Today Is A Big Deadline For The Texas House

Jimmy Barrett takes you through the stories that matter the most on the morning of 05/15/25.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is used Radio seven forty kt RH Houston.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
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Speaker 3 (00:17):
Well, good morning, five am is our time here on
Houston's Morning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories
as we get started this morning. Today is a big
deadline for the Texas House. It looks like that the
star test is gonna stay but dramatically change and coming
up at five oho eight. Little game I like to call,
Who's to blame? Details in the minutes ahead. You're in

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Houston's Morning News. First, let's check out what's going on
with the drive. Let's blame Skymike.

Speaker 4 (00:43):
It's here North Beld Jimmy eastbound.

Speaker 5 (00:46):
I swear I didn't put that stall right there on
the right side. Now, that's kind of a spot if
you're trying to head over from two pointy nine.

Speaker 4 (00:52):
You're trying to get to Bush Airport.

Speaker 5 (00:54):
Plus we're getting people that aren't from town going that
way to catch a plane, So let's watch out for
those that.

Speaker 4 (00:59):
Don't know what's going on right there. It's kind of
a dark spot too.

Speaker 5 (01:02):
So that's North Sam eastbound at forty five north. So
far other than you need some see this morning, We're
in good chef on your freeways. I'm Skymike and the
Generator Supercenter dot Com traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (01:14):
From our KTRH top tax dependers twenty four hour weather
center for today becoming partly Claudie with the high temperature
in the mid nineties. We'll find tune that forecast when
we talk to Terry Smith at the Weather Channel in
nine minutes right now seventy six at your official severe
weather station, News Radio seven forty KTRH. It's time down
for the news. Here's clip Slaunders.

Speaker 6 (01:33):
Thank you, Jimmy five oh one on KTRH. Good morning, everybody.
Our top story. Texas Republicans are on the verge of
another failure in Austin. Several bills are stalled in the
House and today is the deadline to consider legislation.

Speaker 7 (01:48):
This is just another example of the failures of the
Republican House leadership.

Speaker 8 (01:52):
Every single failure is not on the Democrats. We got
to stop blaming the Democrats. All of the failures our
party owns.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
State Rep.

Speaker 7 (02:00):
David Lowe says that leadership is prioritizing Democrat legislation and
ignoring Republican bills.

Speaker 8 (02:05):
There's a whole bunch of bills, election integrity bills, off
the sexualization of children's bills, and things like that. They're
just not a priority.

Speaker 7 (02:14):
Lo says, this is all the results of very intentional
delay tactics that have been used by House Democrats and
GOP leadership. Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 6 (02:22):
Now, one of the bills that is stalled is the
Texas Women's Privacy Act that would keep men out of
women's spaces like locker rooms and restrooms.

Speaker 9 (02:30):
There's still a lot of government owned swimming pools and
fitness centers and so on where you've got men just
casually going into the women's locker room and forcing women
to you know, to be next to them, to undress
and be naked in front of them.

Speaker 6 (02:42):
Jonathan Signs with Texas Value says this is stuck in
committee right now. The Texas House did manage to pass
a bill that will overhaul the star test in public schools.

Speaker 4 (02:53):
State Rep.

Speaker 6 (02:54):
Brad Buckley says this does not, though, and decrease accountability.

Speaker 10 (02:58):
Simply brings it in a fashion that is more responsive
and more informative.

Speaker 6 (03:03):
The once a year test would be replaced with shorter
tests at the start, middle, and end of the school year.
Buckley says that way teachers and parents can track progress. However,
the plan faces an uphill battle in the Senate. It's
been two months since the incident went viral and Katie
isd dad is still finding the district after his daughter

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was suspended for defending herself against a bully.

Speaker 11 (03:28):
That would be Danny Jan Francisco, whose daughter was beat.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
Up by a football player.

Speaker 12 (03:34):
I spoke in front of the school board last night.
It's a little ridiculous the game that they're playing.

Speaker 11 (03:39):
Jian Francisco has reached out to the DA and law
enforcement to no avail.

Speaker 12 (03:44):
Now all send me back to kid and Tony. It's
their jurisdiction. But since they ruled it a mutual confrontation,
that means that I can't press charges against his kid.

Speaker 4 (03:55):
But it's very.

Speaker 11 (03:55):
Frustrating, especially since the video shows she threw a punch.
Jeff Biggs, News Radio seven forty Katie five oh four.

Speaker 6 (04:06):
Now, the President continues his Middle East treep in Katar.
He's actually addressing our troops right now. Overnight, Treasury Secretary
Scott bessn't told investors in Doha is confident a trade
war with China will not re escalate.

Speaker 13 (04:20):
We have a mechanism with our Chinese counterparts to prevent
an escalation again. We're going to go into a series
of negotiations.

Speaker 4 (04:29):
We have a lot to.

