Attacks On ICE Agents Are Up By 1,200%

Jimmy Barrett takes you through the stories that matter the most on the morning of 12/08/25.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is US Radio seven forty kt RH Houston and
iHeartRadio station Guaranteed Human Now the latest news, weather, It's
more of what matters.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
To you from the John Morris Services Studios.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
Well, good morning, he's back five am our time here
in Houston's morning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top
stories as we get started this morning, attacks on ice
agents are up twelve hundred percent. Jasmine Crockett expected to
announce a Senate run today and coming up at five.
Oh wait, I got a chance to put this to test.
What would you spend big money on just to say

(00:40):
you did it? Details in the minutes ahead. First Monday Funday.
Welcome back to sky Mike. I understand you are under
the weather for a few days. You feel better, but yeah,
a lot better.

Speaker 4 (00:49):
I'm still short, but let's go downtown. I think we
still have this closure here. Double checks that. Holy wow,
they still have the Katie Freeway shutdown at forty five
on the westbound out lanes. That's some road construction they
did a shutdown. Plus, we're not going to see those ramps.
Next time we see those ramps. It's going to be
hot outside and I'm going to be perfectly well, all

(01:10):
right to ninety thirty four is outbound not inbound.

Speaker 5 (01:14):
Nothing good's happening there. That's a total shutdown.

Speaker 4 (01:16):
If you're coming over from the Heights or Garden Oaks
trying to get outbound, you're gonna have to go around
the loop and do a busting U turn. I'm Skymike
from the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
From our KTRH top tax Defenders twenty four hour with
U Center Partley Honti. Today, with the hot temperature right
about fifty eight, we start to warm back up again
starting tomorrow. We'll get the details with Jeff maarr In
for Terry today at the Weather Channel. We'll do that
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News Radio seven forty k TRH. It is time now

(01:47):
for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 5 (01:49):
Hey you, Jimmy, and good morning everyone, five oh one
on kg RH our top story. You're under a tech orders.
Are Tom Holman defending ICE agents after Dana bash on
Liberal CNN tried to confront him on arresting illegal alien criminals.

Speaker 6 (02:05):
It's just the aggressive tactics that we are seeing in
video after video. You're comfortable with those tactics that we're
all seeing with our own eyes.

Speaker 3 (02:13):
Look.

Speaker 7 (02:14):
Threats on ICE officers up twelve percent.

Speaker 5 (02:17):
Adding that agents have been docks and are getting death
threats daily. Meantime, the left is telling New Yorkers to
continue protesting ICE. This is incoming New York City mayor
the socialist zoron mumdani yours a constitutional right to put
us there.

Speaker 3 (02:33):
We will protect that.

Speaker 8 (02:35):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (02:35):
That video on X in Washington, President Trump, but the
Kennedy Center Awards called out Ukraine's Volodimir Zolensky for slowing
progress in peace talks with Russia.

Speaker 9 (02:47):
President Zelensky hasn't yet read the proposal that was as
of a few hours ago.

Speaker 5 (02:52):
His people love it, but he has it. Russia's fine
with it. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff met with Vladimir Putin
and Ukrainian officials separately last week. The president is shifting
his main focus to the economy, beginning a nationwide tour
this week to promote his agenda. Political analyst Jeff Krueer

(03:12):
says Trump wants to seize the economic narrative ahead of
the midterms.

Speaker 10 (03:17):
The economy that is always the number one issue in elections,
and it certainly was a big factor in the Democrat
victories in November because of the affordability was the buzzword,
and I think he wants to tackle that head on
the affordability issue.

Speaker 5 (03:29):
The tour starts in Pennsylvania. It's now five ZHO three.
Today is deadline day in Texas. As candidates must file
if they want to be on the ballot for the
primaries in March.

Speaker 11 (03:40):
Although the biggest decision has already been made by the
US Supreme Court, which ruled that Texas can use the
Trump backed congressional map.

Speaker 12 (03:49):
The map is in place for next year. The new
map that is a projected five feet pickup for Republicans.

Speaker 11 (03:56):
That's Brad Johnson, senior reporter for The Texan that.

Speaker 12 (03:59):
The decision we're waiting on from a politician is whether
Jason Crockett, congresswoman from Dallas, is going to jump in
the US Senate race.

Speaker 11 (04:08):
Today's filing deadline is at six pm Jeff Biggs News
Radio seven ky Thiery.

Speaker 5 (04:14):
Crockett makes her announcement at for thirty and with a
new map in place, Texas Democrat Lloyd Doggett says he
will not run for reelection now, Crockett wants to replace
the incumbent Republican John Cornick, who has introduced a bill
that would make bad guys attacking cops eligible for the
death penalty.

Speaker 13 (04:34):
This hopefully provides some deterrence and demonstrates our respect for
law enforcement.

Speaker 5 (04:41):
The Back to Blue Act has the backing of just
about every police union. It's a good beat. Democrats won't
sign on to it, of course. They also claim that
the forty four percent decline in mass killings is that
a reason to be optimistic.

Speaker 14 (04:55):
They try to claim gun violence is still high, but
really it's all about Paul politics.

Speaker 15 (05:00):
They want to take great news and make it good news,
take good news and make it poor news. The main
thing is, of course, they don't want Trump's crackdown on
crime to get any credit. A. W. R.

Speaker 14 (05:11):
Hawkins of Breitbart says the real problem is they can't
praise anything positive Trump does, and they're playing up common shootings.

Speaker 15 (05:19):
None of these really shit the template for what the
left has historically called a mass shooting.

Speaker 14 (05:25):
He says they're fudging the numbers to keep the gun
control debates alive.

Speaker 3 (05:29):
On to rape Rarden News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 5 (05:32):
Another after hours club rated in Houston over the weekend,
this one in third Ward, multiple arrests were made on
various charges. The same homeless issue that has plagued the
city for years is now spreading out into unincorporated parts
of Harris County. Officials are trying to deal with the problem.

Speaker 8 (05:50):
We've got agencies who've got nonprofit through help folks.

Speaker 5 (05:53):
Sometimes they don't want help. We will deal with that on.

Speaker 3 (05:56):
The case by case basis.

Speaker 8 (05:57):
But at the end of the day, you just can't
set up a house, up a encampment any place you
want to.

Speaker 5 (06:02):
Increasing three Republican Commissioner Tom Ramsey says that, but business
and property owners are warning about future impact if this
is not handled. The cities of Conroe and Paarland turned
out to have some of the highest property taxes in
the country. That is, even with all of the property
tax relief passed in Austin, well.

Speaker 16 (06:23):
A lot of it is actually just being washed out
by the overblown assessments that are being provided by these
local municipalities.

Speaker 5 (06:32):
Political consultant la Davidiot there it's now five oh sixty Houston,
Texans when they're fifth in a row beating the chiefs
in Kansas City twenty to ten head coach Tamiko Ryans.

Speaker 3 (06:43):
It's a good win.

Speaker 5 (06:44):
It's a win.

Speaker 17 (06:45):
I'll take a win no matter who it's against. I'll
take a win. And I know every time we win,
we improve our position. So that's what is about this year,
winning when we need to win and improve in our position.

Speaker 9 (06:56):
Right to get in a race.

Speaker 18 (06:57):
C J.

Speaker 5 (06:57):
Stroud through for two hundred and three yards in a
time touchdown. The Texans host the Cardinals next Sunday. I'm
Cliff Saunders on Houston's news, weather and traffic station News
Radio seven forty k t RH. In any events, a socialist.

Speaker 19 (07:12):
New York City government back opens, challenging Trump's tarim checky
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five oh seven are time.

Speaker 3 (07:22):
Good morning, back from Trump Derell. I thought I would
share a little bit of experience with you. First. First
of all, I want you to understand I am not bragging.
I'm I'm not trying to brag. Well, I wouldn't play
the Blue Monster, but it made me realize something. There
are some places that you go and some things that you.

Speaker 5 (07:44):
Do where.

Speaker 3 (07:48):
Money is really important. You know where you would just go.
I would never spend that kind of money to do
that to to their credit at Trump Deral, I was
there doing things I would not normally do, spending money
I would not normally spend. I mean nothing there is cheap.

(08:13):
I bought a golf hat. It was sixty four bucks
for a golf hat, and I didn't even blink. Luckily
for me, I've got good friends who played who paid
for the round we played on the Blue Monster cared
to guess how much that cost to Trump Derral. This
one eighteen whole round of golf on a very difficult

(08:36):
course that will kick your ass and laugh at you
the entire time you're playing it. And for that privilege
of getting beaten down by a golf course, they charged
right around six hundred bucks of person. That's for one round,
eighteen holes. You do the math on that one. But

(08:57):
then I thought to myself, Okay, yeah, that it's kind
of ridiculous. But the place was packed, and not with
people that were very good golfers. I was better than
most of the golfers I saw, and I haven't picked
up the clubs in almost two years. But they were
happy to drag their carcasses around that course just to

(09:17):
say they'd played it just to say they'd been there,
just to get little you know, Trump toral ballmarkers, just
to get a blue Monster shirt or a Blue Monster hat,
just to say they did it. You know what, I think,
to a lesser extent, that is true of all of
us in our lives. Right There are some things that

(09:40):
if you had the chance to do it, the premium
would be so high you would never ever normally consider
spending that kind of money. But just getting access to
something you always have wanted to do, the bververbial bucket
list item, people will spend big money on that. So
here's my question today for you, what is that item

(10:01):
for you? I realized that Bunny is always an object
for all of us. But you know, if push came
shop and you had to spend stupid money that you
would not only spend, what would you spend it on
to do that one thing you've always wanted to do,
or go to that one place you've always wanted to go.
For example, if you're a golfer, if somebody said to you,

(10:22):
give me one thousand dollars and I'm going to put
you on augustin National where they play the Masters, would
you do it? Yeah? You probably would if you're a golfer,
would you five? Ten? Time for traffic and whether together.

Speaker 4 (10:35):
We wanted to tour all the classic baseball parks like
one summer and you know, go to like Bush, Saint
Louis and of course Tiger Stadium.

Speaker 3 (10:43):
There's a small problem with that one, doesn't it. Jimmy
and Wriggling and all that. So that was yeah, I
mean think about all that. You've got airfare, you've got
the hotel accombinations, game tickets and all that stuff. Yeah,
I've never been the same way.

Speaker 4 (10:54):
All right, So let's head to it ten. Now we
have it open ish. We've got two lanes and that's
all we're gonna get. Folks, I want you to double
check my work here for me, because I'm looking from
if you're playing.

Speaker 3 (11:07):
The home game, I'm looking at camera three zero five.

Speaker 4 (11:09):
What I've got and according to what I was told
is that we've got two lanes and that's it.

Speaker 5 (11:14):
Two lanes on the outbound.

Speaker 4 (11:16):
Katie Freeway from forty five out to Studiomont And that's
got to be a lifestyle all the way through the summer,
so all the way through the mid of the summer.

Speaker 3 (11:24):
So check my work.

Speaker 13 (11:25):
Here.

Speaker 4 (11:25):
Make sure that I've got two lanes on the KD
Freeway outbound between forty five and Studamont. All right, two
ninety outbound at thirty fourth. Nothing good's happening here. This
has been a shutdown. I don't know how long it's
been like this, but it's completely closed westbound coming off
of six ten. So go ahead and stay the course
on six' ten itself and busting you turn down At woodway.

Speaker 5 (11:47):
And you Can, oh you can't do. That you can't do.
That let's see.

Speaker 4 (11:50):
Better let's head. Up let's do THE Kd freeway. Instead
for now that you're, alternate you can Do Himstein. Highway
just stay the course with those. Lights i'm Sky mike
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jeff and it looks like it's just a one day cool.

Speaker 20 (12:09):
Down, yeah we're not going to stay cool very. Long
as you just, mentioned we're going to rebound into the sixties,
tomorrow then be in the seventies starting On wednesday and
continuing Into thursday And friday before the next coal front
arrives as we head towards the upcoming. Weekend but you'll
know it's a big change. Today yesterday we climbed to
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Ktrh all, RIGHT i have to Mid i'm a little
bit surprised by some of the holidays shopping Figures i'm. Seeing,
oh by the, way the question, today you know how
to participate right? It just in case you, Don't and
AGAIN i kind of brought it up with my Little
trump derout trip over the. Weekend if you have something

(13:09):
that is kind of like on your short list where
if you had the opportunity to do. It you would
not normally have the opportunity to do, it but if you,
did you would spend big money to do, it or
what you would consider big money to, be just because
you'd never have the chance to do it. Again what
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thing or things that you would want to.

