Thursday, July 18th, 2024

Jimmy Barrett & Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter the most on the morning of 07/18/24

Episode Transcript

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This is Huge Radio seven forty katrh Houston Live Everywhere with the IR the
exclusive audio hole mom NBC's coverage ofthe twenty twenty four Paris Olympics. Now
the latest news weather fan taffic,It's more of what matters to you.
From the John Morris Services Studios.It is five am. Good morning.

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As we get started here in Houston'sMorning News, I'm Jimmy Verrett along with
Sheriff Fryar Bungertop Stores. This fhour getting to know jd Vance. Does
Hollywood have Trump's blood on its hands? And coming up at five oh eight?
My, how convenient the president hasCOVID and he is self isolating details
in the minutes ahead. You're inHouston's Morning News. First, let's check

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out that morning vibes skuy. Mikeis here. Let's do some advisory.
We'll check out your Katie freeways.We come in from penn Oak Road.
We're drama free so far. Let'sgo over to Highway six. Oh waffle
house. Hey, there, wego bel Way eight the Loube and we
good all the way to the President'shence we give that a clean bill.
Twenty six minutes there West Park tollwaywide open toll sticker, big shots,

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you look good. From Graham Parkwayto the Southwest Freeway flip and southwest from
New Territory. Cross the bridge here. That's also problem free even in the
canyon. We're moving at show allthe way, skylike on the Generator Supercenter,
dot Com, Traffic Center, Plumbaa KTRH Top tax Defenders, twenty
four hour Weather Center for today,fifty percent chance of seeing a shower of
storm with the high temperature right aboutninety. We'll get you the complete forecast

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from Terry Smith at the Weather Channelin about nine minutes right now eighty at
your official severe weather station, NewsRadio seven forty k t RH. It
is time now for the news hereSheriff Fryer, Good morning. Everyone is
now five oh one, No.Five o two on news radio seven forty
KTRH and our top story this hour. Never in my wildest imagination could I

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have believed that I'd be standing heretonight. Ohio Senator JD. Vans,
at the Republican Convention in Milwalk lastnight, officially accepted the nomination to be
Trump's VP. I will give youeverything I have to serve you and to
make this country a place where everydream you have for yourself, your family,

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and your country will be possible onceagain. Last night's theme make America
Strong Again. One of the otherspeakers was a teenager as well, who
stole the hearts of the show whenwe played golf together. If I'm not
his team, he'll try to getinside of my head, I know,

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and he's always surprised that I don'tlet him get to me. That is
Trump's seventeen year old golf playing granddaughter, Kai forty five, nominated to be
forty seven. Trump will be speakingtonight live coverage on KTRHKTRH dot com in
the iHeartRadio app. It all beginsat seven pm for US Trump advisor Peter

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Navarro, released from prison yesterday aftersir a four month sentence for defying a
Jay six Committee subpoena. Also addressthe delegates, if they can come for
me, and if they can comefor Donald Trump, be careful, they
will come for you. Yeah.He got a lot of applause to that

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the illegal Special Council. Meantime,Jack Smith is officially appealing that ruling by
federal Judge eilenc Annon, which dismissedthe mar A Lago document's case against Trump
and co defendants. It is nowfive h Three US senators reportedly told during
an intelligence briefing that the dead wouldbe assassin and murderer Thomas Matthew Crooks posted

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on a gaming platform that quote,July thirteen will be my premier. The
total intelligence and security failures of theSecret Service in that attempt at assassination have
more Republicans now calling for the agency'sdirector, Kimberly Cheatle, to resign.
If you know there are things thatwe need to change about our policies,

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or our procedures or our methods,we are certainly going to do so.
She also said unequivocally she will notresign. Cheadle testifying for two House committees
next week, though. How muchresponsibility overall for this attempted assassination actually lies
with Hollywood and Sharon How much ofTrump's blood does Hollywood have on its hands.

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If you've got so many people,with so many followers, speaking from
so many gargantuan pulpits saying that Trumpis evil, that he'th Hitler, It's
going to have some kind of consequence. That's Christian Toto, host of the
Hollywood in Toto podcast. So whydo conservatives still give their hard earned money
to Hollywood? It's a valid question, but it is surprising that we have

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such collective power and we did seeyou what But like Jeff Biggs News Radio
seven forty, Katie r h it'sfive oh five now. Joe Biden canceled
speech in Nevada yesterday after allegedly testingpositive for COVID nineteen. According to the
White House, he has mild symptoms. It was one hundred and eleven degrees
in Nevada yesterday. He didn't lookgood climbing the short steps into air Force

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one. Two thirds of Democrats wantBiden to drop out of the twenty twenty
four race. Oh really, andanother key Democrat now saying Joe must go.
This is not just about whether hegave it the best college try,
but rather whether he made the rightdecision to run or to pass the torch.
California Congressman Adam Schiff, who wasrunning for the Senate in that state

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in November, his opponent, RepublicanSteve Garvey. As we told you yesterday,
Biden supporting the Democrat attack on ourseparate branch of government. The US
Supreme Court promising to pack the courtand add term limits to those lifetime of
appointments, only getting the judges hewon at now five oh six. Congressional

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Budget Office says President Biden's proposed healthinsurance plans would grow the deficit by over
three hundred and thirty billion dollars overthe next ten years. That initiative and
that proposal really has tone deaf becauseit does more than just raise the deficit.
It benefits the insurance companies, andit continues to hamper the ability for

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patients to get the health care thatthey need. Healthcare expert David Billott there
he says dedugibles have increased by asmuch as eight thousand dollars for people who
are on this government subsidized insurance.Today, latest estimate of social securities costs
of living adjustment has dropped a twopoint seven percent. That's the raise that
seniors would get next year. BrentSmith with a Heartland Institute says it only

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adds more economic pressure to many seniors. Inflation is the pressure for the seniors.
The inflation that you feel today isn'tgoing to show up in your check
until January. You have in questionshigher than it has been probably in a
decade or two that they're going toset it lower. Nearly ninety percent of
retired Americans say inflation is really theirtop concern. Five oh seven is our

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time day eleven for twenty one thousandCenter Point customers without electricity. Lieutenant Governor
Dan Patrick creating a special Senate committeeto look into the response to this storm,
and state leaders threatening action against CenterPoint, But what can they actually
do? They can break up thecompany in theory, there's a lot of
questions about whether or not they're justnot capable of handling the territory that they

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have. Maybe some of that territorywould be given to some other provider.
Ollie Hanson of the Texan says theycould also deny rate hike proposals, but
more than likely it just ends withhot Air and Austin whether or not there
will be penalties that we do notyet know. Andre Parard, News Radio
seven forty KTRH, I'm Shever Fryerand News Radio seven forty KTRH. Houston's

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Morning News continues with Jimmy Barrett andSheriff Fryar. The current President of the
United States has tested positive. Weare told for COVID nineteen. Is it
still COVID nineteen. I thought weleft COVID nineteen. The announcement was he
has COVID nineteen, because that's whatthe test tests for. Okay, even

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though that's not the strain that's goingon rightest, If we don't know when
or where he had the PCR tests, they say he had it, he
has COVID nineteen. Okay, Butif COVID nineteen he's evolved into something else,
Well, we've had all these mutations, We've got all these other COVID
things. Then how do you testpositive for COVID nineteen If it's no longer
COVID nineteen, that's what the testtests for. Yeah, But what I'm

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saying is is that they don't havetests for the other branch. Okay,
I don't know, yeah, butI'm just saying, if it's evolved,
it is no longer the COVID nineteenstrain, it's a COVID something else.
How do you test positive for COVIDnineteen if COVID nineteen no longer exists,
it's evolved into something else. Well, that's what I'm asking it from.

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Yeah, And why wasn't he wearinga mask. I mean, who'd he
catch it from? Is what youwant to know? Yeah, I saw
I'm stumbling up the plane steps.He wasn't trying to push. You know,
the COVID nineteen jabs they basically Imean the jabs are for COVID nineteen
allegedly. Well, maybe haven't beenable to keep up with the mutations they've
happened, so maybe he's got todeal with visor that every now and again
he has to get take us backin down. Yeah. Now, hey,

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listen, we're still trying to sellthis vaccine. So every time and
again, would you test positive forCOVID nineteen. Well, this happened shortly
after he said if there's a medicalreason why a doctor tells him he should
resign, then he would do that. I don't think this is now they
come up with COVID nineteen. Idon't believe it at all. No.
I think this is more more aboutmore about not giving a speech. I
think is what this was, especiallyafter yesterday, the one speech he gave

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in Las Vegas where he's trying toexplain uh rent and how you know he
got he's going to cap rents,you go the cap rents. He instead
of saying it five percent, hesaid a fifty five dollars because he couldn't
read the telepropter. So we've gottento the point now where he can't even

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read the telepropters, so that that'smaybe what we're we're facing here. And
and I find it very interesting thathe did bring up that your medical condition
could be a cause for him notto run for another term. That's the
first time we've heard him do that. And I think he's hearing, of
course, all the plotting going onin the background. Maybe you're very good
at this. You know, thisis a big week for the Republicans,

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right, and you see how it'sgoing. And there was too much focus
on an attempted assassination. For heaven, we got to shift the focus now
and wait too many a week?Yeah, wait, too many pictures of
stuff looking around a week? No, it hasn't all right. Five eleven,
Time for traffic and weather together andright up, more balance to mail
in sky. Mike is here.Let's see so far we need it like

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this, We need it nice andquiet and sleeky times. So far was
we check your north side here?I forty five? There is peace in
your valley from Conro all the waydown. We're looking at just a twenty
eight minute drive. Easy going hereif you coming down from the Sticks East
Texas Freeway. Looking good from Porterall the way down and that's a twenty
nine minute drive. Here. Lookat the Beltway. Oh, the Beltway

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hasn't started to smutch up the NorthBelt. So if you're trying to catch
a plane, you have that roadworkat Aldane Westfield and you also have to
work at Imperial Valley. Now givethat about thirty minutes and I'll start to
get a little ugly. Also,the toll bridge Sucache hasn't started yet,
so jump on the toll bridge whileyou can't. Hey, I want to
hear from Exxon Mobile people that roadworkthey have on Spur three thirty that it's

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supposed to be over Baker Road.Is that causing you any kind of spackle
at all? Or are they justputting you off on the feeder? Is
it still easy to get to ExxonMobile? Also is their stake night tonight?
Because I need to get over thereand take a look at it.
Sky Mike here, let me yieldto the lady from Georgia and the Generator
Supercenter Dot com traffic Center from rKTRH Top tax Defenders twenty four hour weather

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center mainly south of the city.Got the storm yesterday in the rain up
around Spring where I am didn't geta rock rifts today. So is it
our turn today? Do you think, Terry Smith? Well, listen,
the way I'm looking at it isevery day is your turn? Yeah,
I saw that we had some ofthose stronger storms down to the south,
and looking at radar this morning,we've got a line of showers and storms

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to the north approaching College Station andthey are moving in our direction, so
we're going to see some of thatrain today. The front hangs around,
so we're going to continue to seesome rain through the weekend. Today it's
a fifty percent chance so showers andstorms. Not everybody gets wet, but
a few of us do, andit just might be your turn. Jimmy

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LOADVID nineties today, forty percent chanceof thunder storms Tomorrow, rain increasing over
the weekend. Sixty percent chance ofmore rain Saturday, seventy percent chance on
Sunday. Even Monday, we haven'teighty percent chance of rain. So hey,
don't make sure the sprinklers are turnedoff. We're not going to need
them here the next couple of days. Right now at your officials Severe Weather

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station News Radio seven forty k tRH. It's Houston's Morning News, brought
to you Biden, New South WindowsSolutions. Now back to Jimmy and Sherah
with the info you need to takeon the day. So a part of
what it was all about last nightat the Republican National Convention was getting to
know JD Events? Who is JDEvents? The senator from Ohio. They