Speaker 13 (04:30):
Talk about, but I think over the next ninety days
we can accomplish a lot.

Speaker 6 (04:35):
China and the US did lower terras on each other
for the next three months. The President is also unlikely
to be at today's peace talks between Russia and Ukraine
in Turkey, this.

Speaker 14 (04:46):
After learning Putin was not on the list of attendees.
A US official says Trump bone and tend Ukraine's president
Vladimir Zelenski, who's on his way to Turkey, had earlier
said he would only participate if Putin was present. President
Trump wants the two sides to sign a thirty day
ceasefire deal.

Speaker 6 (05:04):
Ashley Stromeyer reporting investors are not happy with this. Futures
are down across the board this morning, and oil is
down four percent to about sixty dollars and fifty cents
a barrel five h five. In Washington, House Republicans continue
to work on the Trump budget, but some say they
won't vote for it, and that includes Texas's Chip Roy.

Speaker 15 (05:26):
We're sitting and staring at thirty six trillion a debt.
It'll be fifty six trillion even if I get everything
I want. So I've got to go fight to reform
medicaid so we can stop funding naval body, stop the
blue state money laundering, and restore fiscal sanity for the
American people.

Speaker 4 (05:42):
Roy on Fox.

Speaker 6 (05:42):
As of now, Republicans have a two twenty to two
thirteen advantage in the House. Also on Capitol Hill, fireworks
between the DHS Secretary Christy Noam and California Democrat Eric
Swallwell over the deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Speaker 4 (05:59):
You're saying abregogar Garcia is not a way, No, ma'am.
He's not a criminal.

Speaker 16 (06:03):
He's not a human tran not a number of ms.

Speaker 13 (06:06):
You vouched for mister Garcia when your team sat, ma'am,
you vouched for him when you said he was mistakenly deported.

Speaker 4 (06:12):
I didn't vouch for him.

Speaker 17 (06:13):
I did not see I'm not photo then deported.

Speaker 4 (06:15):
Absolutely.

Speaker 6 (06:16):
No one was at Congress for a DHS budget hearing
yesterday and the Wisconsin judge arrested and now indicted for
helping an illegal alien get away from police. Filed demotion
to dismiss Judge Hannah Dugan claims she's got immunity because
get this, she was acting in her official capacity as
a judge.

Speaker 4 (06:37):
It's now five oh six.

Speaker 6 (06:38):
The Houston Texans opened up the twenty twenty five season
in LA against the ram September seventh. They've got four
primetime games as well, Monday night matchups against Tampa Bay
and Seattle, a Thursday night game with Buffalo, and then
they visit Kansas City yet again. This will be a
Sunday night game in December, and the Astros beat the
Royals four to three. They visited the Rangers tonight. Pregame

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at six on Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 4 (07:03):
Game time. It's seven on seven ninety and KTRH.

Speaker 6 (07:06):
I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's News Weather in traffic station
News Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 3 (07:13):
Houston's Morning News continues with Jimmy Barrett.

Speaker 1 (07:19):
Is too blame?

Speaker 3 (07:20):
Well, let's see who's to blame on this one. I
like to play this game. Five or eight is our time.
This is like a critical thinking exercise now, I know
it's five oi in the morning. It's kind of early
for critical thinking. Well, let's have some fun with this.
Let's see what's going on. The story is the US
Virgin Islands government is suing PepsiCo and Coca Cola over
plastic bottles which evidently had been sold in excess in

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the US Virgin Islands. Lawsuit claims the companies have deceived
consumers by claiming their single use plastic bottles are quote
an environmentally responsible choice because after all, they are recyclable.
The defendants named of the case also include cc IE
Virgin Islands with LLC, which is a beverage distributor, PepsiCo Caribbean,

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a division of PepsiCo, saying, in part due to the
significant part in the defendant's conduct and falsely promoting and
distributing single use plastic, the Virgin Islands faces a waste
management crisis. They claim that there's way too many plastic
bottles in their landfills and that have been littered around
their beautiful islands, and that some of them are going

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to end up in the ocean, and when they end
up in the ocean, they will take centuries to break down,
and they will break down into smaller pieces known as microplastics,
which can harm humans and animals in large amounts, are
ingested over history, over time. Okay, so here's where the

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who do we blame park comes in. Whose fault is
it that there are plastic bottles on US Virgin Islands
because there's plastic bottles everywhere? Is it the people they're suing?
Is it Pepsi and Coca Cola? Is it their fault
for producing drinks in plastic bottles? Is it do we

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blame the consumers themselves for not responsibly disposing of said
plastic bottles? Or do we blame the government of the
US Virgin Islands and the waste management people there for
not being able to come up with a way to
take care of the plastic bottle waste? Who's to blame?