Speaker 3 (13:33):
Do all. Right what has really surprised, me AS i
was starting to, say is that it's looking like holidays
sales are holding. Up holiday sales are holding. UP i
really thought that we were going to have like a
big push On Black Friday Cyber monday and then the
sales would just fall. Off so, far they haven't fallen.
Off so. Far it's, looking at least for, retail is

(13:55):
like a very good holiday. Season the question is how
are we affording all? This Kevin lurry on being careful
with that credit card coming up? Next first, though at
five forty traffic and whether it together it started to you,
skybine all.

Speaker 5 (14:07):
Right we're zooming in on two ninety at thirty.

Speaker 4 (14:09):
Fourth this is, outbound not, inbound and they are letting
some people.

Speaker 5 (14:13):
Through they haven't opened the whole.

Speaker 4 (14:14):
Thing i'm wondering if they're just bleeding off the people
that were stuck in the, backup and if they're going
to keep investigating. Here so hold the fourth down two.
Ninety just keep considering it closed at forty thirty fourth
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That i'd rather do that Than Hempstead highway any, day all,
Right Katie. Freeway check my work outbound forty. Five i'm

(14:37):
showing two lanes the BEST i can, see just two
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A monday. Morning feels like A monday. Morning let's see
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Speaker 5 (15:23):
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Appy twenty three at a time here In houston's morning.
News all, right, yeah we're putting a lot of things
for the holidays on our credit. Cards not probably not
the best thing to, do but we're doing it, evidently
maybe that's why holiday sales are so. High maybe we're
doing it with the best of. Intentions we'll just pay

(16:20):
it off after the, holidays or as soon AS i
can after, holidays and hopefully that's that's the. Case everybody
wants to have a Nice. CHRISTMAS i get. It KEVIN.
O larry saw him On Fox business talking about the
excuses that we always use of why we're going to
spend that money even though we really don't have that
money to. Spend and also he actually has a very

(16:43):
good idea in here for what kind of credit card
you need to have for things like paying those subscription.
Bills Here's Kevin.

Speaker 21 (16:51):
Olllary so what happened on Precedents at over two hundred
and eight million people bought online Between Black friday And
cyberne D that's never happened.

Speaker 5 (17:01):
Before and the reason it occurred partly WAS.

Speaker 21 (17:03):
Ai it was able to generate offers knowing your history
of buying in an unprecedented way on, TikTok On instagram
and all the. Platforms it was really well done this.
Year now a lot of people use credit card, debt
which is a two edge.

Speaker 5 (17:20):
Sort AS i always, say.

Speaker 21 (17:22):
If you buy something and you pay it, Off you've
done yourself a huge. Favor you have not paid any
interests to carry on. It you've advanced your credit score
because during this holiday period you tend to put twenty
to thirty percent more average spending during this period From
thanksgiving through to the end of The christmas, holiday and

(17:42):
so you really want to have a plan to pay
that off or you're paying twenty three percent interest on.

Speaker 3 (17:46):
It and that is.

Speaker 21 (17:48):
Stupid so this is the, balance AND i think even
though an extra billion dollars went into, it we've had
credit cards in society for a long, time and if
you know how to manage, it it actually helps you over.
Time the one other THING i noticed lately WHICH i
don't like to see is when young people, cohabitate even

(18:08):
when they don't get, married they go to one. Card that's.
Crazy somebody gives up their financial. Identity the only way
you adventu your credit card score In america is to
pay off your credit.

Speaker 5 (18:18):
Card, yes that's. It and so this is.

Speaker 21 (18:20):
A bad trend and the last one this. Year too
many people putting all their cards. Online never do. That
only have one with a limit of twenty five hundred
dollars on. It that, way when you get, hacked that's
the max you.

Speaker 3 (18:33):
Lose that's.

Speaker 5 (18:34):
Smart and then it's very. Interesting ALWAYS i have.

Speaker 3 (18:38):
A trash, CARD i call.

Speaker 21 (18:39):
It everybody has, It netflix has, It amazon has, it
but it bounces at twenty five.

Speaker 22 (18:45):
Hundred.

Speaker 3 (18:46):
Interesting that seems like common. Sense but to be honest with,
You i'd never really thought of that idea of just
just HAVE i do do that with just having one
card for those types of. Things But i'm pretty sure
the limits a lot more than twenty five hundred. Hundred
MAYBE i need, To As kevin o'luria, says get a trash.
Card five twenty, six it's time to take another look

(19:06):
at your.

Speaker 5 (19:06):
Money good.

Speaker 23 (19:08):
Morning Southwest airlines cut its profit target for the, year
citing the fallout from the government's. Shutdown, however the carrier
says bookings have recovered after a temporary. Slowdown that's in
shares Of southwest rising close to six percent On. Friday
checking in on trading this, morning stocks are holding steady
to start a busy week for. Investors The Federal reserve

(19:29):
is widely expected to cut interest rates later this. Week
this Past, friday THE s AND p five hundred finished
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I'm Jimmy Barrett Bunger Top. Stores this f our holiday
sales big so. Far he Heck seth Compares trump To
reagan when it comes to defense and coming up at
five thirty, Eight President trump suggests that we rename. Football
details of the minutes ahead first strict out that morning

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vibes Got mike's, here all, right this is.

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Weird i'm still seeing some laneage open on two. Ninety
note that's the.

Speaker 3 (20:33):
Feeder that's the, feeder all.

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Right they still have the main lanes shut down two ninety,
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Here let's keep switching around.

Speaker 5 (20:44):
Us let's take.

Speaker 4 (20:45):
Ten i'm not a big fan of Himstead HIGHWAY tc
gesture to forty third of gets you around.

Speaker 5 (20:50):
That let's go to the hard Hats.

Speaker 16 (20:51):
Hi got, Back scott from the hard working.

Speaker 5 (20:54):
Dude going north on The beltway toll.

Speaker 15 (20:57):
Bridge there's a tall pickup truck in the right lane
that's on the.

Speaker 4 (21:01):
Northbound all, right outstanding our first banana sticker of the.

Speaker 5 (21:04):
Morning it looks to me like we just ninjaed.

Speaker 4 (21:06):
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News Here's Cliff. Saunders good, Morning.

Speaker 5 (21:35):
Jimmy good morning. Everyone it's five point thirty one in
our top story this, hour.

Speaker 24 (21:38):
Your Money democrats created, scarcity whether it's an energy or over,
regulation that we are now seeing the suffordability, problem AND
i think next year we're going to move on to.

Speaker 5 (21:51):
Prosperity Treasury Secretary Scott Besten TILLING cbs has faced the
nation and that THE us, economy despite the messaging from
the mainstream Media, democrats is having a quote very strong holiday.
Season things, though would be better had we not gone
through a historic shutdown this.

Speaker 25 (22:08):
Fall shutdowns are, Stupid they Damage. America they shouldn't, happen
and we got to figure way not to have these things.

Speaker 5 (22:13):
HAPPEN Jp Morgan CHASE Ceo Jamie diamond On Fox's Sunday Morning,
futures THE fed begins Its december meeting. Tomorrow futures are
unchanged overnight oiled down slightly to just under sixty dollars a,
barrel while gas of line prices Across houston are averaging
two fifty one a gallon this. Morning there's energy, affordability

(22:34):
and that term has become one of the top kitchen
table issues. Lately David holt with The Consumer Energy alliance
says that's why The president is trying to Unleash american.

Speaker 26 (22:44):
Energy the declaration of an energy emergency on day one
of The trump. Administration gasoline and diesel prices have come way.
Down it's also starting to see some ripple effect throughout
commodities and grocery prices and other things across the.

Speaker 5 (22:58):
Economy trump is alsocking off a nationwide tour to promote
his economic accomplishments and agenda. Tomorrow that'll be In. Pennsylvania
we'll have a preview at six. O'clock it's now five
point thirty.

Speaker 27 (23:10):
Three the days in which these narco terrorists designated terror
organizations operate freely in our hemisphere are.

Speaker 5 (23:17):
Over secretary Of War Pete hegseith defending THE us strikes
on drug votes at The Reagan National Defense forum this,
week and in, Fact hegseth Called trump the true heir
To reagan's peace Through strength. Doctrine democrats don't like hearing.
That they don't like the boat, strikes and they hate
the president's immigration, policies especially the ones that drew them

(23:40):
up for.

Speaker 18 (23:40):
Him WHEN i think About Stephen miller and his white supremist,
rhetoric it reminds, Me, yes it reminds me of the
way The nazis Described jewish.

Speaker 5 (23:53):
People Squad's Ilhan omar ON cbs also claimed that the
president has a quote creepy obsession un quote with her
and judging by some of the latest polling that we're
seeing from the Liberal Pew Research, Center americans are less
informed than they used to be just ten years.

Speaker 28 (24:10):
Ago in twenty twenty, five thirty six percent Of americans
say they followed the news all or most of the.
Time that's down from fifty one percent in twenty. Sixteen
american Spectators Jeffrey lord points to.

Speaker 29 (24:22):
Overexposure people get so tired of the whole thing that
they don't wash or.

Speaker 28 (24:27):
Read, Also republican trust in the media has decreased compared
to The. Democrats lord says the conservative voice was non
existent until The National review hit the, stands.

Speaker 30 (24:37):
And then starting With Bill, busley slowly just just built
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Five yet another troubling trend from universities In. Texas they
continued to admit thousands of students from our adversary countries Like, Russia,
china Even.

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Iran this is.

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Raising some serious questions about potential national security.

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Risks we've had scores Of chinese students arrested over the
last decade for. Spying these, individuals of, course have infiltrated
the government.

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Business Jeff atticott with The Warrior Defense project says this
problem has been completely ignored for.

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Decades the only administration has really tackled this issuere at
The trump. Administration prior Administration's Republican Democrat they've really turned
a blind eye to this, issue he.

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CHRISTMAS Usa today taking flak for their list of the
Worst christmas songs ever that one was number two the
Worst alvin and The Chipmunks The chipmunks Song christmas did
come early FOR a AND m, fans, though The achis
make the twelve team field for The College Football playoff
seed at Seven.

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Jigglem Mike oko's team lost its regular season finale At,
texas kept them.

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Out of THE Sec championship.

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Game good consolation prize home game with the winner Getting
Ohio state.

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The selection ON. Espn so The akius Host miami On december.
Twentieth tech is the fourth. Seed they get a. Buy
ut is left. Out they'll Play michigan at The Citrus.
Bowl oh, boy Other texas teams in bowl, games that's your.
Problem jimmy uh PLAYS lsu at The texas BULLET Nrg.
STADIUM tcu is in The Alley bowl against USC. Ut

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San antonio Plays Florida international in The First Responder, bowl and,
yes five and Seven rice gets a bull. Bid they'll
Play Texas state in The Armed Forces.

Speaker 3 (27:12):
Bowl do you agree with? That shouldn't losing teams should
not get bull.

Speaker 5 (27:16):
Bids, well they're probably about twenty More bowl games than
there need to.

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Be that's a.

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Station News radio seven forty K.

