Just Enough Democrats Vote To Potentially End The Government Shutdown

Jimmy Barrett takes you through the stories that matter the most on the morning of 11/10/25.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
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Speaker 3 (00:17):
Well, good morning, it is Monday. This is Houston's Morning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories as we get
started this morning, just enough Democrats vote to potentially end
the government shutdown Governor Abbot running for a fourth term
and coming up at five to eight. So what did
Democrats get for reopening the government or green to reopen
the government? The answer not much. Details in the minutes ahead.

(00:40):
First we'll check out the morning Drive for the first thing.
Good morning, sky Mine dude.

Speaker 4 (00:44):
We're looking at you North Freeway here southbound right at
the loop.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
That's not a good spot to start off for the wreck,
and we're off to it will.

Speaker 4 (00:51):
It's on Monday, and it's kind of chilly too, rich
right before six ten minutes. More than anything, it's affecting
that ramp if you're trying to go over to the
heights a Garden Oaks, if you hang to the left,
you can get.

Speaker 3 (01:02):
Around this just fine. I'm not going to start rewriting
it yet.

Speaker 4 (01:05):
We will revisit this and the next thing that pops
up at the five ten break and the Generator Supercenter,
dot Com traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
From our KTRH top tax defenders, twenty four hour weather centers.
Sunny and cold today with the high temperature only get
up around sixty. We'll get the complete forecast with Terry
at the Weather Channel in about nine minutes. Right now,
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seven forty k t RH. It's time now for the news.
Here's Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 5 (01:32):
Thank you, Jimmy.

Speaker 6 (01:33):
Good morning everyone. It is five oho one. We're sponsored
by shop As Farm Supply. In our top story, it.

Speaker 7 (01:39):
Looks like we're getting close to the shutdown.

Speaker 6 (01:41):
Ending President Trump on his return to the White House
last night, is eight Senate Democrats cave and take a
step towards ending the Schumer shutdown.

Speaker 8 (01:50):
Eight Democrats have voted with Republicans to greenlight the bill.
The bill funds the government through late January, and it
funds three sections of government through next fall. There is
nothing in the bill to offset rising healthcare costs. Democrats
demanded money for healthcare aid before voting to fund the government,
but Democrats walked away with nothing despite their shutdown gambit.

Speaker 5 (02:12):
Fox's Chat program.

Speaker 6 (02:13):
Keep in mind, the House still has to approve whatever
the Senate sends them before the shutdown officially ends. Now,
the Senate move comes after Trump pushed in the Philipbuster,
a plan that Texas's John Cordon had not totally backed.

Speaker 9 (02:28):
I think she's more of a traditionalist. She says, let's
not change things to make sure of ourselves today because
they could come back.

Speaker 3 (02:34):
And harm us tomorrow.

Speaker 9 (02:35):
And it's a very smart approach, but it disagrees with Thump.

Speaker 6 (02:40):
Political consultant Bill Miller says this could hurt Cornan's chances
of getting a Trump endorsement. In the meantime, we still
have travel issues. Sixty seven flights already canceled between Bush
and Hompy this morning. And this won't surprised you. The
mainstream media played defense for the Dems during the shutdown.

Speaker 10 (02:58):
As Bill degastinoes for the Media Research Center and NewsBusters,
it's been all about defending the Democrats.

Speaker 11 (03:06):
Fairly remarkable to me.

Speaker 12 (03:08):
Are basically trying to exonerate Democrats from any amount of
culpability they have in the shutdown.

Speaker 10 (03:13):
And the research shows the numbers don't lie.

Speaker 12 (03:17):
What we found was that there were only twelve instances
where anybody on one of these three broadcast networks actually
mentioned that it was Senate Democrats causing the government shutdown.

Speaker 10 (03:26):
Instead, it's eighty seven percent pro Democrat coverage. Jeff Biggs,
News Radio seven forty K t Rey. It's now five
h three.

Speaker 13 (03:35):
This is the place where I first ran for public office.
We won Harris County then, and we are going to
win Harris County again this election.

Speaker 6 (03:49):
Greg Abbott makes it official right here in Houston, announcing
his run for a histark fourth term as governor. The
move comes after voters passed all seventeen propositions on the
ballot last week. Now, filing for the midterms continues, and
the Harris County GOP is working overtime to recruit candidates
to run for multiple judicial positions.

Speaker 14 (04:11):
We actually have a great light of candidate, lots of
great experience background. Were real thrilled with how it's shaping up.
But that said, we have the longest ballot in the country.

Speaker 6 (04:23):
Party chair Cindy Siegel says they're still working to recruit
more for family probate and felony courts. The candidate filing
period is ending on December eighth. Elsewhere, after last week's
Democrat wins in Democrat states, we should add California Governor
Gavin Newsom took a victory lap here in Houston.

Speaker 3 (04:44):
We're dealing with an invasive species by the name of
Donald Trump, but.

Speaker 6 (04:49):
The Californian was here in Houston. California pass Prop fifty
retaliation for Texas redistricting. The new maps may impact next
year's midterms, but that won't help or won't matter if
the GOP doesn't learn from last week.

Speaker 15 (05:03):
It wasn't just the big races in New York, New Jersey,
and Virginia. Election data guru Ryan Gerdski tells Bright Bart
News Democrats also won smaller races across several other states
last Tuesday.

Speaker 16 (05:13):
Places that really had no national repercussions. But the turnout
was tremendous in the part of Democrats just to say,
let me stick it to Trump and go vote for
a Democrat.

Speaker 3 (05:22):
And Republican turno was very, very low.

Speaker 16 (05:24):
Even in Mississippi, Republicans saw seats in the state legislature.

Speaker 15 (05:26):
He says Republicans must sharpen their economic message and get
their twenty twenty four voters to turn out next year
to counter the DEM's anti Trump enthusiasm. Coreyolson, who's Radio
seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 5 (05:37):
Looking at your money.

Speaker 6 (05:38):
If President Trump gets his way, you're going to reap
the benefits of tariffs, promising a two thousand dollars dividend
check for everyone except for high income earners. Overnight futures
on the Dow are up more than two hundred points.
The National Retail Federation predicts that holiday sales will top
one trillion dollars. That's reflecting a four point three percent

(05:58):
increase compared to last year. Lone Star Economists Lone Star
College economist Hank Lewis says there are a couple of
ways to look at this.

Speaker 17 (06:06):
So it could be that, yes, it's higher, but some
of that maybe because of there being higher prices of
various hugs and services.

Speaker 6 (06:13):
In other words, you might not get as much bang
for your buck, and that's because of inflation, which started,
of course under Joe Biden.

Speaker 5 (06:19):
It's now five oh six. The Texans what a game.

Speaker 6 (06:22):
They outscored the Jaguars twenty six nothing in the fourth
quarter to beat Jacksonville thirty six to twenty nine. Davis
Mills had to go ahead score in the final minute.

Speaker 18 (06:32):
I have always had the mentality to stay confident regardless
of what happened on the play before. It's kind of
like the old basketball mentality, shooter shoot. If you stop,
I mean, you're not going to see shots going.

Speaker 6 (06:43):
The Texans are now four and five. They visit Tennessee
next weekend. The Rockets beat the Bucks in Milwaukee, won
twenty two to one fifteen. Kevin Durant thirty one points
to lead the way. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news,
weather and traffic station News Radio seven forty k TRH.

Speaker 2 (07:00):
Houston's morning news continues with Jimmy Barrett.

Speaker 3 (07:05):
All right, well, we are technically still in the government shutdown,
but it looks like the end is just about here.
The Senate voted sixty to forty last night, just enough
Democrats to go along with this to end the shutdown.
Now it has to go back to the House where
who knows. I don't think it'll be any problem getting
it through the House, because really Republicans didn't really give

(07:30):
up anything in all this. At the end of the day,
I think they realized that Democrats, you know, they didn't
vote for it. In particularly realized that, hey, you guys
are going to go ahead and go with Republicans on this,
but they haven't given us anything, and they really didn't.
What they basically agreed to was there will be a vote.

(07:50):
We will take a vote on healthcare, on healthcare subsidies,
we will take a vote on that. There's no guarantee
that the vote will pass. In fact, I would if
I'm a betting person, and I generally they probably wouldn't
at least not from what I'm seeing, wouldn't pass. So
Bernie Sanders on the floor of the Senate, this is yesterday,
before the vote took place, about ten thirty last night.

(08:11):
This is before the vote. Here's Bernie doing what Bernie does.

Speaker 19 (08:14):
And if this resolution is past tonight, we are on
a pathway to throw fifteen million Americans off of Medicaid
and the Affordable Care Act, fifteen million. Our job is
to create universal healthcare, guarantee healthcare every man, woman, and child,

(08:34):
not throw fifteen million people off the healthcare. They have
low income and working class people, and.

Speaker 3 (08:42):
My friends know what you are voting on.

Speaker 20 (08:44):
Studies are out there that when you throw fifteen million
people off healthcare, some fifty thousand of our fellow Americans
will die unnecessarily every single year.

Speaker 3 (08:57):
Anyone think that's funny? Something to laugh at? Something you
just go past. I hate to say it, but as
soon as Bernie Sanders says to you with that accent
of his, does anybody think that's funny? First thing I
do is start the snicker in appropriately. But it makes

(09:19):
you laugh anyway. What Bernie Sanders has talking about there
is universal health care. No, no, he's asking for well,
we're not asking for universal health care. He does he
wants socialized medicine. But he's a Democrat socialist. That's what
he wants. He's not going to get what he wants
at any time. I hope in the future he's not

(09:40):
going to get what he wants. So, as they said,
this is the first step towards ending government shutdown. Nothing
that government is easy. You'd like to think think that
the Senate was holding it up. So if they voted
last night to stop holding it up, we'd be back
in business this morning, right, But it's not quite that simple.
I'm guessing the House will act today and we'll see
how quickly things can and rev back up here and

(10:02):
get our nation's travel schedules back in time for Thanksgiving.
Looks like it will be back in plenty of time
for that five ten time for traffic and brother together.
What's pretty skene. I'm just looking at the Fred Hartman Bridge.

Speaker 4 (10:14):
I'm supposed to look at this wreck first, though, Okay,
I'll get to the Hartman Bridge, Terry.

Speaker 3 (10:18):
I sent you a link so you can look if
you can look in your thing now. I don't know
if you can.

Speaker 4 (10:21):
North Freeway. I'm forty five southbound at six ten right.
What do you get on that ramp right where you
don't need it? You're trying to go to the working side,
or you're trying to go over to the heights. They're
letting you buy to go to the Heights side westbound.

Speaker 3 (10:35):
They're not letting you go east.

Speaker 4 (10:37):
Side to head over to the truck stops on the
East Loop. So you can't do that if you're not hazardous.

Speaker 3 (10:42):
What are you going to do?

Speaker 21 (10:43):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (10:43):
I guess you go west and go around.

Speaker 4 (10:45):
If you are not hazardous, you can go straight through
the North Freeway and make the Kadie Freeway on the
outbound side.

Speaker 3 (10:51):
Here.

Speaker 4 (10:52):
I don't think this wreck's going to be here very long.
Now put your hard hats on. We're going to the
one forty six Missouri Street and that's the Fred Hartman Bridge.
Checking out Baytown side to Laport. It's pretty look both
ways here. We're in good shape here and the East
Sam Tollbridge. No suckets here yet and no big who
I going on on the East Lop sixth and.

Speaker 3 (11:12):
We look good.

Speaker 4 (11:12):
Button plants to twenty five clean bill. By the way,
Terry does not hurt cows when you DeHorn them. It's
just like, yeah, I wanted you to know.

Speaker 5 (11:19):
This is like taking claws off the cat.

Speaker 4 (11:22):
It's like your fingernails because I know you were horrified
by that thing I'll put on Facebook. But that little
squeeze shoot thing. They just cut their horns off. No,
it's like te you had your fingernails removed. No, no,
not removed, not removed, just clipped. You're just clipping there. Yeah,
it doesn't hurt them because they don't have any feeling
in their horns.

