161 Are Still Missing From The Hill Country

Jimmy Barrett takes you through the stories that matter the most on the morning of 07/09/25.

Episode Transcript

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

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News, weather and traffic. It's more what matters to you.
From the John Morris Services Studios.

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It is a five am good morning.

Speaker 4 (00:19):
We're getting started with our Wednesday edition of Houston's Morning News.

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I'm Jimmy Barrett.

Speaker 4 (00:22):
Among our top stories this morning, one hundred and sixty
one are still missing from the Hill Country. They're adding
the flood to the upcoming legislative special session and coming
up at five to eight. They're calling them ozempic babies.
Details in the minutes ahead here in Houston's Morning News. First,
we're gonna check out that morning Drivesky Mike, what's going on?

Speaker 3 (00:43):
Hey, good morning. Well, you know unusual.

Speaker 5 (00:46):
I almost rarely have to talk about the South sam
but here we are eastbound.

Speaker 3 (00:50):
Got a wreck.

Speaker 5 (00:51):
This has taking up two left lanes. There's a lot
of lights going on. It looks like a full response
here and hopefully everybody's okay. We're coming over from the
southwest free Way, though, get ready for some sudden breaking.

Speaker 3 (01:02):
That's right after South Post Oke heading over toward two
eighty eight.

Speaker 5 (01:06):
If you're going the other way, everybody's doing a nice job,
just kind of minding their business and moving on the
rest of our freeways.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
We're rocking along for now. I'm Skywike from the USA
Rvresorts dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 4 (01:16):
From our KTRH top tax defenders twenty four hour Weather
Center party, cloudy skies, afternoon showers and storms again today
with the high temperature right about ninety. We'll get you
the complete forecast when we talk with Terry Smith that
the Weather Channel in nine minutes right now, seventy four
at your official severe weather station, News Radio seven forty
k TRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders,

(01:38):
Thank you, Jimmy.

Speaker 6 (01:39):
Good morning everyone. It is five oh one on KGRH
our top story.

Speaker 7 (01:43):
We are not leaving until this job is finished.

Speaker 6 (01:47):
Texas Governor Greg gabbittt we know of one hundred and
sixty one people still missing from the Hill Country floods.
The death toll now at one hundred ten. That is
higher than what we saw during Harvey. Search operations now
in Gay number six. Flood response is now on the
agenda for the special session later this month in Austin,
and State Senator Paul Bettencourt has some ideas well, we're.

Speaker 8 (02:09):
Going to try to do is combined old technology with
new tech. I think sirens are good old tech because
everybody understands when you hear a sirens, you got trouble.

Speaker 6 (02:18):
Coming Betton Court with our TV partner, Channel two. But
speaking of that new tech, all the drone footage that
you're seeing from the Hill Country, it's not helping searchers
do their jobs.

Speaker 9 (02:28):
On unmanned aircrafts land into a helicopter that was searching
for flood victims in the Hill Country, experts say that
pilot should have known better than to be flying in
the area.

Speaker 10 (02:36):
Right now, they have the TFR, the temporary flight restriction
because of the emergency procedures that are going on.

Speaker 9 (02:42):
Eric Quintez runs drone pilot training. He says the crash
was entirely preventable. The FAA's online map show where drones
can be flown, and they're off limits in an area
that stretches from Curveville to the edge of San Marcus.
Curveville police say this and other incidents are being investigated
by the FEDS.

Speaker 3 (02:56):
Michael Board News Radio seven forty KTR.

Speaker 6 (03:00):
Five oh three. President Trump makes it official he will
tour the damage himself. Later this week.

Speaker 11 (03:05):
I'll be going down on Friday with the first lady
who would be taking a trip, And we don't want
to get in anyone's way, because you know, it's what
happens if President goes and everyuine's around focused on I
don't want anyone to.

Speaker 6 (03:18):
Focus on us trumpet yesterday's Cabinet meeting. Leftists in the
mainStreet media are pitting the Hill Country flooding on climate change,
another example of how that narrative just won't go away.

Speaker 3 (03:30):
They reached the end of the line.

Speaker 12 (03:31):
No one's buying the climate capacity, no one's buying.

Speaker 3 (03:34):
These absurd links like the Texas.

Speaker 12 (03:35):
Flood, and no one's buying that you know, a green
New deal is going to save us from an Earth apocalypse.

Speaker 6 (03:41):
Mark Morano with the Climate Depot says that unfortunately this
narrative is so well funded that it's likely never going
to die. You can help the victims and survivors. We
have a link to the Kirk County Flood Relief Fund
at KTRH dot com, on our Facebook page and on
X five oh four, Fox reporting that former fb HI
director James Comy and former CIA director John Brennan are

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under a criminal investigation for lying to Congress allegedly about
the Russia hoax.

Speaker 13 (04:09):
Both of these disgraceful individuals turned against our constitution and
our country, and I'm sure they did in fact lie
to Congress, and it's up to the Department of Justice
to investigate that and to prosecute them.

Speaker 3 (04:21):
If they did.

Speaker 6 (04:22):
White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt. Today is the day
that former President Joe Biden's doctor is supposed to testify
for the House Oversight Committee about Biden's cognitive problems.

Speaker 3 (04:33):
And many are saying it's about time.

Speaker 14 (04:35):
It's not about medical privacy, it's too important. The position
that it's all hushed up and covered under hippo and
say you can't know those things.

Speaker 15 (04:43):
That's political commentator doctor Brian Jundaff, who also says this
one can't just go away.

Speaker 14 (04:50):
Otherwise it's a cover up, and it's a group of
unelected people running the country and then covering it up
and lying about it.

Speaker 15 (04:58):
If Biden's doctor doesn't show up, he will be held
in contempt. Jeff Biggs News Radio hundred and forty Katie.

Speaker 6 (05:07):
By the way, that doctor wanted to delay his testimony.
He was rejected in that request five h five more
than seventy thousand Honduran and Nicaraguan illegal aliens living in
the US. We'll soon have their temporary legal status revoked.
That would include several thousand living in Texas. We told
you ten people were charged with attempted murder this week

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for an ambush on an ice facility. Ohio Senator Bernie
Moreno blames Democrat rhetoric.

Speaker 16 (05:33):
These people that were ambushed in Texas, the people who
did it had signs that say no oligarchy.

Speaker 3 (05:39):
Is that sound familiar? No kings?

Speaker 7 (05:41):
Is that sound familiar?

Speaker 16 (05:42):
You know, they send out spoke signals to the craziest
people among US orders.

Speaker 6 (05:46):
Our Tom Holman told Fox that security has been increased
in CBP and ICE facilities. Assault on ICE agents have
increased seven hundred percent from last year. Meantime, two federal
core Art's rule against the Texas law that allows illegal
aliens to be turned over to federal agents by Texas authorities.

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Of course, that was known as SB four. The courts
ruled the Feds have exclusive power, but State Senator Joan
Huffin says there's a particular part the federal courts don't like.

Speaker 17 (06:17):
As long as we try to go into this area
where we gave Texas law enforcement officers the ability to
stop someone if they see them entering in other than
a lawful port of entry.

Speaker 6 (06:31):
State Attorney General Ken Paxson says he plans to continue
defending SB four five h sixty Astros losing Cleveland in
ten ten to six. The series concludes tonight pregame at
six on Sports Talk seven ninety, the game at seven
on seven ninety and KTRH. The Stros lead over Seattle
in the Al West remains though at six and a
half games. Top recapping our top story search operations in

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the Hill Country now in day six with some brand
new numbers just out in the last few minutes. Death
till now at one hundred eleven one hundred and seventy
three are missing. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's News Weather
in Traffic station news Radio seven forty KTRH.

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Speaker 4 (07:26):
Well, that's that's a great song about having a baby,
But what if you didn't intend to have a baby
and you went on a GLP one, you know, like ozempic,
and it did you. Here's the headline that got my attention.
Are GLP ones affecting your birth control? What to know

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about it? We'll get to that in a second. But
I've seen a lot of ozepic commercials. I mean they're
everywhere that most of the commercial is a disclaimer. So
is there anything in there about you know, ze don't
be making you more fertile or causing you to get pregnant.

Speaker 3 (08:03):
Let's listen.

Speaker 18 (08:04):
Ozembic isn't for people with type one diabetes. Don't share
needles or pens or reuse needles. Don't take ozebic. If
you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer or
have multiple endopren neoplasia syndrome type two or I allergic
to it, Stop ozempic and get medical help right away.
If you get a lumper, swelling in your neck, severe
stomach pain, or.

Speaker 19 (08:19):
An allergic reaction.

Speaker 18 (08:20):
Serious side effects may include pancreatitis, ball ladder problems may occur.

Speaker 19 (08:24):
Tell your provider about vision problems or changes.

Speaker 18 (08:26):
Taking ozempic with a sulfonal urea or insulin may increase
low blood sugar risk. Side effects like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea,
mainly the dehydration which may worsen kidney problems living with
type two diabetes.

Speaker 2 (08:36):
That's about the power three with those empic the nauseare
of vomiting, maybe from morning sectives.

Speaker 4 (08:42):
I don't hear anything about being pregnant. They're calling them
ozepic babies surprise pregnancies while taking GLP one medications like
ozempic and manngero, despite being on birth control or having
a history of infertility. Reproductive and obesity medicine experts say
that they're all also noticing the trend in their offices,
and it boils down to two main reasons. Weight loss

(09:05):
can help correct hormonal imbalances caused by obesity and metabolic disorders,
thus boosting female fertility, but certain GLP one medications can
also reduce the efficacy of birth control pills, thus increasing
the risk of an unintended pregnancy. So is that something

(09:27):
you maybe should know about before you take that? You know,
maybe you would welcome the pregnancy. That's one thing, But
seems to me if it turns out that there's a
correlation between the two things, that might be something they want,
might want to include on their disclaimer five to ten
time for traffic and weather together.

Speaker 3 (09:45):
While as under non Jimmy and skylight problems this morning.
That's true. Carry are you concerned? I think we're all
good here, Jimmy.

Speaker 19 (09:56):
Not concerned for myself.

Speaker 4 (09:57):
This is for the child bearing portion of our audience, now, okay,
all right, however small it may be, sky Man, all.

Speaker 5 (10:03):
Right, all right, all right, well we all kind of
needed this this morning.

Speaker 3 (10:07):
You know what.

Speaker 5 (10:08):
Let's hit him from the sticks now, East Texas I
sixty nine. If you're coming down from New Canny Man,
New Caney sure is growing fast. Coming down from Grand
park Way, we look good. Thirty two minutes into downtown.
Piece of cake here man. I jumped on forty five
this morning instead of the hardy bond. I don't know
how some of you guys do it. It's just a fight,
even though it's moving, it's the struggle. So you know,

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we got to watch out for other stations.

Speaker 3 (10:31):
Listeners.

Speaker 5 (10:31):
Graham Parkway to downtown looks good. Thirty two minutes. If
you want to get on the hardy bond, might save
you some stress. We're looking at nineteen minutes now from
Spring into downtown.

Speaker 3 (10:40):
Oh I've got to check that South Sam.

Speaker 5 (10:42):
See I never I'm sorry, I never have to look
at the South Sam eastbound Hiram Clark is where they're
calling it.

Speaker 3 (10:47):
This is an accident with two left lanes.

Speaker 5 (10:49):
It does look like everybody's okay, let's be super careful
coming over from the southwest.

Speaker 3 (10:54):
I'm Skymite.

Speaker 5 (10:55):
Get your USA Rvresorts dot com traffic center from.

Speaker 4 (10:58):
R KTRH top tax twenty four hour weather center. Time
to check in with Terry Smith. We got about it.
That's an hour, hour and a half thunderstorm at our
house yesterday. So yeah, it was no big deal. It
was not a heavy storm, that nice steady rain, not
that I needed anywhere in my yard's already up to
my ankles. But you know that's a jungle, yep. It's
saved me tons of money on my water bill this summer,

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that's for sure.

Speaker 20 (11:20):
That you know what I was thinking about that with
as much rain as we've had on a regular basis,
the water bills are probably where we're getting a little
bit of a break that and the AC has not
been running quite as hard. We run our AC non
stop around here, what starting like May through October, but

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it's not having to work quite as hard because the
temperatures are in check.

Speaker 19 (11:46):
Well, we've got more.

Speaker 20 (11:46):
Rain on the way, folks, I know you're not surprised.
The morning hours we should be fairly quiet. I've seen
a couple of showers and some storms near the coast,
but they're very isolated.

Speaker 19 (11:59):
Once we get the heat of the day to kick in.

