to
break it up? Details in the minutes ahead. You're in
Houston's Morning News. First, we're gonna check out that Morning

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Drive once again. Here is skymine.

Speaker 5 (21:16):
All right, I don't see the wreck on fourteen eighty
five on the other side of the East texts east
they may if it's that bad. I can't see them
clearing it that quickly, so I have no air support
to help me out.

Speaker 4 (21:27):
Uber Mike on the chip line.

Speaker 2 (21:29):
Hey, with up skylight well Clayton Area, Woodley, Houston.

Speaker 21 (21:32):
Dude, I can't see anything in front of me.

Speaker 32 (21:34):
It's fifteen feet of visibility.

Speaker 33 (21:36):
And Jimmy, Fresca and vodka Come on, man, Fresca and
vodka the greatest combination.

Speaker 4 (21:41):
Ever Presca and vodka. Jimmy, Okay, I'm on.

Speaker 20 (21:44):
The vodka might make it tolerable.

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(22:12):
It is time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 7 (22:15):
Thank you, Jimmy. It is five point thirty two. Top
story arrests made at the illegal aliens safe haven of
Colony Ridge in Liberty County. According to bright Bart seven
times deported in MS thirteen gang member was picked up
for allegedly stabbing and killing a neighbor yesterday. Several other
people were taken into custody as well. Now this was

(22:35):
a successful operation. Others across the country have not been.
Some because of leaks from inside DHS.

Speaker 34 (22:43):
I have found some leakers. We are continuing to get more.
They will be fired. There will be consequences. And remember
when they leak information to the press in order to
blow an up, they are putting law enforcement lives in jeopardy.

Speaker 7 (22:55):
Secretary Christy Noahan with KTRHS Sean Hannity. This comes after
Acting ICE Director Caleb Vittello was reassigned to concentrate on
in country arrests.

Speaker 35 (23:06):
So have arrests and deportations hit a snag since Trump
took office.

Speaker 36 (23:09):
They're good numbers as far as the deportation numbers, but
obviously the trub administration and Tom Holman want more. The
gathering of these individuals takes a little bit more effort.

Speaker 35 (23:18):
Former ICE special agent Victor Avilaw says arresting illegal aliens
is harder than ever before thanks to interference.

Speaker 36 (23:24):
People out there processing, even announcing with the league's possible operations,
which is very, very dangerous.

Speaker 4 (23:30):
They're obstructing federal investigation, he says.

Speaker 35 (23:32):
Moving Vitello to a different position inside ICE reflects how
the administration is still in its early fine tuning phase.
Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven forty KRH.

Speaker 6 (23:41):
Five thirty three.

Speaker 7 (23:42):
Elon Musk gives federal workers his second chance to respond
to his productivity email after many failed to respond. We'll
have more on that at six o'clock. Meantime, the Trump
team continues to find waste.

Speaker 37 (23:54):
Cancel the fifty million dollars grant to the Climate Justice Alliance.
Cancel about ninety grand working with those towards the and
Environmental justice, totaling over one hundred and twenty seven million dollars.
Cancel over a million dollars worth of media subscriptions.

Speaker 7 (24:10):
New EPA administrator Lee Zelden with k TRHS, Klay Travis,
and Buck Sexton.

Speaker 6 (24:15):
It's now five point thirty four.

Speaker 7 (24:16):
Following up to the story we brought you yesterday, a
Texas Senate committee votes unanimously to pass a bill banning
the sale of lottery tickets through online courier services, as
the governor orders the Rangers to investigate the lottery Commission.
The State House is taking up bail reform after the
Senate passed it earlier this month. Victim's advocate April La

(24:37):
Gary says the House needs to act.

Speaker 25 (24:39):
Doppler Hungary's case, a judge had to give a bill,
so he gave them a ten million dollar bill each.
The U of h rapish they had to give him
a bail. They gave him fifty million. Of course they
cannot make that percentage of bill, But what if.

Speaker 7 (24:55):
They could a Gary with Kenny Webster on sister station
nine p fifty KPRC.

Speaker 6 (25:01):
This just in.

Speaker 7 (25:02):
Police are investigating after a San Jacinto County deputy allegedly
shoots and kills it inmate during a fight over a
gun at Kingwood Hospital late last night. Five point thirty five.
Also in Austin an effort to overhaul the Star Test.

Speaker 33 (25:18):
What we want to do is get away from one
test one day.

Speaker 4 (25:21):
Right now.

Speaker 33 (25:21):
We have a system that's built around a lot of
anxiety for students and parents and teachers. But this is
a deliberate effort to unwind that the kill the Star Test.

Speaker 7 (25:30):
Representative Brad Buckley introduced this bill and joins Jimmy at
seven point fifty. The Texas Education Agency requires all school
districts to report their truancy prevention measures.

Speaker 38 (25:42):
HISD didn't a truancy or chronic absenteeism month. Compster our
kids in school is really a sign that something's going
on in their life that we should be worried about.

Speaker 7 (25:52):
Doctor Bob Sanborn there Hid did not return ktrh's calls.
As for higher education, more American companies are shifting from
requiring degrees to not requiring them. For multiple reasons.

Speaker 24 (26:06):
Maybe the biggest one is the realization by businesses that
training and talent recognition can be as good as a
college degree in many cases. But this flexibility, according to
business strategist Meredith Elliott Powell, reflects the fact that over
the next three years, more than four million people a
year will turn sixty five and retire.

Speaker 27 (26:25):
And then again, we're starting to see the younger generation
not be as committed to necessarily going to college. They
seem to want to get into the workforce.

Speaker 24 (26:35):
And she thinks the cost of college is driving a
number of people away from it. Michael Shiloh News Radio
seven forty KRH.

Speaker 6 (26:42):
Thank you, Michael.

Speaker 7 (26:43):
Home sales across the country we're down almost five percent
last month, but the Houston market is still strong.

Speaker 39 (26:49):
So if you want to live in a high rise
as available, or if you want a single family home
with a pool, that too, is available for you at
almost every price point.

Speaker 7 (26:59):
Kat Robinson at us In Association of Realtors as home
sales here are up to percent year over year five
thirty seven. And looking at your health, our trust in
doctors is plummeting for multiple reasons.

Speaker 40 (27:11):
Only about half of Americans now rate medical doctors as
honest and ethical, down fourteen points from just three years ago,
according to Gallup. Writer and medical doctor Brian Junde says
the health establishment's response to COVID did much of that damage.

Speaker 41 (27:24):
Many people lost their jobs, their businesses, family disruption, school
disruption for kids when it was not necessary. Safe therapeutics
were poo pooed in order to push a vaccine. So
a lot of trust has been lost from the health authorities.

Speaker 20 (27:37):
So basically lied.

Speaker 40 (27:39):
But he also blames the insurance system, which forces doctors
to take on too many patients and rush through appointments.
Cory Jolson News Radio seven forty k TRH and.

Speaker 7 (27:47):
I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news, weather and traffic station
k TRH.

Speaker 22 (27:52):
This is this just happened across my street.

Speaker 42 (27:54):
Locally statewide, for all the happenings across the globe, it
was seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 20 (28:04):
Thank you. Now, we got us a logjam here in Texas.

Speaker 3 (28:07):
Hang on, that's undred Canadian five thirty eight is our
time here in Houston's morning news. This is interesting story
and I want to get your opinion on this. I
think we'll ask you a question of today on this one.
Once I'm done presenting this to you. The story says
there is a political logjam here in Texas that's preventing
ambitious Republicans from moving into more prominent roles. And you

(28:28):
know they're right. I mean Governor Greg Abbott on his
third term, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick on his third term,
Attorney General Ken PA's on his third term, Agriculture Commissioner
Sid Miller, third term State Comptroller Glenn Hager, all on
the third terms, free of term limits and showing no
public signs of moving on. Adding two US Senators who
have now been locked in for even longer, and you

(28:50):
can see how many potential Republican state wide candidates have
been mostly in a sustained holding pattern. Some are starting
to show their restlessness. Although Hager hasn't given any indication
he's going anywhere. Farmers State Senator Don Huffines has been
doing some polling to see how we might match up
against him in a primary or in an open field

(29:11):
if Hagar doesn't seek another four year term. So it
brings about an interesting question. I have never been one
to really go for term limits. If you have somebody
who's really, really great and you want to keep electing them.
You ought to be able to keep electing them, just

(29:33):
like if you have somebody who's really bad, you ought
to get them out of office. But this kind of
takes it to a different level.

Speaker 27 (29:38):
Here.

Speaker 3 (29:38):
We're talking about the primaries. Right If the only choice
you have for Republican for governor is Greg Abbott and
you against whatever Democrat is running, then you're going to
vote for Greg Abbott. And even if you think that
there's probably somebody out there better than Greg Abbot that

(29:58):
should be running for governor, maybe you think Dan Patrick
would make a bitter governor. Maybe I don't know, Maybe
Dan Patrick doesn't want to be governor. Maybe he has
more powers lieutenant governor. That's what's kind of weird about Texas.
So at some point, I guess here's my question of today.
Should we think about term limits for Texas offices to

(30:19):
keep the new blood flowing, to limit the amount of
terms that you can run for state wide office, for example,
not necessarily for representative, but for at least for state
wide office governor, Lieutenant governor, attorney general, agriculture commissioner, state controller,
those types of positions. Should those have term limits, whether
that's a two term limit or three term limit, or

(30:41):
for whatever it is you want to make, or should
we be able to or should we continue just to
elect the same people over and over and over again.
If you'd like to respond to that, and I hope
you do, please go to the iHeartRadio app KTRH. Put
us on your pre sid you find us quickly that
but you've got thirty seconds. Give me a first name,
last name in your opinion. Please first though, traffic and

(31:01):
weather together. We're checking out the drive again. Sky Mike's here.

Speaker 4 (31:05):
Okay, fourteen eighty five and Lost Lake Drive.