Speaker 3 (11:38):
So that's that's what that's all. I'm sorry about that
got off track out, but I wanted Terry to know
they're okay.

Speaker 4 (11:44):
I'm in the generator of Supercenter dot com traffic center.

Speaker 3 (11:46):
They are traffic and Animal Husbandry one oh one from
our KTRH top tax defenders twenty four hour weather Center.
Terry is here. Hey, Terry, let's make everybody feel so
good about living in Houston, Texas. Yeah, describe the weather
right now in Chicago.

Speaker 5 (12:02):
Okay, let's pull up Chicago.

Speaker 22 (12:07):
They're dealing with snow and lake effects, snow now around
the city. They won't see as much snow as some
of the suburbs to the north.

Speaker 3 (12:16):
And how much snow are we talking about, Terry.

Speaker 5 (12:19):
Let's see, I don't have to hear.

Speaker 3 (12:22):
They're going to measure it in feet instead of inches.

Speaker 1 (12:25):
You know, I was.

Speaker 22 (12:25):
Looking yesterday and I was seeing six to twelve inches.

Speaker 5 (12:28):
But that was yesterday.

Speaker 22 (12:30):
So let me check and see this Pacific snowfallen Mounts.
Not even Thanksgiving yet, Yeah, not even Thanksgiving. Well it's
you know, it's November. But boy, yeah, this is their
first big dose of snow. And the problem is that
the lakes are still quite warm. That moisture source is
still very much open for business, as we'd.

Speaker 5 (12:51):
Like to say, they're dealing with that.

Speaker 22 (12:53):
You know what, I'm kind of liking our weather, like, Yeah,
it's a little chilly right now, but it'll be warming
up over the next couple of days. It does not
take us long before the sun really does work its magic.
Now heis today, will be in the upper fifties to
low sixties by tomorrow. I think we're going to see
temperatures in the low to mid seventies and close to

(13:16):
eighty by Wednesday.

Speaker 3 (13:17):
There you go. That didn't last long, did it?

Speaker 5 (13:19):
No, not at all.

Speaker 3 (13:20):
Temperature currently is. Let me double check it here because
I'm not used to having a quite this cool forty
four at your official severe weather station, News Radio seven
forty KTRH. I live in clear Lake, Humble, reliable KTRH
traffic and weather next on the ten. All right, So,
I think we're gonna have a question of the day

(13:41):
today having to do with Governor Abbot's announcement over the
weekend that he is running for his fourth term fourth
term for governor of Texas. We have some of the
highlights from his announcement coming up along with our question,
how you feel about Governor Abbott going for fourth term? Fact,
I might as well go in and throw that down. Now.
Do you are you decided by this? Do you wish

(14:02):
that we had some new Blood or somebody else running
for a governor on the Republican ticket. You just go
to the iHeart ready to I have KTRH. You hit
the talkback button up the thirty seconds. First thing where
you're calling from? And how do you feel about Governor
Abbott running for his fourth term as governor of Texas.
Right now, we've got traffic and weather together as we

(14:23):
check out the drive again with skyline.

Speaker 4 (14:25):
Clear Nord Freeway. The wreck at the ramp I told
you southbound. They moved that out of the way, and
the suckage is about to disappear too. I'm not ready
to reroute just yet, so I think we look good.
West Sam southbound at West Tim for bad spot for
Rex sticky spot.

Speaker 3 (14:38):
He's on a left shoulder.

Speaker 4 (14:40):
I expect them to take a real lane, a left
lane in the next few minutes. This is southbound, so
watch out if you're coming down from Memorial. I'm Skymike
and the Generator Supercenter dot Com traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (14:50):
From our KTRH top tax Defenders twenty four hour Weather
Center sunny, cold, right about sixty for a high today, sunny,
more seasonable seventy three tomorrow, partly Claudia right about eight
for the high type of ure on Wednesday. Right now
it is forty four at your official severe weather station,
News Radio seven forty KTRH. Time to check out some
of our top Monday morning stories. Here's clink.

Speaker 5 (15:12):
Thank you, Jimmy.

Speaker 6 (15:12):
Evacuation orders could continue for several days in Polk County
after the Carter Lake dam was compromised over the weekend.
The tentative deal to end the shutdown would restore snap benefits.
Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliaboo has died at the age
of eighty four. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH
dot com. Our next update is at five.

Speaker 5 (15:32):
Thirty The Shoomer Shutdown.

Speaker 23 (15:34):
The events of the day, Portland, Chicago, Violent crime every
Day is Roumas on news Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 3 (15:44):
By twenty three now here in Houston's morning news. So
Governor Abbit here in Houston to make the announcement that
he is running for another term. But of course, first
before he said the official words I'm going to run again,
he wanted to point out all the good things that
have happened under his watch.

Speaker 24 (16:00):
Since I've been governor.

Speaker 13 (16:01):
Texas has been ranked number one.

Speaker 24 (16:03):
In America for the most new jobs. Number one in
America is.

Speaker 13 (16:07):
The best state for doing business every year that.

Speaker 3 (16:10):
Have been governor.

Speaker 13 (16:13):
Number one for business expansions and relocations, and number one
in areas that are kind of important to your everyday lives.
Did you know that Texas ranks number one for the
most electricity generation things you need to use every single
day in your homes. In fact, Texas generates more electricity

(16:34):
than the second and third states combined. Yah for leaders
in aerospace, leaders in artificial intelligence. The Texas economy is
growing twice as fast as to the United States economy, and
more Texans have a job today and.

Speaker 24 (16:51):
Their wages are higher.

Speaker 13 (16:52):
Than ever before in the history of Texas. Important is
this and that is the driving force of the Texas economy.

Speaker 24 (17:04):
Are our small businesses.

Speaker 13 (17:06):
Businesses like where we are here tonight is small businesses
represent more than ninety five percent.

Speaker 24 (17:14):
Of all businesses in Texas.

Speaker 13 (17:16):
And get this, Texas just announced a new record.

Speaker 24 (17:20):
We now have more than.

Speaker 13 (17:22):
Three million registered businesses in the state of Texas, twice
the number when I first took office.

Speaker 24 (17:29):
The reason for the success is that Texas remains the
land of opportunity.

Speaker 13 (17:36):
We remain a state that insists on the rule of law.
In our state, we believe in things like hard work,
high expectations, and we value our faith, our families, and
our freedom. And we are a bastion of common sense

(17:57):
in a country that is reeling from are left progressive insanity.
Texas is the common sense state in the United States.
But Texas isn't just another state for your home, your heritage.

(18:18):
Texas is the heartbeat of this land we call America.
As Texans, we will defend.

Speaker 24 (18:29):
This state with every fiber of our being.

Speaker 13 (18:33):
We will protect what we built, we will finish what
we started. We will lead Texas into its glorious future.
And that's why tonight I'm here to announce I am
running for reelection as your governor for the great State
of Texas.

Speaker 3 (18:57):
Or more years that's right anyway. The question of to
day again simply is your thoughts on Greg Abbott running
for another term. Have you had enough Greg Abbott? Or
do you want more Greg Abbott? Would you rather we
had somebody else leading the ticket, just maybe new little
new blood, or you think, hey, four more years is

(19:18):
greg with Greg Abbott is just what we need? Go
to the Iheartmadio up KTRH first name. Where you're calling
from your thoughts on the governor's bid for a fourth term.
Five twenty six. It is time to take a look
at your money and good morning.

Speaker 25 (19:33):
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(19:54):
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Speaker 3 (20:21):
It is five thirty. You're on Houston's Bonning News. I'm
Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories, as have our Trump
has issued some pardons. Here what Meyer says, Yes, we
are working with ice and coming up at five thirty eight.
Target wants their employees to flirt with you details in
the minutes ahead. You're in Houston's boning. They just want

(20:41):
them to smile. First. Let's check out that morning vibe.
Here's Skymine.

Speaker 4 (20:45):
I can't wait till five forty. We're gonna have some
real fun here, all right, you big shots. Let's check
on your Grand Parkway here. If you're coming over from
month Billvue trying to get up past ninety heading the
New Caney, No problems there. If you're somebody's butler and Tomball,
you're having and easy right now on the north part
of Graham Parkway and then the rose Hales side where
there's just a bunch of cows. We're in good shape

(21:07):
here all the way down to k What. There's some
nice neighborhoods too, but we're posted speeds all around. We
cleared Nord Freeway, the wreck at the loop and the back.

Speaker 3 (21:15):
Corner slip's gone too.

Speaker 4 (21:16):
Skymike and the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (21:18):
From our KTRH Generator super Center twenty four hour weather Center.
Sunny and cold with the height today right about sixty
we'll get to the complete forecast. It warms up pretty
quickly tomorrow, warmer, warmer still on Wednesday. We'll talk to
Terry Smith about all this in about nine minutes right now,
forty three at your official severe weather station, News Radio
seven forty k TRH. It's time now for the news.

(21:41):
Here's Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 5 (21:42):
Thank you, Jimmy. It's five thirty one on KTRH. Our
top story.

Speaker 6 (21:46):
The President not an auto pen issuing parties for Rudy Giuliani,
Mark Menos and others accused by the Left of attempting
to overturn the twenty twenty election. In his proclamation, Trump
said that this quote ends a grave national injustice perpetrated
on the American people. The Left losing their mind over this,

(22:06):
but Houseoverside Committee Chair James Comer said they were silent
when Joe Biden's auto pen pardoned thousands in January.

Speaker 27 (22:14):
To this day, Joe Biden's never talked about those thousands
of pardons that were signed by the autopen in the
last hours of his administration.

Speaker 6 (22:22):
Comar on Fox Budd Biden did make an appearance this
weekend and speaking in Omaha on Friday night. Actually it
wasn't really speaking. It was more like rambling and yelling
at President Trump.

Speaker 3 (22:34):
You work for us, mister President, we don't work for you.

Speaker 28 (22:40):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (22:40):
He also claimed Democrats were quote back after last week's
election wins. Of course, didn't mention that they were in
deep blue states like California. In New York, it's now
five point thirty two on KGRH.

Speaker 29 (22:52):
On this vote, the Yas are sixty and the naser forty.
Three fifths of the Senate duly chosen and sworn having
voted in the affirmative, the motion upon reconsideration is agreed
to light.

Speaker 5 (23:05):
At the end of the tunnel for the Schumer shutdown,
eight Senate Democrats, including Dick Durbin, who's the number two
Democrat in the Senate, folded they vote with Republicans on
a revamp plan to reopen the government. The Dems did
not get the Obamacare funding they were looking for, only
a promise for a future vote. The Senate Majority leader,

(23:25):
of course, well, he wasn't happy.

Speaker 30 (23:28):
We must fight because children who are dying of cancer
will not get healthcare coverage.

Speaker 6 (23:35):
Remember, whatever the Senate passes this week must get through
the House before it gets to the President's desk.

Speaker 5 (23:42):
That means the shutdown is not quite over yet.

Speaker 6 (23:44):
We've got forty six canceled flights at Bush, another twenty
one at Hobby due to the FAA restrictions coming up now.
On five point thirty four, Houston Mayor John Whitmeyer finally
acknowledges that the city is cooperating with ICE. While speaking
at a conference over the weekend, plick Meyer said he
didn't want the city to go through the turmoil that
we have seen in cities like Los Angeles, where masked

(24:07):
anti ICE protesters have been an issue for months and
DHS finally took a major step to stop it. Those
protesters they're no longer allowed to cover their faces.

Speaker 31 (24:19):
The new rule bans everything from masks to hoods for
those violating the law.

Speaker 32 (24:23):
It protests they act with impunity because they feel like
they're not going to be able to be identifying, but
now the federal government, with this new law, will be
able to unmask them.

Speaker 31 (24:31):
Former HPD Captain doctor Greg Freeman says, this makes it
clear that this anti ICE violence won't be tolerated anymore.

Speaker 3 (24:38):
I hope these people.

Speaker 33 (24:39):
Were held to the fullest account of law and sentenced
accordingly and that should send the showing effect to the
other misfits are out there that are wanting to commit violence.

