Twice As Many Think The Country Is Going In The Right Direction

Jimmy Barrett takes you through the stories that matter the most on the morning of 03/17/25.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is huge Radio seven forty kat RH Houston Drive
everywhere with the Irish now.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
The latest news, weather and traffic. It's more of what
matters to you. From the John Morris Services studios.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
Well, good morning, it's five am here in Houston's Morning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories. As we get
started this morning, Trump tells the judge, sorry, you're a
little too late. The President plans to talk to food
and tomorrow and coming up at five to eight. If
there's one thing America knows how to do, it's to
be Irish for just one day. Details in the minutes ahead.

(00:38):
You're in Houston's Morning News. It's true even on the
East side. It's right, Skybike, you're feeling irish today, aren't
you always.

Speaker 4 (00:44):
Have to be?

Speaker 5 (00:45):
Letke charms all right, we've got this East Freeway spacle.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
KATRH has been following this all night.

Speaker 5 (00:51):
It's East Freeway outbound at Mercury Road construction and they've
been doing this set. It's been several months month or
so project on the outbound eastbound lanes now from Mercury
out to Federal and it's pretty messy.

Speaker 3 (01:05):
I'm not sure what we're.

Speaker 5 (01:05):
Doing these Oh, I know what we're doing with these lanes,
but we're messing them up.

Speaker 6 (01:09):
Now.

Speaker 5 (01:09):
This is backing up the East Freeway from the Butt Plant,
and it's also packing you up from the East Loops
southbound coming down from the truck stops, and also northbound
that ramp that comes up from the Ship Channel bridge.

Speaker 3 (01:20):
That's pretty messy too.

Speaker 5 (01:22):
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Speaker 3 (01:26):
Center from r KTRH top tax defenders. Twenty four hour
weathers under sunny and breeze today with the high temperature
right about eighty three, so a nice Saint Patrick's daye weatherwise.
We'll get the further details from Terry Smith at the
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k t RH. It's time now for the news. Here's Clipsonders.

Speaker 7 (01:50):
Thank you, Jimmy. Good morning everyone, five oh one on
k t r H.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
I can tell you this.

Speaker 8 (01:54):
These are bad peoples, that is a bad group of
as they say.

Speaker 7 (01:59):
Tomras, President Trump as hundreds of suspected illegal alien members
of Trendy I Ragua were flown to El Salvador despite
an Obama appointed judges order to stop it. By the way,
those flights were already in the air at the time
of the ruling. Deportation efforts continue here across Texas, with
two hundred and forty five arrests in a week during

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a crackdown in the southern part of the state, many
of those with previous felony convictions. The President also ordered
airstrikes on the Hoothies in Yemen this weekend, and that
came after eighteen months of attacks by the Hoothies on
commercial and American military ships.

Speaker 9 (02:38):
What happened with the Hoodies yesterday? What happened with our strike?
Or to inform as to where we stand with regard
to terrorism and our tolerance level for.

Speaker 10 (02:48):
Terrorist actions?

Speaker 7 (02:50):
Trump Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on CNN. The President also
says he'll talk to Russia's Vladimir Putin tomorrow. New York
Republican Congressman Mike Lawler told Fox the sooner the.

Speaker 11 (03:01):
Better, the longer this more continues, Frankly, the graver the consequences.

Speaker 3 (03:07):
I fear it will be.

Speaker 7 (03:10):
The Russians and Ukrainians continued carrying out airstrikes against each
other over the weekend. It's five three. As for Trump's tariffs,
Commerce Secretary Howard luck To consist they'll work even if
it causes a minor recession.

Speaker 12 (03:24):
Most worry came from the Atlanta Fed forecast, where companies
got ahead of the tariffs.

Speaker 13 (03:28):
There was a lot of pre ordering and pre delivery
that occurred in simmer in January, and the winnifed forecast
was negative.

Speaker 3 (03:35):
That set everybody off. Jason W.

Speaker 12 (03:37):
Taylor of Code Launch says a policy change recession is
different than a true recession, and already Trump's economic plans
are working.

Speaker 13 (03:44):
The rates have come down significantly a full half point
than four point twenty three right now. This is good
for funding small business and borrowing of all types.

Speaker 12 (03:54):
He says, this will bring about more healthy economic conditions.
Andrey Perard News Radio seven forty ktr.

Speaker 7 (04:01):
Markets, though, aren't getting off to a good start, with
overnight trading down across the board, including the Dow futures
off by one hundred and ninety one points. After four
years of censorship under the Biden administration. Here's a seed change.
The FCC is launching a massive deregulation initiative and nothing
is off limits.

Speaker 14 (04:22):
But thank god for people like Chairman Brendan Carr, who
are actually going to take a meat cleaper who all
of these regulations. The radical left is going to fight
him tooth and nail.

Speaker 7 (04:32):
That's Dan Schneider with the Media Research Center, which uncovered
fifty seven actions taken by Biden to censor free speech
five h four. Here at home, Harris County Attorney Christian
Menefee is signed on to a lawsuit against the Trump
administration OVERDOSEE.

Speaker 15 (04:48):
This is something that the county attorney really doesn't need
to be involved in.

Speaker 16 (04:52):
There'll be more time and focus spent on doing that
than addressing issues like flood control litigation. Are the polluters
in Pars County that need to be eliminated?

Speaker 15 (05:02):
Precinct three Commissioner Tom Ramsey says, on top of being
a waste of time, it's a waste of money too.

Speaker 16 (05:07):
We need dollars, We need every nickel we can find
to focus on real issues like crime and rogs improvement.

Speaker 15 (05:15):
Ramsey says this is just bad politics and wouldn't happen
if the Democrats were the ones cutting government. Ethan Buchanan
News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 7 (05:23):
By the way, multiple reports say Menafee is filed to
run for the vacant congressional seat left open by the
death of Sylvester Turner. Some public school kids are back
from spring break today. Others are off along with college
students and education experts are now ringing alarm bells about
great inflation and that's where students get higher grades than

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they normally would have for the same level of work
in the past.

Speaker 6 (05:48):
Higher education is further behind than K twelves when it
comes to engaging students and when it comes to utilizing
the tools at students disposal. A K twelve teacher, they're
going to have more time and more interactions and usually
better rapport with their students.

Speaker 7 (06:05):
And is education expert doctor Dyler Tarver five h six
More violent crime A teenager a shot to death and
Galena Park late last night, a person of interest is
in custody. Two men are hospitalized after an argument that
a Katie food at a Katie fast food restaurant led
to a gunfight and at least four people were hitting.
They were shot rather in a social media sale gone

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wrong in northwest Harris County overnight elsewhere. Galveston's infamous jeep Weekend,
which led to three hundred arrests last year, is still
months away, but local law enforcement is already preparing for
a massive multi agency response.

Speaker 17 (06:43):
Be mindful of our laws, and if you do violate
the law, just know that our people don't have zero
tolerance for that, and we will put you in a
county gear if you violate our laws.

Speaker 7 (06:51):
Galveston County Sheriff Jimmy Follen says he's working with HPD
and Harris County Precinct one constables. Coming up on five
oh seven. UH is a number one seed in the
NCAA Tournament for the third straight year. They'll play SIU
Edwardsville on Thursday. Meantime, UT plays Xavier in a first
four game Wednesday. The Aggies are the number four seed

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in the South and they'll take on Yale. Tech is
the third seed in the West. They'll play UNC Wilmington,
and Baylor's the number nine.

Speaker 18 (07:20):
In the East.

Speaker 7 (07:21):
They will take on Mississippi State on Friday. Finally, the
Rockets put their six game winning streak on the line
tonight against the Sixers. Pregame at six on Sports Talk
seven to ninety I'm Cloff Saunders on Houston's news, weather
and traffic station KTRH.

Speaker 19 (07:37):
This is Houston's Morning News with Jimmy Barrett.

Speaker 3 (07:43):
Now we're just planning ahead. Five oh eaters our time, heady.
Saint Patrick's Day to you, it is March seventeen. Saint
Patrick's Day falls on March seventeenth every year, which this
year works out okay, right because it's on a Monday,
And if you're the kind of person who likes to
drink a lot of green beer on Saint Patrick's Day,
then you're probably either taking the day off or you're

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working half a day anyway. But it always falls on
March the seventeenth, as does Sinko Demayo always falls on
the fifth of Mallion. That always seems to me that
if you're going to have a drinking holiday right where
the primary function is to either be proud of your
heritage or pretend that you are of that heritage, or

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just use it as an excuse to drink too much,
that maybe what they should just do is put it on,
Like what if you put it on like the third
Friday in March, does it matter this is March seventeenth,
Does that date really really matter that much. I'm just
curious because it always struck me as more of a

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drinking holiday than anything else. I mean, there was the
Saint Patrick. There really was. He wasn't Irish, but there
was the Saint Patrick. In fact, he was born in
Roman Britain around three eighty five a d. His original
name was Maywan Sucat Succat, which doesn't really have a

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ring to it. He was a slave at one time.
He was a sheep herder. He spent six years hurting
sheep as a slave, and he was captured taken to
Ireland as a slave. After he managed to escape, became
a priest and changed his name, and of course the
rest is history. Right where he supposedly caused all the

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snakes to leave Ireland. I'm pretty sure there's still some
snakes in Ireland, but that's okay. It's a day that
if you are Irish, you'll want to pretend to be Irish.
You can. I'm twenty six percent Irish. I actually had
the genealogy done, twenty five percent Scandinavian and twenty six
percent Irish and the rest who knows five ten time
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Speaker 5 (09:55):
See, and that's so funny because me and all the
other Mexicans in Houston, we get to be Irish today
and then in two months all the Irishes get to
come over to.

Speaker 3 (10:03):
Our side of town and be Mixic. Exactly right. I
love America.

Speaker 5 (10:06):
Let's go to the North Freeway, Jimmy Barrett, and it's
good to have you back. Tony the Tucker northbound at Parker,
I've got a wreck right next to it. Afterwards at
Little York. Parker is a left line. Little York is
going to be a where'd you go there?

Speaker 6 (10:19):
You?

Speaker 3 (10:19):
Oh my word?

Speaker 5 (10:20):
Three vehicles in another left line. So I got an
accident in the backup of a second one. And this
is outbound I forty five to the North Freeway. Lookout
from the Loop on the Katie Freeway outbound westbound north
Post Oke.

Speaker 3 (10:33):
That's right by the loop. I don't know why they
just say the loop. It's a wreck.

Speaker 6 (10:36):
Now.

Speaker 5 (10:36):
This is a sticky spot. This is a left shoulder.
It's tough to see. It's right after the merging. Crazy
So watch out outbound from Denny's and I Hoop and
that is of course outbound, not inbound.

Speaker 3 (10:47):
And also East Freeway.

Speaker 5 (10:48):
What a busy morning already East Freeway outbound before the
bridge Magnolia.

Speaker 3 (10:52):
They've just cleared that wreck. That suck has just gone.

Speaker 5 (10:54):
And also it looks like they've just now cleared they've
just now cleared that roadwork after the East Loop.

Speaker 3 (11:00):
I've still got a bit of a spackle off the
ramps that'll go away shortly, so stay the course.

Speaker 5 (11:04):
I'm Skymike in the USA RV Resorts dot Com traffic center.

Speaker 3 (11:09):
So it's like the tree polms getting in user from
our ktrh TSA top tax defenders twenty four hour weathers.
I got a little couch out back on the patio.
I think I'm backing that like four or five times.

Speaker 20 (11:21):
You know, I was about ready to do the same
yesterday myself.

Speaker 3 (11:25):
And yeah, you can go to the car wash every day.
Just doesn't help right down.

Speaker 20 (11:30):
No it doesn't. It's non ending. And you know what,
I'm gonna have to look this up. But the pollen
typically is the worst in March in April and then
starts to ease up in May.

Speaker 18 (11:43):
But I'll double check that.

Speaker 20 (11:45):
Hey, the sunshine and the dry weather is not helping
those with allergies because the trees and the flowers are
just going bonkers and there's no rain to clear it out.
But it is a nice stretch of weather. We're dry
all week and the temperatures are quite pleasant. Mid seventies
to low eighties today and tomorrow, and just slightly warmer

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Wednesday in the load to mid eighties Wednesday. There's a
colfront that'll come through Wednesday. Doesn't bring us any rain,
will help to cool the temperatures though somewhat. So it's
mild Thursday and Friday and the load of mids seventies.

Speaker 3 (12:21):
And the temperature right now is fifteen at your officials
severe weather station. News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 19 (12:27):
It's Houston's Morning News, brought to you byden New South
Windows Solutions. Now back to Jimmy Barrets and the Houston
Morning News team all the info you need to take
on the day.