Speaker 5 (31:08):
I got I've got a sheriff's deputy on the line
with me right now.

Speaker 4 (31:12):
Fourteen eighty five Lost Lake Drive.

Speaker 5 (31:14):
So you know where this. Thank you so much, deputy.
I really appreciate your call. Thank you so much. All right,
Montgomery County helping me out because the dispatcher was.

Speaker 4 (31:22):
Like, I can't give you that information this time.

Speaker 5 (31:24):
So there it is, fourteen eighty five Lost Lake and
the crash is supposed to be some pretty bad stuff here.

Speaker 4 (31:29):
I'm told DPS is taking it over.

Speaker 5 (31:32):
We've got also while we're up this way, Carlos from
Porter is on the tip line seven one three two
one two t ips.

Speaker 33 (31:40):
Nine to the sam disabilities worth a mile and definitely
a hard pass on that vodka and Fresco mankick.

Speaker 5 (31:49):
I mean I've seen Uber Mike in person. He's like
a real strong I mean he he could be security,
but I can't. I can't see him drinking Fresco. All right,
east text, I have no problems so far.

Speaker 4 (32:00):
Except seeing is the thing.

Speaker 5 (32:02):
Now if we flip over to I forty five coming
down from New Waverley all the way I'm really stretching
out here, can't see much.

Speaker 4 (32:08):
Visibility is a thing less than a quarter a mile.

Speaker 5 (32:11):
But we look good as far as incidents all the
way from the Woodlands end, and let's stretch over to
the northwest.

Speaker 4 (32:16):
Terry hold on ye sky.

Speaker 1 (32:18):
My good snaptain Jack ground pe soup is so thick
the piece duny.

Speaker 5 (32:25):
In ooh nice, nicely done banana stickers all around and
including for our Montgomery County deputy on the.

Speaker 4 (32:32):
Line with me there. I'm in the Generator Supercenter dot
Com traffic center. He has a pair of doesn't he.
I know he does.

Speaker 3 (32:38):
From our Katirah Generator super Center twenty four hour whether Center.
Terry Smith is here the FOG's gonna be round for
probably what until mid morning today.

Speaker 22 (32:46):
Yeah, it looks like mid morning for most of us. Yeah,
we got a good blanket of fog covering southeast Texas
this morning, and as sky Mike has been mentioning, most
places are seeing those visibilities as low as it's.

Speaker 23 (33:00):
A quarter of a mile. I haven't seen anything lower
than that.

Speaker 22 (33:05):
But little extra time this morning because your visibility is
reduced once we get rid of the fog.

Speaker 6 (33:10):
Though.

Speaker 22 (33:11):
What a nice day, sunny today, comfortable temperatures much like yesterday,
upper sixties to low seventies. We're going to do this
again tomorrow, fog in the morning, sunshine, but it's going
to be warmer, mid to upper seventies tomorrow. Col frint
sneaks into town tomorrow night. When Thursday, So Thursday's a
little bit cooler, it's going to be a cloudy looks

(33:32):
like a dry day Thursday with highs around seventy and
then the sun shines back and we just keep getting
warmer Friday and Saturday.

Speaker 3 (33:40):
Right now forty eight at your official severe weather station,
news Radio seven forty k TRH.

Speaker 4 (33:46):
What you need to know for the day ahead.

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Speaker 3 (33:54):
Five fifties are time here in Houston's Born News. A
few minutes ago, you heard me talking about doctor Guy
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weather together. We're checking out the drive again. What's going on, Stami, Ah.

Speaker 4 (34:57):
I got it? Fourteen eighty five.

Speaker 5 (34:58):
This is south of Firetower Road, Jimmy, I couldn't find
that anywhere on my map, so it's a complete closure.

Speaker 4 (35:04):
I don't like the way this wreck or what I'm
hearing about it.

Speaker 5 (35:07):
It's f N fourteen eighty five backroads New Canny south
of fire Tower Road completely shut down. And thanks for
all your help out there.

Speaker 4 (35:15):
One six, I got reports of a wreck at Port Road.

Speaker 5 (35:18):
I believe it. Look at the suckage coming up from
Red Bluff. Also, visibility is I'm hearing bad things about
the visibility. We're gonna zoom all this at the six
o'clock break in the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (35:29):
What Dan Crenshaw said about Tucker Carlson coming up next?
First though KTRH Generator super Center twenty four hour Weather's
enter forecasts and FAG early becoming sunny seventy two today,
FAG early becoming party cloudy seventy eight Tomorrow Thursday cloudy
with the highbound seventy right now, Yeah, temperature is let
me double check it here for you. Where's the curt

(35:50):
There we go? Forty eight did your official severe weather station?
News Radio seven forty k TRH get you caught up
on some top trending stories on a Tuesday.

Speaker 7 (35:59):
Here's Cliff, thank you, Jimmy, federal workers who did not
respond to Elon Musk's email or getting a second chance.
Vivek Ramaswami launches a run to be governor of Ohio
and Lester Holt steps down. Is the anchor of NBC's
nightly news. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH dot com.
Our next update is at six o'clock.

Speaker 4 (36:19):
Fifty nine.

Speaker 6 (36:20):
In Bound at the loop is always a problem.

Speaker 2 (36:22):
KTRH time saving traffic. Next on the ten five point
fifty three Our time here in Houston's morning News. I
don't know if you've heard this yet or not. And
I'm not even sure where he was doing this interview.
I've seen the video, so it's Dan Crenshaw and he's
doing the interview, even though it's very difficult to hear
at the end what he said. He's doing an interview

(36:43):
and the topic of Tucker Carlson comes up, and then
when they're done with the interview and the MIC's are
coming off, you can you can barely hear him. It'll
be very difficult for you to hear this on the radio.
But basically Dan Crenshaw is asked what he thinks about
Tucker Carlson and basically says, I ever meet him, I'll
kill him. No, honestly, like seriously, if I ever do

(37:05):
meet him, I'll kill him. It's like, are you are
you serious?

Speaker 3 (37:09):
Or you know when an Avy seal says he'll kill you,
I have a tendency to take that seriously. So here's
the Sky News is the only place I've seen where
they're reporting this out of Australia. Here's the report from
Sky News.

Speaker 43 (37:20):
Just coming back to this, one hundred billion told us
to Ukraine.

Speaker 20 (37:22):
I know that people like I call someone made the argument.

Speaker 43 (37:25):
That's a real opportunities to host that you know, we
could have spent that money on the border or fixing,
you know, issues in America. What do you make of
the argument that all this money could have been spent
to help Americans not Ukrainians.

Speaker 4 (37:36):
You can walk in shoo bubble gum.

Speaker 23 (37:38):
At the same time, you know, we we spend we.

Speaker 21 (37:43):
Spend seventy five eighty percent of our budget on a
welfare state in America, on social scurity, Medicare, Medicaid. I
would love to ask Tucker what he thinks one hundred
billions should be spent on and if you would vote
for it? As a conservative talker, isn't always talking about
and Alex.

Speaker 23 (37:58):
This is what he had to say after the interview.

Speaker 4 (38:02):
Have you ever met something.

Speaker 38 (38:06):
A lot?

Speaker 44 (38:14):
So it says if I meet him, I'll kill him.
He followed that up with I'm not joking. He's your
state's congressman, Alex from the great state of Texas. Do
you approve of these threats against Tucker Carlson's life?

Speaker 45 (38:29):
This shows you how insensitive Dan Crenshaw truly is. And
he's a guy, and I appreciate his service, lost his
I fighting and defending this country. And yet his biggest
mission in life is sending more young people to go
and lose their own eye in these unnecessary wars. And
Tucker Carlson has been calling out Dan Crenshall for a

(38:50):
long time. So even though Dan Crenshaw, you know, considers
him self conservative, if he was truly conservative, he would
be more about individual liberty and limited government, and that's
not what Dan Forshaw is interested in. So you know
him saying this, it just shows you that he's a
very callous individual that does not value human life.

Speaker 3 (39:08):
Well he's in neocon I mean we have found that out.
We have also found out the hard way that he
is very insensitive when it comes to these types of things.

Speaker 20 (39:17):
You know he is.

Speaker 3 (39:18):
He's been involved in froddy different altercations with people. He's
certainly not a diplomat. I think we got sold a
bill of goods on Duran Corntaw and I think Michael
Berry has been saying that for a long long time.
Couldn't agree more. Five pin fifty six is our time
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Six am is our time here in Houston's Barning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories this ha f
are it workers who didn't respond the first time are
getting a second chance, meets with Macron and coming up
at six o' eight. The kron is worried about the
illegals living in Colony Ridge, not the gang members. Details
in the minutes ahead. You're in Houston's Morning News. First,

(40:12):
we're checking out that morning Vibe once again. Here's sky Mike,
all right.

Speaker 5 (40:15):
One forty six Port Road. That's a pretty gnarly accident
from what I'm seeing. This is northbound and we already
have a big backup from Red Bluff. Let's try to
get you some laneage at the six to ten break,
but I know it's something to avoid now. Also, fourteen
eighty five New Canny south of fire Tower Road. That's
lost Lake Drive. That's a complete shutdown. Nothing good is

(40:36):
happening there. Jeff from Conrod says forty five North and
Chris from North Houston.

Speaker 46 (40:42):
Hi, Scott Mike. Just a friendly reminder, your bride lights
do not make it easier to see on this fog,
so please keep your low beams on and your hands
on the steering oil and listen to sky Mike for
more traffic updates.

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Speaker 3 (41:00):
Our KTRH top tax Defenders twenty four hour Weather Center
fag early becoming sunny hi today right about seventy two.
Similar forecasts for tomorrow. Get rid of the fog on Thursday.
But we'll take a look at the long range forecast.
Can we keep these warm temperatures around. We'll talk to
Terry Smith about that in about eight minutes. Right now
forty eight at your officials Severe Weather station News Radio

(41:21):
seven forty k TRH. It is time now for the news.
Here's Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 6 (41:25):
Hey you, Jimmy.

