No Backing Down - The Trump Tariffs Are In Effect

Jimmy Barrett takes you through the stories that matter the most on the morning of 04/03/25.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
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It is a five am as we get started this
morning here on Houston's Morning News. Good morning, I'm Jimmy Barrett.
Among our top stories this half hour, no backing down.
The Trump tariffs are in effect so far, financial markets
aren't real happy about all that. And coming up in
five to eight, just how much are the Trump tariffs?
Details in the minutes ahead here in Houston's Morning News. First,

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we're checking out that morning drive for the first time today.
Here's the guy Mike Go Freeway. That's a frontage road
accident Edmund Road.

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But it's super interesting to look at, so watch out
for other stations listeners touching their brakes to look at
an accident for the first time on the hard work
and East side. This is a wreck on the East
Freeway where the truck involved here outbound, not inbound, right
before you hit the Sandra Center river Bridge. And I'm
seeing a spackling of little flashy lights here on camera

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one zero two five. This is outbound, not inbound, right
before the bridge and he's moved over to the side.
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Here's Cliff Sanders.

Speaker 5 (01:38):
Thank you, Jimmy five oh one on KTRH, our top
story this hour.

Speaker 6 (01:42):
It's a declaration of economic independence.

Speaker 5 (01:46):
As promised, President Trump rolled out his long awaited tariff plan.

Speaker 6 (01:50):
Instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world. Reciprocal that
means they do it to us and we do it
to them.

Speaker 5 (02:00):
So we're going to charge China a thirty four percent
tariff compared to the sixty seven percent they charge us.
The EU gets hit with a twenty percent tariff. They
charge us thirty nine percent. As of now, investors are
not happy. Overnight trading is down. Dow futures are off
by more than one thousand points. Markets in Europe and

(02:21):
Asia are also down this morning. Democrats, the mainstream media,
and the foreign markets are having a meltdown over this.
They forget that this is what we all voted for
in November.

Speaker 7 (02:32):
The tariffs are Trump's atempt to finally balance our trade
with Europe.

Speaker 8 (02:36):
The Europeans have much higher tariffs on American products than
we have had on theirs. They have been unwilling to budge.

Speaker 7 (02:44):
Former US diplomat Stephen Helgeson says reigning in the federal
government with dose is also critical to the mega agenda.

Speaker 9 (02:50):
The last time we.

Speaker 8 (02:50):
Had a balanced budget was when Bill Clinton was in office,
and with a thirty six trillion dollar deficit, we have
a long way to.

Speaker 10 (02:57):
Go, he says.

Speaker 7 (02:58):
Cutting back government spending and treated with Europe will set
America up for long term success. Ethan Buchanan News Radio
seven forty KRH.

Speaker 5 (03:05):
But several Republican senators are fighting Trump on this. Mitch McConnell,
Susan Collins, Lisa Markowski, the usual suspects have signed on
to a Democrat resolution to undo tariffs against Canada.

Speaker 11 (03:19):
It's five h three on KTRH.

Speaker 5 (03:21):
The Trump administration is pushing back on a report saying
Elon Musk is going to leave DOGE soon.

Speaker 12 (03:27):
Press Secretary Caroline Levitt calls to scoop garbage responding to
a report in Politico that President Trump is informing members
of his cabinet and inner circle that Elon Musk will
be stepping back in the coming weeks. Levitz is both
the President and Musk have stated he'll depart from public
service when his work at DOZE is complete.

Speaker 5 (03:45):
That is Jared Halpern reporting the warnings from Vice President
jd Vance about Europe's democracy are coming true. France has
banned conservative marine Le penn from running against Emmanuel McCrone.

Speaker 11 (03:58):
You know, in the kind of.

Speaker 5 (03:59):
Law fee that the left trying to Judah Trump. Political
writer Silvio Kant, junior of The American Thinker says, this
smells bad.

Speaker 13 (04:07):
If she's convicted, half of the country probably won't believe it,
and if she's not convicted, half of the country you
won't believe it. And I just think that when you
get into that level of political vengeance, you got to
have a case that is so tight.

Speaker 5 (04:22):
He says, this is going to be a huge blow
to French democracy. The White House is said to be
previewing an offer for a non Chinese entity to buy TikTok.
There are also reports that Amazon in only fans are
making last second bids to buy the platform. Coming up
on five h five, the federal judge behind blocking President
Trump's deportation flights to El Salvador speaks publicly for the

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first time and avoids the topic.

Speaker 10 (04:48):
Very happy to be here where we're talking just about antitrust.

Speaker 5 (04:54):
James Boseberg, speaking at the American Bar Association conference yesterday. Meantime,
Republican cong Andy Biggs introduced a resolution calling for firing Bosberg.
There was a Senate hearing yesterday focusing on the rogue
judges who have blocked the Trump agenda, Texas Senator Ted
Cruz accusing them or accusing Democrats of judge shopping.

Speaker 14 (05:15):
Unelected radical judges trying to overturn the election because they
disagree with what the voters decided.

Speaker 5 (05:23):
Republicans have introduced legislation that would restrict ruling of federal
district judges to apply only to their district, not nationwide.
Also on Capitol Hill, hearing on the weaponized Biden FBI
held by the House Oversight Subcommittee. Texas Democrat Congresswoman Jasmine
Crockett was there doing Jasmine Crockett things.

Speaker 15 (05:44):
I first just want to begin with the news alert.
Guess what, Joe Biden is not the president anymore, so
maybe we can move on, maybe we can move into
the president.

Speaker 5 (05:54):
Yeah, she wants to ignore the various witch hunts that
took place against Trump, and that's just more at the
Democratic Party is continuing it's downward spiral.

Speaker 16 (06:04):
Democrats have a thirty percent approval rating and more than
half of their voters disagree with their party's leadership, according
to new polls. Public News founder Michael Schellenberger tells Fox
the party has no consistent message or direction.

Speaker 17 (06:15):
They have nothing coherence, mostly just orange man bad, rocket
man bad. But they really shot the wad last year
when they tried to incarcerate Trump, called him hitler, and
then engaged in mass censorship against the supporters. I don't
know how you come back from that without some real
hard reset.

Speaker 16 (06:31):
One Democrat strategist is urging them to drop wolk cultural
issues and focus on the economy and blue collar workers
who have abandoned the party. Cory Yolson Who's Radio seven
forty KTRH.

Speaker 11 (06:41):
It is now five zero six on KTRH.

Speaker 5 (06:43):
Oil prices this warning are dropping since the announcement of
Trump tariffs, right now under sixty nine dollars a barrel,
down more than four percent.

Speaker 11 (06:52):
Meantime, the Trump Administration's.

Speaker 5 (06:53):
First oil and gas lease this year brought in almost
forty million dollars.

Speaker 18 (06:58):
This is a good news story for America.

Speaker 19 (07:00):
It shows that America is back open for business. We're
not only just producing oil and gas here, but we're
also sharing that expertise with our allies.

Speaker 5 (07:09):
American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Mike Summer says the
US will look to produce even more oil and gas
to fuel the Ai Revolution. The Astros are swept by
the Giants, losing yesterday six to three. They visit the
Twins today. Pregame at two on Sports Talk seven ninety.
I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's News Weather in traffic station
News Radio seven forty KGRH.

Speaker 2 (07:33):
What happened, Why it happened, The information you need to
start the day. Now back to Houston's morning News'.

Speaker 3 (07:43):
Right Europe twenty percent to you Europe to stay with the
group I don't know. Are they from Europe? I mean,
do we have to pay like a twenty percent here
for playing this song this morning? No, I'm not sure
where they're from. To be honest with you. Five h
eight is our time here on Houston's Warning News. All right,
Liberation Day was yesterday. The Trump tariffs will announced and
they are real and they are spectacular. They are in effect.

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In most cases, they go intoffect actually in April the fifth.
Every single foreign import, regardless of where it comes from,
will have a minimum of a ten percent baseline tariff
that goes in defect on April the fifth. There are
some countries that will only will face the base rate.
These are the countries that only have ten percent. So

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if you are buying something that comes from these countries,
you would think that the additional cost to you would
be minimal. If any the United Kingdom, Singapore, Brazil, Australia,
New Zealand, Turkey, Colombia, Argentina, El Salvador, the United Arab Emirates,

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and Saudi Arabia, that will be a ten percent. I
assume that also is on imported Saudi oil, right, I
would think anything imported ten percent. There are custom terrorfts
for what are called the worst defenders. These are the
ones who treat us the most poorly. These going to
effect on the ninth of April. Please note that these

(09:10):
did not go into effect today. None of these tarrs
have taken place yet. The first ones, the ten percent,
starts on the fifth. The ones I'm going to announce
now start on April the ninth. I assume you would
assume that has something to do with, I don't know,
maybe giving them another chance in these countries to change
their policies. Although we're told this was not done as

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a negotiation tactic. This was done because this is what
has to happen in order to get the trade imbalance fixed.
So the trading partners that are subject to a specific
rate above ten percent include the European Union twenty percent,
China fifty four percent, that's right, fifty four percent, Vietnam

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forty six percent, Thailand thirty six percent, Japan twenty four percent,
Cambodia forty nine percent, South Africa thirty percent. In Taiwan,
we get lot of stuff from Taiwan thirty two percent.
No additional tariffs on Canada or Mexico since they've already
been targeted. There will be a twenty five percent tariff

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in all car imports that that is going to happen,
twenty five percent tariff and all foreign made automobiles. However
you decide to find what that means. That's we're wrapped
with the tariffs. Five to ten time for traffic and
whether it be gohy, jimmy, do it do what.

Speaker 4 (10:31):
I want you to breakat with a Trump style China.

Speaker 10 (10:35):
I can't do Trump.

Speaker 4 (10:37):
You know, I'm my Trump is not very good either.
Let's do there's only one Trump. Let's go to the
hard work and east side. Put your hard head on,
and this is I ten East. I've got kind of
an obstructed view. You can see actually better than meat listeners.
But this is I ten east. By the truck stops
at Monmouth. I've got to wreck its truck. It's over
on the side. For some reason, trans Star is really

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interested in this.

Speaker 10 (10:58):
I get it.

Speaker 4 (10:59):
Don't don't see a big, big scooch here on the outbound.
But let's watch out as you're passing Sheldon Road. I
know you wanted me to say delldlle, but Sheldon Road outbound,
watch out as you're trying to get across the Sanda
Center River Bridge. If you could have a better view
of the lane, it's let me know seven one three
two one two tips. Now, while we're over here, let's
get a look at Hartman Bridge. Fred Hartman Bridge, Baytown

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to Laporte. You're pretty, looks good. Hartman Bridge looks nice.
Toll Bridge Rock and Long north Shore to two twenty
five and double check here on the six ten Sherman Bridge, and.

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For now noe all good bud plants.

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Two twenty five Skymike on the USA R and V
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From r KTRH tom Tax Defendrews twenty four hour within
center kim boone Infantry. Today, winds continue. Any chance of
getting rained today.

Speaker 20 (11:48):
I think if you're north of Harris County you have
a slight chance to see a shower storm today. A
little bit better chance for the entire area tomorrow. But
it's really as we get into Saturday when we'll have
our best chance for showers and storms.

Speaker 10 (12:00):
So windy and very warm today.

Speaker 20 (12:01):
Record high temperatures expected this afternoon in the upper eighties
to a round ninety. Our current record is an eighty seven.
We might be a degree or two above that, and
again our best chance to see any rain today and
just a slight chance would be north of Harris County
middle to upper seventies tonight, another windy, warm day tomorrow,
about a thirty percent chance for an afternoon evening storm tomorrow,
and then much better chances on Saturday, and we could
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then one later on Saturday afternoon into Saturday night. Any
storm that we could see over the next few days
would have the potential to be strong, too severe, especially Saturday. Drier,
cooler area in Sunday with sunshine in low sixties temperature.

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Speaker 3 (12:52):
All the info you need did take on the day.
It is a five twenty here on Houston's Morning News.
So they spend a lot of time in the Judiciary
Committee at the Senate yesterday talking about rogue of federal
judges who make nationwide decisions and legislation potentially offering up
legislation that would you know, codify that the job of

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a federal judge is to rule on things in his district,
not to rule on things coast to coast. Senator Josh Hawley,
who's always very eloquent as it relates to the law
on rogue federal judges. We'll hear from him next. But
first we've got traffic and weather together, starting with U
skuy Mike.

Speaker 4 (13:32):
All right, let's clear this truck on the East Freeway
right before the Santa Center River Bridge that was outbound,
not inbound, and the bridge we're just fine back.

Speaker 10 (13:41):
To full speed.

Speaker 4 (13:41):
That was eastbound, so stay the course here, all right,
let's go. I've got something over around Baytown. Let's hit
the tip line seven one three two one two tips
trade dude, Good morning, Scott Moge northbound at FM fourteen
oh five.

Speaker 10 (13:57):
You have a total road play.

Speaker 21 (14:00):
It's Obron on Actor Dent heading north to Bounce.

Speaker 18 (14:04):
Good grief.

Speaker 10 (14:04):
You have to see that big Scoots store that's right
where you go to.

Speaker 4 (14:07):
It used to be called Bear and also the racetrack
of this smart there anymore either, I'm Skymike on the
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Cloudy with gusty wins tomorrow twenty to thirty miles per
hour with occasional forty mile per our guests. Thirty percent
shower chance with the high temperature of eighty six. Temperature
right now is seventy seven at your official severe weather station.

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News Radio seven forty k TRH. Get you caught up
on some of our top stories on a Thursday morning.
Here's Cliff, Thank.

Speaker 22 (14:42):
You, Jimmy.

Speaker 5 (14:43):
One Texas state representative has threatened vacating the speakership of
Dustin Burroughs. A Texas man is arrested for making terroristic
threats against ice agents, and the World Meteorologicalist Organization officially
retires the names of Beryl, Helene Millton, and John after
last year's hurricanes. At the latest news anytime at KTRH

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dot com, and our next update is at five point thirty.