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They're putting all the blame on Pepsi and Coca Cola
for producing the plastic bottle to begin with. But the
fact of the matter is nobody's forcing you to buy
a plastic bottle. I'm sure there's still glass bottles available
in the Caribbean. So who do you think who's to
blame on that one? Five to ten time for traffic
and weather.

Speaker 5 (09:54):
Together jack wagons that throw the plastic bottles us?

Speaker 3 (09:58):
Do you mean like the responsibility see with me? So
that's crazy, man, I know crazy talk.

Speaker 5 (10:05):
You brought a thinking exercise to us this morning, Jimmy,
I can tell you where the thinking is not happening,
and that's on the north wag.

Speaker 4 (10:11):
What do you think they're thinking about? I don't know.

Speaker 5 (10:14):
Just coming over from the squeeze that's a little heavier
than normal and some of those people in that left
lane aren't thinking as they're going around the car. We're okay,
we have it bumped into each other so far. We
do have this one little penal squat stall on the
North Sam eastbound at forty five. Sometimes that happens, you
don't think nothing of it and then boom, somebody runs
into it.

Speaker 4 (10:32):
So watch out. This is North.

Speaker 5 (10:34):
Sam going eastbound right at forty five. If you're trying
to catch a plane, lookout coming down from the east.
Text let's hit a tip line seven one three two
one two t ips. If you would have told me
when I was a kid that people would know where
Tarkington was, I would have said, you're crazy, Shane.

Speaker 18 (10:50):
Yeah, might take a time this week that Cleveland Roads card.

Speaker 19 (10:55):
You're finding it against sandy left lane roast clothed.

Speaker 4 (10:58):
All right, we got kind of some go to smash southbound.

Speaker 5 (11:01):
Let's zoom that again at five twenty in the USA
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ROMO r KTRH Top Tax Defenders twenty four or whether
the center terry is here. But need to give you
the forecast looks like it's going to be pretty much
the same day every day between now and Sunday.

Speaker 20 (11:14):
You know, any change in our day to day weather
pattern is going to be very, very subtle. We've kind
of gotten stuck where high pressure is not going to budge,
and that means heat and humidity, and it means some
record heat as well. That possibility of record temperatures every
single day through the weekend upper eighties to mid nineties today,

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upper eighties to upper nineties tomorrow, and then the temperature
stay the same through the weekend, and the heat indecks
today for a lot of folks is going to be
right at or just above one hundred degree. So if
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Speaker 21 (11:56):
Going to be feeling the humidity and the heat.

Speaker 3 (11:59):
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News Radio seven forty k TRH. It's Houston's Morning News,
brought to you by New South Windows Solutions. Now back
to Jimmy Barrits had the Houston Morning News team all
the info you need to take on the day. There's
a video that's gone viral of a young woman who

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I was gonna say is a teacher, but it's past
tense now. She was a teacher for about three years
and grew so frustrated with her students, not all of
her students, but many of her students that she just said,
I can't do this anymore. This is ridiculous. She talked
about how many of the kids coming into her collection.
She's was a high school teacher. By the way, she
talked about many of her kids coming in to the classroom.

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They couldn't even read, They had no critical thinking skills,
they couldn't write an essay without using artificial intelligence. More
than that story coming up next first though, at five
twenty less Dude, traffic and weather together usually check out
the drive once again of sky out.

Speaker 5 (12:55):
Yeah, it's interesting that digital read arts aren't showing much
on the East Texas Freeway southbound coming down after Cleveland.

Speaker 4 (13:01):
I know that drive well, but the backup, the suckage
is real.

Speaker 22 (13:06):
I know that.

Speaker 5 (13:06):
And now let's hit Alex from Tarkington. He's on the
tip line seven one three two one two tips.

Speaker 18 (13:11):
Hey, yos, got Mike fifty nine southbound at the East
River exits in Flendora through right lane closed with an
accident at somebody getting loaded up to tangling.

Speaker 4 (13:22):
All right, that's southbound, of course.

Speaker 5 (13:23):
And like I said, I can't really get the rest
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Speaker 6 (13:59):
President Trump says negotiations with Iran are producing progress. Police
arrest the driver accused of a hit and run that
killed a seventy six year old spring Man in Jimmy,
Texas lawmakers approve a resolution designating Brenham as the ice
cream Capital of Texas for the next ten years.

Speaker 1 (14:18):
Oh my bluebell. Hello.

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I listen on the way to work.

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I love talk radio, so I listen to the talk
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For every one.

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I listened on the way home for traffic US Radio
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Speaker 3 (14:38):
All right, I've got some educacation news here this morning.
A couple of things. First of all, Star testing, Star testing.

Speaker 4 (14:45):
I love.

