Waiting To See Which Tariffs Actually Go Into Place On Liberation Day

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

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
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As we get started this morning here in Houston's Porting News.

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Hello, worse than where in the world is that here?

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Come?

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And can we turn that down? Thank you?

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It's five am here in Houston's Morning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett.
Among our top stories as we get started this morning,
it's Liberation Day, waiting to see which terriffs actually go
into place, A liberal wins in Wisconsin in the Supreme
Court race. And coming up at five oh eight, why
you can't pretend to be a BUCkies details in the
minutes ahead. You're in Houston's Spawning News. First, we're checking

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out that Morning Drive for the first time.

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That's how we that's how we do.

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Is that you skuy, Mike, No, that wasn't me. Okay,
it wasn't me this time.

Speaker 7 (00:57):
But you know, see, it's like when they put crabs
in the gumbo crab shells that so you'll know that
it's real. So we mess up. That's how you know
it's live. Just a little surprise.

Speaker 4 (01:06):
Let's go to the.

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North Loop right in front of LBJ Hospital. I went
there one time with a broken hand. Let's see westbound.
That is some kind of smunge there is at roadwork.
I can't see it very well. It looks like about
a two or three minutes slow down on the digitals
heading around from waistside here. That sure looks like they've
knocked out a right lane though, right in front of McDonald's.
All right, so let's go ahead and take iten East

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Freeway over to the KD side.

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If your hazardous, take the South Loop.

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Here's Cliffsonders.

Speaker 6 (01:57):
Hey you, Jimmy.

Speaker 8 (01:58):
It's five O two on kgrhr our top story.

Speaker 6 (02:01):
I call it Liberation Day. April scond is liberation Day.

Speaker 8 (02:04):
That was the president last week as tariffs are set
to go into effect. Not a moment too soon for
Kansas Senator doctor Roger Marshall.

Speaker 9 (02:12):
For decades that I grew up in a farming family.
American farmers have told me they're tired of being taken
advantage of by other foreign countries.

Speaker 8 (02:19):
Marshall on Fox Business. Ahead of these going into effect,
Israel announces it's lifting all tariffs on American made partners.
Supporters of the Trump plans say this will be a
big step towards restoring economic independence.

Speaker 10 (02:33):
Trump says he just wants a level economic playing field,
and tariffs might do that.

Speaker 6 (02:37):
He's just saying, let's go reciprocal.

Speaker 11 (02:39):
Why don't you drop yours to zero, and I'll talk
to Trump about dropping his to zero, and we'll both
have zero and we'll combine the economies.

Speaker 10 (02:46):
That's Shark Tank investor Kevin O'Leary. He says Trump is
using tariffs to force negotiations and a recession isn't likely.

Speaker 11 (02:52):
Most countries are going to be incentivized to cut a deal.
I think you have to take the noise away from
the signal. The signal's pretty good in the economy right now.

Speaker 10 (03:00):
He also thinks that even Canada will end up cutting
a deal with Trump after their election in six weeks.
Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 8 (03:07):
Trump is supposed to announce these tariffs at three o'clock
Houston time. Markets continued to be nervous, with down futures
down by one hundred and seventeen points. One nervous sector
or Medals and fabricator Lance Thrill Kill at amtal dot
com says the price of raw materials has taken a
steep jump.

Speaker 12 (03:25):
After Super Bowl Sunday, when Trump tweeted his intention to
put a twenty five percent tariff. Prices on aluminum shut
up the next day, up thirty percent, now up to
forty percent.

Speaker 8 (03:37):
He says this could impact home building costs. Five h
three new polling shows the Democrat party approval rating at
just thirty seven percent, and even radical California Governor Gavin
Newsom is calling it out.

Speaker 13 (03:50):
So the Democratic brand is toxic right now. Democrats will
tend to be a little more judgmental than we should be.
This notion to cancel culture. That's real and Democrats need
to on.

Speaker 4 (03:58):
Up to that.

Speaker 6 (03:59):
Do some on HBO.

Speaker 8 (04:00):
In some polls, favorability is as low as twenty seven percent.
And that played out in the special elections in Florida
last night where Republicans win congressional races to replace Michael
Waltson Matt Gates. Randy Fine wins Waltz's seat, Jimmy Petronis
takes over for Gates.

Speaker 14 (04:18):
This was an enormous victory for Donald J. Trump tonight,
for the Trump doctrine, bor doge for everyone that we
didn't lose a seat and the Republicans won resoundingly.

Speaker 8 (04:29):
Reaction from South Carolina's Nancy may Son. Fox mixed results
in Wisconsin, where liberal Susan Crawford beat the Trump backed
Branch Shimmel in a state Supreme Court race. Voters there, though,
did approve enshrining voter ID into the state constitution.

Speaker 4 (04:46):
Five h five.

Speaker 8 (04:47):
Now, House Republicans begin the process of reigning an activist
judges trying to stop the Trump agenda, and with good reason.

Speaker 15 (04:54):
Fifteen district judges effectively sees control of various executive branch
duties and the the first six weeks of the current
presidency through nationwide injunctions.

Speaker 8 (05:03):
Former House Speaker Nude Gingrich on Capitol Hill. In the
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley holds a hearing on
this very issue later today.

Speaker 16 (05:12):
But Hans von Spakowski with the Heritage Foundation says Congress
is going to have to act.

Speaker 6 (05:19):
I think Congress does have to act.

Speaker 17 (05:21):
I think they have to change federal law to prevent
single district court judges.

Speaker 6 (05:27):
And what about a possible impeachment.

Speaker 17 (05:30):
We've never had an impeachment involving a judge because of
a bad.

Speaker 4 (05:35):
Opinion that he has rendered.

Speaker 16 (05:37):
Several Republicans have already introduced bills in the House and
the Senate. Jeff Biggs News Radio seven forty k T.

Speaker 4 (05:45):
E five h five.

Speaker 8 (05:46):
The national push to require citizenship for voting continues, headed
up by Texas Congressmanship Roy.

Speaker 18 (05:52):
We're just saying that we're going to ask people to
simply show up and demonstrate their citizenship and so we
can ensure that only American citizens vote in American life.

Speaker 6 (06:00):
A vote is expected in the next few weeks.

Speaker 8 (06:03):
The Trump plan to shut down the border has been
so successful that the Mexican cartels are now smuggling illegals
out of the United States.

Speaker 19 (06:11):
It's their newest effort and a byproduct of President Trump's
border crackdown.

Speaker 20 (06:16):
One of the intended consequences of that is that people
would start doing self deportations.

Speaker 19 (06:21):
Breitbart's Bob Price says, rewards of legitimate citizenship for self
deportations drive this, and it's really the last easy source
of revenue for the cartels.

Speaker 20 (06:30):
The federal government's going to be cracking down on those
revenue abilities, attacking their banking and people that.

Speaker 4 (06:36):
Are doing business with them providing support.

Speaker 19 (06:38):
He says, human smuggling has been a perfect product for
cartels because they've already been paid and arrests won't affect them.
Andrey Parard News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 8 (06:47):
Chexas makes more moves to protect the border, the Senate
passing a bill requiring counties to assist ice operations five
oh seven.

Speaker 2 (06:55):
You see, I'm both Brusuaye and men, not because they
have to be now, because I choose to be.

Speaker 8 (07:03):
Actor Val Kilmer passes away at the age of sixty
five from pneumonia. He also played Jim Morrison in The
Doors and was iceman in Top Gun. The Astros lose
to the Giants three to one. They play again this
afternoon coverage at two on Sports Talk seven ninety I'm
Cliff Saunders on Houston's news, weather and traffic station KGRH.

Speaker 2 (07:24):
Now back to Jimmy Barrett and the Houston Morning News team,
Houston's Morning.

Speaker 3 (07:29):
News five all way, Dar time you're in Houston's Morning News.
We love BUCkies. We absolutely love BUCkies. My wife is
totally in love with BUCkies.

Speaker 4 (07:41):
I mean.

Speaker 3 (07:43):
It's a tourist destination. If you come visit us from
another state, she's taking you to BUCkies. Okay, just so
you know, it's on the list. It's the first thing
on the list. So I'm sure she'll be upset to hear.
Here we go again, somebody trying to not steal the name,
per se, but steal the persona of BUCkies by coming

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up with a similar name and a similar logo with
another creature that you can make look a little bit
like a beaver, but isn't really a beaver. Who's doing
it now? On March nineteenth, BUCkies filed a federal lawsuit
against Barkies. Oh I see what they did. Barkis b
A R c ee apostrophes. They're in southwest Missouri. They

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have a dog park, coffee and food shops, and a
Western themed miniature city. BUCkies claims that the unauthorized use
of his trademarks, including a smiling animal mascot, so they
got smiling dog okay instead of smiling beaver, will benefit
the Missouri convenience store Bucki's expense, while falsely informing consumers
that the two businesses are somehow related and they're likely

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to win that. You know, anytime you name a business,
you know, Barkies with two e's, just like the BUCkies,
then you know you're going to have a problem. And
this isn't the first time this has happened. This is
it probably won't be the last time. Where'd I see
another one? Oh yeah, there's a place called where there

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was in Missouri called Duckies with two e's. BUCkies filed
a federal lawsuit against Duckies. They're a liquor store, also
in southwest Missouri. What's what these people in Missouri try
to steal the BUCkies thing. BUCkies claim that Duckies used
a similar animal centric logo and it's merchandise. A cartoon
duck wearing sunglasses and a green shirt and red bow
tie all inside of a yellow circle. So you know,

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they get as close as they think they legally can
and try to, you know, steal the good name of
BUCkies because it's so renowned that they think it'll draw
it probably does. It probably draws business if they see
the familiar logo. Somebody sees that familiar logo, they probably
would go check it out. Five to ten time for

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traffic and whether these.

Speaker 7 (09:54):
Gas stations that are like stop and shop and shop
and low and shot. You know, they're supposed to be
like stop and go, they've they've ripped that. And it's
the same color as green, you know, like a stop sign,
a green yellow writ and a shop and low or
stop or happy Lucky this.

Speaker 4 (10:08):
They're all over the place.

Speaker 3 (10:09):
Then you can you can try, you can do, you
can try, and I guess you can get away with
it if nobody sues you.

Speaker 4 (10:14):
No, that makes sense.

Speaker 7 (10:15):
Let's do some West Park tot way on the inbound
Is that a stall?

Speaker 4 (10:18):
Yep? There he is, exit ramp.

Speaker 7 (10:20):
He's been there a while, not really bothering anybody. I
think the ninjas might have to take a right lane,
so let's watch out but otherwise we're going due on
the West Park Tollway. Now it's a wreck on the
north Loop sixth town. I was trying to figure out
what the smush was right past the hospital, past well Lockwood,
and we're looking at maybe an extra one or two minutes.
They've ninja that already, so stay the course.

Speaker 4 (10:41):
It's nothing.

Speaker 7 (10:42):
And if you want to go through directly itim baytown
Side looks good. Twenty one minutes from the Santracento River Bridge.

Speaker 4 (10:50):
Go on the other way.

Speaker 7 (10:50):
See, I like to go the other way on the
Katie Freeway because the roadwork forty.

Speaker 4 (10:54):
Five out to Studemont.

Speaker 7 (10:55):
You've got three little skinning lanes and the text dot
wall of death on the inbound. We look good from
Graham Parkway on Easy twenty five minutes stroll. No, no
Terry Smith today, Jimmy, So you know, just us guys.
You can tell me some Andrew Dice Clay jokes.

Speaker 21 (11:09):
Here.

Speaker 7 (11:10):
I'm in the USA R and Vresorts dot Com traffic center.
Maybe Jeff Maurer would like to hear some some two
live crew or something.

Speaker 4 (11:17):
Yeah, no, no two live crews today.

Speaker 3 (11:19):
So from our KTRH top tax Defenders twenty four our
weather center Jeff mar Is Invertery today hasn't changed the forecast,
though still cloudy and windy.

Speaker 22 (11:27):
Yeah, wendy and warm. We're gonna flirt with some record
highs today and tomorrow's these winds gusting from the south
to speaking of those winds starting at seven this morning
and lasting until five this afternoon, a wind advisory for
our coastal counties and also for Fortman and Wharton counties.
Some of the gusts from the south near thirty five
to forty miles prior, and that's gonna boost our high
today into the mid tow uper eighties with clouds, maybe
an isolated shower. Cloudy and windy tonight, a low down

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to seventy four tomorrow Sunday and windy again to hide
your ninety few afternoon storms Friday up to eighty six,
and then rain will increase into the start of the
weekend before starting to taper off on Sunday, and temperatures
will trend cooler by Sunday.

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on the day.

Speaker 3 (12:16):
So Elon Musk is making the rounds on a lot
of different television shows. Yesterday he was on the five
talking about social security and frauds and kind of dropped
the bombshell that there's going to be some arrest this
week for social security frauds. We'll have more than that
story coming up next, but first to five twenty, let's
do a little traffic and weather together. Nothing going on
out there, Hoskin Mike, I'm loving this.