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Speaker 3 (27:34):
Varrett he, Said, Now President trump wonders if we should
be calling it? Football What, no he said this he
really did five thirty eight at a time here In
Houston's Morning. News President trump, says soccer is the real.
Football so maybe we should re visit what we call

(27:54):
The National Football league or what has become our national
pastime because football is more popular than. Baseball it really
is our national. Pastime SO i guess if we're gonna
have some fun and play along with, it then we
should probably think to, Ourselves, okay, well if there's some
merit and it makes more sense that you would call

(28:20):
soccer football because, well first of, all the rest of
the world calls the, football and second of, all you're
using your, feet not that you don't kick a. Football you,
do but it's not the biggest part of the. Game
you see the, kickoffs punning field. Goals that's. It it's
not a really big part of the. Game so the question,

(28:41):
becomes and here's where the problem. Lies if you didn't
call it football Or american, football what would you call?
It what names make? Sense grid, iron, pig, skin, uh,

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rugby and? Pads what do you call? It that's the.
PROBLEM i don't think that that. WORKS i don't think
there's another name you can come up. With but that's
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Speaker 5 (32:50):
Today is the deadline for candidates to file to run
in The texas primaries In. March democrats are crying for
a full scale investigation into the drug boat. Strikes andre
is so upset about being left out of the college
football playoff they say they're not going to play in
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Speaker 3 (33:21):
News radio SEVEN. Ktrh how do you feel about the.
Future do you think the future looks? Good The president
thinks the future looks. Good all of his aides seem
to think the future looks. Good Scott bessen and the
Like Kevin. Hassett they're all touting the economy for twenty twenty,
six and evidently The president's planning a nationwide blitz to

(33:42):
tout his economic agenda and to talk about the quote
unquote affordability. Crisis Jeff creerer JOINS us political analyst and
the podcast. Host let's let's start with this whole, Idea,
jeff that we have an affordability. Crisis do you buy?

Speaker 33 (34:00):
That, WELL i, MEAN i do think we're still recovering
From biden. COMICS i, mean we had four years of
really a tough, economy AND i mean inflation got up
to nine, percent which is the highest in forty, years
and you, know interest rates, Served SO i mean presidents

(34:21):
only had ten, months ten plus months to really try
to rectify the problems That biden, caused and it takes
a little bit of. Time SO i, MEAN i do
understand people are hurting and they're still i mean, Recovering
BUT i don't think he is the culprit. Here of,
course you know when he left office the first, time
remember interest rates were low and inflation was one point four,

(34:43):
percent and then of Course biden gets in there and
things go.

Speaker 3 (34:46):
Crazy, well the PROBLEM i have is that there wasn't
an affordability, crisis at least not with the mainstream media
until this president took. Office they never once talked about
an affordability crisis during The biden.

Speaker 33 (34:58):
Years that's exactly, right and went. Well inflation was nine.
Percent they weren't talking about an affordability. Crisis you're, right
AND i mean they did their best to cover For Joe.
Biden so, NOW i mean that's the. BUZZWORD i, mean
that's how The democrats did so well in the elections In.
November and just you, know a few days ago they

(35:20):
were able to cut The republican margin in a conservative
district in, half and you, know they really feel like
they've got the momentum going into the midterms using this.
Term so, yeah the president needs to get out there
and tell The american people what he's doing and really
focus on this issue BECAUSE i think it's a winning
issue for. Them but you, know they need to really

(35:41):
put the time in to go around the country and
that's what he's. Doing he's starting In pennsylvania and there'll
be other. EVENTS i think it's a good. IDEA i do.

Speaker 3 (35:49):
TOO i wonder About, pennsylvania, though why do you think
he Picked pennsylvania for the first.

Speaker 33 (35:52):
STOP i, mean my, gosh that is the battleground. STATE i,
mean it's such a toss up. STATE i, mean you've
got to you got A republican, senator you get A democrat.
GOVERNOR i, mean it's.

Speaker 13 (36:03):
Always up for, grabs always very very.

Speaker 33 (36:06):
Close SO i MEAN i think that's where he wants
to start BECAUSE i think he feels like he's got
work to, do and that's a good state really to
sort of test some of these messages THAT i think
they're going to be trying in other, states And i'm
sure they'll spend time in what's called the battleground. STATES i,
mean remember he won all the battleground states in twenty twenty,

(36:27):
four But republicans have had a hard, time you, know replicating.
That SO i, mean as a supporter of his and
one who believes he's doing a good, JOB i really
help he's.

Speaker 3 (36:38):
SUCCESSFUL i think you're probably right about. THAT i think
Probably michigan is on the, List, OHIO a lot of
Those midwestern states are probably on the. List those are
the states that are hurting the, worst at least generally
hurt the worst because they generally had most of the manufacturing,
jobs right and they're the ones that have been decimated for.

Speaker 33 (36:57):
YEARS i mean that they're the ones that have seen you,
know the factories leave and all the manufacturing leave and
they're the ones that have really.

Speaker 13 (37:05):
Suffered and also you've had the out.

Speaker 33 (37:07):
Migration you've had people leave those states because of you,
know lack of. Opportunities so people have known family members
who have left the state and they realize it's been you,
know a state that it really hasn't done as well
as let's Say texas or or a state that's another
state that's, booming Obviously.

Speaker 3 (37:25):
Florida so, YEAH i think it's going.

Speaker 33 (37:27):
To be an important sort of test to see how this.
Goes BUT i, MEAN i really, THINK i, mean The
president says it's a. HOAX i really think there are
people out there that are.

Speaker 3 (37:38):
Hurting it's just the.

Speaker 33 (37:40):
Hoax is it's The republican's, Fault It's President trump's.

Speaker 3 (37:42):
FAULT i think that's that's the. HOAX i think you're
right about. That, jeff thanks for joining. Us good to
talk to, you. SIR i appreciate. It political End list
podcast Host Jeff grueira is five fifty seven.

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You from The John Morris Services. Studios six am now.
Here In Houston's Morning, News I'm Jimmy. Barrett among our
top stories this half, Hour Jasmine. Crockett will she make
a run for the Us? Enit we'll probably find out.
Today Tom homan says attacks on ice agents are up
over twelve hundred percent and coming up at six o'.
EIGHT Us Weekly's top Ten holiday movie? List did your

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favorite make the? List details in the minutes. Ahead, first
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good morning.

Speaker 5 (39:37):
Everyone it is five oh one ON Kgrh Ower chops.

Speaker 3 (39:41):
STORY i am closer to yes THAN i am.

Speaker 5 (39:42):
NO i will tell you That Texas Democrat Congresswoman Jazzin
crockett a week. Ago the filing deadline for candidates to
run in The march primary here In texas is at
six o'clock.

Speaker 12 (39:53):
Tonight it sounds like The democratic primary FOR Us senate
next year will be upended By Congressman Jasmine crockett has
an event scheduled to make an, announcement and it's hard
to see her hosting an announcement just to say she's
running for re election to her congressional.

Speaker 5 (40:06):
Seat Brad johnson With The Texan crockett's announcement at four
thirty and since THE Us Supreme court upheld the New
texas congressional, maps Demograt Lloyd doggett has decided against running
for another. Term, meantime In, washington.

Speaker 17 (40:21):
We're making so much money with tariff's that will also
be able to make a nice dividend to middle income.

Speaker 5 (40:26):
People that Is President, trump before hosting The Kennedy Center
awards last, night doubling down on tariff driven checks dividend
checks rather For americans next year before the. Midterms this
comes as The president takes his economic message directly to the.

Speaker 34 (40:41):
People President trump is set to launch a nationwide tour
to tout his economic agenda ahead of next year's. Midterms
political Analyst Jeff carewerer Says trump may have been late
to the twenty twenty five, campaign but he's all in.

Speaker 10 (40:52):
Now he saw what happened In november when they had some.
Losses he got involved in the race In. Tennessee he
was able to pull out a victory there for that.
Candidate SO i think it's a sort of energizing hand
to get out there and sell his message about the.

Speaker 34 (41:05):
Economy trump's tour will start In pennsylvania with additional events
later this month and After New Year's Coryolson News radio
seven FORTY.

Speaker 3 (41:12):
Ktra in, Fact trump will be In pennsylvania.

Speaker 5 (41:15):
Tomorrow Marjorie Taylor, green she's Leaving congress In, january but
she's not leaving. Quietly she's calling Out republicans for being
two faced when it comes to their support of the.

Speaker 35 (41:27):
PRESIDENT i watched many of my colleagues go from making
fun of, him making fun of how he, talks to
when he won the primary in twenty twenty, four they.

Speaker 5 (41:37):
All started.

Speaker 35 (41:40):
Ski's ball, Language leslie kissing his, ass and decided to
put on A maga hat for the first.

Speaker 5 (41:44):
Time green on Sixty. Minutes it's now six zho. Three
attacks ON ice are up twelve hundred percent from last,
year but the mainstream media refers to complain ABOUT ice
tactics when they arrest criminal illegal aliens. Orders Our Tom
homan isn't having.

Speaker 7 (41:59):
It they're being docks on social media, again death threats
every day they've been they've been, attacked they've been shot,
at and and you, know these officers look for the
worst of the, worst so they're they're protecting Themselves homan ON.

Speaker 5 (42:13):
Cnn but the left wants to obstruct continuing to tell
illegal aliens just how to resist.

Speaker 3 (42:20):
ICE sis does not have a judicial warrant signed by a.
Judge you have the right to SAY i do not
consent to.

Speaker 5 (42:25):
Entry Socialist New York city mayor elect Zoron Mom donnie ON. X,
Yesterday Texas Senator John cornyn introduces a bill that would
make bad guys attacking cops eligible to be put to.
Death he says the legislation expands self defense rights for
com police, officers.

Speaker 13 (42:43):
Common sense enhancement of the current.

Speaker 5 (42:45):
Law The back of The Blue act has the support
of nearly every police officers. UNION a decline in mass
shootings over the last two years apparently is not a
cause for optimism according to the. Left AW. R hawkins
Of breitbart, says they refuse to Acknowledge trump's crime crackdown is,
working and they're fudging the.

Speaker 15 (43:06):
Numbers the most recent what they call a mass, killing
which was The, Stockton california. Shooting every outlet is tried
to present that as a quote unquote mass, shooting but
there are multiple. Shooters it happened at a two year
old's birthday, party but they are going to call it
a mass. Shooting, anyway just to up the numbers as
much as they.

Speaker 5 (43:26):
Can he says they're doing this to keep gun control.
Alive multiple arrests made this weekend AS hpd rated yet
another after hours, club this one In Third. Ward it's
now six PO oho. Five houston's homeless problem is spreading
to the, suburbs as we see camps start to pop
up near.

Speaker 31 (43:44):
Spring when you realize that more people live in unincorporated
areas than in the, city it makes.

Speaker 8 (43:50):
Sense it's only natural that the issues related to homelessness
and other urban issues are going to find themselves in
Unincorporate Harrison.

Speaker 31 (43:58):
County preasting Three Commissioner tom And ramsey says this is
something his office is taking seriously and.

Speaker 8 (44:03):
Addressing we do call in the sheriff's office or hospital's.
Office they have especially trying folks to engage to buy
them to help they.

Speaker 31 (44:11):
Need he, says, well compassion for the homeless is. Important
allowing mass public camping isn't safe for. Anyone Ethan Buchanan
News radio seven FORTY krh.

Speaker 5 (44:21):
Homeowners In conroe and Pair land are paying some of
the highest property taxes in the, Country so what happened
To texas's property tax.

Speaker 16 (44:29):
Relief, well a lot of it is actually just being
washed out by the overblown assessments that are being provided
by these local.

Speaker 5 (44:38):
Municipalities political Consultant Lad davidia six h. Six The texans
beat The chiefs In Kansas city twenty to.

Speaker 8 (44:45):
TEN. C.

Speaker 5 (44:45):
J stroud throws for two hundred three yards in a.

Speaker 36 (44:48):
Touchdown, no that's a, blessing but you, know all these
things to clean up and, offensively you, know we got
to be better in the second. Half but you, KNOW i,
thought you, know we played, hard and you know In
december you can get you want to Get, wallims you,
know and that's what it really.

Speaker 5 (45:00):
Matters The texans have now won five in a. Row
I'm Cliff saunters On houston's, news weather and traffic, Station
News radio seven FORTY ktrh.

Speaker 10 (45:10):
From.

Speaker 5 (45:10):
Portland portland has been on fire for years to right
here in. TOWN i, mean it feels like things are
just getting worse and.