Speaker 31 (24:46):
He added that cracking down on masked agitators will make everyone,
including peaceful protesters, safer. Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 6 (24:54):
Meantime, dhs as ICE agents were fired at during an
operation in Chicago over the World weekend.

Speaker 5 (25:00):
The shooter is still out there.

Speaker 6 (25:02):
Nobody was hit by the gunfire, but an officer was
injured responding to what happened. It's five point thirty five
investors are liking the potential end of the shutdown over
that futures are up more than one hundred and fifty points.

Speaker 5 (25:14):
That said, there might be trouble down the road.

Speaker 6 (25:17):
Fox News columnist Liz peaks as layoffs driven by artificial
intelligence could spark even more socialism.

Speaker 34 (25:25):
I think you're going to hear a lot about this.
This is a huge area of investment through beginning to
see that investment result to people not being hired or
being fired, and I'm guaranteeing that.

Speaker 35 (25:36):
This will be the sort of news democratic socialist.

Speaker 6 (25:39):
Rallying crime and with affordability now the top issue for
the majority of us. She says we can expect a
major battle ahead over AI and more candidates like Zorn Mamdani,
speaking of woke pushback against a California gym for banning
a real woman who stood up to a naked biological

(25:59):
man the women's locker room that day for not running
in the locker room.

Speaker 36 (26:05):
The viral video displayed just another bit of leftist lunacy.

Speaker 1 (26:08):
The left is.

Speaker 37 (26:09):
Gonna realize that they have backed themselves into a corner.
The snake is eating its own tail here.

Speaker 36 (26:13):
Fox's Tommy Larren says the Dems are inviting in white
men who they despise, and removing black women who they praise.
Logan Washburn of the Dallas Express says, for a party
that empowers women, they have funny ways of showing it.

Speaker 38 (26:25):
What they're doing is saying the woman is wrong and
we have to punish her by removing her from the gym.

Speaker 36 (26:32):
He says that people are waking up to this though. Finally,
Andre Barrard News Radio, So I'm forty KTRH five thirty six.

Speaker 5 (26:39):
The Rockets get back on the winning track.

Speaker 4 (26:41):
Yesterday we crossover left handerable against Turner, pulls up from ten.

Speaker 3 (26:46):
On the way and God eleven and fifteen for Kevin Durants.
What fifteen?

Speaker 1 (26:52):
What thirteen?

Speaker 3 (26:52):
Houston?

Speaker 6 (26:53):
That Thomas on the call for Sports Talk seven ninety
The Rockets beat the Bucks in Milwaukee one twenty two
to one fifteen. We've got three Texas teams in the
EIGHTP top twenty five. Now Texas A and M is
at number three. Tech is number eight, the Longhorns three spots.
They move up to number ten and they didn't play
over the weekend. I'm close Saunders on Houston's news, weather,

(27:14):
and traffic station News Radio seven forty k TRH.

Speaker 1 (27:18):
The free set that sets the record street. It's just
made my whole day more efficient. One use Radio seven KTRH.

Speaker 3 (27:27):
Five thirty eight air time. You're in Houston's morning news right.
Target is launching a flirty new rule called the ten
four rule. I want to I want to warn you
about this because if you've been to a Target, it's
pretty rare that somebody from who works at the store
will walk up to you and smile at you and
you know, act all friendly. So you might like a

(27:49):
little warning before you get approached. Their ten to four
rule goes like this. It requires their workers to engage
with the customer who's within close proximity, if they're if
you they're within ten feet of you, are to do
they have like a measuring stick or or do they
just it looks like about ten feet to me. If
they're within ten feet off, they're supposed to smile at you,

(28:13):
and then if they get within four feet, they're supposed
to make eye contact and wave or say hello. And
then they have to ask if you need help finding anything,
or if you don't, just say, you know, just a
little we'll have a great day, or whatever other little

(28:35):
pleasantry that you want to throw along. In other words,
Target is telling their employees how to behave like a
human being, because evidently that's a lost dart. Target says,
heading into the holiday, we're making adjustments and implementing new
ways to increase connection during the most important top of
the year. When do you think about that? I mean,

(28:56):
who are Talket employees. They're probably gen Z's right. They're
probab young people who who have not had a lot
of experience in things like customer service. They don't really
they're not used to approaching people they don't know. They're
not used to being friendly to people they don't know.
They're not used to smiling at people they don't know
or interacting with people they don't know. They they probably

(29:17):
had to be told this. You know, they're on the
phones all day. They don't know how to interact with
a real, live human being. The reason for doing it
is not just because they want to appear to be
more friendly. They want to make sure that they're not
losing customers. In the middle of a holiday rush, customer
is less likely to be willing to cross the store
multiple times to try to find an item or a

(29:37):
worker that seems to be approachable, So they want to
make sure their workers are approachable so that they can
answer any questions they don't know the words. They don't
want them getting frustrated. The shopper is getting frustrated trying
to find something in the store. I mean, not thinking
there's anybody that they can approach to ask by forty
time for traffic and whether together.

Speaker 4 (29:55):
I actually have something not positive about BUCkies.

Speaker 3 (30:00):
It drives me crazy when you walk it. Yeah, no,
I don't need.

Speaker 4 (30:02):
You to go Hi, Welcome to Buddies, And like five
different people say it. Just one person, Hey, everybody, just
smile away, just be cool.

Speaker 3 (30:09):
So you're you're saying you're criticizing them for being too friendly.

Speaker 4 (30:12):
Well, I mean it's just it's obvious to Okay, here, supervision.

Speaker 3 (30:16):
It's Supervision's fault. It is. It's compelled.

Speaker 4 (30:20):
So let's find a way to be friendly without making
it a compelled thing.

Speaker 3 (30:25):
Because oh so you want to be more natural? Just
be natural. Hey, dude, I think the term of these
states is organic. I would like it to be organic.

Speaker 4 (30:32):
And oh yeah, that sounds kind of scientific, Terry. Let's
go to the north side here, Nord Sam west boundicy authentic.
Oh that's good, Nord Sam Westbound. After the veterans told Plaise,
I got this one here. It's a wreck and everybody's okay,
we're just pointing at things. That's two left lanes. If
you're playing the home game with me, it's on camera one, one,
one seven. I think it'll be out of there pretty quickly.

(30:53):
But if you're coming over from the airport, look out.
You got nord freeway. Uhha, vehicle fire. Let's see we
had that first. That is a right lane block. Now
I think they're going to take extras and you're backed up.
This is outbound inbound. We're backed up from the Lowetta
get to our Dave.

Speaker 32 (31:09):
Dude, careful out you're around in the National Force around
Lake Condro and stuff, because I've seen a few deer and.

Speaker 33 (31:15):
These books are chasing the dough and they don't care
if there's a car coming or not.

Speaker 4 (31:18):
You know, because love is in the air, Terry, and
sometimes guys make bad decisions. So there we are, so
Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (31:26):
The nice to though the guys making bad decisions is universal.

Speaker 22 (31:30):
From markt It's called Survival of the Fittest.

Speaker 3 (31:33):
I guess it is yep. From r kt il Rights
Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour Weather Center. Terry is here.
She's got the forecast for you. It's a little cold today,
but it's only one day thing. Actually it is.

Speaker 22 (31:45):
Temperatures will be chilly today. It's a bundle up kind
of day, and then we quickly warm back up. We
get back to fall by tomorrow and temperatures will continue
to warm up. Hey, folks, we are dry this week.
I don't see any rain through Friday.

Speaker 5 (32:00):
Right now.

Speaker 22 (32:01):
I see some warmer weather on the horizon. But today
we're going to top out in the upper fifties to
low sixties. So we're running about ten fifteen degrees below
the norm. It's still chilly tonight, mid thirties to mid
forties tonight, but southerly wins tomorrow start to work their
magic with the sunshine. Load of mid seventies tomorrow, near

(32:21):
eighty Wednesday, load of mid eighties Thursday, and close to
eighty on Friday as well.

Speaker 3 (32:27):
Right now forty three at your officials, severe weather station,
News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 39 (32:33):
I live in the Woodlands.

Speaker 3 (32:34):
Your best ways are round Houston. Next on the ten
on seven forty KTRH. Five fifty one is their time
here in Houston's morning news. All right. So, now that
the government shutdown appears to be ending here, certainly with
the next day or two, SNAP benefits are back on
the table. But I don't think we're talking about done

(32:55):
talking about Snap. I think I think one of the
things that has happened result of all this is the
knowledge of knowing just how many people are on Snap
that shouldn't be on Snap, and how much fraud and
abuse is going on. So there's a real real call
here to reform the Snap program. More than that coming
up next first, though, traffic and weather together's we check

(33:17):
in the Skymike, Oh, we got trouble in Crosby Highway ninety.
This is a wreck and it sounded pretty rough here.

Speaker 4 (33:23):
This is going to be outbound, not inbound, Bohemian Hall Road.

Speaker 1 (33:27):
Danny from Dayton, Mike, all I see.

Speaker 3 (33:30):
Is nothing but Christmas tree light all over the place.

Speaker 39 (33:33):
That's there, so it must be pretty bad.

Speaker 38 (33:35):
There is a concrete truction's there is some.

Speaker 4 (33:39):
Smush all right, well said, that's on the outbound eastbound
side Bohemian Hall Road. We got this vehicle fire Nord
Freeway at Luta outbound KGr rate listeners the first to
know about it too, right lanes a backup from Luetta
and you've got the north Sam Are they clearing the wreck?
It looks like they're just about to clear this wreck
at the Veterans Toll Plaza. It's still a big it's

(34:00):
still big squish. Go on westbound. I'm Skywike Degenerator Supercenter,
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Speaker 3 (34:04):
Traffic Center from r KTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour
weather Center Sunday and cold right about sixty for the
high today Sunday, more seasonable seventy three tomorrow than partley
clouding right about eighty for the high temperature on Wednesday,
currently forty two at your officials severe weather station, News
Radio seven forty KTRH. Sit back to our newsroom and

(34:24):
get you an update from Cliff.

Speaker 5 (34:25):
Thank you, Jimmy. Eight Democrats cave to potentially end the shutdown.

Speaker 6 (34:29):
Two suspected drunk drivers allegedly hit two Harris County Sheriff's
Office patrol cars and humbold The deputies are okay, and
the Marines are celebrating their two hundred and fiftieth birthday
today at the latest news anytime at KTRH dot com.

Speaker 5 (34:43):
Our next update is at six.

Speaker 3 (34:47):
I live in Katie, I live in Ito. Your reliable
forecast next on the ten on seven forty KTRH five
fifty three our time here on Houston's morning News. I
think there is an understanding that there needs to be
some reform of the Snap benefit program, that there's a
lot of fraud and abuse people who are getting food

(35:08):
stamps that shouldn't people who are getting food stamps and
selling them, and it's such an expensive program we need
to get we need to get our hands into this
and fix what's wrong with it. Here is EGG Secretary
Brooke Wallins and her department is responsible for the SNAP program.
Here's what she had to say about it.

Speaker 40 (35:26):
Listen, people want the government open. They want those who
are the most vulnerable, who are hungry, to make sure
that they are fed. That's the SNAP program. But within
all of that, the level of fraud and corruption and
double dipping and selling benefits is astounding, and I think
it hit a nerve with America fed. To have our
discussion forty million people watch it about how corrupt the

(35:49):
SNAP program is, how we have to fix it, I
think just tells you that Americans are paying attention and
they're not okay with government as usual. We need to
clean the house up, and that's what we're doing.

Speaker 12 (35:58):
So.

Speaker 41 (35:58):
The Center for Immigrations Studies has found that's anywhere from
fifty to sixty percent of households that are headed by
illegal immigrants rely on SNAP benefits and other programs similar
to that.

Speaker 3 (36:13):
Is there a problem with that?

Speaker 1 (36:15):
Well, we at the almost the very beginning.

Speaker 40 (36:17):
I think on my first day, I sent a letter
to every governor in America saying, send us your data.
No illegal aliens on any SNAP or food stamp or
WIG program, period, full stop. Everyone said, oh no, we're
not doing that. It is illegal, I mean, it is
not allowable. However, the twenty nine states, mostly red states,
that sent us their data, what we found was really

(36:38):
astounding and now we're in lawsuits to get the rest
of the data so that we can work to fix this.
So there is no doubt that there is a massive,
massive fraud.