Speaker 7 (12:37):
Actually, you know, I've I've slept a little late this morning,
and you some of you might be sleeping lane. I'm
not sure what's going on in Southwest Freeway. Coming up
from Bryer from sugar Land, we're looking good. Nineteen minutes
up into the canyon now two eighty eight Steven F.
Boston stands proudly out just past Angleton as well. We
come up from Lake Jackson. Let's go back further look
at Clute, home of Skeeter Fest and coming up twenty

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two minutes from Manville.

Speaker 4 (13:01):
It looks good to eighty eight.

Speaker 7 (13:02):
You do have the roadwork in Row Sharon, if somebody
would like to update my laneage the tip line now
by the way today we could really use a female
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Speaker 6 (13:52):
Five twenty two.

Speaker 4 (13:53):
Here we go.

Speaker 8 (13:53):
Eustonians no longer feel safe enough to go out at night,
according to new polling, Water bills across Houston are out
to increase, and the Vatican says they don't know if
Pope Francis will be involved in Holy Week ceremonies this year.
Get the latest news anytime at KTRH dot com. Our
next update is at five thirty. This is this just
happened across my street locally state wide.

Speaker 1 (14:17):
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Speaker 23 (14:24):
I don't need no from I don't need no, I
don't need no drama when you came, I don't need no.
I don't know as soon as I wake up, keeper
eye up for the snakes. Yeah, because I don't need
no from.

Speaker 4 (14:40):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (14:40):
Well, we got a little fraud going on in the
federal government Act. Okay, a lot of fraud going on
in the federal government. Eli Musk on the five. He's
making the rounds here pleading, you know, I don't want
to say pleading his case. He doesn't have to plead,
but he is making his case for the things that
Doge is doing. Doge. Here's the bottom line for Doge.
It just scares the crap out of the left, especially

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when he says things like yesterday when he said that,
or actually when he was in Wisconsin making an appearance
in Wisconsin and he made the comment about I don't
know how we have so many rich congressmen. How do
you have twenty million dollars when you're making two hundred
thousand dollars a year? How does that work? And I
think they're scared to death that he's going to find
out where the money is coming from and they're all

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going to be exposed. But yesterday he was talking about
social security fraud. Here's Elon Musk on the five.

Speaker 24 (15:30):
We've been counted.

Speaker 25 (15:32):
There's really so much for it's deciding what should we
prosecute at first, because it's such a long list, you
have to actually prioritize the list. We can pay the
list to the Deproblement of Justice that the DOJ has
a process that they go through to review and think
about it. The wheels of justice turned slowly. In fact,
obviously I'm an eiecle sense of urgency, So to me,

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when I see that terrible Floridas happened, I'm like, why
haven't we arrested someone ready? But as I was saying, goes,
the wheels of justice turned slowly but surely, and and
I think probably the person that stole four hundred thousand
social Security numbers at least maybe more will be arrested.

Speaker 24 (16:11):
Hopefully this week, and uh, you know, with respect.

Speaker 25 (16:15):
To the the non governmental organizations, these these sort of
fake NGOs, I think there needs to be a number
of arrests in that regard as well, because.

Speaker 24 (16:23):
These these are these are fake charities.

Speaker 25 (16:26):
Uh where mostly Democrats are listen, well, it's I don't
want to feel that this sometimes a little bit of
a Republican in there, because they sometimes throw the Republicans
a bone to say, hey, be quiet about this. So
it's it's it's that's that's that's where you start getting
the uniparty thing going on. But it is overwhelmingly to Democrats,
and they give these billions of dollars to NGOs run

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by Democrats that then go through a whole network of
additional uhos, giant money laundering scheme.

Speaker 24 (16:57):
Really, at this point, I think, uh.

Speaker 25 (17:00):
The wo engo and money laundering are almost synonymous. Yes,
it is remarkable that there is so much violence. You know,
people have burnt cars that fired bullets into dealerships. They've
scratched swastikas into Tesla's. Of the innocent people that have
they're just going about their lives. They've done nothing wrong

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and Tesla's done nothing wrong as a company and so
I find it ironic and incredibly hypocritical that the same
Democrat politicians who would want to throw someone in prison
for twenty years simply for watching things at January six
but not actually doing any violence have you don't hear

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a single word from them about the actual violence happening
against Tesla.

Speaker 24 (17:47):
What incredible hypocrites they are.

Speaker 25 (17:49):
It's outrageous. I mean, really, this is fundamentally a case
of terrorism. It's wise scale domestic terrorism with the purpose
of intimidation, and it's harming innocent people. It's really terrible,
and I think what we actually have to get to

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are the people who are organizing and paying for these
attacks and protests. That's who we really need to go after,
because the people have that we're actually throwing the Montov cocktails.
They are the foot soldiers. But we need to go
after the generals, and we're going to do so. The
prescedent has made it very clear that we're going to
go after those that are paying and organizing these these

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violent attacks, and Attorney General Bondi has said the same thing.

Speaker 24 (18:36):
I believe that that is exactly what will happen.

Speaker 4 (18:38):
Yep.

Speaker 3 (18:39):
And as someone once said on this program, something much
smarter than me. Follow the money, Follow the money, you'll
find the generals. Five twenty six is our time here
in Houston's what it is. Time to take a look
at your money as we check Emma, Jeff Bellinger and.

Speaker 26 (18:53):
Jimmy Good morning. It was a turnaround Tuesday for Wall Street.
The market started out lower on worries over tariffs, but
after if you're some late session buying, stocks ended mix.
The Dow didn't make it all the way to positive territory,
but it closed less than a tenth of a percent lower.
The Nasdaq gained nine tenths percent. The S and P
five hundred closed four tenths percent higher. Stock market futures

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they're lower this morning. I'm Jeff Fellinger, Bloomberg Business on
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Speaker 3 (19:40):
It is five point thirty here on Houston's Morning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories this half hour,
Houstonians are staying home to avoid crime. The Houston Coptroller
blames firefighters for the city's budget blows, and coming up
at five thirty eight, the fast food chains that are
losing the most customers. Details in the minute. Say head,
you're on Houston's morning news. First, we're checking out the

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morning drive again with Skyline. You had to be a
big shot.

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Let's check here toll Lanes now Grand Parkway from New
Territory all the way up past the West Park of
you normally head up to two ninety. We're in good
shape here both ways. On the west portion here in
North Park right around the cow pastures at brown Rose Hill,
all the way over to tom Ball. If you're somebody's butler,
you're having an easy ride this morning. And even the

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east part from New Canny could use some extra laneage,
but we're all good to go to Mott bellb rest
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Today gusty afternoon wins with the high temperature right about
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It's timed out for the news. Here's Class Saunders.

Speaker 8 (20:59):
Thank you, Jimmy five already one on KTRH. Our top
story the impact of Houston's crime problem. According to new polling,
seventy seven percent of Eustonians stay home at night for
fear of safety. The city claims violent crime is down,
but Ustonians are simply scared.

Speaker 28 (21:20):
Even if you have one crime that occurs in a
very nice area. Let's say it's a burglary where somebody
gets their car stolen, that can reverberate to sends subtle
shockwaves through that little community.

Speaker 8 (21:30):
Retired HBD Captain Greg Freeman says most of the violent
crime is occurring in specific and dangerous parts of the city.
Also at city Hall, the City Controller blames hfd overtime
for some of Houston's financial problems. The firefighters are not happy.

Speaker 29 (21:48):
The Houston Firefighters' Union is pushing back on claims by
City Controller Chris Hollins that excessive firefighter over time is
contributing to the city's budget issues. In a statement, the
Union aqution Hollins of quote cherry picking data in an
attempt to villainize our dedicated firefighters. They point out that
the city has firefighters staffing shortages, which is one reason

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for increased overtime usage. Not to mention, local firefighters were
also recently deployed to help with wildfires here in Texas
and out of state, which resulted in more overtime. Eric
Sharp News Radio seven forty KRH.

Speaker 8 (22:23):
Thank you, Eric, five thirty three. Now in Washington, today
is Liberation Days. President Trump's tariffs are set to go
in effect. Exactly how this all goes down still remains
to be seen. We've got a three o'clock announcement our
time from the Rose Garden. In the meantime, overnight trading
is down across the board, with down futures off one
hundred and sixty points. But White House Press Secretary Carolyn

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Levit says the tariffs are not about Wall Street at all.

Speaker 30 (22:50):
The President wants to ensure that all Americans make out well,
particularly Main Street. That's the focus of these tariffs. But
as I've said repeatedly, just like they did in like
they were in his first term.

Speaker 6 (23:01):
Wall Street will be just fine more on tariffs.

Speaker 8 (23:03):
At six o'clock, there was more Democrat grand standing in
Capitol Hill. New Jersey Senator Corey Booker spoke on the
Senate floor for more than twenty five hours against everything Trump.

Speaker 31 (23:15):
That's the first ever filibuster in American history from Corey
Booker in favor of getting men into women's sports, keeping
our borders open, and making sure that we tax the
wages of our tip workers.

Speaker 8 (23:29):
In Nevada, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Booker broke
a record set by the former Senator strom Thurman almost
seventy years ago. Republicans win both special elections in Florida,
growing their majority in the US House, but Republican brand
Shimma lost to Liberal Susan Crawford in the key Wisconsin
State Supreme Court race, but voters there did approve voter

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ID being enshrined into the Wisconsin constitution five point thirty four.
Republican in fighting at the US House over proxy vote
leads to Speaker Mike Johnson shutting down all House activity
for the rest of the week.

Speaker 32 (24:05):
We will not be voting on the Save Act for
election integrity. We will not be voting on the rogue
judges who are attacking President Trump's agenda.

Speaker 33 (24:13):
Now.

Speaker 8 (24:13):
The House did hold a hearing on those judges yesterday,
with the Senate holding one today. In Austin, Republicans have
control of the State House, but is the State House
out of control itself?

Speaker 6 (24:25):
Last week only.

Speaker 8 (24:26):
Sixty five of the one hundred and fifty members showed up.
Randon Walton's with Texas Scorecards says this is on House
Speaker Dustin Burrows.

Speaker 34 (24:33):
A lot of the concern that people have right now
that the Texas House isn't moving fast out and not
taking the job seriously enough. That's a problem for a
speaker if you can't inspire members to show up.

Speaker 8 (24:43):
That said, the lower Chamber finally passed their first bills yesterday,
one to improve the state's wildfire response, another to prohibit
taxes on financial trades.

Speaker 6 (24:53):
Five point thirty five.

Speaker 8 (24:54):
There is more evidence that you are no longer buying
the left's climate change hysteria.

Speaker 35 (25:00):
A new pole finds a strong majority of Americans value
energy independence over fighting climate change. David Holt, with a
Consumer Energy Alliance, says this shows the public is paying attention.

Speaker 36 (25:10):
Policies that prioritize climate change or mandates or restrictions on
certain energy to really have shown that they don't do
anything for the environment. All they do is raise prices
and make energy less reliable.

Speaker 35 (25:22):
The same pole finds more than two thirds believe providing
clean air and water is more important than fighting climate change.
Corey Jolson New's Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 6 (25:31):
And Looking at Your Money.

Speaker 8 (25:32):
New research shows the average text and needs to make
about one hundred and six grand a year to afford
to buy a home. Of course, it takes two salaries
per home. Debate that, but considering the average salary in
the Lone Star State, it's about fifty seven thousand dollars
a year.

Speaker 37 (25:46):
Home prices shot way up during the pandemic, and then
they've stayed high, even as mortgage rates have increased.

Speaker 8 (25:53):
Bank Great Jeff Ostrowski says that the average age of
home buyers twenty years ago was between the late twenties
or early thirties. Now it's thirty eight. Burned Out workers
now have another frustration helicopter managers using software to monitor them.
Nearly half of all employees say that monitoring is increased,
encouraging task masking, where workers fake doing stuff to avoid scrutiny.

(26:18):
If you're managing to ensure that there's no mistakes and
that you don't trust your.

Speaker 6 (26:24):
Employees to be doing what.

Speaker 5 (26:26):
They're supposed to be doing, I think you have.

Speaker 28 (26:28):
A bigger issue.

Speaker 8 (26:29):
Business strategist Meredith Elliott Powell five point thirty seven. The
Rockets host Utah tonight, covered at eight thirty, or rather
six point thirty here on KTRH College Hoops, the Aggies
need a new basketball coach. Buzz Williams has left College
Station for College Park in the University of Maryland. On
Cliff Saunders on Houston's News, Weather in Traffic station KTRH.

Speaker 2 (26:51):
More with Jimmy Barris and the Houston Morning News teams.

Speaker 4 (26:55):
This is Houston's Morning News.