Speaker 2 (15:09):
Always stronger than the setback, the comeback.

Speaker 23 (15:13):
The greatest comeback of all time.

Speaker 18 (15:15):
Here America's Comeback.

Speaker 1 (15:17):
On news radio seven k t RH.

Speaker 24 (15:24):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (15:24):
I mean, you've got federal judges who are judge, jury,
and executioner. Right, they've been appointed that they're appointed for life.
They can't be fired. The idea behind appointing at federal judge,
by the way, that way versus electing them. The whole
idea behind that was so that you could have a
fair and impartial legal system with the judges. You know,

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they wouldn't have to worry about making unpopular decisions and
having to be re elected and to go through that.
So this way they can just make whatever rulings they
want or whatever. The idea was, this was going to
be a way to get more fair verdicts or judgments
from these judges. And the reality is, of course, that
just means that they could do whatever they want to do.

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And in the case of these liberal federal judges, they've
decided that, you know, they're going to basically I think
I heard Tommy Tuberville say, they're playing four carter basketball
on this, you know, playing keep away. You just you'll
put up as many legal hurdles against Trump as you
possibly can to keep him from getting his programs through

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and that's they've already done like fifteen sixteen cases against
Trump so far into this administration. That's more than most
presidents have to face during their entire four year term.
So you can tell what's going on here. Senator Josh
Hawley thinks it's time for all of this stuff to stop.

Speaker 25 (16:43):
So nineteen sixty three, so the Republic is two hundred
years old the most by the time we get the
first district court issuing a universal injunction binding parties who
were not before it, and even then, as you just
alluded to, then there's this period of quiet where they're
really not issued until the twenty first century, until the

(17:04):
twenty eighteens.

Speaker 18 (17:05):
Is that correct, that's correct, and.

Speaker 25 (17:07):
Then we see this explosion as you can see in
the chart behind me. In the Bush years Bush forty three,
we have six universal injunctions binding non parties. In the
Obama years we have twelve. You reference one of those cases,
Professor Bray and your opening statement, your written statement. And
then under Trump in his first administration, sixty four universal

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injunctions binding non parties, fourteen under Biden, and now fifteen
under the second Trump administration.

Speaker 18 (17:35):
In one month alone, mister Pinincio.

Speaker 25 (17:38):
Let me just come to you, tell us why this
pattern that we're seeing here, And there's a clear partisan
valance to it, but there's even more of a recncy valance.
I mean, this is something that just did not happen
until very very recently. Why is this so distortive to
our federal system? Well, thank you, Sedather.

Speaker 26 (17:56):
It's distortive because it has judges operating outside their constitutional role.
They are exerting policy making power over the whole country.
And the issue is this, we are a republic. Those
who get to exercise policy making power like yourself, like
this body, have to face the electorate every six years,
two years, four years, whatever it is.

Speaker 18 (18:16):
Judges do not.

Speaker 26 (18:17):
We gave them life tenure so that they could be
insulated and make decisions without fear or favor. But we
limited the judicial power to cases and controversies just the
party before them. And in my written testimony, I note
that Hamilton said it's the least dangerous branch, but he
had a caveat only if they.

Speaker 11 (18:34):
Exercised the judicial power.

Speaker 26 (18:36):
If they range beyond it, then it can be the
most dangerous branch, and the public's confidence will be undermined
because they have no chance to get rid of these
judges because they have life tenure.

Speaker 18 (18:45):
They don't want to be ruled by kings.

Speaker 26 (18:46):
They want to be ruled in a republic where they.

Speaker 10 (18:48):
Have a vote.

Speaker 3 (18:49):
Well, how about we get this in front of the
Supreme Court then, okay, So can we just expedited to
the Supreme Court. It should be pretty easy based on
the founding Father's interpretation of what they supposed to be.
It should be pretty easy to come up with a
decision here to prevent this from happening. So we can
bring this to an end. Five twenty six. Here in
Houston's warning News, time to take a look at your money.

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Here's Denise Pella Greeny.

Speaker 27 (19:12):
Yeah, and this report is sponsored by Total Wine and more.
Could be a wild ride down on Wall Street today.
Stock futures are absolutely plunging after President Trump announced a
ten percent tariff on most countries higher duties on sixty
countries to counter large trade imbalances with the US. The
move is triggering widespread concern about higher prices, slower growth,

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and possibly even a recession. Right now, Dow futures are
down one one hundred ninety two s and P futures
down one hundred ninety six, Nasdaq futures plunging seven hundred
sixty eight points, Crude oil futures down four percent. Right now,
I'm Denise pell Greeney Bloomberg. Business News Radio seven forty KTRH.

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Five thirty is our time here on Houston's Morning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories, this have our
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick already talking about a special session,
forty more gang members arrested just outside of San Antonio.
And coming up at five thirty eight, what is America's
favorite steakhouse? Details in the minutes ahead, you're in Houston's
borning News. Sup Bonanza go. Where did Ponderosa go? Same place?

Speaker 4 (20:36):
I guess, oh, okay, that makes sense that they both
had a big sign with Haas on it.

Speaker 10 (20:40):
I threw it thought to the track again. I'm sorry.
Here's guy Mike.

Speaker 4 (20:42):
My work wife, Christina Cruz just put this picture of
two twenty five let me find it there. There is
two twenty five at Burrell Street. And which way are
we Christina? We're inbound, Okay, I see so I've got
a pavement work and it sure looks like they had
a wreck right there. This is after Preston, so everybody
watch out. Looks like about a two or three minutes scoots. Now,
let's head over to Batestown.

Speaker 10 (21:03):
Big problem here. I used to call it the Bear Plan.
I don't know what it is now.

Speaker 4 (21:07):
It's one forty six northbound at fourteen oh five and
this is both ways a complete closure of one forty six.
Let's do iten be normal here, or if you're a
big shot, take the Grand Parkway instead. I'm Skymike on
the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

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From r KTRH Generator super Center, twenty four hour Weather Center.
Conservable clouds and wendy with a high year ninety four
today that would be a record breaker. Tomorrow, cloudy with
gusty wins and maybe a thirty percent brain chance. We'll
get the look into the weekend. When we talked to
Ken Boone at the Weather Channel in eight minutes, temperature
right now is seventy seven at your official severe weather station,

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News Radio seven forty KTRH. It's time now for the news.
Here's Cliff Sanders, Thank you.

Speaker 5 (21:51):
Jimmy five thirty two on KTRH our top story this hour.

Speaker 28 (21:55):
He let his Democrat chairman rite the budget in secret
in rooms that have no Here.

Speaker 5 (22:00):
Is at a state representative Brian Harrison talking to Michael
Barry on KTRH. He's upset about the budget that lawmakers
got just hours before a vote this week. Harrison did
attempt a motion to vacate the chair, which is really
an attempt to remove Speaker Dustin Burrows, who literally dare
Harrison to quote, go ahead and file it. Elsewhere In Austin,

(22:23):
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is already calling for a special
session if bail reform and a THCHC band don't pass.

Speaker 22 (22:32):
Andy Hoague with the Travis County Republican Party is not surprised.

Speaker 29 (22:37):
Pragmatically, he has no choice on this, and it's something
that he's done before Governor Abbott has done.

Speaker 22 (22:42):
But is the THCHC ban worth it? And will lawmakers
really not pass bail reform?

Speaker 29 (22:48):
I do think each has a good chance on its own, Merriots,
if we were to sit down and discuss and come
to some conclusion.

Speaker 22 (22:55):
But the problem has been getting the House to vote
on anything. BIGS News Radio seven forty k Thieri, the.

Speaker 5 (23:02):
Lieutenant Governor, is scheduled to join Jimmy at seven point
fifty also in Austin, and despite President Trump's shutdown of
the border, Texas Land Commissioner Don Buckingham is asking the
federal government to secure two border islands.

Speaker 30 (23:16):
We have two islands, Roma Island and Beaver Island. Dave
Haven's for the cartels from which they were operating their
smuggling activities. We are taking away their safe spots that
they used to smuggle drugs, guns, people.

Speaker 5 (23:30):
In twenty twenty three, three other islands were cleared out
and secured.

Speaker 11 (23:34):
It only took a couple of weeks.

Speaker 5 (23:36):
Meantime, in Hayes County, near San Antonio, more than forty
trendy Iragua members were arrested in a joint operation that
included ICE, the FBI, and DPS. On ex Governor Greg
Abbott posted quote trend Dear Ragua tried to set up
shop in Texas, but we won't let this ruthless gang
take route in our state. Thanks to Joe Biden's open

(23:57):
border policies work authorizations for illegal aliens. Non citizens could
get benefits. They shouldn't have access to.

Speaker 31 (24:05):
Any alien who's been given one of these numbers who
works in this country for ten years is going to
be able to draw upon social security benefits and to
be able to draw upon medic.

Speaker 5 (24:16):
Former immigration Judge Arc Arthur says those numbers are valid
and last forever. So the only way to stop this
is to deport these people and implement national verified illegal
alien crossings at the border or at record lows. There
were just over seven thousand arrests in March, the smallest
number since y two K when the FED started releasing

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this information. Coming up on five point thirty five, Investors
are upset over tariffs this morning. Down futures are down
nearly twelve hundred points now. The president is starting with
a ten percent baseline on all countries and a twenty
five percent tariff on foreign made cars. Treasury Secretary Scott
Besson had a warning for our trade partners who not retaliate.

Speaker 18 (24:59):
Sit take it in.

Speaker 32 (25:01):
Let's see how it goes, because if you retaliate, there
will be escalation.

Speaker 5 (25:06):
Bestn't on Fox, but it looks like Canada did not
get the message, as Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to
increase tariffs in response. Five point thirty five more fireworks
between Houston Mayor John Wickmeyer and City Controller Chris Hollins,
who claims HFD overtime is crushing the city's finances.

Speaker 33 (25:25):
I'm not gonna get it a violent We're just clearing
the record for the public.

Speaker 18 (25:28):
The record is that we have record over time. Yes,
you're in a circumstanction.

Speaker 26 (25:33):
Is the circumstances here that required Those are the fact.

Speaker 5 (25:36):
The mayor calling Hollins's report quote political and unacceptable. The
City of Houston's financial audit for the twenty three twenty
twenty twenty three twenty twenty four fiscal year is in
and it's worse than we thought. It turns out we
had a five billion dollar bunch of deficit last year
due to insane spending.

Speaker 34 (25:54):
The thing was we need to just for calling back
some of this money that we've given away. We've been
granting tech exemptions of these affordable housing projects. Oliver Down
have a billion dollars off the tactural.

Speaker 5 (26:06):
Bill, King att Rice, as we have underspent on infrastructure.
Five point thirty six HPD and the FEDS raid more
than a dozen game rooms across Houston, seizing over one
hundred slot machines. The DOJ has not commented on these raids,
and in response to the crime that we've seen in
short term rentals across the area, Houston City Council is

(26:26):
adding amendments to an ordinance that would make operating one
without a valid registration certificate illegal.

Speaker 35 (26:34):
All of this started by bad actors and multifamily that
are not only taking housing stock away, but creating a
public safety risk as well as a NU sence. We
also have challenges with enforcement.

Speaker 5 (26:46):
City Council Member Abbey came in. The registration fee would
be two hundred and seventy five dollars a year. Five
point thirty seven, the Rockets pick up their fiftieth winn
of the season, beating Utah one forty three to one
oh five. They lock up their first playoff spot in
six years. On Cliff Saunders on Houston's News, whether in
traffic station k t RH.

Speaker 18 (27:06):
Stay Informed, Stay on time.

Speaker 2 (27:09):
Houston's Morning News continues with Jimmy Barrett and the Houston
Morning News Team.

Speaker 3 (27:17):
Oh I do love Steak, I do I hated it
when I was a kid. But that's only because the
old man would, you know, make steaks on the barbecue
out back on the charcold grill, neverer charcold grills when
we all use tuck old grills, and he would start.
If he didn't have lighter fluid, he'd pour gasoline on
it to get started. That caused a few problems, you know,

(27:39):
from time to time. But he used to. He came
from the well done generation. He ate all of his
meat well done, and his steaks weren't well done. In
my world, well done is not well done. It's horribly done.
Give me a steak that's medium rare. I'll even take
it a little bit even more rare than that. That's why.

(28:00):
That's when it's juicy. That's when it's got flavor. But
you see these lists from time to time of who
has the best steak? So here's one on a national basis,
America's favorite steakhouse, America's favorite steakhouse. So who do you
suppose would make the list of America's favorite steakhouse? Number
ten on the on the list was Logan's Roadhouse. But

(28:24):
we really don't care about who's at the bottom. The
top five were like Longhorns. Who else was on the list,
because the list just disappeared on me? There it is.
Logan's Roadhouse was number ten. Ruth Chris. Ruth Chris actually
came in number nine, Number eight Morton's Steakhouse. Number seven Sissler,

(28:45):
Hey God, Sizzler beat out Morton's and Ruth Chris. How's
that possible? I guess what they did is they based
this on a combination of Americans who know the brand
and the percentage of them that like it, or the
percentage of them of Americans who say they like that place.

Speaker 10 (29:06):
We don't have any Sizzlers, do we?

Speaker 36 (29:08):
Uh?