Speaker 20 (12:01):
Though, that's when we'll get some more of that rain
that we had yesterday, and it was heavy rain in spots,
and we could see that happen again today. Sixty percent
chance of showers and storms today at our temperatures will
be in the up eighties to low nineties, mainly low
nineties today, thirty percent chance you'll get wet tomorrow and Friday.
Sixty percent chants and more showers and storms over the weekend,

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Saturday and Sunday.

Speaker 4 (12:25):
Right now, seventy three at your officials, Severe Weather Station.
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All the info you need to take on the day.

Speaker 4 (12:42):
Five twenty is our time here in Houston's Morning News,
Greg Abbott for whatever you want to think of Greg Abbott.
If if Greg Abbott were a drink, what drink do
you think Greg Abbott would be? I would say he
would be milk, and I'm pretty sure it'd be skim milk.
He's he's not very exciting. He's you know, he's kind

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of like mister steady Eddie. You rarely ever hear him
raise his voice. You rarely, if ever, hear a snappy comeback.
But he took on a reporter yesterday who suggested that
who's to want to know who was to blame for
all this? You're referring to the flood. I'll share that

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audio with you. Coming up next, first though, traffic and
weather together as we check out the drive once again
with Skyline right.

Speaker 5 (13:32):
Clear the south Sam Hiram Clark, the backup's gone too.

Speaker 3 (13:35):
Let's hit the free iHeartRadio app Hike.

Speaker 21 (13:37):
This message is for sky Might and on fifty nine
South there is a construction crew closing off the far
right lane between Kingwood Drive and the Umble exit. I
don't know how far they plan on blocking off that
far left lane. Be advised, it's going to create some havoc.

Speaker 5 (13:58):
All right, we'll keep an eye on that and we'll
let eded At five point thirty in the USA RV
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R KTRH Top tax Defenders twenty four hour Weather Center
Party Claudie. Today afternoon showers and storms again with the
high temperature about ninety same forecast for tomorrow and near
ninety three, and then generally sunny on Friday. We're told
with the high temperature about ninety three. Current temperature is
let me double check it. Here's seventy three at your
official severe weather station, News Radio seven forty KTRH. We're

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checking out some more top stories on this Wednesday. Here's clip.

Speaker 6 (14:29):
Thank you, Jimmy. We're brought to you by DNM Auto Leasing.
Search operations in the Hill Country are in their sixth day.
Thirteen of the one hundred and eleven deaths we know
about are connected to Houston and Country singer Pat Green
says that members of his family are among the missing.
Get the latest news anytime at KTRH dot com. Our
next update is at five.

Speaker 3 (14:49):
Thirty from the Sugarland area, pavier Port area.

Speaker 2 (14:53):
Your reliable forecast next on the ten on seven forty KTRH.
So yesterday, this reporter wants to know from Governor Greg Abbott,
who's the blame, who's the blame for the Texas flooding?
In the flood response, who's to blame? In which case
he was happy to point out that only losers point

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the finger of blame. Here is Governor Abbott?

Speaker 7 (15:19):
Here you ask, I'm going to use your words. Who's
to blame? Know this, that's the word choice of losers.
The way winners talk is not to put fingers. They
talk about solutions. What Texas is all about is solutions.
In fact, I want to read you something that I

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received last night. Tragedy has come because that part is done.
What we do now, who we are now, that's what
the story is still being written. Let it be one
of grace, of grit, of fierce love and the face
of grief. Let it be the kindest story that proves

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that the kill country may flood, but it does not fail.
Say what you will about Texas, but when the rivers rise,
so do we not with blame, not with bitterness, but
with boots on the ground, arms around strangers, and hearst
wide open. That's the Texas I know, and that's the

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America that I believe in. Well, this person wrote, because
what I know is true for all Texas and what
we will achieve every single day.

Speaker 3 (16:33):
Well, how about that.

Speaker 4 (16:36):
You know, normally, normally you would expect a relatively lame
response to a question like that. That was a hell
of a response, I think, well said sir. Give him
credit for that. He also did an update. Of course,
this information is already a little bit on the stale side.
We will, you know, will continue to update the numbers
sad as they are. Here's Governor Abit talking about how

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the search continues.

Speaker 7 (16:57):
Nothing is heart wrenching is hearing the stories of what
the girls around here, especially the girls that can't miss it,
went through to see where they lived in one moment
where they disappeared, the next moment that were gone forever

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a few moments after that. I wanted these people to
know what you ought to know. The hearts of our
fellow Texas are breaking every single day because of what
people of this community and the surrounding area are going through.
There's nothing more important on our hearts and minds than

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the people of this community, especially those who are still lost.
I told them what we were doing, not just today,
but what we are going to be doing for the days, weeks,
and months to come. That says what they needed to hear.
They need to know Texas is in this with the

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people in the Hill country right here. We are not
leaving until this job is finished. The job right now,
the primary job right now continues to be locating everybody
who is affected by this flood. There still remain those

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who are missing. We have to find every single person
who's missing, and that's the job number one.

Speaker 4 (18:34):
And that number as of this morning is up to
one hundred and seventy three. It was this day sex
so you've got to feel like that number will be
added to the death toll. And if that is the case,
we now have one hundred and eleven. You put those
two numbers together, and that's close to three hundred people
who may have perished in this event. Five twenty six.

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Time to take a look at your money, Jeff Bellinger.

Speaker 3 (19:00):
And good morning to you, Jimmy. A.

Speaker 22 (19:02):
Stocks ended mixed yesterday that now closed four tenths percent lower,
and the S and P five hundred had a tiny loss,
less than a tenth of a percent. The Nasdaq closed
less than a tenth of a percent higher in its
tariffs that are keeping investors on edge. The President has
said there will be no further delays to his tariff deadline,
and he set a large tariff on copper, sending the

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copper futures through the roof yesterday. The President is also
threatening overseas drug companies with huge tariffs unless they move
production to the US over the next year. Stock market
futures pointing a little bit higher this morning. I'm Jeff Bellinger,
Bloomberg Business on News Radio seven forty KTRH.

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It is five point thirty Now you're on Houston's Morning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett along our top stories this half hours.
Stay six for the search and the recovery effort in
the Hill Country, huge losses for Texas ranchers, and coming
up at five thirty eight, where.

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The happiest shift workers work. Details in the minutes ahead.
You're in Houston's Morning News. First Street out they drive again.
Here's guy mine.

Speaker 5 (20:21):
All right, I sixty nineties text freeway. I think I've
got seven one three, two one two tips tip lines already.

Speaker 3 (20:28):
Hey hey, scot my glex and parking too.

Speaker 19 (20:30):
I just came through that fifty nine south bound. I
think your road closure both on northbound side.

Speaker 23 (20:35):
Looks like they're for picking it up right.

Speaker 5 (20:36):
It looks like they'll get that out of the way shortly.
It is outbound, not inbound. Who was that nice lady
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Speaker 4 (20:48):
From r ktr H Generator super Center. Twenty four hour
weather center for today, another part of the CONTI day
with afternoon showers and storms and I temperture right about ninety.
We'll get the latest on the forecast with Terry Smith
of the Weather Channel in about nine minutes. Current temperature
is seventy three at your official severe weather station, News
Radio seven forty KTRH. It's time now for the news.

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Here's Cliff Sanders, Thank.

Speaker 6 (21:13):
You, Jimmy five thirty one on KTRHR. Top story.

Speaker 24 (21:16):
There's three priorities that's locating the people out there, identifying
notify the next kein. That is what I'm taking is
my job as sheriff.

Speaker 6 (21:23):
Here to do Kirk County Sheriff Larry Litha As search
operations in the Hill Country enter a sixth day. At
last count, one hundred eleven people at least are dead.
There are one hundred and seventy three missing. It's going
to take years for the Hill Country to recover from this,
and experts say that even flood insurance won't cover the
cost of the damage.

Speaker 25 (21:43):
It is completely separate from your homeowners policy and typically
the limits are two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for
the property.

Speaker 6 (21:51):
Rich Johnson with the Insurance Council of Texas says that's
not anywhere close to covering the damage done to some
of those huge camp houses. Records show that Camp Mystics
emergency plan was approved by state inspectors just two days
before the flood. We'll talk to Land Commissioner doctor Don
Becking Buckingham at seven point fifty on Houston's Morning News.

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And then there's all the damage that was done to
the Hill Country's ranchers and farmers. Hundreds of miles of
fencing that surrounded those ranches has all been plowed down
and Texas ag Commissioner said. Miller says livestock that raised
on the banks of the Guadaloupe were wiped out.

Speaker 26 (22:27):
The saddest part is when you go down in that country,
you'll see livestock, bad livestock. We've even seen cows in
the tops of the cypress trees.

Speaker 27 (22:36):
Has created a dangerous situation for rescue crews. Texas Department
of Agriculture is stepping in to help those affected by
the flood, but Miller says it'll take years for them
to rebuild REX So it snows Radio seven forty KTR.

Speaker 6 (22:48):
Eight Thank you REX Scam fundraiser. Also a concern is
the clean up continues. Criminologist doctor Alex del Carmon says
people try to capitalize on tragedies like this, but you
can protect yourself.

Speaker 28 (23:01):
We have the Red Cross, we have the various entities
that we know of. There's also components like Charity Navigator.
They are actually vetting a lot of these entities that
are asking for money to ensure that they are actually
legitimate and that the money is going to the right
place and the right person.

Speaker 6 (23:16):
He advises you to check with a better business Bureau
or just go to our link to the Kirk County
Flood Relief Fund at KTRH dot com, on Facebook and
on x The left continues to play the blame game,
even as bodies are being recovered and Texas Congressman Wesley
Hunt has had enough.

Speaker 29 (23:34):
I do not want to hear them lecture me on
decency when they cannot sit down and pray for the
people of Texas and pray for those that lost their
loved ones.

Speaker 6 (23:44):
Hunt on Fox. It is now five point thirty four.
We told you this could happen. Last week. Houston City
Council member Letitia Plumber launches a run for Harris County Judge.
She is the second confirmed Democrat for our challenger for
incumbent rather Lena Hidalgo and Erika Lee Carter, the daughter
of the late Sheila Jackson. Lee says she might run,

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but only if Lena doesn't.

Speaker 30 (24:07):
The chaos that we're seeing right now when it comes
to the Democrat side is a clear indication of not
only failed leadership on the part of Lena Hidalgo, but
the absence in the vacuum of that leadership.

Speaker 6 (24:20):
Political analyst vlad davidyak And there were fireworks that yesterday's
Commissioner's Court in Fort Bend County over a districting County
Judge K. P. George. While he didn't just argue with commissioners,
he actually had one woman escorted out of the hearings.

Speaker 3 (24:36):
Stated public facts.

Speaker 31 (24:37):
It raises serious red flags about political self reservation.

Speaker 3 (24:41):
Over public service.

Speaker 31 (24:42):
I asked him to recuse himself from.

Speaker 19 (24:44):
This matter, she asked me.

Speaker 6 (24:47):
George is in the middle of a legal issue himself,
charged with money laundering. Five point thirty five. The US
Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to significantly downsize the
federal workforce.

Speaker 32 (24:59):
In order for the Justices reverses a lower court ruling
that temporarily froze funding cuts and mass layoffs for federal agencies.
In unsigned order says the lower courts injunction inflicts severe
harm on the government and interferes with the executive branches
internal operations in unquestioned legal authority to carry out a

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government wide reduction in force.

Speaker 6 (25:21):
Sharon Halpern reporting, the White House continues trade talks with
several other countries, including the EU.

Speaker 11 (25:27):
We're probably two days off from sending them a letter.

Speaker 3 (25:31):
We are talking to them.

Speaker 33 (25:33):
I just wanted to a letter means a deal.

Speaker 6 (25:36):
And on truth social Last night, Trump he used an
announcement on trade deals with no less than seven different countries.
Dow futures are up sixty some odd points this morning.
The Dow lost one hundred and sixty five yesterday. It
was a mixed day on Wall Street. Oil futures are
trading at sixty eight dollars and sixty cents a barrel.
That's up twenty seven cents this morning. Gasoline, in the meantime,

(25:57):
dropped another penny over the cross used to choose seventy
three a gallon. It was three ten a year ago now.
Jimmy mentioned this yesterday. A record set in the second
quarter for the amount of people with one thousand dollars
a month car payment. Ktrh's car pro Jerry Reynold says
high used car prices are partly the blame.

Speaker 34 (26:17):
People really get to do in their homework. They find
out their new car, no matter what that payment is,
may well be cheaper than a used one.