Speaker 7 (41:26):
At six oh two, we are brought to you my
shampas John Deere. Our top story Elon Musk giving another
chance to federal workers after many ignored his email demanding well,
basically proof of life. Elon posted on next that quote,
failure to respond a second time will result in termination.

Speaker 20 (41:44):
There's all these kind of things that you're involved in.

Speaker 33 (41:46):
If you can't name what you're doing, maybe it's because
you're not doing much and.

Speaker 3 (41:49):
Not really serving the taxpayers like.

Speaker 20 (41:51):
You're supposed to.

Speaker 7 (41:52):
Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan on Fox Business. According to Fox,
HHS told its employees not to answer Elon because foreign
hectors might read the responses Trump's order for federal workers
to return to the office seemingly worked. The Small Business
Administration saw occupancy rates increased to eighty percent yesterday after

(42:14):
this video went viral.

Speaker 35 (42:16):
Exactly what's been said is true about ninety percent of
our employees are working from home. Well, that ends Monday
with President Trump's order to return to work.

Speaker 7 (42:25):
SBA Administrator Kelly Leffler on x sits now six ZHO three.
President Trump meeting with Francis Emanuel Macron upset at being
left out of the European peace talks last week and
now he's singing a different tune.

Speaker 20 (42:38):
When Trump's a gem changer.

Speaker 38 (42:41):
And I think he has the difference capacity of the
US to re engage.

Speaker 6 (42:48):
With Russia, Macron on Fox.

Speaker 7 (42:50):
British Prime Minister kir Starmer will be at the White
House on Thursday. As for Middle East tensions, Israel puts
the UN on blast for its silence on Hama.

Speaker 11 (43:00):
The UN has held countless emergency meetings on iswel, it
has passed endless resolutions, but when Terrovist massacre the baby
and the child and then mutilated them, the UN has
no resolutions.

Speaker 7 (43:15):
To a film, Israeli Ambassador Danny Danone. Meantime, Texas Congressman
Chip Roy and Utah Senator Mike Lee introduced legislation that
would get the US away from the un Ory, telling
KTRH the United Nations is nowhere near what it used to.

Speaker 13 (43:31):
Be, raising the question of why we're even giving them
a dollar, much less eighteen billion or whatever our current
budget is. There's a growing understanding and interest among my
colleagues and the absurdity that is the United Nations and
why we should not fund a day longer.

Speaker 6 (43:45):
He joins Jimmy By the way.

Speaker 7 (43:46):
At six twenty on Capitol Hill, the House advancing its
budget blueprint, which could get the ball rolling on passing
President Trump's agenda in Congress.

Speaker 47 (43:56):
House Democrats are planning to stay united ahead of his
budget resolution. Od House Minority Leader Hockeing Jeffries is asking
all members of the House Democratic Caucus to be at
the Capital if they are hoping their pressure campaign and
the threat of voter backlash will push some Republicans to
vote no on this budget blueprint, but it's not clear
at this point if Republicans can even smooth the divisions

(44:17):
within their own conference to advance this framework, which calls
for one point five trillion dollars in spending cuts.

Speaker 7 (44:22):
That's Madeline Rivera reporting it's now six zo five. Another
win for Trump over the mainstream media as a federal
judge denies an emergency motion from the Liberal ap to
restore its access to White House precedents, which was pulled
because they refuse to use the term Gulf of America.

Speaker 17 (44:40):
Covering the American presidency in the most intimate and limited
spaces in this White House, in the Oval Office, on
the Air Force one is a privilege. It is not
a legal right, and we want all voices to have
that opportunity.

Speaker 7 (44:54):
Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt. New polling from you gov shows
you trust Trump more more than the mainstream media.

Speaker 35 (45:01):
So who are the twenty nine percent who still trust
the left wing mainstream media.

Speaker 14 (45:06):
There's always going to be the hard lack that believes
the media are doing their jobs, that they always tell
the truth.

Speaker 35 (45:14):
Curtis Howkwick NewsBusters says, everyone else is tired of the
mainstream media's arrogance and elitism.

Speaker 14 (45:19):
People do not like to be talked to that way,
and sure enough, we now have that point where nearly
half the country is more inclined to believe Donald Trump
than the media.

Speaker 35 (45:27):
Howk says, the Trump administration has earned the trust of
Americans with transparency and by working to fulfill his campaign promises.
Ethan Buchannan News Radio seven forty KTR.

Speaker 7 (45:36):
Eight thanks I then the administration is now targeting big
tech with a new ftchead in charge. Media analyst Dan
Schneider says, Joe Biden forced the censorship, but with Trump
in charge, it's a whole new ball game.

Speaker 16 (45:48):
Some of the censorship got so aggressive they were even
the big tech firms were uncomfortable with it. But now
these firms by and large are started to try to
figure out how to work with the Trump administration. One
they cut for Google, Google and YouTube continue to be
the outlier.

Speaker 6 (46:04):
He says.

Speaker 7 (46:04):
The FTC will now actually begin to enforce laws, and
as more of you go back to the office, more
companies are using AI to track you. Tech expert Peter
Shankman says too much monitoring, though, can have a negative
side effect.

Speaker 19 (46:18):
At the end of the day, you have you know
if you don't, if you don't let your employees be
your employees and let them do their jobs because you're
constantly watching them, you're gonna lose them.

Speaker 7 (46:27):
He says managers can use keystroke logging software and cameras
that can pick up when your eye is not looking
at your computer. Six oh seven College basketball Number four
UH beats Texas Tech sixty nine to sixty one, and
along with it a share of the Big twelve regular
season championship. Rockets host the Bucks tonight pregame at six
on Sports Talk seven ninety. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news,

(46:50):
weather and traffic station KTRH.

Speaker 4 (46:54):
I live in Dear Park.

Speaker 2 (46:55):
Your best ways are round Houston. Next on the ten KTRH.

Speaker 3 (47:04):
Well, it turns out that Houston Chronicle has not the
least been worried about gang members at Colony Ridge. They're
worried about the other illegals who are living there and
what they're going through right now. They just did a
big story on Colony Ridge and you, and of course
they're quoting and talking to probably illegals who are living

(47:25):
in Colony Ridge, we know there are quite a few
of them, and talking to them about their worries about
being apprehended by ice and ice raids and all those
types of things, when the reality is nobody really for
the most part has been picked up at Colony Ridge,
except for violent criminals like this MS thirteen gang member
who stabbed a neighbor in his truck, stabbed him to death,

(47:49):
took off and was apprehended. He has been arrested, hopefully
with no bond. I would hope he's been why he's
been deported seven times and he's managed to get back
here seven times, So clearly a flight risk if you
let him loose number one and number two, if you
don't put him in jail for murder, then definitely a

(48:11):
risk to continue doing what he does, even if you
do deport him. So it's just amazing to me that
the that the liberal media still continues to put all
their worry and all the concern about supposedly innocent people
living in peace who just are looking for a better
life in America, and we need to allow these people

(48:33):
to stay and leave these people alone. We have not
been apprehending those type of people, but that that's the
scare tactic that gets used, not that they're apprehending gang members,
not that we're taking killers off the street, but we're
taking quote unquote innocent people and putting them in jail
and separating families, and for the most part that has
not happened. We are still focused on getting rid of criminals.

(48:59):
So could we start maybe I realize I'm wishing for
something not likely to happen, But can we maybe write
some stories that are a little bit more balanced? Nah,
because people who are balanced probably aren't reading the Krown anyway. Right, six',
Ten time for traffic and weather.

Speaker 5 (49:17):
Together real weird that we're getting things stolen In tarkington
and we used to have almost no burglary.

Speaker 2 (49:22):
There, mmmm that's surely. Coincidence things that make you go.
Hmmm all, right Tip, line you were blowing it up this.
Morning let's take a quick zoom BEFORE i start talking
to you At let's look over here on this way
northbound At Port.

Speaker 5 (49:38):
Road, MAN i don't like the way That scooch. Looks
twenty extra minutes northbound coming up From Red. Bluff pig time.
Stuff let's go now to the hard work and east.
Side put your hard hats, on, dude go my.

Speaker 48 (49:48):
Dude twenty five heat bound right under the beltway is
a two car Wreg no Told ninja just so be.

Speaker 13 (49:55):
Careful boom and this bog is thicker Than jimmy's.

Speaker 5 (49:58):
Hair jimmy's the first PERSON i ever worked with that
had thicker hair than.

Speaker 4 (50:02):
Me all, right thanks so.

Speaker 5 (50:03):
Much that's eastbound to twenty five at The beltway look.
Out i'll let the rest of the media know we
have fourteen eighty five shut down south of Fire Tower.
Road that's a pretty gnarly. Accident and now let's. Go
while we're In New, caney check thirteen.

Speaker 36 (50:17):
Fourteen there's an eighteen wheeler stall and you can barely
see it in the.

Speaker 10 (50:23):
Fog be careful if you're heading west found on thirteen.

Speaker 5 (50:27):
Fourteen all right over Toward conrad watch out mark From
Nut caney and banana stickers all. Around I'm skymike and
Your Generator supercenter Dot Com Traffic.

Speaker 3 (50:35):
Center the only thicker Hair i've got the new is
my ear, hair And i'm not proud of. That from
OUR ktrh top Tax defenders twenty four Hour Weather, Center
Terry smith is. Here the fog is kind of thick this, Morning.

Speaker 22 (50:45):
Terry oh, yeah it looks like we got fog covering
just about every quarter of Southeast texas and that doesn't always.
Happen and on top of the fog being, everywhere the
visibilities are low a quarter of a mile many, places
and so that means a slower go as you drive
around wherever you need to.

Speaker 6 (51:06):
Go this.