Speaker 3 (45:17):
Worse Use radio SEVEN. KTRH i love that. MOVIE i
could RECITE i could recite lines from The that's HOW
i think you know you love a, movie even if
it's a, silly stupid, movie is that you can actually
recite lines. SURPRISED i couldn't be more surprised IF i

(45:39):
woke up tomorrow morning with my headstone to the. Carpet
that's an obscure line from that, movie BUT i remember.
It you, know the gift that keeps home given the
whole year Long. CLARK i just remember all those lines
Because i've seen it so many. TIMES a really Good christmas,
movie especially at this time of the, year is one

(45:59):
that you have to. Include you have to watch, it
or especially you have to watch it if you're really
not in the holiday spirit yet and you need to get.
THERE Us weekly came out with their list of the
Best christmas movies of all. Time, now by, best do

(46:21):
they mean like the best quality or do they mean
just loved the best by? People i'm not. Sure number
Ten i'll do this reverse. Order number ten on the
List Love actually. WHAT i don't THINK i ever saw that.
MOVIE i Know Leam neeson is in That Colin firth
has a lot Of british actors in that. CAST i,
mean sure. WHAT i guess the holidays are involved. In

(46:42):
it's a love story having to do with the. Holidays
number Nine National Impun's Christmas. Vacation i'm really kind of
surprised it's cord as low as. THAT i thought it'd
be higher up the. List never ate The Bishop's. Wife number,
Seven White Christmas Bing crosby And Danny kay came in
number Six The Night Before Christmas Nightmare Before. Christmas see

(47:04):
that that's more like a horror. MOVIE i know it's,
cartoony but that doesn't feel like A christmas movie to.
Me that's number. Five number four A Christmas story which
is on at our house over starting On Christmas. Eve,
Oh elizabeth just leaves THE tv. On that thing's playing
like all die log all day. Long number Three miracle

(47:27):
on thirty Fourth. Street but the very Young Natalie wood
A Christmas. Carol, okay now that's been done a lot of.
Times the version they put at number two was the
nineteen fifty One Alistair simms movie that Has Jeane. Lockhart
June lockhart's dad Plays Bob cratchit in that. Movie, yeah

(47:48):
that's an oldie nineteen fifty. One it's a good, one
BUT i DON'T i don't think. THAT i don't know
If Alister simms was the best. SCREWSHOW i kind of,
like you know, WHO i Like GEORGE. C. SCOTT i
Thought GEORGE. C scott made a Great scrooge and number
One Jimmy, stewart it's a wonderful. Life six. Ten time
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Speaker 5 (48:08):
Rudolph.

Speaker 15 (48:10):
Just the regular.

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Animated did you hear about.

Speaker 3 (48:12):
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you remember? That oh and they's got like three secret
families or. SOMETHING i got more in that story coming
up this. Hour you got some dirt for us coming?
Up whin, uh let's do it about six fifty. Two,
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Line what, up, Dude, hey good.

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Morning mike's that accident inbound on ten ninety At.

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Huffmeister it looked.

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Like they were starting to move the emergency vehicles.

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MIKE i love, you, man but it's a little. Vague
i'm trying to understand where this train shut? Down is
a train eighteen. Wheeler i'm letting the rest of the
media know about. IT i think IT'S i think you're
talking About Hempstein highway At. Huffmeister that's Where i'm seeing
the scooch here Hard Freeway. Luetta which way we go in, here,

(49:02):
folks this is the wreck that popped.

Speaker 5 (49:03):
Up, outbound not.

Speaker 4 (49:04):
Inbound all, right we'll take up two right lanes two
nine thirty. Four that is a motorcycle. Involved nothing good's happening.
There this is all, lanes all lanes blocked on two
ninety on the. Outbound it's also messing up the. Ramp
let's do some more tip line.

Speaker 37 (49:19):
Him it's from The, Woodlands hey six ten, west just
PAST Tc jester is starting to get backed up from
that mess on two.

Speaker 23 (49:28):
Ninety so it's gonna be a fun fun Day.

Speaker 4 (49:31):
Monday all, Right banana stickers all. Around they've shut down
the ramp from the North loop to two. Ninety that's
outbound thirty. Fourth that's going to be there for a.
While let's take a let's TAKE Tc jester to forty.
Third i'm skywike from The Generator supercenter Dot com Traffic center.

Speaker 3 (49:44):
From R ktrh top tax defenders twenty four hour with the.
Center time to check. In But Jeff martin, said For terry,
today see what he has. Planned it looks like it's
gonna be dried for a couple of. Days that's. Good,
yeah it.

Speaker 20 (49:55):
Is And, jimmy whoever came up with that, list sits
on a throne of. Lies have elf in? There come, On,
oh you're. Right that's a great, point great great. Movie,
yeah dry weather today and dry weather for the foreseeable.
Future we'll have another coal front sweep through later in the,
week but it's going to be a dry frontal. Passage
we'll eventually have an impact on our, temperatures but certainly
we've had some impacts due to the front that move through.

Speaker 3 (50:16):
Yesterday and you'll notice that as you make right out
of this cooler.

Speaker 20 (50:19):
Air and, place we'll see some clouds early afternoon sun
and then reach a high of fifty eight degrees with
winds out of the. North down to forty one tonight
for a low under a clear, sky sunny at warmer
tomorrow to sixty, three and mild Temperatures wednesday with some
more sun in high seventy two and Mostly sunday For
thursday And, friday with highs and the load to midge,
seventies then cooler with low sixties by the.

Speaker 3 (50:36):
Weekend right now forty nine at your. Officials Severe Weather
Station News radio seven FORTY. KTRH i live in Clear, Lake.
Humble RELIABLE ktrh traffic and. Weather next on the ten
just about six twenty our time here On Houston's Morning,
News Energy. Affordability we have a lot of stories about

(50:57):
affordability of this. Morning energy affordability is one of the those.
Things you may have gotten some very high priced electric
bills this summer for YOUR AC i noticed That i'm
always surprised at how much it costs every month for natural.
Gas you would think that would be relatively, cheap but

(51:18):
my last bill, was LIKE i want to, say it
was the better part of three hundred. Bucks, now GRANTED
i have a pool that you, KNOW i had the heater,
going but still it seems like a lot to.

Speaker 12 (51:27):
Me.

Speaker 3 (51:28):
Anyway david holdwal, Joins president Of Consumer Energy, alliance about
where we're at with the price of energy and where
he thinks we might be. Going we'll do that, next
but first we've got traffic and weather. Together, yes but two.

Speaker 4 (51:39):
Ninety outbound thirty fourth completely shut. Down nothing good's happening.

Speaker 5 (51:43):
THERE i forty Five North freeway Clear, Lueta Rice.

Speaker 3 (51:47):
COUNTRY i Tend the Guy mike Is john from The
harbork eastside the eastbound highway three sixty.

Speaker 1 (51:53):
Five there's a super bad grad in the walls of
death that starts you going Into.

Speaker 5 (51:57):
Boatmont, right that's gonna be.

Speaker 4 (51:58):
Eastbound let's go ahead and read out to Ninety skymike
and The Ability Tree, Experts Traffic.

Speaker 3 (52:03):
Center BUMBAR Ktrh Top Tax, defenders twenty four Hour Weather
Center Partley cloudie looks like about fifty eight Today, SUNDAY
a little bit war for sixty Five Tomorrow, wednesday Mainly
sunday with the hype seventy. Six their current temperatures forty.
Nine at your Officials Severe Weather Station News radio seven FORTY.
Ktrh clipp is standing behind our. Newsroom he has an

(52:23):
update on some of our top stories this, morning.

Speaker 5 (52:25):
Sponsored By cars For. Kids THE Us Supreme court will
hear arguments in the case that could Keep President trump
the power to fire heads of independent. Agencies dozens were
evacuated over the weekend after an ammonia league at The
Memorial city Mall ice Skating. Rink nobody was, injured and
among the countries PLAYING Fifa World cup games In houston
next year Include germany And. Portugal at the Latest news

(52:48):
anytime AT ktrh dot. Com our next update is at
six Thirty pasadena living clearly RELIABLE ktrh traffic and.

Speaker 3 (52:57):
Weather next on the, ten don't touch the live. Wire
six twenty two is our time here In houston's boring
to is whether you're talking about electricity natural. Gas the
one area where it is REALLY i think inexpensive right
now is. GASOLINE i got gas last. Week what WOULD

(53:18):
i pay to nineteen a? Gallon nineteen blobborg expensive in
other states with higher gas. Taxes when we were In
florida where we give it was like three o NINE
i think for gallon the gas In, miami BUT i
was mentioning my natural gas bill that was pretty. High
my electricity bill FOR ac this summer is a little

(53:40):
higher Than i've seen in a. While David holt JOINS
us president Of Consumer Energy. ALLIANCE i feel like we're
getting a mixed message here on. Energy. David we've got
a really cheap gasoline right, now but the other stuff
not so, cheap you, know you know it.

Speaker 26 (53:54):
IS i, mean we've talked about affordability now on your
show for, years and it's you, know with natural, gas electricity,
prices we're seeing inventories are down just a little bit.

Speaker 3 (54:04):
Demand is, up so the.

Speaker 26 (54:06):
Economy that's a signal for the economy in a. Way
so you, know that's why we're seeing a little bit
higher natural gas. Prices electricity prices are really you, know
that's a state by state issue more than anything. Else
those states that have good energy, policies states similar To,
texas are generally paying a little bit less for. Electricity
those states that have been kind of draconian in their

(54:28):
energy policy that you, know they have, restrictions they've restricted natural,
gas they've banned our stopped, pipelines they've kind of gone
all in on certain forms of energy and restricted. Others
those states are paying a lot. More california And New,
York New, jersey The northeast, States New england, states things like.
That so there's more of a diversity or a delta

(54:51):
between the states on electricity prices now than we've ever
seen in a, while. Certainly and then you're exactly, right
gasleene diesel prices great story, There so you, know consumers
are getting a lot of relief at the. PUMP i
think national average now is around two sixty five or.
So but then In, california you're still paying over six

(55:11):
dollars a. Gallon so you, know there's there's. Policies state
policies are really showing their ugly. Head and those states
that get energy right are are are are paying less for,
energy and those states that are clearly have had, wrong
illogical energy policies are paying.

Speaker 3 (55:28):
MORE i think our Friend Chuck devor over at The
Texas Public Policy foundation thinks that once the big Beautiful
bill really goes into affect this upcoming, year that that's
going to help with energy. Prices do you? AGREE i think.

Speaker 26 (55:40):
SO i mean one thing we can look back. On you,
know from day one of The trump, administration they declared
a National Energy.

Speaker 3 (55:46):
Emergency they saw, that you, know.

Speaker 26 (55:48):
Energy, policies regulations in the previous administration and a lot
of states we're just. Wrong so let's let's free up
the energy. Industry let's remove some of these redundant and
uns serve. Regulations and with, that we've really seen gasoline
diesel prices going on going. Down with, Electricity we've got
a couple of things going. On we, one right, now

(56:09):
we have demand is, up but we also have the data,
center THE ai revolution that's just getting, started and that's
really going to increase a lot of electricity demand in
a very short amount of. Time so states AND dc
have to get ahead of. That and there's a little
bit of probably speculation going on our anticipation of more

(56:30):
demand coming and that's probably playing a little bit in
these prices for. Electricity but you, know we're gonna Be
it's gonna be really interesting to see what The texas
legislature does in the next session because we're gonna have
a lot of data centers coming online here In, texas
so we've got to get ahead of that as well.

Speaker 3 (56:47):
Well and we're hopelessly behind right. Now i've been calling
for years AND i know you probably are feeling the
same way that we just have to build more reliable
energy plants of natural gas plants and other things to
produce energy here In, texas and we're just not getting it.

Speaker 26 (57:00):
Done we're Really you're exactly, right and you, know, listen
we've also got to recognize that there are groups out
there that have said no to natural gas, pipelines that
have said no to expanded for expansions for, refineries that
have said no to new natural gas plants or added
natural gas. Plants So we've got to change our permitting

(57:21):
system at the state level and In washington to limit
the ability for endless litigation to stop these this new
construction for energy projects that's really getting baked into our
costs right. Now we need to recognize, that and policymakers
need to get ahead of, it all, Right David, holton thank.
You always good to hear from. You February.

Speaker 3 (57:41):
Christmas David, Hole president Of Consumer Energy, alliance at six twenty.
Seven it's time to take a look at your. Money good.

Speaker 23 (57:49):
Morning President trump has raised potential antitrust concerns around netflix
planned acquisition Of Warner Brothers. Discovery he told reporters that
it's a big market share and that could be a.
Problem netflix faces A Justice department review of a deal
that would reshape the entertainment. Industry NETFLIX Ceo Ted sarandos
met with The president recently to lobby for the. Acquisition

(58:11):
checking on your. Money stock futures are flat this. Morning
how did The Federal reserve's final meeting of the. Year
The Central bank is expected to cut interest rates when
its two day meeting wraps up On. Wednesday Corney Donahoe
Bloomberg business On News radio seven FORTY. Ktrh you are
No Houston's.