Speaker 3 (29:09):
Number Number six Black Angus Steakhouse wherever they are. Lone
Star Steakhouse came in number five, Golden Golden Corral came
in number four. You see nothing wrong with Golden Corral.
It's just that I don't think of that as a
place you go for a steak. To me, that's just
the place you go to fill your belly, you know,

(29:30):
because you can go up there as many times pretty
much as you want. Number three Longhorned Steakhouse, Number two
Texas Roadhouse, and number one Outback Steakhouse. That's that's the
top ten. But here here's my question of the day.
You go to the iHeartRadio app ktr H, please put
us on your preset number one on your preset. Next
week I'm making a boay prices for those of you

(29:51):
that send pictures of us on your preset. So sam
by for details about that coming up on Monday. But
for now, I would like you know you thirty seconds
you can tell me either your favorite national chain steakhouse,
your favorite steakhouse that no longer exists, or your favorite
local steakhouse. I'm a big taste of Texas fan. For example,

(30:13):
maybe you like Papist Brothers, you know, whomever you like.
There's a whole bunch of great steakhouses here in Texas.
And me you got Papist Brothers, Brunners on the Bayou,
Vic and Anthony's. The list goes on and on. Give
me your favorite steakhouse again. Go with the iHeart Radio
app KTRH. Hit the microphone. You get thirty seconds time
for traffic and weather together. I never realized there were

(30:33):
that many steakhouses. We have a ton of steakhouse. Do
you remember steak in ale I?

Speaker 37 (30:38):
Do?

Speaker 10 (30:39):
I do remember that?

Speaker 11 (30:40):
The Shakespearean house, and I would love that.

Speaker 18 (30:43):
I wonder what.

Speaker 10 (30:44):
I wonder what happened to them? I wonder what drove
them out of business.

Speaker 4 (30:46):
You can imagine them not succeeding. I love steak in ale.
I know one thing. I'm hungry. Let's look at the
North Freeway. I'm hearing rumblings. I got a call, but
I couldn't make hide er hair out of it. About
forty five and a rail bridge eats guys southbound. I'm
just gonna guess this is talking about cross nimbers. I
see it as getting a little thick after gallery and southbound.

(31:08):
Just watch out whatever's going on on the right. We'll
zoom that with the five point fifteen break.

Speaker 11 (31:12):
If you've just.

Speaker 4 (31:13):
Woke up, Mike, what happened to that problem on the
bridge on the East Freeway.

Speaker 10 (31:16):
Out but it's gone.

Speaker 4 (31:18):
That was an accident on the truck at the truck
stop here on the right side, East Freeway outbound, not
inbound one forty six. Oh, this one's looking serious. Got
a wreck here at FM fourteen oh five. What is
the plant now that used to be called bear? This
is a big northbound squish. So if you're trying to
go from Baytown up to ten Mont Bellevue. Let's hop

(31:39):
on maintenance good or if you're a big shot, do
the Grand Parkway. I'm Skymike and the Generator Supercenter dot
Com Traffic.

Speaker 3 (31:46):
Center from r KTRH Generator super Center twenty four hour
Weather Center. Time to check in with Ken Boone. We've
got more windy conditions coming today. Can I guess Wendy
For the next few days?

Speaker 10 (31:56):
Right?

Speaker 20 (31:56):
It will be very windy and warm here today tomorrow
ahead of a cold front that brings showers and storms
a late Friday night and Saturday. Now, speaking of showers
and storms, there's a slight chance to see a shower
storm today north of Houston, and if we do see
what up there, there is a potential that it could
be strong too severe. Otherwise, windy and very warm today
with the record high as possible in the upper eighties
to around ninety mid seventies Tonight, a little bit better

(32:17):
chance for storms tomorrow. Again, the best chance will be
north of Houston. High temperatures tomorrow middle to upper eighties,
and then late Friday night Saturday, that's what we'll see
the front move through, bringing showers and storms, some strong too,
severe in behind it, sunny and cooler Sunday.

Speaker 10 (32:30):
To finish the weekend, heslow sixties.

Speaker 3 (32:33):
Right now seventy seven at your official severe weather station,
News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 11 (32:38):
What you need to know for the day ahead.

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Speaker 10 (32:46):
Right.

Speaker 3 (32:46):
So, the Day of Liberation was yesterday. There's a piece
of American thinker that talks about the six things that
President Trump has on the list to do in order
to make America great again. One of those things happened
yesterday with the announcement of the tariffs. Boring that coming
up with Stephen Helgison. He's a former ambassador and writer.
We'll talk to him in just a moment, But first

(33:07):
the stew a little trappic and weather together. So check
out the drive. Look out for what's guy Mine.

Speaker 4 (33:10):
Nord Freeway inbound after Maine. That's a stall whoe center lane,
scary spot. You already have the text dot wall of
death that's inbound. Mike from Magnolia gave me a good
to ninety.

Speaker 21 (33:21):
On the radio. That used to be a good one
called Gallagher at Singo in through ninety it became a
strip club.

Speaker 10 (33:27):
Oh Gold Cup.

Speaker 9 (33:28):
Yeah.

Speaker 21 (33:28):
And then Steak and Al at Tacoma in June ninety.
That was a great blaze as well.

Speaker 11 (33:32):
Gigeez, it became a strip club too.

Speaker 10 (33:35):
Friend told me about these places. I'm noticing a trend.

Speaker 4 (33:37):
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a shower a storm in a high eighty six. Current
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News Radio seven forty KTRH. Time to get you caught

(34:03):
up on some of our top Thursday morning stories. Here's
Cliff and.

Speaker 5 (34:06):
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Speaker 3 (34:37):
Live fifty two is our time here in Houston's morning news.
Right Trump's six point plan for making America read again.
It's an American thinker, And interestingly enough, the first thing
they start with is what happened yesterday on Liberation Day,
the tariffs and sending a quote unquote wake up call
to Europe, which with a twenty percent tariff. I guess
they got their wake up calls. Stephen Helgeson joins US

(34:59):
former and bass and writer, Welcome on board, SIRT. Do
you think that was intended to be a wake up
call for Europe?

Speaker 8 (35:06):
Absolutely, and good morning Houston. It was a big wake
up called. The newspapers, the television. Everyone over here in Denmark,
where I'm living now is talking about it and worried
about it, wringing their hands and wondering what to do next.

Speaker 3 (35:22):
Well, how about they just dropped the twenty drop their
own tariffs because these are reciprocal. We're only doing you
at twenty percent because Europe taxes so many of our things,
tariffs so many of our things at very high rates.

Speaker 9 (35:32):
You're absolutely right.

Speaker 8 (35:34):
For decades, we've been trying, through the US Trade Representative's
office and through other means to convince the Europeans to
drop their tariffs, lower them anyway on such essentral items
such as automobiles. As an example, the Europeans applied to
ten percent tariff on American made automobiles coming into Europe,

(35:55):
while we in the United States only applied a two
and a half percent tariff. That's just one out of
many items or categories that are in dispute right now.
And the real question is how is Europe going to react.
Are they simply going to go tit for tat and
have another round of reciprocal tariff wars or are they

(36:15):
going to say, well, you know, we'll think about this
and maybe we need to make some adjustments. I'm hoping
it's the latter, but it is part of, in my view,
a six point planned by the President to make sure
that we're a little more respected overseas when it comes
to trade, and use some of that money to help
bring it back to the United States in the form
of investments from overseas American based rather American companies based

(36:39):
overseas back to the United States again.

Speaker 9 (36:41):
I'm hopeful.

Speaker 3 (36:42):
Another big part of what the President wants to do
has to do with energy and our reliance on foreign
nations for energy. I think, do you take it overall
theme of what President Trump seems to want to do
right now, it's about making America self reliant again.

Speaker 9 (36:58):
Absolutely.

Speaker 8 (36:59):
I mean, if we're not self reliant and energy, and
Texas Texas knows this. If we're not self reliant on energy,
we're relying on everybody else. We cannot be in that position.
Neither can we be in that position when it comes
to manufacturing. We've allowed our manufacturing sector to be exported
over to China as the number one source. When it

(37:20):
comes to small run contract manufacturing, We've got to bring
those companies back to the US of A. But energy
is the one underlying expense that fuels no pun intended
every other price rise. So once we get that stabilized
and can start improving our electric grid a little bit better,
we can think in the future about some alternative forms

(37:43):
of energy. But fossil fuels are a necessity right now.

Speaker 10 (37:46):
You think that's on the President's agenda.

Speaker 3 (37:48):
By the way, I know this piece of American thinker
thinks that eventually that's what President Trump wants to do.
He wants to do a major upgrade to the country's infrastructure,
but he has all these other things he needs to
put into place first.

Speaker 8 (38:00):
Well, we have to do many things at once. And
one of the things that the President I believe wants
to do is reversed that terrible order executive order that
Joe Biden signed the first day in office, the deep
sixing the Keystone Pipeline.

Speaker 9 (38:16):
We have a big country.

Speaker 8 (38:18):
It runs on energy, and without the energy that is
supplied by our own domestic sources and from some foreign sources,
we're in trouble. We're totally dependent on everyone else. Look
at Europe and being totally or partially at least dependent
on the former Soviet unions apply to supply natural gas

(38:38):
to some customers in Western Europe.

Speaker 9 (38:41):
That can't be our future.

Speaker 3 (38:43):
Yeah, one thing I was really surprised by on these terraffs. Obviously,
he puts big tariffs on the worst defenders. Some of
the worst defenders are supposedly our friends in allies Japan.
He had to put a twenty four percent tariff on
Japanese products Taiwan. I mean, where would Taiwan be without
the United States and we had to put a thirty
two percent there upon them.

Speaker 9 (39:03):
You're absolutely right, that defies description.

Speaker 8 (39:07):
In my opinion, Taiwan is a very important ally really
to the United States when it comes to the production
of semiconductor chips. Without the semiconductor companies or excuse me,
manufacturing fabs as they call them in Taiwan, we'd be
up the creek without a paddle when it comes to
computers and the next generation of electronic devices. So Taiwan

(39:32):
is critical. And our friendship with Japan goes back to
post War Japan, and we've helped the Japanese as they've
helped us throughout the past. The Japanese have really done
an awful lot to increase their investment in the United States,
especially in terms of producing automobiles of Japanese labels you

(39:56):
could say Honda, Toyota, etc. In the US of A.

Speaker 9 (40:00):
Yeah, as Goofy's description, I will give you that.

Speaker 3 (40:03):
All right, the ambassador, thanks for joining us today. Sure
to appreciate it.

Speaker 9 (40:07):
Thank you, and God blessed. Take care.

Speaker 3 (40:09):
Stephen Helgeson, former ambassador and writer, joining us here on
news radio seven forty k TRH This is.

Speaker 1 (40:18):
Huge Radio seven forty ktrh Houston Live Everywhere with now
the latest news, weather, it's more of what matters to you.

Speaker 3 (40:30):
From the John Morris Services Studios, six o one hour
time Houston's Morning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top
stories this half hour, no backing down. The Trump tariffs
are going to go into effect. So far financial markets
aren't reacting very well to that. And coming up at
six oh eight, it looks like you love steak as
much as I do. Details in the minutes ahead. You're
in Houston's Morning News. First, just check out that morning

(40:52):
drive with Schemike. Clear the North Freeway. That was a
stall of the main southbounded south.

Speaker 4 (40:57):
Of the way, stay the course and one forty six
at five sixty five, what was that plant?

Speaker 12 (41:02):
You's to be mob and bear it's now Covetstro all.

Speaker 4 (41:05):
Right, thank you, Shane. That's up five sixty five. That's northbound.
It's a wreck on one forty six. If you're going
from Baytown to Mott Bellevue, let's do the Grand Parkway
if you're a big shot. Otherwise, hop on Main to
eighty eight. It's Neil from Alvin.

Speaker 38 (41:18):
My plant over there in Baytown.

Speaker 18 (41:20):
You're trying to think of this now.

Speaker 39 (41:22):
Covet's droo and I'm on too, eighty eight southbound headed
down the free Port.

Speaker 18 (41:27):
We're all down here in the south.

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Side, all right, Banana stickers all around. I'm in the
USA Rvresorts dot Com traffic center.

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From our KTRH top tax Defenders twenty four hour Weather Center.
We have a wind advisory in effected until five o'clock tonight.
Mostly cloudy, sky's windy, very warm. High near ninety could
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seventy seven at your official severe weather station, News Radio
seven forty k TRH. It's time now for the news.

(41:54):
Here's Cliff Saunders, Thank.

Speaker 5 (41:56):
You, Jimmy. Good morning everybody. Our top story in six
z oh two.

Speaker 6 (42:00):
This is one of the most important days, in my opinion,
in American history.

Speaker 5 (42:05):
Another promise fulfilled as President Trump implements tariffs.

Speaker 6 (42:09):
For years, hard working American citizens were forced to sit
on the sidelines as other nations got rich and powerful,
much of it at our expense. But now it's our
turn to prosper.

Speaker 5 (42:20):
The EU gets it with a twenty percent tariff. China
gets it with a thirty four percent tariff. The markets
don't like any of this. Down futures are down twelve
hundred and seventy points. While the mainstream media and the
left continue to blast Trump for this, they're actually key
parts of the America First agenda that got Trump elected
last November.

Speaker 8 (42:40):
Through the efforts of Elon Moss, downsizing and making more
effective the US government. He's hoping to channel that into
enough money to give the average American a tax cut.

Speaker 5 (42:53):
Former US diplomat Stephen Hilgison says putting tax dollars back
in our pockets and balancing our economic relationship with Europe
says tariffs will set America up for long term economic success.
Trump isn't finding just opposition from Democrats. There are Republican senators.
The usual suspect Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell all

(43:14):
signed onto a resolution by Democrats to undo tariffs on Canada.

Speaker 11 (43:19):
Six zero four.

Speaker 5 (43:20):
Vice President j D Vance's warnings about European democracy come true.
France bans the conservative leading election polls the kind of
law fair we saw used against Trump.

Speaker 38 (43:31):
Marien Lepenn was found guilty of embezzlement as she runs
against Macron.

Speaker 10 (43:35):
But the timing's interesting.

Speaker 13 (43:36):
He's get around for a long time and to all
of a sudden pick this moment. It does remind you
a little bit of what they did to Trump.

Speaker 38 (43:44):
Sylvio Kanto, Junior of The American Thinker says this lawfair
will create more division, and it puts on full display
just how far gone Europe is now.

Speaker 13 (43:53):
I'd be very worried about the political stability of my country,
and I think the French democracy will suffer a serious blow.