Speaker 22 (51:06):
Morning it should begin to thin out by about mid,
morning so hopefully some easier driving conditions by. Then it's
gonna be a nice day despite the foggy, start sunshine
and comfortable temperatures upper sixties to low. Seventies, tomorrow again
we may see the clouds and the fog in the
morning and mainly just a sunny, day but it is
warmer in the mid upper seventies. Tomorrow call front's on the. Way,

(51:30):
thursday it's going to knock the temperatures down just. SLIGHTLY a,
dry cloudy Day, thursday near. Seventy friday And saturday sunshine
and we're warring back. Up we'll be in the seventies both.

Speaker 3 (51:40):
Days temperature right now forty eight at your official severe weather,
station News radio seven forty K trh six nineteen our
time here on The houston's Morning news News radio seven
forty k T. Rh right we are we are doing
a little question of. Today get The iHeartRadio. Ap you
just go To iHeartRadio ktrh and then you hit the.

(52:04):
Microphone put us on the preset that you can get
there a lot faster in the, future and once you
hit the, microphone you got thirty. Seconds first name where
you're calling. From and the question is should we have
term limits for state wide? Offices In? Texas we have
a logjam at the. Top we have a, governor lieutenant,
governor ad, commissioner attorney, general and several other positions that

(52:28):
have been three. Terms they've been there for three terms
with no sign of any of them going. Elsewhere so
the question, is in order to give a place for
new blood to come in and to shine in the
great stity Of, texas do we need to look at
doing term. Limits here's what some of you were.

Speaker 49 (52:43):
SAYING i am not completely against term, limits but it
has to be for all, Offices, House, senate and the
higher ups In.

Speaker 29 (52:51):
Austin now how MANY i am not.

Speaker 49 (52:54):
SURE i have no problem with three term, because, HONESTLY
i think it takes a stay longer time to develop
well established names before he can say, yes they are.
Electable so let's start with three terms on the entire
realm and we'll see what.

Speaker 3 (53:09):
Happens, see it's not my nature to like term limits at.
ALL i believe in, in voting people in, her voting people.
Out the problem is is that when somebody like A
Governor abbitt for, example like him or, not gets in,
there if he's going to win the, primary if he
wants to run, again he's going to win the, primary
and if he, does he's going to get. Elected so
the only way to get a new gubernatorial candidate is

(53:31):
through term limits six twenty One time for traffic And whether.
Together Congressman Jip roy will join us in just a.
Moment first, though Sky mike.

Speaker 5 (53:38):
D short Northbound Port. Road i've got two separate accidents reported.
Here you got backups all away From Meyer. Road plus
T ja From Leak city tells me now we're having
more railroad crossing arm issues On Port. Road this is
going to mess Up, bayport which is going to mess
up one forty. Six I'm skymichael from The Generator supercenter

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Speaker 3 (53:59):
From R kt top Tax, defenders twenty four Hour Weather,
Center Fall gurly Becoming sunday seventy. Two tomorrow Fall gurly
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radio seven FORTY. Ktrh we're checking out some of our
top stories this.

Speaker 20 (54:16):
Morning here's.

Speaker 7 (54:17):
Clip we'll have the latest on the federal law enforcement
action At Colony. Ridge the ACTING irs commissioner is retiring,
today and The Philadelphia eagles reportedly would be quote honored
to accept an invitation to visit The White. House at
the latest news anytime AT ktih dot. Com our next
update is at six.

Speaker 50 (54:35):
THIRTY a twenty five percent increase in listening to our
news and talk is being added to.

Speaker 1 (54:41):
Your day check in even more. Often News radio seven FORTY.
Ktrh oh, my this called The United nations. Song it's
just aph use us all old hands and love one.

Speaker 20 (54:54):
Another.

Speaker 3 (54:55):
Right the only problem is The United nations really would
like to run our country and probably the rest of the.
Planet Chip royd joins THIS Us congressman from the twenty first. District,
congressman are you among the people who proposed the idea
that maybe we shouldn't be a part of The United
nations and The World Health organization and some of these
other organizations to see you want to control everything we
want to.

Speaker 4 (55:14):
Do, yeah that's exactly.

Speaker 29 (55:17):
Right good.

Speaker 48 (55:17):
Morning thanks for having me. On you, know since i've
been In congress for the last three. Terms i've introduced
a number of measures and been in voice for getting
us out of these programs that are continuing to take
away money and frankly not just be, ineffective not just
waste of taxpayer, dollars but they actually work against our.
Interest you mentioned The World Health. Organization you Know i've

(55:39):
introduced legislation to defund that and get us out of
that four years. Ago The United Nations Human Rights, council,
RIGHT i mean that whole mess is run By, iran By,
china but all these serial abusers of human rights and
The United nations yet.

Speaker 29 (55:56):
Then looks at us and looks At israel like we're the.
Problem was funneling money To.

Speaker 48 (56:01):
Hamas, again introduce legislation to get rid of. That SO
i introduced legislation and Last, congress along With Mike lee
and The senate to just get us out of The
United nations stop funding. It you, know we're pouring billions
of dollars into. THAT i think twenty twenty two, alone
we spend eighteen billion.

Speaker 29 (56:19):
Dollars through The United. Nations and what have we gotten
out of? That what is The United nations done other.

Speaker 48 (56:25):
Than fund and support our, enemies work AGAINST, us fund
NGOs against our, borders funnel money to organizations that undermine
our national security. Interest so, look you, know there might
have been a time where those organizations made.

Speaker 29 (56:39):
SENSE i think those days are. PASSED i think.

Speaker 48 (56:42):
We need to rethink and restructure and force the international
communities to the table and just stop dumping money into these.

Speaker 20 (56:49):
Organizations time has Been Chip roy is with.

Speaker 3 (56:51):
US i also want to ask you about the latest
thing About, doze of the email That elon sent out
asking what are the five things you? Know list five
things you've done in the last, week which you would
think for most people would be fairly, Simple but it's
causing an uproar in the federal government BECAUSE i guess
many of them have never worked for a private, corporation
which where it's routine to send an email, out especially

(57:12):
to somebody who're not sure is with you anymore in
mind or. Spirit AND i get the feeling that this
was more an exercise of let's let's find out who
answers and who, doesn't and people who don't answer our,
email let's make sure they work for.

Speaker 48 (57:27):
Us, YEAH i think a lot of people don't really
understand what's going.

Speaker 29 (57:32):
On and that's precisely what's going.

Speaker 48 (57:33):
On there's shocks to the system going on to wake
up people and figure out what's actually going on.

Speaker 29 (57:39):
In the deep within the. Agencies we'll give you a.

Speaker 48 (57:41):
Story for, example one of my, colleagues a friend who
had worked in The trump administration the first time and
who has now gone, back had you, know come To
Capitol hill and now has gone back over the. Administration
literally one of the few went back to the same,
desk went to his. PHONE i went to the. Phone
they need to.

Speaker 29 (57:58):
Checked all of the speed dials and they were all the.
Same there's nothing had.

Speaker 48 (58:03):
Changed and then the same and the same group talked
about an entity down the road that they're finding rats
and stuff because.

Speaker 29 (58:12):
Nobody had been. There it was just an empty.

Speaker 48 (58:14):
Building like it has been an absolute horror show by
this administration where they were spend funneling money to all
sorts of bad programs and then funding all these bureaucrats
who weren't coming in and weren't doing. Anything you wonder
why you're not getting stuff, done why passports were getting,
delayed why you, know the basic services of government weren't.

Speaker 29 (58:34):
Happening, well that's why and then.

Speaker 48 (58:36):
You're you're funding bureaucrats who were DOING dei and woke
crap and interfering with the few core principles of government
that we actually should be. Funding SO i support The
president shaking it. Up we'll see what happens with each
one of these. Things you, know, YESTERDAY i think The
president kind of doubled down and, said, YEAH i, MEAN
i support putting something out to make sure we know

(58:56):
what these guys are, doing and they'll do it and
they'll follow the law to make sure.

Speaker 29 (59:01):
They're doing what they need to. Do BUT i think
they need to shake up the.

Speaker 3 (59:04):
Bureaucracy, well the good news IS i think they're well
on their way to doing. That they've certainly getting everybody's.
Attention congres's been always a. Pleasure thank, you so appreciate.
It that IS Us Representative Jip roy six twenty. Seven
it is time to take a look at your Money's
we check in once again With Jeff bellinger And.

Speaker 30 (59:20):
Jimmy the stock market futures are. Improving THE s AND
p And dow futures are higher, now and The nasdaq
futures are down just twenty five. Points labor unions across
the country stage two hundred and thirty six strikes in
twenty twenty. Four according To Bloomberg, law there were fewer
walkouts last year than in either of the two prior,
years But Bloomberg law says the trend of labor unrest

(59:43):
is still far from. Over I'm Jeff, Bellinger Bloomberg. Business
I'm Used radio seven FORTY. Ktrh you are No Houston's.

Speaker 31 (59:54):
News why there are traffic Plus Breaking news twenty four to.

Speaker 1 (59:57):
Seven this Is Use RADIO ktrh five everywhere with.

Speaker 2 (01:00:02):
The more of what's happening now from The John Morris services.

Speaker 3 (01:00:07):
Studios it is six point thirty now. Here I'm Houston's Morning.
News I'm Jimmy. Barrett among our top stories this half,
Hour ice finds AN ms thirteen killer At Colony, Ridge
they're looking to revamp The Star, test and coming up
at six thirty, Eight trump's ready to restart That Keystone excel.
Pipeline details in the minutes. Ahead you're On Houston's Morning. News,

(01:00:27):
first we're checking out That Morning drive once. Again here's
sky my.

Speaker 4 (01:00:30):
Yo, yo what's? Up Jack city Outbound Shiny.

Speaker 5 (01:00:33):
Wheels you're all smashed up from the Bud plant To
federal that's some roadwork on.

Speaker 4 (01:00:37):
One for six.

Speaker 5 (01:00:38):
Northbound a wreck At Port road and the rail arms
are messing up On Bayport's road.