Speaker 1 (58:31):
News whether we're traffic plus breaking news twenty four to.
Seventh this Is News radio seven FORTY ktrh.

Speaker 3 (58:38):
Five everywhere boyd THE.

Speaker 2 (58:40):
Irf more of what's happening now from The John Morris
Services studios.

Speaker 3 (58:45):
Is six Thirty here On Houston's Morning. News I'm Jimmy.
Barrett among our top stories this have Are Pete hegseth
as compared Trumpter. Reagan when it comes to national, defense
it's been a surprisingly good holiday sales season so far
and coming up at six thirty, eight that thing that
you would spend big on if you just had the
chance to do. It details in the minutes. Ahead, first

(59:07):
we're checking out that morning drive. Again Sky mike's. HERE
i ten East Rice.

Speaker 4 (59:11):
Country that wreck at three sixty, five ugly, Stuff thank
You john from the Hard work and East.

Speaker 5 (59:16):
Side this is eastbound heading Toward.

Speaker 4 (59:18):
Beaumont passed stuckies and it would be worth it to
go Through Liberty. Stop get something good to eat there
On highway ninety instead thirty. Fourth two big problems here
on the two ninety outbound thirty. Fourth nothing good's happening.
There that's a motorcycle. Involved all lanes are shut down,
outbound not. Inbound and now we've got a train crash
on The Feeder road two ninety inbound Between telgy And.

(59:41):
Huffmeister feeder's totally shut. Down i'm getting reports of a
wreck on the main, lanes possibly some rubber. Naking but
look at that back up, Too skymike and The Ability
Tree Experts Traffic center.

Speaker 3 (59:51):
From mark KT H generator Super, center twenty four Hour
Weather center part of THE. Kladi, today with the high
temperature right about fifty, eight we start to warm back
into the sixties starting. Tomorrow we'll check out the forecast in.
Detailed Jeff bar's infantary today at The Weather. Channel we'll
do that in nine. Minutes temperature right now still forty
nine at your officials severe weather. Station News radio seven

(01:00:12):
forty K. Trh it's time out for the. News Here's
Cliff saunders six.

Speaker 5 (01:00:17):
Thirty one ON. Ktrah good, morning every one. Hour top story.

Speaker 38 (01:00:21):
These drug boats which are running drugs into our country
from foreign drug cartels and traffickers that are killing hundreds
of our canons every year and hundreds of thousands Of.

Speaker 5 (01:00:34):
Americans Arkansas Senator Tom cotton on NBC's meet The. Press
democrats are still complaining about the strikes on those drug trafficking. Boats,
Meantime secretary Of War Pete hegseth is defending the strikes
and the man who ordered.

Speaker 27 (01:00:48):
Them if you look at actual, Policies Donald trump is
the true and rightful heir Of Ronald.

Speaker 5 (01:00:54):
Reagan that was Heck seth at The Reagan National Defense
forum this. Week that just Triggers democrats even. More for,
instance The squad's Il Han, omar who made this accusation ON.

Speaker 39 (01:01:07):
Cbs we feel like there is an unhealthy obsession that
he has Almost somali, community and an unhealthy and creepy
obsession that he has with, me.

Speaker 5 (01:01:17):
An obsession with a community that's been accused by the
way of committing massive. Fraud In, minnesota that scandal has
that state's Governor Tim walls on the hot, seat and
his radical left Daughter hope became unglued on social media
over the.

Speaker 40 (01:01:32):
Weekend The president calling my dad what he did has
unleashed a storm regarding like offensive language towards me and
my family and specifically my.

Speaker 5 (01:01:45):
Brother you can call me whatever you.

Speaker 40 (01:01:47):
Want you can call my dad my mom when it's
gus to the.

Speaker 5 (01:01:52):
No hope walls On. TikTok, meantime students From, China, russia
even To ron are Attending Texas college just spying on
them for, years many. Arrested so is it time to
finally end these.

Speaker 22 (01:02:05):
Programs that's been the theory for decades that if we
expose them to our way of, life these seeds of
freedom will go back to their. COUNTRY i think that's
a failed experiment in my. View it does us more
harm than.

Speaker 5 (01:02:16):
Good Jeff atticott with The Warrior Defense. Projects as many
schools allow these kids in because of the financial, benefit
many of the students go on to infiltrate businesses and
governments across THE. Us now you might not have realized
any of this was. Happening it's because the Liberal Pew
Research center Says americans aren't following the news the way
they used. To newsmaxican Tributor Jeffrey lord says that's because

(01:02:39):
of the low level of trust that most people have
for the mainstream.

Speaker 30 (01:02:43):
Media they see the media as instinctively Anti, republican and
it doesn't make any difference whether the president is raising
or one of the bushes or Now Donald.

Speaker 5 (01:02:55):
Trump only thirty six percent say they follow the news.
Regularly that's down from fifty one percent in twenty. Sixteen
it's six point thirty.

Speaker 24 (01:03:04):
Four the economy has been better than we. Thought we've
had the four PERCENT gdp growth in a couple of.
Quarters we're going to finish the year despite The shumer,
shutdown with three percent REAL gdp.

Speaker 5 (01:03:16):
Growth Treasury Secretary Scott bessent on CBS's face The, nation
disputing the left's spin on the. Economy The fed begins
As october meeting. Tomorrow weill futures are down sixty five
cents this morning to under sixty dollars a barrel gasholine
prices Across houston averaging two fifty one. Gallon you've been
hearing the term energy affordability, lately a key issue for Many.

(01:03:39):
Americans David holt is the president of The Consumer Energy.

Speaker 3 (01:03:44):
ALLIANCE i don't think it's a new.

Speaker 26 (01:03:46):
ISSUE i don't think it's a kitchen table issue for
the twenty twenty sixth election. CYCLE i think it's been
an issue now for a decade or, more and.

Speaker 11 (01:03:53):
That includes all of the damage that was done Under Joe.

Speaker 26 (01:03:57):
Biden those, politicians political leaders that are now crying. AFFORDABILITY
i think they're trying to obscure the blame that they
should be facing with their supporting really bad, policies.

Speaker 11 (01:04:08):
Policies That President trump is turning around and bringing prices.

Speaker 3 (01:04:12):
Down Jeff Biggs.

Speaker 5 (01:04:13):
News radio seven FORTY, K tier. Eighth by the, way
stock futures are flats. Overnight so. Far you, know one
in three people said they would USE ai to get
advice about. Stocks financial Advisor Ron glasgow says that's not
a great.

Speaker 26 (01:04:28):
Idea feel free to USE gpt the data, point but
don't make that be your end all and be.

Speaker 5 (01:04:34):
All, yeah he, says long, term that's not going to help.
You it's six thirty. Six here's something you might not have.
Known Texas Agriculture Commissioner Chid miller says The christmas tree
industry In texas is.

Speaker 29 (01:04:46):
Booming you're not only getting the family, experience but you're
helping the real.

Speaker 3 (01:04:50):
Economy you're helping family.

Speaker 13 (01:04:51):
Farmers he.

Speaker 5 (01:04:52):
Says texas has around two hundred and Twenty christmas tree
growers across the. Strait now you're probably listening To christmius,
music especially if you.

Speaker 3 (01:05:01):
Put up the tree this.

Speaker 5 (01:05:01):
WEEKEND a new ranking FROM Usa today picked the Worst
christmas song of all. Time Grandma got run over by
a reindeer was number, two and how could that not
be number?

Speaker 3 (01:05:20):
ONE i don't, know but now you have.

Speaker 5 (01:05:22):
Two earworms in your head and you're. Welcome college. Football
The aggie is number seven in the. Playoffs they will
HOST miammi On december. Twentieth tech is the fourth.

Speaker 3 (01:05:30):
Seed they get a.

Speaker 5 (01:05:31):
Buy Other texas teams in bowl. GAMES ut Plays michigan
in The Citrus. Bowl it'll BE uh AND lsu at
The Texas bowl AT Nrg. STADIUM tcu AND usc the
matchup at The Alamo. BOWL Ut San antonio will Play
Florida international at The First Responder, ball And rice even
gets a bit despite a losing. Record they're in The

(01:05:52):
Armed Forces ball Against Texas. State there'll be a quiz.

Speaker 41 (01:05:56):
On all of this.

Speaker 5 (01:05:56):
Later I'm Cliff saunders On Houston's, News weather And Traffic
State News radio seven K. Trh this Is Houston's Morning
news With Jimmy, barrett.

Speaker 3 (01:06:09):
Six thirty. Eight our time here In Houston's Morning. News all,
right my question today comes from my experience At Trump.
DRAL i was invited by the Two, pauls two friends
of mine From virginia Named paul to take a spot
that it opened up at the last. Minute thanks my
Boss brian for letting. Go he gets a sixty four

(01:06:30):
Dollars Blue monster hat for having done. That, yeah sixty
four bucks for a. Hat The Blue monster was like
almost six hundred bucks a person to. PLAY i, mean just,
really you, KNOW i haven't picked up these clubs in
like almost two. Years, Right, Okay i'll. GO i like

(01:06:50):
hacking with you. Guys i'll, go and truth be, TOLD
i didn't hit that, bad and especially considering how long
it been SINCE i. Played you, know the short game
wasn't so. GREAT i kind of lost my. Touch but you,
know it kind of got me excited about playing golf,
again and that's a good. Thing so there's a lot
of reasons WHY i did, it a lot of reasons
WHY i might do it. Again but here's the. Thing

(01:07:14):
sometimes in your, life you, know Good lord, willing you
can afford to do, it you run into an opportunity
to do something you didn't think you'd have the chance to,
do and you will find a way to make that.
Happen you. Know one of the biggest things that happened
here was when The university Because i'm a born and
raised A michigan football, fan when The university Of michigan

(01:07:34):
was playing In houston for The National, Championship, RIGHT i
mean how many? Times that's a once in a lifetime
thing for me to go to something like. That AND
i had the chance to, go you, know thanks thanks
to a friend who got me. In OTHERWISE i wouldn't
have had the chance to. Go So i'm, wondering what
is that thing in your, world you know where you'd

(01:07:57):
say money be, Damned i'm going to do. THIS i
never have a chance to do. It if you're a,
Golfer like if somebody calls you up and, said, HEY
i can get you on a if you buy a
plane ticket and get a hotel room and you got
whatever amount of MONEY i can get you ON Augusta
national to play the same course they play The masters.
On if you're a, golfer you'd want to do, that,

(01:08:17):
right what's that one thing for? You go to the
iHeartRadio WIF, ktrh hit the talkback button and let me
know what you.

Speaker 15 (01:08:23):
Think dave On Lake, Conrod, Yeah i'd like to do
a be it a front row seats at The Super
bowl with either The texas or The Denver.

Speaker 3 (01:08:33):
Broncos and, Uh i'll have my wife go with me
so she could pay for. It let her pay the
big money for. It, right what's that one thing for?

Speaker 5 (01:08:43):
You there was no, object AND i could do.

Speaker 3 (01:08:45):
IT i would love to do a takeoff and landing
in a military. Jet i'm an aircraft.

Speaker 15 (01:08:52):
Carrier this Is.

Speaker 9 (01:08:53):
Mike and now IF i had the, Money i'd have
a secret remote control install for the third, step and
it would also let me display any TEMPERATURE i wanted it.

Speaker 3 (01:09:06):
Too, okay that's very, specific isn't? It sixty time for
traffic and. Weather it's together work.

Speaker 5 (01:09:14):
And they're trying to be secretive about.

Speaker 3 (01:09:16):
It, no they're all kind Of i'll tell you what you.
MEAN i could you could they think you're playing golf or. Something,
YEAH i think you're. Right maybe it's a golf thing
that threw them.

Speaker 4 (01:09:25):
OFF i got two different things on two Ninety, tammy
did you tell me that thirty fourth has? Cleared i'm
hearing that thirty fourth has cleared. Outbound let me check,
digital still showing it. There i'm gonna hold it. There
i'm gonna hold thirty. Fourth that's a motorcycle. Crash nothing
good's happening. Here this is, outbound not. Inbound they shut
down the ramp from The North. Loop even if they

(01:09:46):
reopen that, ramp it's awful when you add that to
the ramp closure that we have going to The Katie
freeway from forty.