Speaker 3 (27:00):
Interestingly, you don't like it that much anymore. All those
named fast food chains are losing customers, and they're losing
customers fast and they're shutting down locations. There are six
of them right now that are going through a difficult time.
Here's the list. Number one on the list Wendy's. They
close down one hundred and forty underperforming locations by the

(27:20):
end of twenty twenty four. They're focused on building new
restaurants because quote, we know they deliver well over the
average of these poor performing restaurants. We want the best
restaurants for our customers in that customer experience we want
to deliver. Problem is, well, I'll get to the problem
with all these fast food chains in the second. Number
two Denny's. Denny's has closed down one hundred and fifty locations.

(27:43):
I think in Denny's case, it's got more to do
with just kind of overbuilding. There's so many of them.
Number three Pizza Hunt. Pizza Hunt has been shutting down
some of their locations. There's a lot of competition in
the pizza industry. I think Pizza Hut's good pizza. The
problem is they don't have any sit down locations anymore,
you know, and maybe they just weren't able to make

(28:06):
the sit down locations work. You know, there's not a
lot of dining in pizza places, and at least not
out of a national brand. Number four KFC, Number five McDonald's,
and number six Red Robin, who's closing fifteen stores this year.
But they're hoping they can kind of turn things around.
My only issue with Red Robin it's a great place

(28:27):
for kids, and therefore there's a lot of kids making
a lot of noise, and a lot of parents who
are watching their kids making a lot of noise. So
it's not a good place to go if you are
an adult looking for anything close to a quiet meal.
I think the problem that the fast food restaurants all
have right now is that their prices have gone to
the point where it's no longer the cheap alternative just

(28:49):
about any and if you are going to go to
a fast food restaurant, you're going to want a place
that's consistent, right where you know you're going to get
a burger or whatever that's really really good. And for me,
that's what a burger. I have never been to a
water Burger and had a bad experience. As far as
the food, the food's always good, the customer service is
always good, it's always consistent. They're always clean and well

(29:10):
maintained anyone I've ever been to, And the same cannot
be said about those other brands. At least at this point,
Chick fil A is doing well because the same thing
very consistent. The people still think there's a certain value
in the food that they're getting, and it's a place
that you could take the whole family to. And and
if you're going to spend more than you used to

(29:31):
spend on fast food, then you're you're going to want
to have that. You're not going to want to have
a you know, a burger that, so it's like a
hockey buckets, so crunchy. So anyway, I'm kind of curious
here because there, of course, are blaming the economy and
the fact that inflation and menu prices have gone up,
And I'm curious if we've got a lot of places

(29:52):
that used to be busy are not as busy anymore.
I feel like the restaurant, you know, for for a
while there, people were still going on to eat no
matter what it's seemingly cost. I feel like people are
pulling back on that now now wondering if you're seeing
the same thing. Do you eat out as much as
you used to? Do you eat at the same restaurants
that you've always eaten at, or have or have menu

(30:13):
prices caused you to change your habits. Go to the
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Give me a name, where a first name, where you're
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dining habits five forty one. As we take a look
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this building. I want walk for fries for breakfast. That

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would be good for breakfast. Egg you could put an
egg on top of the walfle fraud.

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That'll be good.

Speaker 7 (30:39):
That make it yeah, well just make it like the
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Plus you get a blessed day.

Speaker 7 (30:44):
They tell you to have a blessed a Jimmy, I
need my day blessed with a female caller this morning.
Let's go to the north side seven one three two
one two tips forty five North Mark from Spring.

Speaker 38 (30:54):
Dude, I'm just past six ten Western East Steaks that
are a inch of flashing lots but m destruct other customers.

Speaker 7 (31:04):
Oh yeah, that lookout you're in you're in line southbound.
It's right before you get to six ten. I think
they pushed something over to the side. Jerry from Paarland, Dude.

Speaker 21 (31:13):
Good morning's time. I dore found on two eighty eight
right for the exit. Excuse me, there's a white Toyota
Tundra up against the left shoulder does not have a
tow truck ninja yet. Look out he kind of pops
up into.

Speaker 7 (31:26):
All right, extra points for verbage for Jerry, And let's
try one more time.

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Hellohuni, Dan jumps the north side.

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From our Generator super Center twenty four hour Weather Center.
We're looking at another cloudy, windy day today, Jeff mar
We've had a lot of windy days this spring so far.

Speaker 4 (32:09):
Yeah, and that trend continues.

Speaker 22 (32:10):
Got an aera flow pressure across the plain, so winds
will gust out of the south at times here thirty
five to forty miles prior, especially along the coast, where
a wind advisory will be in effected until five this afternoon. Otherwise,
clouds with a slight chance for a shower's highs warming
of the midwupper eighties. Still windy overnight out of a
cloudy skies, we dropped to seventy four behind your ninety
with sunbreaking through the clouds tomorrow. That a few thunderstorm

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Rang will increase Saturday and then isolated shower Sunday and
cooler temperatures with highs in the mid sixties by Sunday afternoon.

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Here in Houston's Morning News. I would loved I would
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and Kid Rock was at the White House. We placed
some audio from him yesterday. He was at the White
House for an executive order that the President signed, but
that was not the only reason why he was there.
He had also brought along Bill Maher, the late night

(33:15):
comic who's so critical of President Trump. Bill Maher had
never been to the White house before, so he took
him there so that they could have dinner and sit
down and talk and maybe Bill Maher's mind has been
changed a little bit about Donald Trump. More than that
coming up next, but first, let's do a little traffic

(33:35):
and weather together. Sky Mike, what's going on?

Speaker 7 (33:39):
We got the north sam westbound. It's roadwork at Alding Westfield.
I don't know when they're going. See, they were supposed
to have this finished a month ago. So left line
text to all of death westbound eastbound. The same story
at Imperial Balley North Freeway. Starting to get a little
thick now around west Mount East text starting to get
a little thick around the cemeteries at later but so
far we're not bump into each other. Seven three two

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top trending stories on this Wednesday morning.

Speaker 8 (34:47):
Here's Cliff, Thank You Jimmy, sponsored by dn M Auto Leasing.
Today is Liberation Day, with tariffs set to go into effect.
The liberal Washington Post claims that National Security advisor Michael
Waltz uses personal email account to conduct official government business,
and Harris County deputies continue to search for two missing
Houston twelve year old girls, a Nayah Bell and Capri Newsom,

(35:09):
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Speaker 4 (35:15):
Four more years?

Speaker 7 (35:17):
Donald John Trump?

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What happens next? Who knows what happens?

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Best happens here on youth Radio seven forties from KTRH.

Speaker 3 (35:28):
Five fifty three is our time here in Houston's port news.
So Kid Rock is at the White House, which evidently
doesn't have a dress code. I mean, he's got he's
got unique fashion sense. You gotta remember, this guy's from Michigan, right,
and you're probably thinking yourself, what do you mean, Jimmy,
I mean, that's that's that's a northern city.

Speaker 4 (35:46):
What do you mean?

Speaker 3 (35:46):
Because he kind of dresses a little bit like a
redneck bimp, which is his thing. But you've got to
remember that there's a lot of people who live in
Michigan with Southern roots. They came from Kentucky and Tennessee
and in states like that. During World War Two, those
families moved up there to work in the munitions plants,
making tanks and bombers and all that kind of stuff.

(36:08):
You know that when the automakers switched over production for
the war for World War two, and they just ended
up staying there. So so you got you got your
fair fair share of rednecks up there. That's a that's
a fact. So Kid Rocks he's at the White House.
Bill Maher has come along. They have dinner at the
White House, and of course everybody wants to know what
what was that?

Speaker 11 (36:29):
Like?

Speaker 3 (36:29):
President Trumpet, Bill Maher and Kid Rock and I think
a few other people having dinner.

Speaker 4 (36:34):
Here's kid Rock.

Speaker 40 (36:35):
I went on Bill's show, I went on his podcast,
and I said, man, you know, nothing happens if people
don't break bread together and me face to face. He's
been one of the president's hardest critics. And we came
to dinner with me, Bill, Dana White, and it could
not have been better. Everyone was so surprised, so so pleasant.
The most shocking thing to me was, you know, Bill's

(36:56):
obviously very big liberal, been very hard in the president,
but he's donating a lot of money to other politicians.
You know, you've had Biden, Clinton, Obama, everybody. He had
never been to the White House and the President was
so gracious. He took us up to the private residence.
We saw the Gettysburg address in the Lincoln bedroom and
I was like, you've never been here, Bill, And I
was like, how about this President Trump, you know, extending

(37:16):
this olive branch and like and we talked about things
we had in common, you know, ending wokeness, you know,
you know, securing the border. You know, the President was
asking him what he thought about policy, you know, of
going on with Iran and Israel and things.

Speaker 41 (37:29):
It was.

Speaker 4 (37:30):
It just meant it blew my mind. It was I
was I was, you know, very very proud.

Speaker 6 (37:34):
Do you think he walked away liking him? Because you know,
Trump is the type of person that you got to
meet him to understand it.

Speaker 4 (37:43):
One hundred percent, one hundred percent.

Speaker 40 (37:45):
Me and Dana both said there was like there's never
been in that's ever ever met the president and any
scenario that's walked away without saying like, Wow, what a
great guy. He's so funny, he's so engaging, he's so smart,
and absolutely Bill even said to me, you know after that,
he goes as wow, that was you know, everybody's mind
was kind of blown, even the presidents. I think, as
the President called me late night last night, and you know,

(38:07):
everyone was a little suspect about going into this, and
even the President kind of alerts to me a little
bit like what do you got me doing?

Speaker 4 (38:13):
I go, man, We're just trying to.

Speaker 40 (38:14):
Show people that, you know, even though we've been pretty
hard on each other, that when you get face to face,
maybe we could have a little more civility in this
country and try to bring people together.

Speaker 4 (38:23):
Yeah, and that was my whole intention.

Speaker 3 (38:26):
Well it worked, I guess to a certain extent. Of course,
We'll see how Bill Maher behaves towards Trump going forward.
But it's not a bad strategy. It's worth trying. You know,
maybe there's a few liberals that can be convinced that
the Trump's not this fascist nazi whatever that they the
far progressive left wants people to think. Five fifty six.

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Six am our time. Now you're on Houston's Morning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories this half hour,
it's Liberation Day. We're waiting to see which Trump tariffs
actually go into place, a liberal wins Wisconsin's Supreme Court race.
And coming up at six oh eight, the best fake
April Fool's Day products details and the minutes ahead. You're
in Houston's Morning News. First, we're checking out the morning

(39:29):
Drive again with sky Mate. You know, I never look
at the Fort Ben Toll Road. Just checking around Lake Olympia.
We look good here, he'llcroft. I rarely have to talk
about you you don't run into each other that much
all the way up to ninety. No, we're full speed
ahead on the Fort Ben Tollway, and the South Belt's
all good to go all the way to the Southwest Freeway.
Southwest Freeway rocks from Sugarland nineteen minutes up, and I

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do have a stall.

Speaker 7 (39:52):
This one's starting to smash up two eighty eight. It's
northbound there about to Ninja as we speak, right at Aorum.
Make that Belford with the backups all the way from
alme to Genoah.

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From our KTRH top tax Defenders twenty four hour weather center.
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It's timed out for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders six.

Speaker 8 (40:41):
Oh one on KTRH. Good morning, everybody. Our top story
is today being a liberation Day. Is at three o'clock.
President Trump will impose tariffs on trade partners that, as
he says, have been ripping us off.

Speaker 42 (40:54):
President Trump says he is settled on a tariff plan,
he just hasn't detailed what it is. Tariff on imported
automobiles and parts are scheduled to begin, on top of
tariffs on aluminum, steel and other items. White House Trade
advisor Peter Navarro says tariffs could raise six hundred billion
dollars a year. Investors have worried about the tariffs and
the uncertainty around them. The White House has promised that

(41:16):
Wall Street will be just fine.

Speaker 8 (41:17):
Rich Et said, reporting there. Trump's goal is to level
the economic playing field in stop the other countries from
taking advantage.

Speaker 11 (41:25):
You look at aggregate of tariffs in the United States
on inbound they're much less than what countries are charging
on outbound into their countries of American goods.

Speaker 8 (41:35):
Shark Tanks Kevin O'Leary says most countries are going to
be incentivized to cut a deal with trumping.

Speaker 6 (41:41):
Fact Israel liftedt all tariffs yesterday.

Speaker 8 (41:44):
Wall Street don not happy down futures are down more
than one hundred and eighty points so far this morning.
This comes as the aluminum and steel industries are among
those already dealing with the fallout.

Speaker 41 (41:55):
One Metals fabricators as his raw costs have gone up
thirty to forty percent in just the last two months.

Speaker 12 (42:01):
The worst thing that could happen to be doing a
fifty percent tariff on Canada imported aluminum.

Speaker 4 (42:06):
That would be just horrible.

Speaker 12 (42:08):
And we're for putting tariffs on China, you know, we
need to level the playing field there.