Speaker 6 (26:25):
Right now, and here's the fine print, the fact that
interest rates have not been cut isn't helping your cause.
Five point thirty sixty astros loseing ten innings to Cleveland
ten to six and recapping our lead story, the Texas
flood death toll of one hundred eleven. One hundred and
seventy three people are missing as search operations are now
in day six. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's News, weather

(26:45):
and Traffic station KTRH.

Speaker 2 (26:49):
More with Jimmy Barrett and the Houston Morning News teams.
This is Houston's Morning News. So here's the story the
hap A shift workers. Where where do you think the
happiest especially after playing that, where do you think the
happiest shift workers are? They're a weed or vape stores?

(27:12):
Shocking right, These people work, they're happy. By the way,
they're more than happy to tell you all about all
the products in the store.

Speaker 4 (27:20):
Because they've tried them all personally. You know, well, you'd
have to write, how are you going to advise people
on which products are the best unless you've tried them all.
Now here's my question. Why would Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick
want to shut down the happiest place on Earth? I mean,

(27:41):
these people are happy. They're working at disney World. Ninety
two percent job satisfaction. If you're working at a weed
or vape store catering by the Way came in second
ninety one percent, cafes and coffee shops ninety percent, dentist
offices ninety percent, and gyms eighty nine percent. At the

(28:05):
other end of the list, the most stressed are frustrated
by their jobs. Hourly workers and a pharmacy huh. The
rest of the bottom five are postal workers. That doesn't
surprise you, Amazon drivers, people at veterinary clinics. Really, I guess,
I guess it's well, it's kind of stressful, you know,
treating animals that are sick or injured. Right, Hourly workers

(28:28):
at doctor's offices and other hourly jobs involving healthcare. Only
the people working at the dentist office are happy. Maybe
they're hitting the nitrosox site five point forty time for
traffic and weather together.

Speaker 3 (28:38):
You're very happy at HIV. You're in the produce department
fruits and vegetables.

Speaker 4 (28:43):
And even though it's just been proving you don't eat vegetables.

Speaker 3 (28:46):
Yeah, no, I'm not a big venching person.

Speaker 2 (28:48):
Evidently you're capable of displaying them and helping to purchase
them for the store, but not to eat them.

Speaker 5 (28:55):
Yeah, you balance the colors and you make these artful displays.

Speaker 3 (28:58):
It's fun. Let's go to the north. Here I forty
five southbound. We look good. Spring down this nineteen minutes.
Let's go further. Stretch your neck.

Speaker 5 (29:06):
We're going to Conrad. Look at that thirty two minutes.
Now looking at that doing some quick math. Little bit
of a spackle at the Shepherd Curve. I'm wondering if
maybe we have a stall right in that spot, that
trouble spot.

Speaker 3 (29:18):
So watch out. So far Conrod down thirty two minutes.
We look good.

Speaker 5 (29:22):
All right, it looks like they've cleared that roadwork outbound
and the east text freeway king with.

Speaker 3 (29:28):
There we go.

Speaker 5 (29:29):
We had two right lanes blocked for a little bit.
That nice lady on the free I heeartradio app.

Speaker 3 (29:33):
I don't know who she was.

Speaker 5 (29:34):
Alex from Tarkington. Thanks for your help and humble down
twenty two minutes. The rest of our freeways rocking along
for now. I'm skymake at your Generator Supercenter dot com
Traffic Center.

Speaker 4 (29:43):
From r KTRH Generator super Center twenty four hour Weather Center.
Terry Smith is with us. Another partly cloudy day with
the storm chance today. How yesterday was about seventy percent.
What are you thinking today sixty Okay, so yeah.

Speaker 20 (29:56):
I'm not much different about the same, and it's in
the morning. That's the nice thing is, for the most part,
we're not going to see much in the way of
rain early, and it's the afternoon when we are more
likely to see showers and thunderstorms developing. But much like yesterday,
some of those thunderstorms could produce heavy rain in spots.

(30:18):
I saw some places that had between three to four
inches of rain on the southwest side of town yesterday,
So there'll be some places that get a big soaking
in other places that'll just get a nice, little gentle drizzle. Now,
temperatures today because of the clouds and rain, will still
be in line with early July upper eighties to low nineties.

Speaker 19 (30:41):
Today, we don't have as much rain.

Speaker 20 (30:43):
Tomorrow and Friday, a thirty percent chants of thundershowers. It's
going to warm up into the load of mid nineties
tomorrow and Friday, and then over the weekend we'll see
an increase in the rain again, about a sixty percent
chance of showers and storms both days, and temperatures will
rain change anywhere from the uper eighties to mid nineties
over the weekend.

Speaker 4 (31:03):
Right now, seventy four at your officials, Severe Weather Station
News Radio seven forty k t RH.

Speaker 3 (31:09):
What you need to know for the day ahead.

Speaker 2 (31:11):
This is Houston's Morning News, brought to you by New
South Windows Solutions. We haven't talked a lot about it
because we spent so much time talking about the flooding.
But out in Alvarado there were ten arrests made. There
are actually eleven suspects. I don't know if they found
that eleven suspect or not, but nearly a dozen violent
assailants with tactical gear and weapons who attacked US Immigration

(31:35):
and Customs enforcement. They're attacking Ice now, they're going after
Ice in a violent way. We'll have more than that
story coming up next. First, though, traffic and weather together,
and that starts with you, Sky Mike.

Speaker 3 (31:45):
Look it pretty good for now. Might as well do
some tip line ramone from spring Ky.

Speaker 13 (31:49):
Good morning guy, Mike.

Speaker 3 (31:50):
People aren't hearing your advice.

Speaker 23 (31:52):
There's a lot of people taking a hearty told.

Speaker 3 (31:54):
Road I didn't mean to do that.

Speaker 23 (31:56):
There are beak trapped. There is one ride after no
virgins or national re ward. Tell people that another one
up there banks May Yeah.

Speaker 3 (32:05):
Yeah, all right, Thank you, Ramon. That is a banana sticker.
You know, I have an understanding Jimmy with the constable
at the toll plaza. He's cool. I just you know,
flip my blinkers on. He knows my truck. He doesn't
know it's me. You're getting a commission muncher.

Speaker 5 (32:15):
Yeah, basically, I'm just like, you know, Hey, good morning,
mister officer.

Speaker 3 (32:18):
Thank you.

Speaker 5 (32:19):
I'm the Generator Supercenter dot com Traffic Center.

Speaker 4 (32:22):
From Mark KTRH Generator super Center in twenty four hour
weather center partly clotting with afternoon showers and storm chances
about sixty percent today says during ninety degrees for a
high thirty percent storm chansfer tomorrow ninety three and then
more sunshine than anything else on Friday ninety three. Current
temperature is seventy four at your official severe weather station,
News Radio seven forty KTRH. It's time to check out

(32:45):
some more of our top stories here on a Wednesday morning.

Speaker 3 (32:47):
Here's clip.

Speaker 6 (32:48):
Thank you, Jimmy. At least one hundred and eleven people
are dead in the Hill Country flooding tragedy. By the way,
we're sponsored by dn M Auto Leasing. With several investigations pending.
Galveston Island Beach Patrol Chief Peter Davis is put on
administratively and it's now official. You no longer have to
take your shoes off when you go through security at
the airport. I know Jimmy's very happy about that. Get

(33:09):
the latest news anytime at KTRH dot com or next
update is at six.

Speaker 3 (33:15):
I live in Pasadena, Sharptown Southwest.

Speaker 2 (33:17):
Next on the ten time saving traffic on seven forty KTRH.
All right, we'll have ten suspects under rest in Alvarado, Texas.

Speaker 4 (33:29):
They were there to attack ice. There's actually a love
of them. As I said, one of them I believe
is still at large. Last I heard was still at large.
Ten of the eleven suspects now facing local charges of terrorism,
aggravated assault on a public servant with a deadly weapon,
or aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against a peace officer.
The final suspects still at large, at least according to

(33:51):
this story. I'm looking at Tom Homan, needless to say,
not very happy about this about his people attacked. So
here's Tom Homan and what Tom Homan had to say.
Followed up with some comments on the find from great Gutfield.

Speaker 35 (34:06):
These nuts that want to take it beyond protests into
criminal activity. They're getting they're getting rhetoric from their members
of Congress, the senators who compare Ice the Nazis, and
Congressman J. Paul compared to the terrorist organizations. So these people,
these are these fringe groups, film Bolden. If a member
of the Congress can attack Dice, White, can't we.

Speaker 36 (34:27):
You know what's interesting about this is I grew up
watching a lot of movies and there's always this stereotype
that it's this right wing white guy with a shotgun and.

Speaker 3 (34:39):
A trucker hat.

Speaker 37 (34:41):
That's what we're But the stereotype of the right is
well armed, rapidly prone to violence.

Speaker 36 (34:47):
But in reality it's always the left who projects this
stereotype onto us.

Speaker 3 (34:54):
They are the right, they have.

Speaker 37 (34:57):
Guns, they have definitely more guns, and they may.

Speaker 36 (34:59):
Know how to use them, but they don't see it
as an acceptable means to further your political aims.

Speaker 3 (35:06):
So why does the left do that? Because if you.

Speaker 37 (35:08):
See the world through the prism of oppressed versus oppressor,
there are no limits when fighting the oppressor, you can
do anything. Remember when you're fighting Hitler, i e. Trump,
Everything was on the table. So the left isn't good
at violence. They just love violence because to them it's
just another tool in their in their little toolkit to win.

(35:30):
Remember January sixth. Amazingly, I know this is crazy. The
only unarmed insurrection ever, the only gun used was on
a female, unarmed protester by.

Speaker 3 (35:42):
A liberal cop.

Speaker 4 (35:46):
Now here's the other thing that's kind of interesting if
you get a chance to take a look at it,
and that is the mugshots of the people that were arrested.
They had they had some pretty high quality tactical gear,
so they're being obviously supplied and funded. They are the
typical protest group, you know, the typical twenty somethings. Most

(36:08):
of them are twenty somethings, you know, somewhere between i'd
say twenty five and thirty five years of age. A
couple of them look like maybe they are gender confused,
in other words, boys who are dressing as girls, that
kind of thing.

Speaker 3 (36:27):
You know. I try not to read too much into that.

Speaker 4 (36:29):
Sometimes you really can't tell just by looking at somebody,
but you know they are. They're facing some serious charges.
Thank god, they're facing some serious charges here. By the way,
Ice has at this point, they're facing a seven hundred
percent increase in assaults, seven hundred percent. You know, if

(36:51):
we as we are looking at these these acts of
violence which are picking up, and as Gutfeld just said,
and I think that it's very appropriate to say that
when you consider an organization to be Nazis or somebody
to be Hitler, you can, in your mind justify anything
that you're doing, including violence. And some of these Democrat
politicians are urging violence. They're urging violence, They're egging these

(37:14):
people on. By fifty six here on Houston's Morning News,
This is US.

Speaker 1 (37:23):
Radio seven forty KTRH Houston Rive Everywhere with Art now,
the latest.

Speaker 3 (37:29):
News, weather and traffa.

Speaker 2 (37:31):
It's more of what matters to you from the John
Morris Services Studios.

Speaker 4 (37:36):
Six am is our time now here in Houston's Morning News,
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories this half hour,
the flood is being added to the upcoming legislative special session.
One hundred and seventy three is the latest number of
people missing from last week's flood, and coming up at
six o' eight. Trump says we're running out of electricity.
Details In the minutes ahead, you're in Houston's Morning News. First,

(37:59):
we're gonna.

Speaker 3 (37:59):
Check out that. I begin with sky Mine, all right.

Speaker 5 (38:01):
Got two rex reported Southwest Freeway Chimney Rock.

Speaker 3 (38:04):
Give me a few minutes. I'll get you some laneage.

Speaker 5 (38:06):
Transtar is working right now on the North Freeway inbound
that at Little York. The ladies on TV are asking
us for info here, and we'll get some lanes on that.

Speaker 3 (38:15):
I know that reck's real. Danny from Dayton, Dude, are
my kind of way out in the sticks.

Speaker 23 (38:20):
That's on ninety County Road six oh three. There is
an upside down car down in the ditch one seven
flash like I guess everybody's okay. I don't see eight
ambulance all right?