Speaker 1 (36:47):
In the program.

Speaker 40 (36:48):
But having said that, the Democrats have voted fifteen times
to not fund SNAP. There are legitimate families in this country, yes,
that rely on that program to feed their family.

Speaker 5 (36:58):
We got to get the government.

Speaker 3 (37:01):
Well, looks like we're well on our way to get
in the government open at this point. Again, sent voting
last night about ten thirty last night, sixty forty got
eight Democrats to go along with the reopening the government.
Now it's got to go to the House. But I
would I would think, you know, unless somebody and less
somebody in the House doesn't like the deal, it's a
clean cr I mean, I don't know what Democrats got

(37:23):
other than a promise to take up the issue of
healthcare benefits, but it's something they'd already said that they
were willing to do, so I don't doesn't look to
me like they gave up anything, which I'm pleasantly surprised at.
It rarely happens. The Republicans stuck to their guns. Five
point fifty six. Now here in Houston's Morning News.

Speaker 26 (37:45):
This is Huge Radio seven KTRH Houston Live everywhere with
now the latest news, weather and trapping.

Speaker 3 (37:55):
It's more of what matters to you. From the John
Morris Services studio. It's six am here in Houston's Morning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories of this half hour,
Governor Abbott running for a fourth term as governor. The
Senate votes to end the shutdown, and coming up at
six oh eight, President Trump wants to send most of
you a tariff rebate. Check details and the minute say

(38:18):
head first, we're checking out that morning drive once again.
Here's sky Mike. All right, we still have that.

Speaker 4 (38:22):
Vehicle fire on the Nord Freeway. This is outbound. I'm
looking from Luetta. It's actually at Spring Cyprus and the
backups from Luetta two right lines. I think everybody's okay.
I don't know if everybody's okay. On ninety Bohemian Hall,
that's a concrete truck involved. This is outbound, not inbound,
and It looks like it's hard to tell the lineage there,
but it's a pretty good smash if you're leaving town trying.

Speaker 3 (38:44):
To hit out toward Dayton. Skymike on the Generator Supercenter
dot Com Traffic Center from r KTRH top tax Defenders,
twenty four hour Weather Center. Sunny and cold today with
a high temperature only getting up to around sixty. This
is more like January weather. We'll get Terry Smith in
here because the cold snap doesn't last. We'll talk to
her about that in nine minutes. Tip it. You're right
now forty two at your officials, Severe Weather station, News

(39:06):
Radio seven forty KTRH. It's time now for the news.
Here's Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 5 (39:12):
Thank you, Jimmy. It is six zero one. We are
sponsored by All Star Construction. Our top story this hour.

Speaker 8 (39:18):
I'm optimistic that after almost six weeks of this shutdown,
we finally will finally be able to end it.

Speaker 6 (39:24):
Senate majority Leader John Thune is Democrats fold after forty
plus days.

Speaker 8 (39:29):
It's now only a matter of time before the government
shutdown is over.

Speaker 1 (39:34):
Probably later this week.

Speaker 8 (39:35):
The Senate broke a filibuster on a new GOP spending
package which will end the shutdown.

Speaker 1 (39:40):
The vote was sixty to forty.

Speaker 8 (39:42):
The Senate needed all sixty of those yas to break
the filibuster. Fifty two Republicans and eight Democrats teamed up
to greenlight the.

Speaker 6 (39:50):
Bill Fox's Chad program on Capitol Hill. Now, Democrats did
not get the Obamacare subsidies. They wanted, only the promise
of a future vote. This still needs to be approved
by the House after the Senate finally votes on a
full deal. This means the travel headaches could end soon
as well, but today we've got sixty seven flights canceled
between both Bush and Hobby airports. Now, the Democrats hurt

(40:14):
our national security during this shutdown. It actually forced the
Trump administration to furlough nuclear weapons contractors. Experts say there'll
be ramifications for slowing down the modernization of our defense systems.

Speaker 3 (40:28):
The Chinese have doubled their nuclear arsenal well. We can't
fall behind in terms of our national security. So this
is starting to get very serious.

Speaker 6 (40:34):
Professor Jeff Atticott heads the Warrior Defense Project at Saint
Mary's University. Of course, you'd never heard about that from
the mainstream media because their coverage was biased.

Speaker 11 (40:45):
In general, across all of the coverage.

Speaker 12 (40:47):
When you break it down by various categories, we found
eighty three statements favoring the Democratic argument and only twelve
statements favoring the Republican art. That's a eighty seven to
thirteen percent till for Democrats.

Speaker 6 (40:58):
Bill Dagasino with Media Research Center says that in the past,
the party in the Democrat position would be severely criticized,
but strangely enough, that didn't happen this time. It's now
six ZHO three. Greg Abbott makes it official here in
Houston yesterday.

Speaker 13 (41:14):
They cannot buy us, they cannot beat us.

Speaker 24 (41:20):
We will see them at the ballot box.

Speaker 1 (41:24):
And we will win.

Speaker 5 (41:26):
Governor announcing his run for an historic fourth term.

Speaker 6 (41:29):
This comes after voters passed all seventeen of the propositions
he pushed for last Tuesday, and his announcement came one
day after California Governor Gavin Newsom came to Houston himself
to talk about last week's election and pretty much just
to attack Donald Trump.

Speaker 23 (41:45):
He is an historic president, however, historically unpopular President.

Speaker 6 (41:51):
California passed Prop fifty retaliation for the new congressional maps
here in Texas. Last week's election signaled a troubling turnout
trend for Republicans, though election data guru Ryan Derst Ryan
Gerdusky told Brekebart that many of Trump's twenty twenty four
voters just didn't show up.

Speaker 16 (42:10):
There is a big question over lowber pennsity voters that
voted for Donald Trump in part because they thought, we
need a change in our country. We don't like the
way the associate the economy is being run. And he
changed the economy one time, and maybe he could do
it again, and so far he's kind of been unable to.

Speaker 6 (42:26):
He predicts that Democrats will turn out in presidential year
numbers for the midterms because of their Trump derangement syndrome.
The president has promised a two thousand dollars tariff dividend
check for everyone except for high income earners. Stock market
likes all of this. Overnight futures are up almost two
hundred points. Oil futures are up to about fifty nine

(42:47):
dollars and eighty cents. Gasoline prices across Houston are averaging
two fifty seven account that's eight cents cheaper than they
were last month.

Speaker 5 (42:55):
The climate crowd isn't.

Speaker 42 (42:56):
Going to like this.

Speaker 6 (42:57):
Ford is going to pull the plug on its F
one fifty DV model, with executives debating whether to end
production due to weak demand for electric trucks. Dealers say
gas and hybrid F series are still moving while the
Lightning model just sits there.

Speaker 35 (43:12):
People who use their trucks for work, I don't want
to spend thirty minutes at a charger. That's money out
of their pocket.

Speaker 6 (43:20):
KTRH carpro Jerry Reynolds also says the range of three
hundred miles stated at least for the Lightning drops in
half when you haunt just five thousand pounds of cargo
for past production last month. It's concentrating on smaller, more
affordable evs instead. Another potentially good sign for the economy,
holiday sales are expected to top a trillion dollars for

(43:43):
the first time ever this season.

Speaker 43 (43:45):
The National Retail Federation projects a four point three percent
increase compared to last year's nine hundred and seventy six billion.
Lone Star College's economic professor Hank Lewis says he's not
sure if the forecasted number is inflation adjusted or not.

Speaker 17 (44:01):
We've been looking at massive amounts of layoffs that are
happening with tech firms and some energy terms.

Speaker 43 (44:06):
He recommends making a budget, stick to.

Speaker 17 (44:08):
It, compare prices, shop around.

Speaker 43 (44:11):
Lewis says to be cautious using short term credit plans.
I'm Erica Smith, news Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 6 (44:18):
It is now six h six on KTRH. Davis Mills
or a rush walker steps up?

Speaker 5 (44:25):
Who's gonna run Mills?

Speaker 1 (44:27):
Looking for the call line? He's got there.

Speaker 5 (44:30):
And go the call on CBS.

Speaker 6 (44:32):
Davis Mills and the Texans outscore Jacksonville twenty six zip
in the fourth quarner and they beat the Jacks thirty
six to twenty nine. Kevin Durant had thirty one points.
The Rockets get a road win in Milwaukee one twenty
two to one point fifteen. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news,
weather and Traffic station, news Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 24 (44:51):
What has happened just yesterday?

Speaker 1 (44:53):
What's happening today?

Speaker 22 (44:55):
Righttail?

Speaker 3 (44:56):
What happens?

Speaker 1 (44:57):
The things are happening right here on news radio KTRH.

Speaker 3 (45:03):
Yeah, the checks in the mail, Sure it is six
oh seven is our time here in Houston's waring year?
All right, President Trump, it's sending out on true social
guests say the following message. People that are against tariffs
are fools. All caps. We are now the richest most
respected country in the world, with almost no inflation, in
a record stock market price four oh one k's our

(45:26):
highest ever. We are taking in trillions of dollars and
will soon begin paying down our enormous debt. Also in caps,
thirty seven trillion record investment in the USA, Plants and
factories going up all over the place. A dividend of
at least two thousand dollars a person, not including high
income people, will be paid to everyone. Okay, Well, a

(45:52):
couple questions come to mind. How close is this to reality?
Because I seem to recall a similar statement for the
President on Doge. Although he didn't really promise the Doze cuts,
he mentioned that maybe we could end up having getting
a check because of Doze. You know that he was

(46:13):
going to share a portion of the savings with Americans,
but I think it turned out that they didn't cut
as much stuff as maybe he thought was going to
get cut. This sounds more like a promise that he's
going to send most Americans at least two thousand dollars
in thanks to tariff income. Now, I don't know what

(46:33):
the President means by the qualifier he put on people
who make a very good living. I don't know what
he considers to be the highest income earners, because he
did say that the difendend would not include high income people.

(46:54):
What in the President's world is high income people? Is
that somebody making five hundred thousand dollars a year or more,
somebody making a million dollars a year more, somebody making
four hundred three hundred thousand is what is high income people?
So that part, I guess would have to be figured out,

(47:15):
And of course we'll have to wait and see if
it actually does happen. But at least he's laying it
down there as a potential promise. Six to ten. Time
for traffic and weather together, sky Mike, the floor is yours, sir.

Speaker 4 (47:25):
I have a bad feeling about Crosby. That's a ninety
outbound Bohemian Hall Road. That's a wreck, a concrete truck.
I'm told has Matt is there? Gary Max helping me
this morning with the screen, and he says, has MAT's there?
Forty five North Freeway, Luina, Oh clear it there we
go vehicle fire and that's still showing up on some
of your onlines. So another reason to get your traffic
from AM radio. We've cleared the North Sam. Check that

(47:48):
Scooch going that way. No, it's just about going stay
the course North Sam both ways from the airport over
to forty nine.

Speaker 3 (47:55):
Let's see. I've got Tracy from Cyprus. Dude.

Speaker 4 (47:57):
Hey, sky Mike.

Speaker 44 (47:58):
One of the road signs on inbounds it is indicating
that there are center lanes at the I X and
on two ninety your clothes for roadwork, and I'm sure
if that were the case, you would have reported on it.

Speaker 4 (48:09):
Yeah, that's probably a leftover, you know what. I know
the people that do those signs. So let me fix that.

Speaker 3 (48:14):
And let's see Scott new.

Speaker 45 (48:15):
Can you do?

Speaker 18 (48:16):
Morris Mike, it's clear sailings all the way down to
Dave in Texas.

Speaker 17 (48:20):
That morning drive.

Speaker 7 (48:21):
It's fun every day.

Speaker 3 (48:22):
Wow.

Speaker 38 (48:23):
Well, I wanted to say happy birthday to the marine
bother in laws.

Speaker 1 (48:27):
The marine gun's going into the marine boom.

Speaker 22 (48:30):
I'm a squid.