Speaker 41 (42:13):
That's Lance thrill Kill of a metal dot com, who
says the hardest part about the tariffs is that it's
introduced high volatility into what have been relatively stable markets.
Michael Shiloh News Radio seven forty k t.

Speaker 6 (42:27):
RA It's now six ZHO three.

Speaker 8 (42:28):
Republican Brad Shimmel comes up short in a key state
Supreme Court race in Wisconsin, losing to Liberal Susan Crawford.

Speaker 43 (42:37):
Yeah, I've I've called Judge Crawford and conceited. Oh no, no, no, no,
you got to accept the results.

Speaker 8 (42:48):
Voters in that state did approve enshrining voter ID into
the state constitution. In Florida, Republicans win both congressional races
to replace Michael Waltson Matt Gates in the House, and
Define wins wins Waltz's seed Jimmy Petronos takes over for Gates.
Support for the Democrat Party continues to plummet. According to

(43:08):
one poll from Harvard Harris, They're rating is just thirty
seven percent, But as Democrat Kevin Newsom points out, it's
actually even worse.

Speaker 13 (43:18):
We had a high water mark two weeks ago, and
that was a CNN poll at twenty nine percent favorability.
It's dropped when an NBC pull down at twenty seven percent.

Speaker 8 (43:26):
Newso blamed this on things like canceled culture, not policy,
during an interview with HBO's Bill Maher.

Speaker 6 (43:33):
Six zero four.

Speaker 8 (43:34):
House Republicans have started the process of putting a stop
to the judicial activism against the Trump agenda.

Speaker 17 (43:40):
President was doing nothing more than undoing a policy of
his predecessor.

Speaker 6 (43:46):
California's darryl Isa.

Speaker 8 (43:48):
At a House subcommittee hearing yesterday, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley
in the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing today over
these rogue judges. As von Spakowski with the Heritage Foundation says,
it's law overdue.

Speaker 4 (44:00):
This is a very important hearing.

Speaker 17 (44:02):
He understands the importance of trying to make sure that
we don't have rogue judges threatening the separation of powers
and the way our democracy works, and that's exactly what
these judges are doing.

Speaker 6 (44:14):
He says.

Speaker 8 (44:15):
Ultimately, it's up to Congress to stop this. At six
ZHO five, Elon Musk is pushing for law enforcement to
go after the people behind the attacks on Tesla dealerships.
The funders of the attacks and the individual cars.

Speaker 44 (44:29):
Have burnt cars that fired bullets into dealerships, They've scratched
swastekas into Tesla's of the innocent people that have there
just going about their lives, they've done nothing wrong.

Speaker 6 (44:40):
Calling these attacks terrorism.

Speaker 8 (44:41):
During an interview on Fox yesterday, bombshell revelations in a
new book show how little confidence former President Barack Obama
actually had in Kamala Harris during the last year's campaign.

Speaker 45 (44:53):
He also didn't want Kamala Harris to be the replacement
for Biden. He didn't think that she was the best
choice for Democrats, and he worked really behind the scenes
for a long time to try to have a mini
primary or an open convention, or mini primary leading to
an open convention.

Speaker 8 (45:14):
Jonathan Allen says he was on MSNBC yesterday with a
new book that he was trying to promote at six
to ZHO six and Trump shut the border down. Smuggling
illegals out of the US has become a new source
of revenue for the Mexican drug cartels. Price At Breitbart
says this is their way of adapting to Trump's border policies.

Speaker 20 (45:32):
Partment of Hall Land Security Secretary Christine nom said early
on that if you self deport, there's an opportunity for
you to earn a way to come back legally.

Speaker 39 (45:41):
But if we catch you and have to send you back,
that's it.

Speaker 4 (45:45):
You're done.

Speaker 6 (45:46):
He says.

Speaker 8 (45:46):
This easy source of revenue is going to dry up
soon as the administration zero's in on cartels, and Texas
is making another move to assist the White House, the
State Senate passing a bill yesterday mandating counties to help
ice the Astros lose to the Giants three to one.
The series wraps up today pregame of two on seven
ninety uh leaves for San Antonio today. They'll play Duke

(46:09):
in the final four on Saturday. I'm Cloff Saunders on
Houston's News whether in traffic station KTRH.

Speaker 2 (46:16):
Stay in touch on your drive in with Jimmy Barrett
and the Houston Morning News team.

Speaker 3 (46:26):
It yes, today, it was April Fool's Day. I don't
participate in Aprile's Fools full stay. And since I was
a little kid, I think it's yeah, I don't know,
I don't. I don't think there's a lot of good
April Fools jokes that you can. First of all, it's
April first. Everybody knows it's April Fools Day. How do
you pull this stuff off? I guess there's always people
who just don't remember it's April Fool's Day, right, Well,

(46:51):
there were several companies who decided to participate in April
Fool's Day, and their stunts actually worked, at least to
a certain extent. People actually believed it was true, and
in some cases they were disappointed when it turned out
it wasn't the top April Fool's Day brand stunts. This
year included Hidden Valley Ranch flavored soda from Ollipop, Yahoo's

(47:13):
Touch grass keyboard, cat poop scented candles, and an electric
butt shaver. So I just mentioned the Hidden Valley Ranch
flavored soda, the Touch keyboard from Yahoo. They posted a
video of a keyboard with grass growing out of each
key and claimed it was immediately sold out. The cat

(47:36):
poop scented candles, I can see, I can see where
this might work. A pet tech company called Whisker announced
a candle called cat Pooh spelled pu cat Poo number two.
It's real, but it doesn't actually smell like a litter box.
It's rose scented. And then the one, the one that
somebody evidently probably thought this is. I bet there was

(47:57):
a lot of women who might actually be willing to
buy something this for the man. An electric shaver for
your butt, dude wipe steamed up with manscaped for the
dude man. A shaver with a cone shaped attachment, so
you can, you know, really get in there and clear
up all the hair.

Speaker 4 (48:17):
It's not real, though, you can't really buy it.

Speaker 3 (48:20):
And mood matching lingerie bras and panties that changed color
like a mood Ring. The lingerie brand Journelle was behind
that one. And here's also one more for you that
I thought was particularly good. Josh Sellers claimed they were
launching a line of stylish modern couches and chairs with
built in wine stains, so that you don't have to
worry about spelling wine on your furniture because the patterns

(48:43):
like a wine stain, it won't matter. Six ten Time
for traffic and weather together catpoop candles, it would be great.

Speaker 4 (48:49):
Sky.

Speaker 7 (48:51):
Let's do some south side here. I got to eighty eight.

Speaker 6 (48:53):
We cleared the stall northbound at Belford.

Speaker 4 (48:56):
That's gone.

Speaker 7 (48:56):
I've still got a bit of a smash from the
belt stay the course on the two eighty eight South Freeway.
Golf Freeway rocks along. Now it's a little thick after
waffle House up to the loop. We don't have our
wreck yet at park Place. And also on the east side,
we're gonna check those ship channel bridges.

Speaker 4 (49:11):
Six' ten you look.

Speaker 7 (49:12):
Good toll bridge rocks from the north side down to
two twenty five. Southwest Hi tay.

Speaker 24 (49:17):
Skymke this Is, cindy actual woman yay diving in From
wharton To.

Speaker 5 (49:22):
Paarland made it in.

Speaker 4 (49:23):
An Hour thank you Golf.

Speaker 5 (49:25):
Freeway good morning Steimke kelly From lamart thirty seven minutes
in all the way through To North.

Speaker 17 (49:34):
Houston have a Great.

Speaker 46 (49:36):
Wednesday fantastic and one More, hey good morning Steymke.

Speaker 47 (49:41):
Some industry touches coming into nine smooth is a Grand
march tuffle and YES i do have one at my.

Speaker 5 (49:47):
Wedding thank you so.

Speaker 7 (49:49):
Much gotterriena and banana stickers all. Around i'm in THE
USA Rv resorts Dot com traffic center.

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Hit the jackpot at that time from Guilty, Rah, yeah
real women from R Ktrh tom Tax defenders our weather.
Center jeff bar is. Here gusty wins will be the
hallmark of the next few. Days we're talking about what
thirty five to forty mile for our wind gusts from
time to. Time, yeah you're right about, That.

Speaker 22 (50:08):
Jimmy and as a, result The National Weather service has
is sunder a wind advisory along the coastal counties and
also For fort ben And wharton. Counties as those winds
increase today and we'll see some more cloud cover and
it will be warm with the southerly winds boosting highs
into the midweper. Eighties a slight chance for a shower popping,
up and then cloudy and witty overnight with a low
down to seventy. Four even warmer tomorrow under sunshine with
a high close to. Ninety as far as the, weekend,

(50:31):
well first of, All, friday a few thunderstorms pop up
during the afternoon of the high of eighty, six then
rain Increases saturday up to eighty. Two Cooler sunday with
a slight chance for a shower and a high hitting
the mid.

Speaker 3 (50:39):
Sixties temperature right now is seventy seven at your official
severe weather, Station News radio seven forty k T.

Speaker 4 (50:46):
Rh.

Speaker 3 (50:49):
So we have a story earlier this morning about six
fast food Chains, kentucky fribably checking the McDonald's up to
the typical Ones, denny's who are struggling right now that
they have been losing some, customers mainly they think because,
they you, know the menu prices have had to go
up in order to keep up with, inflation and that's
when people start making decisions about how they're going to

(51:10):
eat out and if they're going to eat. Out and you,
Know i've been wondering for a long, time how high
would menu prices need to be before we start changing
our habits about eating, out and we now eat at
home two days a. WEEK i mean that doesn't sound like,
MUCH i, know but we used to eat out basically
seven days a. Week we, now you, KNOW i cook
On mondays And tuesdays at this, point So i'm, wondering

(51:32):
have your habits, Changed has inflation and menu prices, changed
where you, eat how often you eat those types of?
Things and we're doing it as a question of the.
Day you can answer the question or give your input
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(51:54):
where you're calling, from first, name, anyway where you're calling,
from and how food, prices menu prices have changed your eating.

Speaker 48 (52:01):
Habits this Is shannon calling From. ANGLETON i think that
people are more health conscious. Now, ALSO i do believe
that the market is saturated with fast food. Restaurants there's
one on every. Corner There's wendy's and McDonald's all on

(52:21):
the same, street so there's too many. Choices, ALSO i
believe the quality of the food and the price is
just is keeping.

Speaker 4 (52:31):
Yep and she ran out of.

Speaker 3 (52:32):
Time quality of the food some fast food chains are
consistent in some Art waterburger is very. Consistent wendy's not so.
Much all, right time for traffic and weather, together let's
check out that drive. Again here's Guy. Mike it's been a.

Speaker 7 (52:46):
Nice morning on the. Freeways Jimmy Katie. FREEWAY a little
bit of a Smash Grand, Parkway no big. Whoop it's
twenty six minutes in to eighty. Eight now you've got
that spackle right around the South. Belt we had an
earlier thought stay of the course. Too you'll only lose
about four or five minutes this, Way lord sam Aldein,
westfield that's one of the lone smushes of the. Morning
you got the roadwork westboundue loose about six minutes FROM

(53:09):
Jfk North. Loop we are getting squeezed down at forty
five and to. NINETY i had to look up Where industry. Was,
jimmy it's way out Past. Bellville katerina From, industry with
her very first banana, stickers checked out two ninety for
men is a.

Speaker 5 (53:24):
Grand march, shovel and YES i did have one at
my letter since she.

Speaker 7 (53:27):
Had a grand march at her. WEDDING i know my
Freeways skymike on THE Usa rbresorts dot com traffic center.

Speaker 3 (53:33):
From R ktrh top tax, defenders twenty four hour weather.
Center claude gusty Afternoon wednesday eighty. Six Mostly claude gusty
wins again tomorrow eighty. Eight and you guessed, it mostly
claudy windy eighty six for the high temperature On. Friday right,
now still seventy seven at your official severe weather, Station
News radio seven forty K. Trh let's get you caught

(53:53):
up on some of our top stories this. Morning Here's, Cliff.

Speaker 4 (53:55):
Thank, You.

Speaker 8 (53:56):
Jimmy it is six twenty Three New polly shows how
unsafe resident and it's really Think houston. Is President trump
is expected to discuss TikTok today in its fate at
An Oval office.

Speaker 6 (54:06):
Meeting and an.

Speaker 8 (54:07):
Update we told you about half an hour ago that
two twelve year olds From houston weren't missing. Yesterday they've
both been found. Safely get the latest news anytime AT
ktrh dot. Com our next update is at six.

Speaker 4 (54:18):
THIRTY i live in Southeast.

Speaker 2 (54:20):
Houston your forecast is at the bottom of the hour
on seven forty ktrh.

Speaker 49 (54:27):
In.