Speaker 3 (38:33):
That looks outbound before Grand Parkway. We'll zoom it. We
have time. It's a six y ten in the USA
ARV Resorts dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 4 (38:40):
From r KTRH top tax Defenders twenty four hour Weather Center.
Partly cloudy skies today, afternoon shower and storm chances at
about sixty percent high temperature right about ninety. We'll get
the latest on the forecast with Terry Smith at the
Weather Channel coming up in about eight minutes. Currently, seventy
four at your official severe weather station news Ready seven
forty k TRH. It's time now for the news. Here's

(39:03):
Cliffsonders and.

Speaker 6 (39:04):
We're sponsored at six Pot two by All Star Construction.
Our top story.

Speaker 7 (39:08):
Put this into perspective. There are far more fatalities than
there were in Hurricane Harvey.

Speaker 6 (39:13):
Hard to believe. Governor Greg Gabbett yesterday the death till
from the Hill Country floods one hundred and eleven. The
number of missing stands at one hundred seventy three. Today
is day six of the search. Texas Legislature will take
up flood response in the special session that begins on
July twenty. First State Senator Paul Beckencourt wants sirens and

(39:34):
towers put into place.

Speaker 8 (39:35):
You could deploy these towers in the camps and that way,
if people hear the siren, they take action.

Speaker 6 (39:42):
Bettencourt telling our TV partner Channel two, he's not concerned
about false alarms because at least people would be aware
of potential danger. Privately owned drones are hampering the search
and even caused a crash with a rescue helicopter this week.
Experts say that the pilots should have known better than
to be up in a restricted airspace.

Speaker 10 (40:02):
A lot of recreational flyers just get the drone and
take off wherever, right, which is kind of a no no.

Speaker 30 (40:07):
Well it is a no no.

Speaker 6 (40:08):
Eric Flints runs drone training in Texas and says the
crash was entirely preventable. Drone flights are off limits in
an area that stretches from Kerrville to parts of San Marcos.
It is now six ZHO three. The President will visit
the flood ravaged area on Friday, and he's hoping for miracles.

Speaker 38 (40:26):
They could have somebody say so, and there's a lot
of areas, some big area and you know, probably unlikely
at this point, but there could be.

Speaker 6 (40:37):
As they're thinking, it could be Trumpet yesterday's cabinet, Meaning
now the mainstream media is using the disaster as fuel
for their climate agenda, despite no real evidence that climate
change was a factor.

Speaker 39 (40:50):
This appears to be another political attack and it doesn't
seem to be working when you have.

Speaker 12 (40:54):
Such a tragedy, essessially involving children in summer camp. People
just don't have the stomach for the obvious compleet trash
that they're promoting here.

Speaker 39 (41:02):
Mark Murano with the Climate Depot says, Unfortunately, the climate
narrative is still well funded and not going anywhere.

Speaker 12 (41:07):
You have Bill Gates funding major news organizations to promote
not only his public health issues but also his climate views.

Speaker 3 (41:15):
It's not going away. Morano says.

Speaker 39 (41:17):
The actual science indicates that this was simply a natural
disaster and major tragedy. Ethan Bugannan News Radio seven forty KRH.

Speaker 6 (41:23):
Thank you, Ethan. You can help the victims and survivors
by linking to the Kirk County Flood Relief Fund at
KTRH dot com, on Facebook, and on X six h
four Now. Fox reports that former FBI director James Comey
and John Brennan, the former CIA director, are now the
subject of a criminal investigation, were allegedly lying to Congress

(41:44):
about Russia.

Speaker 3 (41:46):
They knew that was not true.

Speaker 40 (41:48):
The CIA had already said that it had great misgivings
about the Steele dossier. Even though the Clinton campaign was
denying to reporters that it funded the dossier, it was
in fact funded through the law firm of the Clinton camp.

Speaker 6 (42:05):
That is legal analyst Jonathan Turley on Fox. Joe Biden's
former doctor tried to delay his appearance today before the
House Oversight Committee. That request, though, was rejected, with the
testimony set to go on as scheduled. Political analyst doctor
Brian Jundev says, there are many questions that need answering.

Speaker 14 (42:24):
The big thing is who was in charge? Was President
Biden making these decisions? Was he cognitively aware and capable
of making these decisions? And if not, who was and
why was it covered up?

Speaker 6 (42:36):
The House Oversight Committee has been trying to talk to
doctor Kevin O'Connor for over a year now. At six
ZHO five, temporary legal status for more than seven hundred
thousand Honduran and Nicker Roguin illegal aliens here in the
US is going to be revoked soon. This will affect
several thousand that are in Texas. Ten people are charged
with an attempted murder this week for an ambush attacked

(42:58):
on agents of Ice set a detention facility. Oklahoma Senator
Mark Quaene Mullins calls the Democrats out for their hypocrisy.

Speaker 8 (43:07):
If this was any other situation, Democrats with out there
at very least would be calling for gun control.

Speaker 3 (43:14):
They have said absolutely nothing.

Speaker 6 (43:16):
Why because they're the ones that have fanned the flames for.

Speaker 3 (43:19):
This to happen.

Speaker 6 (43:20):
Assaults on ice agents are up seven hundred percent from
last year. Meantime, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he'll
defend Texas law despite judicial activism.

Speaker 41 (43:32):
A federal court last week struck down the Texas law
that allow US officers to turn illegal aliens over to
federal officers who have exclusive jurisdiction under the Constitution, but
State Senator Joan Huffman disagrees the.

Speaker 17 (43:45):
Attorney General had interpreted to mean that we would return
them to the Feds at a lawful port of entry,
which I think got around some of those constitutional concerns.

Speaker 41 (43:56):
She says, the courts wouldn't like the law no matter
how it was written. Mike Sheiloh Newest Radio seven forty
k t RH.

Speaker 6 (44:03):
Six h sixty astros lose at home to Cleveland and
extra innings tend to six. Search operations in the Hill
Country enter a sixth day with at least one hundred
one hundred eleven people confirmed dead in one hundred and
seventy three still missing. I'm close, Saunders on Houston's news
Weather in Traffic station News Radio seven forty k TRH.

Speaker 2 (44:24):
Now back to Jimmy Barrett and the Houston Morning News Team,
Houston's Morning News.

Speaker 4 (44:30):
Hey, ho'd et becon to mention six O. Wait is
our time here in Houston's Morning News.

Speaker 3 (44:34):
Right uh.

Speaker 4 (44:35):
President Trump yesterday talking about the electric well, not so
much the grid, the grid's a whole separate issue, but
talking about our supply of electricity we don't have enough,
and warning that we could have a real problem as
early as twenty thirty, especially with the advent of artificial

(44:59):
intelligen Here is what President Trump had to say, and
some response on the other end on Fox Business and
some of their expert panelists. By the way, citing Texas
is a big part of the problem is.

Speaker 11 (45:11):
We need double the elect to be successful with AI,
which is the biggest thing there. We need double the
electricity that we have, which is hard to believe.

Speaker 3 (45:19):
We need even more than that. Appreciate I believe it.

Speaker 42 (45:22):
I actually work for an energy company now because I
believe there's a new renaissance of not the energy transition,
it's an energy addition to energy. Secretary Chris Wright was
talking about that we have a case study what happens
if we continue this green new scam.

Speaker 3 (45:33):
It's Texas.

Speaker 42 (45:34):
When Rick Perry was there as governor. He laid the
groundwork to change their grid to be over forty percent
renewables generation based. We saw what's happened there with natural
disasters because of that. If you look at the entire
US grid, seventeen percent, a record seventeen percent of generation
came from renewables last year.

Speaker 3 (45:50):
It's too much.

Speaker 42 (45:51):
It's not stable, it's not baseload. It's not saying that
you don't have to be pro fossil fuels and anti
solar and wind. You can be pro everything, but the
economic have to work to your point. So don't subsidize
something that's going to actually end up costing taxpayers and
consumers more money.

Speaker 4 (46:06):
And that may end up being one of the best
parts of the big beautiful bill is ending those subsidies.
At least I think they're just still ended. I haven't
seen all of the final version of the bill. I
hope they ended the Green New Deal subsidies or else. Well,
you know, we'll continue down this path and in that
nice that here we are in Texas being held up
as this the poster child for doing too much renewable energy.

(46:29):
Six' ten time for traffic and weather, together we're checking
out the drive against and Sky mike's got the.

Speaker 5 (46:34):
Latest i've got Janrd freeway right here Southbound. Shepherd before
we could really get, laneage it was two left lines,
boom just like. That that's WHY i call them tow truck.
Ninjus the wreck is gone the rest of the. MEDIA
i don't know if they had it or, not but
we got backups From West Road Southwest. Freeway we're still
working On Chimney, rock trying to get the laneage there,
northbound and we've got breaks.

Speaker 3 (46:55):
Coming up From.

Speaker 5 (46:56):
Hillcroft looks like an extra three or four minutes up this.
Way what else do we Have? Downtown we're starting to
smush up. NOW i tend from The baytown side to
THE kdi. Side blame that roadwork at forty five three
little skinning lanes. There we are getting loopy at the
squeeze six to ten north westbound at forty. Five danny
From dayton found me a wreck out on ninety AND
i said it was.

Speaker 3 (47:16):
Outbound it's.

Speaker 5 (47:16):
Inbound it's westbound right After Grand parkway six to oh.

Speaker 3 (47:20):
Three got a way out of. Mistake, yeah but we
still care about. It And i'm kind of homesick, too
been from A taska seat of, dude.

Speaker 23 (47:26):
Got mike Will clayton At East Texas. Freeway it is
backed up all the way into the freeway.

Speaker 30 (47:33):
Area am so GLAD i am not heading towards the.

Speaker 3 (47:36):
Airport all, Right let's put up The Uber mike.

Speaker 5 (47:39):
Signal i'm in THE USA Rv resorts Dot com traffic center.

Speaker 4 (47:42):
From R ktrh top Tax defenders twenty four hour with the.
Center terry is here more ring in the. Forecast he's
mentioning the. Airport we had more ground stops yesterday thanks
to the, weather And i'm guessing we'll probably have the
same thing this.

Speaker 20 (47:55):
Afternoon very, possible you, know even though the airport itself
might not be getting a torrential downpour if there's thunderstorms
in the.

Speaker 19 (48:03):
Vicinity in, FACT i will tell you the.

Speaker 20 (48:07):
Worst FLIGHT i ever took was out Of houston during a.
Thunderstorm it was horrible taking. Off so if they're delaying,
flights just know you'll be more comfortable being off the.
Ground oh my, goodness thunderstorms will develop later on. Today
there's a sixty percent chance of these showers and, storms
and like, yesterday there'll be big rain makers in some

(48:30):
areas and we'll have to watch out for some localized,
flooding mainly on the roads just as a result of
any heavy, rain could be some gusty winds as.

Speaker 19 (48:38):
Well we'll be watching. It you watch it as.

Speaker 20 (48:40):
Well upper eighties to low nineties, today only a thirty
percent chance of showers and storms tomorrow And, friday and
then our rain chances increase into the.

Speaker 19 (48:49):
Weekend with a little less rain.

Speaker 20 (48:50):
Tomorrow On, friday it's going to warm up into the
load of mid nineties and that's pretty much where we're
going to stay into the.

Speaker 4 (48:56):
Weekend right, now seventy four at your, Officials Severe, Weather
Stay News radio seven forty ktrh.

Speaker 3 (49:03):
Use traffic And.

Speaker 2 (49:04):
Weather you're starting your day right With Houston's Morning, news
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Speaker 4 (49:10):
Solutions we talked a little bit about property insurance on
the show, yesterday especially as it relates to The texas.
Flood we're going to do a more in depth dive
With Richard Johnson Insurance council Of texas coming up. Next
but first we've got traffic and weather, together starting with
THE u Sky.

Speaker 5 (49:24):
Mine all, right, DUDE i got this on two different. Shots,
now this Is Southwest. Freeway let's start some re. Routes
People Chimney rock, inbound got three lanes.

Speaker 3 (49:32):
Blocked ambalance on the sainful.

Speaker 5 (49:34):
Response also looking from The West park, exit looks like
that's boy that's causing quite a smuch northbound eighteen extra minutes.
Here let's get off on either The West park going
to The galleria or do all ninety skymike on THE
Usa rvresorts Dot com traffic center.

Speaker 4 (49:49):
From R ktrh top tax defenders twenty four Hour weather
center partly cloudy. Skies afternoon showers and storm chances at
about sixty percent today with the high temperature about Ninety
then Tomorrow roddie Partly clotte scheduled afteroon showers and starm
possibilities of about thirty percent ninety three both. Days current
temperature seventy four at your official severe weather. Station News

(50:10):
radio seven forty K. Trh clip is in our newsroom
following some of our top stories this. Morning Thanks.