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knowman Ohio, but the rest ofthe country. Who is he? What
does he stand for? Have someaudio to share with you coming up next.
First though, traffic and weather together, and that starts with you.
Skuy Mike. I forgot to giveyou the tip line number one. I
asked you about if that Banker Roadconstruction on three point thirty is messing you
up. At Exon Mobile it's sevenone three two one two tips Junior Dayton,
Guy Maiden. Hey, the onlymudg going on over your cross and

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arms thruster at the railroad, Crossand work go beats mam Phillview's Exxon.
Uh got up and arms and stuffdown. You come around at clerk.
There's a train there it's not armedstuff down so Union Pacific, all right,
deed, I've got a stall onthe east text now southbound at nineteen
sixty. He's over on the side, but that's a sticky spot. It's

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a left shoulder. And now thenumber one share a SoundBite in America.
I had a possum and my fanbilt. We'll do a long distance dedication
at five thirty. Actually we'll checkship channel bridges and the Generator Supercenter dot
Com traffic center from our KTRH toptax defenders twenty four hour Weather Center.
Fifty percent chance of a shower stormright about ninety four highth today and then
tomorrow Partley Cloudie. Another fifty percentchance of a shower storm with the high

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temperature right about ninety Guardly it's eightyat your official severe weather station. News
Radio seven forty k TRH. We'rechecking out some of our top stories here
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You are cheaper commute coming up everyten minutes on the tens. We're getting
to know jd Vance. He gavehis speech last night a little over a
half an hour. Of course,he needed to start with saying a few
words and then accepting the nomination.Now, I think our disagreements actually make
us stronger. That's what I've learnedin my time in the United States Senate,

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where sometimes I persuade my colleagues andsometimes they persuade me. And my
message to my fellow Americans those watchingfrom across the country is shouldn't we be
governed by a party that is unafraidto debate ideas and come to the best
solution. That's the Republican Party ofthe next four years, united in our

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love for this country and committed tofree speech and the open exchange of ideas,
and so tonight, mister Chairman,I stand here humbled, and I'm
overwhelmed with gratitude to say I officiallyaccept your nomination to be Vice President of

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the United States of America. Now. As enjoyable as that was, he

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did show a sense of humor,which I can appreciate. I do like
a good sense of humor. Topicof his military duty and his college affiliation
came up last night after nine toeleven. I did what thousands of other
young men my age did in thattime of soaring patriotism and love of country.

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I enlisted in the United States Marines, simver five of my fellow Marines.
I loved the Marines after four yearsand went to the Ohio State University.

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I'm sorry, Michigan, I hadto get that in there. Come
on, come on, in caseyou could make out the chant Let's go
blue. You know I've forgotten,you know, if we've done the drinking

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game. The numbers of times hementioned Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania,
there's no doubt that he's on thatticket because he is going to break
the blue wall. That's it,that's what he's there for. Break the
blue wall. I mean I andI think it's fine, and I think
the audience responded to it. ButI'm sitting there. He keeps talking about

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energy and he never mentioned the nameTexas. You know, we're going to
make American We're going to do Americanenergy and it's going to come from Pennsylvania
and Ohio. And I'm thinking,Okay, well he'll get around to us.
No, Trump will do it.That's Trump will do it. I
mean, so I would just Iwould hope, you know, talk about
unity. You know, don't forgetabout the rest of the country while you're

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you're breaking the blue wall. Asyou said, he's got that's his that's
his focus. You know, Kamalawas supposed to be the borders are his
and she never did anything. Hisfocus is to break the blue wall in
and he's going to do it.Oh, I think you will. Five
ony six, Now already could betime to take a look at your money.
Courtey's off again today. Here's DeniseBella Greeny. Yeah, guys,
remember that backlash that ab in Bedfaced over bud light being promoted by a

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transgender's social media influencer. Well,that fallout continues. Analysis by Nielsen IQ
data by Bump Williams says bud Lighthas now tumbled to the number three spot,
behind Modella Especial and michelob Ultra.That's according to the Wall Street Journal
Stop futures, they are mixed rightnow. Some optimism about tech shares on

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positive vibe emanating from chip maker TaiwanSemi, which makes chips for Tech,
Darling's, Apple, and Nvidia.Right now, NASDIAK futures are up fifty
five and P futures are up three. Dow futures though down sixty seven after
the Dow hit a new record highyesterday. And forget about beanie babies.
Here comes the beanie Bouncer. No, it doesn't stand outside of bar keeping

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people out. This is a roundplush toy about four inches wide. Cute
little face, soon a ball inside. Guys, This thing bounces fifty feet
high. New York Posts says it'llcost five dollars ninety nine cents. And
creator of the beanie bouncer, TyWarner, you know, the famous founder
of the Beating Baby, says he'sready to sue anyone who tries to copy

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or infringe his plushballs. I'm DenisePeller, Gritty Bloomberg Business on News Radio
seven forty k t RH. Thereyou are no Houston's News. Why there
were traffic plus breaking news twenty fourto seven. This is News Radio seven
forty KTRH. Travel everywhere for theIRF. More of what's happening now from

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the John Morris Services Studios. Itis five thirty one now here in Houston's
Morning News, I'm Jimmy Bairn alongwith Sheriff Ryer Bunger Top stories this f
are. Texas was well represented lastnight at the RNC. Well, Trump's
other court cases go away, andcoming up to five thirty eight, they're
already talking about a hike in Texasinsurance rates. Details in the minutes ahead.

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You're in Houston's Morning News. First, let's strick out that Morning five
once again. Sky Mike's here.Oh, I'm looking at U if you're
playing the home game here two ninetyat five twenty nine, which is camera
four to one seven, and I'vegot all these flashing lights. They've shut
off the exit rim TOI is itto? Oh, I'm looking from five
to twenty nine. I'm looking atJones Road. They've shut you off.
If You're trying to get to JerseyVillage, and it looks like the feeder

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you're getting by here some kind ofwreck. The main lanes are slowing down,
just a little reubbernecking. By theway, the getting is still good
on the north felt. So doit now before that roadwork at all Dean
Westfield starts to mess up your life. Skymichael the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic
Center from our KTRH Generator Supercenter,twenty four hour weather center for today,

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fifty percent chance of a shower stormpartly Claudie. Otherwise with the high Tepertu're
right about ninety. We'll get youthe complete forecast. Terry Smith of the
Weather Channel in about eight minutes.Right now, we're at eighty here at
your officials severe weather station, NewsRadio seven forty KTRH. It time now
for the news. Here's Sheriff Ryer. It is now five point thirty two
on news Radio seven forty ktr rageand our tough story this hour. The

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Republican Party is more unified now thanwe've seen in generations. RNC CO chair
Laura Trump on Fox as Ohio Senatorjd Vance as his coming out party at
the RNC in Milwaukee tonight, MisterChairman, I stand here humbled, and
I'm overwhelmed with gratitude to say Iofficially accept your nomination to be Vice President

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of the United States of America.Vance talked about his family life, specifically
how his mother beat drug addiction andhas remained sober for ten years. He
introduced her there. His stories abouthis late grandmother, Mamma, were incredible
and actually just brought down the house. Several Texas lawmakers were featured last night,
including Congressman doctor Ronnie Jackson, whosays Trump is more fit to serve

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than Joe. When the phone rang, He's in the middle of the night.
The president must be ready. Unfortunately, our current president is not ready
for that call. White House saysBiden has tested positive for COVID nineteen yesterday
in Las Vegas. It's the thirdtime he's had the virus since twenty twenty
two. He is going into selfisolation now. Last night's RNC theme was

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make America Strong Again. In Texas, Governor Greg Abbatol delegates that begins with
Trump securing the border. He willenforce the immigration laws. He will fight
the Mexican drug cartels, and hewill arrest the criminal illegal immigrants and put

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them behind bars. And he pointedout illegal immigration has skyrocketed under Joe Biden,
as has violent crime. Democrats tryingto hide that fat though the mainstream
media this does not fit their narrative. Up again, orm and many people
will say that for the Democratic Partyand the radical left, and they don't

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want to state the facts of what'shappening in this country. Yeah, they
just fudged the numbers, retired HPDchief Greg Freeman. He told kt or
H. Mainstream media twists the datain order to fit their narrative. Trump's
legal calendar cleared up a lot thisweek, the dismissal of the mar A
Lago documents case as well as thestalled Fanny Willis Georgia case. Now that's

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because the Atlantic cases in limbo overthe funny Willis controversy. The Court of
Appeals won't even hear the issue ofwhether to disqualify prosecutor Willis until December.
That's attorney done in miles. Andif Jack Smith's appointment was unconstitutional in Florida,
could the same thing happen with theDC case? Maybe? Maybe not.

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You could have different rules the judgein DC might disagree. I think
to judge and Florida got it right. Cliff Saunders, News Radio seven forty
k TRH Yeah, Jack Smith.The illegally appointed Special Council officially appealed the
Florida ruling yesterday. Meantime, theDOJ has quietly been dropping some of the
J six cases because of the prosecutionthat they were using. After the Supreme

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Court ruling, it's now five pointthirty five US senators. They were briefed
in an intelligence meeting quietly and toldbasically that that would be assassin of Trump.
The murderer, Thomas Matthew Crooks hadbeen idd as a person of interest
an hour before the attack. Allegedly, secret Service agents were looking for him

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for nineteen minutes before the shooting.In other words, they put him in
the bullseye, didn't they. Theydidn't stop Trump from taking this stage,
in spite of knowing that there wassomeone that they should be stopping. Vice
President Kamala Harris tried to act asif the left many years of vicious rhetoric
have had nothing to do with thisattempt on Trump's life. President Joe Biden

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issue to call for unity and theremust be unity. Harris was in Michigan
and then went on to call Trumpand Republicans extremist. Okay, more bad
news for Biden. David Patten ofNewsmax says the Democrat blue wall in the
Midwest is collapsing because of the deterioratingposition of Biden in the polls. Biden

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sort of has to draw to aninside straight here, and the odd of
doing that not so much. Yeah, pretty much, the polls are showing
it. Biden's chances of sweeping allthose key blue states is now very slim.
Five point thirty six is our time. Still twenty one thousand Center Point
customers with no electricity, and nowyou've got lawsuits coming from three of those

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customers civilians. The lawsuit says Centerpointfailed to prepare the grid against a predictable
weather event and has refused to takeaccountability for their incompetencies and systems failure.
The plaintive suing Center Point say thatthey were without power for eighty hours or
more, causing them to suffer invarious ways, including losing everything in their

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refrigerators and freezers. They're wanting tohold Center Point accountable by demanding reimbursement.
Devin Clark with our TV partner,Channel two. It's five point thirty seven.
Well get this, Jimmy. Afterone hundred and fifty years now,
an injunctions been placed on the federallaw that bars home distilleries distilleries. I

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wonder if that means hard spirits too, me and I can make my own
hooch. Now. I don't know, because they call it a huge win
for fans of home brewing. Youknow, that's brewing, brewing that's not
distilled. Yeah, beer's a littlebit different than distilling alcohol. Yes,
spirits, So I don't really understand. I don't know. We'll find out.
The Hobby Distillers Association told kg RH. Yeah, I better not start

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brewing yet because it could be appealed. The injunction. You know, it's
just an injunction. Yeah, we'llfind it out. I'm surebre Fryar on
News Radio seven KRH made some erosioncontrol Daniel Deane land clearing in dirt work
two eight, one, three,five six dirt keeping you in the know
all the information in real time andagain the now right now News Radio seven

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KTRH. I mean, if youhaven't been down to the Gulf since Beryl
came through. Take a little drivethrough Jamaica Beach when you can. Yeah,
well, when I was down thereto check on our place in Treasure
Island, we had we could gothrough Jamaica Beach fine, but when we
got to surfside, we had toexplain ourselves. In other words, where
are you coming from? Where areyou going? Why are you here?