Speaker 3 (54:27):
America, yeah there's no tariff if it's made In. America
the problem problem is finding things that are made In.
America sometimes today's the Day Liberation, day Says President. Trump
today's the day the tariffs go into. Effect supposedly they
go into effect, automatically so they're starting. Today there's a
twenty five percent, tariff for, example on automobiles that are

(54:48):
not assembled In. America if it's NOT i it's a foreign,
vehicle it's twenty five percent added on to the purchase.
Price it gets a little more complicated when you talk
about other vehicles that are even assembled here but maybe
have parts some of the parts that are. Foreign so
it could get, complicated but it could definitely be raising.
Prices Senator John, kennedy one of my, favorites as you, know,

(55:11):
yesterday got asked about the tariff situation and about. Taxes
here's what he had to. SAY i Think.

Speaker 46 (55:17):
President trump won the selection in large, Part, larry because
people felt like he would be better in terms of the.

Speaker 4 (55:25):
Economy what does that? Mean that means lower.

Speaker 46 (55:29):
Prices better quality of. Life our plan is to do
that in through. Ways Number, one reduce, spending which will
cause interest rates to go down and stimulate the. Economy
less deregulate the economy so.

Speaker 4 (55:45):
Goods and services will be.

Speaker 46 (55:48):
Cheaper and number, three design a tax code that looks
like somebody designed it on. Purpose, now what role could
tariffs play in all of? This the truth is nobody.
Knows i've listened to economists for the last. Month some
say this will cause a. Recession his terrorist will cause a.

(56:14):
Recession others say it will cause.

Speaker 4 (56:16):
Growth in my eight years In.

Speaker 46 (56:19):
Washington What i've learned that for every, economist there's an
equal and opposite, economist and they're both usually. Wrong some
of these experts make those late night psychic hotlines look. Respectable, yes,
SIR i do know. THIS i understand Where President trump

(56:41):
is coming. From america is the wealthiest country in all
of human. History is consumer. Driven our people like to buy.
Stuff so The president is, saying let's use our. Leverage
he's saying to every business and every country in the,
world if you want to sell To, america.

Speaker 50 (57:00):
Move your business.

Speaker 4 (57:01):
HERE i get.

Speaker 6 (57:02):
It and in the long run he's.

Speaker 4 (57:05):
Right but in the long, run we're all.

Speaker 46 (57:09):
Did the short run matters, Too and the truth is
we do not know yet what the impact of these
tariffs are going to.

Speaker 3 (57:18):
Be, well he took us time getting, there BUT i
think the most important thing That Senator kennedy said there Was,
yeah in the long, run it's the right thing to,
do but in the short run it could be. Painful
we'll see six twenty. Seven time to take a look
at your. Money Here's Jeff bellinger and the big reveal
on tariff's coming up later.

Speaker 26 (57:36):
Today of, Course jimmy and some video game fans are
looking forward to a preview Of Nintendo switched To Gaming.
Console it will be released sometime later this. YEAR a
live stream presentation is planned for later this, morning With
nintendo providing a closer look at the new. Console stock
market futures lower across the board this, Morning tariff jitters

(57:57):
rule On Wall street today now futures.

Speaker 39 (58:00):
One hundred ninety.

Speaker 26 (58:01):
Points I'm Jeff, Bellinger Bloomberg business On News radio seven FORTY.

Speaker 6 (58:05):
Ktrh you are No Houston's.

Speaker 27 (58:10):
News why there were traffic plus breaking news twenty four to.
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Speaker 4 (58:17):
Five everywhere with THE.

Speaker 2 (58:19):
Irf more of what's happening now from The Jehan Morris Services.

Speaker 3 (58:23):
Studios it is six thirty here On Houston's Morning. News
I'm Jimmy. Barrett among our top stories this f, Hour
houstonians staying home to avoid, crime The houston, coptroller blaming
firefighters for our budget, woes and coming up at six thirty,
eight the death penalty now in play for the killer
of The United HEALTHCARE. Ceo details in the minutes. Ahead

(58:44):
you're In Houston's Morning. News, first let's check out that
morning drive. Again here's, Sky. MIKE i got A south
loot problem.

Speaker 7 (58:49):
Here that's a. Stall this is eastbound right where you
don't want. It at two twenty, five you, know you
did that little merge and some of you go out
To pasadena and some of you go up The Ship channel.
Bridge and now we've got hope some ninja's on the
scene to light it up a little bit so we
don't run into.

Speaker 4 (59:03):
Them look Out.

Speaker 7 (59:04):
Southloop that's right before two twenty. FIVE i got meg
From chema on The Golf, Freeway Morning.

Speaker 5 (59:10):
Mikey right before twenty three fifty, one which in the
left flane police.

Speaker 28 (59:15):
Action why the police looks like a pickup.

Speaker 5 (59:18):
Truck but people are starting to get kind of fork.
Climbing can we save?

Speaker 4 (59:23):
That cliff all?

Speaker 7 (59:23):
Right nordbound twenty three fifty. One look, out it's on
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Speaker 4 (59:46):
Rh it is time now for the. News Here's Cliff, Saunders.

Speaker 46 (59:49):
Thank, You.

Speaker 6 (59:49):
Jimmy six thirty, two our top.

Speaker 8 (59:51):
Story despite the efforts Of Mayor John whitmeyer to reduce
crime In, houston seventy seven percent Of ustonian say they
are staying home at night or looking to move into
a new neighborhood just to feel.

Speaker 10 (01:00:05):
Safe this may have more to do with the perceptions
of crime than crime. Itself people get very.

Speaker 28 (01:00:10):
Scared fear is a very compelling factor for what motivates
people to remain indoors or to change locations on their.

Speaker 10 (01:00:17):
Residency RETIRED Hbd Captain Greg freeman says, statistically violent crime is,
falling and officials need to communicate that.

Speaker 28 (01:00:23):
Clearly the administration has to collectively keep pushing out.

Speaker 4 (01:00:27):
That by and, large we do live in a safe.

Speaker 28 (01:00:29):
City we've got a very professional police.

Speaker 10 (01:00:31):
Department freeman did point out that while crime is getting,
better there are still high crime areas and people should
still be. Cautious Ethan Buchanan News radio seven forty.

Speaker 8 (01:00:39):
Ktrh, meantime The firefighters' union is pushing back on claims
by City Controller Chris hollins that over time by firefighters
is contributing to the city's budget. Problems in a, statement
the union Accuses hollins of quote cherry picking data in
an attempt to villainize our dedicated. Firefighters they point out
the city has a staffing shortage in the, department which

(01:01:02):
is one reason for the other time another. Reason local
firefighters were also deployed to help with wildfires in and
out Of texas six point thirty three In washington, Today
President trump's tariffs are scheduled to go into Effect Liberation.
Day we'll find out how at A Rose garden ceremony
at three O'clock houston.

Speaker 6 (01:01:21):
Time.

Speaker 8 (01:01:21):
Now The White house says tariffs are a way to
level the economic playing.

Speaker 30 (01:01:25):
Field too many foreign countries have their markets closed to our.
Exports this is fundamentally.

Speaker 8 (01:01:32):
Unfair Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt overnight trading is down across the, board,
down futures off by one hundred and ninety three. Points
republican infighting in The house over proxy voting has led
To house activity being shut down for the.

Speaker 6 (01:01:47):
Week this impacts The trump.

Speaker 22 (01:01:49):
Agenda the One Big Beautiful bill still has to get
all of the substance of securing the, border of rebuilding the,
military of Unleashing american, energy of extending the tax.

Speaker 4 (01:01:59):
Cuts and that's going to take a lot longer than a.

Speaker 8 (01:02:01):
Week Texas Senator Ted cruz WITH ktrh is sean hennity
More trump derangement syndrome from The. Dems New Jersey Senator
Corey booker spoke for more than twenty five hours on
The senate, floor breaking a seventy year old, record just
to complain about what you voted.

Speaker 4 (01:02:18):
For i'm not here, though because of his. Speech i'm
here despite his. Speech i'm here.

Speaker 6 (01:02:24):
Because as powerful as he, was the people were more.

Speaker 8 (01:02:27):
Powerful booker broke a record set by Former Senator Strom.
Thurman republicans win the special elections In, florida growing their
majority in The, house While Republican Brad schimmel lost To
Liberal Susan crawford in The Wisconsin State Supreme court. Race,
yesterday six thirty, five The Texas legislative session is more

(01:02:48):
than half way, over but Last, friday more than half
of the members of The house didn't bother coming to.

Speaker 6 (01:02:54):
Work it was literally a quorum. Collapse that means.

Speaker 4 (01:02:59):
You need one hundred. People.

Speaker 34 (01:03:00):
Wow when attendance was, taken they're actually only sixty five members.

Speaker 16 (01:03:04):
There That's Brandon walton's senior editor At Texas, scorecard who,
says this all starts with the.

Speaker 34 (01:03:11):
Speaker the speaker controls what the members are going to
be volding. On If Brian harrison was the one who
will called the speaker out on the fact that there were.

Speaker 16 (01:03:19):
Non a majority of members, there with concerns That Speaker
burrows may be running out the.

Speaker 6 (01:03:24):
Clock Jeff Biggs News radio seven FORTY K, Tieri.

Speaker 8 (01:03:29):
Well The house did finally pass their first bills, yesterday
one to improve state wildfire. Response the other prohibits taxes
on financial. Trades six thirty five years of climate hysteria
have fallen on deaf. Fears nearly sixty seven percent Of
americans belief energy independence is more important than fighting climate.

(01:03:49):
Change David holt with The Consumer Energy alliance says demonizing
energy does not.

Speaker 36 (01:03:54):
Work it's gratifying to see that The american public recognizes.
This it's another signal for politicians of all, Stripes, Democrat,
Independent republican that's sensible energy policy that advances economic priorities
and ensures reliable energy is the way to.

Speaker 8 (01:04:08):
Go he adds that mandates or bans on certain forms
of energy only drive up prices and make energy less.
Reliable burned out workers are now dealing with helicopter managers
using surveillance software to track their every. Move in, fact
nearly half of all employees a workplace monitoring has, increased
leading to stress and task. Masking that's where you think

(01:04:32):
being productive to avoid getting yelled at by your.

Speaker 36 (01:04:35):
Manager if you don't allow the room for them to
try some things on their own and be, autonomous they're
never going to develop as.

Speaker 8 (01:04:44):
Leaders business Strategist Meredith Elliott powell six thirty.

Speaker 6 (01:04:47):
Seven The rockets Host Utah.

Speaker 8 (01:04:49):
Tonight covered starts at six point thirty here ON Ktr
Shuncliffe saunders On Houston's newsweather In traffic STATION Ktrh.

Speaker 4 (01:04:58):
Houston's Morning news can to use With Jimmy, barrett.

Speaker 3 (01:05:05):
All, right you know Who Luigi mangione, is, right the accused.
Killer DO i have to use the word? ACCUSED i,
mean we've got the guy on tape, right he killed,
him he Killed United HEALTHCARE. Ceo, Yoah, NO i don't
feel the need to throw the word accused in, There,
Okay nor DO i feel the need to feel sorry
that The department Of justice has Decided Pam bondi has

(01:05:28):
decided to put the death. Penalty this is going to
be a death penalty. Case he executed the. Man he
executed the man for running a healthcare company and in his,
MIND i guess being responsible for what people paying too

(01:05:49):
much for healthcare, insurance for people not getting all the
coverage that they need or being denied. COVERAGE i guess
that's part of. It and maybe that's the part of
it that, SOMEHOW i guess if you've had that happen to,
YOU i can certainly understand how you could hate somebody

(01:06:09):
or want to argue against the way healthcare companies operate
or do their. Business but that still does not give
you the right to murder somebody in cold. Blood but
there are plenty of progressives who think that's perfectly. Okay
it's amazing to me how much violence comes from the far.
Left there is something out there called The december Fourth Legal.

(01:06:31):
Committee december the fourth is the date That luigimanngjon murdered
THE ceo Of United. Healthcare thus the. Name this guy's
name Is Sam. Beard you're gonna hear about a minute's
worth of, him which will probably insense. You BUT i
think it's important to hear where these people are coming,
from why they think that they are perfectly justified in

(01:06:55):
defending this. Guy there's a legal defense fund that's raised
over a million dollars For Luigi. Maanngeon here Is Sam.

Speaker 51 (01:07:00):
Beard to quote one, donor they, said let's, see we
do not condone, murder and for that, reason we cannot
condone the actions Of United. Healthcare luigi is simply being
accused of standing up to the systematized murder of millions
Of americans at the hands of a broken healthcare, system
AND i think that's very.

Speaker 4 (01:07:20):
Apt did you.

Speaker 27 (01:07:22):
Get any messages given the news today that the doj
is going to seek the death.

Speaker 51 (01:07:27):
Penalty, yeah you, know there's been there's been an outpouring
of support every single time that the state tries to
come down and crack down harder On. Luigi his spirit doesn't,
waiver but the outpouring of support swells up. More and you,
KNOW i think the reason for that is what happened
last year On december fourth really revealed an underlying situation
within our society that that only that, act pragmatically, speaking

(01:07:50):
seems to have. Revealed and in that, situation of, course
is the fact that hundreds of millions of people around
the world understand that these deeply crooked orally bankrupt corporate elites,
are at the most fundamental, level the enemies of those
who want peace in this, world the enemies of those
who believe in dignity and justice for.