Speaker 6 (50:15):
Jimmy today is day six of search operations in The Hill.
Country The Austin Firefighters association Says Fire Department Chief Joel
baker delayed sending help To Kirk county And Director James
gunn is facing backlash for Calling superman an immigrant that
came from other. Places in a new, interview the New

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Speaker 4 (51:04):
Born he's right in The Hill. Country the damage is from.
FLOODING i guess that means that if you have flood,
insurance hopefully you're. Covered if you don't have flood, insurance
does that mean you're completely out of? Luck Richard johnson
JOINS Us Insurance council Of. TEXAS i don't know how
many of the people and or how many of the

(51:24):
businesses in The Hill country is In kerrville And Kerr,
County richard have flood. Insurance any idea of what percentage
of the population has flood insurance?

Speaker 43 (51:33):
There, yeah thanks for having. ME i, mean statewide worried
about seven percent and that really drops off when you
come to, inland because it's around fifteen percent when you
get Into houston on the, coast so it's like one
percent in all these inland, counties which is really really.

Speaker 4 (51:50):
Low, okay so there won't be a lot of help
coming as relates to flood, Insurance are there going to
be any other insurance opportunities that might be able to
help these people?

Speaker 3 (51:59):
Out so there might.

Speaker 43 (52:01):
Be we always go ahead and say to you, know
to at least file a, claim but you, know flood
is just one of those you, know it's that it's
kind of that one peril that has its own. Policy
and if you don't have it on top of your
your regular property, policy you, know most insurance doesn't cover,
it where you could get covered as with, auto if

(52:22):
you have comprehensive coverage and you have damage to your
automobile or you know your automobile is a total, loss
then your insurance will cover.

Speaker 25 (52:31):
It.

Speaker 4 (52:32):
OKAY i don't know how familiar you. Are i'm not
these FILMLATRES i should be with with how the state
generally operates in these types of. Situations sometimes there's funds
that are set up to help people. Out sometimes some
small Business administruation may make low interest loans available to
some of these businesses to. Rebuild so there are other

(52:53):
OPPORTUNITIES i guess for these people to get some.

Speaker 3 (52:55):
Help there. Are, yeah the.

Speaker 43 (52:57):
State usually has some sort of fun like you, said
Small Business. Administration, uh and THEN. Fema SO fema runs
the flood, program but on top of, that they usually
also offer grants and low interest loans to be able
to help you. Rebuild but you, know the important, thing
and you know it's always, hindsight is to look into
that flood insurance to you, know and it's relatively. Inexpensive

(53:22):
it's about seven hundred bucks a. Year that's kind of the,
average and you know that's what's going to help people
rebuild if they have.

Speaker 4 (53:28):
It, well mine is about three thousand dollars a. Year
if you can find me a seven hundred dollars, Policy i'd.

Speaker 3 (53:33):
Like to FIND i, SAID i said.

Speaker 4 (53:34):
Average, Yeah i'm On i'm In freeport Though i'm right
on the, ocean so you, know, right, yeah that's obviously experience.

Speaker 43 (53:41):
Hill, yeah AND i am in the hill, country and
it's it's about five fifty to six hundred bucks a.

Speaker 4 (53:46):
Year, Okay, Well i'm sure there are a lot of
people that wish they'd spent that money on. That, Now
Richard johnson's with This Insurance council Of. Texas, richard what
do you think this does overall to insurance rates here In?
Texas because obviously all insurance companies take a look at
the weather events that happen here and these types of,
events and that increases the risk of doing business In.

Speaker 43 (54:08):
Texas it, does and it's all based on you, know
the claims ratio versus versus, premiums and so they're going
to look at. That they'll look, at you, know in
the past few years to kind of predict the. Future
so it will have an. Impact but, again flood is
one of those things that's a little interesting because it's

(54:30):
not covered by private, insurance but it is it's an
overall risk that we know about In. Texas we know
we have, floods we know we have, hail we know
we have, hurricanes we know we have, tornadoes and you,
know unfortunately that's we we are one of the more
expensive states to get property insurance because of all those.

Speaker 4 (54:46):
Things all, Right, richard thanks for joining. Us good to
hear from, me, sir appreciate. It Richard Johnson Insurance council Of,
texas six twenty. Six it is time to take a
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day six for the search and recovery efforts and coming
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In houston's Forty. News, first we're checking out that drive once.

Speaker 5 (56:20):
Again here's skyline all right clear The Southwest freeway wreck
At Chimney.

Speaker 3 (56:24):
Rock that's.

Speaker 5 (56:24):
Gone there's a pretty solid smune now From. Hillcroft let's
chump on the west part to the. Gallery if you're
going to The. Galleria if, not all ninety is a
good way around. It Katie, Freeway i've got a report
of a wreck exit seven forty. ONE i don't know exit,
numbers BUT i see a big smunch here At pinoak. Outbound,
boy that sure looks like all lanes are closed to

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coming over From Katie.

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Speaker 6 (57:13):
You jimmy six thirty one ON. Ktrh search operations in
The Hill country enter a sixth day with at least
one hundred eleven dead and one hundred and seventy three.
Missing the terrain presenting a challenge to those trying to find.

Speaker 44 (57:26):
People we've got these large pile of debris and with
our knines and you, know when we're trying to make these,
recoveries these these large piles can be very obstructive and
to get it deep into these piles is very.

Speaker 6 (57:40):
Hazardous Antenor Colonel Ben baker With Texas Game. Wardens we
still don't know how much damage has been, done but
concerns are already being raised about whether insurance providers can cover.

Speaker 2 (57:52):
It.

Speaker 39 (57:53):
All the good news is federal flood insurance should be
able to pay out without a rate.

Speaker 3 (57:57):
Hike their rates are.

Speaker 25 (57:58):
Locked they went through a whole new rating system and
recalibrated their system a little bit to make them a
little more actually.

Speaker 39 (58:05):
Sound Rich johnson with The Insurance council Of texas says
these floods also shouldn't be a major factor in future rates.

Speaker 25 (58:11):
When it comes to rates and premiums for the private,
market or we're looking at mostly there is wind at
especially hail.

Speaker 39 (58:19):
Damage he says the fact that the flood insurance is
underwritten by THE feds should help ensure claims are paid.
Quickly Ethan Buchanan News radio seven FORTY krh.

Speaker 6 (58:26):
And according to state, records Camp mystics emergency plan was
approved by state inspectors two days before the. Disaster we'll
talk To Land Commissioner Don buckingham On Houston's Morning news
at seven point. Fifty the wall of water that hit
The Hill country also destroyed many farms and ranches.

Speaker 26 (58:44):
All up and down the, Road limping, riveries ranching. Country
there's a lot of vineyards and ranching and.

Speaker 6 (58:49):
Farming Ad Commissioner Sid miller says there were ranches there
that raise cattle and sheep as, well and only were fences,
destroyed livestock was, killed And miller says it'll take year
for ranchers to. Rebuild and as you look into donating
the flood, relief be sure to vet what is legit
and what.

Speaker 45 (59:06):
Isn't it happens every time there's a catastrophe due to
the moral bankruptcy of.

Speaker 28 (59:11):
Others there are individuals out there that take advantage of
our moment of prayer and reflection to ask us to
give them money in what appears to be legitimate, websites
and unfortunately they're.

Speaker 45 (59:21):
Not criminologist Doctor Alex Dell carmen, says it gets worse
as time goes on after the, tragedy but you can
take steps to ensure the.

Speaker 28 (59:29):
Legitimacy go to The Better Business Bureau why it's giving,
alliance so you'll see the legitimate sources that are out
there collecting.

Speaker 30 (59:36):
Money he.

Speaker 45 (59:37):
Says doing this ensures you help those in, need not the.
Opportunists Andre Perard News radio seven forty E, ktrh or.

Speaker 6 (59:44):
Just go TO ktrh dot com and click the link
to The Kirk County Flood Relief. Fund we've got it
also On facebook and X and then of course there
are the climate activists who still feel the need to
go public with hateful rhetoric cover.

Speaker 46 (59:57):
Consider that maybe that flood In texas can all those
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(01:02:37):
and recapping our top story search operations in The Hill.
Country now in a sixth day with at least one
hundred eleven people dead one hundred and seventy three. Missing
I'm Cliff saunders On houston's, news weather and traffic Station
News radio seven FORTY.

Speaker 2 (01:02:51):
Ktrh Houston's Morning news continues With Jimmy.

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BARRETT i love these solvents. Funky it's Called French.

Speaker 4 (01:03:03):
Dip and the reason Why i'm playing a song Called
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been around one hundred and seventeen years oldest restaurant In
Los angeles is set to Close Cole's French. Dip they,
claim by the, way that they invented The french. Dip

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you know what The french The french dip, is, Right
it's like a roast beef sandwich with is That swiss gear?
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french with the, cheese and you get the side of all,
zoe and you dip the sandwich in the, ausoe which
softens up the, bread of, course and makes it that
much more. Delicious now do you think do you think

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anybody invented that on? Purpose SO i know What i'm gonna.
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bread and Then i'm gonna put some garret cheese on,
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we should we should we should serve. This they're Closing august,
Third the owner CITED covid nineteen. Pandemic was there any
place on earth more lockdown during THE covid nineteen pandemic
Than Los, Angeles. California he also said the twenty twenty
three writers and actors, strikes as well as rising labor

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and rent, costs are what have done his restaurant In,
now where's all the things That california government has done
to make it impossible to do? Business and here you,
go one hundred and seventeen year old restaurant is shutting.
Down pouring with hard is the parent company Of. Coals
they operate other restaurants In, California colorado and here In.

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Texas Evidently i'm not sure which which restaurants they have
here In.

Speaker 3 (01:04:56):
Texas.

Speaker 4 (01:04:58):
Wow by the, way this this follows a restaurant that
had been around for one hundred one years called The Original,
pantry which also closed for the same reasons six forty
time for traffic and weather TOGETHER a Skuy, mike what you?

Speaker 3 (01:05:11):
Got, well we we've heard rumblings of a wreck on
The Katie. Freeway somebody gave me an exit.

Speaker 5 (01:05:16):
Number i'm, SORRY i don't know exit, numbers BUT i
can see the Problem Pinoak road. Outbound the rest of
the media now knows about this. Wreck they have reopened a,
lane but you've got two of your three shut down
At Pinoak. Roade this is, outbound not, inbound and a
big backup right After Graham. Parkway can't tell if everybody's
okay there or. Not, now let's go to The West.

(01:05:37):
Park Here's rock From.

Speaker 30 (01:05:38):
Katie Mosco mike ramp on to fifty. Nine it's pretty
much shut.

Speaker 23 (01:05:42):
Down looks like there's some kind of wreck just outside.

Speaker 5 (01:05:44):
The loop that's going to actually be one of those
connected like your kneebone. Deals West park was backed up
because of the wreck on the southwest At Chimney.

Speaker 3 (01:05:52):
Rock give it a. Minute that should get.

Speaker 5 (01:05:54):
Better in, Fact i'll even say stay the course on
The West Park southwest, however still pretty ugly From hillcroft
and about a ten minute drag trying to get up
to the.

Speaker 3 (01:06:03):
Loop, here let's jump on all.

Speaker 5 (01:06:04):
Ninety i've Got brian From kingwood on the east loop six.

Speaker 3 (01:06:08):
Ten, Hey, guy mike there's an act that on the
northbound lane at just out white and two left planes.

Speaker 23 (01:06:16):
Are, blocked.

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Speaker 20 (01:06:35):
Happened, yesterday yeah it's practically a. Repeat performance fairly quiet.
This morning afternoon heating is really going to help to
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could be big.

Speaker 3 (01:06:49):
Rain makers there.

Speaker 20 (01:06:49):
Were some places that had two to three or even
four inches of rain, just yesterday and there is that
possibility of some more isolated areas with the heavy rain
two to three inches of rain in a short period.
Of time so flooding remains a concern. In spots not everybody's,
getting wet but a good chance that you'll see some.

(01:07:11):
Rain today sixty percent chance of those showers. And storms
this afternoon it will be near ninety, temperature wise only
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and friday it'll be a little, bit warmer load of.

Speaker 19 (01:07:23):
Mid nineties, the weekend the chances of.

Speaker 20 (01:07:26):
Rain increase sixty percent chance that you'll get wet over,
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him fired a long, time ago if they'd just. Fired
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checking out the. Drive Again here's.

Speaker 3 (01:08:14):
Skymine man they're working fast On The Katie Freeway pinoak
road on, the outbound. Not inbound we just do have two.