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Kind of a thing, because theythere's so much devastation in there. They
don't want people going through and pickingthrough homes and in sanding. Yeah,
yeah, that's part of it too, that is true. So hot on
the heels of that, you know, some of those places don't even have
power yet. And we're already findingout that the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is
weighing a ten percent rate increase.They're already talking about a ten percent rate

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increase. The average policy through TexasWindstorm Insurance is about twenty three hundred bucks
a year. Mine's three thousand,So for me, that'd be a raise
of three hundred bucks with a tenpercent raise, which is pretty expensive.
But they're one of the few peoplein the Gulf Coast who will ensure you
go home for wind and storm damage. You know, if the wind blows

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the roof off your home and allthat kind of stuff, A traditional homeowners
policy won't do it. The onlyother thing you can get is a flood
insurance policy that will cover you forfloods. But this is what would cover
you for wind damage and that typeof thing. So get prepared to pay
more. It's going to get moreexpensive. Five forty time for traffic and
weather together. We're checking out thedrive once again. Here's Skyline Nord Freeway.

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We're having our accent, but it'sthe other way. Normally we have
that one at the Shepherd Curve onthe inbound, but this time it's on
forty five Nord found at Parker.You got a back order slip from Tippull
northbound. That'll take you an extratwo or three minutes to get up toward
the beltway. Yeah, two leftlanes here, looks like everybody's okay.
Southbound we're actually not bad. Littlereverendecking right there, I understand, And

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southbound we're looking twenty four minutes in. Let's look over at two ninety see
if i've got something for real.Jones Road the exit they've closed that off.
Not sure what's going on. Thatmight be police activity, not an
accident. Whatever it is, they'vegot the flashy lights, they've shut down
the exit. The feeders still gettingby. Main lanes are just reberendecking.
That's a two ninety inbound at JonesRoad. Stay the course, it's not

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worth moving for. And let's seewhat else I've got, oh, nord
Sam. So far the getting isstill good both ways Aldine Bender and also
Imperial Valley. Give that a fewminutes. That'll start to spackle up.
Tollbridge too late, socks already anextra six minutes on the southbound. Take
six ten the Sherman Bridge instead.I'm Skymike and the Generator Supercenter dot Com

(30:51):
Traffic Center from r KTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour Weather Center. Time
to bring on Terry Smith of theday of what about a fifty percent chance
of getting what yeah, I mean, it's it's just about a coin toss
the next couple of days. Butour rain chances actually increased into the weekend,
so we're dealing with rain into earlynext week. Take advantage of those

(31:11):
dry moments when you can. We'vegot them right now. But there's a
cluster of showers and thunderstorms just tothe north of us that likely will begin
to make their way into the Houstonmetro area a little bit later on this
morning into the afternoon. Fifty percentchance that you're going to get wet today,
low to mid nineties. Forty percentchance of thunderstorms Tomorrow. It's slightly

(31:32):
cooler, upper eighties to nineties,sixty then seventy than an eighty percent chance
of rain starting Saturday into Sunday andMonday. So we got a lot of
rain on the way right now.Eighty of your officials Severe Weather Station,
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(31:56):
Solutions. So is JD. Vans'sNight to Shine. Last night at the
Republican Convention, but had Texas touchtoo. Governor Greg Abbott was there talking
about the border and comparing the Trumpand Biden administrations. We'll share a little
audio from his speech in just amoment. What was really stunning to me
was Peter Navarro. He just theylet him out of jail today and he
immediately goes to the convention, andit was incredible speech and everybody on their

(32:20):
feet going fight, fight, fight. He got new The noise was just
unbelievble. He got the biggest receptionI think of anybody who spoke last night.
We'll be sharing some audio from himnext hour, so standby. We
got lots of stuff from the RNC. First of though, at five fifty
trafficking weather together as we check outthe drive once again, here's sky Mike.
Let's take it to late Jackson andI'm hearing that everything's up and running.

(32:40):
At Dow. We look good heresouthbound. If you're going from Angleton,
you're making a whole lot of moneythere and you're good to go northbound.
Oh, Steven F. Scott hasblue shoo. We look good from
Highway six all the way up Mambleand it's an easy twenty three minute stroll
northbound north Freeway. Lookout Parker outbound, that's right to left lanes. You
got a I forty five back ordersplit Nordtown from table, I'm Skymichael the

(33:04):
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weather Center. We have fifty percentchance of a shower in a storm with
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Severe Weather Station. News Radio sevenforty KTRH. Check out some of our
top trending stories on this Thursday morning. Here's sher It's five fifty one Jimmy
on News Radio seven forty ktrh's headlinessponsored by DNM Auto Leasing. Texas Lieutenant
Governor Dan Patrick has created a specialSenate Committee on Storm Preparedness after this debacle

(33:49):
of Hurricane Barrel. Since hurricane recordsbegan in eighteen fifty one, there have
been six seasons in which multiple stormstrack through Texas. Will we have another
one? The latest was in twothousand and eight when catwon Dolly made landfall
in South Texas. Kat to Ikemade landfall in Galveston, and it was
bad. It was like this,but we recovered faster. Ohio Senator JD.

(34:15):
Vancy while the crowd with his speechat the RNC in Milwaukee. The
theme on this closing day for ismake America Great once again and the forty
fifth President Donald Trump will close theconvention as the nominee to be Trump forty
seven. Latest news anytime at KGHdot com. Our next update will be

(34:36):
at the top of the hour.Life it's stop and go. Well,
just go talk. Keep up withour steady flow of updates to continue onward
ride with US Radio seven forty jtrhField. Last night, we certainly had
a lot of people on the borderto Tom Homan spoke last night. He's
been a frequent guest. He wasreal good. Yeah, he was good,

(34:58):
very forceful. You know, hedoesn't means we're I was watching with
Barry and I said, we havehim on our air all the time.
He said, really, Yeah.He doesn't get up and hear us.
He gets up with the butt crackof eleven. No, he's up earlier,
but you know, he certainly doesn'tget up in the middle of the
night like we did. Governor Appenlast night talked a lot about the border.

(35:21):
Here is a little bit of hisspeech. The President's most sacred duty
is to secure our country. DonaldTrump fulfilled that duty by eliminating illegal immigration.
Under President of Trump, we hadthe lowest illegal border crossings in about

(35:43):
four decades. My contrast, however, Joe Biden deserted his duty on his
first day in office. He guttedPresident Trump's policies, and the result has
been catastrophic. Under Joe Biden,illegal immigration has skyrocketed. Under his watch,

(36:10):
Around eleven million immigrants have crossed ourborder illegally. That's more. That's
more than the entire population of Michiganis twice the population of Wisconsin. Biden
has welcomed into our country rapists,murders, even terrorists, and the price

(36:38):
that we have paid has been deadly. Among the many victims was twelve year
old Jostler from Houston, Texas,great and murdered by two illegal immigrants.

(37:02):
She's one of thousands whose lives havebeen destroyed by Joe Biden's open border policies.
To make it matters even worse,Biden is even fighting tooth and nail
to stop Texas and other Republican statesfrom securing our own borders. I deployed

(37:30):
thousands of National Guard soldiers to buildhundreds of miles of razor wire barriers.
Give it up for our national Guard. They built those barriers to stop illegal
crossings. When Joe Biden ordered tocut that razor wire, I ordered the

(37:55):
National Guard to triple the razor wireon the board. Now, one of
the things I found interesting is didyou notice that when he was talking about
the number of illegal immigrants who've comeinto this country, he's mentioning a little
over ten million. He compared itto the populations of what two states?

(38:15):
Wisconsin and what was the other one? It was Wisconsin and both battleground states,
let's put it that way. Yeah, So I mean in Ohio.
I believe it was Wisconsin. Ohio. It's the quivalent to the populations of
Wisconsin in Ohio, the entire state. So I think it's to get the
message. Obviously. Part of thisis get the message across. Yeah,

(38:37):
get the message across to those battlegroundstates. The convention. The convention goes
to whoever the running mate and thepresident what they need that states they need
to bring in to the fold.And there are six that we need to
bring into the fold. There yougo, five point fifty seven. Now
Here in news radio seven forty KTRHis used. Radio seven RH Houston Live

(39:00):
Everywhere with the IR the exclusive audiohome of NBC's coverage of the twenty twenty
four Paris Olympics. Now the latestnews, weather and traffic. It's more
of what matters to you. Fromthe John Morris Services Studios. Six am
is the time. Now here inHouston's Bonning News, I'm Jimmy Barrett along
with Sheriff Fryer Monger Top Stores.This f hour getting to know jd vance,

(39:24):
does Hollywood have Trump's blood on itshands? And coming up at six
to eight your very own huge dinosaurfossil and it only costs forty four point
six million dollars. Details in theminutes, say head, and you're in
Houston's Warning News. First, we'rechecking out that drive once again. Skot
Mike's here for that money. Youcould get on the tollway on two eighty
eight northbound, and so far we'relooking pretty good. Highway six up.

(39:46):
Just twenty one minutes here we stillhave to wreck on AH forty five northbound
a Parker. It's two left linesin the back quarter slip from Tidwell.
Meghan from Keema says one forty sixis good, thank you, but tell
Jimmy that he got his eight wrongand I'm surprised you did that because of
his home state of Michigan. Isthat right? I'm in the Generator Supercenter

(40:07):
dot Com Traffic center. Was Michigan? I think it had to be Michigan.
Oh, you can't talk at battlegroundstates. You're right, You're right.
I got Ohio on the brain thanksto jd Events from our KTRH KTRH
top tax defenders. Twenty four hourweathers Center. Fifty percent chance of showers
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(40:30):
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You have to stay on your toes. He're Sheriff Ryer. Really do
to stay on your toes. Everyfact. It is now six zh two
on news Radio seven forty k TRH. This news sponsored by All Star Construction.

(40:51):
Our top story this hour. Welove this country and we are united
to win. Republican VP nominee JDVance last night, speaking to the convention
in Milwaukee, my message to myfellow Americans, those watching from across the
country is shouldn't we be governed bya party that is unafraid to debate ideas

(41:14):
and come to the best solution.Yeah. It was the theme of make
America Strong once Again, Vance introducinghimself focusing on his home life and upbringing.
We'll have more of that at sixthirty. Several members of the Trump
family taking the stage last night,Donald Trump Junior talking about the attempt on
his father's life in Pennsylvania last weekend. What was my father's instinct as his

(41:39):
life was on the line, notto cower, not to surrender, but
to show for all the world tosee that the next American president has the
heart of a lion, the heartof a lion. Donald Trump himself will
be speaking tonight, allegedly are reportedlyhe will speak without the bandage on his

(42:04):
ears, so you can see hiswound. Live coverage of the RNC with
US begins at seven pm on KTRHKTRHdot com and the iHeartRadio app. Last
night's theme, as I said,was make America Strong once Again, with
Florida Congressman Michael Waltz saying our militaryhas become too woke. Our enemy's bullets

(42:27):
could give a damn about black,white, or brown, or about religion,
or about gender, or about anythingelse. The only colors that matter
in the foxhole are the red,white, and blue baby. While it's
the former commander of the Green Berets, it is now six oh four.
According to reports, US senators weretold during a briefing on the assassination attempt

(42:50):
of Donald Trump that, yeah,basically the Secret Service left him in the
bull's eye because the shooter, ThomasMatthew Crooks, had earlier posted on a
game aiming platform that quote July thirteenwill be my premiere. They didn't catch
that. Cooks also had searched fora particular Trump rallied that one in particular,

(43:12):
as well as had searched online theDNC. Next month, in Chicago,
secret Service Director Kimberly Cheadle facing morecalls for her to resign. Not
much else they can do about itif Joe Biden won't. Several Republicans confronting
her in Milwaukee yesterday, this isexactly what we were doing today. Storwalla.