Speaker 4 (48:31):
Okay to Cliff, just said, what two hundred and fiftieth
birthday or the fiftieth anniversary of the Marines fiftieth two
hundred and fiftieth.

Speaker 3 (48:39):
That's what is a squid. Does anybody Terry do you know? Maybe? Yeah?

Speaker 5 (48:43):
Maybe?

Speaker 4 (48:44):
Oh all right, I'm in the Generator Supercenter dot com
traffic center from.

Speaker 3 (48:48):
R KTRH top tax Defenders twenty four hour where the
center Terry is here. She's got the forecast for you. Yeah,
it's cold this morning, but you know it'll bore them
up tomorrow.

Speaker 5 (48:58):
That's right.

Speaker 22 (48:59):
Hey, it does not last very long. That's the upside
of the chili weather we have right now. Temperatures are
starting out in the forties for many of us windshills.
This morning could run as cold as the mid twenties
to mid thirties, So make sure you have something warm
on when you leave the house.

Speaker 5 (49:17):
That does include your kids.

Speaker 22 (49:19):
I know they probably don't want to put on anything
more than a hoodie, and hopefully that'll do them just fine.
We'll wind up in the upper fifties to low sixties today,
it's not going to be it's still chilly tonight, temperatures
mid thirties to mid forties.

Speaker 5 (49:33):
But then tomorrow we got southerly winds working their magic.

Speaker 22 (49:37):
It's going to be so nice chilly tomorrow morning, but
then by the afternoon load of mid seventies near eighty
Wednesday load to mid eighties Thursday. I mean, this morning's
cold is going to be a distant memory and we'll
be close to eighty again, sunny and dry Friday.

Speaker 3 (49:53):
Right down forty one, they had your officials severe weather
station News Radio seven forty KTRH. Katie, I live anido,
You're reliable forecast next on the ten on seven forty KTRH.
So massed anti ice agitators are in for a rude awakening.
Now a new DHS policy has gone into effect. It

(50:13):
involves the ability of these protesters to wear masks in
order to prevent their identification. We'll talk to doctor Greg Freeman,
Captain HBD retired captain about this, and also about Mayor
Whitmeyer coming on saying yeah, we're cooperating with ice. How
refreshing is that to have a Democrat mayor saying yeah,

(50:34):
we're cooperating with ice. More than both of those stories
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Night Southwest Freeway look out gotta wreck reported here. I
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(51:15):
check out some more top trending stories this morning on The,
Monday Here's. Cliff thank, You.

Speaker 5 (51:19):
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Clinic the governor officially announces a run for a fourth.
Term four people in custody to others on the run
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Speaker 3 (51:44):
Thirty it's one policy going to.

Speaker 24 (51:47):
Take our capital.

Speaker 3 (51:48):
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Speaker 3 (51:54):
Ktrh, yeah we've seen plenty of anarchy in our, nation
cities and, versifully we've not seen it In. Houston and
how refreshing was, it by the, way to Hear Mayor whitmeyer, say,
yeah we're cooperating WITH. Ice nuff, said we're. Cooperating clearly they're.
Cooperating there have been thousands OF ice arrests here in
the city Of. Houston you don't don't hear about any

(52:15):
huge protests going on or demonstrations with massed individuals riding
in the. Streets says a lot about who we. ARE
i Think Doctor Greg, FREEMAN Hpd captain retired joins, us
let's start with the cooperation. Thing how refreshing is that
to hear that we have A democrat mayor who's cooperating WITH.

Speaker 45 (52:33):
ICE i think it's, Amazing, jimmy and thank you for
having me. On and what you just said strikes at
the point of who we are As. Houstonians we have
never had anything like this happen in our. City while
other cities burn historically for the last four or fifty,
years with social and civil, Unrest houston has remained relatively.

Speaker 3 (52:51):
Common that has a lot to.

Speaker 45 (52:52):
Do with the leadership and the history of our police department.

Speaker 3 (52:55):
Here, no you're. Right, also we have this new rule
the federal government evidently ready to go ahead and. Enforce
it wasn't supposed to go into effect Until, january BUT
i guess it's going into effect. Immediately if you're an
ANTI ice, agitator if you're there, protesting if you are
wearing a, mask you'll be arrested for no other purpose
than the fact that you're wearing a mask attempting to

(53:15):
conceal your.

Speaker 45 (53:16):
IDENTITY i think it's an amazing piece of federal. Legislation
and one thing that we've known to be true about these,
protesters And i've seen his. Firsthand you have a very
small percentage of people that truly are protesting Their First
amendment right to come out to these, venues and they really.
Are but embedded within these groups you have a large
contingency of. Criminals you have agitators FROM, Ice you've got,

(53:38):
anarchists you've got people that just simply hate the, police
and you have. Criminals and there's a lot of anonymity
when you put a mask, on and there's a lot
of Psychology jimmy behind this that emboldens them to do
things that they wouldn't normally. Do so being able to
unmask them immediately and unseal who they really are is
going to strike fear in their hearts, immediately AND i
think you'll see a lot large reduction in these protests,

(54:03):
that especially at THE ice.

Speaker 3 (54:04):
Facilities, WELL i think too that what people will, find
assuming that the protesting, continues that we're arrestling the same
people over and over and over. Again it's not like
we've got thousands of people who are participating these. Protests
we've got the same people protesting over and over.

Speaker 45 (54:19):
Again now that's exactly, right and our intelligence has clearly
shown these people are paid protesters being funded By sorrows
and other left wing radical, organizations and they're traveling from
city to city to. City they have a vast, network
they communicate, effectively and it's an organization that'ssuming, this there's
no doubt about.

Speaker 3 (54:36):
That so is part of the solution, here Doctor, freeman
to not just out the, protesters but to out the
money source of these, protesters to make sure everybody understands
where this money is coming, from and can we prosecute
groups that are willing to spend money to pay protesters
to agitate into cause.

Speaker 45 (54:55):
Violence, absolutely and the fact that the federal government and
administration just Declared antifa a terrorist. Organization once you start
finding out sources of money that's coming into, that they
are co conspirators on that federal level as, well and
you will see a large reduction in the people that
are doing this because once you do expose who they
are and they realize that they're looking at federal jail,

(55:18):
time which we know that they're going to serve ninety
percent of the. Sentences then wait to these people that
have just been recently arrested over the last several months
for interfering and assaulting federal. Officers when their cases go
to court and their sentences become, known it's going to
send shockwaves through that community because they're going to realize
that the government means.

Speaker 3 (55:33):
Business all, Right Doctor, freeman always good to talk to, You.
Sarah thank. You that IS Hpd captain retired Doctor Greg.
Freeman it is six twenty. Six as we take a
look at your.

Speaker 25 (55:42):
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Studios it's six. Thirty you're On Houston's Morning. News I'm
Jimmy barrett Bong Our top stories this half. Hour Erwit
meyer says we are and will cooperate With. Ice Rudy
giuliani gets A trump, pardon and coming up at six thirty,
eight how you feel About Greg abbott running for a fourth?
Term details in the minutes. Ahead, first let's check out

(56:34):
that morning drive again With.

Speaker 4 (56:35):
Skyline all, Right Southwest freeway looks like they cleared whatever we.
Had we had something pop up in that ramp and
they might have just pointed it step for a couple
of minutes and that was.

Speaker 45 (56:44):
It it's.

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Backup we've got some breaks right After West park northbound
but stay the course on The Southwest.

Speaker 3 (56:50):
Freeway we're starting.

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To squeeze down on the northroof six' ten westbound and
forty Five Crosby. Freeway that's showing me that they have
now shut it down At Bohemian hall out. Bound you
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From OUR Ktrh Generator, supercenter twenty four Hour Weather. Center
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With Terry smith of The Weather channel in nine minutes
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News radio seven forty K. Trh it's time now for the.
News Here's Cliff.

Speaker 6 (57:32):
Saunders thank, You jimmy six thirty one ON ktrh our top.

Speaker 7 (57:35):
Story approximately fifteen hundred, people six six.

Speaker 6 (57:39):
COMMUTATIONS i Was President trump parbating fifteen hundred j six.
Ers In january last ninety Pardoned Rudy giuliani and others
accused of trying to overturn the twenty twenty.

Speaker 46 (57:49):
Election President, trump writing in his proclamation that it did
not include himself critics that accuse those now pardoned of
plotting to overturn the twenty twenty election by submitting names
of alternate electors From, Georgia, arizona And. Michigan, January President
trump pard more than one thousand supporters convicted in connection
with The january sixth riot at THE Us, Capitol.

Speaker 6 (58:12):
Sue gousband reporting, there The president spent His sunday afternoon
at The Washington Commander's games swearing in new military recruits
ahead A Veterans.

Speaker 7 (58:21):
Day, well we just swore in a tremendous group of young,
people AND i was an honor and they are just
fantastic and they love you. Know our recruitment has been
record setting since a year ago was a.

Speaker 3 (58:33):
Disaster for the, country and now it's record. Setting so
this was an.

Speaker 6 (58:36):
Honor to be here the president On fox for the
call of The Commander's lions. Game and While trump was
at the, game Eight, democrats Including Virginia's Tim, caine caved
and voted to end The schumer shutdown without getting The
obamacare subsidies they held out.

Speaker 39 (58:51):
For what we have in this bill is the restoration
of all the furloughed employees and a guarantee of their
back pay ration of all rift employees who got riffed
After october.

Speaker 5 (59:03):
One republicans only promised a future.

Speaker 6 (59:05):
Vote Senate Majority, Leader Senate Minority, leader excuse, Me Chuck
schumer had a melt down at The democrat.

Speaker 5 (59:12):
REBELLION i must vote.

Speaker 30 (59:13):
No this healthcare crisis is so, severe so, urgent so
devastating for families back, home THAT i cannot in good
faith support this cr that that fails to address the healthcare.

Speaker 6 (59:27):
Crisis there are Other senate And house votes that need
to take place before the shutdown officially. Ends until, then
more travel, headaches INCLUDING tsa wait. Times, today we also
have got forty six canceled flights At, bush another twenty
one At hobby.

Speaker 5 (59:41):
Coming up on six thirty.

Speaker 6 (59:42):
Four it took, months But Houston Mayor John whitmeyer finally
acknowledges that the city is working WITH, ice telling the
weekend conference he didn't want what we have seen take
place In Los angeles Or. CHICAGO dhs is imposing new
restrictions on masked protesters on federal property as an effort
to crack down on the violent.

Speaker 32 (01:00:01):
Radicals embedded within this group are numbers of professional agitators.

Speaker 33 (01:00:06):
That we know, of for a, factor are being paid
for by leftist.

Speaker 32 (01:00:09):
Groups you have criminals that are embedded within these groups
that we know that just want to go there and create.

Speaker 6 (01:00:14):
Mayhem FORMER hbd captain Doctor Greg freeman says this will
make it easier to make.

Speaker 5 (01:00:19):
Arrests, meantime nobody's in custody.

Speaker 6 (01:00:21):
Yet In, chicago WHERE dhs SAYS ice agents were fired
at during an operation this, weekend one officer was hurt while.
Responding coming up on six thirty, FIVE, ai layoffs are
becoming more of a, thing and some experts fear could
spark more, socialism.

Speaker 5 (01:00:38):
And that Includes Fox news Columnist Liz.

Speaker 34 (01:00:41):
Peak, YEAH i think this is actually going to be
the topic of the day very, soon certainly one of the.

Speaker 35 (01:00:46):
Big political battlegrounds as we go.

Speaker 10 (01:00:48):
Forward she, says the combination of corporate cost cutting and
culture could open the.

Speaker 34 (01:00:55):
Door, yes the polling shows that a majority Of democrats
now prefer social to. Capitalism this is a catastrophe because
socialism does not.

Speaker 3 (01:01:04):
Work but right now it is working For.

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Democrats Jeff, Biggs News radio seven forty k teerach.

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THERE'S ai and then there's.

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More THREE d printing construction continues for THREE d homes
Near Hobby. Airport Jim, dutton the host of THE ktrh
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to our stormy, weather but.

Speaker 17 (01:01:29):
They're very interesting because it's a solid. Home when it's
finishes concrete.