Speaker 4 (01:00:43):
Too highway. Ninety it's.

Speaker 26 (01:00:45):
Web good morning Sky, mike coming in from, northeast headed
inbound to it ten on. Ninety my head, Hurts bog
is getting thicker And leon's getting.

Speaker 4 (01:00:57):
Larger Who's? LEON i don't know.

Speaker 5 (01:01:00):
Us do we have a statue of a founding father
of ninety? Week i'll have to figure out Who leon.
Is at six forty and The Generator supercenter Dot Com Traffic.

Speaker 3 (01:01:09):
Center, jimmy do you KNOW i think you want to
hunch under the movie airplane for that.

Speaker 20 (01:01:13):
One from OUR.

Speaker 2 (01:01:14):
Ktrh generator Super center twenty got that in front Of.

Speaker 20 (01:01:17):
Terry, no we'll keep it quiet for.

Speaker 3 (01:01:19):
Now from OUR Ktrh generator Super center twenty four Hour
Weather center today Faul gurley becoming, sunny but the high
temperature of seventy. Two we'll get the rest of the
forecast in eight minutes From Terry smith that the weather
channel current temperature is forty. Eight at your Officials Severe
Weather Station News radio seven forty K. Trh it's time
now for the news Here's Cliff saunders at six thirty.

Speaker 7 (01:01:41):
Two, jimmy our top story Is Colony ridge and the
law enforcement action.

Speaker 6 (01:01:46):
Yesterday so here's what we know this.

Speaker 7 (01:01:48):
Morning according To, breitbart a seven time DEPORTED ms thirteen
illegal alien gang member was arrested after allegedly stabbing a
neighbor to death. Yesterday now we also know that several
other people were taken into custody in that illegal alien safe.

Speaker 39 (01:02:06):
Haven did you see anybody actually taken into.

Speaker 28 (01:02:09):
Custody, Yes.

Speaker 35 (01:02:12):
LIKE i, said around.

Speaker 51 (01:02:15):
One, two it was roughly around about ten to twelve
that were placed in.

Speaker 6 (01:02:20):
Cuffs that woman with OUR tv, Partner channel.

Speaker 7 (01:02:23):
Two and we told you that ACTING ice Director Caleb
vittello was reassigned due to lagging arrest. Numbers FORMER ice
Agent Victor avula, says this may help turn things.

Speaker 36 (01:02:33):
Around four years is not easily undone in one or
even in thirty. DAYS i think we're in the process
of doing, that and some of it means moving personnel
around to finally get the team that you want that's
going to Enhance trump's.

Speaker 7 (01:02:45):
AGENDA ice, operations as we have told, you have been
hampered by protests and lawmakers who have literally given online tutorials.

Speaker 6 (01:02:53):
About how to avoid.

Speaker 7 (01:02:54):
Ice and there's This Texas Senator Ted cruz subpoenas The
Massachusetts porta thought overclaims that it has sheltered illegal aliens
At Boston's Logan International. Airport six thirty, Three Elon musk
gives federal workers a second and last shot after many
did not respond To doze's email asking them to list

(01:03:15):
the five things they did to be productive last.

Speaker 6 (01:03:17):
Week we'll have more on that at seven.

Speaker 7 (01:03:20):
O'clock it's not Just doge that's finding and slashing government.
Waste THEW epa Administrator lee zeld until Kt Reh's clay And.
Buck he's canceled tens of millions in funding that was
going to climate justice.

Speaker 6 (01:03:34):
Groups and it gets worse from.

Speaker 37 (01:03:36):
THERE a twenty billion dollars pot of money parked at a,
bank a rush job at the end of The biden
administration to off load tens of billions of dollars all
going to, NGOs one of which Was Stacy ABRAMS'S, ngo
which received two billion.

Speaker 7 (01:03:50):
Dollars, abrams of, course the failed two Time georgia gubernatorial.
Candidate at six thirty, four we're following up on the
story we brought you yesterday about the Ten's Lottery. Commission
Governor Greg gabbott ordering an investigation by The Texas, rangers
and a State senate committee voted unanimously to pass a
bill out of committee banning the sale of lottery tickets

(01:04:12):
through online courier services after it passed The senate weeks.
Ago The house is looking at bail. Reform victim's Advocate
April agira says there's a double standard being employed by the.

Speaker 25 (01:04:23):
Left these people that stand up for these criminals don't
want these criminals in their neighborhoods or near their, children
but they're fine sending them back out to low income
communities where they came. From so they continued to call.

Speaker 7 (01:04:36):
Harm gary With Kenny webster on sister STATION am nine
to FIFTY kprc this. Morning police are investigating after A
San Jacinto county deputy allegedly shot and killed an inmate
during a struggle over a gun At Kingwood.

Speaker 52 (01:04:50):
Hospital Houston, police who are leading the, investigation saying that
deputy was inside the room when there was some type
of struggle between the. TWO hbd says that man tried
stealing the deputies. Gun the deputy ultimately pulled out the,
gun his, gun that, is and shot the man several.

Speaker 20 (01:05:05):
TIMES.

Speaker 6 (01:05:07):
Tj, parker reporting six point thirty.

Speaker 7 (01:05:09):
Five in addition to school, choice there is a push
In austin to overhaul The Star, test And State.

Speaker 12 (01:05:15):
Rep Brad buckley has introduced a new bill in The Texas.

Speaker 4 (01:05:19):
House.

Speaker 33 (01:05:20):
Yes House bill four basically gets rid of The star.
Test it repeals it and replaces it with an exam
that works better for teachers and students and.

Speaker 12 (01:05:27):
Parents buckley TELLS ktrh it's long.

Speaker 33 (01:05:31):
Overdue it's time to repeal The star make it something
that's better for teachers and students and. Parents AND i
think we can get it, done AND i think this
bill goes a long way towards doing.

Speaker 12 (01:05:40):
That the idea is to instead have a series of smaller.
Tests Jeff, Biggs News radio seven FORTY kt.

Speaker 20 (01:05:48):
Eight thank, You.

Speaker 7 (01:05:49):
Jeff state law also requires all schools to report their
truancy prevention, measures.

Speaker 6 (01:05:54):
But hid will they skip? That for the last four years.

Speaker 38 (01:05:58):
More kids miss of, school the more likely is that
they don't return to, school or but they don't do,
well that they're not really engaged and really at risk
of being a.

Speaker 7 (01:06:09):
Dropout Doctor Bob sanborn with children At Risk. Now we
did reach out To, hid they didn't call us. Back
about forty five percent of companies have relaxed requirements for college,
degrees and business Strategist Meredith Elliott pali says it's simply
harder to find good people these.

Speaker 6 (01:06:26):
DAYS i think.

Speaker 27 (01:06:27):
Companies are realizing that there are a lot of different
ways that you can acquire and learn.

Speaker 7 (01:06:32):
Skills and over the next three, years more than four
million people will turn sixty, five and that will begin
a mass exodus from The american. Workforce six thirty Seven
americans are getting sick of. Doctors polling shows that the
percentage of people who trust the medical profession has fallen
by fourteen points SINCE. Covid writer and Doctor Brian jundev,

(01:06:55):
says part of the blame goes to our broken insurance.

Speaker 41 (01:06:57):
System you're mandated to take ten minutes for, patients and
a patient has half of those medical. Problems it's impossible
to address those in a ten minute, visit and there's
quotas on how many patients doctors, see and the reimbursement
is not sufficient to spend.

Speaker 7 (01:07:12):
Longer he also says more reasons include, censorship pushed by
the medical establishment during the. Pandemic I'm Cloff saunders On
houston's news weather in traffic STATION.

Speaker 53 (01:07:22):
Ktrh news, gathered reports, aired and reactions roll.

Speaker 16 (01:07:27):
In people were going to lose their freaking.

Speaker 1 (01:07:28):
Mind the big story of the week ON us radio SE. Ktrh,
yeah they're talking about the pipeline.

Speaker 3 (01:07:37):
Again trump wants the pipeline and he wants the company
that was building the Original KEYSTONE xl pipeline to return
To america to get it.

Speaker 20 (01:07:47):
Built according to The President.

Speaker 3 (01:07:49):
Biden we both to permit FOR Tc Energy corporation for
The KEYSTONE Exl energy pipeline via executive orders hours after his.
Inauguration So i'm surprised as taking The president this long
to reverse that and to try to get started. AGAIN
i guess part of the problem is is that you
have to convince this company that it's worth coming back in,

(01:08:12):
again that they're going to be able to get the
job done this. TIME i don't know how long it
would take them to build the. Pipeline it may be
a situation where maybe part of what we have to,
do AND i wouldn't object to this if we feel
we're dealing with a reliable, company AND i assume that we,
are or we wouldn't have entered into a contract begin.

(01:08:37):
With is maybe we have to give them more of
the money up front so they can be assured of
being in a situation where they don't get the rug
pulled out from underneath their.

Speaker 20 (01:08:44):
Feet.

Speaker 3 (01:08:44):
Right so if they're going to go ahead and get
started here and follow it up to the natural, conclusion
and if something happens down the road that upsets the apple,
cart then at least they won't be left holding the
bag like they were last. Time but time to get
the job done on this. One bring back The KEYSTONE
xl pipeline and all the jobs by the way they
go along with. It six Forty time for traffic and weather. Together, Dude, yes, Guy,

(01:09:08):
mike what's?

Speaker 5 (01:09:09):
Up we got to a double whammy over there By
bayport again northbound there's a Record Port. ROAD i don't
have the landage on, it but backups all the way
well before RED bluffdj From Leak City Simp.

Speaker 4 (01:09:20):
Crossover the crossing.

Speaker 5 (01:09:22):
Arms on the railroad there On Port road are messing up,
again and the night shift is leaving and they're going
on to the other lanes to go this, Way SO
i just expect some, trouble especially if you're one of
those hard working people with the container.