(43:38):
They mobbed Cheedle testifying before two Housecommittees next week, including the House
Oversight Committee. In sixteen instances,of Hollywood celebrities fantasizing about violence against Donald
Trump. Hollywood podcast hosts and writerChristian Toto says, sadly, that's the
new norm from Hollywood. It's becometoo commonplace and too accepted, and I

(44:02):
think it's a sign of how farwe fall in at a culture. The
celebrities can essentially do whatever they want, they can say whatever they want with
no consequences, and yet if theyget anything of the kind to a democratic
politician, different story. There's alsothe issue of why conservatives still watch these
movies and TV shows. Six ohFive's a time. Joe Biden in self

(44:23):
isolation in Delaware this morning after testingpositive, the White House says with COVID
nineteen. He canceled a speech inLas Vegas yesterday. The temperature there,
by the way, was one hundredand eleven degrees. More calls for him
to drop out of the race fromhis own party. Yesterday, California Democrat
Adam Schiff officially went public with thatcall for him to step aside the president,

(44:47):
who once said he's not leaving nowsinging a slightly different tune, he
was asked if is there anything thatwould make him withdraw from the race.
There's some medical condition, and immergedif somebody, if doctors came in to
me said you got this problem,that problem. Oh and shortly thereafter he
has COVID nineteen. Biden on beetNew reporting this morning that former House Speaker

(45:10):
Nancy Pelosi told Biden privately that hecannot beat Trump and that he's going to
cause all those losses down ballot ifhe remains in the race. The pressure
is on. Six oh six isa time. Guess what Joe Biden now
touting a reform, as the Democratsalways love to call it. No,
they're talking about destroying the constitution,in destroying the US Supreme Court, as

(45:37):
well as proposals that would affect ourhealthcare coverage. The Congressional Budget Office says
President Biden's proposed health insurance plan wouldgrow the deaf is sit by about three
hundred and thirty five billion dollars overthe next ten years, even for those
that are eligible for subsidies. Today, the deductibles have increased to a level

(45:57):
of seven and eight thousand dollars,and insurances are still significant to where people
are afraid to go to the doctor. David Bella is CEO of healthcare finance
specialists. He calls this Biden Planone that's tone deaf. Having an insurance
card in their pocket is not givingthem the comfort and peace of mind that
they want and deserve. Jared LewisNews Radio seven forty KHRH. It's six

(46:19):
oh seven and the count from Centerpointthis morning, twenty one thousand still without
electricity and holding the Center Point accountableis going to be a challenge because Holly
Hanson of the Texas says, breakingup the company or preventing rate hikes are
options, but what real punishment willbe handed down? And it is going

(46:40):
to be up to our state andlocal leaders to make sure that happens.
If it doesn't, there could bean electoral price to pay for that.
I'm Sheriff Fryer on news radio sevenforty KTRH. HI lists stalk radio all
the time. The world doesn't waitfor you to clock out. It on
all day at work, so checkin office, stay up to date with

(47:04):
used radio seven forty KTRH. There'sa stegosaurus named Apex. He's been sold
at auction. He's the most expensivefossil ever sold. Somebody bought him for
forty four point six million dollars duringan auction by Sotheby's, the British founded

(47:25):
fine arts company headquartered in New York. Sothebes confirmed the final price, said
more info is coming. It's predictedthe Stegosaurus lived one hundred sixty one to
one hundred forty six million years ago. It was unearthed May twenty twenty two
on privately owned land in Moffatt County, Colorado. And I guess that's why

(47:45):
they were able to sell them.It's our diosaur. We dug him up.
This particular specimen is really really excitingbecause it is enormous. So it's
a full it's a full stegosaurus.Wow. And somebody bought it. Now
who bought it? I don't know. Sm it may not be an individual.
A lot of times it's a museum, you know, I don't know.

(48:07):
It would be kind of cool tothink it might go to an individual.
I mean, think about that.What would you do with it?
That would be the ultimate law andornament. Put that right out in your
throat yard, put it on yourfront. Can I say, I'm not
sure I can use that word.Your little home hoa would really allow that

(48:30):
if you could afford forty four pointsix million dollars for a dinosaur. You
don't have to deal with an hoayou've got in a state I'm pretty sure.
I doubt if you have a frontyard then Oh, by the way,
I should mention the fact that thisdigosaurus share is in pieces, so
some assembly required. I'm not whodo you hire to put together a dinosaur

(48:52):
six' ten time for traffic andweather togethers which have staffers. If you
have a girlfriend that's sweetish, youknow she knows how to put ike it
together there, so maybe she couldput together and follow my kid directions.
You can do anything. Yeah,you could do that right there. I
need a dinosaur in the front yardat the ghetto house. Uh that would
you know? That would run offthe dogs here, let's go northside.
Good news they cleared the wreck onI forty five at Parker outbound. We

(49:15):
got back order slipped from Tidwell.Now that's an extra three or four minutes
that way. Stay the course ifoutbound is your thing. On the north
freeway of course, if you're abig shot with dollsticker, do the Herty
toll road itself. Visors. Let'scheck your katie. We no, I
see these all the time. FromPenoak. We're good to go. Twenty
eight minutes. Nothing there. Lookat that West Park all the way in

(49:35):
hard hats. Talk to me seventhree two one two t ips. Dude.
Mike gets Cody from Bert. You'vegot a regular shift chain show over
here on the up on the bridgeshift channel. The toll bridge is a
shift show southbound. Yeah, that'san extra twelve minutes, Mike from Magnolia,
Dude ninety and bound wide open.The flashing lights at Joanes Road or

(49:59):
gone. There our plashing light inmy rear view mirror. And they're not
red and blue this dime. It'slightning. Rains of coming all right,
Banana stickers all around. And youknow, Terry, that's not heat lightning.
Because you're an actual scientist, youcan tell us that we get our
science from you, not from Facebookcat memes. It's not There's no such
thing as heat lightning. I'm inthe Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center from

(50:20):
our KTRH top tax Defenders twenty fourhour with US Center spring on, Terry
Smith. The rain chances increases,we moved towards the weekend, Terry,
how much rain are we looking athere? We could easily pick up one
to three inches across most of SoutheastTexas over the next several days. Obviously
some places could see more than that. We've got some heavier showers and storms

(50:44):
just to the north of us atthe moment, they are drifting their way
southward, so I expect we'll seesome of that making its way into Conroe
and the Woodlands here in the nextcouple of hours. Heavy rain possible with
some of those storms. Fifty percentchance that you're getting what today. Not
everybody's going to see the rain loadof mid nineties today, forty percent chance

(51:05):
of those thunderstorms tomorrow, and thena sixty percent chance of rain Saturday,
seventy percent chants of more showers thanstorms Sunday and Monday, it's up to
an eighty percent chance. So yeah, outdoor plans aren't looking very good.
Not to say it's going to rainall weekend, but we are rather soggy
through the weekend, right down toeighty at your officials Severe Weather Station News

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Radio seven forty k trh USE Trafficand Weather. You're starting your day right
with Houston's morning News, brought toyou by New South Windows Solutions. So
about twenty minutes ago there in newsShare, I had a quote from Holly
Hanson of the text and talking aboutyou know, what, if anything,
state and city leaders can do aboutCenterpoint and how the Lieutenant governor is going

(51:51):
to have a commission to take alook at all this. But at the
end of the day, not onlywhat can they do, but what will
they do and what will be theconsequences of they don't do anything. We'll
talk to Holly and more in depthabout that in just a minute or two.
First, though, traffic and weathertogether as we check out that drive
once again, here's sky Mike.Hey, let's take it to the Golf
Freeway I forty five northbound. Godmind, good morning, buddy. Hey,

(52:13):
just before the belf Way exit ramthere is a fun out vehicle right
lane blocked up, so everybody watchout. There's no police or social truck
inges on scene. It just happened. Boom, good verbage. We'll check
that out. Let the rest ofthe media know. I'm in the Generator
Supercenter dot Com traffic Center from ourKTRH top tax defenders twenty four hour weather

(52:34):
center, fifty percent chance of ashower storm and partly Claudi today with high
righte about ninety Then tomorrow party Claudiaabout a forty percent chance of a shower
storm again, write about ninety degreesfor the high step, but you're right
now eighty at your officials severe weatherstation. News Radio seven forty k TRH.
Check out some of our top storieson this Thursday. Here's shaa.
It is now six twenty two onnews radio seven forty KTRH. Donald Trump

(52:59):
speaks from this age tonight to closethe RNC in Milwaukee. HPD searching for
several suspects connected to a shooting inMontrose overnight. Two people were injured.
A North Texas man has legally changedhis name to quote literally anybody else,
he says, so he can runfor president. A little bit harder to

(53:21):
get on the ballot than that latestnews anytime at kjorh dot com. Our
next update will be at the bottomof the hour. It's gonna be a
hot summer. Hire this war,fo test, the trial, our borders,
this election. The hottest happenings happenright here. Use radio seven forty
KTRH. Most of us went aweek or more without power. Holly Hansen

(53:44):
joins us of the Texas and ofcourse, you know, Houstonians are rightfully
upset about the way Center Point hashandled all this. The state is upset,
holly about how this whole thing hasbeen handled. They're talking tough,
but talking tough and doing something aboutit or two different things, aren't they,
Yes, they are. You're right, Jimmy. You know there's a
lot of concerned about what's actually goingto happen here. There are a few

(54:07):
possibilities. The biggest one is probablythe request that's pending before the Texas Public
Utilities Commission seeking about six billion dollarsin recovery through rate hikes to customers.
The PUC could deny that request,but only if they find that the company
has been negligent in managing their resources. There may be a good case for

(54:31):
that is I'm sure you guys havebeen talking about. We just see center
Points market shares tumble significantly over thepast week. The market does seem to
think that there's going to be asevere financial penalty to Central Point, But
we'll have to wait and see whatthe PUC does in the fall. What
the state lawmakers can do is alittle bit more nebulous. They could possibly

(54:57):
try to reduce the territory that Centerpointmanages, but that carries a lot of
costs and a bit of a transmissionheadache for all of the providers. Well,
you bring down the company, whatdo we have in response? I
mean, who's the next man up? So to speak? And now we
have potential, we have lawsuits beingfiled. How does that get paid for?

(55:22):
Does it come from the company?There? Insurance company? Does it
come? How does this work exactly? That's a great point, Sharah.
And we do know that Tony Busbyhas filed a class action lawsuit on behalf
of more than one hundred restaurant ownersin both Harris County and Galveston County.
We don't yet know what they're seekingor what a possible award may be,

(55:45):
but that would have to be borneby the company. Would they try to
pass that on to consumers? Idon't think there would be stomach for that
from the PUC. But it lookslike ultimately the penalties are going to be
finding anchel. But as you say, then what happens who takes over who've
runs providing power to more than twomillion, almost three million Houstonian area customers.