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Left lines they're almost finished pointing, at things but there's
a backup Outbound After graham parkway north side.

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Guy mike Rated The shepherd curve stall truck.

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In the number. Three lane there Is a Totek truck ninja.

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Handle that we need a heavy duty.

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ktrh we're checking out some of our top stories in.
The Newsroom, Here's cliff, Thank. You jimmy we're brought to
YOU By Dnm. Auto leasing the death toll And The
hill country floods up to one hundred. AND eleven a
Man is jarge were shooting and killing somebody In a
houston parking lot.

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Last month he had been deported at, least twice according to,
court Records and jimmy Got a florida man story. For you,
You ready? I'm ready, All right this guy surfer says
he's not going to let a shark bite keep him
out of. The water he's planning to heck the waves
as soon, as possible even after the attack got his Arm.

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i don't know if he lost his arm. Going back, All,
right okay he's gonna be. SHARK bait i was gonna
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so What Is jerome powell waiting for as it relates to?
Interest Rates, peter navarro who's one of the president's, big
Advisors Ripping jerome powell a, new one enlisting all the
reasons why he has turned up to be maybe THE
worst fed head.

Speaker 33 (01:10:40):
In history when he wanted to get Reappointed.

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By, biden right what did?

Speaker 47 (01:10:44):
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the inflation started, to build and it wasn't until it
was out of control and you couldn't Put the biden
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The bottle that he starts raising.

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Race garrels the worst thing he did when And the
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act on.

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That he kept his.

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Mouth shut contrast him and what they do In the hill.
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Of, that now YOU and i agree he's done two.

Speaker 47 (01:11:32):
Major blunders the only thing is is what he's.

Speaker 3 (01:11:35):
Doing now a third.

Speaker 47 (01:11:36):
Major blunder clearly it is the data says that we
should be at least fifty bases points lower, right now
and the cost. Of that let me just do the cost.
For you that's about a quarter to a half POINT
of gdp growth that. We lose that's about five hundred
thousand to seven hundred and fifty thousand jobs we. Don't

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create that's about one hundred and fifty billion dollars added
over ten years to the national debt because twenty to
thirty percent of that debt will be financed by short.

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Term rates it's over one thousand.

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where we got a trillion dollars. Out, there collectively it's
like five billion Dollars that jake pouls this this man
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everywhere With Thy art now.

Speaker 2 (01:14:16):
The, latest news weather. And traffic it's more of what matters.
To you From The John Morris. Services studios, Seven am,
Our Time Houston's. Morning News I'm. Jimmy barrett among our
top stories THIS ha f are the number of dead
and missing In The hill country, still rising there may
be legislative action on the, flood issues and coming up
at seven, o'h Eight The National education association breaks its

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ties With The Anti. Defamation league details in the. Minutes
ahead You're In Houston's. Morning, news first we're checking Out
That morning drive. Once again Here's.

Speaker 5 (01:14:49):
Sky, mike hey let's Do eat sloop six' ten northbound
At it and i'm still scrambling to get. YOU some
nnature i know the rex there that's Coming Off the.
Ship channel bridge legatise backups too about. To get ugly
you could do. The toll bridge that's. A great route
you could always take my secret Hack which Is Wayside. And,
katie freeway wow they cleared that Wreck Out at pinoak

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road already. On THE outbound now I Got a north
freeway wreck southbound right Under The beautiful. North street bridge
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Speaker 4 (01:15:20):
From our Ktrh top tax defenders Twenty Four, hour weather
center Part Of the cloudy, skies at food showers. And
storms again today's sixty percent chance high. Right about ninety
current temperature is seventy four at your official, Severe Weather
station news radio SEVEN. Forty k trh it's time now.
For The News, Here's, Cliffs saunders.

Speaker 6 (01:15:36):
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Speaker 7 (01:15:42):
Are not leading until this. Job Is Finished.

Speaker 6 (01:15:46):
Governor greg gabbett as one hundred and seventy three people
are still Missing In the Hill county. Or country floods
one hundred eleven. People have died that is higher than
the Death. Toll from harvey search operations are now in.
Day Number six flood spots is now on the agenda
for the special legislative session later This. Month In Austin
State senator paul bettencourt has some ideas for what he.

Speaker 8 (01:16:08):
Wants to see what we're going to try to do
is combined old technology. WITH new tech i think sirens
are good old tech because everybody understands when you, hear
a siren you.

Speaker 6 (01:16:17):
Got Trouble coming betton COURT with, Our tv. Partner channel
two all that drone footage that you've Seen From the
hill country is not helping searchers.

Speaker 9 (01:16:26):
Do their jobs on unmanned aircraft's land into a helicopter
that was searching for flood Victims In. The hill country
experts say that pilot should have known better than to
be flying.

Speaker 19 (01:16:34):
In the, area right now.

Speaker 10 (01:16:35):
THEY, have the tfr the temporary flight restriction because of
the emergency procedures that.

Speaker 9 (01:16:41):
Are Going on eric quintez runs. Drone pilot training he
says the crash. Was entirely preventable the FAA's online map
show where drones, can be flown and they're off limits
in an area That stretches from cerville to The Edge.

Speaker 1 (01:16:51):
Of.

Speaker 9 (01:16:51):
San marcus curville police say this and other incidents are
being INVESTIGATED. By The Feds Michael board news RADIO seven
forty ktr.

Speaker 6 (01:16:58):
It's now seven oh three and it. Makes it official
he'll tour. The damage himself. Later this week i'll be.

Speaker 11 (01:17:03):
Going down on friday with the first lady who would be.
Taking a trip and we don't want to get in
anyone's way because, You know it so what happens as
president goes and that ruin's AROUND focused on i don't
want anyone to Focus on us trump.

Speaker 6 (01:17:18):
And yesterday's, cabinet meaning meantime leftists in the mainstream media
want to pin the flood. On climate change now another
example of how that narrative just. Won't go away it
reached the end.

Speaker 12 (01:17:29):
Of the line no one's buying, the climate capacity no
one's buying these absurd Links like, the texas flood and
no one's buying, that You Know A green new deal
is going to save us from.

Speaker 19 (01:17:38):
An Earth apocalypse.

Speaker 6 (01:17:39):
Mark Morana With the, Climate, depot says unfortunately this narrative
is so well funded it. Will never die you can
help the victims and survivors. Of the floods we've got
a Link To The Kirk County flood RELIEF fund at,
ktrh Dot com on FACEBOOK and on x. Seven, oh
four Now, according TO fox Former Fbi director James Comey,

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and john BRENNAN the, former cia director are being criminally
investigated For lying to Congress about.

Speaker 19 (01:18:05):
The russia hoaks both.

Speaker 13 (01:18:07):
Of these disgraceful individuals turned against our constitution, in Our
country and i'm sure they did in Fact, lie to
congress and it's Up to The department of justice to
investigate that and to prosecute them.

Speaker 19 (01:18:18):
If They Did White House Press.

Speaker 6 (01:18:19):
Secretary caroline levitt today is the Day That former president
biden's doctor is supposed to be Grilled By The house
oversight committee about, his cognitive problems.

Speaker 3 (01:18:29):
And many are saying. It's about time.

Speaker 14 (01:18:32):
It's not, about medical privacy. It's too important the position
that it's all hushed up and covered under hippo and
say you can't.

Speaker 3 (01:18:38):
Know those things.

Speaker 15 (01:18:39):
That's Political Commentator, doctor brian jundef who also says this
one can't.

Speaker 3 (01:18:45):
Just go away.

Speaker 14 (01:18:46):
Otherwise it's, a cover up and it's a group of
unelected people running the country and then covering it up and.

Speaker 15 (01:18:53):
Lying About it if biden's doctor, doesn't show up he
will be. Held In Contempt Jeff biggs news radio upan
forty ky tie.

Speaker 6 (01:19:03):
Seven h five more Than seventy Thousand honduran and nicaraguan
nationals living HERE in the us will soon have their temporary.
Legal status revoked that includes several Thousand. Living in texas
ten people are charged with attempted murder for ambushing an ice.
Facility This Week Ohio senator Bernie moreno. Blames democrat rhetoric.

Speaker 16 (01:19:24):
These people that Were, ambushed in texas the people who
did it had signs that.

Speaker 3 (01:19:29):
Say no oligarchy is? That Sound? Familiar no kings does?

Speaker 16 (01:19:32):
That sound familiar you know they send out spoke signals
to the craziest.

Speaker 3 (01:19:36):
People among us, by.

Speaker 6 (01:19:38):
The way assaults on ice agents are of seven hundred
percent over. The last year two federal courts have now
Ruled against the texas law allowing illegals to be turned
over to Federal agents. By texas authorities the court's Ruling
that the feds, have Exclusive Power But State senator john
huffins says there's a particular part the federal, courts don't.

Speaker 17 (01:19:58):
Like is we try to go into this area Where
we gave texas law enforcement officers the ability to stop
someone if they see them entering in other than a lawful.

Speaker 3 (01:20:12):
Port Of Entry.

Speaker 6 (01:20:13):
State Attorney general ken paxton says he intends to continue.
Defending the law. Seven oh six the Astros lose to
cleveland and ten intings tend to six pregame tonight At
Six on sports, Talk Seven ninety the game at seven
on SEVEN ninety and ktrh and. Recapping our lead texas
flood death toll reaches one hundred eleven with one hundred
and seventy three people missing search operations now in Day

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Six on Cliff Saunders, On houston's News weather AND. Traffic
station ktrh.

Speaker 2 (01:20:42):
Stay in touch on your Drive In with jimmy Barrett
And The Houston morning news team.

Speaker 4 (01:20:51):
Seven to wait our Time Here On. Houston's, morning news
well this, SHOULD tell you i think everything you need
to know about. The Teachers' Unions The, national education association
in the nation's, largest teachers union is severing Ties With
The anti defamation league due to concerns stemming from The.
War in gaza so they have decided they are going

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to take the side of the Terrorists. Versus the israelis
the MEMBERS of the nea voted to halt THE use
of adl materials such as Lessons on anti Semitism, and
the holocaust so they will no longer be offering those
things in the public school systems as if they have

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the control. Of, the curriculum yes they, kind of. Do
don't they that's part. Of the problem that's why we
need to run. Our schools differently we Don't Need The
national education association controlling curriculum In our. Local texas schools,
SO this decision i don't know if it could be
revoked by the management. Of the union but the members themselves.

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Are the ones they voted in. Favor of this they.
Cut the ties that's that's. That's pretty sad now that's
not TO say that i agree with Everything That The anti.
DEFAMATION league does i, mean they have they have, in the,
past you know talked about organizations that really, weren't You,

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know anti semitic as. If they were they don't always
they are always one hundred percent successful in identifying who
the who the quote. Unquote ENEMY is but i would
hope that they would be looking at this and realizing
that progressives. Are not supportive they're not Supportive of, the
jewish people they're Not, supportive of israel they're Not supportive

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of israel's. Right to exist they are Supportive, of the
palestinians and they are supportive of the terrorist organizations who.
Support those people and that should be all you need
to know about where you throw your. Support politically Speaking
seven ten time for traffic, And, Weather, together SKay mike what?

Speaker 3 (01:23:10):
You got well We Cleared.

Speaker 5 (01:23:11):
THE Kdie freeway ktr rangis listeners were the first to
know about The Wreck at pinoak road, that was. Outbound
not inbound we also gave you the east loop before
the rest. Of the media northbound turning base and technically is.
Where it is it's kind of halfway in between their.
No man's land what are those big piles of stuff there.
ON the side i don't know, what that is but
this is northbound and we'll take up. Two left lines

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the wrecks pretty narly coming Off the ship channel bridge
and that's going up. SIX' ten north i keep seeing
these red dots eastbound after. Hersh it's a stall looks
like he's moved over. For the most part let's hit
our tip line seven one three two one. Two t Ips.

Speaker 48 (01:23:48):
Height good Morning sama this is sebby from a Hard.
Work in east side i'm headed with that way eight
but one right here it's even has dail deal and.
Traffic is backed up y'all. To check into it y'all have.

Speaker 5 (01:24:04):
A good, day by all right that's going, the OTHER
way now and i do. See that back up we
kind of get that out of the bridge where you
lose as you're trying To Get Across, the los angecenta
river we lose one. Of Our lanthes here southwest freeway
still a little it's a little messed up Still Right After.
The west park curve we had this wreck we Cleared.

Speaker 3 (01:24:21):
Long, Ago at chimney right I'M SKYLIKE In the Usa
rv Resorts dot com TRAFFIC Center.