Speaker 10 (44:02):
He says.

Speaker 38 (44:02):
Socialist will stop it nothing to stay in power. Andre
Berrard News Radio seven forty k t RH.

Speaker 11 (44:08):
It is now six zero four.

Speaker 5 (44:09):
The federal judge behind blocking President Trump's deportation flights to
El Salvador speaks publicly for the first time at the
American Bar Association. Judge James Bosberg avoided the topic completely.
This comes as the Senate holds a hearing on Bosberg
and the other rogue judges trying to block Trump's agenda.
Texas Senator Ted Kruse says the left is simply judge shopping.

Speaker 14 (44:31):
They are forum shopping like crazy. Give me any loon
judge put on the bench by Obama or Biden.

Speaker 5 (44:37):
There's also a resolution in the House introduced by Arizona's
Andy Biggs to fire Boseburg. A hearing in the House
yesterday focused on the weaponized FBI during the Biden years,
something Texas Democrat Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett does not want to
talk about.

Speaker 15 (44:54):
Maybe we can move on, Maybe we can move into
the president because it seems like we are living in
the past.

Speaker 5 (44:59):
Yeah, you know, the where's Let's just forget the four
indictments and the conviction against Trump?

Speaker 10 (45:04):
Okay.

Speaker 5 (45:05):
Democrats response to Trump's second term so far has been
to attack and protest, with Bernie Sanders and AOC taking
on the starring roles. Public News founder Michael Schellenberger tells
Fox the Dems are in dire need of a new leader.

Speaker 17 (45:20):
Probably needs some Democrat candidate who doesn't look like traditional Democrats,
but who actually is building from the moderate majority outward
rather than from this radical left Democrat base that finds
itself engaging in nihilistic acts of terrorism.

Speaker 5 (45:35):
A new poll shows more than half of Democrat voters
believe their current leadership is taking the party in the.

Speaker 11 (45:40):
Wrong direction six so six.

Speaker 5 (45:42):
Oil prices are dropping this morning almost at five percent,
trading under sixty nine dollars a barrel. But here's something
the mainstream media isn't telling you. Oil and gas sales
under Trump are generating millions for the country.

Speaker 40 (45:56):
The number is about forty million dollars in revenue for
the federal government so far.

Speaker 19 (45:59):
The under the Biden administration, the oil and gas industry
was not welcome in the White House. And finally we
have a president who's focused on energy dominance.

Speaker 40 (46:08):
President and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute Mike Summer
says energy demand isn't slowing down, and AI has increased
it even more.

Speaker 19 (46:15):
We're gonna need all of these sources for energy of
the future. America needs more energy because we have to
fuel that AI revolution.

Speaker 10 (46:25):
Chart.

Speaker 40 (46:25):
Lewis News Radio seven forty Kjair eighth six oh.

Speaker 5 (46:28):
Seven, a World War Two veteran in Ohio, is going
viral for an invite to his upcoming birthday party.

Speaker 14 (46:35):
I'm going to be one hundred and four in May,
and I'm inviting you to my birthday party.

Speaker 11 (46:43):
And that you as President Trump.

Speaker 5 (46:45):
Denver Moore's birthday is May fifteenth, The party's on the seventeenth.

Speaker 3 (46:49):
In case you're wandering, I'm glad he's an optimist. The
video video has got maysed a couple months away, more
than seven hundred thousand views in ten days. You know,
that's the kind of thing that I can trump going to.
I could, I could see it.

Speaker 5 (47:02):
The Astros are swept by San Francisco, losing yesterday six
to three. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news weather in
traffic station KTRH.

Speaker 1 (47:11):
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Speaker 3 (47:20):
Never sounded so good. Oh, who's in the mood for steak?

Speaker 10 (47:26):
Six eight?

Speaker 3 (47:27):
Our time here in Houston's morning news. See, here's the
thing I love about talking about food. We all love food,
and we particularly love steak and barbecue. We could probably
do entire shows on steak and barbecue alone, right? Who
has the best? And I was reading off a list
of America's favorite steakhouses, the Chain ones and number one
on the on the Chain list, well, number four shocked

(47:49):
me a little Golden Corral. I don't think of quality
as much as I think of quantity when you talk
about Golden Corral, but out Back was number one, Texas
Roadhouse is number two. I mean we're talking about two
different types of steakhouses. Though there's the there's the chain
steakhouse or the more you know, the more casual dining experience,
and then there's like Papa Steakhouse and and Perry Steakhouse.

(48:12):
In Taste of Texas, you know that we have here.
We have so many great steakhouses that are you know
that that served great quality, higher end food. So my
question was, what's your favorite Houston steakhouse and what's your
favorite chain? If you want to take that onto your
favorite chain steakhouse or maybe just your maybe a chain
is your favorite steakhouse, and if you can think of

(48:36):
one that you used to love to go to that's
not around anymore, feel free to mention those as well.
You go to the iHeartRadio app katr H. Put us
on your preset so you can get there fast. Click
the microphone button. You get thirty seconds to give us
maybe your first name, where you're calling from, and your
favorite steakhouse.

Speaker 41 (48:51):
Good morning, Jimmy. This is Gina from Southwest Florida, Former
Houston listener. And I listen every morning, y'all. I just
wanted to call in and say my favorite steakhouse always was,
always will be. Please bring it back Steak and ale
I have a great one.

Speaker 9 (49:08):
In the spring brunch for Moilery. We used to enjoy
going to Mason Jar. This is Wes, San Francisco steakhouse.

Speaker 8 (49:16):
Nothing better than eating meat and watching a woman swing.

Speaker 10 (49:20):
Over your head. Frozen dinner, hungry man.

Speaker 11 (49:23):
Salisbury steak never fails.

Speaker 3 (49:26):
Okay, So he's got a specific type of steak he likes. Okay,
he's a Salisbury steak fan. What's this San Francisco steakhouse
with a woman swinging over your head? Doesn't sound like
your normal steakhouse? Six' Ten time For traffick And weather
to goe for. That, yeah where is?

Speaker 10 (49:41):
That? Huh sky Th skymike is ready to fill you
in on the.

Speaker 4 (49:44):
Drive, wow And gina From, florida thanks for the backup.
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Are we have a slight chance to see a storm.
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chance at the to the area could see. One but
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Outbound flip that off, There Katie freeway Out, yes outbound
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Here he's right on the entrance ramp From. Denny's and
well there's a little stake there, too inbound our.

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Outbound, rather we've got about.

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A, minute scooch if that just watch out for other
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minutes from The. Woodlands truck Or tim is on. It
he's From Magnolia Morne Scott.

Speaker 20 (52:32):
Mike The San francisco steakout is where The Good Company
barbecue is on iten to west used to be.

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Where it used to.

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Be oh that makes, sense but she ain't there no.

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This thursday. Morning Here's, Cliff thank You.

Speaker 5 (53:21):
Jimmy Lieutenant Governor Dan patrick draws a line in the
sand over bail. Reform if you're flying, today you might
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Six twenty two is our time here On Houston's Morning. News.

Speaker 3 (54:03):
Right The trump tariffs going to Effect april fifth And
april to. Ninth The april ninth terraffs are the big
ones on the worst. Defenders for, example you've GOT i
saw a whole list. Here what DID i do with that? List,
laos interestingly, enough got the highest. Terraffs what do we
import From? Laos forty eight? Percent But European union twenty?

(54:28):
Percent for. Example here's the other thing to think about,
here he's actually put. Tariffs these tariffs that he's putting
on these countries is not nearly as much as the
terriffs they put on. Us in, fact it looks like
they almost use like a fifty percent. Formula fifty percent
of whatever their tariffs against us, were we. Did we
took fifty percent of that to put a tariff on.
Them Here's President trump yesterday announcing his.

Speaker 6 (54:50):
Tariffs for, decades The United states slash trade barriers or other,
countries will those nations placed massive tariffs on our? Products
and create outrageous non monetary barriers to decimate our. Industries
and in many cases the non monetary barriers were worse
than the monetary. Ones they manipulated their, currencies subsidized their,

(55:13):
exports stole our intellectual, property imposed exorbitant vat taxes to
disadvantage our, products adopted unfair rules and technical, standards and
created filthy pollution. Havens they were absolutely, filthy but they
always came to us and they, said we're.

Speaker 23 (55:32):
Violating we should pay for.

Speaker 6 (55:34):
It it's all detailed in a very big report by
THE Us Trade representative on foreign trade, barriers And i'll
just hold it up for. You it's, available and you
don't have to pay too. Much AS i understand, it
you'll pay. Nothing it's a lot of, work a lot
of work for, something, actually because it's a special it's
a special. Book it's very, frankly it's very upsetting when

(55:58):
you read, it when you see what people have been
doing to us for thirty.

Speaker 23 (56:01):
Years this all happened with.

Speaker 6 (56:03):
No response from The United states Of, america none. Whatsoever
but those days are. Over let me offer just a
few examples of the vicious attacks workers.

Speaker 23 (56:14):
Have faced for so many.

Speaker 6 (56:16):
Years The United states charges of the countries only a
two point four tariff on. Motorcycles, Meanwhile thailand and others
are charging much higher, prices like sixty. Percent india charges seventy,
Percent vietnam charges seventy five, percent and others.

Speaker 23 (56:35):
Are even higher than.

Speaker 6 (56:36):
That, likewise until, today The United states has for decades
charged a two point five. Tariff think of that two
point five percent on foreign made. Automobiles The European union
CHARGES us more than ten percent, tariffs and they have
twenty percent vats much much. Higher india charges seventy percent

(56:59):
Per perhaps worst of all are the non monetary restrictions
imposed By South, korea In japan and very many other.
Nations as a result of these colossal trade, barriers eighty
one percent of the cars In south carea made In South.
Korea ninety four percent of the cars In japan are
made In. Japan toyota sales one million foreign made automobiles

(57:24):
into The United, states And General motor sells almost. None
ford sells very. Little none of our companies are allowed
to go into other.

Speaker 23 (57:33):
Countries AND i say that friend and.

Speaker 6 (57:35):
Foe and in many cases the friend is worse than the.

Speaker 23 (57:38):
Foe in terms of.

Speaker 6 (57:40):
Trade but such horrendous imbalances have devastated our industrial base
and put our national security at. RISK i don't blame
these other countries at all for this. CALAMITY i blame
former presidents and past leaders who weren't doing their. Job
they let it, happen and they let it happen to
an extent that nobody can even.

Speaker 23 (57:59):
Believe that's, why effective.

Speaker 6 (58:01):
At, midnight we will impose the twenty five percent tariff
for all foreign made.

Speaker 3 (58:06):
Automobiles, yeah well it's not just. Cars there's we tariffs
on everybody at least ten percent Starting april, fifteenth and
then for the worst, defenders hire ones and some of
as he, said some of the worst defenders are our
supposed adline, allies The European. Union we're imposing a twenty
percent tariff on them because of the tariffs that they
have put on. Us taiwan thirty two percent tarraf because

(58:27):
of the tariffs they put on, us and the list
goes on and. On six twenty. Six time to take
a look at your. Money Here's DENISE, pelgreni.

Speaker 18 (58:34):
Yeah good.

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Morning this reverhurt is sponsored By Total blind and. More
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countries higher duties on. Sixties dow futures now down one
two hundred and thirty, Two JIMMY s AND p futures
down one ninety, SEVEN nasdak down seven hundred and seventy.
Five crude oil futures tumbling down about five percent lower

(58:58):
than sixty eight bucks a. Barrel not Helping opek plus
agreeing to make larger than expected supply hikes In, may
something that could.

Speaker 11 (59:04):
Help take stock futures off the.

Speaker 27 (59:06):
Lows Russian President Vledermer putin now says he is said
to See trump is able to Deliver ukraine, concessions but
and there's always about. Here putin also says he's ready
to keep fighting if it doesn't like The ukraine. Deal
I'm Denise Peligrindy Bloomberg business On News radio seven FORTY.

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Studios six thirty is our time here In Houston's Morning.
News I'm Jimmy. Barrett among our top stories this half,
Hour Lieutenant Governor Dan patrick talking about a special. Session
by the, way he's going to be on our show this.
Morning at about seven fifty, two forty more gang members
arrested just outside Of San antonio and coming up at
six thirty. Eight what's more important of the city we're

(01:00:01):
leieving traffic congestion or more sidewalks in bike? Lanes details
in the minutes. Ahead you're In houston's want.

Speaker 4 (01:00:07):
To use so for me And i'll put a jackhammer
to those bicycle.

Speaker 3 (01:00:11):
Lanes, yes Sir Sky. Mike what's going on out? There
little congestion this?

Speaker 9 (01:00:14):
Morning of?

Speaker 10 (01:00:15):
Course all, right you're east.

Speaker 4 (01:00:17):
Text besides The pallen and the, community we've got the
big back up now right before equipment that's getting. Nasty
trying to pass the ballpark southbound on your east text.
Elevated it's an extra twelve minutes this way North. Freeway
it's getting awfu lay, thick not spicy, though From West
Mount houston Into Cross Timbers East text by the graveyards
later road that breaks and look at That north Sam

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who Westbound All Dean.

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Westfield that's the left line for.

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Speaker 10 (01:00:55):
Four.

Speaker 3 (01:00:55):
Today we'll get the entire forecast all the way through the.
Weekend could be a Stormy. Saturday we'll talk To Ken
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radio seven forty K. Trh it's time now for the.
News Here's Cliff. Saunders thank, You jimmy six thirty two ON.

Speaker 5 (01:01:13):
Ktrh good, morning ever one our top. Story we're in
the back half of The texas legislative. Session Tenant Governor
Dan patrick is pushing for a special session IF baill
reform and a band ON thhc don't make it to
The governor's. Desk Andy hoague with The Travis County Republican party,
says hopefully we won't.

Speaker 10 (01:01:31):
Have to go.