Speaker 4 (01:09:35):
Trucks go, freeway same as everywhere. Else fog all over the.
Place That's drake From Texas, City.

Speaker 46 (01:09:41):
Mike, dude maybe a tenth of a mile OF i
can't even see the buckets.

Speaker 5 (01:09:45):
Sign holy, wow you can't even see The buckey.

Speaker 4 (01:09:48):
Sign it's so. Bad all, Right Young albert From, Kingwood good.

Speaker 29 (01:09:51):
Morning Sky.

Speaker 26 (01:09:51):
Mike disibility a half mile or less.

Speaker 3 (01:09:54):
East text inbound get starts gettings low around thirteen fourteen
and continues slow at, least Said.

Speaker 5 (01:10:01):
Jack all, right And i'm also hearing about some really
thick fog and traffic On Graham parkway Around Hardy Toll
ROAD fm thirteen. Fourteen watch out for the stall at
two forty. Two it's a big rig fourteen eighty five
is closed south the Fire Tower road And highway.

Speaker 4 (01:10:16):
Ninety web says it's awfully.

Speaker 26 (01:10:17):
Foggy fog is getting thicker And leon's getting.

Speaker 4 (01:10:22):
Large, leon that's an airplane.

Speaker 1 (01:10:24):
Reference fog is getting thicker And leon's getting.

Speaker 5 (01:10:30):
Large I'm skymike of The Generator supercenter Dot Com traffic center.

Speaker 4 (01:10:35):
Looks LIKE i picked a bad day to give up.

Speaker 3 (01:10:37):
What crack From mark fill in the blank right from
OUR Ktrh Generator supercenter twenty FOUR i gave up candy
corn a long time. Ago from R Ktrh Generator supercenter
twenty four Hour Weather. Center terry is here ready to
fill you in on the. Fall, yes it will lift
probably about mid, morning.

Speaker 22 (01:10:54):
Right, YEAH i think it will start to improve by mid. Morning,
ACTUALLY i was just checking some of the. Visibilities i'm
seeing a little bit of improvement here and, there so
maybe things will get better here.

Speaker 23 (01:11:06):
In the next couple. Hours but it really is.

Speaker 22 (01:11:09):
Going to be a nice day despite all the clouds
and fog we have, currently we've got sunshine and comfortable
temperatures like all week long for the most, part upper
sixties to low seventies. Today tomorrow's going to be a
carbon copy of, today except a little bit, warmer mid
to upper Seventies. Tomorrow call front's on the Way wednesday Night,

(01:11:29):
Thursday so right, Now thursday's looking, cloudy butt dry and
only slightly. Cooler upper sixties to low seventies On, thursday
and Then sunday and Dry friday And. Saturday we're back
up into the, seventies both afternoons.

Speaker 3 (01:11:44):
Right now forty eight at your Officials severe weather, Station
news radio seven FORTY. Ktrh like young men like, you
we got some log jam here In. Texas at the
top of the ticket is where the logjam. Is you,
know the state wide offices, governor lieutenant, governor attorney, general state,
comptroller and ag. Commissioner they've all they're all three terms

(01:12:08):
and so far and showing no signs of doing something
different or stepping. Down so my question, becomes because there
are other. Talents there are other and perhaps or even
more conservative conservatives here In texas that might make good.
Governors for, example So Greg abbott has had three, terms
should he be limited how many terms he can? Run
should we consider term? Limits, because after, all you know

(01:12:30):
what's going to, happen right whoever wins the primary is
likely to win the election because they're A. Republican so
as long As Greg abbott, runs he's likely to beat
whoever The democrat, is and, therefore who knows how many
years or decades he could become he could be. Governor
so do we need to have maybe if my suggestion
was three, TERMS i think three terms should be enough

(01:12:51):
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Tent all, Right so the question is where should the limit?
Be if there should be limits here In. Texas there
are no term limits here In. Texas you can run
for office as often as you. Like he'd be re
elected as often as you'd. Like and there's good and.
Bad I've i've you, Know i've lived in states that

(01:26:44):
had no term, limits AND i LIVED i actually lived
in one state that had term, limits and that Was,
virginia and ironically really only affected the governor's. Office In,
virginia just Like alabama back in the, day you could
not exceed yourself as as, governor so you could only

(01:27:04):
run for one term and then you could not run for.
REELECTION i don't like that particular, idea because if you
get a really good, governor then you, know four years
is not a lot in order to especially you have
major things that you need to turn, around so you
find yourself in constant change and that is not always.

(01:27:27):
Good but by the same, TOKEN i think it's pretty
clear that party, politics especially in a place Like, texas
kind of controlled the day because whoever wins the, primary
if you're running for, governor generally, speaking whoever wins the
primary is going to be elected whoever that person. Is
so we find ourselves in a situation Where Governor Greg
abbott is serving his third term as governor Of, texas AND.

Speaker 20 (01:27:53):
I think that's.

Speaker 3 (01:27:53):
Plenty, now you, know this is not meant to be
necessarily a criticism Of Greg abbott although there are plenty
things we could criticize him, ON i just think that
there's plenty of new blood out. THERE i Think i'd
rather See Dan patrick's policies in place than some of
the Things i've seen coming out.

Speaker 20 (01:28:09):
Of Governor Greg.

Speaker 3 (01:28:09):
Abbott but at this Point i'll never have a chance
to vote for him if if he continues to run
for a, reelection and that's the. Thing you can keep
people out of a. Primary if you can't if the
party politics means that you can't beat somebody in a,
primary then you don't have an opportunity to get new,
blood especially at the top of the. Ticket SO i
THINK i don't mind that we have local and state

(01:28:31):
representatives who have are constantly re, elected especially if they're.
Good THAT i can deal with. That BUT i think
for the state wide offices there should be a term,
limit let's say three. Terms and a lot of you
are agreen this morning that you think that term limits
here In, texas at least when it comes to the
state white offices are a good, idea AND.

Speaker 51 (01:28:49):
I am for term. LIMITS i think that sometimes these
people get in there and they just are in there too.
LONG i think fresh blood would be a good thing
for the state Of. Texas and that's my.

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Opinion, NO i agree with.

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WELCOME i THINK i think THERE'S i think there's young
talent out there that's missing out on an opportunity to
move up the ladder because there's a logjam at the
top seven. Ten time for traffic and weather together there
it comes in, handy doesn't this, Guy.

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Mike let's go To let's go around the horn. Here
i've got a minute two eighty eight, Northbound i've got
some breaks Now highway, Six, jimmy and then. Northbound you
hit those brakes at McCard up To. Orum that's an
extra three or four minutes that Way Southwest freeway dragging
it now from He'll croft up to the West loop six.
Ten that ramp is getting pretty Scoochy Katie freeway. Advisors
you need more than. Visors you need visors and low.

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Beans stop hitting the. Thing we're slow down From Grand
parkway two. Ninety we're a little too ninetyed up At highway.
Six nothing big In north Sam you've got the road
work eastbound At Imperial, valley westbound At Aldan. Westville i've
been saying that so. Long terry probably hasn't. Memorized we're
also loopy at the squeeze on the north six ten forty,
alright if you've got those little two skinny lanes a wicked, curve.

(01:30:02):
Dude we're backed up From lockwood one forty six, northbound
coming up To Port. Road if you're trying to get
To bayport with your container, truck this is, northbound so
it's not affecting you south, southbound you look.

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Good.

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Northbound we're backed up from Red bluff and.

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Then fourteen eighty five In, Kingwood Kingwood New, Caney, uh
just south of Fire Tower.

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Road that's a complete. Closure nothing good's happening. There Bryce
magnolia two forty, Nine Mary.

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Guy mike coming into The Forgotten freeway two forty nine.

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Visibility left of the quarter.

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Mile it's thick out, here, brother keep the little beams
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Terry oh my, goodness it. Is it's like.

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Everywhere it's not a lot of times when we talk
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FOG a little bit, here a little bit. There, no
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Everywhere visibilities are quarter mile or less.

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Than some spots for most.

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Locations so, yeah it's a little bit slower on the
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Sure.

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Now good thing is this should begin to improve about mid.
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sunny but it's, warmer mid to upper.

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Seventies.

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Tomorrow we coll front will knock the temperatures down.

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Slightly. Thursday thursday's cloudy right, now.

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It looks, dry upper sixties to low Seventies, thursday and
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we'll talk about that With Victor, vila Retired ice. Agent
Bordersar Tom homan has reassigned the Acting ice director to
a position that technically is a demotion but would concentrate
on interior. Enforcement so we'll ask him about this move
and if he thinks that's going to. Help, first, though
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Usky, mike all, right let's go short, here.

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Cyprus the seven minute loss Here.

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News all, Right So Tom homan has reassigned the acting ice.
Director his name Is Caleb vatello has been reassigned from
his position as acting ice director to position that's at
a lower level but where he'll be solely focused on interior.
Enforcement join us to talk About. Victor is It avila or?
A how DO i? Want i'm understanding NOW i might

(01:34:40):
be they've been mispronouncing your name for like five.

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Years Avia?

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Avila, okay thank you for Correct feel free to correct.
Me i'm not that. Smart. Uh victor is a retired ice.
Agent he knows the farmand inside or. Out what do
you make of this? Move by the, way does this
does this make sense to?

Speaker 32 (01:34:57):
You it does and in so many, ways and it's
one of the major moves and many moves that's. Happening
BECAUSE i heard you mentioned the slowdown and there's a
lot of factors that we.

Speaker 20 (01:35:11):
Have to look at why this is.

Speaker 4 (01:35:13):
Happening and obviously.