Speaker 3 (01:08:08):
All, yeah, okay how about the corporate elites THAT i
don't know are funding all this violence for the progressive
left Of George soros sorrows of the. World what about?
Them Sam beard six forty time for traffic and leather.
Together it is. UNREAL i, mean these people are. Insane Skuy.

Speaker 7 (01:08:25):
Mane let's go up the Southwest freeway here Before Doug
pike gets mad at. Me nord found right at The
West park curve it's just a wall o breaks. Now in,
fact it's starting to impact THAT remp that comes off
The West. Park if you do The West park every,
day stay of the, course you're. Fine southwest you lose
a few minutes just trying to get up to the
West loop six' ten two nine of you at a
grand march at, your wedding you. Look Great graham parkway

(01:08:47):
to The west loop six ten it's eazy twenty. Four
Minutes katie freeway is starting to get a little squishy
Right Around grand Parkway Into. Barker cypress i'd stick Really,
into eldridge but it's a.

Speaker 4 (01:08:57):
Good morning On.

Speaker 6 (01:08:57):
The katie so far we lose about eight minutes This Way.

Speaker 7 (01:09:01):
East freeway you hit the brakes Hardhats at Lockwood And,
north loops squeezing down at.

Speaker 4 (01:09:05):
Forty, five that of course.

Speaker 7 (01:09:06):
Is westbound danny From roch sharon's got an update on
two Eighty Eight.

Speaker 52 (01:09:10):
Portage skyline far accident on the far left lane on
two eighty Eight or. Belfer five about half non cars
are going, around it but there's no tow trucks flashing
blue or.

Speaker 7 (01:09:23):
Red light, all right banana sticker and burbage Their northbound
look at. That, backup yeah it's going all the way
Back From Shadow Creek. Ranch parkway Do the gulf if,
you can and we'll update your ship channel bridges at
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Speaker 3 (01:09:37):
From OUR Ktr H generator supercenter twenty Four Hour. Weather center, Claude's,
guys yeah we're gonna have those, Again Today. Jeff mahr
and it's THE winds i think we're really, gonna notice especially.

Speaker 22 (01:09:47):
This, afternoon yeah they're gonna increase out of the south,
at times gusting up there near thirty five to forty,
miles prior and as, a result there's a wind advisory
until five this afternoon for our coastal counties and also
across portions before Been In. Wharton counties some gusty wins
as well under a, cloudy sky maybe an isolated chair
with these. Southerly wins highs today into the, midwupper eighties
cloudy and weddy tonight down to Seventy, four tomorrow sunny,

(01:10:08):
and windy ahind your ninety and then a little bit
Cooler on friday into the mid eighties with a slight
chance for a.

Speaker 3 (01:10:13):
Shower thunderstorm temperature is still. Seventy, SEVEN ope i take
that back. Seventy six now at your official severe, weather
Station news radio SEVEN. Forty ktrh you, are commute you,
are forecast.

Speaker 2 (01:10:23):
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Speaker 3 (01:10:28):
Those solutions it's liberation Day, in america and you might
be liberated from a few bucks from your wallet if
you're buying a. Car truck twenty five percent tariffs are
supposed to go into. EFFECT today i guess we'll wait
for the official announcement later in the day to see
if it. Ultimately happens but that's what's supposed, to happen
and assuming, it does it's GOING to i WOULD think

(01:10:50):
i have an immediate impact on the price you pay
for a car. Or truck more in that story coming. Up, next,
first though it's still a little traffic and whether together's
starting with the new.

Speaker 4 (01:10:58):
Sky miike we need some.

Speaker 7 (01:10:59):
Liberation on eighty, eight northbound that's The. Rect orm it
looks like, everybody's okay but this is just a left
lane getting by on the inbound banana Sticker for Danny
From roch sharon northbound and look at all Those Backup
Shadow Creek. Ranch parkway we lose about twenty minutes trying to.
Get northbound if you, want to why don't we jump
on all ninety the most city expressway. Golf freeways not.

(01:11:21):
That bad we do have that one little piece of
police activity.

Speaker 4 (01:11:25):
Going on at twenty three.

Speaker 7 (01:11:26):
Fifty one and Me from keema says it kinda if
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(01:11:55):
stories bright and early On this. Wednesday morning here's cliff.

Speaker 8 (01:11:58):
Sponsored By National. Land Partners liberation day. Is Today president
trump will lay out tariff plans at Three o'clock china
is conducting surprise military exercises in Waters, near taiwan and
a Group of texans season ticket holders is suing the
team for a million BUCKS, over PSLs, claiming, fraud conspiracy

(01:12:19):
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Speaker 3 (01:12:35):
Yeah two That was freedom six fifty two is our
time Here in houston's. Morning, news right cars, AND trucks
I mean i still sometimes look at the sticker PRICE that,
i go how in the world had they gotten?

Speaker 4 (01:12:45):
So expensive?

Speaker 3 (01:12:47):
Just crazy but they're likely to get more expensive with
these tariffs going, into place because virtually every automobile has
at least some parts they come from somewhere else unless
there's an exemption on, those parts and it'll be a
twenty five percent tariff. On that so the price of
just about every car truck is likely to go up
if these tariffs go into, effect today which they're supposed.

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To Do, Rick case automotive PRESIDENT And Ceo, rita case
On The fox business talking about the impact of.

Speaker 4 (01:13:16):
Car tariffs there are a lot.

Speaker 47 (01:13:18):
Of cars that people think are foreign built like, You
know honda are that are built and manufactured In The.
United states so there'll be a lot of interesting people talking.
About THAT but i truly believe that, all manufacturers whether
you precede them to be domestic or import or, foreign

(01:13:40):
built are going to be affected by the tariffs in
one way or another and increase the prices to.

Speaker 4 (01:13:45):
The public so if.

Speaker 50 (01:13:47):
They don't do a carve out for parts, and components
doesn't that mean that everything that you're selling is going.

Speaker 47 (01:13:53):
To COST war i believe that all cars Sold in
america are going to have an impact from, the tariffs
some more. Than others based on what you were saying with.

Speaker 24 (01:14:03):
The components, the.

Speaker 47 (01:14:04):
Engines, the transmissions and the electrical components are the ones
that they are specifically pointing out will have the twenty
five percent tariff on them if they're not manufactured In
The united states but imported in and then Assembled In
american american Manufacturer or american. Assembly plants but every single

(01:14:26):
brand is going to have tariffs on their vehicles at
some level. Of another some will have a twenty five
percent tariff if one hundred percent of the car is
imported Into The. United states and some will have a
percentage if they're assembled In The united states but have
components outside Of The united states that have been, shipped
in like, For Example mercedes benz who does assemble some

(01:14:48):
cars here In The, united states but they bring in
their Parts.

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From, germany, okay well there. You go that's about the
best way we can. Explain it it's not just dealerships
they're going to have to deal. With this what about your,
friendly mechanic, you know whatever parts. They use if those
parts are coming from somewhere outside Of The, united states
then you know there'll be a terrify. On that, you
know there'd be a lot of things that are going
to be hit. By this repairing your car is going

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THIS hour i Call It. Liberation day april Second Is.
Liberation day That Was president trump.

Speaker 8 (01:18:33):
Last week tariff set to go into effect and not
a moment too Soon For kansas Senator Doctor.

Speaker 9 (01:18:38):
Roger marshall for DECADES that i grew up in a,
Farming family american farmers have, told me they're tired of
being taken advantage of by other. Foreign countries Marshall On,
Fox business trump will announce those plans at three o'clock.
Our time ahead, Of that israel announced it's lifting all
Tariffs on american. Made, products we, of Course are israel's largest.

Speaker 8 (01:18:57):
Trade partner SUPPORTERS of tara say this will be a
big step towards restoring.

Speaker 10 (01:19:01):
Economic independence trump says he just wants a level economic,
playing field and tariffs might.

Speaker 37 (01:19:08):
Do that he's, just saying let's.

Speaker 11 (01:19:09):
Go reciprocal why don't you drop yours, to Zero and
i'll Talk to trump about dropping his, to zero and
we'll both have zero and we'll combine.

Speaker 6 (01:19:16):
The Economies That's shark Tank investor.

Speaker 10 (01:19:18):
Kevin O'Leary He says trump is using tariffs to force
negotiations and a recession.

Speaker 11 (01:19:22):
Isn't likely most countries are going to be incentivized to cut.
A deal i think you have to take the noise
away from. The signal the signal's pretty good in the economy.

Speaker 10 (01:19:30):
Right now he also thinks That even canada will end
up cutting a Deal with trump after their election in.
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off two hundred and.

Speaker 6 (01:19:41):
Ten points this morning seven h THREE.

Speaker 8 (01:19:44):
On ktrh new polling shows That The democrat party's approval
rating is thirty. Seven percent so it's so Bad Even
gavin newsom's calling. Them Mounts the democratic brand is toxic.

Speaker 13 (01:19:55):
Right now democrats will tend to be a little more
judgmental than we.

Speaker 4 (01:19:58):
Should be this notion of, cancel culture, that's.

Speaker 6 (01:20:01):
Real and democrats need on up To that NEWSOME.

Speaker 8 (01:20:03):
On hbo in, some polls their favorability number is just twenty.

Speaker 4 (01:20:07):
Seven.

Speaker 8 (01:20:07):
Percent now that all played out during a special Election,
in Florida where republicans won both congressional. Races Yesterday So
randy fine wins the seat formerly Held By. Michael Walls
jimmy petronis takes over For. Mac gates this was.

Speaker 14 (01:20:23):
An enormous Victory FOR. Donald j, trump tonight For the,
trump doctrine, bor doge for everyone that we didn't lose
a seat And the, republicans.

Speaker 8 (01:20:32):
Won resoundingly Reaction From South Carolina's nancy Mace On fox
mixed Results, in wisconsin Where Liberal susan crawford Beat the
Trump Endorsed brad shimmel in A State supreme, court race
a Race That elon musk was.

Speaker 25 (01:20:46):
Heavily investigated they're going to do everything possible to stop
the agenda That the american people voted for when they
Voted For.

Speaker 8 (01:20:54):
President Trump but wisconsin voters did approve ENSHRINING voter id
into the. State constitution seven Zero Four house Republicans in
washington start the process of reigning in the activist judges
trying To stop trump's agenda with.

Speaker 15 (01:21:09):
Good reason fifteen district judges effectively sees control of various
executive branch duties in the first six weeks of the
current presidency through.

Speaker 8 (01:21:17):
Nationwide Injunctions Former House Speaker knude Gingrich On capitol hill
In The Senate Judiciary Committee Chair chuck grassley holds a
hearing on all of.

Speaker 16 (01:21:25):
This Today but Hans, von spakowski With A, heritage Foundation
says congress is going to have.

Speaker 4 (01:21:32):
TO act I think congress does have.

Speaker 17 (01:21:35):
TO act i think they have to change federal law
to prevent single district.

Speaker 7 (01:21:40):
Court judges and.

Speaker 4 (01:21:42):
What about a.

Speaker 6 (01:21:43):
Possible impeachment we've.

Speaker 17 (01:21:45):
Never had an impeachment involving a judge because of a bad.

Speaker 4 (01:21:49):
Opinion that he.

Speaker 16 (01:21:50):
Has Rendered several republicans have already introduced bills In the
house And.

Speaker 6 (01:21:56):
The Senate Jeff Biggs news radio SEVEN Forty ka tire seven.

Speaker 8 (01:22:00):
Oh five the national push requiring citizenship to, vote continues
Led By Texas Congressman.

Speaker 4 (01:22:06):
Ship roy.

Speaker 18 (01:22:08):
We're just saying that we're going to ask people to
simply show up and demonstrate their citizenship and so we
can ensure That only american citizens Vote in.

Speaker 6 (01:22:15):
AMERICAN elections a vote is expected in the next.

Speaker 8 (01:22:18):
Few Weeks the trump plan to shut the border down
has been so successful that the cartels are.

Speaker 6 (01:22:24):
Now smuggling illegal aliens.

Speaker 4 (01:22:26):
Out Of The.

Speaker 19 (01:22:27):
United states it's their newest effort and a Byproduct Of
president trump's.

Speaker 4 (01:22:31):
Border crackdown one of.

Speaker 20 (01:22:33):
The intended consequences of that is that people would start doing.

Speaker 19 (01:22:36):
Self Deportations Brybart's bob, price says rewards of legitimate citizenship
for self deportations, drive this and it's really the last
easy source of revenue for. The cartels the federal government's
going to be cracking down on those, revenue abilities attacking
their banking and people that are doing business with them.
Providing support, He says human smuggling has been a perfect
product for cartels because they've already been paid and arrests won't.