Speaker 29 (01:01:32):
There Dan patrick is being pragmatic and thinking about a
summer special or two or. Three sack of the matter
is we need to absolutely get down and demand that
these bills be. Hurting its serious about, it and let's
be honest and let's tell the people Of texas why
my bill isn't going.

Speaker 5 (01:01:45):
Forward The Lieutenant governor Joins jimmy at seven point. Fifty,
meantime this flew under the radar a potential attempt to
vacate the speakership Of Dustin.

Speaker 28 (01:01:54):
Burroughs Mister, SPEAKER i changed AND i now move to
vacate the.

Speaker 5 (01:01:57):
Chair that Was state Reb Bryan, harrison who Blames burrows
for rushing a vote on a budget written By.

Speaker 28 (01:02:04):
Democrats in, rules they have no, cameras no, microphones so
the public is not available to see. It and by the,
way that's the direct violation of The house.

Speaker 5 (01:02:11):
Rules harrison with ktrh' Is Michael. Berry also in the state,
Capitol Land Commissioner Don buckingham wants The trump administration to
help secure two border islands Near.

Speaker 11 (01:02:22):
Roma they're referred to as a smuggler's.

Speaker 30 (01:02:25):
Paradise they haven't been Declared, texas they haven't been declared In.

Speaker 12 (01:02:29):
Mexico and because of.

Speaker 30 (01:02:30):
That law enforcement and the military cannot step on these,
islands so they are literally safe havens for the.

Speaker 9 (01:02:35):
Cartels but there are.

Speaker 22 (01:02:37):
Other islands that have already been, cleared And buckingham says
it's time to do it.

Speaker 11 (01:02:42):
Again these are Declared.

Speaker 30 (01:02:44):
Texas let's get this party, started so to, say and
let's get these cartels off these.

Speaker 9 (01:02:48):
Islands we can do it, now and.

Speaker 22 (01:02:50):
They hope they get it done within a few. Weeks
Jeff Biggs News radio seven K T.

Speaker 10 (01:02:56):
Thank, You.

Speaker 5 (01:02:57):
Jeff more than forty Trendy iragua members were in a
joint operation Near San antonio yesterday that INCLUDED, ice THE
fbi In TEXAS.

Speaker 11 (01:03:05):
Dps, now thanks.

Speaker 5 (01:03:07):
To Joe biden's wide open border, policies millions of illegals
got Permanent Social security. Numbers this has massive implications for the.

Speaker 7 (01:03:15):
Future illegal aliens can now use Their Social security cards
to get jobs without work.

Speaker 11 (01:03:20):
Authorization they can.

Speaker 31 (01:03:21):
Go to a future employer and present a driver's license
and show Their Social security card and the employer is
going to have to accept those.

Speaker 7 (01:03:28):
Documents Former Immigration george Art arthur, says there are ways
to keep illegal aliens from taking jobs without work. Authorization
we're removing those individuals from The United, state or even,
better imposing a national everify. Requirement he says these social
security numbers have become a commodity that illegal aliens also
buy in. Trade Ethan Buchanan News radio seven FORTY ktrh

(01:03:50):
here's something.

Speaker 5 (01:03:51):
Else the mainstream media is ignoring a total of seven
thousand arrests at the southern border last. Month that's the
smallest number in twenty five years when the government started
making that information. Public it's coming up on six point thirty.
Five the roll out Of President trump's tariffs not going
overwell in the investment. World futures in The dow are

(01:04:11):
off by twelve hundred and fifteen points this. Morning now
the left is crying about the, tariffs But trump Advisor
Peter navarro says they're ignoring history because we had tariffs
in his first.

Speaker 42 (01:04:23):
Administration they, said h, recession, inflation when we have price,
stability economic. Prosperity and for, me the most gratifying thing
being in That White house was real wages.

Speaker 5 (01:04:36):
Increasing navarro On Fox more on tariffs at seven o'clock
six point thirty. Five the feud Between Houston Mayor John
wickmeyer and city control Of Chris hollins heats up the,
mayor Putting hollands on blast for blaming firefighters over time
for these cities financial.

Speaker 10 (01:04:53):
Problems we're just not gonna let it slide because there's too.

Speaker 25 (01:04:56):
Important it's you, know a political report is not accept
In march of twenty, five.

Speaker 5 (01:05:02):
And this is what might be the seeds of this.
Feud hollins once ran Against witmeyer for, mayor but he
had no support and pulled out of that. RACE a
review Of houston's twenty twenty three twenty twenty four books
shows a five billion dollar, deficit a lot of wasteful
spending which ignored many important.

Speaker 34 (01:05:22):
Areas we've underinvested in infrastructure here for. Decades we keep
taking money out of the general fund account to spend
on other things like transit and terrors and CFCs and
all sorts of.

Speaker 5 (01:05:35):
Things Rice's Bill king, says we need to start spending
responsibly on critical. Infrastructure at six thirty, six local and
federal law enforcement raid more than a dozen game rooms Across,
houston seizing one hundred slot. Machines THE doj has not
commented on the raids conducted WITH dhs. Agents the raids
a result of a four year investigation because of crime

(01:05:57):
connected to short term. Rentals the City council is adding
comdments to a proposed ordinance that would require operations or
operators to be certified with the.

Speaker 43 (01:06:06):
CITY i don't have a problem with short term rentals
when it's you, know something like a spare bedroom or
a small unit.

Speaker 9 (01:06:12):
Somewhere but when you have.

Speaker 43 (01:06:15):
Essentially a hotel with no management and no security on,
site it becomes a newsomper.

Speaker 5 (01:06:21):
You stony And Gretchen, gillis who lives in the museum,
district says one short term rental nearby it is disrupted.
NEIGHBORHOOD a vote on this was. Postponed six point thirty.
Seven The rockets Beat utah one forty three to one oh,
five locking off their first playoff appearance in six. Seasons
I'm Cliff saunders On houston's, news weather And traffic station
News radio seven FORTY. Ktrh we can't let these things happen.

Speaker 6 (01:06:45):
Anymore New, age The Golden age Of america begins right.

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Pukin That's scottish for.

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Puke by the, WAY i love The scottish, accent BUT
i don't THINK i could ever take a trip To
scotland without taking an interpreter with, me BECAUSE i cannot
understand if you have a really Thick scottish, accent that
is very hard to. Understand the other thing more difficult
to understand than the Thick scottish accent is a Drunk
scotsman with a thick.

Speaker 10 (01:07:22):
Accent they're impossible to.

Speaker 3 (01:07:24):
Understand, anyway walking is a priority in some parts Of.
Houston montrose evidently is one of those. Areas did you
Know montrose has his own tax increment reinvestment. Zone is
that a nice. Name, yes they put a really, fancy
nice name on. That they're upset with With Mayor whitmyer

(01:07:45):
Because Mayor whitmyer wants to write will widen the roads
going Through. Montrose he wants to widen it to help
relieve traffic. Congestion some of the people, there they want
whider sidewalks so we can walk. More and of course
they everybody wants that. Ride all wants bike pass because

(01:08:06):
that's that's a real safety do in the city To.
Houston ride your, bike you, know bike lanes are supposed
to you, know they take up they take up space
the cars we generally, USE i would, think AND i
Think mayor Wit myers made it pretty. Clearly his priority
is relieving traffic, congestion and he sees that as a
bigger problem than the width of the sidewalk for you
to walk. On SO i congratulate him. ALL i believe

(01:08:28):
having the right priority. Here some folks in the city
don't six forty time for traffic and whether it's together.

Speaker 11 (01:08:34):
Fascist put your little barking stocks.

Speaker 10 (01:08:37):
ON i MEAN i will.

Speaker 4 (01:08:39):
Not if you vote for me for, MAYOR i will
jackhammer all those bicycle, lanes especially the ones On. Shepherd
if you try to get on The allsion Or hardy, roads.

Speaker 10 (01:08:47):
Those used to have three.

Speaker 4 (01:08:48):
Lanes, dude they used to go shoo if you were
trying to get from The North loop to.

Speaker 10 (01:08:52):
Downtown and it's.

Speaker 4 (01:08:53):
Stupid let's go to the Hard work and east Side.
Baytown nothing good's happening here at one right at fourteen oh.

Speaker 10 (01:09:01):
Five that plant used to be Called, bear but.

Speaker 39 (01:09:03):
Plant now is Called cabestro instead Of.

Speaker 10 (01:09:05):
Bear thank, you hart Hat.

Speaker 4 (01:09:06):
Mike, northbound we've completely shut down one. Six let's jump
On maine and you can also jump on thirty one
thirty one Eighty oh, yeah, yep there we. Go that
Was doug From Mott belvy reminded me that if you're
big shot due ninety. Nine BUT i think this problem
will be here for a good. While wes am me
From keema.

Speaker 15 (01:09:25):
Morning, Mikey Hello.

Speaker 41 (01:09:26):
Love right Before West Timer, road there was a stalled
vehicle tow.

Speaker 40 (01:09:31):
Truck ninja is right, there but people are getting washed.

Speaker 11 (01:09:34):
Up boom extra points for.

Speaker 4 (01:09:36):
Urbus she also took us out of The schulenberg this,
morning let's say forty five north all the way From.
Huntsville we looked good And mike was coming in easy
so far.

Speaker 14 (01:09:45):
Right good, morning Skot My Leona General Store, Leona texas
has the best steak.

Speaker 12 (01:09:53):
Evert a general, store general, store AND i know Where,
Leona texas.

Speaker 4 (01:09:57):
IS i think that's north of The BUCkies. MADISONVILLE i,
mean you have hit a gold mine of a topic
this morning with our. Listeners i'm in THE Usa rvresorts
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Speaker 3 (01:10:06):
By the, way BECAUSE i hadn't heard of it, BEFORE
i did a little research on the Old San Francisco's.
Steakhouse it was it was On West timery closed in
twenty twenty, three and indeed they did have a girl
on a red velvet. SWINGO i have no idea how
she was, dressed But i'm guessing a live. Girl not
a live. Girl i'm guessing she might have been based

(01:10:27):
on the. Name might have been like a saloon, girl
kind of an. Been kim From.

Speaker 11 (01:10:32):
League, city she just called in and told me about
that too on My.

Speaker 3 (01:10:34):
Facebook maybe maybe that was, Her, Kim was that? You
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and effect.

Speaker 20 (01:10:47):
Today wins could gusta thirty miles per hour more, time
so it'll be cloudy and very. Warm temperatures of this
afternoon all the way up into the upper eighties store
around ninety our record right now eighty. SEVEN i think
we'll be a degree or two above that this. Afternoon
if we see a sour thunderstorm, TODAY i think it'll
be north of The houston. Area cloudy sky's breezy, tonight mid,
SEVENTIES a little bit better chance for showers and storms,

(01:11:07):
tomorrow although Again the best CHANCE i think will be
north Of. Houston any storm that we do see today
or tomorrow would have the chance to be strong to even.
Severe and then our best chance for showers and storms
across THE regi will be Late friday Night, saturday and
some of those again could be strong too, severe with
some heavy rain possible as that front moves. Through then
in behind it, sunny, cooler low Sixties sunday to finish the, weekend.

Speaker 3 (01:11:28):
Temperature still seventy seven at your official severe weather, Station
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Speaker 10 (01:11:33):
Krh Steak Steak. Stak so, yeah we love our, steaky steaky,
steak especially here In.

Speaker 3 (01:11:40):
Houston we're big on, Barbecue we're big on, steak and
we have our favorite steakhouses and they may or may
not mirror what the national thing. Is the favorite, CHAIN
i guess in The United states Is Outback, steakhouse followed
By Texas roadhouse. LOCALLY i, mean you got so many,
Choices Papa's, Steakhouse Perry, Steakhouse taste Of, texas and on
and on. On so the question of, today you go

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Speaker 36 (01:12:10):
Steakhouse Corral's steakhouse Too. Much they've got a pretty awesome
steak at least the one In College station. Does we
go there pretty regular for the steak AND i like mine.
Rare y'all have a great.

Speaker 31 (01:12:24):
Day.

Speaker 39 (01:12:24):
Bye, Hey, jimmy this Is wyatt From Porter. Outback steakhouse
is my favorite national. Chain Although i'm a little surprised
it came in at number. One Golden. CORRAL i, Meant
Golden corral should not have even been on the. List
as of about six years, ago there was still a
ponderous steakhouse Near, Fairfield.

Speaker 9 (01:12:45):
Ohio AND i think you.

Speaker 39 (01:12:47):
Have to go all the way out to The Socialist
People's republic Of california to find The Black.

Speaker 10 (01:12:52):
Angles that's ALL i.

Speaker 44 (01:12:54):
Got, Hey, jimmy and spring my favorite place to get
state with the artisans in midtown in black pepper and
Crustin Palay, Mignon oh. Boy other than, that it's my
house And sears, too perfection and crustin and black, pepper

(01:13:15):
big coarse, Ground celtic sea, salt garlic and. ROSEMARY i, said, baby, hey.

Speaker 14 (01:13:22):
Morning, everybody let's mark out Of Angleton steakhouse is no
longer around.

Speaker 10 (01:13:27):
Old San Francisco.

Speaker 42 (01:13:28):
STEAKHOUSE i sure do miss that little, goal getting on that,
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Bell another boat for. Us it didn't close until twenty twenty.
THREE i wish i'd known great business, IDEA i would have.
GONE i would have definitely checked out the girl with
the red bel of. Swing, Somebody uh. Huh six fifty,
two let's get to traffic and weather. Together who's going, mine?

Speaker 10 (01:13:51):
Dude we're loopying the squeeze. Again this is North loop
six ten.

Speaker 4 (01:13:55):
Westbound we call that the squeeze at forty five, two
little puny. Lanes now we got to stall try it
gets right. Line it's getting ugly West sam nordbound West.