Speaker 3 (12:38):
Well as I will no doubt mentioned many times this morning.
It is Saint Patrick's Day, and it seems appropriate that
we would ask a Saint Patrick's Day question today, So
let's go ahead and do that. You can respond by
going to the iHeartRadio app KTRH. That's your station right
put it on your pre set and you get thirty seconds.
You won't need thirty but to thirty seconds to give

(12:59):
me your name where you're calling from, and you can
fill in the blank on this one. It's not Saint
Patrick's Day unless this is whatever you do, whether whether
it's drinking green beer or wearing green or whatever whatever
way it is you celebrate. Saint Patrick's day. Is filling
the blanke. It's not Saint Patrick's Day unless I and

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you go ahead and fill in the blank again. The
iHeartRadio app katrh put It's on your preset and you
get thirty seconds to respond when need to click the
microphone five twenty time for traffic and weather together.

Speaker 5 (13:31):
Buffalo by You green? I think that'd be awesome, but
I think Buffalo by You might already be.

Speaker 3 (13:35):
It's phone coming green? How much it's gonna say? How
much green? Do we really need to turn to green?

Speaker 14 (13:40):
All right?

Speaker 3 (13:41):
Let's you know what. Let's look over right now.

Speaker 5 (13:43):
We cleared two rex for the price of one off
the North Freeway Little York and Parker is a back
to back. You have one and then somebody ran into
somebody in the backup. It's all out there, man, Look
at all the ninja's go haulling that stuff. Out of there,
forget about it. North Freeway's good. Stay the course, Yeah,
Katie Freeway. I want you to watch this one. This
one's in the manage lines. It's outbound at north Post
against sticky. It's right there, it's dark, it's stuff to see,

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and it's in a left shoulder there. This is outbound,
not inbound, and resume freeways moving along for now, let's
do some ship channel bridges at the bottom of the hour.
Skymike on the USA Rvresorts dot Com traffic center.

Speaker 3 (14:19):
From r KTRH Top tax Defenders twenty four hour Weather
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windy around eighty again Tomorrow Wednesday, Party Claude, slight chance
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check out some of our top stories on the Saint
Patrick's Day Monday. Here's clip.

Speaker 7 (14:44):
Thank you Jimmy. We're sponsored by Moro Mechanical. Nearly half
the country says we're now headed in the right direction
of twenty seven percent up from twenty seven percent. In November,
a man is dead after being hit by a train
in a task Casita, and tonight's powerball jack pot is
three hundred and ninety eight million dollars. By the way,
Texas had a two million dollar winner on Saturday. Get

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the latest news anytime at KTRH dot com. Our next
update is at five thirty.

Speaker 1 (15:11):
News gathered, reports, aired, and reactions.

Speaker 21 (15:14):
Role in people are going to lose their freaking mind.

Speaker 2 (15:17):
The big story of the week on News Radio seven KTRH.

Speaker 3 (15:25):
This song will make you drink some green beer with him.
Five twenty two is our time here on Houston's Morning News.
The reason why I'm playing this is because evidently Elon
Musk wants to privatize Social Security and Medicare. I know,
I've never heard him say that either, but that's what
Democrats are claiming that that's what he wants to do.
He wants to he wants to control your social Security

(15:49):
checks so he can take it away. That's basically That's
basically what they're trying to sell you on, and they're
working really hard at it, and they're getting a lot
of help. Here's a representative. His name is Larson. He's
from He's a Democrat from Connecticut. John Larson is his name.
In this clip, he rails against Elon Musk not showing

(16:11):
up to detail all the details of all the Doge
cuts because he's trying to hide things like his desire
to privatize Social Security and Medicare, because you know, that's
that's what they lean on when they really want to
scare you, is to make you think that they want
to take those things away from you. So let's take
a list of what he has to say, and then
we'll get some response on that from the head of

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the Doge Caucus in the United States House.

Speaker 22 (16:39):
If he's so great, if these plans and all the
fraud and abuse that he's found are so eminent, why
isn't he here explaining it?

Speaker 1 (16:48):
You know why?

Speaker 22 (16:51):
Because he's out to privatize Social Security.

Speaker 1 (16:56):
He's been on.

Speaker 22 (16:56):
Television the last couple of days talking exactly about Social Security,
God of Care, and Medicaid and what.

Speaker 3 (17:05):
He intends to do privatize it.

Speaker 23 (17:08):
I only hope the Academy was watching Representative Larson's performance,
because if they were, I think Representative Larson might be
nominated for an Academy Award for his dramatic role of
just overstating the savings and the efficiencies that Elon Musk

(17:28):
has continued to find and what dose is doing.

Speaker 3 (17:32):
It's just a shame.

Speaker 23 (17:33):
It's almost like this, It's almost like this, somebody breaks
into your house. Elon Musk reviews the video tape, tells
you who.

Speaker 1 (17:42):
Did it, and you scream, oh, you don't.

Speaker 23 (17:45):
You shouldn't have access to the video tape. And that's
what the Democrats are just doubling and tripling down on.
But as you know, Stuart, because I've watched you, you know,
we have a government we can't afford, and we have
to wean ourselves off of this addictive govern spending.

Speaker 10 (18:00):
And that's what we're doing right now.

Speaker 24 (18:02):
If you went to the website doze dot gov, there's
a complete listing of all the spending that they have found.
You can read it line by line, thousands of lines.
If the Democrats wanted to find out what wasteful spending
he's uncovered, just go to the website.

Speaker 23 (18:17):
It's that simple, that simple, Stuart Barney, It's just it's
it's it's a new.

Speaker 1 (18:26):
Level of Trump derangement syndrome.

Speaker 23 (18:27):
It's now must arrange them derangement syndrome and anything that
Trump or must is for the Democrats seem to be against.

Speaker 3 (18:35):
That is a Florida representative, Aaron Bean. He's the head
of the Doge Caucus in the US House. Here's the thing.
Might it make sense to privatize Social Security, Medicare or
Medicaid could be could be run better by a private
company that it is being run by the federal government.

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I think the thing that would I'm not saying we
need to do that or should do that, but I'm
saying you should look at everything. And my guess is
the reason why Democrats would be so concerned about the
idea of privatization is just it means that money would
no longer be a little little fun for them to
borrow money from which they routinely do. They take money

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out of Social Security in other government programs to fund
other things and then don't put the money back, which
is one of the reasons why this thing just you know,
it's like a Ponzi scheme. It really is five twenty six.
It is time to take a look at your money.
On this Saint Patrick's Day, here's Jeff Bellinger. Good morning,
Good morning to you, Jimmy and Welcome back. Last week
was a tough one for Wall Street, but it ended

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with a rally on Friday.

Speaker 25 (19:43):
The market may be hard pressed to add to Friday's advances.
Treasury Secretary Scott Besson worried investors over the weekend, telling
NBC he is not concerned about the markets because corrections
are healthy. Stock market futures are lower across the board.
Right now, I'm Jeff Bloomberg Business on USE Radio seven
forty ktrh Houston's News.

Speaker 19 (20:09):
Why there were traffic plus breaking news twenty four to seven.
This is US Radio seven forty Ktrhive Everywhere with the IRP.

Speaker 2 (20:18):
More of what's happening now from the John Morris Services Studios.

Speaker 3 (20:22):
Five thirty is our time. You're in Houston's Morning News.
I'm Jimmy Baird. Among our top stories this half hour
twice as many think the country is headed in the
right direction. Dems they're eating their own after Schumer caves
to Trump and coming up at five thirty eight, finally
coming home after nine months lost in space. Details in

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the minutes. The head You're in Houston's Morning News has
to be a three hour tour. Yeah, No, kiddings guy, Mike,
what's going on out there?

Speaker 5 (20:48):
Let's get on the Katie Freeway first, outbound. I want
you to watch out because this one's in a sticky
spot westbound the mainage lanes and they're over on that
left shoulder. But it's it's dark there and it's right
when all the confusion the hubbub from the loops. Watch
out outbound, not inbound Kdie Threeway.

Speaker 3 (21:02):
Call it post hog. I've got your tip line seven
one three two one two tips. Are we cousins? It's
Roy from Tarkington.

Speaker 6 (21:10):
Dude, I'm my two ninety outbound about a half a
mile before the nineteen sixty eight exit, there's a car
that look like a t B on the concrete barrier.
Answered tramp, All.

Speaker 5 (21:21):
Right, sounds like we have no response from that. Let
me let the rest of the media know about it.
I'm Skymike on the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center
from our KTRH Generator super Center twenty four hour weather Center.

Speaker 3 (21:32):
Sunny and breezy with the high today right about eighty degrees.
We'll take a look at the rest of the work week.
When we talk to Terry Smith. No rain of the
forecast right now at least not a very good chance.
We could use some ring. We'll talk to her about
that in about eight minutes. Temperature currently fifty at your
official severe weather station, News Radio seven forty k TRH.
It's time down for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 7 (21:52):
Thank you, Jimmy. It's five thirty one on kt RH.
Shark top story. It's only been eight weeks yet President
Trump has already turned the mood the country around a
complete oneint eighty from where it was under Joe Biden.

Speaker 26 (22:04):
We asked, folks, is it in the right direction or
the wrong direction?

Speaker 10 (22:07):
That forty four percent?

Speaker 3 (22:08):
You say, right direction? That's up since November.

Speaker 10 (22:11):
And if that.

Speaker 26 (22:11):
Doesn't seem like a lot the last time it cracked
forty percent, you got to go back to twenty twelve.

Speaker 7 (22:16):
That's MSNBC pollster Steve Kornacki. Trump signed the continuing Resolution
to keep the government open until October, with ten Democrats,
including John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, voting with Republicans. Fetterman criticizing
radicals like Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett.

Speaker 27 (22:34):
He's not the one to talk about anything. I mean,
this is a guy that doesn't seemingly want to own
a suit, own a suit. I'm not really sure, but
I don't show up in hoodies when I'm going on
the floor.

Speaker 7 (22:45):
Crockett on CNN, not mentioning the cringeworthy videos she posts herself.
The CR was a big win for House Speaker Mike Johnson,
who told Fox Democrats might just hate President Trump more
than they love America.

Speaker 28 (22:58):
Ninety nine percent of the Democrats in Congress, both the
House and the Senate, voted to shut the government down
to try to make some sort of aimless political point.
It's shameless. They're using the American people as ponds.

Speaker 7 (23:10):
Only one Democrat voted for the CR in the House,
five point thirty three. More Democrat delusion. Here's Arizona Senator
Mark Kelly selling his Tesla to protest Elon Musk.

Speaker 29 (23:23):
Elon Musk kind of turned out to be an and
I don't want to be driving the car built and
designed by it.

Speaker 7 (23:32):
Yeah, Kelly's been getting mocked on social media for this stunt,
and that's because the Internet doesn't forget this was twenty
eleven and then President Barack Obama.

Speaker 30 (23:41):
What should be easy is getting rid of the pointless
waste and stupid spending that doesn't benefit anybody.

Speaker 7 (23:47):
That video resurface this weekend and has gone viral. Now
social media may be replacing traditional polling. In fact, Monmouth
University will shut down its entire polling center. As we know,
the polls have been wrong about Donald Trump for a decade.

Speaker 31 (24:03):
The most perfect example from our era is when pollsters
laughed at Donald Trump and they just thought he was crazy. Well,
a big mistake.

Speaker 7 (24:12):
Political commentator Jeffrey Lord five point thirty four on KTRH.
After a weekend off, the Texas Legislature gets back to
work today with several hearings scheduled in both the House
and Senate. More than eight hundred bills have been filed
as of Friday's deadline. Now, the Senate has passed several
important pieces of legislation. School choice and property tax reform

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is two examples the House hasn't. State Representative Brian Harrison
is frustrated about all the time off the House has taken.

Speaker 32 (24:44):
We have just taken another completely unconstitutional long holiday weekend
for more than four days. The constitution does not allow
us to be gone for more than three days without
voting on it.

Speaker 3 (24:53):
We just did that again.

Speaker 7 (24:54):
In case you're keeping score. As of Friday, the Senate
has already passed at least ten highly important bills with
the backing of all twenty GOP senators. The state Senate
majority announced that they've got a new bill to require
voters to prove citizenship.

Speaker 33 (25:10):
It's Senate Bill sixteen, led buy State Senator Brian.

Speaker 8 (25:14):
Hughes, is a Texas way so us to require proof
of citizenship when you register to vote. It's a basic
fundamental concept, simple but currently illegal right now. The subtler
government does not allow us to verify citizenship want someone
registers to vote.

Speaker 33 (25:32):
That needs to change, and he expects it to happen
this session. Jeff Biggs News Radio seven forty kth.

Speaker 7 (25:41):
At five point thirty five and also in Austin, one
lawmaker is going back to the drawing board on his
bill to send deadlines to plug me more than one
hundred and fifty thousand inactive wells in Texas over the
next fifteen years.

Speaker 34 (25:53):
We have worked on crafting this legislation to address the
increase in active wealth counts that we have seen Texas,
which has grown to nearly one hundred and sixty thousand
inactive wells now many of these, when managed properly, are
valuable assets that can be revitalized after they've been inactive.