Speaker 5 (01:09:53):
Five so this is messing up Your.

Speaker 4 (01:09:55):
North loop going that Way katie from that, side the
baytown side slow From, lockwood it's a solid. Jem i'm
holding that a few more minutes to ninety thirty fourth.
Outbound we've cleared two different wrecks on The North, freeway
both of those Outbound lueta And West. Road West road
is causing about twelve minutes of suconds now From parker
also inbound two Ninety mike From, Magnolia thank.

Speaker 5 (01:10:17):
You the feeder.

Speaker 4 (01:10:18):
Road that's a train and an eighteen wheeler right After.
Telgi this is on the, feeder but the main lanes
are looking at. It onlines are showing me a wreck
on the main. LANES i don't believe That Rice, country
big ugly. Wreck it In john Hard work on the
east side at three sixty five is a.

Speaker 3 (01:10:33):
Supera in The walls Of death that starts you're going Into.

Speaker 4 (01:10:36):
Boatmont all, right That's, finett that's on the outbound. Side
let's start rerouting to. Ninety all hell has broken. Loose
i've got more for you at six point fifty and
The Ability Tree Experts Traffic, center.

Speaker 3 (01:10:47):
We MARK Ktrh Generator super seventy and twenty four hour Whether.
Center jeff mar is. Here feels a little more Like
christmas today with the, temperatures but it's gonna feel more
like fall again come what? Tomorrow On?

Speaker 20 (01:10:56):
Wednesday, yeah back into the sixties, tomorrow then some logo
me seventies starting On wednesday and continuing Into thursday And,
friday before the next coal from moves through and drops
temperatures down a little, bit with some lower sixties by
the upcoming. Weekend in the, meantime certainly cooler than yesterday
when we climbed to seventy, four but behind the. Front
today we'll start off with a few, clowns then sees
some afternoon sun with the high the upper fifties and

(01:11:17):
then dipped to forty one tonight with a clear sky
A sunday and milder day tomorrow up to sixty three
for the, high and Then wednesday plenty of sun with
the high seventy two than those seventies to Enjoy thursday
And friday before that next col front moves in as
we head Towards saturday And. Sunday right, now still forty
nine at your official severe weather, Station News radio seven FORTY.
KTRH i live in their.

Speaker 3 (01:11:37):
PARK i live in The.

Speaker 2 (01:11:37):
Woodlands your reliable forecast next on the ten on seven FORTY.

Speaker 3 (01:11:42):
Ktrh, SO i don't know if you've heard about this
yet or, not but, Yo Jackie vernon Was Jackie vernon
did the voice Of frosty The snowman on that animated
series who used to watch when we were. Kids turns
out that he had like three three secret families and

(01:12:04):
was living quite an interesting behind the scenes. Life more
than that story coming up. Next first, though at six
fifty traffic and weathered together was a rule and stole
to A dudley Sky. Mie you love this all?

Speaker 4 (01:12:16):
Right let's do sit From sweeney's on the tip line
seven one three two one two t ips A.

Speaker 15 (01:12:21):
Mike highway thirty five that's shut down At Columbia lakes
northbound out Of West.

Speaker 4 (01:12:27):
Columbia i'm hearing that that's a rollover accident and has
met And i'll tell you it's so. Crazy two Ninety
the rest of the media now knows about our train
wreck after tailgates in the. Theater the main lengths have
your own. Suckage and yes they have cleared thirty. Fourth
we still have a big smune on the North loop east,
westbound coming all the way from sixty. Nine they've just

(01:12:47):
now reopened the ramp and we've Reopened North freeway West
road on the.

Speaker 5 (01:12:51):
Outbound that's a back order slip From tidwell.

Speaker 4 (01:12:53):
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trump himself is shifting his main focus to the. Economy
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seize the economic narrative ahead of the. Midterms the.

Speaker 10 (01:20:52):
Economy that is always the number one issue in, elections
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AND i think he wants to tackle that head on
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Issue The White, house Says. Trump we'll talk about delivering
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Crisis it's coming up on seven oh. Four today is
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Although the biggest decision has already been made by THE
Us Supreme, court which ruled That texas can use The
trump backed congressional.

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Map the map is in place for next, year the
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Speaker 11 (01:21:33):
Republicans That's Brad, johnson senior reporter For The.

Speaker 12 (01:21:37):
Texan the biggest decision we're waiting on from a politician
is Whether Jason, crockett congresswoman From, dallas is going to
jump in THE Us senate.

Speaker 11 (01:21:46):
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Speaker 5 (01:21:53):
And crockett has an announcement schedule at for thirty and
we pretty much now know that it's going to be
A senate run Because Democrat Colin ulright is just announced
within the last few moments that he's dropping out of
The senate race to run for a congressional district. Again
crockett wants to replace the Incumbent John, cornyn who is
introduced to bill that would make bad guys attacking cops

(01:22:16):
eligible for the death.

Speaker 13 (01:22:17):
Penalty this hopefully provides some deterrence and demonstrates our respect
for law.

Speaker 5 (01:22:23):
Enforcement the back The Blue act has the backing of
just about every police. Union it's a good Bet democrats
won't sign off on.

Speaker 30 (01:22:30):
This of.

Speaker 5 (01:22:30):
Course they also claim that a forty four percent decline
in mass killings over the last couple of years is
not a reason to be.

Speaker 14 (01:22:37):
Optimistic they try to claim gun violence is still. High
but really it's all about.

Speaker 15 (01:22:42):
Politics they want to take great news and make it good,
news take good news and make it poor. News the
main thing, is of, course they don't Want trump's crackdown
on crime to get any.

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Really shit the template for what the left has historically
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Another after hours club rated In houston over the, weekend
resulting in several. Arrests this one took place in the
Third ward seven h. Six the same homeless issue that
has plagued the city for years is spreading to the.
Suburbs North Harris county officials there in spring trying to
deal with the.

Speaker 8 (01:23:33):
Problem we've got agencies who've got nonprofit through help. Folks
sometimes they don't want.

Speaker 5 (01:23:38):
Help we'll will deal with that on.

Speaker 3 (01:23:40):
The case by case.

Speaker 8 (01:23:41):
Basis but at the end of the, day you just
can't set up a house that's set up an encampment
any place you want.

Speaker 5 (01:23:46):
To preasing Three Republican Commissioner Tom ramsey and encampment was
just taken down last. Week cities Of conroe And parland
of some of the highest property taxes in the entire.
Country and that's even with all of the property tacks
for passed In.

Speaker 16 (01:24:01):
AUSTIN a lot of it is actually just being washed
out by the overblown assessments that are being provided by
these local.

Speaker 5 (01:24:10):
Municipalities political Analyst Flat. Vidioc The texans win their fifth consecutive,
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It's it's a good.

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Win it's a.

Speaker 17 (01:24:21):
Win i'll take a win no matter who it's. Against
i'll take a. Win AND i know every time we,
win we improve our. Position so that's what is about this.
Year winning when we need to win and improve in
our position right to get in the.

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RACE.

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More With Jimmy barrets and The Houston Morning news. Teams
this Is Houston's Morning. News have you ever heard anybody,
say you, know it's just too dark to. DRIVE i
know it's a, freeway but it's too dark to. DRIVE
i saw this report on our television PARTNER kprc, too

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AND i, THOUGHT i don't Think i've ever heard anybody
say that. Before there's a stretch where they're doing construction surprise,
surprise on The Grand parkway where the overhead lights aren't,
working the light standards aren't, working so it's really really
dark and there are people that are too afraid to drive.

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It right, now here's the report for our television PARTNER kprc.

Speaker 37 (01:25:33):
Two we're at eastbound on ninety, nine just past The miski,
exit and as you can, see all of the lights
that like this area of The Grand parkway are. Out
the only reason you can see me is because of
our lighting. Kit but WHEN i turn it, out you
can tell it's pretty dark out. Here Renee crinshaw says,
she like many others in Northwest Harris, county runs her

(01:25:56):
errands before dark because once the sun goes, down light
on parts of the ninety nine toll way are nearly non.

Speaker 43 (01:26:03):
EXISTENT i only try to come out between nine am
and maybe four, pm because after that is. Dark and
if you come out after let's say seven pm to,
eleven it is totally. Dark you have to put your
rights on and that's also a hazard because other people
are coming towards you they might.

Speaker 5 (01:26:19):
Have bright lights.

Speaker 37 (01:26:20):
On, also text dot says this is all due to
a construction project widen roads in the. Area the zone
includes the state highway and frontage roads ON it ten
TO fm ten ninety. Three the lights in question are
included as part of this, project and though tech stot
says people can expect to see the lights operational within
the first three months of twenty twenty, six people in

(01:26:40):
the area say they need lighting.

Speaker 44 (01:26:42):
Now it has had a difference in accidents because every
time you go in that, area you can see that
the middle, cable the safety cable that divides the two
directions of the freeway is always tore, out which feeds
somebody is shouldn't you?

Speaker 37 (01:27:00):
It we fact check this information by using Text Dots
Crash Records Information. System from twenty twenty one to twenty twenty,
three six hundred and sixteen crashes happened on this stretch of,
roadway and for the next two years from twenty twenty
three to twenty twenty, five so far that number has
gone up by over two hundred crashes to eight hundred

(01:27:21):
and thirty. Six that's a thirty five percent. Increase though
officials cannot say it's this is directly attributable only to.

Speaker 43 (01:27:28):
Lighting we need something to be corrected before someone gets
hit or someone unfortunately gets.

Speaker 3 (01:27:33):
KILLED i don't there's something about this. STORY i just don't,
get you. KNOW i also travel on The Grand parkway
in the morning Between Gossling road AND i forty, five
and at least when you're getting On gosling Between crocodile
And gossling in that, area it's there's a ninety sweet.
Lights there is as dark as dark AND pa that's
why you have. Headlights AND i don't know about, y'all'scar but.

(01:27:55):
Mine you, know it'll come out if if there's no oncoming,
traffic it'll switch to bright, automatically and it'll go to
low beam if there's an oncoming car or a. Truck
doesn't seem like it should be that. Hard seven, Eleven
time for traffic and whether, together sure like to see
my tax dollars spent on more? Lighting and how about
some actual stripes so we can see where the lanes.

(01:28:15):
Are wouldn't that be? Nice and how about if we
finish the? Construction why does it take us so? Long
why does the text dot take so long to fix a?
Road all, right hold my?

Speaker 4 (01:28:26):
Beer Katie freeway outbound forty. Five, hey everybody check my
work if you will on the tip. Line i've Got
Katie freeway just down to two lanes now from forty
five To stumnamont. OUTBOUND i know the ramps are closed
between forty five and ten downtown that is causing that's a.

Speaker 5 (01:28:42):
Disaster but it looks to me like we've got two
lanes and that's.

Speaker 4 (01:28:46):
It from downtown outbound To studemont seven one, three, two
one two t. Ips we're playing whack them all this.
Morning it's all Over West loop Southbound memorial that's a.
Wreck it's nothing but breaks from two ninety north bounders
looks like their response right before that, Too so all
breaks from sixty nine two, ninety don't worry about thirty.

Speaker 5 (01:29:04):
Four that's out of the. Way we're back to full speed.

Speaker 4 (01:29:06):
Inbound you've got the train, wreck the feeder roads affected
just right Before. Huffmeister the main lanes are packed from
Fre I road twenty two minute dragged there if you
can do it by two forty nine or THE kd
do Those Katie freeway not, Bad Katie Grand parkway on the.
Inbound we cleared the wreck At part ten And West
Park tollway fourteen sixty four of the breaks, here And

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i've got two forty nine roadwork now nineteen sixty to
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From OUR ktrh top tax defenders twenty four hour with the.
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there this, Morning, Jeff, yeah and we'll see some more
of that over the next few. Hours but then by the,
afternoon behind this cold, front a clearing trend will take
place and certainly some impacts behind this. Front as far
as our temperature is to welcome the, Week i'll hide
your fifty eight. Today yesterday we got up to seventy,
four but temperatures we'll start to get milder towards the

(01:29:56):
middle part of the. Week tonight though a low down
to forty one out are a clear, sky a little
bit warmer with. Sunshine tomorrow's the high climbs to.