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Timer that's a stall over on the. Side meige From
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Speaker 10 (01:14:43):
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Is Obviously tariff's a big story. TODAY i found it very.
Interesting first of, all The President trump is very good at.
Optics you, know he's in The Rose. Garden he's got
all the you, know high Members republican members Of congress
who were there as part of the. Audience also part
of the audience were TWENTY uaw, workers one of whom's
name Is brian THAT i don't know his last, name

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But President trump brought him up to speak in favor
of the.

Speaker 11 (01:15:46):
Tariffs great honor to have. You, thanks thank, you Mister.

Speaker 45 (01:15:49):
PRESIDENT i grew up just north Of, Detroit michigan and McComb,
county known as the home of The Reagan. Democrats my
first vote for president was For Ronald. REAGAN i thought
that was going to be the best PRESIDENT i ever
saw in my lifetime Until DONALD. J trump came. ALONG
i have watched my entire. LIFE i have watched plant

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after plant after plant In detroit and in the Metro
detroit area. Close there are now plants sitting. Idle there
are now plants that are, underutilized And Donald trump's policies
are going to bring product back into those underutilized. Plants
there's gonna be new, investment there's gonna be new plants,
built and THE uaw, members AND i brought twenty of

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them with. Me they're sitting right over. Here we Support
Donald trump's policies on tariffs one hundred. Percent, so Mister,
president we can't thank you. Enough and in six months
or a, year we're going to begin to see the.
BENEFITS i can't wait to see what's happening three or
four years down the. Road thank, you mister. President you know.

Speaker 3 (01:16:55):
WHAT i really appreciate about what he said there is
he understands it's not it doesn't happen, overnight all. Right
the factor might be a little short term pain for
long term. GAIN i appreciate the fact that he's got,
enough you, know enough forward thinking ability here that he
can realize that this is going to be this is

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going to be, good especially for his. Occupation remember it
was was It biden or with Some democrat who basically told, them,
oh maybe it Was obama to learn to write. Code,
yeah you know that manufacturing jobs aren't going to exist
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well guess what they're going to exist in this country?
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Speaker 3 (01:19:15):
News I'm Jimmy. Barrett among our top stories this half
are no backing. Down The trump tariffs are going to
go into effect in just a few. Days so, far
the financial markets aren't taking the news really. Well and
coming up at seven o, Eight Laura trump explains The
trump diet details in the minutes ahead here In Houston's Morning. News,
first we're gonna check out that morning drive once. Again

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here's Sky. Mine all, right that's SOMETHING i want you
to watch out.

Speaker 4 (01:19:40):
Tour i'll get you At Katie freeway Outbound Washington avenue
right as you're coming From denny's or.

Speaker 10 (01:19:46):
Ihof they have t bone steak that entrance.

Speaker 4 (01:19:48):
RAMP i don't like the way that truck's sitting, there
and that's where all the merging habitat re. Happens outbound
before six.' ten look out here one. For six nothing good's.
Happening Here baytown police is working. This rerecon it's all.
Lanes black they're telling me there's actually multiple recks the.
Same spot one six northbound at fourteen. O five Jump
On graham parkway if you're a. Big shot otherwise you

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Speaker 10 (01:20:30):
Get you the.

Speaker 3 (01:20:31):
Complete forecast ken boone filling In for Tarry The weather
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Speaker 5 (01:20:44):
Thank you jimmy seven oh TWO. On ktrhr top story it's.

Speaker 23 (01:20:48):
Our declaration of.

Speaker 5 (01:20:49):
Economic Independence resident trump has promised rolled out as, tariff plan.

Speaker 6 (01:20:54):
Instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout. The world call that
means they do it, to us and we do it.

Speaker 5 (01:21:03):
To, them yeah We're charging china thirty four percent compared
to the sixty seven percent they hit. Us WITH the
eu will have to pay up. Twenty percent they charge
us almost. Forty, percent, investors though. Aren't happy. This morning
overnight trading is down across, the, board down futures off
more than twelve. Hundred points democrats in the main street
media are having a conniption, as well but they forget

(01:21:26):
you voted for This.

Speaker 7 (01:21:27):
In november the Tariffs are trump's attempt to finally balance
our Trade.

Speaker 8 (01:21:31):
With Europe the europeans have much higher Tariffs on american
products than we have had.

Speaker 9 (01:21:37):
On theirs they have been unwilling.

Speaker 7 (01:21:39):
To BUDGE former Us Diplomat stephen helgeson says reigning in
the federal GOVERNMENT with doze is also critical to the.

Speaker 23 (01:21:45):
Mega agenda the last time.

Speaker 8 (01:21:47):
We had a balanced budget Was When bill clinton was,
in office and with a thirty six trillion, dollar deficit
we have a long way.

Speaker 7 (01:21:53):
To go he says cutting back government spending and balancing
Trade with europe Will set america up for long. Term
Success Ethan Buchanan news radio seven Forty h But several
republican senators Are fighting trump. On this, Mitch McConnell Susan
Collins lisa murkowski are Siding with democrats and a resolution
that would undo Tariffs.

Speaker 11 (01:22:12):
Against canada seven.

Speaker 5 (01:22:13):
Oh Three the trump administration is pushing back on a
Report That elon musk is preparing To leave.

Speaker 12 (01:22:19):
Doze Soon Press Secretary caroline levitt calls to scoop garbage
responding to a Report in Politico That president trump is
informing members of his cabinet and inner Circle That elon
musk will be stepping back in the. Coming weeks levittz
is Both the President and musk have stated he'll depart
from public service when his Work at doze.

Speaker 10 (01:22:37):
Is complete That.

Speaker 5 (01:22:39):
Is Fox's jared halper and the Warnings From vice president
J d Vance about europe's democracy.

Speaker 11 (01:22:44):
Coming true weltehar.

Speaker 5 (01:22:46):
Ringing True france Ban's Conservative Marine la penn from Running
against emmanuel mccron over. Embezzlement issues that's their version. Of
lawfare Political Writer, Silvio kanto Junior Of The american, thinker
says this does not pass the.

Speaker 11 (01:23:01):
Smell test, she's.

Speaker 13 (01:23:02):
Convicted half of the country probably won't, believe it and
if she's, not convicted half of the country won't. Believe
IT and i just think that when you get into
that level.

Speaker 18 (01:23:11):
Of, political vengeance you've got to have a case that is.

Speaker 5 (01:23:14):
So, tight Elsewhere The white house is reviewing an offer
from A non chinese entity To buy TikTok before the Deadline.
On saturday there are also Reports that Amazon and OnlyFans
are making last second bids to buy. The platform seven,
oh four the federal judge Behind Blocking president trump's deportation
Flights To el salvador speaks publicly for the first time

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and avoids.

Speaker 3 (01:23:37):
The topic very happy to be here where we're talking just,
About Antitrust.

Speaker 5 (01:23:44):
James boseberg At The American bar association. Conference yesterday by,
the way there's a hearing in all of this later.
THIS Afternoon a senate hearing yesterday focused on the other
rogue judges who have Blocked the. Trump Agenda Texas Senator
ched Cruz accused democrats of judge shopping.

Speaker 14 (01:24:01):
Unelected radical judges trying to overturn the election because they
disagree with what the.

Speaker 5 (01:24:08):
Voters decided republicans have introduced legislation that would restrict the
rulings of federal district judges to apply only to, their
district not across. The country Also On, capitol hill a
hearing on The WEAPONIZED biden fbi In, The House Texas
Democrat Congresswoman jasmine crockett was There Doing jasmine.

Speaker 15 (01:24:29):
CROCKETT things i first just want to begin with the.
News alert, Guess What joe biden is not the, president
anymore so maybe we can, Move on maybe we can
move into the.

Speaker 5 (01:24:39):
President ignoring the various witch Hunts Against. Donald trump that's
just more proof That the dems are continuing their. Downward
spiral democrats have a thirty percent approval rating and more
than half of their voters disagree with their, party's leadership
according to. New Polls public News Founder michael Schollenberger tells
fox the party has no consistent message.

Speaker 17 (01:24:58):
Or direction they have nothing, in coherence Mostly Just orange,
Man bad rocket. Man bad but they really shot the
wad last year when they tried To incarceraate trump called
him hitler and then engaged in mass censorship against. THE
supporters i don't know how you come back from that
without some real.

Speaker 16 (01:25:13):
Hard Reset one democrat strategist is urging them to drop
wolk cultural issues and focus on the economy and blue
collar workers who have abandoned. The, party coryolson who's radio
SEVEN forty ktrh seven.

Speaker 5 (01:25:25):
H six oil prices dropping after the Announcement of, trump's
tariffs trading it under sixty eight dollars, a barrel down
more than six percent. This, morning Meantime the trump administration's
first oil and ghastly sales this year have brought in
nearly forty.

Speaker 11 (01:25:39):
Million dollars this is.

Speaker 18 (01:25:40):
A good news Story.

Speaker 19 (01:25:41):
For america it Shows that america is back open. For
business we're not only just producing oil and, gas here
but we're also sharing that expertise with.

Speaker 5 (01:25:50):
Our Allies On mike sohmer's With The American petroleum institute
SAYS the us will look to produce even more oil
and gas to FUEL The. Ai, revolution Evan the astros
are swept By, the giants losing yesterday six. To Three
I'm cliff Saunders on, houston's news weather and traffic station K.

Speaker 10 (01:26:07):
T rh.

Speaker 2 (01:26:09):
Always stronger than, the setback, the comeback.

Speaker 23 (01:26:13):
The greatest comeback of All.

Speaker 1 (01:26:14):
Time here america's come back on news radio seven K. T, RH.

Speaker 3 (01:26:24):
Well i Think For president trump is a day and
night junk food. JUNKIE thing, i mean his LOVE of
kfc and McDonald's is very. Well Known so i'm not
quite sure why they bothered to, do THIS but i
found it very Funny That laura trump was did. A
video i forget where it was. SUPPOSED to i. DON'T

(01:26:44):
know i on some. Social media maybe it WAS on
x where she And The White house Chief of staff
talked About the president's love for certain types. OF foods
i don't know if he he exclusively eats, junk food
but it sure sounds like this the majority of.

Speaker 46 (01:26:56):
His diet and we're going to preface this and Say To,
secretary kenny close your ears. Right now we know about
McDonald's On trump, force one but tell everybody, out there
what are the other top Choices For?

Speaker 5 (01:27:07):
President trump whenever He's Flying Kentucky fried chicken okay in,
and out.

Speaker 8 (01:27:12):
He enjoys and if We're in Texas or tennessee where
the good barbecue, establishments are they bring the best barbecue
food from.

Speaker 18 (01:27:19):
The area if we're out On, Long Island.

Speaker 22 (01:27:20):
New york he's Bringing all american Burgers from Messipeak For.

Speaker 47 (01:27:23):
Long island so just IN Case ol view has Missed
That Kentucky fried chicken in and out burgers barbecue a
bugget Joint On. Long island how does that Square make america? Healthy,
AGAIN laura.

Speaker 46 (01:27:36):
I don't know that it does square With make america.
Healthy again that's why we prefaced the entire segment THERE
Telling Hhs secretary kennedy please close your ears and do
not listen. To THIS what i will say is there's
an Old adage stewart and, that says if it, ain't
broke don't. Fix It donald trump has more energy than anyone.
Around him, you Know the democrats tried to sell this
to Us With joe biden In The. White house we know,

(01:27:57):
it's true Though With, Donald trump i've seen it with my.
Own eyes this is a man with, boundless energy who
needs very, little sleep who has never had a cup
of coffee in his. Entire life he does have the diet,
coke button so it's clearly working. For HIM so i
would say, to him please maintain whatever it is, you're
doing because we need you in the same state that
you're in. Right now it's been working for a long time.

(01:28:18):
For him now for. EVERYONE else i do Think That
bobby kennedy's probably not pleased. With, that overall, for everyone
the good news is with in. AND out i believe
in some of these burger chains you're seeing that they're
getting rid of the seed oils and they're going to
beef tallow at the very least to cook.

Speaker 3 (01:28:34):
The fries, And, that beth by, the way is kind
of a. Big deal beef tallow is what they used
to use for a lot of fried foods back in.
The days not only is it better, for you but,
more importantly it tastes. Better too seven. To ten time
for traffic and. Weather together as we check out, the
drive we're kind of like all food all the time,
this Morning, SKUY man i think.

Speaker 11 (01:28:53):
We've got the munchies.

Speaker 4 (01:28:54):
Around here let's Go to first, of all, you know
there's so many good place Sat in. Baytown northbound they're
police have confirmed with me there's more than one, wreck
here the one at fourteen oh. Five northbound nothing good's.
Happening there they've.

Speaker 10 (01:29:08):
Had to close the whole. Thing down let's Jump On.

Speaker 4 (01:29:10):
North Maine Even GARTH normally i wouldn't send You, to
garth but it's worth it because you'll. Get stuck that
looks like at least a thirty minute smunch trying to
go at one. Forty six so watch. Out here if
you're a. Big Shot grand parkway is the easy fix
to get. Around That, business advisors let's sit to your side.

Speaker 10 (01:29:25):
OF it i haven't had to, Mention. You katie you've
done a.

Speaker 4 (01:29:28):
Great Job Mason Road barker cypress got, some breaks not
bad FOR the kde do the Course There West Park
Tollway South.

Speaker 11 (01:29:35):
Barker cypress it's just a wall.

Speaker 4 (01:29:36):
Of breaks and if you can get around the ignorant
People Past, eldridge parkway that's an extra seven minutes. That
way On the North Sam aldean Westfield Westbound East imperial,
valley eastbound that's roadwork. Both ways and you've Got also west.
Sam northbound we just cleared that Deal At.

Speaker 11 (01:29:54):
Beach night that was a. Northbound stall it's out of the.

Speaker 4 (01:29:57):
Way Now i'm skymike ON THE usa Rbs Dot Com traffic.

Speaker 3 (01:30:01):
Center FROM our Ktrh Top tax defenders twenty four hour.
Weather center we've got a wind advisory until five, O'clock
today we're probably gonna have a. Wind advisory i'm, guessing
tomorrow maybe even the, weekend too the way it's going, Ken,
BOONE yeah.