Speaker 7 (26:10):
State Senator Mays Middleton also wants to give regulators more
authority over oil and gas companies to enforce plugging requirements.
Will futures rising after the air strikes by the Trump
administration on the hoo Thi's checking in at sixty seven
dollars and eighty cents a barrel this morning. Dow futures
are also down this morning to the two of one
hundred and sixty six points, and despite last week's volatility,

(26:34):
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen told Meet the Press on NBC
he's not worried about where the economy is headed.

Speaker 4 (26:41):
One week does not the market make, as Warren Buffett says,
oh the short term, the market is a voting machine,
or the long term it's a weighing machine.

Speaker 7 (26:50):
Meantime, aboard Air Force One, Trump told reporters he's not
going to budge on his April second deadline for new
tariffs on trade partners. Five point thirty six. A week
at Rodeo Houston kicks off today with crossover superstar Post
Malone making his debut here tomorrow night Old Dominion Cody

(27:14):
Jenks and Conrad native Parker McCollum also finish out the week.
By the Way, a fire under the stage on Friday
during journeys Don't Stop Believing cut that concert short. Rodeo
officials say they're still working on possibly rescheduling or refunding
for that concert. The Astros be the Mets in spring
training five to nothing. Frambervaldez will be the opening day

(27:35):
starter for the fourth time in his career. I'm Cliff
Saunders on Houston's News, weather and traffic station ktrh B.

Speaker 1 (27:44):
Informed be on time.

Speaker 19 (27:47):
Houston's Morning News continues with Jimmy Arrett.

Speaker 3 (27:53):
Technically, no, you're right. Technically they were not lost in space.
They were stranded in space. But you get the idea.
Five thirty eight is our time here in Houston's Morning News.
Two astronauts, Sunny Williams and Butch Wilmore, who were supposed
to be at the International Space Station for a little
over a week, are still there. They're not coming back

(28:16):
until Wednesday. They have been there a total of nine
months because there was a helium leak or something with
the with the with the vessel that was supposed to
bring them back. So they brought it back uncrewde and
they pretty much were stranded there. Now NASA says, well,
we we left them there for nine months on purpose,

(28:39):
you did. Really, If I was supposed to be there
for a week and you let me there for nine months,
I'm not I'm not a very I don't care how
good an astront you are. You're probably not real happy
about that, right, I mean, your your life. I mean,
what's there to do once you once you're done with
all those experiments, what's left to do on the International

(29:01):
Space Station? I mean, it's it's not like you're up
there with your your your best girl having fun. It's
you know, it's all business and they're decides what kind
of fun can you have. There's people spine on you
all the time because the TV cameras are on nine
months worth. So they're finally coming home on Wednesday. The
replacement crew is there, so they're going to you know,

(29:24):
come back assuming that everything's okay this time around. I
mean that's frustrating to the point where President Trump Ashley
Ashley asked Eli, Mas, can you go get them they're stuck?
Can you like go get them and bring them back.
That's when NASA said, no, we did this on purpose.
So again, nine months when you're supposed to be there
a week and a half doesn't seem quite right. Five

(29:46):
forty are time here on Houston's Morning News. What would
you do on the International Space Station for nine months time?

Speaker 10 (29:53):
Right?

Speaker 1 (29:54):
Do they have.

Speaker 3 (29:54):
Fidget spinners up there? Do they allow anything like that?
I guess you could take your slinky right just in case,
you know there.

Speaker 5 (29:59):
Would be something to do in space, But I don't
know I would for I guess you would get tired
of all the stargazing after a while. Let's look now
at the hard work and EASTI I'm gonna check the
ship channel bridges quickly. Here, let's go to the Hartman Bridge.
Let's see what camera is that Hartman baytown side laport.

Speaker 3 (30:16):
We look good, all right, toll bridge. So far we're
feeling magical and lucky. On the toll bridge.

Speaker 5 (30:21):
You're good to go from north shore down to twenty
five and from the bud Plant.

Speaker 3 (30:26):
I wonder if they're gonna have green beer at the
bud Plant.

Speaker 5 (30:28):
Today southbound both ways to the Sherman Bridge.

Speaker 3 (30:31):
We're in good shape.

Speaker 5 (30:32):
On six' ten east tip line is seven one three
two one two tips.

Speaker 3 (30:37):
And let's see Who i've got. Here i'll just go
with my luck.

Speaker 35 (30:41):
Here Scott mark from Spring Oh boy two eighty, Eight North.
Mountain uh at the last.

Speaker 16 (30:49):
Curve just before you are going towards.

Speaker 35 (30:54):
The pier, celebated there are two uh two bar.

Speaker 3 (31:01):
Trucks all, right something's going on up. There we'll check that.
Out robert two eighty.

Speaker 6 (31:04):
Eight there's a broke down vehicle on the infant ramp
to eighty.

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Eight come off the beltways and south Beelt, Way no
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Good, Morning.

Speaker 36 (31:18):
Mike Is lula?

Speaker 5 (31:19):
O'Brien he too?

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Nice clear that the next at.

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This, Point thank you so, Much lola. O'Brien i'm sky
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Center it's still A schulenberg festival.

Speaker 3 (31:35):
Though i'm trying to imagine the outfit that A lola
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have red? Hair pretty good chance of, that Sky mike
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And i'm not one to complain about, sunshine but we
could use a little.

Speaker 18 (31:54):
Rain we couldn't use a little.

Speaker 20 (31:56):
Rain but we're not gonna see any, rain, uh at
least Through. FRIDAY i, KNOW i look Through. FRIDAY i
didn't look Past, friday BUT i saw a stretch of
springtime breezy at. Times though today and tomorrow there's a
storm on The california coast that'll be heading our, way
and so our winds are going to pick up as
it gets.

Speaker 18 (32:16):
Closer BUT i don't see any rain in the forecast Through.

Speaker 7 (32:18):
Friday.

Speaker 20 (32:19):
Folks it's a, nice comfortably warm day today and, tomorrow
mid seventies to low eighties in the. Afternoon it gets
a little bit Warmer wednesday in the load to mid.

Speaker 18 (32:29):
Eighties call fronts.

Speaker 20 (32:31):
Comes through Sometime wednesday evening over night, hours so the
cooler air shows Up thursday And. Friday now hives are
in the load to mid. Seventies that's nice mild springtime for.
Us and, AGAIN i don't see any rain Through.

Speaker 3 (32:44):
Friday, yeah but you're right now fifty at your official
severe weather, Station News radio seven forty K Trh Paty
Sat Patrick's day till you five fifties our time here
In Houston's Morning. News my question, today you can answer
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Fast you get thirty seconds once you hit the. Microphone
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to Celebrate Saint Patrick's day can be just about.

Speaker 6 (33:17):
Anything daniel From, splendora it's Not Saint patrick's day if
you don't change a green poopy diaper at five.

Speaker 3 (33:26):
Am now is he talking about a child's or is
he talking talking about his? OWN i mean that can
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right if you're coming, down you're making that, curve watch,
out AND i think you know what it looks to
me like they're going to take two more, Lanes so

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Speaker 35 (34:12):
Dayton they's got my. Dude they have shutting The Rainbow
bridge down over there In Port author for eighteen, months
AND i believe it begins. TODAY i think you Think
mayhem happens over on the ship channel.

Speaker 5 (34:24):
Bridge oh that's not good At Saint patty's and they're
shutting down The Rainbow. Bridge i'm going to look into
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Speaker 3 (34:35):
Center sunny and breezy today with a high temperature right about.
Eighty tomorrow partley, cloudy wendy about eighty and Then wednesday
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Three no rain in sight at least for the beginning
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(34:55):
checking out some of our top stories on The monday
morning on The Saint patrick's. Date Here's, cliff thank.

Speaker 7 (34:59):
You we're brought to you By Morrow mechanical And Obama
judge tried to stop, it But President trump flew hundreds
of criminal illegals to L. Salvador the death toll from
this weekend's tornado outbreak nation wide does at least thirty.
Nine and by the, way did you see, This? Jimmy
The president wins the championship at His Palm beache golf
club and afterwards said it might be his. LAST i

(35:21):
guess he's retiring from. Competition.

Speaker 3 (35:23):
Huh maybe he doesn't have time to play golf. Anymore
he's got too much to.

Speaker 7 (35:27):
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Speaker 10 (35:33):
Fifty. Nine In bound at the loop is always a.

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Speaker 3 (35:39):
Ten the price tag is changing on some. THINGS i
haven't been to the grocery store here in two. Weeks
here is the price of eggs coming. Down all anybody's
seen a price dropping? Eggs, yeah other things are going
to cost, more probably going to cost more at least
temporarily because of uscating. TARIFFS i Think President trump talked

(36:03):
about putting a two hundred percent tariff On european, alcohol
which you, know most of us can get by even On.
St Patrick's day Without european. Alcohol But Howard, lucknik he's
THE Us commerce, secretary says, that, hey, listen everything's going
to be fine on this, stuff even with these you,

(36:24):
know escalating tariffs going back and forth BETWEEN us and
some of the other countries out, there Like.

Speaker 37 (36:30):
Canada so let let's just go over and take a step,
back and let's go over the big. Picture So Donald
trump has said there are five big industries that he
wants to take care of, steel aluminum and, copper, automobiles, semiconductors,
pharmaceuticals and. Lumber and those five are really important to
us for our national.

Speaker 10 (36:50):
Security, right you need steal in.

Speaker 37 (36:52):
Aluminum so when we put a scale in aluminum, tariff
we need to teach the world just let us. Rebuild
america needs to be in. Charge let us rebuild our
steel in aluminum domestic. Production and when we do, that
tariffing Our american, WHISKEY i, mean why is that? Credible
it seems. Illogical So Donald trump's just reminding The European

(37:15):
union who's in. Charge who do they run their big
budget deficits, with you, know their trade.

Speaker 10 (37:20):
Deficits they trade with us huge.

Speaker 37 (37:23):
Amounts we buy their stuff all, day every, day and
they need to Respect Donald, trump and he's going to
teach them how to do. That you, know the auto
sector is the fundamental manufacturing capability where if we called
out The Defense Production, act we need those, automobiles that
manufacturing capability at.

Speaker 10 (37:43):
Scale god, forbid there was A World.

Speaker 37 (37:45):
War we need that manufacturing sector here In.

Speaker 10 (37:50):
America it's, vital it's.

Speaker 37 (37:51):
Important and, remember a giant trade deficit is not effective
for our. Economy we need to balance that trade deficit
because over time that just eats your. Way that is
the emergency That Donald trump is focused. On we can't
have these wildly, large, insane persistent trade deficits where all

(38:16):
these other countries just eat our. Lunch And Donald trump
is on it and he is going to change. It
and autos is kind of hot on that.

Speaker 3 (38:24):
List, yeah and AGAIN i hate to think of in
terms of a world, war but the way The United
states Won World War, two at least one of the
big ways we Won World war two was being able
to switch over our domestic production to war. Production and
if you don't have all these plants geared up and

(38:46):
ready to, go then how are you going to be
able to fight a? More you have to be able
to produce those things. Yourself it's five point fifty. Six
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Speaker 1 (39:00):
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Speaker 2 (39:04):
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Speaker 3 (39:13):
Studio at six am is a time here On Houston's Morning.
News I'm Jimmy. Barrett among our top stories as have
Our trump tells the, judge sorry you're too. Late The
president plans to talk to putin, tomorrow and coming up
at six o eight A trump travel band for forty one.
Countries details coming in the minutes. Ahead you're In Houston's Morning. News,

(39:34):
first we're checking out that morning drive. Again Sky mike's, here.

Speaker 5 (39:37):
Wes loop look. Out this is southbound if you're coming
down from. UPTOWN i got a wreck here two right.
Lanes this one's looking pretty. GNARLY i got backups from
Bel air on the southbound outbound. Side so if you're
trying to go down from, uptown why don't you go
to The Southwest freeway in two eighty eight, instead let's
check your northwest side tip.

Speaker 20 (39:54):
Line what.

Speaker 16 (40:00):
From ninety nine to the west belts wide?

Speaker 35 (40:02):
Open it seems like we're all next in the spring, break.

Speaker 3 (40:06):
All, Right no.

Speaker 5 (40:06):
Shenanigans they've cleared that thing outbound at nineteen sixty that
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Time now for the. News Here's Fliff.

Speaker 7 (40:48):
Saunders thank, You jimmy SIX zho two ON. Ktrh we're
sponsored By ISOPHARMIC. Llc top. Story hundreds of suspected illegals
members Of trendy Or ragua are now in L salvador
to despite An obama appointed federal judge's attempt and order
to stop those.

Speaker 38 (41:05):
Flights in just one, Month President trump has used his
executive authority to secure our southern. Border it proves that
everybody who claimed we needed a border bill was. Wrong
we just needed a new.

Speaker 7 (41:16):
President White House Press Secretary Carolyn levitt On fox the
flights were already in the air at the time of the.
Ruling here at, HOME hpd reportedly is instructed to Call
ice if they come across somebody who has deportation orders on.
Them there are at least one point four million people
with active orders across the country right.