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Texas makes more moves to protect the border The, ste
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Everyone's problem just because every time you go up in,
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There is an.

Speaker 3 (01:24:13):
Army dealership Called The camping world and it's run by
a guy who's a child. Of immigrants his Name Is.
MARK lemons i believe It, or lamanas. That's IT LAMANAS A.

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L E M.

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O n i s probably it, sounds great, COULD be i. Don't.

Speaker 3 (01:24:32):
Know anyway he loves flying. BIG hawking, i mean we're
not talking about just your. Big flag we're talking about
your big ass flag. HE likes i mean we're talking
about a really really. Big flag and he's been flagged
in some of the communities he's in for flying that really,
big flag Even, In Greenville. North carolina you think the

(01:24:55):
Folks of greenville bigger the better on the, flag, Thing
right not. So much they ordered him to take. It
down he's refusing to take. It down here he is
talking to the Folks.

Speaker 49 (01:25:05):
At fox, you know if this was Happening, in california
or it did Happen, IN oregon i wouldn't be as
surprised to. Your Point In, North Carolina, South, carolina tennessee
you wouldn't think, this existed but. It does and the
other problem that we have is that we're dealing with
politics inside, the city where the mayors are calling me
telling me that they're in favor, of us but some.

Speaker 4 (01:25:25):
Of their city council.

Speaker 49 (01:25:26):
Members are out, ruling them which is telling us what
the next election is going to. LOOK like i think
part of it is is that, you know there's an
ordinance in, the city and the ordinance has been there for,
a while and the ordinance requires a certain. Sized flag
the actual square footage our flag is.

Speaker 24 (01:25:42):
Thirty two hundred. Square feet it's forty.

Speaker 49 (01:25:44):
By eighty there's two hundred of them around, the country
so it's.

Speaker 4 (01:25:47):
Not NEW and i think that they just feel like
the defiance is.

Speaker 49 (01:25:51):
Not Good and i've received countless text messages and phone
calls and emails criticizing me for Feeling like i'm above.
The law how could rich people not follow? The law
how are successful businesses not following? The law first, of
all it's, an ORDINANCE and i think you need to
have a little. Perspective here second, of all the Fact
that i've had some success, in business and we got

(01:26:13):
to stop demonizing capitalism in. This country but the fact
that we've had success in business is NOT why i
have the. Flag up i've had the flag up in
my FAMILY since i was a. Little kid and, you
KNOW whether i put it into a barbecue Place In
south CAROLINA or i donated to a city on the River,
in illinois that's the THING that.

Speaker 7 (01:26:30):
I Do and i've told you, guys Before and i'll tell.

Speaker 49 (01:26:32):
Everybody else i'm going to keep putting them Up and
i'm not going to take them DOWN because i don't
feel like it's. Hurting anybody.

Speaker 3 (01:26:39):
It's not it's not hurting. A, soul now the beauty
of Living, In houston texas is we have no. FLAG
ordinance i looked. IT up I can't i can't find.
One anyway there's nothing to prevent you from flying a
thirty six hundred square Foot flag, american flag if that's
what you want to do in the City. Of, houston
now if you live in a neighborhood that as a homeotors,

(01:26:59):
isgotiation that that's a. DIFFERENT story, i mean if you
want to put up a, you know a sixty foot
flag bowl with, a, big Huge hawking, american flag then
your a joy is probably gonna have something to say.
About that they cannot prevent you from Flying the, american
flag but they could have some influence over how you
display that flag and how big that. Flag is but
in the City of, houston, itself now we don't care much.

(01:27:22):
For ordinances here seven to eleven die for traffic and whether.
To go what's that sky mine.

Speaker 7 (01:27:26):
We need to have above a parade Through. The montrose
just a bunch of big old Trucks with american flags
and drive right down. WEST timer i bet they'd shoot
the bird, at us throw some bricks.

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At us but there.

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We go let's Do some. KATIE freeway i got a
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With, me, Hey.

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Hey mikey right before dary ash a cement truck and
it is causing people to swerve out of the way
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All right.

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That's outbound he's moved over a seat to. The side
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This way let's look At The north freeway and come
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Few, days yeah we'll see some breaking, through tomorrow but
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The Clouds as win's gust out of.

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The day so we're Looking At liberation day Today and
i'm looking forward to talking to our next GUEST because
i think he probably has some pretty good ideas of
what tariffs are definitely going to be. Sticking Today Representative
roger williams will join us in just, A moment but
first we've got traffic and weather together as we check
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now we've picked up the debris on twenty nine.

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To twenty. That's northbound, i'm Sorry That's graham parkway westbound
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Seven two Here At Houston's. Morning news, liberation Days How
president trump refers. To it so are we really going
to feel liberated at the end of the? Day today
let's let's ask somebody who knows a little something more.
About this he's chairman Of The house Committee On. Small
Business Representative roger williams, JOINS us i know you're a
fan of what the president. Is doing, Quite frankly i'm

(01:31:27):
a fan of what the. President's doing but do you
have any concerns, because today, for example if the automotive,
tariffs happen if we end up with the twenty five percent,
automotive tariffs that's going to probably affect just about, every
car no matter where, it's assembled that's Sold. In america
the price is going to. Go up is this short
term pain for long term gain in?

Speaker 39 (01:31:46):
Your? Mind, Well absolutely and as, YOU mentioned I am
i've been in the. Car business i'm a.

Speaker 33 (01:31:50):
Car dealer won't serve with car Dealerships In north texas
for the last, fifty years so we've been through.

Speaker 39 (01:31:55):
Some things, BUT no i totally support What the.

Speaker 33 (01:31:57):
President's doing we've got to get a handle on our
on this deficiency with. World trade we need to be the,
you know we need to be, the makers we need
to be the sellers of and that'll begin to. Do
this as far as the auto industry, Is concerned i'm
not concerned about.

Speaker 5 (01:32:10):
The.

Speaker 33 (01:32:10):
Tariffs uh, you know one thing about our industry is
everytail dealers will always find a way to sell what
they have.

Speaker 39 (01:32:16):
In inventory and if.

Speaker 33 (01:32:17):
The cost of good soul goes up a little bit
because the tariffs and the and the car may be
sit on, the, lot uh the dealer is going, to
sell going to discount and, sell it and the customer
is going to read the benefit of. The discount they're
also going, to forget, don't forget they're going to get a.
Tax cuts we're going to pass the. Tax cuts and
also the used car market's going to be. Going up
so coupled with the discount on the purchase from, the

(01:32:40):
dealer the year's car having, more value they have, more
equity more cash in your pocket from, TAX cuts i
think we're going to be. JUST fine i think that
what it'll do it it will settle down and the
market will get, Flat.

Speaker 3 (01:32:51):
Again OKAY and i think that most of what the
presence has been doing is an attempt to get countries
that treat us unfairly just to treat.

Speaker 4 (01:32:59):
Us fairly that that's all they have to do and
the tariffs, go, Away, right well.

Speaker 39 (01:33:02):
Trees.

Speaker 33 (01:33:03):
FAIRLY yeah, i mean if you're going to add a
dollar to, My mind i'm going to add a dollar.
To years but the fact of the matter is if
these big companies and cleaning the auto manufacturers will commit
to build their plants and expand their Plants, in america
they don't have to worry about.

Speaker 39 (01:33:15):
The TARIFFS and i think you're going to see more
and more. Of that and what that what that'll mean is,
more income, more employees and.

Speaker 3 (01:33:21):
More customers, you know as far as the impact on your,
business own it's not just it's not just what it
adds to potential sticker price on.

Speaker 4 (01:33:29):
A vehicle.

Speaker 3 (01:33:29):
It's parts and Assuming that i'm assuming that the parts
that are foreign made for vehicles are also going to
be part of the twenty five, Percent tariff so you
can build the car In The. United states but if
you're using parts that come, from overseas then there'll be
a tariff on. The parts have you folks done any
figuring in your your car. DEALERSHIP wort i know how

(01:33:50):
busy you are in the, house there but if you've done,
Any figuring i'm what it is likely to do to
the cost of repairing, a vehicle.

Speaker 33 (01:33:57):
For, example well we don't know exactly what it's GOING
to i think at four o'clock In the, eastern time
the present is going to talk exactly what content's going to.
Look like but here's the bottom line to, any business
and certainly, my industry is we've got to work under
the conditions.

Speaker 39 (01:34:11):
That we, find them and that's all we.

Speaker 33 (01:34:12):
Can DO and i know in the auto industry we
will find a way to get our prices. In line
we will find a way to make sure the consumer
can afford to purchase. A VEHICLE and i think at
the end of, the day we'll have more. PLANTS here
i think you're going to see more improvements on. EXISTING
plants i think it's all going to settle down and
the industry will be back where. It was, you know
we had tariffs back in twenty sixteen somewhat and they

(01:34:35):
give you a little jolt in, the beginning but they
settle in and again THE customer i think. WILL benefit
i think at the end of, the day when you
couple The things i've, talked about between discounts between equities
and used cars and prices that, use cars and more
cash fro tax, TAX cuts i think you actually could
buy a vehicle today for.

Speaker 39 (01:34:54):
With a tariff, on it as opposed to. ONE without
i think you could buy for.

Speaker 3 (01:34:59):
Less, Money, Interesting Okay. Represented williams i'm curious HERE because
i Know that President of trump has made a lot
about now potentially maybe we could do away with the.
Income tax maybe this country used to be able to
fund itself on tariffs and. Tariffs alone do you think
we could ever get back. To that do you see
under any circumstances where we could abolish or at least

(01:35:19):
significantly reduce the federal?

Speaker 33 (01:35:21):
Income, TAX well i think most, of us most of
your listens would agree at least let's try it for, heaven's,
Sakes right but, you know at pre, nineteen thirteen there
wasn't any.

Speaker 39 (01:35:30):
Income, tax tariffs as, you said funded.

Speaker 33 (01:35:32):
The government and we have such a huge, economy here
and you bring other Companies into america The employ. AMERICAN workers,
i mean who knows we might be able to. Do
it it's certainly worth. A try i think most people
would say let's try it and see because it, you
know taxes are. A burden but at the, same time
we're going to cut taxes come the end of, this
month Hopefully, into april and we'll see a huge, tax

(01:35:54):
decrease which means more money in the pockets of the
consumer and. More OPPORTUNITIES so, i say. Let's try, a's
right but let's also have our eyes. Wide open if we,
won't work cutting taxes.

Speaker 4 (01:36:04):
Is the way, to go. ALL right i agree, with.
You sir thank you for your. Time today good to talk.

Speaker 21 (01:36:07):
To you.

Speaker 3 (01:36:07):
Appreciate it That Is Representative roger Williams From, North texas
chairman Of The house Committee On. Small business at seven,
twenty seven time to take more looks at your money
On This liberation days we check Out With jeff Bellinger And.

Speaker 26 (01:36:22):
Jimmy the pace of hiring by companies picked up. LAST
month adp says one hundred and fifty five thousand workers
were added to private Payrolls.

Speaker 4 (01:36:30):
In march that is more.

Speaker 26 (01:36:32):
Than expected employers added just eighty four thousand Jobs, in
february which was marked by severe weather in much of.
The country and, of, course, investors economists And the american
people will get the word on new Tariffs From president trump.
Later Today wall street. Is Nervous the dow futures down
three hundred and twenty. One Points I'm, Jeff Bellinger bloomberg
Business On news radio SEVEN.

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staying home to, avoid Crime The houston comptroller blaming firefighters for,
the budget bows for, the city and coming up at seven,
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the demise of some of our fast. Food restaurants details
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Very.

Speaker 8 (01:38:36):
Much jimmy our top story perception. Is reality the Impact
of houston's violin crime problem. Is new polling shows that
almost eighty percent Of you stonians stay home at night
as a. Safety precaution now the city claims that violent crime,
Is down stonians are.

Speaker 28 (01:38:53):
Simply scared even if you have one clime that occurs
in a very. Nice area let's say it's a burglary,
for somebody it's their, car stolen that can reverberate to
sends subtle shockwaves through that.

Speaker 8 (01:39:04):
Little COMMUNITY Retired Hbd Captain greg freeman says most of
the violent crime in use and happens in specific parts of.

Speaker 6 (01:39:12):
The city At, city Hall.

Speaker 8 (01:39:14):
The city CONTROLLER blames hfd overtime for Some of houston's,
financial problems but firefighters aren't happy.

Speaker 29 (01:39:22):
With That The Houston firefighters union is pushing back on
Claims By City Controller chris hollins that excessive firefighter over
time is contributing to the city's.

Speaker 4 (01:39:31):
Budget issues in, a statement the Union accoust.