Speaker 6 (01:01:33):
Walls he says they actually surpassed brick and mortar homes and,
longevity offering buyers a one hundred year life. Spam, meantime
the battle between THE us And mexico over water isn't
getting any. Better In South, texas farmers are caught in the.

Speaker 45 (01:01:49):
Middle for the last three, Years i've only been able
to plant basically half my farm BECAUSE i don't have enough.

Speaker 6 (01:01:55):
Water Rio Grand valley Farmer Brian jones says there's frustration
that The mexicans have plenty of water but refuse to
honor an agreement that requires them to deliver it. Here
six thirty, six The rockets beat The bucks In milwaukee
one twenty two to one.

Speaker 5 (01:02:09):
Fifteen Kevin duran had thirty.

Speaker 6 (01:02:11):
One TEXAS a AND m remains at number three in
the LATEST Eightp top twenty five after Beating. Missouri Texas
tech moves up a spot to number eight after BEATING
byu and The, longhorns who had the weekend, off move
up three spots to number.

Speaker 5 (01:02:24):
Ten and how about.

Speaker 6 (01:02:25):
That texans comeback yesterday scoring twenty six on answered in
the fourth quarter to Beat jacksonville thirty six twenty.

Speaker 18 (01:02:31):
Nine field slow down their, offense special teams made some
plays and as the game went, on our offense kept
getting better and better and we were able to go
down there and find a way to win.

Speaker 8 (01:02:42):
It at the, end.

Speaker 6 (01:02:42):
Quarterback Davis mill scored the go ahead touchdown in the final.
Moments I'm Cliff saunders On houston's News weather in traffic
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Trh the countries are.

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Speaker 46 (01:02:54):
SHUTDOWN antifa would Be trump assas And Ryan ruth guilty on.

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As always SOMETHING i forgive him on Used radio seven Krh.

Speaker 3 (01:03:04):
So governor. Happen evidently his dream is to have a
fourth term as, governor so he's going to run. Again
he's pledging to deliver at least ten billion in new
property tax, cuts Blasting Harris county for exploiting loopholes to hike. Rates,
well how about we create legislation where we don't have.
Loopholes sunday's speech also previewed a sweeping overhauled the property tax,

(01:03:27):
system rooted in voter control and fiscal. Restraint he, said
no taxing entity should be able to raise your property
taxes without two thirds approval by. Voters no, approval no new. Taxes,
well it's a Great it's we're all in favor of
flower property, taxes, Right but wouldn't it be great to
get rid of property? Taxes can we find a different

(01:03:48):
way to fund state government other than property, taxes especially
on the backs of seniors who they school property taxes
for something they haven't used for twenty three or forty.
Years maybe in many, Cases but how do you feel
in general this? Morning let's keep it. Simple how do
you feel About Governor abbit running for a fourth? Term

(01:04:09):
are you happy about? That are you thinking that maybe
it might be time for some new? Blood can't we
do something a little bit? Different Governor abbit has had
three terms as the governor Of. Texas maybe it's time
for somebody. Else your thoughts you go to the iheard
radio AP ktrh hit the talk back, button first, name
where you're coming. From and your thoughts On Governor abbit

(01:04:30):
going for a fourth term.

Speaker 47 (01:04:31):
Dave On Lake.

Speaker 11 (01:04:32):
Conrod, Yeah Governor, RABBIT i can handle him for four more. Years,
yeah you know you can't get, everything BUT i think
you did pretty.

Speaker 1 (01:04:41):
Good to strict from the east.

Speaker 11 (01:04:42):
SIDE i think it would be good to possibly have
some new and fresh.

Speaker 9 (01:04:46):
IDEAS i would be interested in that as long as
they're not left as socialist.

Speaker 3 (01:04:52):
Ideas, okay there's a couple of thoughts. AGAIN i heard
radio AP, ktrh first name where he. Calling i'm your
thoughts on GOVERNOR i have been running for a fourth.
Term and by the, way if you think it's time
for new blood and that's, fine is there anybody comes?
Mind is there anybody that you would like to see
running as A republican for governor other Than Greg? Abbott

(01:05:12):
feel free to throw that in as. Well right now
six forty time for traffic and whether it didn't.

Speaker 4 (01:05:17):
Change just for the sake of change, though you, know
like selling beer And tarkington for, instance we didn't need
that golf freeway northbound at the sixty nine direct. Connector
got a stall here in that connecting. Rep that makes
a lot of. Sense watch, out we've got a smash
now right after you have hn on The Golf freeway
outside The loop. World, okay east Ex, downtown a lot

(01:05:39):
of breaks from quipment down to The Big. George you
lose about two or three, here you've got. Ninety we've
got some lineage. OPEN i need an update from. You
it's too far from me to see eastbound ninety Outbound Bohemian.

Speaker 3 (01:05:52):
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Speaker 4 (01:05:53):
WRECK i know there's a concrete truck involved in, that
and possibly nothing good happening.

Speaker 3 (01:05:58):
There Southwest freeway clear that.

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App this Got.

Speaker 21 (01:06:12):
Mike this Is highway seventy three westbound Between Fort arthur And.
Winning there is a brief lane enclosure in the right
lane going westbound Towards.

Speaker 3 (01:06:20):
Winning all, right that makes a lot of sense.

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You, yeah it is a little bit chilly and we'll
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Speaker 22 (01:06:59):
Up here's the nice thing About, houston among many nice.
Things these temperatures don't stay cold very long between the
sunshine and a southerly. Wind we're back to Regular november by.
Tomorrow so if you like to wear the sweaters and
the heavier, jackets today's your. Day we're only going to
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(01:07:21):
and it is still chilly, tonight mid thirties to mid forties,
tonight much like what it is right, Now so you'll
want the jackets tomorrow. Morning by afternoon we're in the
load of mid. Seventies it's Like november. Again near Eighty,
wednesday load to mid Eighties. Thursday look at these temperatures
and near Eighty. Friday we've got sunshine all week.

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she did? It coming up, next first, though traffic and

(01:08:13):
whether together as we check out the drive again the
Sky money forty Five North, Freeway dustin on the north, Side.

Speaker 11 (01:08:19):
Mike right at the ninety Nine Springs studenter.

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Exit there was some police activity and a couple of
rouverdeckers has gotten an.

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ACCIDENT i wonder if they're they're checking out where that
fire was or if this is a new.

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Thing we'll find out that the ten report.

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Two eighty Eight i've Got amy From Lake Jackson.

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Horne stomach at the sixteen exit going.

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West there is a fire truck AND i think a
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Speaker 33 (01:08:42):
Plane they're there and it is causing a little bit of.

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News radio seven forty K. Trh check out some more
of our top stories on A. Monday Here's, cliff.

Speaker 6 (01:09:21):
Thank, You, jimmy AND hft firefighter is recovering after being
hospitalized while we're s funding to a fire in the third.
Board evacuation orders could continue for several days In Polk
county after The Carter Lake dam was compromised and a
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Fifty. Nine In bound at the loop is always a
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You was singing this To Chuck. Schumer he's not, happy
that's for. Sure he's not. Happy The democrats are no longer.
Together they're not voting in, Solidarity they're not in lockstep
with each. Other some of them are actually thinking for

(01:10:11):
themselves and thinking this government shutdown is not a good.
Thing we need to stop. This one of them Is
Senator Maggie. HASSEN i think that's how she pronounces it
From New. Hampshire here she is at a press conference
last night after the, vote explaining why she did what
she did.

Speaker 48 (01:10:27):
At a time when families desperately need. Relief washington's dysfunction
is making life harder for, families and the.

Speaker 1 (01:10:34):
Last thirty nine days are proof of.

Speaker 48 (01:10:37):
THAT a record long government, shutdown paired with record high
health insurance costs increases is not the kind of history
that The american people Want congress to make. Over the
last several, Weeks i've heard From Granite staters who can't
afford a doubling of their health insurance. Costs i've also

(01:10:58):
heard from families about deep pain that the government shutdown has,
caused made worse by a president who illegally and repeatedly
chose to cut off help for families who are just
trying to buy. Groceries after weeks of bipartisan, CONVERSATIONS i
voted today to reopen the government so that we can

(01:11:21):
get back to the work of Helping Granite. Staters this
agreement FUNDS snap and food assistance, programs ensures that law,
enforcement air traffic, controllers and other federal workers get, paid
reverses the president's recent reckless layoffs and prevents them from
happening in the, future and crucially Gives congress a clear

(01:11:44):
path forward to protecting people's.

Speaker 3 (01:11:46):
Healthcare, well what it does is a FUND snap through
twenty twenty. Six it funds air traffic control through twenty twenty.
Six so those things that are now off the. Table
this cr WHICH i guess the rest of it runs
like through the end Of, january assuming gets passed by The,
house would take those things off the. Table those would
no longer be threats as part of any potential second

(01:12:10):
government shutdown if agreements cannot be. Made there's no agreement
in there for healthcare other than the healthcare will be,
tackled and there will be there will be a vote,
taken but there's no guarantees that anything is going to
happen to change who's covered Under obamacare or the subsidies For.
Obamacare so it's a pretty it's pretty much A republican.

(01:12:33):
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senate has voted for a clean Cr now it goes
back to The House Governor rabbit running for a fourth
consecutive term and promising lower property, taxes and coming up
at seven oh, Eight trump floats the idea of a

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Speaker 27 (01:15:43):
Hour it looks like we're getting close to the shutdown.

Speaker 6 (01:15:46):
Ending President trump on his return to The White house last,
night is Eight Senate democrats fold and take a step
towards ending the.

Speaker 8 (01:15:54):
Shutdown Eight democrats have voted With republicans to greenlight the.
Bill the bill fund the government through Late, january and
it funds three sections of government through next. Fall there
is nothing in the bill to offset rising healthcare. Costs
democrats demanded money for HEALTHCARE aid before voting to fund the,
government But democrats walked away with nothing despite their shutdown Gambit.

Speaker 6 (01:16:18):
Fox's chat program On Capitol. Hill, remember The house still
has to approve whatever The senate sends them before this all.
Ends The senate move comes After trump push to end the,
filibuster a plan That Texas's John cornyn had not totally
gone all in.

Speaker 9 (01:16:33):
FOR i think she's more of a. Traditionalist she, says
let's not change things to make sure of ourselves today
because they could come back and harm us. Tomorrow and
it's a very smart, approach but it disagrees With.

Speaker 6 (01:16:45):
Trump political Consultant Bill miller says this could Hurt corny's
chances of Getting trump's. Endorsement in the, meantime we still
have travel. Issues sixty seven flights already canceled Between bush
And hompy this, morning and this one's surprise. You the
mainstream media played deep for The dems during the, shutdown.

Speaker 10 (01:17:02):
As Bill degastino, notes for The Media Research center And,
NewsBusters it's been all about defending The.

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Democrats fairly remarkable to.

Speaker 12 (01:17:12):
Me are basically trying to Exonerate democrats from any amount
of culpability they have in the, shutdown.

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And the research shows the numbers don't.

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Lie what we found was that there were only twelve
instances where anybody on one of these three broadcast networks
actually mentioned that it Was Senate democrats causing the government.

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Election Greg abbott making an official right here In houston last,
night announcing his run for an historic for the term as.
Governor it comes after voters passed all seventeen propositions on
last week's. Ballot filing for the midterms continues And Harris
COUNTY gop is working overtime to recruit candidates for multiple judicial.

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Country Party Chair Cindy. Single the candidate filing deadline Is december.

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Eighth, elsewhere after last Week's democrat wins in blue, States
California Governor Gavin newsom came here To houston to take
a victory.

Speaker 29 (01:18:38):
Lap we're dealing with an invasive species by the name
Of Donald.

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Trump california Pass prop fifty retaliation for redistricting here In.
Texas the new maps may impact the midterms next, year
but that won't matter if THE gop doesn't learn from last.

Speaker 15 (01:18:54):
Week it wasn't just the big races In New, York New,
jersey And. Virginia election data Guru ryan Go dusky tells
Bright Bart News democrats also won smaller races across several
other states Last, tuesday places.

Speaker 3 (01:19:06):
That really had no national.