Speaker 3 (41:38):
Now SIX zho.

Speaker 7 (41:39):
Three THE us carries out airstrikes on The hoodies In
yemen this. Weekend secretary Of Saint Marco Ruby HOTEL. Cbs
they were. Justified they've attacked The United States.

Speaker 9 (41:49):
Navy we're not going to have people sitting around with
the missiles.

Speaker 10 (41:53):
Attacking THE Us.

Speaker 7 (41:54):
Navy it's not going to, happen not Under President. Trump
meantime In, Europe trump takes the next step impossible peace
Between russia And. Ukraine he will talk To Vladimir putin
tomorrow at a worksman done over the.

Speaker 3 (42:05):
Weekend we want to see we can bring that word
to an.

Speaker 18 (42:08):
End maybe we, can maybe we, can't BUT i think
we have a very good.

Speaker 7 (42:11):
Chance that Was trump On Air force. One the two
sides continued aerial attacks on each other over the weekend
SIX zho. Three the administration hasn't totally discounted the possibility
of a. Recession JASON. W taylor Of Code launch says
companies pre stocking before tariffs hit caused recession, panic but
that worry is.

Speaker 13 (42:32):
Overblown recession caused by policy chains not the same thing
as a recession caused by massive. Unemployment lack of job
gross is two different types of. Recessions it could be
something where we go in and out of reception a
recession and everybody, goes, huh we were in a recession
and now we're not okay.

Speaker 7 (42:49):
Now even After Wall street had a bounce back session On,
friday overnight trading is down across the, board, down futures
off one hundred and twenty one. Points elsewhere a new
report from The Media research shows that The biden led
censorship In america was way worse than we all, thought.

Speaker 33 (43:06):
And as a, result THE fcc is launching a massive deregulation.

Speaker 14 (43:11):
Initiative The biden censorship cartel had fifty seven gigantic and
separate censorship.

Speaker 33 (43:18):
Initiative That's Dan, SCHNEIDER vp of THE, mrc who is
backing the new head of THE, Fcc Brendan.

Speaker 14 (43:26):
Carr brendan's got a fight in front of, him but
he is the right guy leading the way on.

Speaker 33 (43:30):
That and when it comes to, Deregulation carr says nothing
is off. Limits Jeff Biggs News radio seven forty k T.

Speaker 7 (43:38):
H closer To. Home after being given extra power By
democrat county, Commissioners Harris County Attorney Christian menefie is joined
the lawsuit against The trump administration over.

Speaker 16 (43:48):
Doge believe, me if this was A democrat president doing,
doze there would be no amicus.

Speaker 3 (43:55):
Brief so there's no, merit there's no.

Speaker 7 (43:57):
Justification That's Republican Harris County precinct Three Commissioner Tom. Ramsey,
meantime reports a menafee is going to run for the
vacant congressional seat left By Sylvester turner's death six oh.
Five some kids are back from spring break. Today others are,
out but most students are dealing with some form of great?

(44:18):
Inflation so is that hurting the learning?

Speaker 39 (44:20):
Process GPAs are up over the past few, decades but
weekly study hours have fallen.

Speaker 6 (44:25):
DRASTICALLY i would be surprised if study hours had not gotten.
Shorter we've become so much more efficient in how we find.

Speaker 39 (44:33):
Information educator and speaker Doctor Tyler tarver says today's technology
has helped students do more with.

Speaker 1 (44:38):
LESS i know that.

Speaker 6 (44:40):
What i'm using to study things has gotten a lot
better in the past sixty four.

Speaker 39 (44:45):
Years it's, possible, though that great inflation is hurting the future.
Workforce Charit Lewis News radio seven forty k.

Speaker 33 (44:51):
H six h.

Speaker 7 (44:52):
Six more violent crime this. Weekend at least four people
were shot in a social media sale gone wrong in
Northwest Harris. County one man is, dead another hospitalized after
an argument at A katie fast food joint led to a,
gunfight and a team is shot and killed In Galina
park last. NIGHT a person of interest is in custody.
Now last YEAR'S Jeep weekend resulted in more than three hundred.

(45:15):
Arrests this YEAR'S Jeep weekend is still a couple of months,
away but law enforcement is already.

Speaker 3 (45:21):
Preparing we're planning far in.

Speaker 17 (45:23):
Advance we've been meeting for months now ABOUT Jeep weekend
with the local business owners with different agencies throughout the.

Speaker 7 (45:30):
State Gallison County Sheriff jimmy Fall un TOLD ktrh any
violation of law will not be. Tolerated sixh. Six five
colleges From texas make THE Ncaa. Tournament The, koogs for
the third straight, year are a number one. Seed Ut The, Aggies,
baylor And Texas tech also are going, dancing and The
rockets Host philly. Tonight they've won six in a. Row

(45:52):
pregame at six On Sports talk seven. Ninety I'm Cliff
saunders On Houston's, news weather And traffic STATION. Ktrh four more.

Speaker 1 (46:01):
Years, Hi Donald John?

Speaker 3 (46:02):
Trump what happens?

Speaker 10 (46:03):
Next who knows what? Happens?

Speaker 1 (46:05):
Best happens here On Youth radio seven FORTY.

Speaker 3 (46:08):
Ktrh one of the more Talented cuban. Imports Gloria estevan
six oh, Seven our time here On Houston's Born. News
her family was born In. Cuba her, FATHER i want to,
say worked For President bautista before the fall Of cuba

(46:30):
To Fidel, castro and that's when her family ended up In.
Florida In miami, specifically there are a lot Of Cuban
americans who are In, miami a lot Of Cuban americans
In florida. Period so it kind of surprised me a
little bit to see that The president's proposed travel restrictions
forty one affected. Countries some of them would have a

(46:50):
full visa, suspension which means there would be no one
allowed from those countries. Period Includes, cuba because the rule
has always been and if you get to the shores
of The United states and you're From, queba we take you.
In so that would be a major change in. POLICY
i don't know how many we have coming, over how

(47:10):
Many gibbons we have coming over to The United states these.
Days but the reason behind it is the same reason
behind all the people all the other countries that would
have a full visa suspension that would Include, Afghanistan, Iran,
Libya North, Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, venezuela And. Yemen in

(47:33):
that there's no way that we convet these. People we
don't know who these people, are we don't know what
their intentions would be towards The United states Or american,
citizens and therefore we would not be able to allow
them in under any. Circumstances those are the ones that
would have a full. Suspension partial visas suspensions would be For, Haiti,

(47:57):
laos Mind mar And South. Sudan conditional visas suspensions would
be For, Angola antigua And, Barbuda, belarus Ben In, BUTTAN
i think that's how you pronounce, It Burkina. Faso many
of these are places you've never heard, of right or

(48:18):
wouldn't be going to. Anyway Cabo, Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, chad
and The Democratic republic of The. Congo Also, dominica which
actually would be interesting because a lot of cruise ships
stopped In. Dominica not one of my favorite ports of,
call but they do stop. There, Gambia, Liberia, Pakistan republic

(48:42):
of The, Congo Saint kitts And, Nevis Saint, Lucia East,
timor And, vanatu among. Others, again not too many of
them are places you'd be going to. Anyway six' ten
time for traffic and. Weather. Together sound don't drink the water, Those,
GUY mike i bet they. Have tequila let's go to

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the hard Work And. East saide let's hit to.

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Twenty five now we're coming OVER from i still want
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Speaker 3 (49:08):
It DuPont what are they? Calling?

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It now from one forty six Into, Good year we're.
Looking good eighteen minutes rocking. ALONG here I Ten east
freeway over The Ship. Channel bridge did you know that's
a super? Fund site. Terry iten they had a problem
right there a long, time ago Right Around. Channel view
but here, we are coming in From The Sanjacino. River
bridge twenty one just random facts into The. Bud plant.

(49:30):
We're good twenty one minutes. Into Downtown east freeway looks,
Good Bridges, hartman bridge it's Beautiful from Baytown to laporte,
both Ways, toll bridge no. Suckage there it's nice to
have that. Lane back and six to ten from The.
Bud plant we're in good. Shape here oh clear the
west brais would go ahead and stay.

Speaker 3 (49:46):
The course that little smush up will be gone.

Speaker 5 (49:48):
Pretty shortly they've also cleared the accident Off The kadie,
freeway outbound not Inbound at silver that's gone forget.

Speaker 3 (49:55):
About it An inbound you're going New From pinoak road.

Speaker 5 (49:58):
Twenty nine minutes, in see let's take a quick look
it in east Way Out, Rice country Tony, From beaumont Tony.

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percent there, you go ye way more, than ME skym i.
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Speaker 20 (50:36):
That's okay we'll we'll let him enjoy the holiday with
us so that we can enjoy.

Speaker 3 (50:41):
Single, demand right that's right to, only fair.

Speaker 20 (50:44):
Only, fair, hey, well however you are Observing This saint.
PATTI'S day I think houston's feeling pretty lucky at, least
weatherwise with the sunshine and the comfortable temperatures a little
bit breezy. At, times today temperatures will be slightly warmer.
Than yesterday mid seventies to low eighties today and tomorrow,

(51:06):
as well And then wednesday's warmer in the load of.

Speaker 18 (51:09):
Mid eighties we'll get.

Speaker 20 (51:09):
A call front to come Through sometime wednesday and that
will drop. The temperatures Thursday and friday still dry though
no signs of Rain. Through friday load of mid seventies
For high's Thursday.

Speaker 3 (51:21):
And friday temperature right now forty nine at your official severe,
weather Station news radio seven FORTY. K, trh thursday, we're,
celebrating well we're celebrating a. Little bit we're all a
Little bit. Irish day we're all wearing, the green we're
all getting ready for green beer or two. Or whatever
but my question today At the iHeartRadio, at ktrh put

(51:43):
us on your, pre set get thirty seconds to give
me your first name where you're calling from and filling.
The bike It's Not saint patrick's day for ME unless
i unless you, What.

Speaker 8 (51:53):
Hey jimmy it is Just Not saint patrick's day unless
you get a heavy dose Of heavy.

Speaker 3 (51:58):
Celtic Rock heavy. Celtic rock do we have any. Of
that we'll have to see if we can find some
six time for trafficking With rock, Celtic Rock, sky MIKE
and i don't think he's talking about, you know like
a rock mineral rock rock is rock. And roll it's five.

Speaker 5 (52:16):
Hundred miles well, Walk Bye, pndred Monks.

Speaker 3 (52:19):
The, Scottish Oh.

Speaker 5 (52:20):
SCOTTISH scotts I get Scottishes and irishes.

Speaker 3 (52:23):
Mixed up do we have a guest by.

Speaker 5 (52:24):
THE way i just want to make SURE if i
don't need to be short today or. This morning but
let's look at your. East, side now let's Go West.
Katie freeway we'll get back to You park road To
the president's now On The. Katie freeway, so far just twenty.
Eight minutes we're going in nicely. To nine if you
had a grand march at, your wedding we're in. Good
Shape grand parkway to The, west Loop Sixteen.

Speaker 3 (52:44):
North loop we're.

Speaker 5 (52:45):
Getting a little squeezed down at forty. Five westbound, that's
normal but. It's aggravating go ahead and take itent through
town if you're trying to go from east to west
and north sam we're already getting that spackle now at
All deemed. Westfield WESTBOUND i'm skymikee ON To usa Rbresorts
Dot Com Traffick Center Raid inflation we'll talk about that coming.

Speaker 3 (53:04):
Up next but first FROM Our ktrh Top tax defenders
twenty four Hour, weather center sunny and breezy right about
eighty for the high Temperature, today, hartley cloudy windy about
eighty tomorrow And, then wednesday clouds early afternoon sun right about.
Eighty three temperature currently is forty nine at Your Officials
Severe Weather Station news radio seven FORTY. K trh get

(53:25):
you caught up now in some of our top stories
On The Saint Patrick's. Daviers cliff Thank.

Speaker 7 (53:28):
You jimmy at six, twenty two we're Sponsored By. Moro
Mechanical The Democrat civil war. Is On After chuck schumer
caved on the, spending Bill The white house is considering
a deal To have oracle by TikTok ahead Of the
april fifth, congressional deadline and after some, Local backlash BUCkies
puts plans for Expansion into colorado. On hold they don't

(53:52):
like the. Beaver there get the latest news ANYTIME at ktrh.
Dot com our next update is at.

Speaker 2 (53:57):
Six thirty what started in your are now works on
your phone with the new.

Speaker 1 (54:03):
iHeartRadio apps the new process.

Speaker 19 (54:04):
Are Fantastic get, houston's, news weather.