Speaker 20 (01:30:02):
Sixty, three back into the seventies By wednesday, afternoon More
sunday to hive seventy, two and temperatures will stay miles
For thursday And. Friday we'll see sun each of those.
Afternoons it hit the load to mid. Seventies been a
cooler weekend with highs and the low sixties For saturday And, sunday.

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Ktrh so today is the filing deadline here In texas
for making a run in the in the next. Election
Brad Johnson senior reported that The textan did a story
about that and some things have changed since he did the.

(01:30:43):
Story for one, thing The Supreme court is backed up
are redistricting that certainly is going to have an impact on.
This and just this morning we're hearing That Colin allread
has dropped out in The democrat race for to become
The senate Nominee Jasmin. Crockett we're expecting later today we'll
be saying the cheese. Running so we've got a lot

(01:31:04):
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Speaker 4 (01:31:08):
Right tammy From channel thirteen just sent me an aerial
shot of two ninety that train wreck we have that's
affecting The Feeder. Road it's shut down Between telgy And
huffmeister on the inbound and look at that spackle on
the main lanes all the way From Frey road on the.
Inbound I'm skymike and The Generator supercenter Dot Com Traffic center.

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Speaker 3 (01:32:19):
One now you're In houston's morning. News all, right last
day to file is. Today Brad johnson joins us senior
reporter at The. Texan what's been a lot of news here,
us just the last couple of, days including this. Morning.
Brad let's start with the latest. News Colin alred has
decided to drop. Out is that just a realization that
he can't?

Speaker 12 (01:32:37):
Win, yeah it's been a wild.

Speaker 13 (01:32:41):
Morning already with a couple more twists and turns.

Speaker 12 (01:32:43):
EXPECTED i first heard about this last night That allred
And crockett had been talking behind the, scenes and Basically
Crockett armbard.

Speaker 3 (01:32:52):
Already out of the, race and he realized he.

Speaker 12 (01:32:54):
Had no path and would spend a lot of money
with no shot of victory if she jumps.

Speaker 5 (01:32:58):
In so he is jumping.

Speaker 41 (01:33:00):
OUT i think, that like you, said it is a
recognition of the state of his campaign and the fact
that he has not picked up any momentum since launching
On july, first and really the only person who has
is in the race Is. Talerico and meanwhile you Have,
crockett who hasn't even jumped in the, race who has
gotten a lot of, momentum and she leads basically all

(01:33:20):
the polling that we've seen in that primary. Race so
the wrinkle there is that all The republicans are thankful
that she is jumping in the race because they feel
like she is a better opponent to run against given
her high negatives in the. Polling and so she might
jump in as the front runner for The Democratic party,
primary but the tough road, ahead AND i think she's

(01:33:43):
got something else up her sleeve with this rather than
just you, know running for. OFFICE i also heard last
night she's got A netflix deal with her, campaign so
she might have a camera crew follow her around at
her announcement later this.

Speaker 3 (01:33:59):
Afternoon would that not be Classic Jasmine. CROCKETT i, mean
that is just So Jasmine crockett to do, that wouldn't?

Speaker 12 (01:34:05):
It?

Speaker 13 (01:34:07):
Oh?

Speaker 29 (01:34:07):
Yeah for?

Speaker 3 (01:34:08):
Sure, wow talk about an attention horror and she is. It,
okay so you're, ASSUMING i guess that she's in the.
Race you think she's going to be announcing today she's
in the.

Speaker 41 (01:34:17):
Race, well first of, all she's scheduled a big.

Speaker 12 (01:34:22):
ANNOUNCEMENT i don't think she scheduled an announcement just to
refile for her house. Seats and then you see already dropping.
OUT i think all signs are pointing to her jumping
in the race for.

Speaker 3 (01:34:33):
Sure, yeah how did The Supreme court change this? Game
The Supreme court ruling that our redistrict game here In
texas is perfectly legal and, logical and that will. Stand
that certainly has to have some impact on who's running
and who isn't and where they're going to.

Speaker 12 (01:34:47):
Run, certainly so take up In. Dallas there are currently
three DEMOCRATIC Us house, seats and after, redistricting that's dropped
down to. Two so people have to make this. Decision
and for, example already the seat he's choosing to run,
for there is another Incumbent, Democrat Julie, johnson in already

(01:35:09):
filed for that.

Speaker 41 (01:35:09):
Seat and so, yeah he's avoiding a quote a bruising
primary at the top of the ticket in The, senate
but he's going to have a tough primary for THE
Us house in that race BECAUSE i don't See Julie
johnson just willingly giving up that.

Speaker 13 (01:35:22):
Seat So.

Speaker 41 (01:35:25):
Democrats have to make a lot more. Decisions we're seeing
that down In houston, too With Al green switching The
Bay excusing Eighteenth congressional district after His texas nine was
moved into A republican flip. Territory so because of the
fewer seats for Incumbent democrats to run, in they're having
to make. Decisions and some are, retiring some are, not

(01:35:46):
some are switching to different, seats and others were seeing
competitive primary is.

Speaker 12 (01:35:52):
Involved for some of these constricted.

Speaker 3 (01:35:55):
Seats what are some of the other races that you
see is maybe the most. Interesting i'm still fascinated with
what's going to happen in The republican primary for The senate.
Seat John cornyn has been just spending bucket loads of
money trying to line himself up as some sort of
A trump, advocate when in reality he's anything. BUT i

(01:36:17):
JUST i never got over the fact that When John
cornyn last ran for, reelection his campaign spots deemed it
didn't even mention that he's A. Republican he's A republican
when he chooses.

Speaker 41 (01:36:27):
To be, well he was dead in the water Around
April may of this year When Ken paxton jumped, in
and all that money has not put him into first,
Place i'd, say but it has closed the.

Speaker 5 (01:36:41):
Gap in terms of.

Speaker 41 (01:36:42):
Image now that has come in the context Of paxton
And hunts barely spending any money Attacking. Cornyn so once
we get, closer we will see the money that is
there come out for, that and those Negatives uncorn probably
increase where they haven't so far this year because he's

(01:37:03):
been just frankly the only one spending. Money so, yeah
of course that rate is going to be fascinating to.
Watch whoever the nominee, is you, know you have to
give it to The republican at least as a handicap
off the bat because the state has gotten a writer
since the last time this general dynamic popped up in twenty,

(01:37:25):
eighteen Where democrats do have a favorable environment to run
in next year in a, Midterm but this is still
it's Still. Texas it may not Be oklahoma in terms
of partisan, leaning but it is still A republican. Friendly
the other One i'm watching THAT i think is going
to be the most interesting is the attorney general. Race
and you've got Four republicans in. That you've got Two,

(01:37:45):
democrats actually Three, democrats and it's really.

Speaker 3 (01:37:48):
Wide open to see who is going to win.

Speaker 41 (01:37:51):
That on The republican, side you've Got Chip, roy who
has the highest NAME, id but then you've got Nath,
middleton who has a lot of money on kind of
the porn and play of spending himself into a runoff
and then runoff th a different, game so who knows
which way that. Goes you've also Got Aaron rights And
Joan huffman in that race as, Well but pound for,

(01:38:12):
POUND i think that's going to be the most interesting
race next.

Speaker 3 (01:38:15):
Year all, Right, brad thank you appreciate your. Time Brad,
Johnson senior reporter at The texan at seven twenty, seven
as we take a look at your. Money good.

Speaker 23 (01:38:23):
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Studios seven Thirty Our, Time Houston's Morning. News I'm Jimmy.
Bartt among our top stories of this half, hour we
are charging up a very Nice. Christmas Our secretary Of
war thinks That trump his foreign policy matches up pretty
well With Ronald. Reagan and coming up at seven thirty,
eight let's see how many of Those christmas things you're
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Where jay got that morning drive once? Again here's Sky,
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Speaker 5 (01:39:26):
Right Katie freeway look. Out part.

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Ten they've just cleared an accident out of two left,
lines but the munch is.

Speaker 5 (01:39:31):
There From Graham, parkway you're gonna lose about twelve minutes this.
Way stay the.

Speaker 4 (01:39:35):
Course you don't have much. Choice you've got west loop At.
Woodway they, responded both, ways the wreck is. Gone the
backups are both ways from two ninety up or from
two ninety, down and from sixty nine up and two.
Ninety looking at the video That tammy sent me from
the chop, up it looks like everybody's. Okay the, train
the eighteen, wheeler the feeders shut down Before.

Speaker 5 (01:39:56):
Huffmeister main lanes are revernaking it all the.

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Speaker 5 (01:40:29):
Seven thirty two in our top story is your.

Speaker 24 (01:40:32):
Money democrats created, scarcity whether it's an energy or over,
regulation that we are now seeing this affordability, problem AND
i think next year we're going to move on to.

Speaker 5 (01:40:43):
Prosperity Treasury Secretary Scott bessant ON. Cbs this is despite
the messaging from the mainstream media that The democrats want
you to. Believe but he, says we're having a quote
very strong holiday. Season things that would be a lot
better had we not gone through a historic.

Speaker 25 (01:41:00):
Shutdown shutdowns are, Stupid they Damage. America they shouldn't, happen
and we got to figure way not to have these things.

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HAPPEN Jp Morgan CHASE Ceo Jamie diamond On fox The
fed meats tomorrow Down futures are basically flat this, morning
and oil prices are below sixty dollars a barrel right.
Now that's down this. Morning gasoline prices across the area
averaging two fifty one a. Gallon energy affordability has become
a buzzword, Lately David holt with the consumer Energy. Alliances

(01:41:29):
that's Why President trump is trying to Unleash american energy.

Speaker 26 (01:41:33):
The declaration of an energy emergency on day one of
The trump. Administration gasoline and diesel prices have come way.
Down it's also starting to see some ripple effect throughout
commodities and grocery prices and other things across the.

Speaker 5 (01:41:46):
Economy he's also kicking off a nationwide tour to promote
his economic agenda tomorrow In pennsylvania seven thirty. Three the
days in.

Speaker 27 (01:41:55):
Which these narco terrorists designated terror organizations.

Speaker 3 (01:41:59):
Operate freely in our hemisphere are.

Speaker 5 (01:42:01):
Over secretary Of War Pete hegseth on THE us drug
boat strikes this, week and he also Called President trump
the true heir To Ronald reagan's peace Through strength. Doctrine
democrats don't like hearing. That they don't like the boat.
Strikes they Hate President trump's immigration, policies especially those that
drew them.

Speaker 18 (01:42:19):
Up WHEN i think About Stephen miller and his white supremist,
rhetoric it reminds, me, yes it reminds me of the
way The nazis Described jewish.

Speaker 5 (01:42:31):
People Squad's Ilhan omar ON cbs also claimed that the
president has a quote unquote creepy obsession with her and
judging by some of the latest numbers from the Liberal
Pew Research, center you're less informed than you used to.

Speaker 28 (01:42:45):
Be in twenty twenty, five thirty six percent Of americans
say they followed the news all or most of the.
Time that's down from fifty one percent in twenty. Sixteen
american Spectators Jeffrey lord points to. Overexposure people get so
tired the whole thing that they don't wash or. Read,
Also republican trust in the media has decreased compared to The.
Democrats lord says the conservative voice was not existent until

(01:43:09):
The National review hit the, stands and.

Speaker 30 (01:43:12):
Then starting With Bill, busley slowly just just built and
built and, built and, wow today it's just.

Speaker 28 (01:43:17):
Mammoth I'm Erica. Smith News radio seven FORTY ktrh ven thirty.

Speaker 5 (01:43:22):
Five another troubling trend From texas. Universities they continue to
admit students from places Like, Russia, china And.

Speaker 31 (01:43:29):
Iran this is raising some serious questions about potential national security.

Speaker 22 (01:43:33):
Risks we've had scores Of chinese students arrested over the
last decade for. Spying these, individuals of, course have infiltrated
the government.

Speaker 31 (01:43:41):
Business Jeff atticott with The Warrior Defense project says this
problem has been completely ignored for.

Speaker 22 (01:43:46):
Decades the only administration has really tackled this issue at
The trump. Administration prior Administration's Republican Democrat they've really turned
the blind eye to this, issue he.