Speaker 32 (01:35:15):
There's there's some issues in the internal mechanisms OF, ice
and NOW i want people to understand that in the
last four, YEARS, ice ESPECIALLY e RO o enforcement removal,
operations really were handcuffed at their. Desk we're not allowed
to do anything by The biden administration and that has
an effect for four years a long, time and all

(01:35:37):
of a, sudden you, Know President trump comes in here and,
says get out, there do, this and it's it's taking
some time to get that out, there and so it.
Will you're going to see this, machine this endeavor really
take off, here. Assume but these are some of the
interior movements that require. That but some of the external.

(01:36:00):
Issues there's obviously a lot of people opposing the deportations
and especially sanctuary, CITIES uh and other factors that are
really blocking the efforts That Tom holman wants to do.
Here AND i think, EVENTUALLY, uh someone's going to be
made an example OF i don't know if it's going

(01:36:20):
to be a, mayor a, governor and an elected official
somewhere in one of our cities or states that are
obstructing the the these type of operations are going to
find themselves in custody because they're going to be obstructing federal.
Investigations and and and and you're, right there's. PLENTY i,

(01:36:40):
mean there's millions of criminal legal aliens still walking around
in every part of our country and plenty of plenty
of work to do out.

Speaker 4 (01:36:50):
There for.

Speaker 3 (01:36:50):
Sure let me ask you, this and and AND i
don't mean this in interetrogatory way at, all BECAUSE i
think we have some fantastic people who have been frustrated
for so long working FOR, ice, who as you, say
or just trying to get up to speed with the
new reality of The trump. Administration but you, know we've
had some, raids SOME ice raids where people were tipped.
OFF i don't know where those leaks. Are they're obviously

(01:37:13):
within THE us government. Somewhere do you have a concern
that there are people WITHIN ice who whose mission is
counterproductive to what it is ICE's mission is now and
maybe tipping some of these people.

Speaker 32 (01:37:24):
Off, absolutely, Absolutely and it's very, dangerous it's very, sad
it's very.

Speaker 4 (01:37:30):
Treasonous if you asked me that this is a.

Speaker 32 (01:37:34):
Possibly people you, know what we call holdovers from The
biden administration that have maybe a different, ideology and to,
me it's very puzzling why anyone would back up or
be on the side of criminal illegal aliens that've committed
some heineous crimes in our.

Speaker 4 (01:37:52):
Country over seven hundred thousand of.

Speaker 32 (01:37:55):
Them have been ordered deported by, judges by immigration, judges
and they're still walking.

Speaker 20 (01:37:59):
Around it is very.

Speaker 4 (01:38:01):
Puzzling the same.

Speaker 32 (01:38:03):
Thing with the, protests but the leaks is very very,
concerning not just from the internal, ones but you, know
we have school, districts we have elected, officials we have
a lot of media out there alerting the community and
trying to protect. Them but for some, reason it only

(01:38:24):
happens when it has immigration attached to.

Speaker 20 (01:38:26):
It if it's if.

Speaker 32 (01:38:28):
It has something to do with any other crime of
A us.

Speaker 20 (01:38:30):
Citizen you don't see that.

Speaker 32 (01:38:31):
Happening AND i don't know why they get an extra.

Speaker 3 (01:38:35):
PROTECTION i don't. Either thank you for sharing your, Time.
Victor always a. Pleasure appreciate. You Victor, Avila, avila, Actually Victor,
avila thank. You i'll get you stud retired ice agent
seven twenty. Seven time to take a look at your.
Money as we check in again With Jeff bellinger And.

Speaker 30 (01:38:51):
Jimmy economic uncertainty has begun to take a toll according
to a New Wells fargo, study researchers saying more than
half Of americans are delaying major life, plans such as
buying a home and rolling for advanced education or. Retiring
stock market futures have turned. Higher they're higher right across
the board. Now I'm Jeff, Baldinger Bloomberg business On News

(01:39:12):
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News why there were traffic plus breaking news twenty four to.
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Speaker 4 (01:39:26):
Five everywhere with THE.

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Irp more of what's happening now from The Sean Morris Services.

Speaker 3 (01:39:32):
Studios it is seven thirty here On Houston's Morning. News
I'm Jimmy. Barrett among our top stories this, half our
ice fines AND ms thirteen killer at colony. Rage they're
looking to revamp The star test and coming up at
seven thirty, Eight trump gives his stamp of approval once
again On elon's memo on what have you done in

(01:39:53):
the last five? Days details in the minutes. Ahead you're
In Houston's Morning. News, first let's check out that morning
drive once. Again your skuy mine all.

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Right Southwest freeway. Northbound that's a stall At. Hillcroft he's
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Though you hit some breaks After Beach nut fourteen sixty
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Back door On West Park. Tollway. Visors you need your low.

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Beings, also you got breaks now From Graham parkway coming Into,
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big Breaks Iowa colony Before highway. Six let me double
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Station News radio seven forty K. Trh it's time now
for the. News Here's Cliff. Saunders thank, You jimmy at
seven thirty.

Speaker 7 (01:41:04):
Two our top story is the illegal alien safe haven
Of Colony ridge In Liberty. County according To, breitbart a
seven time deported illegal, alien AN ms thirteen game member
from L, salvador was arrested for allegedly stabbing anighbor. Yesterday
law enforcement took several other people into custody as well

(01:41:24):
throughout the. Day this was a SUCCESSFUL ice, operation others
not so much and some because of leaks from WITHIN.

Speaker 6 (01:41:33):
DHS i have found some.

Speaker 34 (01:41:35):
Leakers we are continuing to get. More they will be.
Fired there will be. Consequences and remember when they leak
information to the press in order to blow an, up
they are putting law enforcement lives in.

Speaker 7 (01:41:46):
Jeopardy that IS Dhs Secretary Christy noam with Ktrh's Sean.
Hennity this comes out After ACTING Ice Director Caleb vittello
is reassigned to concentrate on making more arrests inside the.

Speaker 35 (01:41:59):
Country arrests and deportations hit a snag Since trump took.

Speaker 36 (01:42:02):
Office they're good numbers as far as the deportation, numbers
but obviously the trub administration And.

Speaker 4 (01:42:07):
Tom holman want.

Speaker 36 (01:42:08):
More the gathering that these individuals takes a little bit more.

Speaker 35 (01:42:11):
Effort FORMER ice special Agent Victor avilaw says arresting illegal
aliens is harder than ever before thanks to interference.

Speaker 36 (01:42:17):
People out there, processing even announcing with the league's possible,
operations which is, very very dangerous obstructing federal.

Speaker 4 (01:42:25):
Investigation he.

Speaker 35 (01:42:26):
Says Moving vitello to a different position INSIDE ice reflects
how the administration is still in its early fine tuning.
Phase Ethan Buchanan News radio seven FORTY ktr.

Speaker 7 (01:42:34):
Seven thirty, Three Elon musk giving federal workers a second
chance after many failed to respond to The doze email
asking them to bullet point the five things they did
to be productive last. Week, meantime The trump team continues
to find federal, waste.

Speaker 37 (01:42:50):
Cancel the fifty million dollars grant to The Climate justice
alligance canceled about ninety grants working with dose TOWARDS dei
And Environmental, justice totaling over one hundred and twenty seven million.
Dollars cancel over a million dollars worth of media.

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Subscriptions NEW epa Administrator Lee zelden telling Ktrh's Clay travis
And Buck sexton he's already found billions in.

Speaker 6 (01:43:13):
Savings seven thirty.

Speaker 7 (01:43:15):
Four a follow up to yesterday's story On Houston's Morning,
news The Texas Senate committee votes unanimously to pass a
bill out of committee banning the sale of lottery tickets
through online courier. Services Governor rabbit also ordered The Texas
rangers to investigate The Lottery. Commission The house is taking
up bail reform after it passed The senate earlier this.

(01:43:37):
Session victim's Advocate April agiy says they need to act
Stopper hungary's.

Speaker 25 (01:43:42):
CASE a judge had to give a, bill so he
gave them a ten million dollar bill. Each THE u
OF h, rapist they had to give him a. Bail
they gave him safety. Million of course they cannot make
that percentage of, bill but what if they?

Speaker 7 (01:43:57):
Could agary With Kenny webbs here on sister station nine point.
FIFTY kprc and police this morning are investigating after A
Sanjasino county deputy allegedly shot and killed an inmate during
a fight over a. Gun At Kingwood hospital seven thirty
five In, austin as well an effort to overhaul The Star.

Speaker 6 (01:44:17):
Test what we.

Speaker 33 (01:44:18):
Want to do is get away from one test one.
Day right, now we have a system that's built around
a lot of anxiety for students and parents and. Teachers
but this is a deliberate effort to unwind, that to
kill The star.

Speaker 7 (01:44:30):
Test Brad buckley introduced the bill and Joins jimmy in fifteen.
Minutes The Texas Education agency requires all districts to report
truancy prevention. Measures guess who didn't hid.

Speaker 38 (01:44:42):
The truancy or chronic absenteeism? Month compster our kids in
school is really a sign that something's going on in
their life that we should be worried.

Speaker 7 (01:44:50):
About Doctor Bob, sanmborn With children At RISK hid did
not return our. Calls as for higher, education More american
companies are shifting their focus from requiring college.

Speaker 24 (01:45:02):
Degrees maybe the biggest one is the realization by businesses
that training and talent recognition can be as good as
a college degree in many. Cases but this, flexibility according
to business Strategist Meredith Elliott, powell reflects the fact that
over the next three, years more than four million people
a year will turn sixty five and.

Speaker 4 (01:45:21):
Retire and then, again.

Speaker 27 (01:45:23):
We're starting to see the younger generation of dot be
as committed to necessarily going to. College they seem to
want to get into the, workforce.

Speaker 24 (01:45:32):
And she thinks the cost of college is driving a
number of people away from. It Michael Shiloh News radio
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Speaker 6 (01:45:39):
Looking at your. Money home sales across THE.

Speaker 7 (01:45:41):
Us we're down almost five percent last month compared To,
december but The houston market is still. Strong one of
its biggest strength is its.