(56:14):
So a lot of questions on thetable a lot of concerns. We
do have another larger provider in thestate of Texas, Encore, which seems
to be doing a much better jobof managing its territory. Granted they don't
have this very fraud Houston area tocover, but it does look like Centerpoint
could have done a lot more priorto the landfall of Hurricane Barrel to prevent

(56:39):
some of this. Well, Ithink one of the biggest arguments, and
there's a real case to be madefor it, is their quote unquote vegetation
management program and how much money theyactually put into trying to prevent trees from
growing on power lines and interfering withtransformers and some of the other problems that
we saw. If the stake canbuild a case against Center Point that they

(57:00):
didn't maintain those things property, whatcan they do to Centerpoint is are we
talking penalties, are we talking fines? Are we talking about the Public Utilities
Commission, you know, putting somesort of restrictions on them? What can
they really do? Absolutely? Yeah, And that is the question I think
it really always is going to goback to that request for the h to

(57:21):
pass along those costs. You canlook at that as sort of an inverse
financial penalty on the company, Andyou're right, Jimmy, it does look
like the company neglected to clear thatvegetation. There has been some discussion about,
you know, whether or not thestate allows them to clear enough,
but even in what they're allowed todo, it's looking like they didn't do

(57:42):
that. The other question is whetheror not they have been properly upgrading equipment
that they claim that they needed financialto do. You know, there's some
question about whether or not they wereupgrading their transmission line, polls and so
forth prior to hurricane season, andit seems like they were waiting for some
other grant money and that kind ofthing. They were denied a grant from

(58:06):
the federal government, so that's aninteresting aspect to this too. They thought
about one hundred million dollars last yearfrom the Biden administration to harden the grid,
and that was denied. It's unclearas to why that was denied,
whether or not, you know,it was a week plan or what have
you. But I'm sure we'll belearning a lot more about what happened in

(58:28):
the season before hurricane season by theend of this year. All right,
Ollie, thanks as always. Iwould just question that be careful what we
wish for, because virtually every electricutility company in the country has the same
sort of complaints against it. Thereare Houston's News. Why there are Traffic
plus Breaking News twenty four seventh.This is US Radio seven forty KTRH five

(58:53):
Everywhere with IRP more of what's happeningnow from the John Morris Services Studios.
It is six thirty now here inHouston's Morning News. I'm Jimmy Bairrett along
with Sheriff Ryar Monger Top Stores,this fur texas well represented last night at
the Republican National Convention. Will Trump'sother core cases go away? And coming

(59:14):
up? At six thirty eight,jd Vance talks about his mamma details in
the minutes ahead. You're in Houston'sMorning News. First, we're checking out
that morning drive again. Sky Mike'shere a something rumbling up on the East
Text Freeway. I got Kevin fromSplendora. Hey, you got like East
Text Freeway heading south. There's daycar recka team two fire drugs. Right

(59:35):
before the bell play backed up Wiltlay. There it is right there. I'm
looking at it. This is tworight lanes. This is inbound. If
you're playing the home game, it'son camera one, two three one nord
Sam westbound. Here we go allDean Westfield missing two left planes and that's
causing a backup. From JFK westboundSkymike the Generator Supercenter, dot Com traffic
Center, from r KTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour Weather Center. Fifty

(59:58):
percent chance of a shower of stormto day with I temperature right about ninety.
We have rain chances about every dayand they increase over the weekend.
We'll get the latest on that whenwe talk to Terry Smith. That the
weather channel in eight minutes. Temperatureright now, STI lady and your official
severe weather station. News Radio sevenforty KTRH. It is time now for
the news. Here's Sheriff Fryar.It's now six thirty two on news radio

(01:00:20):
seven forty KTRH and our top storythis hour. This is a unified convention.
This is a unified Republican Party.Larry Kudlow on Fox Business. Ohio
Senator JD. Vans officially accepted theRepublican VP nomination, closing out night three
at the convention in Milwaukee, anda huge focus on his family. Our

(01:00:45):
movement is about single moms like minewho struggled with money and addiction but never
gave up. And I'm proud tosay that tonight my mom is here,
ten years clean and sober. Ilove you, Mom. Donald Trump closes
out then mentioned tonight as he makeshis acceptance speech live coverage ktr KTRH dot

(01:01:06):
com, iHeartRadio app beginning at sevenpm. Among other speakers last night,
Texas congressman former White House doctor RonnieJackson, he focused on Donald Trump's leadership
abilities. President Trump and I havebeen through a lot together over the years,
but I have never ever been prouderof his leadership than I was last

(01:01:28):
Saturday. Jackson said it's clear thatJoe Biden, from a medical standpoint,
is no longer fit to be commanderin chief. The RNC theme last night
was make America strong once again.Texas Governor Greg Abbott says you can't do
that with a broken border, aborder that Trump will fix. He will
arrests the criminal illegal immigrants and putthem behind bars, and that led to

(01:01:55):
chance send them back. Send themback, was the chant from the crowd
at the convention center. Biden bordercrisis has given us a sharp rise in
violent crime, certainly here in thestate of Texas, and Democrats they actually
want us all to think that crimeisn't really that bad. Left wingers are

(01:02:21):
now trying to hide the crime committedby illegal aliens. They're coming out with
these bogus studies where they're purporting thatillegal immigrants are committing four less crimes.
That's simply not true. They havenothing to substantiate that with. Retired HPD
Captain Greg Freeman says, many agenciesoften don't even know if suspects are here
illegally. Just like the murder ofthe young twelve year old that we had
several weeks ago at the hands ofthe two illegal immigrants, it took the

(01:02:44):
medium and the investigative reporters several severaldays before they were able to find out
the status of these two individuals.Freeman says that people can see the truth
and they aren't buying the media lies. Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven forty KTRH
it is now three p forty five. In a briefing yesterday, US senators
were told that Thomas Matthew Crooks,Yes, he was identified as a person

(01:03:07):
of interest an hour before he tookthe shot at Trump in the attempted assassination.
Basically, yes, Secret Service leftTrump in the crosshairs in several instances,
and it leads to the question,why did they allow Trump to even
take the stage when they knew therewas an active threat. No answer to

(01:03:30):
that yet. Kamala Harris was onthe campaign trail in Michigan denouncing the shooting
in Pennsylvania, but then right backto political rhetoric. Just as we must
reject political violence, we must alsoembrace a robust discussion about what is at
stake in this election, and wenton to call Donald Trump and Republicans quote

(01:03:54):
extremist Biden campaign trying to stop whatseems to be now a crumbling blue wall
in the Midwest, Sarah. AsNewsmax writer David Patton points out, Biden
is falling even further behind in thosekey swing states. Not only is it
a difficult position for Biden if heloses one, he's going to have to

(01:04:16):
pull something out of the hat insome other state. The bottom line for
Biden, just like the polls,the numbers are not adding up. The
chance for Biden to break through insome other state seems to be pretty slim,
and the chance that Trump could breakthrough is very real right now,
and right now Trump is leading inthe key three, Wisconsin, Michigan,

(01:04:41):
and Pennsylvania. Jeff Biggs News Radioseven forty kat h now six thirty six.
Center Point twenty one thousand plus customersstill without power this morning, day
eleven. For this woman, theyain't just be where's your dad to go
to work? And that's the onlytime I'm able to get some relief.

(01:05:04):
Velma Williams with their TV partner Channeltwo now three Houston residents have filed a
lawsuit against Center Point, asking forreimbursement for all the food they lost because
of the power outages. There issome good news. Beaches in Galveston that
have been closed since the hurricane havenow reopened. Jimmy, it is six

(01:05:25):
thirty seven. Many restaurants, includingchains, apparently are putting robots to work
these days, and they say thisis for more efficiency. The main reason
why some restaurants are trying to addautomation as much as possible is because robots
don't usually quit in the middle ofthe ship walk out, never come back.

(01:05:47):
They don't sexually harass with their robots, they don't bother the customers or
cuss. Yeah, that's economist HankLewis. I just love that man.
He said. Also robots to I'llgive you rising labor cost. I bet
you could program them to cuss though. Sheriah Fryar on news radio seven forty
k TRH specs big bordo sale.Here's perfectly with your cookout going on now,

(01:06:12):
specs cheers to savings. How badthings are the twenty twenty four elections?
What's really happening? Everything in yourworld? Here? And abroad News
Radio seven KTRH about Mamma last nightfrom JD Vans. He had a Mamma.
It was hilarious. That really strucka chord with everybody. I mean,
boy, what a woman. Yeah, if you missed it, here's

(01:06:35):
him here. He is talking aboutsort of his life growing up and you
know, life with mamma. Now, I was lucky, despite the closing
factories and the growing addiction in townslike mine, in my life, I
had a guardian angel by my side. She was an old woman who could
barely walk, but she was toughas nails. I called her Mamma,

(01:06:57):
the name we Hillbillies gave to ourgrandmother's. Mamma raised me as her own.
Excuse me, Mamma raised me asmy mother struggled with addiction. Mamm
All was in so many ways awoman of contradiction. She loved the Lord,
ladies and gentlemen. She was awoman of very deep Christian faith.

(01:07:28):
But she also loved the F word. I'm not kidding. She could make
a sailor blush. She once toldme, when she found out that I
was spending too much time with alocal kid who was known for dealing drugs,
that if I ever hung out withthat kid again, she would run
him over with her car. That'strue, and she said, JD,

(01:07:57):
no one will ever find out aboutit. Come on, gets the chilln
What a grace. She went onto reveal a little bit later that she

(01:08:19):
kept nineteen loaded pistols in her house. They found them after she died,
even in the silverware drawer. Shealways wanted one to be within reach in
case she needed to defend the family. Guess what, you don't mess with,
Melma. Not ever that that's theI would like to have that sticker
for my car. What a gracewith mamma. What a great story.

(01:08:41):
Six forty one die for traffic andweather together. Sky Mike's here ready to
fill you in. We're going toclear the east text wreck that was southbound.
I called it before the beltway,and that's the way I put it
in your navigation. It's actually closer. I was closer to Rank and road
looks like it's to truck and itjust have struck. We've got back up
still from nineteen sixty. Take anextra six to eight minutes southbound. Stay
the course. I think these backupswill go away. Now. If you're

(01:09:03):
trying to catch a plane, don'tdo the north sam instead, because you
have the roadwork at Aldie Westfield rightthat's westbound. Do will Clayton Parkway,
or you could take the Hardy Airportconnector just don't tell anybody about it.
I've got the south side Jason fromAlvin Mine Judy northbound. Was a tractor
trailer on the Lawn ramp from McGregoronto the freeway. This would stop,

(01:09:26):
all right, another banana sticker outand also I've got some backups around or
them up to airport. What issmushing up the West Park tollway. I've
got something around right before will Crest. I'm gonna have to zune in get
you some short lineage. And alsohere goes to the toll bridge again,
twelve extra minutes southbound Golf Freeway.We had that accident on the northbound right
before the belt not causing any backup. And I've got breaks from Scott Street,

(01:09:49):
Terry. I'm still getting people messagingme. This guy, Mike.
I saw a tickdog video and thatguy said that heat lighted is reel right
next to the cat videos. I'min the Generator Supercenter dot com traffic Center
because you know, you get valuableinformation from particular Bromark Katie our Age Generator
super Center and twenty four our weathersitI think we already covered that topic those
scientists, Jerry, Yes, thereis no such thing as heat lightning.

(01:10:11):
It's just a storm that's way faraway, right, It's a little bit
of a misnomer, right. Wetalk about heat lightning usually in the summer,
when it's hot and it's lightning that'sso far off in the distance that
you don't hear the thunder. Sowe may have some lightning with some of
these storms that are just to thenorth and they're making their way in our
direction. Folks, they're heading southConroa seeing some of that heavy rain starting

(01:10:34):
to move in the woodlands and springlypicking some of that rain up here shortly
as well. So we have overallof fifty percent chance of showers and storms.
Not everybody will get wet. It'sa coin toss. Temperatures today low
to mid nineties, forty percent chanceof more thunderstorms tomorrow. Rain chance is
increasing over the weekend, sixty toseventy percent chance of more thunderstorms Saturday and

(01:10:58):
Sunday. Right now eighty one atyour official severe weather station, News Radio
seven forty k TRH. You arecommute, you are forecast your news.
It's Houston's Morning News, brought toyou, bying you southway. Those solutions,
well, every night at the RepublicanNational Invention, there's been some sort
of a moving moment. I thinkthe most moving moment last night was the
gold Star families. We have agold Star mom. We're gonna hear from

(01:11:21):
her experience of Trump versus Biden comingup next. First, low traffic and
weather together as we check out thedrive once again with sky Mike. You
got some kind of skunch here onthe North Freeway in front of Fiesta.
This looks to be outbound. Isee Roger from Magnolia's trying to ring in.
Now. I'll have some laneage atseven o'clock to eighty eight. Let's
go to the south side. Hey, Mike, just sit out at twenty

(01:11:43):
northbound eighty eight. You just beenfive and six. There's a fender bender,
uh one police car there right lightshut down. Look at that.
Yeah, I see that backup CountyRoad forty eight. I will let the
rest of the media note and bananastickers all around. I'm in the Generator
Supercenter dot Com traffic Center from ourKTRH Generators super Center, twenty four hour

(01:12:03):
weather Center. Fifty percent chance ofa showerstorm with a high red about ninety
today. Vfron Conrod you again,little shower storm activity right now, Woodlands
Spring, You're going to get ittoo tomorrow, Partley cloudy. Forty percent
chance of a showerstorm with the highbout ninety right now. Temperature is eighty
one. At your official severe weatherstation, News Radio seven forty k TRH.