Speaker 31 (01:43:55):
Says at the end of the, day allowing these students
to study here as an experiment that has unfortunately Filthan
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Speaker 5 (01:44:03):
Speaking of, security Risks Ay surveillance company In texas is
under the. Microscope flock is accused of installing and operating
license plate reading cams on private properties without a. License
this allows police to track you without you knowing.

Speaker 8 (01:44:17):
It does a.

Speaker 26 (01:44:18):
Automatic license plate reader constitute as illegal search and?

Speaker 13 (01:44:22):
Seizure in my? Opinion.

Speaker 5 (01:44:24):
YES Dj sieger on THE Dps Private Security Advisory committee
warns that the data could be sold on the open.
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early FOR a AND m, Fans as The aggies make
the twelve team field for The College Football. Playoff they'll
Host miami On december. Twentieth tech was the fourth. Seed
they get a buy ut left. Out they will Play
michigan at The Citrus bowl In. Orlando and this one
is From Lumberjack bob And Port, arthur who called the

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tip line the seven, one three two on two. Tips
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quarterfinals by Beating Abilene christian this weekend forty one to thirty.
Four I'm Cliff saunders On houston's, news weather and traffic
Station News radio seven forty k T. Rh let's become
a big. Story big things are.

Speaker 2 (01:45:29):
Happening huge check in for the latest dog government, shutdown
big fight In, contact which used radio seven k T.

Speaker 3 (01:45:37):
Rh may y'all ever been on a sleigh rod as
a reform In, Yankee i've actually been on sleigh. Ride,
uh gotta live somewhere or there's. Snow, no it's not the.
Same if there's wheels on the, sleigh it's. Not you
gotta be dashing through the, snow you, know and you
can't dash on. Wheels it's gotta be on the. Snow

(01:46:00):
but there's a list see how many of these things
you're actually. Doing list of things that are Very christmas
things to. Do some some are limited by geographic. Area
this one's pretty. Easy listen to holiday. Music if you
done that, Yet i've done a little. Bit number, Two
watch a holiday. Movie these are things that we typically.

(01:46:21):
Do seventy two percent of us will watch a holiday
movie sometime this. Month go look at lights seventy. Percent you,
know some sort of a lighting, display not just your neighbor's.
Lights exchange presence with someone seventy percent of us do.
That drink hot chocolate sixty seven, percent decorated trees sixty six,

(01:46:41):
percent put lights up fifty six, percent bake cookies forty eight.
Percent i'm more of the consumed cookies than the bake
cookies kind of. Guy go to at least one holiday.
Party forty five percent of us will do. That what
else is?

Speaker 24 (01:46:55):
Here?

Speaker 3 (01:46:55):
Oh forty three percent of us will donate to? Charity,
okay does that include my? Coworkers they usually get them
a little. Something they're kind of my. Charity send a holiday?
Card do you still do?

Speaker 8 (01:47:09):
That?

Speaker 3 (01:47:10):
Now everybody who sends some sort of a holiday. Greeting
what used to be a card sends it in email.
FORM i don't know too many people who use the mail.
Anymore for that we're holiday. PAJAMAS i don't do that
One thirty seven percent attend a religious, service, yeah including.
There thirty seven percent display an activity, scene twenty eight

(01:47:31):
percent attend a holiday concert or play twenty three. Percent
participate in Secret santa twenty three. Percent build a snowman
twenty one. Percent well, again you, know, well if we
have some miracle, snow we could build a, snowman kiss
someone under the. MISSILETOE i don't do that as much

(01:47:53):
AS i used, to but used to be one of
my favorite things to. Do build a gingerbread house seventeen,
percent and make us snow angel, again limited by geographic
region seven forty time for traffic and weather. Together no
missiletoe for, Me, No, GOD i just had a. TRIP
i do not want to see missiletoe up in that. Studio,
no let's hit to.

Speaker 5 (01:48:12):
That you know WHAT i really, want, though if somebody
would send me a, card that would be so. Happy
if it's attached with some, fruitcake say it right. Here
would you rather have a gift?

Speaker 3 (01:48:19):
Card? SKYMIKE i really want? Fruitcake?

Speaker 4 (01:48:22):
Okay, well thirty Three West loops south all right two ninety.
Inbound the rest of the media now is caught up with.
Us that's been A channel thirteenth chopper flying. Over thank
You tammy for that. Video what it shows me is
the train hit the back end of that. Truck i'm
pretty sure everybody's. Okay also judging by the response or
leaving some of the lanes open on the feeder road it's.

(01:48:42):
On it's really affecting the, feeder but the main, lanes
everybody's slowing.

Speaker 5 (01:48:46):
Down you, know it's a lot to. SEE i understand
we've got.

Speaker 4 (01:48:48):
Breaks From Fry, road thirty minute drag Here highway. Six
look Out highway. Six they had a wreck ride north
Of West road that was causing some problem.

Speaker 5 (01:48:56):
Here nick From cyprus is in the.

Speaker 29 (01:48:58):
Area keen Sixty highway six the overpath that has a feeder.
Block get onto two ninety going, inbound can't get on
the feeder of the Old Jack Rabbit.

Speaker 4 (01:49:09):
ROAD i think that's also related to our train problem
on the feeder road. Inbound they again the feeders closed
From huffmeister From Telgy highway six is awful south of
two ninety also two forty nine that's break lights At
willowbrook nineteen.

Speaker 5 (01:49:22):
Sixty it's road. Construction let's See West Park.

Speaker 4 (01:49:25):
Tollway HiT's slow now on the south on the inbound
from fourteen sixty Four west loops terrible both ways two
ninety going down and bel air coming.

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Center jup maar in for terry. Today, yep clouds are
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Speaker 20 (01:49:47):
Afternoon, yeah we'll see a lot of sunshiner in the
after two hours behind this front as the, dryer, cool
cooler air settles in with winds out of the north
of high today round fifty eight degrees that it will
dip down to forty one out are a clear Sky.
Tonight winds will stay light and then temperatures we get
a rebound with sunshinea wins out of the south. Tomorrow
we should climb to sixty three and then into the
seventies By wednesday afternoon with more sun as the high

(01:50:07):
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friday with More sunda each afternoon and highs in the
loud to mid, seventies a little bit cooler by the
weekend behind our next front as High saturday And sunday
top out in the low. Sixties temperature right now still
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Speaker 3 (01:50:24):
KTRH i always hit traffic on fifty.

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Nine next on the, ten your faster commute on seven FORTY.
Ktrh all, right property. Taxes none of us like paying property.
Taxes certainly we don't like the amount of our property.
Taxes it's a big issue in a lot of, states
especially red states LIKE us And. Florida Governor abbott has
made some proposals about reducing property, taxes especially in increasing

(01:50:55):
the homestead exemption for, example but even appear That Governor
ron De santis In florida wants to take it a step. Farther,
here you pay a lower tax if your home is your. Homestead,
no the word's the place where you. Live, well MAINLY
i think thanks to, Tourism Governor ron De santis wants

(01:51:16):
to make the homestead exemption. One if it's your, homestead
you don't pay any property. Taxes more in that story
coming up next. First so it's seven. Fifty it's still
a little traffic and weather. Together what you got sky, one, dude.

Speaker 4 (01:51:29):
We are two nineied up inbound At. Huffmeister that train,
accident they've got part of the feeder. Road he did
hit the back of the. Trailer SO i think everybody's.
Okay but we're solid rubbernecking From Rye road West loop
six' ten dined from the.

Speaker 5 (01:51:42):
West side you got a real northbound almost.

Speaker 8 (01:51:48):
Wood way it looks like a.

Speaker 13 (01:51:50):
Ninja rodeo they got a bunch, of them has.

Speaker 4 (01:51:53):
ALL right i see backups both way extra points from
burbage two eighty eight starting to get ugly now coming
into the canyon. From ost if you Listen To safe Money,
with scottman you can afford the toll lanes six' ten
northeastbound SOLID.

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Speaker 3 (01:53:12):
I'd like to go home to. A free home, I
mean yo i'll pay up. THE mortgage eventually i can.
Never pay off the government. DRIVES me crazy i will
all until we. Change the law none of us will ever.
Own our home because if you don't pay, your property
taxes the government will come and. Take YOUR home so

(01:53:34):
i Like what The, Governor Of florida ron DeSantis is
proposing about a homestead exemption from. All property Taxes Here
is governor DeSantis on talking about This. Topic on fox.

Speaker 19 (01:53:45):
People are being pinched across the economy and a lot
of things and property taxes even though and it's All,
local in florida we don't get any at. The state
level we've tripled our rainy day fund set and can?
We cut taxes we have. No income tax we're doing,
fine the state but the local property tax says. Are
hurting people Twenty, nineteen in florida the total amount of
revenue for local government thirty two billion dollars from property.

Speaker 3 (01:54:07):
Text you know what it is now fifty.

Speaker 19 (01:54:08):
Six billion dollars that's, a massive increase so people.

Speaker 3 (01:54:12):
Are paying more so the issue is we're going To
focus on.

Speaker 19 (01:54:15):
Florida homesteaded residents now that's a fraction, of that, revenue
and honestly you would still have way more revenue than
you had. In twenty nineteen we're working through exactly how that's.
Going to, work of course we're going to make sure,
we have fire police and all. The core things but
the reality is these local governments have overspent and people
are paying more and, more for.

Speaker 3 (01:54:34):
That and at some point it's like when?

Speaker 5 (01:54:36):
Is enough enough WELL here's. What i know got to
get a lot of pushback from, the local.

Speaker 19 (01:54:40):
People well taxpayers we're getting a. LOT of, support i
mean like this is something that people. Been asking about but.
Think about it can you have a situation where every
five or six years you're increasing budgets. Fifty, sixty percent
now part of it was we did have A boom
with covid everyone Was, rushing to florida caused property values.
To go up but how is it that you buy
a home for three hundred and fifty thousand dollars and

(01:55:01):
then four years later they tell you it's worth a
million dollars and you've got to pay.

Speaker 5 (01:55:04):
More property tax.

Speaker 3 (01:55:05):
IT'S not, rice i understand but?

Speaker 5 (01:55:07):
How much buy how much can you?

Speaker 3 (01:55:09):
Cut, property taxes well our goals?

Speaker 5 (01:55:11):
So ten, percent, well.

Speaker 19 (01:55:12):
No no no our goal is To focus on florida
homesteaded residents and, eliminate for, them which, is you know
the majority of our.

Speaker 3 (01:55:20):
Revenue for property Tax is.

Speaker 19 (01:55:21):
Non florida residents because people, have second homes you have
people that buy it, in commercial property so it ends
up being about thirty percent. Of the revenue now you
may have to. Phase it in there's going to be
things we're. Going to do we're sensitive. TO all that
i want something, that CAN work and i want something,
that can pass and you need sixty percent.

Speaker 3 (01:55:36):
Of the voters.

Speaker 2 (01:55:37):
To pass it but if you've got a home, it
is homesteaded you got to eliminate the property tax.

Speaker 16 (01:55:43):
On that home.

Speaker 3 (01:55:43):
That's, the goal yeah you, eliminate, It, completely exactly yeah.
One hundred percent see the homestead home as you only,
do well know that's, where you live that. Is your
home and, if Your, STATE like florida i would love
to we should. Do Some comparisons I'm florida tourism i'm sure,
is you know head and shoulders about what we Get.

(01:56:03):
Here in texas so maybe we couldn't do it to
The extent that florida is looking. At doing it but
when only thirty percent of your property tax income is
coming from people who actually own a full time residence,
in the state and the seventy percent is, coming from
companies in corporate, and in tourists you know people who.

(01:56:25):
Own second homes you know they have a home of,
somewhere up north they have A home in florida that
they go to in. The winter months you're not a.
Full time resident, if you could if you could do
that for the people who live in your. STATE year
round i mean what you talk about people flocking, FLOCKING
there now i mean how many more people would flock
The states Like florida and texas if we had the

(01:56:47):
same System. HERE in, texas i think if you can make,
THE numbers workman i think is hell. Of an idea and.
You heard it you heard them talk about how much
more money they've made just in tax assessment increases because
property it's. Been worth more local government does not need
the money. To that, extent, all right listen you'll have.
A great day we'll see, you tomorrow morning, bright and

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