Speaker 16 (01:19:08):
Repercussions but the turnout was tremendous in the part Of
democrats just to, say let me stick it To trump
and go vote for A. Democrat And republican turno was,
very very. Low even In, Mississippi republicans saw seats in
the state.

Speaker 15 (01:19:18):
Legislature he Says republicans must sharpen their economic message and
get their twenty twenty four voters to turn out next
year to counter The DEM's Anti trump. Enthusiasm coryolson Nehw's
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Five looking at your. Money If President trump gets his,
way you're going to reap the benefits of. Tariffs he's
promised a two thousand dollars dividend for everyone except for
high income. Earners overnight futures are up one hundred and
seventy seven points as of. Now National Retail federation predicts
holiday sales will troup a two billion, dollars reflecting a
four point three percent increase from last. Year On, Star

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college Economist Hank lewis, says there are a couple of
different ways to look at.

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This so it could be that, yes it's, higher but
some of that maybe because there being higher prices of
various hugs and.

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Services in other, words you might not get as much
bang for your buck thanks to the inflation that started
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this idea. Passed you've just by the way seven o
eight our time here In Houston's Forning. News President trump
is proposing that we have fifty year. Mortgages woo, wow

(01:21:13):
fifty year? Mortgage what would that end up? Costing you
looked at the apergization, sheet like, right when you buy
a house and you get a thirty year home, loan
which very few people pay. OFF i guess that's the.
Idea you get someone who's young and they're this their first.
House they're not going to be paying that off. Anyway

(01:21:34):
But i'll get into the downside of this other than
that in just a. Second fifty that's locking you in
for fifty years on a. Mortgage, wow are you ever
going to pay off that? House are you ever going
to own that? Home if you're thirty years, Old if
you get fifty year loaning and you don't move, again
you stay in that, house it would take you it
would take you to eighty to pay the thing. Off

(01:21:56):
is this a good idea or. Not you, know there
was not a thirty year home loan BEFORE. Fdr that's
part of the new deal was thirty year home. Loans
they hadn't existed before. Then Now President trump is proposing
a fifty year. Loan here's Economist Steve moore tackling the.

Speaker 1 (01:22:12):
Issue here's what would happen if you have these fifty year.

Speaker 49 (01:22:15):
Mortgages your monthly mortgage payment would go, down, Right, charlie
because you're paying that mortgage over fifty years rather than
say twenty or thirty. Years so if you want to
make housing more affordable in the very short, term that
might be a good way to bring down monthly mortgage.

Speaker 1 (01:22:33):
Payments but then you're going to pay for a long long.

Speaker 49 (01:22:36):
Time you're going to be fanning that mortgage payment for
most of your. Life and so that's a question of
whether it makes sense financially to. People but right, now
where people are really struggling to find a home where
they can meet those mortgage, payments it might make sense for.
People by the, way the federal government should also be
issuing fifty year debt because interest rates are low and
be a way for us to lock in low interest.

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Rates so that if we had a spike and interest
rates in the, future we wouldn't be in a real
problem situation.

Speaker 41 (01:23:05):
Financially and so of course after thirty, years if you
had a fifty year, mortgage after thirty, years the way
banks structure, loans you probably still wouldn't, own but about
ten percent actually, own but about twenty percent of.

Speaker 1 (01:23:19):
That it's a good.

Speaker 49 (01:23:19):
Point that's a good. Point you, know you, want you
want to build up equity in your. Home that's why
a lot of, people you, know when they have the
financial means to do, so they speed up their mortgage.
Payments but, listen the problem with our housing situation right
now really is so many restrictions on building multifamily homes
in a lot of. Areas by the, WAY i can
tell you one city In america where housing prices are

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going to go way.

Speaker 5 (01:23:42):
Down you know what city that?

Speaker 3 (01:23:44):
Is what's That New York?

Speaker 49 (01:23:46):
City because everybody's going to move out exactly. Exactly so
if you want to buy a, house maybe think about
doing it In New.

Speaker 3 (01:23:51):
York, no, thanks do need a communist, mayor thank you very.

Speaker 45 (01:23:55):
Much.

Speaker 3 (01:23:55):
Yeah the downside is the home equity part of. It
you don't build up the home, equity which is what
gives you your down payment for the next alum that you.
Buy it takes a lot longer to do, it take
a lot longer to pay it. Off you lower your.
Payments but that's about the only good thing that comes
out of that seven eleven time for traffic and weather.
Together you older to think what the ghetto house will
look like in fifteen. Years, well there's that. Too imagine

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the amount of work you're going to put into that.
House half way through the time, START i think it
would look like a totally different. House you, know it'd
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Gotcha uh, yeah it's a bit chilly out there this,
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Morning the good thing is it doesn't really last very.

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Long today's you know where your sweater to work kind
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because temperatures will be in the eighties by the end
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little bit of a breeze now and then you're going
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It we're still chilly, tonight mid thirties to mid forties,
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Shining there's no rain the next several, days southerly winds
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Ktrh, well evidently you also cannot Hurry Supreme court. Decisions
they will take whatever time they have to take in
order to make a decision on whether or Not President
trump As Chief executive of this, Country ken on an
emergency basis put in. Teriffs it is it is a
the job of co is related to. Tariffs but is

(01:29:02):
there a loophole here that the president can snink? Through
and by the, way if The Supreme court rules against,
him what could happen next in order to prevent that
terrifability from going? Away well we'll get into all that,
Here Tom dupree And Taylor. Riggs she's from The Big
Money show On Fox. Business Tom, deprive Former Deputy Assistant Attorney.

(01:29:26):
General on The Supreme court considering What trump and can
and cannot do with those, TARIFFS i.

Speaker 47 (01:29:32):
Would say first of all that ALTHOUGH i realized some
listeners may have found it, boring for, me listening to
that argument and all the constitutional phrases being bandied back
and forth was like a double jolt of. CAFFEINE i loved.
It and look what The Supreme court is wrestling with
is As President trump correctly noted an absolutely critical, question
and it goes to your point Whether congress actually gave

(01:29:54):
The president the power to impose these. Tariffs and so
the justices asked hardcore questions of both. Sides, look they
pushed the administration's lawyers, saying where do you see the
language and the law that.

Speaker 1 (01:30:06):
Gave trump the power to do what he.

Speaker 47 (01:30:07):
Did but they also pushed back against the people challenging the,
tariff saying, that, look the president was acting in his
role as commander in, chief as controller of our foreign,
policy and maybe he gets a bit more leeway in that.
Context but the bottom line is that the court did
seem to doubt That congress gave the president such broad.
Authority and, look if the court ultimately Says trump went too,

(01:30:29):
far you're absolutely. Right he has other statutes he could
rely on to impost, tariffs Or congress could simply ratify
what the president has already.

Speaker 50 (01:30:37):
Done all, Right, taylor assume argue into the worst case,
scenario revenue trade. Deals lots of really hard work the
president put into this could be all for. Naught so
what happens if the court says they relied on the wrong?
Statute does the.

Speaker 45 (01:30:53):
Money have to be?

Speaker 1 (01:30:54):
Returned and if, so to? Whom and is it going
to be unsettling for the? Markets, yeah you, know that's
a great.

Speaker 37 (01:31:01):
Question we're looking at what could be north of one
hundred billion dollars looking to be. RETURNED i think that's
worst case scenario of people trying to figure out if
the court deems this attacks on businesses or attacks on,
consumers how do you start to redistribute the refunds of
all of.

Speaker 5 (01:31:16):
THAT i don't think anyone wants.

Speaker 1 (01:31:18):
To try to think about how that.

Speaker 37 (01:31:19):
GOES i think the good, news, Though, tray is that
markets and business leaders want. Certainty so if The Supreme court,
says go for, it this is, okay markets and business
leaders and corporations say, GREAT i can plan for. That
if The Supreme court, says, no The president overstepped and
you can't do, this business leaders and corporations in the

(01:31:41):
market will say, GREAT i can plan for.

Speaker 30 (01:31:43):
That.

Speaker 37 (01:31:44):
Right they just need clarity in either, direction.

Speaker 3 (01:31:47):
So they just business just needs a. Decision Wall street
just wants a decision one way or. Another the idea,
though of giving back one hundred and fifty billion, DOLLARS i,
mean that doesn't seem like the world's easiest thing to.
Do maybe The Supreme court would rule that he didn't
have to give the money, back but he can't do

(01:32:09):
the tariffs any, longer or maybe they'll rule in his.
Favor we just don't. Know we just don't know how
that whole thing's going to end. Up seven twenty, Six
it is time to continue some discussions on your.

Speaker 25 (01:32:19):
Money And good morning looks like a risk on morning
for the investors as futures indicate a higher open Up Wall.
Street this, Morning Visa MasterCard close to a new agreement
that will attempt to settle a two decade legal spat with.
Merchants the credit card companies are going to make changes
to lower interchange fees by an average of a tenth
of a percent over several. Years retailers have fought for

(01:32:41):
decades to slash their share of the costs for accepting card.
Payments I'm John Tucker Bloomberg business On News radio seven
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it is seven thirty here On Houston's Morning. News I'm Jimmy.
Barrett among our top stories this f Are trump Pardons
republicans who questioned the twenty twenty election. Results This democrat
mayor is proud to be cooperating with ice and coming
up at seven thirty. Eight more thoughts on another four

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years Of Governor Greg abbott details in the minutes they. Head,
first we're checking out that morning drive. Again Sky mike's.
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Downtown we're just checking out your Eastext the elevated is
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Speaker 5 (01:34:22):
You jimmy seven thirty one ON ktrh our top. Story
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Speaker 6 (01:34:26):
Autopen it Was President trump himself issuing pardons For Rudy,
Giuliani Mark, meadows and others accused By democrats of attempting
to overturn the twenty twenty. Election in his, proclamation The
president said that this quote ends a grave national injustice
perpetrated on The american. People the, left of, course is
losing their mind over. This But House Oversight Committee Chairman

(01:34:49):
James comer said they were silent When joe's auto penn
pretty much pardon thousands In. January to this.

Speaker 27 (01:34:57):
Day Joe biden's never talked about those thousands of gardens
that were signed by The autopen in the last hours
of his. Administration that Was comer On Fox and speaking
of the former, president we had a siding over the
weekend where he was supposed to, speak but it sounded
more like he was just.

Speaker 5 (01:35:13):
Rambling and yelling At Donald, trump.

Speaker 3 (01:35:16):
You work for, us Mister, President we don't work.

Speaker 48 (01:35:20):
For, you.

Speaker 6 (01:35:22):
Claiming democrats were quote back after last week's election wins
in blue states and this just in THE us carried
out more strikes on alleged drug votes and international, warters
killing several Other narco terrorists literally just INTO.

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Us coming up now on seven thirty three ON.

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Speaker 6 (01:35:51):
White at the end of the tunnel for The schumer
shutdown is Eight Senate, democrats including the number Two Senate
democrat In Dick, durbin cave and vote With republicans on
a revamp plan to open the government back. Up The
democrats did not get The obamacare funding they were looking,
for only a promise on a vote down the. Line
so what did The senate minority leader. Do of, course

(01:36:14):
he threw a tantrum.

Speaker 30 (01:36:15):
We must fight because children who are dying of cancer.

Speaker 3 (01:36:20):
Will not get healthcare.

Speaker 6 (01:36:21):
Coverage, remember whatever The senate passes must get through The
house before it goes To President trump's, Desk so that
means the shutdown is not over. Yet and that also
means that there are forty six canceled flights At Bush
airport this, morning another twenty one At hobby due to
THE faa restrictions that were caused by the. Shutdown coming

(01:36:44):
up on seven thirty, Four Houston Mayor John whitmyer finally
acknowledges that the city is cooperating WITH. Ice while speaking
at a conference On, Saturday whitmeyer said he didn't want
the city to go through the same kind of turmoil
that we have seen in cities Like Los. Angeles, meantime
masked ANTI ice rioters have been an issue for. MONTHS
dhs finally took a major step to stop. It protesters

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are no longer allowed to cover their.