(01:12:23):
We're checking out some of our topstories of the morning. Here's shera.
Good morning. Everyone is six fiftytwo on news Radio seven forty KTRH.
Our headlines are sponsored by Moral Mechanical. Ohio Senator jd Vance formally accepts
the VP nomination at the Republican Conventionin Milwaukee. Last night, GoldStar families
had harsh words for Biden's actions ascommander in chief, killing their loved ones.

(01:12:49):
ABC News reporting the Senate Majority LeaderChuck Schumer now telling President Biden he
should withdraw from the race. Thelatest news anytime at KTRH dot com.
Our next update will be at thetop of the hour. How bad things
are the twenty twenty four elections,What's really happening? Everything in your world?
Here? And Abroad News Radio sevenforty KATRH. It was gold Star

(01:13:14):
Families at the r NC last night. One of them was a mother in
law of a soldier who died.Christy Shamblin is her name, and she
talked about the experience of Donald Trumpand how he treated gold Star families versus
Joe Biden. Hell America. I'mChristy Shamblin. My daughter in law,

(01:13:35):
Sergeant Nicole Leanne Gee. It wasthe United States Marine and she was killed
at Abby Gate in Afghanistan alongside twelveof her brothers and sister in arms,

(01:14:02):
while Joe Biden has refused to recognizetheir sacrifice. Donald Trump spent six hours
in Bedminster with us. Yeah.He allowed us to grieve. He allowed

(01:14:30):
us to remember our heroes. DonaldTrump knew all of our children's names,
he knew their stories, and hespoke to us in a way that made
us feel understood, like he knewour kids. He carried Donald Trump carried

(01:14:54):
the weight for a few hours withme. Yeah. And for the first
time since Nicole's death, I feltI wasn't alone in my grief. Thank

(01:15:20):
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the John Morris Services Studios, sevenon one, Our time here in Houston's
morning News, I'm Jimmy Barrett alongwith Sheriff ryar Bunger. Top story says
half hour getting to know Jdvance,Does Hollywood have Trump's blood on his hands?
And coming up at seven. OnlyJoy Reid wants to know if Trump
really got hit with a bullet.Details in the minutes ahead. You're in

(01:17:10):
Houston's Morning News. First, let'scheck out that morning drive again. Here
is sky Mike ha Nord Freeway.Knew there was something Roger Magnolia dude got
Mike inbound just before are tab thatthere's a stall truth two inches on the
side taking down the left lane.All right, well said, put this
on your briefcase. Here. You'vealso got something right in front of Fiesta
northbound. We're going to get tothe bottom of that at the seven ten

(01:17:32):
Amy Lake Jackson on two eighty eight. Good morning, it's got mine right
after Highway six and flashy lights andlooks like a che car little fender bender
on the right hand lane, soeverybody's having to get over to the left.
All right, thanks so much.I see the backups County Road forty
eight. Amy breaks up our Shulenbergfest this morning, and I'm in the
Generator Supercenter dot Com traffic Center fromr KTRH top tax defenders twenty four hour

(01:17:55):
Weather Center party clotting fifty percent chancesof showers and storms are getting some of
those right now in some spots hightemperature right about ninety. We'll get the
rest of the forecast through the weekendwhen we talk to Terry Smith of the
Weather Channel in eight minutes right downto eighty at your official severe weather station.
News Radio seven forty k TRH.It is time now for the news.
Here's Sheriff Fryer Morning. Everyone isnow seven oh two on News Radio

(01:18:17):
seven forty KTRH is news sponsored byChoice Home and Commercial. Our top story
this hour. Never in my wildestimagination could I have believed that I'd be
standing here tonight. But he was. Ohio Senator JD. Vans at the
Republican Convention in Milwaukee last night,officially accepting the VP nomination. Tonight is

(01:18:42):
a night of hope, a celebrationof what America once was and, with
God's grace, what it will soonbe again. Ohio Senator JD. Vans
at the Republican Convention accepting the VPnomination. As a theme last night,
make America Strong once Again. Tonight'stheme make America Great once again. And

(01:19:05):
Trump takes the stage and you'll hearhim live kt KTIH dot com and the
iHeartRadio app beginning at seven pm.Now, his granddaughter took the stage last
night. You heard that talked aboutlast Saturday's attempted assassination in Pennsylvania. It

(01:19:26):
was heartbreaking that someone would do thatto another person. A lot of people
out put my grandpa through hell,and he's still standing. Kai is the
eldest granddaughter of Donald Trump and itwas her first public speech. I think
she's seventeen. Trump advisor Peter Navarrojust released from prison yesterday serving a four
month sentence for defying the J sixCommittee subpoena. He took the stage with

(01:19:53):
a warning, if we don't controlall three branches of our government, legislated
and judicial, their government will putsome of us like me and Steve Bannon
in prison. Yeah. And whenhe finished, fight Fight, Fight,

(01:20:13):
was a resounding chorus from the peopleon the floor. The illegal special counsel
Jack Smith. He's officially appealed toruling by the federal judge Eileen Cannon,
which dismissed the mar A Lago documentscase. Seven oh four is our time.
US senators reportedly told during an intelligencebriefing that the dead would be assassin
and murderer Thomas Matthew Crooks posted ona gaming platform that quote, July thirteen

(01:20:40):
will be my premier. The totalintelligence and security failures by the Secret Service,
the attempted assassination of Donald Trump havemore Republicans calling for the agency director,
Kimberly Cheatle to resign or Biden tofier. If you know there are
things that we need to change aboutour policies, or our procedures or our

(01:21:01):
methods, we are certainly going todo so. Chieta will testify for two
House committees next week. How muchresponsibility for the tenor the nature of our
political discourse and the actual attempted assassinationof Trump lies with Hollywood and Shara?

(01:21:21):
How much of Trump's blood does Hollywoodhave on its hands? If you've got
so many people, with so manyfollowers, speaking from so many gargantuan pulpits
saying that Trump is evil, thathe's Hitler, it's going to have some
kind of consequence. That's Christian Toto, host of the Hollywood in Toto podcast.

(01:21:42):
So why do conservatives still give theirhard earned money to Hollywood? It's
a valid question, but it issurprising that we have such collective power and
we did see you what But likeJeff Biggs News Radio seven forty Kati or
H. It's now seven oh six. Joe Biden can I will sling a
speech in Nevada yesterday after allegedly testingpositive for COVID nineteen. The White House

(01:22:04):
says he has mild symptoms. Joesays he feels good. This was after
though he gave an interview to bE t and forgot who is his defense
secretary? Well, coming from example, look at the heat on Gennet because
I named a sectory of defense fora black man I named Kekanjie Brown.

(01:22:30):
I mean because of the people I'venamed the black man. Nancy Pelosi Chuck
Schumer have both now reportedly told Bidenhe should exit the race. Two thirds
of Democrats want him to drop out. Another key Democrat wants Joe to go
to our time checks. Seven ohseven. It's day eleven for twenty one
thousand Centrepoint customers who don't have powerin the aftermath of Beryl. Lieutenant Governor

(01:22:56):
Dan Patrick creating a special Senate committeeto look into the rect response of the
storm. It's now seven oh seven. Astros will be returning from the All
Star Break tomorrow night on the roadagainst the Seattle Marinders. They trailed them
by just one game in the AmericanLeague West. Now the pregame tomorrow at

(01:23:16):
eight, first pitch, nine,ten, and you'll hear it on Sports
Talk seven ninety and here on KTRH. But tonight, wrapping up the RNC
with Donald Trump taking the stage.Our coverage beginning at seven pm. I'm
shereby Fryar on news Radio seven fortyKTRH. Stay in touch on your drive

(01:23:36):
in with Jimmy Verrett and Sheriff Fryar. This is Houston's Morning News. Huh
song messed up? Okay seven onlyour time here in Houston's morning News,
News Radio seven forty KTRH. Iwhat was the song? Bulletproof? Got
it? Bulletproof was the name ofthe song. You know, progressives,

(01:23:59):
the maybe actually just call them thefar left at this point, they don't
even take twenty four hours off onwhen it comes to Trump derangement syndrome.
Joy Reid is a prime example ofthat from MSNBC in the last two days.
She said a couple of crazy things. Number one is she was making
a case yesterday that how do weknow that he got hit by a bullet?
Maybe he just got hit by glassfrom the teleprompter, to which I

(01:24:23):
would have to say if even ifthat were the case, what difference would
it make The damage was caused bya bullet, he was shot at,
it was an assassination attempt. Doesit matter if his ear got cut by
a bullet grazing it or if itwas glass from a teleprompter? No,
his life is the same amount ofdanger. Come on, man, you

(01:24:45):
know you won't have to wonder if, as apparently he is going to take
the bandage off his ear, Tony, how tight will the tight shots be
on that ear showing the damage?Yeah, it was a headshot. Well,
especially if he's raised him, especiallyif he's missing part of that air
exactly. Yeah, you know,well, I don't think flying glass did

(01:25:06):
that well, And even if itdid, does it really matter. It
doesn't matter. It certainly doesn't matter. I would think to a normal person
that matters. That basically the bullseyethat Joe Biden called for the Secret Service
left him in. Yeah. Herehere's something else. Here's what Joy read
her latest statement. You're ready forthis one. She said that President Biden
recovering from COVID nineteen quote is asign of strength similar to former President Trump

(01:25:30):
surviving an assassination attempt. The cold, Yeah, the bad cold that he's
got is the same, is equivalent, is equivalent because of his equivalent to
Trump's surviving an assassination attempt. Hedidn't do well in that bet interview,
and he canceled a speech and itwas one hundred and eleven degrees and he
didn't look good climbing that stair.He get on Air Force one. Yeah,

(01:25:55):
now he's in self isolation for howlong? Well, and that's the
beauty of it. Right now hecan rest up before his convention. Uh
huh, he'd be go with aCOVID, Yeah, because he he there's
a plot against him right now.Nancy Pelosi is leading a plot against him
to get him off the ticket.So the best thing he can do is
lay low. Capitas are scared todeath that all those down ballot races are

(01:26:15):
gonna lose. Yeah, so theyfound a reason for him to lay low
and not have to say anything fora week or two, seven, ten,
Time for traffic and weather together.Just check out the drive again,
sky Mike. What have you discoveredSea, Well, we knew. Pardon
me, I got a prodog inmy throat. All right, I'm forty
five North Freeway. We knew therewas something in front of Fiesta, and
sure enough, I told my friendsat Trendstar and I've shared this with the

(01:26:36):
pretty ladies on TV. That's awreck outbound, not inbound, but inbound.
A lot of reverdcking that's scunching upfrom the North Loop, and it's
also messing up your North Loop.Heading westbound, you got breaks now coming
over from the Hardy Entrance north Samthe sucking chance begun westbound Aldem Westfield that's
roadwork. And then eastbound Imperial Valleythat's backing you up almost from the Veterans