Speaker 20 (01:30:14):
I think we'll see one. Again tomorrow, you know as
we Gin, into saturday it'll still be pretty windy as
that front moves through with the showers. And storms so
we're gonna be dealing with the wind here for a couple.
Of days things do get improved though by the end of,
the weekend but first we got to deal with the
possibility of. SOME storms a slight chance to see one.
This afternoon best chance will be North of houston as
temperatures climb into the upper eighties to around ninety mid,

(01:30:35):
SEVENTIES tonight a little bit better chance for an afternoon
Evening storm, tomorrow again the best chance would be North.
Of Houston Late. Friday saturday that's the window we'll see
the strong showers and storms. Move through some strong, too
severe even some heavy rain will, be possible and, then
drier cooler air and behind It On.

Speaker 9 (01:30:50):
Sunday sunnay those.

Speaker 3 (01:30:51):
Sixties, right now seventy six at, Your Officials Severe Weather
Station news radio seven forty K. T, rh y'all love
your steak seven twenty is our time Here in houston's. Morning,
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a talk back button you. Can hit you got thirty
seconds to give me a name where you're, calling from
and either your current, favorite steakhouse whether you want to
talk about a local steakhouse or restaurant or a, national
chain or maybe a steakhouse that doesn't exist anymore that.

(01:31:35):
You miss we've had a few of. Those back we
got wonder. RIGHT here. I, Think Hey.

Speaker 48 (01:31:39):
Jimmy rick From The, east side staying oil to my
local side straight off The road barbecue off of twenty
one Hundred in crosby has a handcut rabbi that is
seriously hard.

Speaker 9 (01:31:54):
To, Beat, hey.

Speaker 49 (01:31:55):
Jimmy This is Ashley. In, spring yes there was a
restaurant Called The Old Jim, francisco steakhouse and there was
indeed a girl on. A swing she was dressed like a,
saloon girl and she would come out and swing over,
the bar and she would have a bell on the
ceiling that she would ring with. Her toe, great food,

(01:32:16):
great fun miss.

Speaker 3 (01:32:17):
The restaurant i'll tell, you, WHAT man i wonder if
the folks that Own Old San francisco steakhouse are listening
to This is let's. Come back it might be time for. A.
Comeback yeah take me the traffic and. Weather together here's. Sky,
Money Hey doug.

Speaker 4 (01:32:31):
Pike just rung in from our sister station seven. To
ninety got A Wreck southwest freeway inbound At The West,
PARK curve hfd transtars looking for, It Now katie, freeway
outbound look out for that. Stall truck if you're on
the Ramp from DENNY'S and ihop That's At washington avenue and.
Then inbound we're Slowed From grand parkway To Waffle house
highway six and you've got one forty six shut Down

(01:32:53):
in baytown northbound at fourteen, oh five. Total Closure Do grand.
Parkway instead nothing good's. Happening There, mike magnolia if you
missed the five, o'clock hour he's got.

Speaker 10 (01:33:02):
Steak, first jimmy please be a.

Speaker 21 (01:33:04):
Good One called Gallaghers at singoing through ninety it became a. Strip,
club yeah.

Speaker 18 (01:33:09):
Gold cupping And then Steak and Al at.

Speaker 10 (01:33:12):
Dakoma and to ninety that.

Speaker 21 (01:33:13):
Was a great blaze. As well it became a strip.

Speaker 36 (01:33:16):
Club too, That's.

Speaker 10 (01:33:17):
Right gigi's what?

Speaker 4 (01:33:19):
Oh uh The see devlin just gave me two right
lines here inbound That Is Westpark Tollway southwest skymike ON
THE usa R And b Resorts Dot Com traffic center
by a.

Speaker 10 (01:33:29):
Strip club he ain't Talk Of new York or texas. Strip, club.

Speaker 3 (01:33:32):
Yeah okay from OUR k ktrh top. Tax defenders twenty
Four Hour Weather center wind advisory, until five, mostly cloudy,
sky's windy, very warm Near ninety that would be a.
Record Breaker mostly claudie with gusty Wins again tomorrow. Eighty
seven Looks like saturday's the big day for showers. And
storms Late night friday Night. Into saturday current temperature seventy
six at your official severe, Weather Station news radio seven FORTY.

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K trh we're checking out some more of our top stories.

Speaker 10 (01:33:56):
This morning.

Speaker 11 (01:33:56):
Here's clip Thank, YOU Jimmy a Texas.

Speaker 5 (01:33:58):
State rep Threatens To vacateston burrows is speakership The state
senate approves a bill prioritizing the creation of new. Water
Supplies and Jimmy, AND mike i know you guys are
talking about, steakhouses today but today Is Also National.

Speaker 11 (01:34:11):
Burrito day did?

Speaker 10 (01:34:12):
You know i'll take a. Steak burrito the first burrito.

Speaker 11 (01:34:16):
Was introduced IN the us in the.

Speaker 10 (01:34:17):
Nineteen, thirties okay was It? In?

Speaker 5 (01:34:21):
TEXAS no i don't. Believe, SO okay i don't Believe
So mexico Manby surprised mike did not chime in. On
that get the latest news ANYTIME at ktrh. Dot com
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Speaker 11 (01:34:31):
Thirty teen joe looking for corruption versus.

Speaker 1 (01:34:34):
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That's.

Speaker 3 (01:34:48):
Elon musk don't doubt your vibe because. It's, true well
the vibe that it seems to be going around Is
That elon musk is getting ready to step down within
the next week. Or Two The white house, eyeing that
saying that that's a bunch. Of bs that's that's, Not
true but they were speculating about that Over. On newsmax
was its No. News nation, bill O'Reilly former fox Employee In.

(01:35:12):
Heraldo rivera if you ever wondered what happened to him
Talking About. Elon musk musk is a.

Speaker 33 (01:35:18):
Short timer it's just. Too hot you just can't have
a guy. That hot and he did a good job
exposing the, government waste bringing it back on the. Page
one but now the technicians should. Take over you don't
need a lot to go out and.

Speaker 10 (01:35:36):
Sell it.

Speaker 33 (01:35:36):
It's sold And most americans know that we're, being fleeced
the taxpayers. Being fleeced so he accomplished what he wanted.
To ACCOMPLISH and i think he'll Remain a, trump ADVISOR
but i do think he'll go back to the private check.

Speaker 50 (01:35:48):
He did he did a terrible Job. In wisconsin he
did a terrible Job. In, WISCONSIN no i had nothing
to do.

Speaker 11 (01:35:54):
With it well you look.

Speaker 18 (01:35:55):
At it he tried to buy. The votes he tried to.

Speaker 11 (01:35:59):
Buy it nothing to do with People.

Speaker 37 (01:36:01):
OF wisconsin i know that abortion was, a very very,
big issue but He made musk Made The Wisconsin State
supreme court race a.

Speaker 50 (01:36:12):
Seminal race he said it. Was historic he said it
was basically the end. Of history this was the end
of a you know of an error it's going to
be and now it's going to Be The, Trump Euphoria,
trump valhalla, you.

Speaker 11 (01:36:24):
Know and they lost.

Speaker 50 (01:36:25):
The race he spent twenty five million dollars on a.

Speaker 11 (01:36:28):
Judge on the.

Speaker 50 (01:36:29):
JUDGE election, i mean if People of wisconsin looked at
that and they said. It's stunk, he said he's trying
to buy you can't, buy love you can't buy.

Speaker 18 (01:36:36):
My VOTE and i.

Speaker 11 (01:36:37):
Think that whether he stays, OR not.

Speaker 10 (01:36:40):
I wouldn't think that he's he's, the greater.

Speaker 18 (01:36:44):
ALL right i think That He's.

Speaker 33 (01:36:47):
If ila mush get anything to do with the Loss,
in wisconsin it would have shown up on the. Exit
polling it's. Very simple i'm a fact. BASED guy i
don't know this guy. Who lost SO today i put
my investigators. On it it wasn't hard to get the
exit polling information and it came back, two conservative way

(01:37:09):
too strid, on abortion women broke big For.

Speaker 3 (01:37:12):
The democrat, after all It, is wisconsin and you've got
a lot of, You know republicans that Aren't really Republicans.
In wisconsin seven. Twenty six time to take a look at.
Your money Here's De. Nase, Pelagreene yeah.

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Morning News I'm.

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Jimmy barrett among our top stories, this Half Our Lieutenant
Governor dan patrick talking about a. Special session we will
talk to him in twenty. Two minutes forty more gang
members arrested Outside Of, san antonio and coming up at seven,
thirty eight the last word at least for today on
steakhouses details in the. Minutes ahead You're In Houston's. Morning,
news first we're checking out the drive again With. Sky,

(01:38:57):
mike oh the rest of.

Speaker 4 (01:38:58):
The media has this now On The southwest freeway and
that's two right, lanes up three right lanes Now Inbound
southwest freeway right At The West, park curve and we're
backed up from fondering and.

Speaker 10 (01:39:09):
Lose about twelve minutes On.

Speaker 4 (01:39:10):
The southwest why don't you Jump on all ninety the
Most City Expressway west Park, To allway, big shot you're
slow at fourteen Sixty Four golf freeway Breaks at Monroe And.
North loop we're getting awfully squeezed down westbound. Forty Five
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Speaker 10 (01:39:42):
The News. Here's cliffsanders, Thank you.

Speaker 11 (01:39:44):
Jimmy seven thirty ONE on ktrh our.

Speaker 28 (01:39:47):
Top story Let his democrat chairman rite the budget in
secret in rooms that have.

Speaker 9 (01:39:52):
No Cameras.

Speaker 5 (01:39:52):
State Rep ryan harrison With Ktrh's, michael berry talking about
the budget proposal that lawmaker's got hours for. A vote
harrison attempted a motion to vacate the chair and attempt
To Remove Speaker, dustin burroughs Who dared harrison, to quote
go ahead and file. It Elsewhere, In Austin Lieutenant Governor
dan patrick is calling for a special session if a

(01:40:15):
plan for bail reform AND a thchc band don't pass.

Speaker 22 (01:40:18):
The Legislature andy hoague With The Travis County republican party is.

Speaker 11 (01:40:23):
Not, surprised pragmatically.

Speaker 29 (01:40:25):
He has no choice on this and it's something that
he's Done Before governor abbott.

Speaker 22 (01:40:29):
Has done but IS the thchc ban worth it and
will lawmakers really not pass.

Speaker 29 (01:40:35):
BAIL reform i do think each has a good chance
on its own merits if we were to sit down
and discuss and come to. Some conclusion but.

Speaker 22 (01:40:43):
The problem has been Getting the house to vote. On
Anything Jeff Diggs news radio seven forty k tiery Also, in.

Speaker 5 (01:40:50):
Austin And despite president trump shut down to, The Border
Land Commissioner don buckingham WANTS the feds to help secure two.

Speaker 11 (01:40:57):
Border islands we.

Speaker 30 (01:40:58):
Have, Two islands Island And beaver island j havens for
the cartels from which they were operating their. Smuggling activities
we are taking away their safe spots that they used to,
smuggle drugs.

Speaker 5 (01:41:10):
Guns, people Meantime and Harris In hayes county Rather Near,
san antonio more than Forty trendy iraqua members were arrested
in a joint operation THAT, included ICE, the Fbi AND.

Speaker 11 (01:41:21):
Texas dps Thanks To.

Speaker 5 (01:41:23):
Joe biden's open borders work authorizations for, illegal aliens non
citizens could.

Speaker 11 (01:41:29):
Get benefits they should not have access to.

Speaker 31 (01:41:32):
Any antlien who's been given one of, these numbers who
works in this country for, ten years is going to
be able to draw upon social security benefits and going
to be able to draw Upon medic.

Speaker 5 (01:41:44):
Former Immigration Judge ard arthur says those social security numbers
are valid and. Last forever the only way to stop
this national everified illegal crossings at the southern border at.
Record lows they were over seven thousand Arrests. Last monk
that's the smallest numbers in a. Quarter century coming up
now on seven, Thirty four investors are unhappy with the

(01:42:06):
Rollout Of President donald. Trump's tariffs dow futures this morning
currently down over eleven hundred and. Fifty Points the president
is starting with a ten percent baseline on all countries
and a twenty five percent tariff on all foreign. Made
Cars Treasury Secretary scott besson had a warning for our,
trade partners do.

Speaker 32 (01:42:25):
Not retaliate, sit back take. It in let's see how,
it goes because if, you retaliate there will.

Speaker 10 (01:42:32):
Be escalatia Best.

Speaker 5 (01:42:33):
On fox it Looks like canada did not get, that
message Though The Canadian Prime Minister mark carney has promised
to increase TARIFFS.

Speaker 11 (01:42:41):
Against us coming up on seven.

Speaker 5 (01:42:43):
Thirty five more Fireworks Between Houston Mayor john Wickmeyer And Controller,
chris hollins who claims hfd overtime has hurt the.

Speaker 11 (01:42:51):
City's finances i'm.

Speaker 24 (01:42:52):
Not going to.

Speaker 18 (01:42:52):
Get it we're just clearing the record for. The public
the record is that we have record. Over, time yes in.

Speaker 13 (01:42:59):
A circumstance is a circumstances here That required those are.

Speaker 5 (01:43:02):
The facts the circumstances that required it were staffing shortages
and assisting wildfires both in and Out. Of Texas the
City of houston's financial audit for the twenty twenty three
twenty twenty four fiscal year is in and it's worse than.
We thought the city had a massive five billion dollar
budget deficit last year because of out of.

Speaker 34 (01:43:22):
Control spending the, thing was we need to just for
calling back some of this money that we've. Given away
we've been granting tax exemptions of these affordable. Housing Projects
olliver down have a billion dollars off the.