Speaker 31 (01:37:10):
Faces the new rule bans everything from masks to hoods
for those violating the.

Speaker 3 (01:37:15):
Law at, protests they.

Speaker 32 (01:37:17):
Act with impunity because they feel like they're not going
to be able to be, identifying but now the federal,
government with this new, law will be able to unmask.

Speaker 31 (01:37:24):
Them FORMER Hpd captain Doctor Greg freeman says this makes
it clear that this ANTI ice violence won't be tolerated.

Speaker 5 (01:37:30):
ANYMORE i hope these people were held.

Speaker 33 (01:37:32):
To the fullest account of the law and sentenced supportingly
and that should send the chilling effect to the other
misfits are out there that are wanting to commit.

Speaker 31 (01:37:39):
Violence he added that cracking down on masks to agitators
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Room the viral video displayed just another bit of leftist.
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To realize that they have back themselves into a.

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Corner the snake is eating its own tail.

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Here Fox's Tommy larren says The dems are inviting in
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Speaker 42 (01:40:06):
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Traffic next on the. Ten you, KNOW i Guess i'm
surprised That Governor abbott's running for a fourth. Term not,
well let me take that, back not so much surprise
that he's running for a fourth term that that he
hasn't gotten a different, gig either with The trump administration
OR i don't know if he's been offered anything or

(01:40:36):
hasn't been offered, anything or does it not interested in
a in a federal. Position biden is biding his, time
hoping that someday he can run for. PRESIDENT i don't,
know BUT i do know he's running for a fourth.
Term and as somebody who is not the world's biggest

(01:40:59):
fan Of Governor, RABBIT i, mean he has his, pros
he has his. Cons he's not as in the, past
at least he's not been as strong AS i would
like him to. Be, certainly maybe feel the same. Way you,
know do we have a tendency to think of the? Alternative,
well he'd be better than better Old. Rart, well, yeah,
Obviously but is he the Best Texas republican to be?

(01:41:21):
Governor do we want another four year term From Greg
abbott or do we want to try somebody, new some new.
Blood he's not really giving us a choice. Here he's
got deep, Pockets he's got plenty of. Donors he will
be the republic if he decided to be The republican,
nominee he will be The republican. Nominee so it will
Be Greg. Abbott we either vote For Greg abbott or
you voted The, democrat and we all know how that's

(01:41:43):
likely to turn. Out BUT i wanted to get your
thoughts this morning On Greg abbott going for a fourth.
Term would you rather see somebody, new some new. Blood
do you have somebody else in mind that you would rather?
See are you perfectly happy With Governor Greg? Abbott what
are your?

Speaker 21 (01:41:58):
Thoughts there's no doubt That i'm very proud Of Governor
abbott and the amazing work he has done and has
almost twelve years in office as our. Governor he has
always Led texas in the right. Direction grudge on the
border and an education and a.

Speaker 3 (01:42:11):
Lot of issues he.

Speaker 21 (01:42:12):
Has there's still a lot of work to be done
on property, taxes and, HONESTLY i will not be happy
until property taxes are fully. Eliminated so unless there's someone
better Than abbot who will campaign on eliminating taxes and
follow through with, it my vote.

Speaker 1 (01:42:25):
Is still With, Abbots david And.

Speaker 51 (01:42:27):
Casida i'm okay With abbot coming back for another. TERM
i would like to see a, good vibrant primary process
happen and might have earned, it not just walk in
and not have anybody go up against.

Speaker 3 (01:42:43):
HIM i think there's gonna be a lot of people
who are like that last. Guy i'm okay If abbott
is going to be governor for another four. Years AM
i excited about? It i'm certainly more happy about it
than if the idea that we could have a democrat
in the. Office for, Sure BUT i think a lot
of us think, that, yeah there's there's bound to be something.

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Speaker 4 (01:43:24):
HOPE i think we should Get lance FROM i think
we should Get lance From magnolia to be the, governor
though you might hope this, morning that's for. Sure i'm
killing the clock While i'm at. It we're looking at
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mall down to the North sam looks an extra two
or three minutes. Here you got that road, Work, Oh,

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terry speaking of, You, YEAH i got your golf ball over.

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yeah all, right this is he's. Found he's found right
around the golf. Ball we've got some. Breaks. NOW i don't.

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Know they're doing science. Stuff up in there on the.
Roads we're clearing up an earlier wreck that was just Past.
Gauzling everybody's. Okay we're just about finished pointing at, things
and we've got an extra nine or ten minutes going
that way on the west. Part Told, wade should we
Keep Eddie martine on? It, yes we're all right this.
Morning we're.

Speaker 3 (01:44:15):
Good.

Speaker 4 (01:44:15):
Mission been some, Breaks no big woop. Here oh look
Out Southwest. Freeway new. Wreck we always get these coming
out of the loop where that merging craziness. Happens it's
messing up your ramp that goes down from uptown, outbound
not inbound on The. SOUTHWEST i know your head. Hurts
we've got breaks now From he'll croft.

Speaker 26 (01:44:32):
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Speaker 35 (01:44:44):
It, no you.

Speaker 22 (01:44:45):
Don't we got this big dose of cold air today
and then it just slowly, defrosts and across our part
of the state it really does warm.

Speaker 31 (01:44:56):
Up.

Speaker 22 (01:44:56):
Nicely the other thing that comes back is, humidity AND
i have to, say as long as the humidity isn't.

Speaker 5 (01:45:01):
Crazy out of, WHACK i really do appreciate a little
bit of. Humidity it just feels so much nicer to
be outside.

Speaker 22 (01:45:09):
Today at least we're, sunny but that northerly wind is
going to keep the temperatures in. Check like we're not
going very far. Today upper fifties to low. Sixties that's
as good as it's going to. Get it is still
going to be cold, tonight mid thirties to mid forties,
tonight but then the wind. Shift we still have sunshine
and the warm up gets underway tomorrow and it continues

(01:45:30):
the next couple of. Days load of mid seventies, tomorrow,
eighty around eighty On, wednesday load of mid Eighties, thursday
and temperatures close to eighty On.

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FORTY KTRH aceep for. Five today's the two hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of The. Marines we have a former marine
who has decided to launch his campaign For Texas Attorney.
General his filing is officially going to Be today's name
Is Aaron. Wrights will talk to him coming up. Next first,

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though traffic and weather together as we check in again
With skymike.

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R Ktrh Generator, supercenter twenty four Hour weather center for. Today,
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Ktrh i'm to check out some more of our top
stories this. Morning Here's, Cliff thank, You.

Speaker 6 (01:46:54):
Jimmy evacuation orders could continue for several days In Polk
county after The Carter lake dam was. Compedise The schumer
shutdown is on the verge of ending after Eight Senate
democrats folded IN thefc.

Speaker 5 (01:47:06):
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Speaker 6 (01:47:08):
Crime thieves targeted their field twice in a twenty four hour,
period causing fifteen thousand dollars worth of. Damage get the
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Speaker 1 (01:47:21):
O'CLOCK i live In, Pasadena, Sharptown.

Speaker 3 (01:47:24):
Southwest next on.

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The ten time saving traffic on seven FORTY.

Speaker 3 (01:47:28):
Ktrh, yeah in two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of The
marines is. Today we have A i called them a former.
Marine you're Never Aaron. Wright you're never really a former, marine,
Right once a, Marine you're always a, marine that's.

Speaker 1 (01:47:43):
Right, Yeah once a, marine always a.

Speaker 3 (01:47:45):
Marine and now you would like to Be Texas attorney. General,
man that's a crowded field to get. Into what makes
you want to run for attorney? General?

Speaker 28 (01:47:52):
Well, LOOK i MEAN i think it's great that we
are formally filing for my candidacy on the two hundred
and fiftieth birthday of the State's Marine. Corps because when
the stakes are high and when the fight is. Hot
our country sends in The.

Speaker 1 (01:48:06):
Marines that's what we.

Speaker 44 (01:48:07):
Do.

Speaker 28 (01:48:08):
Okay we are The United states lethal fighting, edge the
tip of the. Spear and the reason Why i'm running
For Texas Attorney general is because we are in an
existential conflict with the forces of the, left AND i
know from personal experience that the primary arena in which
we're fighting these dark forces is the justice. System we
need battle, tested battle hardened marines who have proven themselves, litigating, investigating, suing,

(01:48:33):
defending and appealing on all the major issues that determine
really the future of our country and the state Of.
Texas And i'm the only one in this crowded field
who's been in legal combat for years and, years fighting
against and winning against the left in court and throughout
the justice.

Speaker 3 (01:48:49):
System that's Why i'm. Running you, Know it's one thing
to have to fight against the federal government when the
federal government is being run by the. Left right right,
now it's a little bit easier thanks for having The
trump administration, there but is we get more and more
people moving here From california and maybe From New york
now that they've decided they're going to go communists with
their next. Mayor it might get a little bit tougher here, Too, right.

Speaker 28 (01:49:11):
For, sure you have no. Doubt, LOOK i Was Attorney
General Ken paxson's deputy for three years fighting against The biden.
Administration packson has endorsed me to succeed him as the
Next Attorney general Of, texas and that's because of my
record suing The biden. Administration in, FACT i sued the
forty six president forty six times AND i won eighty
five percent of those. Cases now you're exactly, right, Though,

(01:49:32):
Jimmy we've got an ally in The White. House in,
FACT i just came from the presidentially Appointed senate confirmed
role as the head of The office Of Legal policy
In Trump's Justice. Department and so there's no greater friend
as the next age Of texas who can partner with
The trump, administration with The Justice, department with The department
Of Homeland security to bring those, benefits resources and focus

(01:49:56):
to Benefit texas as a. Whole but you're also exactly.
Right we've got these deep blue pockets In, texas the
big blue, cities the big blue counties in, particular where
a lot of your listeners are at here In Harris
county and in The city Of. Houston there is so much, fraud, waste, abuse,
criminality just absolute chaos and corruption that's, happening and The

(01:50:16):
Attorney general is going to play a critical role in
smoking out that, corruption holding corrupt public officials, responsible and
ensuring that our big blue pockets In, texas which you're
getting bluer and bluer by the day for the same
reasons as you just, said we need a Chief Legal
officer Of texas who's going to come bring the heat
to these. Guys and there's nobody better that's able to

(01:50:39):
do that than. Me, heck fighting corruption In Harris county
is a full time job in and of. Itself, yeah
we've only got a few seconds. Left but as we,
mentioned it is a crowded, field and you have some
people Like Chip roy with name, recognition so obviously coming
out of our program and other programs to get attention
is a good. Idea what are the things can you
do to try to make inroads when you're running against

(01:51:00):
relatively big. Names, YEAH i think the only big name
in this race really Is Chip. Roy there are other
two locals who folks in The Harris county area may,
know but really their campaigns are, floundering and they're not
running credible. Campaigns the issue here is who is best
qualified to serve as the next chief legal officer Of.
Texas and my record, litigating, investigating, suing, defending and appealing

(01:51:21):
on all the major issues puts me head and shoulders
above the. Competition and even IF i were to grant
That Chip roy has higher NAME, id which of course he,
does he's been In congress blasting The, president BLASTING maga,
voters trying to Get Ken paxson removed from office his
high NAME. Id the flip side of that coin is
he's got catastrophically bad. Negatives he called For President trump

(01:51:41):
to be impeached In january twenty twenty. One he sided
With Mike pence to certify the stolen election of twenty.
Twenty he was the first elected official in The United
states to call For Ken packson to be removed from.
Office this is somebody who is too, unstable an eaglemaniacal
to be trusted as the Next Attorney general Of. Texas
AND i guarantee you That President trump will not be
happy when if he's elected as THE ag because of

(01:52:03):
how many times he's backstabbed The president's supporters as well
As President. Trump If texans want What President trump called,
me a TRUE maga, attorney vote For Aaron wrights For Attorney.
General aaronrights dot COM R E i T.

Speaker 3 (01:52:16):
Z we got, it we got to. Run thank you
erin appreciate. It There's Aaron wright's former marine and candidate
for attorney. General least he will be as of. Today
you'll have a great. Day we'll see you tomorrow, morning
right early five