Speaker 3 (54:07):
And traffic THAT'S how i LISTEN to. Ktrh, INSTEAD lad i,
Got yeah but are those grades? Really earned six twenty
three is our time Here on houston's. Boring NEWS and
i don't think we're talking about plea BARGING a c
plus INTO a. B minus i did that a few times.
IN school i even GOT a b plus turned INTO
an a minus a, few times, you know just by,

(54:28):
you know throwing a little charm on. The teacher but
we're talking about a problem that's been going on for quite,
some time to the point where colleges and universities when
they look at transcripts of students and they look at,
the grades they don't know what to make of them
because they just don't know how legit. They Are Doctor
tyler TARVER Joins Us higher ED and k through twelve educator.
And speaker how big of a problem is great inflation

(54:50):
in our country? RIGHT now.

Speaker 6 (54:53):
I mean it's it depends on, the SCHOOL and i
think that a lot of times we have to look
at what's happening in those classes and maybe take a
look at what we're doing with school. In general, you
know are the grades going up because students are better
at studying and we haven't changed while we teach in.

Speaker 3 (55:10):
SIXTY years i would guess that if grades are, going
up it's got to, be, suspect right because we know
that test scores have not been. Going up we know
that kids have fallen behind in the testing that we.
Have done so if they're getting good grades but lower,
test scores then something there isn't. Working right, well.

Speaker 6 (55:29):
Again and you know you're looking at. YOUR tests i
mean a lot of states we change who's testing them
every two to, Three years so a lot of times
whenever we're judging it based on, test scores are they
going up or we just changing who's doing, the test
it's always going to take a, look at, you know
what is the consistency of the tests versus the consistency
of what's happening in. The classroom so great, question though

(55:51):
thank You.

Speaker 3 (55:51):
Very, yeah well, YOU know i think we're all searching, for.
Answers right we want our kids to get a. Great
education i'm sure colleges and universities want to know that
the students they're getting when when they're looking at, the
transcripts that they can kind of information to help them
make a judgment about whether or not they should be
accepted to that, particular.

Speaker 6 (56:08):
School, right, oh, Absolutely YEAH and i think that's. What's
important we have these, you know these these tests that
students come in and assess their. Knowledge, for, so yeah that's.

Speaker 3 (56:20):
Absolutely true should there be and of course Here in
texas we Have The, star test and plenty of other
states have their, own tests and they talk all the
time about whether or not they want to continue to.
Do it should there be a national standard when it comes?
To test should we be consistent from state to state
to state and how we test students so that we
have something reliable we can compare these these test. Scores too.

Speaker 10 (56:44):
It's not.

Speaker 6 (56:45):
About it and we do have, you KNOW, the ACT
the SAT and i think those have been kind of our.
Our standard that's what a lot of colleges use for.
Admitting students, you know there was a there was a
time there for a few years where we we got away.
From THAT but, I see i see personally a lot
of colleges going back to that to work as the
as as the the barometer that they use to let

(57:07):
students into, their schools, You.

Speaker 3 (57:09):
Know and the OTHER thing, i WONDER and i wonder
how you feel, about This. DOCTOR tarver i don't believe
that the college education is. FOR everybody i think there
are some students that are better working with their hands
or or doing, some other some other form of vocational
education for whatever their next career is going. TO be,
i mean they're they're master plumbers out there making tw
hundred thousand dollars. A YEAR so i don't think we

(57:31):
have to feel sorry for them by you stitch of.
The imagination should we be doing vocational or some form
of vocational testing on students to, try to, you know
show kids where maybe they have an aptitude that they
haven't thought.

Speaker 15 (57:42):
Of?

Speaker 6 (57:42):
Before, Oh ABSOLUTELY and i think we do have that
to some degree in a lot of in a lot,
of arenas and, you know as a as, an educator
a last, time EDUCATOR and I just i. LOVE education
i think it's an. AMAZING avenue i still think we
have to look at what is world look like now
and what jobs are people. Going into, you Know the
internet has changed a lot. Of things, you know, we've

(58:05):
seen especially over the past four or, five years where
a lot of people can do their, jobs remotely and
so that's that's a different set of skills and, you
know different employers sometimes where it's, being hey you need
this degree to even get in the door to get.
This job now a lot of times where people, are,
like well you can Use the Internet or google or
shaggbt to figure.

Speaker 1 (58:25):
Out how to do this on. The fly it's not as.

Speaker 6 (58:28):
Necessary for us for you to have. That DEGREE so
i would say even beyond just jobs or use, Your
hands i'd say jobs where you're making social media videos
and you're marketing for. A company LIKE if i own
a COMPANY and i need you to tell my, COMPANY
story i don't need necessarily need you to have a
college degree or, you, know masters or even a high.
School degree there's hygh school KIDS that. I know the

(58:50):
teachers are teaching them film classes and they Have two
the student has two hundred thousand subscribers on YouTube and
makes one hundred grand a year and they're in. Eleventh
grade because they talk about, You know nike shoes or whatever.
It is so the, world's changing AND so, i, THINK
honestly i would love to see colleges expand and start
including those arenas even more than we do these ones

(59:12):
we've done for so.

Speaker 3 (59:13):
Many, years interesting. Very interesting good to talk, to. You
sir thank you for your Time Today Doctor. Tyler tarver
he's a higher ED in k through twelve educator. And
speaker six. Twenty eight time to take a look at
your money as we check in Again With jeff Bellinger.

Speaker 25 (59:25):
And Jimmy federal reserve policymakers meet Tomorrow and wednesday to
discuss the economy and. Interest rates economists think it's a.
Safe bed interest rates will be left unchanged this, time around,
They Say Chair jerome powell has a. Tough job when
he meets with Reporters, on wednesday he'll likely offer reassurances
that the economy is healthy and convey That the fed

(59:47):
is prepared to act again. If necessary stock market futures
all lower. This Morning I'm, Jeff Bellinger bloomberg Business On
news radio SEVEN, Forty Ktrh.

Speaker 19 (01:00:00):
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Speaker 1 (01:00:05):
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Child everywhere with the more of what's happening now From
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Speaker 3 (01:00:15):
Services studios it is. Six thirty You're on Houston's. Morning
News I'm. Jimmy barrett among our top stories this, half
hour twice as many now think the country is headed
in the. Right direction democrats eating their Own After chuck
schumer Caves to trump and coming up at six, thirty
eight we think see looks as though he's gone book
details in, the minutes, say head You're in houston's. Morning,

(01:00:36):
news first we're checking out that drive time again With. Sky.
Mike jimmy do people take Off For Saint? Patrick's day
it's sure some some probably would if you could turn
it into a long weekends On a monday, this year
it looks.

Speaker 5 (01:00:49):
LIKE it i just don't have the usual smashes. This
morning i've Got The, North sam we've got that deal
at All. Named westfield that's a left. Lane missing, it's roadwork.

Speaker 3 (01:00:57):
And we're will loopy at.

Speaker 5 (01:00:58):
The squeeze that's normal westbound at. Forty five, some breaks
stay of. The course it's not. That bad the east
text elevated suckage is there like normal from quipment down
To The. Big george but rest of, our, FREEWAYS no.
I don't i don't want to say quiet. And jinks
but if you, see something let. Me know seven one
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Speaker 3 (01:01:20):
Center FROM R ktrh Generator super center twenty Four Hour
weather center is sunny and breezy today with the high
temperature right. About eighty no rain for Tomorrow, or Wednesday,
or thursday or Probably. Even friday maybe, this weekend but
we'll have To check inventari and see when we will get.
Some rain sure could use a little help with. The
pollen temperature right now is forty nine at Your Officials Severe.

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Weather Station news radio seven forty K. T rh it's
time now for the. News airslipsunders, Thank.

Speaker 7 (01:01:47):
You jimmy it is six thirty two on kgrh our.

Speaker 40 (01:01:50):
Chop story there's actually little That the senate minority leader,
can say and The ten democrats have voted With the
republics can.

Speaker 27 (01:02:00):
Say to appease somebody, Like me i'm gonna change my registration.

Speaker 4 (01:02:03):
To.

Speaker 7 (01:02:03):
Independence oh democrats are on the war Path After chuck
schumer caved and voted to keep the government Open. On
friday That Was simone SANDERS, on msnbc and there are
persistent RUMORS that aoc Will challenge schumer in twenty.

Speaker 27 (01:02:17):
Twenty eight there are a lot of people that are
watching his leadership in.

Speaker 7 (01:02:21):
This moment this is The Moment Texas Congresswoman jasmine CROCKETT.
On cnn and there is more unhinged liberals, out There
As National teachers Union President randy weingarten went into meltdown
mode over plans to kill Off the Department. Of education,
So mad.

Speaker 41 (01:02:38):
I'm spitting mad about this because it's hurting the people who,
can't vote children.

Speaker 7 (01:02:43):
Don't, vote well she must have forgotten what A former democrat,
president said and that was back in. Twenty Eleven barack
obama posted a long video calling for an end to
quote pointless waste and.

Speaker 30 (01:02:55):
Stupid spending no amount of waste, is acceptable not when
it's your not at the time when So many americans
are already.

Speaker 3 (01:03:02):
Cutting back that.

Speaker 7 (01:03:03):
Went viral after resurfacing, this weekend nearly half the country
now says we are headed in the right direction after
just eight weeks of The second. Trump administration the.

Speaker 26 (01:03:14):
Last time it actually hit forty four Or higher january
of two thousand, And four so a lot of This,
is republicans. But independence that number is also up since.
The election on the direction of, THE Country.

Speaker 7 (01:03:26):
Msnbc steve kornaki there the forty four percent is up
from twenty seven Percent, in november and that is one
Poll benefiting trump. Just one many others though undercounted his
support over, the years and now since they've gotten it,
All wrong monmouth is Closing Their. Pullman institute this.

Speaker 15 (01:03:44):
Isn't surprising given the falling accuracy and low participation of.

Speaker 31 (01:03:48):
Political polls there are Plenty of americans out there who
either don't like them or are suspicious of them and
don't want to talk about who they vote for and
all of that kind.

Speaker 15 (01:03:57):
Of thing that's Political Commentator. Jeffrey lord he thinks that
social media may be replacing. Traditional polling there's.

Speaker 31 (01:04:03):
Been successive ways of how technology works in terms, of
politics and it does have an impact and make a.

Speaker 15 (01:04:10):
Big difference he added that for years people have given
too much weight to, political polls and now reality is.
Catching Up Ethan Buchanan news radio SEVEN.

Speaker 7 (01:04:18):
Forty ktrh it's now six thirty five And The texas
senate is moving along with getting bills Passed in Austin
the house though has, fallen behind including on property.

Speaker 32 (01:04:28):
Tax relief we should be returning property tax relief to
y'all to the tune of tens of billions, of dollars
but bare minimum twenty, four billion because that's.

Speaker 1 (01:04:37):
The surplus we're sitting.

Speaker 3 (01:04:38):
On it but here's.

Speaker 1 (01:04:38):
The reality the leadership.

Speaker 32 (01:04:40):
Down here they're only planning on returning about three point
five billion of.

Speaker 7 (01:04:44):
That Surplus senate bill sixteen is expected to pass In
the house as well before going to. The Governor State Senator.
Mains middleton in the Meantime of galveston well he is
moving to set a deadline to plug the more than
one hundred and fifty Thousand Inactive.

Speaker 34 (01:04:59):
Texas way twenty, twenty Four The road commission plugged oneenty
twelve wells at a cost of thirty. Four million the
overall orphan well population increased by four hundred, sixty wells
and the regulations associated with an active wells have not
changed since an active well bill was passed by the
legislature in two thousand.

Speaker 7 (01:05:18):
And nine the bill has the support Of The texas
Oil And. Gas association oil futures are up after weekend
air strikes By the trump administration on the hutis trading
get sixty eight thirteen a barrel. This morning dow futures
are down one hundred and twenty. Points overnight arket's now
worried About new trump tariffs set to go. Into Effect on,

(01:05:38):
April Second Ohio Republican Senator bernie Moreno told fox he is.
Not worried you saw.

Speaker 3 (01:05:44):
The new, inflation report lois inflation in.

Speaker 36 (01:05:46):
FIVE years i think our trade relationships having been reset
is a really.

Speaker 7 (01:05:51):
Good, thing Meantime Aboard air, Force one trump told reporters
that he's not going to budge On his april second
deadline for new tariff on trade partners six point thirty
SIX on ktrh More spring breakers will be headed out
for the final week Of The Houston livestock Show, and
rodeo with country crossover Star post malone taking the rotating

(01:06:13):
stage and making his debut there. Tomorrow Night God.

Speaker 6 (01:06:17):
Call Me.

Speaker 7 (01:06:25):
The rodeo was also issued a statement About the journey
Concert on friday that got cut short because of an.
Electrical fire officials are working on either a reschedule or,
a refund and for the fourth time in, his career
From ber valdez Of The houston astros was named the
opening day Starter the stros in, spring training Beating the

(01:06:45):
mets yesterday by a final of five. To Nothing I'm
cliff Saunters on, houston's news weather and traffic Station news
radio SEVEN forty. K trh i Live.

Speaker 19 (01:06:57):
In katie you're reliable forecast next on the ten on.

Speaker 3 (01:07:01):
Seven Ktright any shakespeare fans. OUT there i was In
a shakespeare in. PLAY once i played the Part of
horatio In the taming Of. The shrew this is, high school,
of COURSE and.