Speaker 29 (01:39:34):
Hollins of quote cherry picking data in an attempt to
villainize our. Dedicated firefighters they point out that the city
has firefighters, staffing shortages which is one reason for increased,
overtime usage not. To mention local firefighters were also recently
deployed to help with wildfires Here in texas and out,
of state which resulted in. More Overtime Eric Sharp news

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Speaker 8 (01:39:58):
In washington Today His liberation Day As president trump's tariffs go.
Into effect exactly how this plays out will be all
rolled out at a three o'clock announcement At The. Rose
garden overnight trading is down across, the board with down
futures off three hundred and, two points But The White House,
Press Secretary carolyn levitt says this Isn't About.

Speaker 30 (01:40:17):
Wall Street the president wants to ensure That all americans make,
out Well Particularly. Main street that's the focus of. These
tariffs But as i've, said repeatedly just like they did
in the desklike they were in his, First Term wall
street will be.

Speaker 8 (01:40:30):
Just Fine more democrat, grand Standing Though New Jersey's corey
booker spoke On the senate floor for more than twenty
five hours against Everything the trump agenda.

Speaker 31 (01:40:40):
Stands for that's the first ever Filibuster in american History
From corey booker in favor of getting men into, women's
sports keeping our, borders open and making sure that we
tax the wages of our.

Speaker 24 (01:40:55):
Tip Workers, In Nevada.

Speaker 8 (01:40:56):
Deputy Chief Of Staff Stephen miller booker broke a record
set By former Senator strom thurman nearly seventy. Years ago
republicans win both special Elections in florida to grow the
slim majority they have IN The, us House While Republican
brad shimme Loss To Liberals susan crawford In The Wisconsin
State supreme. Court race, voters, there though did APPROVE voter

(01:41:17):
id being enshrined into the state constitution seven point. Thirty
four republican in fighting AT The us house over proxy
voting Leads To Speaker mike johnson Shutting down house activity
for the rest of.

Speaker 4 (01:41:29):
The week we will not be voting On The save
Act For.

Speaker 32 (01:41:32):
Election integrity we will not be voting on the rogue
judges who Are Attacking president.

Speaker 8 (01:41:37):
Trump's Agenda the house held a hearing on those. Judges
Yesterday the senate holds. One Today, In austin republicans Control,
the house but Is the house out. Of control as,
an example, last week only sixty five of the one
hundred and fifty members. Showed Up brandon Waltons With texas,
scorecards says this is On Speaker dustin burrows.

Speaker 34 (01:41:58):
A lot of the concern that people have right Now
That texas house isn't moving fast us and.

Speaker 4 (01:42:02):
Not taking the job.

Speaker 34 (01:42:03):
Seriously enough that's a problem for a speaker if you
can't inspire members to show up a.

Speaker 8 (01:42:08):
Mean Time the house finally passed their first bills of this.
Session yesterday one was to improve the state's wildfire response seven.
Thirty five there's more Evidence that americans have simply ignored
the left's climate.

Speaker 6 (01:42:20):
CHANGE hysteria a.

Speaker 35 (01:42:22):
New poll finds a strong Majority of americans value energy
independence over fighting. Climate Change, david holt With A Consumer,
energy alliance says this shows the public is.

Speaker 36 (01:42:31):
Paying attention policies that prioritize climate change or mandates or
restrictions on certain energy to really have shown that they
don't do anything for. The environment all they do is
raise prices and make energy.

Speaker 35 (01:42:43):
Less reliable the same pole finds more than two thirds
believe providing clean air and water is more important than fighting.
Climate Change, corey jolson who's radio SEVEN, forty ktrh.

Speaker 6 (01:42:53):
Thank, you corey looking at.

Speaker 8 (01:42:54):
Your money according to, new research the average textan needs
to make about one hundred and six thousand dollars a
year to affoord to buy. A home, of course it
takes two salaries per home to. Do that considering the
average Salary in texas at about FIFTY, seven k the.

Speaker 37 (01:43:10):
Home price is shot way up during, the pandemic and
then they've stayed high even as mortgage rates.

Speaker 4 (01:43:15):
Have increased That's Bank Rate's.

Speaker 8 (01:43:17):
Jeff, ostrowski now the median age of home buyers twenty
years ago was between the late twenties and.

Speaker 6 (01:43:23):
Early thirties now it's.

Speaker 8 (01:43:25):
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World events, National Headlines Houston's morning News With.

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Jimmy barrett we'll all three.

Speaker 3 (01:43:58):
Of Them and Wendy's and denny's and a few others
are struggling. Right now fast food restaurants shutting down locations
hundreds of locations across. The, country now a part of
it might be that they, just, overbuilt right we don't
need to really have, a McDonald's, you know to McDonald's
for every square mile In The united States. OF america
i don't think that might be part. Of it but,

(01:44:20):
THE reality i think for much of this is is
that we're starting to make more difficult choices about eating
out and where we're going to, eat out and how
we're going to spend our money, eating out or if
we're going to eat out, at all because menu prices,
just continue they keep. On increasing there's just seemingly no end.

Speaker 4 (01:44:39):
In sight.

Speaker 3 (01:44:41):
And as, a result, you know breakfast that used to
cost twenty bucks for two people that cost better part
of forty bucks for, two people, et cetera, et cetera.
ET cetera, i mean if you're going to go to,
a regular, you know breakfast place like we like to
do at, our house and even we've cut back a.
Little bit we're horrible about cooking. At home, you know
we used to eat up virtually seven days. A, week now,

(01:45:03):
YOU know I cook Mondays, and tuesdays and, at home
we don't eat out. Every day we are making choices
about where we think we're at least getting the most
bang for. Our BUCK but i asked you with our
question of the day on the, iHeartRadio app go TO.
Ktr h put us on your, preset please because it'll
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(01:45:23):
for you like the preset on your, car radio and
then when you, get there cook. The microphone you get
thirty seconds to give me your, first name where you're,
calling from and how prices have changed. Your habits what
are you doing differently now than you were doing just
a few short, Years ago.

Speaker 4 (01:45:38):
Harry, From.

Speaker 54 (01:45:39):
Webster, texas yes we don't go out there as much
as we used. To it with property taxes, going up insurance,
going up cost, of food cost of fuel, going up
we stay.

Speaker 21 (01:45:51):
At home and eat a.

Speaker 54 (01:45:52):
Lot more we'll maybe go out one night, a week
and usually we kind of keep it within. A, Budget.

Speaker 53 (01:45:58):
Hey, JIMMY kyle a lot of friends would single income
family a five week witting now. Almost altogether we might
do fast food two days, a week but other, than
that just.

Speaker 41 (01:46:08):
Too.

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Much Man until Sky and, micah said?

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What's up the beltway's looking good?

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This morning there you go traffic to report and and
eating up report all rolled into one seven forty time
for traffic and. Weather together It's nice kyle. From friends
there You go scaemie, all Right.

Speaker 7 (01:46:22):
Thanks, Kyle yeah South sam is is a piece of cake.
This morning you hit the usual smash Right around belford
as you're trying to get To The. Southwest freeway lose
about two or three minutes That Way West. Park tollway
you have. Big shot you got your. Toll stickers we're
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clothing and you lose about four to five Minutes Here.
Katie freeway first, of all we just cleared a wreck

(01:46:43):
inside the loop around The Railroad. Washington avenue that's out.
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one more Time at. Highway six not bad For the.
Kadie though two eighty eight northbound smashed At. The beltway
we had a rough time because of A At reed
road and thirteen extra minutes up. This way. North side

(01:47:03):
it's Forty five Parker. To tidwell got about a six
minute back order slip southbound a cavalcade ien through Town
baytown Side. From lockwood that's all packed, up there. And
advisors you're slow Again at studemont trying to make that.
Curve around, of course we have that big outbound roadwork
and we cleared the golf Ball grab parkway that was a.

Speaker 4 (01:47:22):
Westbound smash that wreck is out of. The way we're.
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Little dragish an extra six minutes heading.

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Down, rain yeah a lot of cloud cover and certainly
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Noticed how infrequently now we talk about the border because
there's there's almost nothing. GOING on, i mean there's like
apprehensions at the border are like at a fifty. Year low,
it's like, you know it's like you called in a
plumber to close the leak and there's barely. A drop
it's really. Quite Amazing bob price will join us in

(01:48:51):
just a moment From Bright. Bart news he's an. Editor
there he follows the border Of the texas, border specifically
and we'll talk to him about what, we're seeing which
is sort of the reverse of. What happened, you know
how the cartels were smuggling. People, in well now this
is turning into a round trip as they take people Back.
To mexico more on that, Story next but first we've

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Into Town, from kingwood the mainlands are.

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Speaker 20 (01:50:37):
It really is an amazing thing when the When The
united states government shows that we have the will to enforce,
the border it. Actually works when people know that if
they cross the border they're going to get kicked back
to their country of origin or Back. Into mexico they,
stopped coming and we said that. All Along that biden
administration was told that before they took during the trans

(01:51:00):
dition PERIOD by CBP and, dhs officials and they intentionally
changed all of the successful policies that have now been
reinstated and once again proven.

Speaker 3 (01:51:10):
To Work, right will the mission, was, Clear right we're
going to get as many illegals into those countries as,
humanly possible for whatever purposes they wanted to, do it
probably most notably to influence future elections and congressional apportionment
and all.

Speaker 11 (01:51:23):
That.

Speaker 55 (01:51:23):
Stuff, oh absolutely, you know these liberal states are bleeding population,
like crazy and so anything they could do to try
to keep their representation.

Speaker 39 (01:51:35):
Levels up california is losing congressional.

Speaker 20 (01:51:39):
Seats Again new york is looking at losing congressional, seats
again as are many of these other. Liberal States so
Texas and florida are picking up seats and they don't.
Like that SO that's i think the primary reason why they.

Speaker 24 (01:51:54):
Were trying to.

Speaker 4 (01:51:54):
Do, THIS now i find this.

Speaker 3 (01:51:56):
Very interesting you can say what you want about what
horrible individuals these cartel, members are but they evidently are
fairly smart. Business people they've realized that they can't really
smuggle people Into The united, states anymore so they are
smuggling people out Of The. United States why WHY would
i need to hire the cartel to get me out of?

Speaker 20 (01:52:15):
The, country well you think it'd be easy to just
come back Down To eagle path and walk back across,
the river or go To the gallas and step across.
The border but it's not that simple because the border
is controlled by, the cartels whether you're coming, or going
and so, you know it's just not the situation that
you want to be going Back into mexico without having paid,

(01:52:39):
your dues if, you will to. The cartels you want
to make sure that once you get back across that
you're not going to get kidnapped and, you know raped
and attacked and beat and robbed and all of that kind.
Of stuff, you know they're going to be going back
with money that they made while they were here In The.

Speaker 4 (01:52:55):
United, states yes so.

Speaker 39 (01:52:57):
They've got a.

Speaker 20 (01:52:57):
Secure passage and these guys are absolutely, YOU know i
mentioned the other day that it's like the radar detector
guys versus the guys that make the police. Radar guns
they're always one upping each other trying to. Step, ahead
well the cartels are just. Like that they figure out
what we're doing and they find a way to count
it because they are going to make money.

Speaker 4 (01:53:18):
Either way it's really, quite amazing.

Speaker 3 (01:53:20):
Isn't it SO so i guess the cartail is one
of the smartest things they did is they basically sold one.

Speaker 4 (01:53:26):
Way.

Speaker 3 (01:53:26):
Tickets right you don't get a round trip ticket with, a,
cartel right they're charging you again to.

Speaker 20 (01:53:31):
Go, home well and it was a one way ticket
without guaranteed destination delivery, as well because you apprehended at.
The border they don't, care either they've already, been paid so,
you know it's an amazing business model. For them many
of these cartels make more money by smuggling human beings
and torturing human beings and all of the other things

(01:53:52):
that we've.

Speaker 39 (01:53:52):
Talked about in the past than they do buy.

Speaker 20 (01:53:54):
Smudge drugs but the great news is that now that
the border patrol is not babysitting and nursing and feeding
tens of thousands of migrants crossing, the border they're actually
able to get out there and find drug smugglers and.
Bust them and they're finding convicted murderers that are coming
back into the country and prosecuting them. As well so

(01:54:15):
they're able to do their jobs for the first time in.

Speaker 3 (01:54:17):
Four, years YEAH and i just to quick answer if
you would on this because we're almost out. Of Time
but are we having an impact on the fentanyl coming
into the country at?

Speaker 4 (01:54:25):
This point? Is that are we? Making, progress well they
are getting record numbers of.

Speaker 20 (01:54:29):
Seizures, here again the cartels are very.

Speaker 4 (01:54:31):
Clever guys they're.

Speaker 39 (01:54:32):
Going to figure out other ways are getting.

Speaker 20 (01:54:34):
It Done the canadian border is wide open and if
they can get it Up to canada and bring it in,
that way they're going to do that.

Speaker 3 (01:54:40):
As, Well Okay, bob price always, A pleasure, thank, You
Sir bob Price from he's an Editor. At breitbart he
follows everything that happens Here. In texas y'all have a.
Great day we'll see you, tomorrow morning bright nearly. Five
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