Speaker 5 (01:43:35):
Tack Roll Rice's bill king says we underspent on critical
needs of, the city. Like infrastructure it's coming up on
seven THIRTY six hpd AND the feds raided more than
a dozen game Rooms, across houston taking over one hundred.
Slot MACHINES the GoJ has not commented on, the raids
which were conducted ALONG with. Dhs agents the raids are

(01:43:56):
a result of a four. Year investigation three estaff Wishments
In Fort benn county were also rated at a response
to the crime that we have seen at short term
rentals across the area over the last. Few Years The
Houston city council is putting off, a vote but they're
adding amendments to an ordinance that would make operating a

(01:44:17):
short term rental without a valid registration.

Speaker 35 (01:44:19):
Certificate illegal all of this started by bad actors and
multifamily that are not only taking housing, stock away but
creating a public safety risk as well as. A nusance
we also have challenges.

Speaker 5 (01:44:32):
With Enforcement City Council member abbey came. In there the
registration fee would be two hundred and seventy five dollars. A,
year Finally The houston rockets pick up their fiftieth win of,
the season Beating The utah jazz last night one forty
three to one. Oh five they locked up a top
six seed In The western conference. Playoff picture it's their
first playoff appearance in. Six Years I'm cliff saunders Here on,

(01:44:56):
houston's news weather and Traffic Station news radio seven forty
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Speaker 18 (01:45:00):
R h people voted for major government. Por fall you
also know this is just. The beginning here, it happened
and that's what people are going. To get on news
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Speaker 10 (01:45:14):
Song makes my.

Speaker 3 (01:45:14):
Mouth water seven thirty seven is our time Here in houston's.

Speaker 10 (01:45:17):
Port.

Speaker 3 (01:45:17):
Is yeah we got on the topic of steaks today
and the reason why we did is because there's a
pullout that Shows That outback steakhouse is the favorite. Chain
Steakhouse texas roadhouse came. In second by, the way little
Plug For. Texas roadhouse they have really really great PRIME
rib i mean better than some of the, you know

(01:45:39):
the fancy. Dining establishments great prime Rip At. Texas. Roadhouse
uh as far as the you know the, higher end
uh you know, white napkin you know. Cloth, napkin uh
you know type of, dinner place, you know the ones
that are a little bit. More pricey my personal Favorite
is Taste, of texas not just because the food is,
so GOOD just i love. The atmosphere but when it

(01:46:01):
came to steakhouses, this morning you all are feeling. Very Nostalgic.

Speaker 51 (01:46:05):
Hello jimmy my favorite steak cast was The Old San.
Francisco steakhast not only was the lady on, a swing
but she would also swing high enough to ring a
bell on. The rafters, very cool and they had The best.
Swiss cheese have a, great.

Speaker 52 (01:46:22):
Day Guys Old San francisco steakhouse has the best FILET
mignons i have. Ever eaten you could cut them with a,
butter knife the. Absolute best, and yes the lady on
the swing wore what you would imagine someone a female
working a saloon In The old west would.

Speaker 11 (01:46:44):
Be, wearing yes we.

Speaker 10 (01:46:47):
Like our women.

Speaker 3 (01:46:47):
Old Timy and i'll tell, you what there's nothing better
than a really grateful a that you can cut with a.
Butter knife but here's, my, question yo because obviously y'all loved.
The place why why did? It close why is it still?
Not operating you would you would think a place that
popular would still. BE operating, i mean they only had

(01:47:10):
one Location On, west teimer and maybe it just was
not a convenient place. TO go, i mean, you know
so many of you live in. THE suburbs i can
see you sometimes it takes a really special occasion of
bringing into. The city so maybe they maybe it was just.
THE location i have. No idea just about, seven forty
let's get to this early because We Have lieutenant Vnor
dan patrick appearing on. Our program okay at seven, fifty

(01:47:30):
Two so i'll get you to work.

Speaker 11 (01:47:32):
Right now Sky Make southwest freeway and that's.

Speaker 4 (01:47:34):
A wreck they just cleared it Now At west park
that was on.

Speaker 10 (01:47:37):
The, Inbound Sorry.

Speaker 4 (01:47:38):
Doug pike Employees of iHeartMedia and their family is not
eligible for. Banana stickers but there is a big Backup.
From bisonet now that's an extra eighteen. Minutes northbound you
got two. EIGHTY eight i wish we didn't have the
backup at. Mccarden, northbound also scootcht Up at. Highway six
if you've just, truck oil you can afford those. Toll
Lanes golf freeway northbound Breaks from monroe and one northbound

(01:47:59):
at fourteen. Oh nine nothing good's. Happening THERE that's arec
that's been there. All morning Let's Do graham. Parkway Instead
i'm skymike in The Genner raiders Supercenter Dot Com traffic center.

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For us slight chance for a shower storm today North,
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Day tomorrow, again tomorrow though the best chance is North.
Of Houston late Friday, night saturday that's our best chance
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to finish the weekend with sunshine in.

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Speaker 2 (01:48:44):
Day ahead This Is Houston's, morning news brought to You
By New South. Windows solutions so We Have Lieutenant Governor
dan patrick standing by a lot of things to ask,
him about and not the least of which is how
many Of his senate bills are even going to be
heard In The. State house And the river has It
That lieutenant governor is already talking about maybe, special session

(01:49:04):
so we'll be talking to him about that, as well
and his POSITION, on THCHC cause i get the impression
from MY conversation i Had with Representative Of steve toth
Yesterday That lieutenant governor's position is maybe misunderstood about where
he stands on all this we'll talk to, him next
but first we've got traffic and.

Speaker 3 (01:49:21):
Weather together somebody could be short. Around here WHAT you i.
GAVE you i gave you extra time by coming to,
You Early, skuy mike do what you. Gotta do, Oh
okay i'll still be. Short though one forty six northbound
fourteen Oh. Five baytown that's a big records totally. Shut
down nothing good's.

Speaker 4 (01:49:35):
Happening there six' Ten north where lupy at the Squeeze.
Down westbound bulton that's A Stall. Truck southwest freeway we
still have The breaks from Vicinnett and west loop six'
ten from two ninety. Going Down To uptown, lieutenant governor
dan says.

Speaker 8 (01:49:49):
That.

Speaker 4 (01:49:49):
Makes perfect sense mike it's an extra twelve minutes from
Two ninety to the galleria and. Then up to uptown It's.
Breaks From, bel air I'm Skymike and The generator Supercenter
dot com TRAFFIC Center.

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Seven forty k trh time to check out some of
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Speaker 11 (01:50:27):
Thank you jimmy markets for not Reacting well.

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To the trump tariffs weekly jobs benefits or down jobs
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Speaker 3 (01:51:01):
Houston's Warning news card little lexter time here at the,
end of the show so we could spend a Few
Quality Minuteary With. Lieutenant governor dan patrick he joins us On.
The phone, from, austin, good morning.

Speaker 24 (01:51:09):
Sir hey good morning good, To be with you good.

Speaker 3 (01:51:12):
TO have you on i know you are not responsible
for What Happens, in the texas house but you have
to be at least a little bit frustrated with all
the bills Coming out of the senate that just aren't
Getting Heard.

Speaker 10 (01:51:22):
In, the texas house.

Speaker 24 (01:51:24):
YEAH well we are i think our forty, list of
priority bills our top priorities of the voters, ask us.
To pass we've passed we're. In the mid thirties now
we'll have them all completed in the. Next week or
so we've passed now close to one hundred. AND eighty
five Bills i think the. House has Passed two so
obviously i'm. Concerned about the clock, nine weeks to go,

(01:51:46):
and that's nine weeks but it's not. A lot of
days and some bills take you six seven hours on The,
floor in the house so a lot of. Bills could possibly,
die but, so far So, Far The, new speaker dustin
burgh has made commitments to pass school choice and other key,
bills like bail reform because we need to keep murderers

(01:52:06):
Off The. Street in harris, county, do you realize guys that,
we have our team that, we have sixteen hundred over
sixteen hundred murder cases Waiting For, trial in harris county
and eight hundred of those people who have been accused
of that are, out, on, the streets murder. Rape child
sex offenders so these are big issues that we Have

(01:52:27):
to tackle and i'm trusting the, speaker will come through
but he's got nine. Weeks.

Speaker 3 (01:52:33):
TO prove up yeah i want to ASK you about
THE thc issue because i got there are some people
who think that you're just completely one hundred percent against
medical marijuana or anything that can relieve veteran stress or
pain or. Those types OF things what did i got
the Impression From talking to steve toth yesterday that that's
not really where. You stand on this you have. A

(01:52:54):
very specific concern can you share?

Speaker 9 (01:52:56):
That?

Speaker 10 (01:52:56):
Concern, with us.

Speaker 24 (01:52:58):
Yeah, Sure that's, great question. Thank You thank, you so
number one we're GOING to, expand the cup program which
is compassionate USE, for veterans with ptsd cancer patients and children.
With the various diseases so we're going. To expand that program,
But here's the danger and you saw the Story. This
week in houston A fifteen year old i, believe he

(01:53:19):
was fifteen got a hold of some gummies that were
sold from a smoke shop and shot and killed his mother.
BECAUSE he lost control i want all the parents listening
in grandparents to understand something they don't, realize what's going
on and to give you put this. In respective really
fast we have about Eleven hundred McDonald's in texas And.
About thirteen hundred starbucks you feel. Like that's a lot.

(01:53:40):
You see him everywhere we have over eight thousand smoke
shops that have opened in. The last three years and,
where have They Opened as, the houston chronicles showed anywhere
from within a thousand to two. Thousand feet of schools
because anyone can buy this poison under twenty one and
all these shops just they took advantage of A loophole
in the hemp bill and its synthetic cannabis that is

(01:54:02):
three four five times stronger than what you could buy
from a drug, dealer on the street and. Kids are
buying it, We've had superintendents testify. We've had doctors testify
Our Calls of THE poison center on thc are up
over five hundred, percent and a year and parents. Have
come to testify they're losing their children and they're twenty
and thirty year old children as well. To schizophrenia and

(01:54:25):
paranoia this is dangerous poison that's being. Sold just consider
this these eight thousand shops or more have opened, the
last three years. All near our schools what do you?
Think their market is and so we're going to ban
it because it's pure poison and you've got to watch
out for what. Your kids are buying it's, in our
schools everywhere, and it's a serious serious. Health risk for.

Speaker 3 (01:54:47):
Everyone rather, than, banning the product though why don't we
just take more measures to make sure the kids can
get their? Hands, on this stuff well.

Speaker 24 (01:54:54):
You, can do, that well you know kids aren't supposed
to buy, liquor and cigarettes, either but you know some
managed to find a, way to get it and sometimes
people over twenty one bit and. Give it to kids
now we're talking about, a different product here we're talking
about no one knows. What's in these gummanies no. One
knows what's it there's there's nothing on there to indicate
and and what is in There, that comes From, china

(01:55:16):
comes from mexico. Come from drug labs you don't. Know
what's in there you're putting. Your, life at risk again
look at. This fifteen year old he had a couple
of gummies and. He killed his mother and so we
have to this is not. Something you can regulate it's
illegal now And it needs to we. Need to ban it.
You CAN'T regulate it and i want To Hats off

(01:55:37):
to specs liquor because they were selling SOME drinks that.
Had thc in them they've taken. Them off the shelf
and restaurants have told us from their association that some
restaurants WERE. Selling drinks with thc they're not any longer.
Doing it for, most for the most most of them
have taken them out off the menu because they were
losing control of. Customers after two, drinks this is potent,

(01:55:59):
powerful stuff and again serious. Serious health effects IT and
again when i say, that in three years eight thousand
shops have opened up near our schools selling this poison
that no one, knows what it is and it's an.
Eight billion dollar business That tells you it's it is,
targeted to kids primarily and. It's it's life altering some

(01:56:22):
of these kids will never recover. From The, Mental illness
is gunner let.

Speaker 3 (01:56:26):
Me quickly ask you because we're, Almost, out of time
kert did you? Anticipate a special session what would trigger
in your? Mind, a special session well we've got.

Speaker 24 (01:56:34):
To pass bail reform we can't let these murders and
rapists and child defenders. Out on the street we passed
it three Times out of the Senate's. Ever Passed the
house the speaker says he'll pass a. Strong bail. Reform
bill that's key we've got to get, thc off the street.
Not poison. Our kids that's key if those, two things
don't pass that could trigger a. Special session for sure
but property tax relief is. Our NUMBER one issue when,
i became lieutenant governor your homestead. EXEMPTION was fifteen thousand

(01:56:57):
i raise it. To one. Hundred thousand this year we
won already pass The bill in the senate to raise one.
Hundred and forty thousand and while property, taxes are you
know we got we have to look. At the, local
side you, know we don't control, for the. Most part.
County governments we don't we don't control all these bond
issues that. That people vote on but we do control
what we can. Do on school taxes so we have.

(01:57:18):
Reduced everyone's, school taxes you know some people look at,
their appraisal and. Say, my appraisals up well the appraisal
does not impact. Your tax bill anymore because we've. We've
broken that away we did. That in TWENTY nineteen SO
everyone's m and o school taxes about forty, percent of
their bill is down forty one percent. And by this
session by the, end of this session it'll. Be down fifty,
percent and for seniors if, we get our way it

(01:57:40):
will be. Pretty much. TOTALLY gone for seniors i want
to raise the homestay exemption for seniors. To two hundred
thousand I'm working with the speaker on that jointly and one.
Hundred and forty thousand raise it two hundred and forty.
Thousand for everyone else we want to WIPE out your,
am ando school taxes which are about thirty five to
forty percent of. Your Property, Tax bill.

Speaker 3 (01:57:57):
Rice serf, we're out of, time but thank you as.
Always for your time. We do appreciate it you.

Speaker 10 (01:58:01):
Take care of That.

Speaker 3 (01:58:01):
Is You Better Stech lieutenant governor. Dan patrick joining us
you all. Have a great day we'll, see you tomorrow
morning bright. And early five am hope to see you
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