Speaker 15 (01:07:20):
I.

Speaker 3 (01:07:20):
Don't know there's something about a two hundred and fifty
pound offensive lineman having to. Wear tights it just didn't
just didn't work for. Me anyway the museum or House
Where william shakespeare was Born in Stratford, Upon, avon england
is decolonizing From its Western identity Shakespeare. Gone woke According

(01:07:45):
To The, daily Mail The Shakespeare birthplace trust taking a
community led approach to explore the continued Impact of empire on,
their collections critically reflecting on how items have, been acquired
interpreted and. Accessed today this will better inform current and
future interpretation and collections management practices as they look to

(01:08:07):
explore the process of decolonizing our collections and our, organizational
practice helping to create a more inclusive. Museum Experience, What
yeah they're going to make sure that future projects in
the Name Of william shakespeare, promote diversity equity. And inclusion

(01:08:33):
that may be on the, retreat here but Evidently in
england it's alive and well and it's going all the
way Back to shakespeare six. Forty time for traffic, and weather.
It's together BUTEST thing i ever heard might come up
with something even. More stupid. Sky MINE but i like
taking all the redneck Out Of. East, texas yeah they'll
be about.

Speaker 5 (01:08:50):
The same, oh oh we're going to drive a little
preuses now Down the East. Text freeway let's go Down
The east text. Now hit we're coming down From the
Sticks from cleven and all the Way Past Splendor High.
Splendor police we look Good In new canny all the.
WAY down a little thick around the Graveyards At lauder,
road southbound otherwise it's an. Easy ride we're twenty Minutes

(01:09:11):
from Mumble In. Lord sam here's that Smush At, alding westfield.

Speaker 10 (01:09:15):
It's normal.

Speaker 5 (01:09:15):
IT'S westbound i think we're supposed to have this completed.
Long ago This Is alding westfield, left lane and then
Eastbound At imperial valley that is also a. Left lane
we are squeezed down at forty five on The north
loop six. To Ten, so terry if, your hazard just
take The south loop instead normal People take i'm not
saying you're, not normal but other PEOPLE take. I ten

(01:09:36):
you are a little squished Right Around waco street trying
to hit that roadwork as you're going to forty. Five
outbound this is From the baytown side TO the Kde Side.
Southwest freeway it's thick and spicy from about he'll croft
up into The west loop six ten and we're looking
at Me.

Speaker 3 (01:09:51):
O keema top of the morning, To.

Speaker 7 (01:09:53):
You mikey it was a literally five minutes swoop Up TO.

Speaker 18 (01:09:59):
Beltway a and can.

Speaker 29 (01:10:01):
You tell jimmy that Some heavy celtic rock Is Blogging
Mollie Happy petty's.

Speaker 5 (01:10:08):
Day DOING what i just Can't. Understand Irish maybe terry can.
Interpret that i'm IN the USA R v Resorts dot com.

Speaker 3 (01:10:17):
Traffic center i'll try. It again it's such.

Speaker 31 (01:10:18):
Is logging, Molly.

Speaker 3 (01:10:21):
Flogging, Molly flogging Molly fall Yeah Flogging, molly okay? Sounds
violent is that a?

Speaker 5 (01:10:26):
Classic, song oh they're, A group they're, A group they're. A,
group yeah flog they're.

Speaker 3 (01:10:31):
THIS year i want to do anything Like The. Dropkick
murphy's oh oh It's another irish. Rock, band anyway what about, You,
too oh, my favorite. THEY'RE legit i mean we're looking
for we're looking for saint, passing stands some.

Speaker 18 (01:10:44):
Scure bands we're.

Speaker 3 (01:10:46):
Looking for the stuff that you're going to drink a
gallon of green beer to that kind. Of stuff From.
ARCADD ira i just have a glass of wine while
listening to. You too FROM R ktrh Generator, super center
twenty Four Hour. Weather center terry. Is here she's Twenty.
Percent irish. I'm twenty that makes us forty Six percent
irish until we Figure, in skymike and then the we're
minus six Percent of irish slice, For me, He, goes

(01:11:07):
yeah it goes completely the, opposite direction.

Speaker 20 (01:11:11):
And we're Enjoying the irish blood that anybody has and
the party that will. Shortly commence i'm sure so nice,
weather folks for whatever your plans are On This Saint.
Patti's day, Blue skies comfortable temperatures today, and tomorrow a
little breezy, at times mid seventies to low eighties today,

(01:11:34):
and tomorrow And then wednesday's warmer load of mid eighties
colfrint swings Through sometime wednesday late in.

Speaker 18 (01:11:40):
The day cools us Off for Thursday.

Speaker 20 (01:11:42):
And Friday now we're Still dry Thursday and Friday and saturday,
as well and temperatures will be in the load of,
mid seventies so just slightly.

Speaker 18 (01:11:50):
Cooler. Air, nice really this is such a nice. Dosis
springtime i'm liking the weather.

Speaker 37 (01:11:56):
This.

Speaker 3 (01:11:56):
Week yep but you're right now forty nine at your
officials severe. The station here's radio SEVEN. Forty ktrh so
that's What flogging molly SOUNDS like a six fifty our
time Here In Houston's. Morning, news yeah we're doing a
little talk. Back today our question of. The day It's
Not Saint patrick's day for ME unless i and then

(01:12:16):
you fill in the blank with whatever it is you
do To Celebrate Saint. Patrick's day, to respond you go
to the iHeartRadio app KT, r h put us on.
Your preset you get thirty seconds once you hit the
microphone to give us a, first name where you're, calling
from and fill in. THE blank i was waiting for
this one.

Speaker 7 (01:12:32):
To Come Happy Saint Track patrick's, day's boys it's eighty.

Speaker 33 (01:12:35):
From spring It's Not Saint patrick's day, without, corn, beef
potatoes carrots and the Drop.

Speaker 3 (01:12:40):
Kick, murphy's aha then Drop. Cake murphy's that was the.
Other one we were waiting for it. This morning right by.
The way It's Not Saint patrick's day For my sicilian
wife unless she gets corned beef, and cabbage which once
you get, PAST this i enjoy. Eating it it's the
smell when. IT'S cooking i can't get past time for
traffic and, Weather together It's Not saint patty's DAY unless

(01:13:03):
i get shot down by a. Redheaded girl CLIFFORD and
i have a story. About that oh everybody has a redheaded.
Girls Stories Gay.

Speaker 5 (01:13:11):
Katie Freeway At. Washington avenue let's say which way. We're,
inbound okay that's, a stall that's not, a wreck, good,
good good. Good good uh here's. The problem he's right on,
that exit and of those of you trying to GO
To i Hop, And, denny's uh that's gonna mess you
up a.

Speaker 3 (01:13:24):
Little, bit plus here's.

Speaker 5 (01:13:25):
The deal it's right after, the merge before, the tracks
and that's kind of a.

Speaker 3 (01:13:28):
Crazy spot so just.

Speaker 5 (01:13:29):
WATCH out i think once the ninjas, GET there i
hope THEY get i actually hope they get a little
extra langage for. Everyone's Safety was luke going down. To
uptown we're Slow From hempstead highway going up. To uptown
it's a pretty big cram up from. That ramp and your.
TIP line i heard you.

Speaker 3 (01:13:44):
Say you're going to.

Speaker 6 (01:13:45):
Be short isn't? THAT redundant i?

Speaker 5 (01:13:47):
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Speaker 7 (01:14:15):
You jimmy hundreds of criminal illegals with TIES to tda
are now In. L salvador a Majority of americans support,
mass deportations According To new Pauling, and jimmy this is,
for you since you brought. It up it's Not Just Saint.
Patrick's Day it's National corned Beef And. Cabbage, day, hey
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I Live, In Pasadena.

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On the Ten Time saving traffic con SEVEN. Forty ktrh,
you know it's kind OF a cs time down there around.
The border there's not a whole lot.

Speaker 3 (01:15:03):
Going on do you know that there was a ninety
five percent drop in the Month of february and the
amount of encounters at the border ninety. Five percent here's
a Report From news nation on this.

Speaker 36 (01:15:15):
Staggering figure sources Confirming To news nation that in the
first twelve days of, this month the daily illegal crossings
total is at twenty nine hundred and. Twenty seven that's
an average of just two hundred and forty four for
the first twelve Days. Of march and if that trend,
does continue we could see those daily migrant encounters finish Lower.

Speaker 3 (01:15:33):
Than February And president trump.

Speaker 36 (01:15:35):
Is taking a lap in that reaction to those lower numbers,
And Decades president trump Taking To true social to, say
quote thanks To the trump, administration policies the border is
closed to all. Illegal immigrants anyone who tries to illegally
ENTER the usa will face significant criminal penalties and. Immediate
Deportation Homeland security secretary Christ, you knows speaking, Of Newstations

(01:15:56):
Ali bradley gnome says illegal crossings are down in ninety
five Percent since trump took Office. In january during her
border visit on the Border, In, nogiles arizona.

Speaker 7 (01:16:06):
This is an announcement to the, Entire world america's borders.

Speaker 18 (01:16:09):
Are closed if you want to come.

Speaker 20 (01:16:11):
Here illegally we only.

Speaker 7 (01:16:12):
Want people in our country Who love america and want
to follow.

Speaker 36 (01:16:16):
Our Laws, since January the trumble administration has ENDED the
cbp one app Pressure in mexico to deploy troops to
its northern border to curve migration flow TO the, us
border ended catch and Released by, border patrol and reinstated
the Remain in. Mexico policy all factors contributed to the
drop in, illegal crossings and as illegal crosses continue, TO
plummet us Customers And border protection announcing the closing of

(01:16:39):
several temporary processing facilities along, THE border cbp says that
each facility shut down saves the agency between five million
to thirty million dollars, per month and with the trub
administration carried out its deportation operation according to Immigration Attorney,
rolando vascez Who represents venezuela migrants IN.

Speaker 3 (01:16:56):
The us, he says now some are choosing to.

Speaker 24 (01:16:58):
Self deport never seen this many self deportations in my
whole time working as a as an.

Speaker 3 (01:17:06):
Immigration attorney it's just.

Speaker 19 (01:17:10):
It's numerous the amount of clients and non Clients that
i've come into contact that are.

Speaker 3 (01:17:17):
Self, deporting wow they said that. Wouldn't happen they, were wrong.
Self deporting i'm not gonna wait for ice to come.
For me i'm gonna go ahead and. Go home and
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Far it looks like this is the calm before the
next shoe drops in. The woods as far, as incidents
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Speaker 7 (01:20:39):
I Say To, president trump has nearly three hundred. Suspected
illegals Members Of trendy aragua were Deported To. El salvador
this Despite an obama appointed federal judge's order to stop.
The flights they were already in the air at the
time of. The ruling deportation efforts continue here, as well

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with two hundred and forty five arrests and a week
long crackdown In, southern texas many of those with previous. Felony,
convictions Elsewhere the president ordered air strikes On the Houties
and yemen over, the weekend which came after about eighteen
months of attacks by the terrorists on commercial ships and our.
Military vessels what happened with the?

Speaker 10 (01:21:21):
Hoodies yesterday what happened with?

Speaker 9 (01:21:23):
Our strike or to inform as to where we stand
with regard to.

Speaker 10 (01:21:27):
Terrorism and our tolerance level for.

Speaker 7 (01:21:31):
Terrorist Actions Trump Special Envoy steve WITKOFF. On Cnn the
president says he'll be Talking To Russias vladimir putin tomorrow
as he continues to look for Peace. In Europe New
York Republican Congressman mike Lawler, told fox the sooner, The better.

Speaker 11 (01:21:46):
The longer this, war, continues frankly the graver of THE
consequences i fear it.

Speaker 7 (01:21:52):
Will be, in Fact the Russians and ukrainians continued airstrikes
on each other. This weekend at seven OH Three A Tariff's,
Commerce Secretary howard lutnik insists they'll work for out, for
us even if they cause a. Minor recession most worry
came From The atlanta, fed forecast where companies got ahead of.

Speaker 13 (01:22:11):
The tariffs there was a lot of pre ordering and
pre delivery that occurred in Summer in january and the
winifed forecast.

Speaker 3 (01:22:18):
Was negative that set. Everybody OFF.

Speaker 12 (01:22:19):
Jason w Taylor Of code launch says a policy change
recession is different than a, true recession And already trump's
economic plans.

Speaker 3 (01:22:27):
Are working the.

Speaker 13 (01:22:28):
Rates have come, down significantly a full half point than
four point twenty three. Right now this is good for
funding small business and borrowing of.

Speaker 12 (01:22:36):
All types, he says this will bring about more healthy.
Economic Conditions Errey Parard news radio SEVEN forty ktrh try.

Speaker 7 (01:22:43):
Convincing investors of that down futures are down by about
one hundred and fifty five points. This morning after four
years of censorship Under the, biden ADMINISTRATION the fcc is
launching a massive deregulation initiative and nothing is off.