Speaker 4 (01:24:27):
From R ktrh top tax Defenders Twenty. Four hour weather
center terry is dropping by. From the weather channel she.
Has the forecast here let's look. Ahead through the weekend
are we going to get any period of time here
where we just completely take showers and storms? Out of
the forecast? What month Is, this this IS july.

Speaker 20 (01:24:48):
Not that i, See, Maybe next week okay, SO part
of it a lot of this depends on where high pressure,
is positioned right now the high P out in the
atlantic and so we're getting a southerly flow through, parts
of the atmosphere and so that's transporting In.

Speaker 19 (01:25:07):
Moisture off the.

Speaker 20 (01:25:08):
Gulf if high pressure is positioned, on top of us
that tends to squelch thunderstorm development that does, happen in
the summertime and that, may happen next week but, for
the time being with that high pressure TO, the east
of us we will, be dealing with rain at least
some Rain In parts of southeast. Texas through the weekend

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today it's a sixty percent chance of showers and storms
and it's, mainly in the afternoon and it's more. Heavy
rain that's possible some gusty winds too with. Some of
those storms temperatures TODAY for most. Of us low nineties
there'll be a couple of upper eighties.

Speaker 19 (01:25:43):
Near the coast.

Speaker 20 (01:25:43):
Today thirty percent chance Of showers And, storms tomorrow and
friday sixty percent chance of getting.

Speaker 19 (01:25:49):
Wet over, the weekend.

Speaker 4 (01:25:50):
Right now seventy Four At Your, Officials Severe weather station NEWS.
Radio Seven Forty Ktrh, it's houston's morning news Brought To You.

Speaker 3 (01:25:59):
By new. South wind those Solutions.

Speaker 2 (01:26:01):
Now back to Jimmy Barretts And the houston morning news
team all the info you need to.

Speaker 4 (01:26:06):
Take on the day seven twenty one is A Time Here.
On houston's morning news if you were tuned in super,
super early this morning you may, have already heard this but,
even if you did. It's worth hearing again it's Not
Every day the greg abbott steps out of his comfort
zone and actually. Gets tough with somebody it actually, has
a great comeback both, of which he DID both of.

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Which i found shocking, he sold milk toast. But not
this time the flood has obviously inspired him to, take
on the media and that's a good thing back with
those comments. In, just a moment first we've got. Traffic
and weather together we're checking. Out the drive Again Here
Is sky Mike Katie.

Speaker 3 (01:26:43):
Freeway inbound heights boulevard that is a wreck. In the
frontage road it's not. Affecting the main lands you can't see.
It from up there but nothing.

Speaker 5 (01:26:50):
Good's HAPPENING down there and i do understand there is
a precinct One Vehicle involved here West, loop down to
uptown a lot of breaks from Two.

Speaker 3 (01:26:57):
Ninety up to uptown your jam From The.

Speaker 5 (01:26:59):
Ramp From Southwest freeway also southwest freeway still has it
recovered from that wreck we had a Long Time. Ago
at chimney rock You. Got BACKUPS after hillcroft I'M SKYMIKEE
On the Usa rb Resorts dot com TRAFFIC center from.

Speaker 4 (01:27:11):
R ktrh top tax defenders Twenty four hour weather Center Part.
Of the claude skies afternoon shower and storm chance at,
sixty percent for today looks like about. Ninety for the
high ninety Three. For tomorrow and friday thirty percent chance of.
An afternoon shower storm temperature right, now by the way
seventy four at your. Official Severe weather station news RADIO.
Seven forty k trh time to get you caught up

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on some top stories.

Speaker 3 (01:27:34):
Coming From, Our newsroom, Here's.

Speaker 6 (01:27:35):
Cliff thank you JIMMY We're Sponsored By dnm auto leasing
Search Operations. In the hill country enter day six thirteen
of the confirmed Deaths are Connected to Houston And country
singer pat green says members of his family are among
the one hundred. And seventy three missing get the LATEST
news anytime. At ktrh dot com our next update. Is

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at seven thirty?

Speaker 3 (01:27:57):
What events are happening These? Recent events in israel check
you in what?

Speaker 28 (01:28:01):
Should our involvement, be see what happened whether.

Speaker 3 (01:28:04):
Or Not it HAPPENS.

Speaker 2 (01:28:05):
He's radio seven ktrh seven twenty three is Our time here.
In Houston's Morning News, so GOVERNOR greg abbot who i
think of if if, WE were a drink i would
think he's milk.

Speaker 30 (01:28:18):
And.

Speaker 4 (01:28:18):
Maybe skim milk yo he's just. He's not very exciting
he's not very dynamic. As a speaker anyway he doesn't.
OFTEN raise his tone i mean every now, and again
he will but he rarely. Has a snappy comeback but
he got asked at the press conference, on the flooding

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yesterday he got? Asked who's to blame obviously he's had
a chance to think about how, to answer that question
because he's been asked. It so many times obviously he's tired.
Of Answering That Question here's governor greg abbot being asked
who's to blame and him telling the reporter. That's, what

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losers Do here you ask i'm going, To use your?
Words who's, to blame know this that's the. Word choice
of losers the way winners talk is.

Speaker 7 (01:29:16):
Not to put fingers. They Talk about solutions what texas is.
All about, IS solutions in fact i want to READ
you something that. I received last night tragedy.

Speaker 3 (01:29:27):
Has come because.

Speaker 7 (01:29:30):
That part is done, what we do now, who we
are now that's what the story. Is still being written
let it, be one, of grace of, grit of fierce
love and.

Speaker 3 (01:29:43):
The face of grief.

Speaker 7 (01:29:45):
Let it be the kind of story That Proves that the,
hill country may flood but. It does not fail say What,
you will about texas but, when the rivers rise so do,
we not with, blame not with bitterness but with, boots
on the, ground arms around strangers. And hearst wide open

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THAT'S the, text as i Know and THAT'S the america. That,
i believe in, well THIS person wrote because i know
Is true for all texas and what we will, Achieve
every single, DAY and as usual i think we'll lead.

Speaker 3 (01:30:21):
The way on this this will be a part.

Speaker 4 (01:30:24):
Of a special session i'm sure there will be things
that will be talked, about that siren system why that,
was not never installed or whether or not it, should
now be installed a better way to communicate things like
flood warnings to people in the middle of the night
who may not have access to a cell phone signal.

(01:30:45):
Or be paying attention that's the siren idea that. Come
out of it i'm sure they'll also be discussing how
the stake can help so many people who lost everything
in this flood and. Didn't have flood insurance so there
be plenty things to Guys in the special. Session seven
twenty six time to take a look at your money
as we Check It again With jeff bellinger.

Speaker 22 (01:31:05):
And jimmy and what is being called a major changing Of,
the guard at apple the iphonemaker's second highest ranking. Executive
announced His Retirement Chief operating officer jeff williams will step
down this month and leave the. Company later this Year
Vice President of operation Sabi khan Will. Succeed williams as
shoh mortgage bankers report applications from would be home buyers

(01:31:28):
jump more than nine percent last week to the highest,
level in two years and there was a similar pickup
in applications from. Homeowners looking to refinance as mortgage interest.
Rates tick slightly lower stock market futures all. Pointing Higher
this morning the dow futures are up one hundred. And
Thirty Seven, Points I'm jeff Bellinger Bloomberg business on NEWS.
Radio seven Forty Ktrh.

Speaker 1 (01:31:53):
You are houston's news why there were traffic plus breaking news.
Twenty four to Seven this is THE radio Seven forty
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Speaker 2 (01:32:03):
The more of what's Happening Now From The. John morris
services studios.

Speaker 4 (01:32:09):
Seven thirty Our Time Here, In Houston's Morning. News i'm
jimmy barrett among our top stories this f are still
searching and Still. Recovering here in texas texas agriculture has
taking a big. Hit from the flood and coming up,
at seven thirty eight how close would you get? To
an injured bear details. In the Minutes Ahead You're. In,
houston's morning names first let's chuck out That. Morning drive,

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with skymine all right if Your.

Speaker 3 (01:32:30):
Choices are THE, southwest or THE kd.

Speaker 5 (01:32:32):
Do the kd instead west part to the gallery is
a Good Way around. The southwest freeway too we Had The.
Rank of chimney rock now we've Got A stall at
west park and this is a. Mess from Bonderin Northbound.
You've got east loop you. KNEW about it first KGr range.
Listeners northbound turning basin that extent is still taking up
two left lines backed up From The bridge and Go
freeway skip From webster. Stuck at airport northbound.

Speaker 3 (01:32:55):
We got to get that yehaw back in. The south
forty five I'm Skylike on The Generator Supercenter dot com
TRAFFIC Center.

Speaker 4 (01:33:02):
From Our ktrh generator super Center Twenty. Four hour weather
center partly cloudie today sixty percent afternoon shower and storm
chats with the high temperature right about ninety so. Pretty
much like yesterday we'll get you The Complete forecast with
Terry Smith at the weather channel in nine minutes right
now seventy Five At Your Officials Severe weather station NEWS.
Radio seven forty ktrh time to check out some more.

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Of our top stories Here's The. News with cliff sanders
thank you very much.

Speaker 19 (01:33:29):
In me SEVEN thirty one. On ktrhr top.

Speaker 24 (01:33:31):
Story there's three priorities that's locating, the people out there
identify and, notify the next Again that is what i'm
taking is my job as.

Speaker 6 (01:33:38):
Sheriff Here To Do kirk county sheriff lowry leitha there
search operations enter a sixth day with at least one
hundred eleven dead and one hundred and seventy three. Missing
from the flood it will Take Years for the, hill
country to recover and experts say even flood insurance won't
cover the. Extent of the damage.

Speaker 25 (01:33:56):
It is completely separate from your homeowners policy and typically
the limits are two hundred and fifty thousand. Dollars For
the property.

Speaker 6 (01:34:04):
Rich Johnson with The insurance council of texas says that
this is not even close to. Covering the damage Done
Records show that camp mystics emergency plan was approved by state.
Inspectors two Days Before, the Rains Land commissioner doctor don
buckingham will join. Us at seven fifteen and then there's
all The Damage to the hill. Country's ranchers and farmers.

Speaker 27 (01:34:26):
Hundreds of miles of fencing that surrounded those ranches has,
all Been plowed Down and Texas ag commissioner said miller
says livestock that grazed on The banks of the.

Speaker 33 (01:34:35):
Guadalupe were wiped.

Speaker 26 (01:34:36):
Out the saddest part is when you go, down in that,
country you'll. See livestock bad livestock we've even seen cows
in the tops.

Speaker 10 (01:34:43):
Of the cypress.

Speaker 33 (01:34:44):
Trees has created a dangerous.

Speaker 27 (01:34:46):
Situation For rescue Crews texas department of agriculture is stepping
in to help those, affected By the flood but miller
says it'll take years.

Speaker 33 (01:34:53):
For Them To Rebuild rex soo snooze radio seven.

Speaker 6 (01:34:56):
FORTY Ktright thank you rex scam fund raiders razors are concern.
Is the Cleanup continues Criminologist doctor, alex del carmen says
people always capitalize, on events like this but you can
take steps to.

Speaker 28 (01:35:09):
Prevent To Protect, yourself the red cross we have the
various entities. That we know of There's Also. Components like
charity navigator they are actually vetting a lot of these
entities that are asking for money to ensure that they
are actually legitimate and that the money is going to
the right place.

Speaker 33 (01:35:24):
And the, right person he.

Speaker 6 (01:35:25):
Says check with a better business, bureau before you donate
or just go to The link, on our facebook, page
our EX page or at ktrh Dot Com for The
Kurt County Flund Real Fund Flood Excuse. Me flood relief
fund the left continues to play the blame game though,
at all.

Speaker 19 (01:35:42):
Of this even as.

Speaker 6 (01:35:42):
Bodies Are Being Recovered texas congressman wesley hunt has. SEEN
and heard enough i.

Speaker 29 (01:35:48):
Do not want to hear them lecture me on decency
when they cannot sit down and pray For the people
of texas and pray for those that lost that.

Speaker 3 (01:35:57):
Lost their Loved Ones hunt on.

Speaker 6 (01:35:58):
Fox yesterday's thirty four we told you last week, that
this could happen. And Now It has Houston City council
member letitia plummer Launches A run. For harris county judge
She's the second Confirmed Democrat. Challenger For Lena, hidalgo erika
lee carter the Daughter Of The late shila Jackson lee,
and former texas congresswoman, says she might Run but only.

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If hidalgo drops out.