(01:26:57):
Toll Plaza. East text, I'vegot young Albert from Kingwood. This guy,
my god, I didn't even getacross the river. Each text inbound
starts at handling left lane Suburban inthe left lane right before the Townsend Road.
It is stalled out in the leftlane. Travings backed up all the

(01:27:19):
way to Uh, all right,I'm gonna let the rest of the media
know about that. Who is this? Oh, it's Debbie has to report
that delight at Beltweg eighth North inNew ninety Boom are only working, all
right, put this banana sticker onyour hard hat, Debbie, And I'm
in the Generator Supercenter dot Com trafficcenter. Man. She makes me hungry

(01:27:39):
every time she calls from our KTRHtop tax Defenders twenty four hour Weather Center.
Terry Smith is here up around Conrad. They'reetting little storm, or at
least they were getting a little stormthere, Terry Smith. They are watching
that line of thunderstorms making its waysouth and there's the possibility of some gusty
winds, maybe even some small hellas this starts to make its way into

(01:28:03):
the Houston metro area. Quick doseof someb raine for a number of us,
and then we'll get a break,and then we may see some more
showers and thunderstorms later on today.So it's a fifty percent chance of you
getting wet where you are over thecourse of the day. Today. Temperature
is still running warm, low tomid nineties, but tomorrow a little cooler,

(01:28:25):
with a forty percent chance of thunderstormsupper eight east to low nineties.
Upper eight East to low nineties throughthe weekend. In early next week,
we got a sixty percent chance ofrain Saturday, seventy percent chance of more
showers than storms Sunday. That frontstalled and so the clouds and rain are
going to be around through the weekend. Right now, it's eighty one at
your officials, Severe Weather Station,News Radio seven forty k TRH. It's

(01:28:48):
Houston's Morning News, brought to youby New South Windows Solutions. Now back
to Jimmy and Sherrah with the infoyou need to take on the day.
All right, So the big daythe RNC, the Republican National Commissions today
because President Donald Trump will accept thenomination and give his speech tonight. What
sort of tone will he take?We'll talk to our NC committee woman Demi

(01:29:09):
George Gadis, she's in Milwaukee.We'll talk to her next. First though,
traffic and weather togethers we check outthe drive once again. What's that
skuy Mike? Her name is funto say. That is two eighty eight
clear the wreck northbound Highway six Amyfrom Lake Jackson Sid from Sweeney with that
banana stickers east text Jim king Wood, fast guy, Mike. There's a
minor scuffle halfin left hand lane eachTech inbound at Townsend Boulevard. There's a

(01:29:34):
toe truck hinja there in the lefthand emergency breakdown lane Well said, it's
the Generator Supercenter dot Com traffic Centerfrom r KTRH top tax defenders twenty four
hour weather Center. Fifty percent chanceof showers and storms. We're seeing a
few of those this morning, atleast north of Houston. High temperature right
about in ninety. Tomorrow, Partleycloudie. Forty percent chance for shower storm

(01:29:55):
high again right about ninety. Morechances over the weekend. In fact,
it goes up to about sixty percentfor Saturday day and Sunday. Right down,
it's eighty one at your official severeweather station. News Radio seven forty
KTRH. Let's get you caught upon some top stories this morning. He's
shaff Good morning. Everyone is seventwenty one on news radio seven forty KTRH.
Our headlines are sponsored by DN mAudo leasing. Donald Trump making his

(01:30:16):
first speech since his near assassination lastweek, addressing the Republican Convention tonight.
HPD looking for several suspects after twopeople were injured wounded in a Montro shooting
overnight. New Jersey Democrat Senator BobMenendez convicted on bribery charges. As told
allies now he intends to resign fromthe Senate, but he didn't say when.

(01:30:40):
Latest news anytime at KTRH dot com. Our next update will be at
the bottom of the hour from theSugarland area, Paveer Port area, your
reliable forecast next on the ten onseven forty KTRH. Republican National Convention big
night tonight with the former president speakingout of accepting the nomination to run officially

(01:31:02):
against Joe Biden or President of theUnited States. RNC Committee Woman Debbie George
Gattis joins us for Milwaukee. Youknow, Debbie, this whole convention has
a different feel about it. Ithas been inspirational, it has been entertaining,
it has been positive and uplifting.I think a lot of people are
surprised they took that tone, especiallyafter what happened to the President on Saturday.

(01:31:25):
Absolutely true. Good morning, Jimmyand Sarah. You know it's amazing.
Every word you just said was onmy list of adjectives I was going
to throw in. It has beenkind of emotional too, many of these
speakers and gold Star families is emotional. It's uplifting, it's just electric.
And President Trump showed up. Heactually has been at the convention about halfway

(01:31:46):
through yesterday and the day before,so he's been there kind of watching it
camera pans. To him, it'slike a giant United Family feel the everyday
American speeches, the people coming on, the people who've been forgotten. Now.
I've covered a lot of presidential conventionsand I have just never seen anything

(01:32:06):
like this in terms of real peoplehaving a voice and the personalities that the
personages, the family stories. It'sjust an amazing thing to me. I've
just never seen anything like it.Could not agree more. It's just it
reflects thorough planning and trying to getthe message of the Republican Party to average

(01:32:29):
Americans watching. And so they're presenting, as you're saying, average Americans telling
their stories about heart losing children tofentanyl because of the open border and the
failure to protect American citizens from thefentanyl. They just the messages by really
is now, I think in thedozens of everyday Americans telling their stories,
they're just heartwarming, and honestly,the entire room feels like it's just focused

(01:32:55):
and listening closely to this presentation ofwhat the Republican Party is saying is and
could be. You know, Debbie, since the assassination attempt. We're told
that the president has gone back andhe has completely rewritten a whole new speech
with a whole different tone to it. What are you expecting here tonight?
What do you want to hear tonight? I want to say one thing about

(01:33:15):
that. Even the look in hisface when he first walked out the first
time that people at the Commission sawhim coming on camera, he looked emotional.
He looked and you know, I'msure obviously he has been in pain
because of his ear being hit,and so he looked like tender. He
looked a tender person who was comingout grateful for to be alive. And

(01:33:38):
what I really think I hear tonightis the man who just loves this country.
That stort, that message comes outfrom so many speakers. He just
loves America and he wants America tobe so much better than it is right
now. Whner Joe Biden's presidency,and he's going to tell us life doesn't
have to be the way it iswith open border and all the problems that

(01:33:58):
Biden administration has economy, He's justgoing to have an upbeat. We can
be a better America. I thinkit's going to feel very unifying to the
American people. Well, he's beendemonized for seven years by the left,
by the media, by Hollywood,by the Democrats every chance I have,
he's been totally humanized. Now thatis a great word, humanized. And

(01:34:23):
you know who else said that Hisgranddaughter, his oldest granddaughter, Kai who
is the daughter of Don Junior,spoke last night. And honestly, any
parent, grandparent in America would bethrilled to have a fourteen year old granddaughter
talk about her grandfather that way.It came across. It's so genuine.
She just loves her grandfather. Wasvery, very humanizing. He's a great

(01:34:45):
words here. And the look onhis face, the bride on his face
while he listened to her. Imean, I get thinking, I wonder
if Joe Biden's going to have Huntercome out and speak for him. I
don't know, so go so well, yeah, maybe his granddaughter will come
out while we're at it. Allright, Thank you, Debbie, good
to talk. You appreciate it somuch. That is a com many woman,

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Debbie. George gattis checking in fromMilwaukee. Seven twenty seven. It's
time to take a look at yourmoney. Here's Denise Spellogreeny. Yeah,
we're learning that Warner Brothers Discovery isreportedly thinking about splitting its streaming and studio
businesses from its legacy TV operations.The Financial Time says that split is among
a number of things being considered toboost share value. Stock futures right now

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are mixed, Dow futures down fiftyeight point s and P futures up eleven
NASTAC futures up one hundred and nine. Investors watching earnings come in Taiwan,
Semi in the chip business boosting itsoutlook, medical device maker Abbot Labs nudging
up its full year profit guidance,and home builder d R. Horton of
Texas reporting weaker than expected orders.And of course, investors also watching the
growing parade of Democrats calling on PresidentBiden to call off his efforts to be

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re elected. Domino's Pizza looking tobecome the most affordable option for budgets strapped
Americans, but it looks like peoplearen't biting. Second quarter results showing discounts
and new product launches weren't strong enoughto attract more sales. Taco Bell Thos
got a new menu item, cheesyStreet Chiloopus with fresh onion and cilentio.
With chicken or steak, you canget two for five dollars forty nine cents.

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So that's the latest bargain offering thatthe chains are rolling out today.
I'm Denise Pelgrinny Bloomberg Business on NewsRadio seven forty k trh. Than you
are no Houston's News. Why therewere traffic plus Breaking News twenty four seventh.
This is News Radio seven forty KTRHfive Everywhere with the IRFU more of

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what's happening now from the John MooreServices Studios. It's seven thirty Here on
Houston's Morning News. I'm Jimmy Barrettalong with Sheriff Ryer, Bunger, Top
Stores, this fr texas well representedat last night's r NC. Well Trump's
other court cases go away and comingup at seven thirty eight, my yorkist
is trying to make sure that theSecret Service director does not testify details in

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the minutes ahead, You're on Houston'sMorning News. First, we're checking out
that morning drive once again. Here'ssky Mike Oh all right east Loop six
' ten southbound Sherman Bridge. Thatis a stall what lane right lane?
Okay, watch out for those truckshaving a slow down. That looks to
be on the upside too. KatieFreeway. Something is clogging the hov at
Bingle. Is that a stalled MetroooNord Freeway outbound at Airline you've got a

(01:37:26):
wreck working. And also Clayton fromSplendora Stoett getting bound on the east right
underneath the Townshend Overpass, there isa stall tar walking the left lane.
All right, Watch out for peoplethat don't listen to iHeartRadio stations and don't
know it's there. I'm Skymik andthe Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center from
our KTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty fourhour Weather Center. Fifty percent chance of

(01:37:48):
a shower of storm today partly calledthe otherwise with the I temperature right about
ninety. We'll get to the completeforecast when we talk to Terry Smith at
the Weather Channel in nine minutes.Right now, ste Lady one in your
official severe weather station, News Radioseven forty k TRH. It is time
now for the news. Here's SheriffFryer. It's seven thirty two on news
radio seven forty KTRH. Our topstory this hour. Ohio Senator JD.

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Vance. He shines in his comingout party at the RNC in Milwaukee last
night. Tonight, mister Chairman,I stand here humbled, and I'm overwhelmed
with gratitude to say I officially acceptyour nomination to be Vice President of the
United States of America. Vance talkeda lot about his family life and about

(01:38:33):
growing up, and of course athrowing back to Hillbilly Elegy, the book
he wrote made into a movie.Talked about his grandmother Mamma Too, and
his mother who beat drug addiction,remaining sober for ten years. Last night
had some Texas flavor two Congressman doctorRonnie Jackson, who says Trump is more

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than fit to serve unlike Joe Biden. Let's not kid ourselves. Father Time
has not been kind to Joe Bidenyep. The White House now saying Biden
tested positive for COVID nineteen yesterday,the third time he has supposedly had this
virus despite all of his shots sincetwenty twenty two, and he's now going

(01:39:16):
into self isolation. Texas Governor GregAbbott told delegates everything begins with Trump securing
our border again. Illegal immigration hasskyrocketed under his watch, around eleven million
immigrants have crossed our border illegally,he said. Trump will put illegal aliens

(01:39:41):
behind bars or send them back.Democrats trying to hide it, but the
border crisis has led to a sharpjump in violent crime all across America.
The mainstream media, this does notfit their narrative. It's a propagin orm
and many people will say that forthe Democratic Party and the radical left,
and they don't want to stay thefacts of what's happening in this country.
Retired HPD Captain Greg Freeman. Hetold KTRH mainstream media keeps twisting the data

(01:40:08):
in order to fit their own narrative. A lot of times they're just outright
lying. Trump's legal calendar has clearedup a lot this week, the dismissal
of the mar al Lago documents caseas well as the still stalled Fanny Willis
Georgia case. That's because the Atlanticcases in limbo over the Funnie Willis controversy.