Speaker 14 (01:22:59):
The Table thank god for People Like Chairman, brendan carr
who are actually going to take a meat cleaver who
all of. These regulations the radical left is going to
fight him tooth.

Speaker 7 (01:23:09):
And Nail dan schneider With The Media, research center which by,
the way uncovered fifty seven actions taken By The Biden
white house to censor your. Free speech it's seven oh
four here. At Home harris County Attorney christian menafee is
joining a lawsuit Against the trump administration. Over doge this.

Speaker 15 (01:23:28):
Is something That the county attorney really doesn't need to be.

Speaker 16 (01:23:30):
Involved in there'll be more time and focus spent on
doing that than addressing issues like fluck. Control litigation are
the Polluters In harris county that need to?

Speaker 15 (01:23:40):
Be eliminated Precinct Three Commissioner tom, ramsey says on top
of being a waste, of time it's a waste of.

Speaker 16 (01:23:46):
Money too we, Need dollars we need every nickel we
can find to focus on real issues like crime and.

Speaker 15 (01:23:53):
Rogues improvement ramsey says this is just bad politics and
wouldn't happen If the democrats were the ones. Cutting Government
Ethanker news radio SEVEN forty krh by, the.

Speaker 7 (01:24:02):
Way multiple Reports say menafee has filed to run for
the congressional seat left open by the Death Of sylvester
turner seven. H five some public school kids are back from,
spring break others are off along with, college students and
education experts are talking about great inflation. Once again that's
where students get higher grades than they would have in

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the past for the same level.

Speaker 6 (01:24:24):
Of work higher education is further BEHIND than k twelves
when it comes to engaging students and when it comes
to utilizing the tools at. STUDENTS DISPOSAL a k, twelve
teacher they're going to have more time and more interactions
and usually better rapport with.

Speaker 7 (01:24:40):
Their Students Doctor, tyler tarvar education expert TALKING to ktrh seven.
Oh six more violent crime. THIS weekend a team is
shot and Killed In galena park with a person of interest.
In custody one man, is hospitalized one man is dead
after an argument at a ktie fast food joint turned into,
a gunfight and at least four people were shot in

(01:25:01):
what looks like to be a social media gun sale
gone wrong In Northwest. Harris county galveston's Infamous, jeep weekend
which led to about three hundred arrests, last year is
still a couple of. Months away, law, enforcement though is
already getting ready for a massive multi.

Speaker 21 (01:25:18):
Agency response be mindful of, our laws and if you
do violate, the law just know that our people don't
have zero tolerance, for that and we will put you
in a county gear if you violate. Our Laws Galveston
County Sheriff jimmy follan tol kt reh's WORKING with Hpd
And Harris county precinct one in preparation for this year's
cheap weekend seven. ZERO six uh is a number one
seed IN The ncaa tournament for the third, straight year

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And on thursday they WILL Play. SIU edwardsville ut Will
play xavier in a first four Game. On Wednesday the
aggies are the number four seed In. The south they
will open up Play against Yale. On thursday tech is
the number three seed In. The west THEY'VE Got unc
Wilmington and Baile sneaks in is the number nine seed

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In the.

Speaker 7 (01:26:02):
East that'll Take On mississippi State. On, friday Finally the
rockets put their six game winning streak on the line Tonight.
Against philadelphia pregame at Six On sports talk seven. To
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App, today finally kind of interesting seven to eight. Hour
TIME obviously i wouldn't share, with YOU but i didn't find.
It interesting but blue collar jobs are making, a comeback
and they're making a comeback with older workers which seems kind,
OF well i guess what it is is you've got

(01:26:48):
guys in particular and gals who have worked a white
collar job and they, have retired and they're finding out
that they can't really afford retirement and they need to
go back, to work and there's fewer of the types
of jobs that they, were in so they they take
more blue, collar jobs more manual labor, type jobs which
of course is not easy to do once you, get,

(01:27:10):
Older right and it's one thing to, you know to
bust your back when you're, you know twenty five, years
old quite another thing when you're sixty five years old
to try to do the. Same thing they were talking
about It On fox Business On The Big, money Show
And charles payne kind of chipped in that you'd like
to it'd be nice if it was a comeback for blue.
Collar jobs but it's more about necessity than. Anything else,

(01:27:31):
OH boy.

Speaker 43 (01:27:31):
I think it's more necessity than boom, per se which.
Is unfortunate you just, talk about, you know egg prices
in one hand and this on. The OTHER but i
am glad that. Older workers by, the way there's, a
major major desire for. Older workers it's just, YOU know
i don't care what. ANYBODY says i walk Into an
apple store and all those, young, kids man they're just.
They're bad they just, you know they just tell them
go out there and sell them as much stuff as.

Speaker 10 (01:27:53):
You can they don't know.

Speaker 7 (01:27:54):
The product it's just it really.

Speaker 3 (01:27:56):
Is awful the salesmanship.

Speaker 43 (01:27:58):
Out there and just these older work, are reliable they're
happy to have. The job, They're Polite so i'm happy
that they're finding, these JOBS although i think a lot
of them are doing it because they.

Speaker 37 (01:28:07):
Have to.

Speaker 1 (01:28:07):
You know it's really.

Speaker 41 (01:28:08):
Interesting too if you look at the states where the
largest percentage of retirement age adults are, still working they're
all blue states because they can't manage to make. Ends
meet and that's. The problem it's actually not a laughing matter.
At all, but more more and more PEOPLE that i
speak To say i'm going to work a. Little longer
i'm not going to retire. JUST yet i can't physically

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or financially. Do it and there's something wrong with, that
mentality especially.

Speaker 43 (01:28:32):
When you're in an industry like construction and stuff, like
that and really physically the physical stuff. Is TOUGH but,
I know i have a couple of buddies who are.

Speaker 41 (01:28:38):
Working, longer, yeah sorry not wrong with the mentality that
they should be. Working longer they, want to but just
the fact that people aren't comfortable enough to retire at
the set age that. They should they paid Into Their,
social security they were supposed to save their money and
they're four one k and many did. Those things they
just don't find it enough to make ends meet.

Speaker 3 (01:28:54):
New well because they live in a blue state where
they have to pay, higher taxes property taxes and. Everything
else this is, more expensive so tougher. To save Seven
ten time for traffic and. Weather together as we check
out the drive, bunch Again sky mike, is here what have, you? Discovered,
SCHEMINE well i didn't discover. This one we got Laneage Now.

Speaker 5 (01:29:11):
Golf freeway it's three right, lanes southbound right in front
of Home.

Speaker 3 (01:29:15):
Depot woodridge but it looks to me like they're just
about to clear that any.

Speaker 5 (01:29:18):
Minute now the suckage is from, wayside outbound. Not inbound
i'm Gonna say i'm going to stick my neck. Out
here stay the course On. THE gulf i really think
this spackle will be gone.

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Pretty.

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Short inbound it's breaks Now After Lockwood. Southwest freeway look
out that's a wreck right where you don't.

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that goes On And.

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Take, that yes nice little stretch of springtime and it
really doesn't change a whole lot over the course of.
The week there's sunshine when the sun does, come up
which would be at seven.

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Twenty eight so for your a listener who is, not, happy.

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and well it's.

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If, there clouds, young man you don't see.

Speaker 20 (01:30:50):
The sunshine so when when the, sunrise occurs you will
see the sunshine Here.

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In houston, oh geez.

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Just like being back at. School, AGAIN yes, I know
i have To say spain.

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THESE things i have to explain.

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He's gonna have to go. Clap erasers he, deserves it.
All right so it's a nice.

Speaker 20 (01:31:14):
Dry week we have lots of sunshine when the sun does,
come up and some comfortable temperatures mid seventies the low
eighties today. And tomorrow wednesday is in the low to,
mid eighties and then it Cools slightly Thursday, and friday
a little less heat and humidity load to mid seventies
for the.

Speaker 18 (01:31:31):
Last part of.

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The week right down forty eight at your official severe,
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worth it even if they triggers. A recession we'll have
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caught up on some of Our Top saint patrick's. Day Stories,
Here's cliff Thank.

Speaker 7 (01:33:25):
You jimmy eight Weeks if trump has let to forty
four percent of the country saying we're headed in the,
right direction that's up seventeen Percent. SINCE november a bill
is Filed Into texas house to Abolish the Parks And.
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Speaker 3 (01:34:02):
Yeah the price of eggs, is painful that's, for sure
AND terrass i guess could be at least temporarily painful
if they do end up triggering some sort of. A
recession i haven't heard too many people say that they
thought that's what's likely, to HAPPEN but i did HEAR
New Us Commerce Secretary howard lutnick saying that it would be.
WORTH it a recession would be worth it because we

(01:34:25):
need to get control over our trade imbalance with, other
nations among. Other things Lance thrill KILL joins us expert,
on manufacturing business. And tariffs under, What, circumstances lance would
you see tariffs potentially leading to? A, RECESSION.

Speaker 44 (01:34:43):
Well I mean i think that if it's a long drawn.
Out process, FIRST off, i mean so that stock market is,
kind of, you know the biggest indicator for. A recession
the stock market's supposed to be looking six, months forward
which is kind of what's concerning about it right now
with the recent, you. Know TANKING so i would, say that,

(01:35:06):
YOU know i think that it's a critical that we get,
some agreements Particular with Canada and mexico.

Speaker 10 (01:35:12):
Locked in as soon.

Speaker 44 (01:35:13):
As possible but if this thing gets, drawn, OUT potentially
i guess it could cause. A recession that was the
first i'd heard of it.

Speaker 3 (01:35:20):
As, well yeah it's got it's kind of interesting to,
me that, YOU know i Think the, trump tactic and
it's usually worked too, great effect is to propose these
tariffs and then the country you're proposing the tariffs to
immediately backs down and what it is you want them
to back, down on and that's the end of. The
tariff we're kind of struggling right now to get the
cooperation we're looking for From the, canadian government and they

(01:35:44):
kind of seems they've kind of taken this whole tariff
thing kind. Of personally how do you think it's going
to work OUT between Us? And, canada, WELL yeah i think.

Speaker 44 (01:35:53):
You're right that it's it's been a, little bit for
lack of a better way to describe a. PISSING contest
i think it certainly didn't help all the Narrative about
canada becoming the first coach to. Our, STATE rather i
think they took that personally and then, you know it's
kind of been one thing after another with, you know

(01:36:14):
who can puff their chest out, further so, you know
which is all part. Of negotiations there's different styles and tactics,
and negotiations and it appears to this one both both
parties are taking the, hardball approach which has led, to it,
you know not going in the right direction.

Speaker 6 (01:36:30):
Thus.

Speaker 3 (01:36:31):
FAR yeah i think it's also kind. OF interesting i
think one of the Reasons Why president trump loves the
idea of tariffs so much is that, he realizes, of
course it was a, different world but before the before
we had an internal revenue service and an a national,
income tax that was the Way The united states made
money was, through tariffs and at one point, in time

(01:36:51):
it was enough money to actually fund the government Without. Taxing,
americans yeah.

Speaker 44 (01:36:57):
It wouldn't that?

Speaker 3 (01:36:57):
Be, INCREDIBLE yeah.

Speaker 44 (01:37:00):
I think that would. Be ideal and it's funny that
that's now the narrative kind of. TALKING about i was
on a podcast a couple of months ago and one
of the other manufacturing business owners suggested.

Speaker 6 (01:37:13):
That type of vision as a possibility and that he was.

Speaker 44 (01:37:15):
Thinking about and, YOU know i think where we landed
on that was in order to. Get there it would
take such a long, term vision, you know and with
How The white house turns over from, You Know democratic
Party To, republican party, you know back and forth and
has you know for a. Long, time uh there's never

(01:37:35):
been one long run of, either PARTY which i think
is good and healthy. For balance but it would take
that type, of vision, you know to accomplish such. A thing,
for example, you Know bringing american mills back To The,
united states which currently we're heavily, dependent on, you know

(01:37:55):
importing raw material To The united states and then it
goes distribution centers which then.

Speaker 6 (01:38:02):
Slit the coils in the sheets.

Speaker 44 (01:38:05):
And so, you know like in his last, PRESIDENTIAL term
i think they built three or four, new mills which
was a massive effort and a lot. Of money and so,
you know you can see if they only built three
or four and a four year period with a, you
know significant, capital investment then, you know doing it to
be completely you know independent and be able to Support

(01:38:29):
The united states manufacturing would.

Speaker 3 (01:38:30):
Be such a more.

Speaker 10 (01:38:31):
Massive, effort, yeah sure.