Speaker 30 (01:36:21):
The chaos that we're seeing right now when It comes
to the democrat side is a clear indication of not
only failed leadership On The, part of lena hidalgo but
the absence in the. Vacuum of That.

Speaker 6 (01:36:33):
Leadership political analyst Ladavidyik Fireworks and Yesterday's Commissioner's Court in fort,
bend County Over REDISTRICTING.

Speaker 39 (01:36:41):
WITH.

Speaker 6 (01:36:41):
County judge k p george, arguing with both commissioners and
he had one woman escorted out of the hearing too.

Speaker 31 (01:36:48):
M stating public acts it raises serious red flags about
political self. RESERVATION over public service i asked him to recuse.
Himself from this matter.

Speaker 6 (01:37:00):
Merges in the middle, of a legal fight charged with money.
Laundering SEVEN Thirty Five the us Supreme court allows the
trump administration to significantly downsize the federal workforce in order
from the justices reverses a lower court ruling that temporarily
froze funding cuts and mass. Layoffs for federal agencies in

(01:37:20):
unsigned order says the lower courts injunction inflicts severe harm
on the government and interferes with the executive branches internal
operations in unquestioned legal authority to carry out a government.
Wide reduction In Force that is Darren Halpern Reporting there
the white house continues trade, talks with OTHER. Countries including
the eu.

Speaker 11 (01:37:40):
We're probably two days off from.

Speaker 3 (01:37:42):
Sending them a letter we.

Speaker 33 (01:37:44):
ARE talking to them i just wanted to know a
letter means a.

Speaker 6 (01:37:48):
Deal And on, Truth social last night trump teased an
announcement on deals with no less. Than seven different countries
now futures are up one hundred and forty. Three points
this morning this is following a loss of one hundred
and sixty Five points. On the dow yesterday oil futures
are up eleven cents to sixty eight dollars and forty,
four cents a barrel as gas prices Drop yet again
across houston to two dollars and seventy. Three cents a

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gallon it was three to ten a.

Speaker 3 (01:38:12):
Gallon.

Speaker 6 (01:38:13):
One year ago today jimmy mentioned this yesterday a record
was set in the second quarter for the amount of
people carrying one thousand dollars A Month car Payment Ktrh
car pro jerry reynolds says high end or rather high
used car prices. Are partly to blame.

Speaker 34 (01:38:30):
People really get to. Do in their homework they find,
out their new car no matter, what that payment is
may well be cheaper than a. Used one right.

Speaker 6 (01:38:38):
Now another factor is the Interest rates That Fed shared
your own pal has. Simply refused to cut seven thirty
sixty astros Lose at home to cleveland and ten innings
tend to six search operations as we recap Our Lead
in the hill country enter a sixth day with at
least one hundred eleven people confirmed dead one hundred. And
Seventy Three missing I'm Cliff Saunders on Use's News Whether

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In traffic station NEWS Radio Seven, Forty krh.

Speaker 2 (01:39:05):
World Events National headlines Houston's Morning news with Jimmy barrett.

Speaker 4 (01:39:13):
Seven Time Here. IN houston's morning news i don't know what.
You think of bears bears are big and. They're in
the wild. THEY'RE not they're not i guess you could
train a bear if, you had, a bear you know
from the being a cub all the way, up to an,
ADULT but even then i think they have. An Instinctively

(01:39:34):
wild nature so i'm not sure what this fifty nine
Year old guy. In california was thinking.

Speaker 3 (01:39:40):
He was.

Speaker 4 (01:39:41):
Near the oregon border he phoned in a report said
he saw a bear get. Hit by the way he
later admitted that he hit the, bear with his car,
felt guilty about it got out to try to render.
Aid to the bear so you have a four hundred
pound black bear that got hit the car that, this

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guy was driving and he thinks he's, going to help
him and he tries to give it a boost up
over a concrete barrier on the. Side of the road
the bear did what bears, are going to do because.
It's a wild animal the bear bit him chop down
on his, left forearm multiple TIMES and off duty emt luckily,
happened to come by applied to turn to, get to his.

(01:40:22):
Arm called nine one one guy was treated at nearby
hospital and he's. Going to, Be okay but, again i'm.
NOT sure, QUITE sure i mean i understand why you
might want, to help the bear especially feeling bad about,
having HIT the bear but i think that's when, YOU
called you know dnr or some sort of a. Wildlife
organization or whatever you don't try. To do it yourself

(01:40:46):
but what are? You going to do and what was
that going to do pushing him up, over a concrete
barrier unless you're trying to get rid of the evidence that.

Speaker 3 (01:40:53):
You hit, the bear you know maybe part.

Speaker 4 (01:40:56):
Of the problem is is that when, we think of
bears most Of us think Of Yogi bear or boo
boo or, some other you know, cartoon kind, of bear
you know The Bear. FROM the, jungle book i mean
bears are real and, they COULD be ferocious although.

Speaker 3 (01:41:15):
I will have been i did.

Speaker 4 (01:41:16):
Wrestle a bear once it was one of The shortest
wrestling matches i've. Ever been involved with but the, bear
had you know he had his nails, had been trimmed
back and he, had a you know he had something
over his mouth so that he. Couldn't accidentally bite me
and really. He didn't really wrestle all he did. Was
lean on me you have a four or five hundred pound.

(01:41:37):
Bear lean on you that's pretty much the end. Of
your wrestling match seven forty time for traffic AND whether
it's go i have wrestled a bear and.

Speaker 3 (01:41:44):
YOU'RE an ordained minister i, am An.

Speaker 2 (01:41:46):
Ordained minister And i'm GOING to california where i got
a cootie Shot This. Morning FOR california cooties because I
don't want to i don't want to, come, back a
liberal yeah or some sort. Of a, crazy person so
hopeful hopefully, that the, shop will you know. Last forty
eight hours I'll. Be back, on monday all. Right don't
come back oh it's a.

Speaker 3 (01:42:03):
Dark night of fascism.

Speaker 5 (01:42:04):
Let's Go to, The southwest. Freeway here jimmy northbound. We
cleared a stall we've Had all. Kinds of Southwest. Problems
doug from sharpstown you lose about ten minutes Trying to hit.

Speaker 3 (01:42:15):
The loop six ten the back door Looks to Be.

Speaker 5 (01:42:17):
About he'llcroft north freeway we cleared a very Minor Thing
at the shepherd curve that's. OUT of the way a
bit of a Back Quarter slip From little york Down
ien inbound the baytown side That's packed up at lockwood because.
Of the east text this backup is connected. Like your
kneebone terry that's an extra three or four minutes in
and then that. East text elevated Southbound Big Smudge From Ien,

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Katie freeway tyrone.

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Guy mike lest right be.

Speaker 23 (01:42:41):
Saw fourteen, sixty.

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Three you know Cokay this is a.

Speaker 23 (01:42:47):
Mustang on the shoulder with a brow out time and another.

Speaker 3 (01:42:50):
Vehicle on the inside Can't can't see a mustang and
not hum.

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Center from Our ktr generator super center Twenty Four Hour
weather centert. Terry, Smith is here Yeah i'm going to
california to. Officiate my. Niece's wedding very nice the only
bonus to this is it's going to be seventy seven
for The High.

Speaker 3 (01:43:11):
TEMPERATURE in san.

Speaker 4 (01:43:13):
Diego i think that's how they that's how they lure
you in, is with the?

Speaker 20 (01:43:17):
Weather, isn't it right well it is if.

Speaker 19 (01:43:20):
You, live, Near. The Coast right.

Speaker 20 (01:43:22):
Yeah san, diego's gorgeous and yes that's the best part
is that with the cooler weathers The, waters of the
pacific it tends to keep the temperatures a little more,
comfortable there generally speaking.

Speaker 19 (01:43:36):
Much Of The, year hey sky mike the two? And
you were humming was that from? Smoking, in The.

Speaker 3 (01:43:40):
Bandits No was mustang Sally Tower, WROTE down MUSTANG.

Speaker 20 (01:43:44):
Okay i didn't i DIDN'T hear enough Of. I, Love,
mustang salie okay well we've got our, typical heat and,
humidity which you know, for most of us we. Can
manage that, fine just you, know keep in mind especially
if you're outside for, long periods of time that your
body's going to want to get. Someplace cooler at times
but temperatures today upper eight east to low nineties and more,

(01:44:07):
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Very much like yesterday some of
them could, be big rain makers like an inch or
two of. Rain in an hour sixty percent chances, of
those storms today thirty percent chance Of, storms tomorrow and
friday and then over the weekend it's a sixty percent chance. Of,
rain both days now it's going to get a little
warmer starting, tomorrow through the weekend. Low to mid nineties

(01:44:29):
but that's what we're Supposed.

Speaker 19 (01:44:30):
To see, in july.

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For the Day ahead This, is houston's morning news Brought
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of blame either and she certainly would not be pointing
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And m auto leasing at least one hundred and eleven
people are dead. In The flooding tragedy president trump will
Visit the Area. On friday And jimmy lawmakers in florida
say they want to rename a Stretch Of roadway in Palm.
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Seven fifty two Our time Here. In houston's morning news
We Are Joined By Texas. Land, commissioner don buckingham dawn
thank you. FOR taking the time i you know this
has been a difficult week or more for just About,
everybody Here in. TEXAS including texas officials i know that
The Governor and the lieutenant governor and yourself have spent

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a lot Of time. In the hill country just if
you would give me your, impressions of you know how
people are holding up there and what the state's trying.

Speaker 10 (01:46:47):
To.

Speaker 3 (01:46:47):
Do, to help.

Speaker 23 (01:46:49):
Yeah absolutely thanks thanks for having.

Speaker 46 (01:46:51):
ME on this morning i wish it wasn't, on A
happier topic because I do think every texan has, touched
by this disaster probably one or two degrees away from
this disaster and. THE people, it affected, i myself of
course My mom lived in, Kerrville a long time My,
daughter went to mystic My Son. Went to camp stuart

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those were two of the camp directors that were lost
in their pursuit. Of Saving their campers so i've lost
several very dear, friends in this process and of course
have several other friends who've lost, be it, their granddaughter,
their niece you, know whatever.

Speaker 34 (01:47:28):
It is this.

Speaker 46 (01:47:29):
IS a terrible tragedy i think we're transitioning into the
Most deadly.

Speaker 19 (01:47:35):
Disaster.

Speaker 46 (01:47:35):
THAT texas has had i think the Death, count has
surpassed harvey or getting. Pretty close, to that so Basically
What happened was mother nature dumped what Would Normally go
over niagara falls in twenty four hours in the hill
country in, a matter of hours and that, the river
came up depending on where you're talking about twenty, five

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to thirty.

Speaker 19 (01:47:59):
Feet and it.

Speaker 46 (01:47:59):
Did that very, quickly and you know unfortunately. It's a
rural area there are. Not Cell phone receptions camp mistic
has been in. Place ninety nine years the water had,
never gotten that high and then we.

Speaker 19 (01:48:13):
Had the devastating.

Speaker 46 (01:48:14):
LOSSES that we've had, i think the local state and federal.
Response has, been Amazing You know The Texas department of,
emergency management mobilized early knowing that a storm was. Coming
into the area remember there are twenty one counties in
this Flood Disaster. Declaration by governor abbott that's, bigger than several,
states by the. Way in Geographic area, but but texas.

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Mobilized the state did the locals. Were obviously already mobilized
the fuds came in right. At the same time you
have thout. Dudes on the ground you had. Over eight
hundred rescues you. Had neighbor rescuing neighbor the community is
heartbroken and crying. And mourning the loss but, at the

(01:48:57):
same time they're a community and they're dedicated to rebuilding
even better.

Speaker 4 (01:49:02):
Than, it was before yep and that'll require a lot of,
help from. The STATE no doubt but i just want
to quick thoughtcause we're up at the end. Of The
show here but i'm very proud of the governor yesterday
for taking on reporters who always want to find somebody to.
Blame for these things there's nobody, to blame.

Speaker 3 (01:49:14):
For, This is there.

Speaker 46 (01:49:17):
Unfortunately mother nature just does some things that you. Can't
Fully prepare For So i'm WITH governor. ABBOT and i
agree i think everybody did the very best they, could
in this situation and the people trying to detract and
lie around.

Speaker 4 (01:49:31):
That, have no place no especially the ones that. Wanted
to politicize it thank you for. Joining us this. Morning
do appreciate. It Thank You You Bet Texas. Land commissioner,
dawn buckingham All Right off to san diego. To, Marry
my niece no i'm not. Going to marry her i'm going.
To officiate her wedding. That that sounds Better we'll, see
a monday morning, bright and early five and we'll see

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ale in