Speaker 39 (01:45:49):
Variety so if you want to live in a high
rise as, available or if you want a single family
home with a, pool that, too is available for you
at almost every price.

Speaker 7 (01:45:59):
Point robinson with The Houston association of realtorsays home sales
here are about two percent year over. Here I'm Cliff
saunders On Houston's, news weather And traffic, Station News radio
seven forty k T.

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Speaker 3 (01:46:24):
Later, Yeah the question is five things can you name
five things that you did at work turn your paycheck
over the course last. Week number, one if you showed,
up that counts as. One, right that. Helps SO i
was kind of saying the other, day why hard pressed
to come up with? Five but the reality, IS i

(01:46:45):
did a show. Yesterday this. ONE i did a show.
Today that's. Two i'll do a show. Tomorrow that's. Three
i'll do a Show. Thursday, Four i'll do a show.
Fright that's. Five that's five THINGS i did this week
is five radio. Shows so it shouldn't be that. Hard
and as it turns, out it's it's or it's not
really an, exercise and what you did is much that
you are alive and well and are actually doing, something

(01:47:06):
including checking your. Emails President trump got asked About elon
and his five, things, saying here's what The president had to.
Say with reaction From Greg, GUTFIELD.

Speaker 10 (01:47:14):
I thought it was great because we have people that
don't show up to work and nobody even knows if
they work for the. Government so by asking the, question
tell us what you did this, week what he's doing
is saying are you actually? Working and then if you don't,
answer like you're sort of semi fired or you're fired
because a lot of people are not answering because they

(01:47:35):
don't even. Exist they're trying to find that's how badly
various parts of our government were run by, it especially
by this last.

Speaker 55 (01:47:43):
Group all, Right so earlier, Today greg The Harvard harris
pol came out and said seventy six percent Of american
support what doj is trying to?

Speaker 23 (01:47:51):
Do asking people to show their.

Speaker 55 (01:47:53):
Work The American federation Of Government employees that's the, union
said that the email was cruel and.

Speaker 50 (01:47:59):
Disrespectful let's take first of, All, Jenski Michael steele all
you you're not clearly you're not outraged that your coworkers
just got.

Speaker 4 (01:48:07):
DOGED i mean you just.

Speaker 50 (01:48:11):
You just lost joy Read jonathan K, Part Katie, fang
who else did?

Speaker 1 (01:48:15):
They?

Speaker 23 (01:48:17):
Yeah like we All but that's, okay that's okay.

Speaker 4 (01:48:21):
Because in the media you never talk about, that do.

Speaker 50 (01:48:23):
You the thing, is this was obviously the email was
just a test to see if you still. Exist you,
know this is what you do for The George, gestanzas you,
know the people that maintain a position but not a.
Presence so it's a bureaucratic bird. Call Uh And I've
i've had to clean house a couple of times WHEN
i was an, editor and you we start with the
outside in and you you have to do things in

(01:48:44):
a big. Way and when you listen to these, criticisms,
uh it sounds it sounds exactly like they what they
said about the. Border we were in crisis at the.
Border there was nothing you could do about. It oh
you can do the little, things but you can't do
the big, thing seal the or it's too, mean it's too,
heartless it's too, insensitive it doesn't show any. Empathy and

(01:49:07):
if you cast a wide, net whether it's doze or the,
border you're always going to get some wrong the wrong.
People but that's the. Argument whenever you're dealing with, excess
whenever you need to cut and you know the company's in,
trouble they will always try to stop it by.

Speaker 4 (01:49:22):
Using that argument that it's.

Speaker 50 (01:49:24):
Inhumane but the only approach to reforming a bloated system
is cutting it quick and cutting it. Vast and if
you make mistakes and it's, messy at least you can rectify.
It it's not like releasing violent felons into the general
population with then kill, people or letting your troops diet
in a chaotic withdrawal.

Speaker 4 (01:49:41):
From a foreign.

Speaker 50 (01:49:41):
Country bureaucracy is actually an area where you don't need a.
Scalpel in, fact a scalpel cannot keep up.

Speaker 4 (01:49:48):
With the growth of. Bureaucracy you need a.

Speaker 50 (01:49:51):
Chainsaw you need an, axe especially when it's this dire
and the people in the media and the politicians aren't
telling you how bad it really.

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Is in, yeah we need the beat, acts not a flay.
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to the truck stops At. Magnolia got a wreck on the,
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it's nothing but breaks coming in from McNair Graham. Parkway

(01:50:32):
andrew for The woodlands.

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There as our listeners have been chiming in and letting us,
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(01:51:43):
a really nice stretch of weather over all this. Week
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(01:52:06):
and back up into the.

Speaker 23 (01:52:07):
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Speaker 3 (01:52:09):
Saturday right now forty nine at your official severe weather,
Station News radio seven forty K trh log jam here In.
Texas at the top of the Ticket Greg abbott And
Lieutenant Governor Dan patrick and also Our Attorney General Ken,
paxton Said, miller our ag, commissioner among, others three terms

(01:52:34):
now in a row that they've, served and so we
have some young politicians were nowhere to move up here In.
Texas and the question is should we institute some sort
of a term, limit whether it's three terms or whatever it,
is so that we don't just get the same, old same,
Ole because after, All Greg abbott is going to win
as many primaries as he pretty much wants to. Win
he's got the money in order to make that and

(01:52:55):
the party ties in order to be able to make that.
Happen so do we need to force some sort of a.
Change AND i asked you who go to the iHeartRadio,
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Speaker 9 (01:53:11):
That, Hey, jimmy this Is jeff from The North. Side
about term, limits we already have. Them they're called primary
elections and general. Elections the voters are, lazy so this
is what we. Get, okay, sorry but that's the. Truth
if you're going to put in term, limits then we're
going to end up getting rid of good people who
have a heart to. Serve so don't be. Lazy pay

(01:53:35):
attention because we get the government we vote for.

Speaker 3 (01:53:39):
Well AND i don't disagree with. That but with the primary,
thing did you have a choice other Than Greg abbott
in The republican?

Speaker 4 (01:53:45):
Primary not?

Speaker 20 (01:53:47):
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Much your people just called me and said they've cleared
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(01:54:33):
hey Here's, Cliff thank.

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To stay in the game WITH Us radio seven forty
k Z rh The Star.

Speaker 3 (01:55:14):
Test love it or hate, it and many parents hate?
It by the, way will it be? Revised does it
need to be? Revised does it take up too much?
Time do we spend too much time in the classroom
teaching to the? Test and is the test really an
accurate reflection of what we want our kids to. Know
Brad buckley is A texas state. Representative he JOINS us
there's a bill evidently that he introduced that would revamp

(01:55:37):
The Star. Test how would you revamp The Star?

Speaker 33 (01:55:39):
Test Ser, well first of, all thank you for having me.
Today it's important issue to talk. About you, know what
The Star test has become is it's quite, probably you,
KNOW i put it this, way it's less popular than The.
Shingles it is a it is A it has become
a source of anxiety for, teachers parents and. Students and

(01:56:02):
it's time to kill the star and start anew and
So House bill four that introduced last week will do just.
That and what we're looking at doing is to be you,
know kill The star and then begin a process that
will create a better form of assessment that is less
stressful on students and teachers and still informs.

Speaker 3 (01:56:23):
Parents, okay well that there you just open up a
can of worms on that. One what sort of an
assessment that you can you come up with that doesn't
put undue pressure on teachers and students in the, like
how do we go about judging whether or not these
kids are learning truly learning without having some sort of
a test in order to be able to make the
judgment On.

Speaker 33 (01:56:42):
Well what we need to do is we need to
get away from one test one. Day and right, now
the whole system was built around a, year a year
of teaching and then one big day where everybody gets revved,
up and we have a lot of young kids that
have to sit for the exam that takes hours to,

(01:57:02):
complete and basically we sort of thumbs up or thumbs
down them based upon that one test one. Day and
so WHAT hb four Does it directs The Texas Education
agency to begin to use a process by the twenty
six twenty seven school year that basically creates a shorter
exam that is not as, stressful and it also it

(01:57:26):
has precursors of two small exams that teachers can use
at the beginning of the, year in the middle of
the year that inform teachers nearly immediately so they know
where kids. Are they know which kids are are, ahead
which kids are, behind and which kids you, know really
are meeting the. Standards and so what happens now with
one test one day and the big star of behemoth

(01:57:48):
is that our districts plug in all these additional exams
throughout the year benchmarking for this, big stressful one test one.
DAY i like you right away from.

Speaker 3 (01:57:58):
THAT i like your. IDEAS i like your, idea But
i'd like to make a. SUGGESTION i love the idea
of testing kids when they're coming into that class year
to see where they're at middle of the, year to
see where they are where they compared to where they should.
Be but how about at the end of the year
before you pass them on to the next grade to
make sure they've at least gotten some minimum requirements and
in order to be, passed so that we don't have

(01:58:19):
kids getting passed along to the next grade that sue
you staying.

Speaker 33 (01:58:22):
Behind, well i'll tell you, what you know what we
last session we passed a bill that really raises the
standard for classroom. Curriculum what we found over time was
that too many lessons being taught in our classrooms were
below grade. Level so last session we passed an historic
bill that raised the bar for classroom. Rigor it makes

(01:58:45):
certain that the curriculum in our classrooms cover all of the.
Standards standards are these peaks that we talk About Texas
essential knowledge and, skills and teaks.

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Are approved by The State board Of.

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Education the teaks are crafted by classroom, teachers community, members
subject matter, experts and it's basically telling us what The
state Of texas believes kids should. Know and if you
raise the bar in the, classroom you increase the rigor
and you teach the. Standards testing will BECOME i, believe

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will have less anxiety and will be more effective and
autely will absolutely know that kids are at the standard
they need to be.

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LEVEL i like.

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It best of luck with this, bill, sir keep us
post on how it. Does love. It State Representative Brad,
buckley y'all have a great. Danks see at the staffe
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