Speaker 3 (01:38:33):
In decades as, you said it would take the political
will and consistency, of decades not just a four year
term or an eight Year, term lance thanks for joining.
Us personally just talk, to, you sir. Appreciate it expert,
on manufacturing business. And terrorists That is Lance. Thrill kill
it is seven. Twenty seven time to take a look
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And Jimmy wall street tried to get back On. Track
friday the major averages posted solid games at the end of,
the Week But Usury Secretary scott besson was interviewed over
the weekend and investor's mood. Soured again bessent was On
NBC's Meet. The press he said the recent downturn in
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(01:39:13):
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Morning News I'm. Jimmy barrett among our top stories this
half hour twice as many think the country is headed
in the. Right direction democrats eating their Own After chuck
schumer Caves to trump and coming up at seven, thirty
eight the claim is we don't spend enough on. Child

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Speaker 7 (01:41:02):
You jimmy good, morning everyone seven thirty TWO. On ktrh
it's only been, eight Weeks But president trump has already
turned the country's mood around a complete one eighty from
where it Was.

Speaker 26 (01:41:12):
Under biden, we, asked folks is that in the right
direction or the? Wrong direction that forty? Four percent, you say.
Right direction that's Up. Since november and if that doesn't
seem like a lot the last time it cracked, forty percent.

Speaker 1 (01:41:24):
You got to go back to, TWENTY Twelve Nbc.

Speaker 7 (01:41:26):
Steve kornaki trump signed The continuing resolution to keep the
government Open until october. This Weekend, ten Democrats Including john Fetterman,
of pennsylvania voted. For this fetterman criticizing Radicals Like Texas Congresswoman.
Jasmine crockett he's.

Speaker 1 (01:41:42):
Not the one to talk.

Speaker 27 (01:41:43):
ABOUT anything, i mean this is a guy that doesn't
seemingly want to own, a suit own. A suit i'm not,
really SURE but i don't show up in Hoodies when
i'm going on.

Speaker 7 (01:41:51):
The floor CROCKETT on cnn not talking about her cringe
dance videos that she POSTS. To X the cr was
a big Win For house Speaker, my johnson Who Told
fox democrats might Just Hate president trump more than They.

Speaker 28 (01:42:05):
Love america ninety nine percent Of the Democrats, in congress
Both the house And, the senate voted to shut the
government down to try to make some sort of aimless.

Speaker 3 (01:42:14):
Political point.

Speaker 28 (01:42:15):
It's shameless they're Using the american people.

Speaker 3 (01:42:17):
As ponds Only.

Speaker 7 (01:42:18):
One democrat voted FOR the cr In, the house seven point.
Thirty three there is Even more, democrat Delusion As Arizona
Senator mark kelly Sold his tesla in Protest Of. Elon
Musk elon musk kind of turned.

Speaker 29 (01:42:32):
Out to be an A and i don't want to
be driving, the car built and Designed by.

Speaker 7 (01:42:40):
Kelly's been getting mocked on social media for this Because
the internet did not forget What Former President barack obama
said about wasteful spending in. Twenty eleven what.

Speaker 30 (01:42:50):
Should be easy is getting rid of the pointless waste
and stupid spending that doesn't.

Speaker 7 (01:42:55):
Benefit, anybody yeah that video resurfaced this weekend and. Went
viral social media may be replacing traditional. Public polling, In
Fact monmouth university will shut down its. Polling center and as,
we know the polls have been wrong about the president
for more than.

Speaker 31 (01:43:11):
A decade the most perfect example from our era is
when pollsters Laughed At donald trump and they just thought he.
Was crazy well a Big With state.

Speaker 7 (01:43:20):
Newsmax Analyst jeffrey lord seven point. Thirty, four now after a,
weekend Off the texas legislature gets back to work today
with several hearings In. The House, in senate more than
eight hundred bills have been filed As of. Friday's Deadline
the senate has passed several important pieces, of legislation like,
school Choice the. House Hasn't State Representative brian harrison is

(01:43:43):
frustrated about all the time Off the house has gotten.

Speaker 32 (01:43:46):
So far we have just taken another completely unconstitutional long
holiday weekend for more than. Four days the constitution does
not allow us to be gone for more than three
days without voting.

Speaker 3 (01:43:55):
On it we just did.

Speaker 7 (01:43:56):
That again As, of Friday the senate had already passed
at least, ten bills with the backing of All twenty.
Republican senators The state senate majority announced a new bill
to require citizenship as proof before you can register.

Speaker 33 (01:44:11):
To Vote It's senate Bill sixteen Let Buy State Senator
brian hughes.

Speaker 8 (01:44:17):
Is a texas way for us to require proof of
citizenship when you register. To vote it's, a basic, fundamental,
concept simple but. Currently illegal. Right now the subtler government
does not allow us to verify citizenship when someone registers.

Speaker 3 (01:44:33):
To vote that needs, to change and he expects it
to happen.

Speaker 33 (01:44:37):
This Session Jeff Biggs news radio SEVEN forty ka ties.

Speaker 7 (01:44:42):
It's now seven. Thirty five Also, in austin one lawmaker
is going back to the drawing board on his bill
that sets deadlines to plug the thousands of inactive Wells
in texas over the next. Fifteen years we.

Speaker 34 (01:44:53):
Have worked on crafting this legislation to address the increase
and active well counts that we have seen, in teen
which has grown to nearly one hundred and sixty thousand.

Speaker 3 (01:45:03):
Inactive.

Speaker 34 (01:45:03):
Wells now many, of these when, managed properly are valuable
assets that can be revitalized after they've.

Speaker 7 (01:45:09):
Been Inactive State Senator mays middleton oil futures are rising
after the air strikes By the trump administration On, the
hooties checking in at sixty eight oh one A barrel.
Dow futures, this morning they are down one hundred and
ninety two despite last Week's Volativial The Treasury Secretary scott
bessen Told NBC's Meet the press he's not worried about

(01:45:30):
where the economy is head for.

Speaker 4 (01:45:32):
One week does not the, market Make As warren, BUFFETT
says o where the short term the market is a,
voting machine or the long term it's a.

Speaker 7 (01:45:40):
Weighing machine, that said and this, just in retail sales
increased point two percent, last month less. Than expected seven
thirty six On, Kto rich it's the final Week Of
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(01:46:28):
in spring training yesterday five. To nothing they also Named
from bervaldez their opening, day starter the fourth time he
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I'm cliff Saunders on, houston's news Weather and TRAFFIC. Station
ktrh always stronger than, the setback, the comeback.

Speaker 1 (01:46:46):
The greatest comeback of.

Speaker 3 (01:46:47):
All Time here.

Speaker 1 (01:46:48):
America's comeback on news radio seven K. T, rh.

Speaker 3 (01:46:57):
Now try not to laugh too hard in. This one
but education union officials are making the claim that we
aren't spending enough per student in order to be able
To educate, america's kids that that's part of, the problem
and of course eliminating The education department at a national

(01:47:19):
level would only exasperate. The, Issue Right So Senator john
kennedy got asked, about that and he had a few.

Speaker 45 (01:47:27):
Choice words since, Twenty nineteen america's population is up, two
percent our spending is up fifty.

Speaker 1 (01:47:36):
Five percent.

Speaker 45 (01:47:39):
The president of the teacher union that you just the
clip of which you just showed, No disrespect but he
must think there's an award for. Being stupid either that
or he's intentionally Misleading the. American people every fair minded
Person in america who has a brain above a single

(01:48:01):
sale organism understands that the federal budget is chocked full of.
Spending Porn president trump ran on a platform of scrubbing,
the budget and that's what. He's doing he's scrubbing the
budget and it's.

Speaker 24 (01:48:16):
Long overdue such that you Talk To president Trump And
Vice president advance publicly, and privately you don't think they're
ready to focus on the. Debt crisis so do you
think we've got a debt?

Speaker 1 (01:48:31):
Bomb, coming.

Speaker 45 (01:48:33):
Well we will if we allow government. To default i've
talked To the president And The vice president a number
of times privately. About it it's on their list of things,
to address but it's not at the top of. Their,
list first we had to keep. Government open we're going to.
Do That the democrats will vote tonight to. Do It

(01:48:54):
senator schumer is allowing them to. Do it, you know
If A senator sumer never makes the same, mistake twice
he makes it five or six times just to make
sure he got.

Speaker 10 (01:49:08):
It right but THIS time i have To give.

Speaker 1 (01:49:10):
Chuck credit he's doing the.

Speaker 45 (01:49:12):
Right thing once we get, past that we're going to
pass a reconciliation bill to redesign the tax code so
it will looked like somebody designed it. On purpose and
then we'll focus on the. DEBT ceiling i don't think
we have to worry about it between May. Or June
But senator thune asked me to, sort of along with some,

(01:49:32):
other senators take the lead and talk to.

Speaker 1 (01:49:35):
The PRESIDENT and i have talked To. THE president i.

Speaker 45 (01:49:38):
Asked him a question in one of our last meetings
with other, senators there and he spoke for twenty minutes on,
the subject and he was splendid in. His evasiveness and
what that told me was he's not ready to make. A, DECISION.

Speaker 3 (01:49:53):
Yeah I Think president trump's with a few people who
could talk for twenty minutes and never answer your question
and then not even. Come close seven. Forty one let's
get to traffic and weather together as we check in
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(01:50:49):
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Flat shoes it's also the world's biggest. Parking lot, you
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Day ahead This Is Houston's, morning news brought to You
By New South. Windows solutions so there's a bill In
The texas SENATOR it's, sb sixteen Introduced By State Senator
brian hughes that would require voters to prove their citizenship
in order to be able to Vote. In texas we'll
talk to him about that bill and what's going on

(01:53:08):
In The, texas HOUSE where I last i heard they
had not yet passed a. SINGLE bill i know they
can't do it for the first, sixty days but nothing
really seems beginning done In The. Texas house so we'll
see what he thinks about all that coming.

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Speaker 3 (01:54:49):
You would to all. That trouble you should have a
Problem Proving nutrian american citizen in order to vote right
especially Here. In TEXAS joining Us As State Senator, Brian
hughes HE'S introduced. Sb. Sixteen mean WHAT does sb sixteen
specifically Call For, Senator, hughes well.

Speaker 8 (01:55:05):
Good morning is very straightforward and it says if you're
going to register to Vote, in texas you should show proof.
Of citizenship it's very simple and shouldn't be. Very, controversial no.

Speaker 3 (01:55:15):
It SHOULDN'T so i really don't know why we do
it the way. We do right, right now you basically
are given a voter registration form when you go TO,
the dmv when you get your driver's. License renewed nobody
asks you any questions about. Your citizenship they just give it.
To you so why don't we just stop doing that?

Speaker 8 (01:55:37):
Right now federal law does not allow us to require proof,
of citizenship as you know when you get a driver License.
In texas the State of texas requires proof, of citizenship
But the fed.

Speaker 3 (01:55:49):
Will not let states do that to register. To vote.

Speaker 8 (01:55:52):
It's crazy arizona, tried it they. Got blocked other states have.
Tried it we have, a way based on other states
experience and based On The supreme, court precedent that will
allow us to verify citizenship when people register. To vote
Hopefully the feds will, fix this but we're not Waiting
on washington well.

Speaker 3 (01:56:10):
Into THAT and i don't blame you if we're not
Waiting on washington to be waiting until you're old and
gray and maybe gone from. THE planet i guess my
question would, also be are we required by law to
give a voter registration form to somebody who's applying for a. Driver's, License.

Speaker 8 (01:56:26):
Yes federal law since the nineties has required that when
someone gets a driver license or news or, driver license
they're offered registration. To Vote the feds also want us
to do that when people apply for. Government Benefits now
texas has. Pushed back texas has, resisted that and most
states are a lot more aggressive about that than. We are,

(01:56:47):
but unfortunately for years, the feds the, federal government has
required the states to do.

Speaker 3 (01:56:52):
These things so the only way to fix it is
to pass the. LAW ourselves i guess the next question,
Would be i'm sure we'd not have a problem getting
Through The, texas senate but there doesn't seem to be
anything getting Through The texas house. These days what's going on?

Speaker 8 (01:57:04):
Over, there Well the house doesn't move as quickly As.
The senate we have talked to a number of representatives
who like. This bill it's, obviously popular it's. Good policy
the chairman Of The elections committee over In the house likes.
The bill so we're optimistic it's going. TO move i
think you're going to See the house And the senate
competing to pass. Conservative, bills Now the senate's going, To

(01:57:26):
win but If the house And the senate are both
trying to pass, conservative bills the People the texas are going.

Speaker 3 (01:57:31):
To win and would you anticipate that if we do
pass this bill that we'd be sued by the. Federal
government maybe not this current, federal government but four to
eight years down the road when the. Government changes we
would not.

Speaker 8 (01:57:44):
Be surprised i've been honored to have my name on
a lawsuit filed BY the feds over the last election
integrity bill.

Speaker 3 (01:57:50):
We filed so bring it on badge. Of honor right
as Long As ken paxton is our, ATTORNEY general i
think your chances of winning that case are, pretty good don't?
You amen, all right thank you for, joining. Us sir
good luck with the bill. That Is State Senator, brian
hughes the co Author Of senate, bill sixteen which would
officially require proof of citizenship in order to vote here

(01:58:12):
in the great State. Of, texas, listen y'all have a
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