(01:40:29):
The Court of Appeals won't even hearthe issue of whether to disqualify prosecutor
Willis until December. That's attorney donein Miles and of Jack Smith's appointment was
unconstitutional in Florida. Could the samething happen with the DC case. Maybe
maybe not. You could have differentrules. The judge in DC might disagree.
I think the judge and Florida gotit right. Cliff Saunders, News
Radio seven forty KTRH now Jack Smith, who was illegally appointed according to the

(01:40:56):
Federal Court special counsel. He isnow appealed that ruling. He did that
yesterday. Excuse me, we'll sayhit the golf button. Seven thirty five
is our time. US senators hadan intel briefing told that the Trump assassin,
the murderer, Thomas Matthew Crooks,had actually been identified by the Secret

(01:41:19):
Service at least an hour before theattack as a person of interest, but
they lost him. They were lookingfor him still nineteen minutes before the shooting.
They say they couldn't find him.They didn't protect the rooftop that he
used as his vantage point, theydidn't kill him until after he fired his
shots, and they didn't bother tostop Trump from taking the stage. Is

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that failure or what? Vice PresidentKamala Harris acted as if the lefts many
years of vicious rhetoric had nothing todo with drumming up an attempt on Trump's
life. President Joe Biden issued acall for unity. There must be unity,
must be unity in Michigan. Shewent on to call Trump and Republicans

(01:42:08):
extremist, more bad news for Biden. David Patten of Newsmack says the Democrat
blue wall in the Midwest is collapsingbecause of the deteriorating position of Biden in
the polls. Biden sort of hasto draw to an insight straight here,
and the odd of doing that notso much. He says. His chances

(01:42:30):
of sweeping all of the key bluestates now very slim. Seven thirty six
is our time, twenty one thousandcenter Point customers with no power, and
now we've got three civilians suing.The lawsuit says Centerpoint failed to prepare the
grid against a predictable weather event andhas refused to take accountability for their incompetencies

(01:42:53):
and systems failure. The plaints ofsuing Center Point say that they were without
power for eighty hours or more,causing them to suffer in various ways,
including losing everything in their refrigerators andfreezers. They're wanting to hold Center Point
accountable by demanding reimbursement. Devin Clarkwith our TV partner Channel two. We
know that insurers will be paying outbillions of dollars in hurricane barrel claims losses

(01:43:16):
from the storm estimated already at twopoint six billion dollars. It's now seven
thirty seven. Guess what, afterover one hundred and fifty years, there's
been an injunction leveled on the federallaw that bars home distilleries. That's a
huge win for fans, certainly fansof home brewing. For us, we

(01:43:41):
were ecstatic with the judgment. Wewere obviously hoping the judgment would go our
direction. It did, but we'realso trying to stay realistic at the moment.
Yeah, it's just an injunction onthe law. Rick Morris, with
a hobby distillers association, told KTRHthis could still be appealed. I'm sureber

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Fryar on news radio seven forty KTRH, SPEC's big Bordo sale is happening now
your cookouts well, thank you,cheers the savings. I live in sugar
Land. Be prepared for wild Houstonweather. Next on the ten on seven
forty KTRH. The Secret Service andtheir Director of the Secret Service, Alejandro

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Mariorchis, is desperately trying to preventher from having to testify him from the
Congress, But ultimately I think shewill, although Ted Cruise I think would
prefer that she just gets fired rightnow. Well, it was utterly maddening.
We had a briefing with all onehundred senators and with the head of
the Secret Service and also the headof the FBI. He was a forty
five minute briefing. They spent thirtyminutes just filibustering, walking through all the

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different things they did that day,walking through a detailed timeline of every other
factor of what they did in thefield, what they did on the stage,
what they did backstage, everything excepthow they didn't stop a man with
a rifle from shooting the president,and that detail they just omitted. And
what's frustrating, you know, youjust played the head of the Secret Service.
Let me be clear, she shouldresign today, and to be honest,

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Joe Biden should fire her yesterday.What does it take to get fired
by Joe Biden. It was anabsolute security catastrophe. And after this briefing,
we had a chance for questions,but they only allowed a handful of
questions. I tried immediately to aska question but you had to hit a
number on your phone. They nevergot to me, They never got to
the conservatives on the phone. I'lltell you here the questions I would have

(01:45:33):
asked her if they would have givenme a chance. Number one, Why
were more officers not assigned? Whywas there not adequate protection there? Number
two? Why was that rooftop notsecured? Why was there not an agent
on that rooftop? Number three?Why were there no aerial assets? Why
was there no drones, no helicopters? Number four, when you spotted the
shooter, by the way, Iwill not use his name. That bastard's

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name should be forgotten by history.When you spotted the shooter, why was
he not detained? Number five?Why did you let Trump go on stage
when you knew you had that risk? She wouldn't answer any of this,
and bizarrely enough, she continues toclaim everything was just fine. It is
a complete lack of accountability, andit is utterly disgraceful. I will say

(01:46:16):
the same thing about this that I'vesaid about the border. I have to
believe one or two things. Eitherthey really are that incompetent, or it
is purposeful. Once again, eitherthey are really that incompetent or it was
purposeful? Are they really that incompetent? Seven forty time for traffic and mother

(01:46:39):
together. Just check out the driveonce again. Here's sky Mike Nord Freeway
cleared the wreck in front of Fiestaat Airline. That's tidwell, okay,
tidwell fine, Tomato tomato. Outbound, we're still backed up from the loop.
This is not helping the loop.Six' ten westbound. We're loopy
at the squeeze at forty five likewe always are and backups from the east.
Text all right, KAJR reach listenersthe first to know about that.

(01:47:00):
All on the east Tech southbound atTownsend and Clayton from Splendor with the banana
sticker and the olive French southbound tollbridge. Twelve extra minutes this way two
eighty eight. We cleared the wreckat Highway six. It's still a little
thick now coming up from Manville you'llhit more brakes at the Beltway and West
sam northbound at sixty nine. Lookat that backup. You've got West part
Tolway dragging it now right before Highwaysix that goes into about Eldridge and let's

(01:47:26):
check your katie. Oh, man, look at that my pocket radar.
Look at that, Terry, whipout the Megan Doppler nine thousand. I
swear that's rain coming this way.I'm in the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic
Center from a KTRH Generator super Center, twenty four hour weather Center. Yeah,
there is raincoming our way, Terry. And the question is when does
it get to Houston. Well,if this line holds together, which it

(01:47:46):
may just kind of dissipate as itcontinues to move south, if it holds
together, it'll get in here somewherearound the let's see nine o'clock to eleven
o'clock timeframe, starting to weaken thoseit continues to move south. Now,
we still have some heavy rain,We've got some lightning. There is some
potential for some gusty winds as well. As it continues to move south,

(01:48:11):
things will be quiet a good bitof the early afternoon, and then the
afternoon heating likely to help generate moreshowers and storms. So I'm giving it
a fifty percent chance of showers andstorms today. Temperatures load a mid nineties
forty percent chance of thunderstorms. Tomorrow. We're a little bit cooler in the
upper eighties to low nineties the weekendto sixty to seventy percent chance of rain

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Monday and eighty percent chance of gettingwhat our temperatures are going to stay in
the upper eighties to low nineties mostof the weekend. Temperature right now is
still Lady one at your official severeweather station, News Radio seven forty KTRH
what you need to know for theday ahead. This is Houston's Morning News,
brought to you by New South WindowsSolutions. Of all those speakers who've

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gotten a great response, and mostof them have at the Republican National Convention,
the one who I think got themost enthusiastic and loud ovation was Peter
Navarro who spoke last night. Ihave a portion of what he told the
audience. Political prisoner Peter Neville.Yeah, the guy that jib went right
from prison to the RNZ. Yep, that guy. We'll hear from him
next. First, though, trafficand weather together as we check out the

(01:49:17):
drive once again. Here's sky Mike. You're gonna go straight off your tip
line here seven one three two onetwo t ips. Hey, Hey,
good morning. Mike's case from Dickinsonand Acting on the Beltway on the West
side of town. That's that's thewhole plaza before you get to the active
ibn Oh, that's the Briar ForrestTot plaza. All right, let's look

(01:49:38):
out northbound east text townsend nobody elsesees that stall on the left side.
And look at that Grand Parkway westbound. Here's the roadwork again at twenty nine
to twenty. I'm Skymike at theGenerator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center from r
ktr H Generator Supercenter, twenty fourhour Weather Center. Fifty percent chance of
showers and storms. I guess we'regonna use all fifty percent up this morning
with I temper to write about ninetyfive. Folks are seeing some showers and

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storms right now. Tomorrow partley cloudy, forty percent chance of shower storm ninety
for the weekend party Claudie, Saturdayand Sunday right around ninety with US sixty
percent storm chants both days. Rightnow, it is eighty one at your
official severe weather station, News Radioseven forty KTRH. Let's get you caught
up on top trending stories. Here'sShay, good morning. It is seven

(01:50:21):
fifty two on news Radio seven fortyKTRH. Our headlines are sponsored by D
and M Auto Leasing twenty thousand plusCenterpoint customers without electricity this morning. Ohio
Senator JD. Vanswwen wowing the crowdwith his speech at the RNC last night.
First time jobless claims have risen bytwenty thousand now to two hundred and

(01:50:42):
forty three thousand for last week.Latest news anytime at KTRH dot com.
Our next update will be at thetop of the hour eight am, keeping
you in the know, all theinformation in real time and again the now,
right now, these Radio seven.JTRH came right from jail. He

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was convicted of contempt of Congress forrefusing to share information that he had from
President Trump that was based on executiveprivilege, well within his right to do
so. So he failed to appearin front of Congress to testify and they
sent him to jail. So hecame right. He just got out just

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in time, interesting timing for theRepublican National Convention, and he got quite
the ovation. Here's a little bitof his appearance last night at the RNC.
Yes, indeed, this morning Idid walk out of the federal prison
in Miami. Joe Biden and hisDepartment of Injustice put me there tonight.

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I'm here with you in this beautifulcity in Milwaukee. I got a very
simple message for you. They cancome for me if they can come for
Donald Trump, and careful if theywill come for you. If we don't

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control our government, their government willcontrol us. If we don't control all
three branches of our government, legislative, executive, judicial, their government will
put some of us like me asSteve Bannon, in prison and control the

(01:52:36):
rest of us. Here's how itwent. Here's how I got in prison.
The legislative branch came for me.First, your favorite Democrat, Nancy
Pelosi, created your favorite committee,the sham January sixth Committee, which demanded

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that I violate executive privilege. Whatdid I do? I refused. The
Jay sixth Committee demanded that I betrayDonald John Trump to say my own skin.
I refused. Here's the thing aboutthe constitution. They demanded that I

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break the law because they have norespect for it. I refused, and
a Democrat majority in the House thenvoted the whole need in contempt. And
unless you not think that's a prettybig deal, how many of us are

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willing to go to prison for ourbeliefs, how many of us would be
able to endure what the January sixthprisoners are enduring right now, still in
jail, still awaiting trial, stillawaiting some form of justice. Homiffs could
even last in federal prison, evenif it was a white collar prison,

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for four months. Not many,but he did. That's the welcome last
night at the RNC. President Trumpwill speak tonight. It's a big night
tonight. We'll have all the informationfor you about that tomorrow morning. We'll
see you bright and early tomorrow morning, starting at five am.