Speaker 3 (14:46):
A lot of parents hate the Star test, old man.
They hate that it's an all day test. It comes
towards the end of the school year. And I've always
always wondered, why do I understand that they're trying to
figure out what you learned during the course of the year,
but why do you waste so late in the year
to do it, Because, first of all, the last four weeks,
maybe even longer last four weeks of school, nobody's doing

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anything really other than messing around and reviewing materially you've
already done or getting ready for the test. Kids are distracted,
and the younger they are, the more distracted they are,
until you get to be a senior, in which case
you're pretty much distracted for the entire second half of
the year because you're getting ready to graduate. So that's
a bad time to do Star testing. And in my estimation,

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in an overwhelming vote, I think it was like a hundred,
one hundred and forty three to one something like that,
the Texas House passed out a bill that would eliminate
the Star test and replace it with three tests that
would occur one in October one, in the middle of
the year between January thirteenth and February twenty first, and

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an end of the year test between May fifteenth and thirtieth. Yeah,
the end of the year test is never going to
be a great idea, but it's a shorter test, so
it's basically dividing the material up into three test until
instead of doing you know, one big test at the
end of the year. But testing or non testing, there's

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still a lot of frustrated teachers. Here is a teacher
obviously frustrate she's quitting after three years at the high
school level. She posted a video that went viral. More
than a million people have viewed it, talking about how
little many for hers students know. So here she is
a little bit of the video and then part of
an interview she did on Fox.

Speaker 24 (16:27):
A lot of these kids don't know how to read
because they have had things read to them, or they
can click a button and have something read out loud
to them. I just don't think these kids even care.
They don't they don't care about making a difference in
the world. They don't care about how to have a resume.
They don't care how I mean, how to write a resume.
They don't care how to write a cover letter because

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chashc Will just do it for them. And I think
that we need to cut off technology from these kids,
probably until they go to college. So I taught for
three years. As I said in my video, I wasn't
always a teacher. I actually started my career in digital marketing.
So I've been in the digital world for about five

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years now, or since I've graduated. And throughout the three years,
I've taught digital arts classes and I've taught in English class,
and I would say that in all of my teaching experience,
technology has posed quite a challenge, and with AI becoming
so accessible to children nowadays, especially teaching in an English.

Speaker 16 (17:31):
Or Core four classroom, it's been especially.

Speaker 24 (17:34):
Challenging kind of to have the kids comprehend and critical
think and think for themselves on certain things. So on
my way out, I wanted to kind of raise awareness
and just let people know how AI and technology is.

Speaker 16 (17:50):
Affecting their children these days.

Speaker 24 (17:52):
Well, a lot of students, And I do want to
be clear, I taught a lot of very motivated and
bright children, and so I don't want this come off
as if this is all the kids fault, but I
do know that a lot of times in my English classroom,
I would ask them to write down a short response
or just five sentences to answer a question, and a

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lot of times it would be about two and a
half sentences and they would say, well, I can't think
of anything else to say, or well why do I
have to answer and complete sentences like you.

Speaker 16 (18:21):
Get the point from what I'm saying and just this
little sentence. And then a lot of times I would
assign essays, long form essays, and I know.

Speaker 24 (18:32):
How children write, especially when they handwrite me things in
the beginning of.

Speaker 16 (18:35):
The school year. And so when a student, how I
know how they write.

Speaker 24 (18:39):
Typically would give me a very eloquently and thorrow essay
on a topic that I know that normally wouldn't come
from them.

Speaker 16 (18:46):
I would ask them was this really you?

Speaker 24 (18:48):
And I'd run it through an AI generator, and of
course it would say one hundred percent chat gubt or
AI and I would speak to the student and they
would more so a question of well, if I have
to redo this, how much is it really going to
affect my grade?

Speaker 16 (19:02):
Trying to take the easy way out.

Speaker 3 (19:04):
Yeah, yeah, well, you know, think of when you were sixteen.
I mean, you had to have motivation to do the
things you did right. The things you didn't like to do,
you were lazy about it. Nothing else has changed with kids.
They're still pretty lazy. If they can get AI to
write the essay for them, who likes writing essays, then
they're going to do it. Five twenty seven. Time to

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By thirty Now he're in Houston's Morning News. I'm Jimmy Verrett.
Among our top stories this half hour, Trump says he's
making progress with her on how many of Trump's executive
orders will actually become law, and coming up at five
thirty eight, the common items most likely to be impacted

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by tariffs on China. Details in the minutes ahead here
on Houston's Morning News. First, we're checking out that morning.
Rod Again, here is sky Mine.

Speaker 5 (20:43):
I'm just not getting any interest from the rest of
the media on this east text problem. Coming down from
the sticks on I sixty nine before Splendora East River Road.
That's an accident. Will take two right lines. I don't
think it'll sit there long. But that's a lot of
suckage coming down from Fostoria Road. Let's have say that again.
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From r KTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour weather center
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It's time out for the news. Here's Cliff Sanders, Thank you, Jimmy.
Good morning everybody.

Speaker 6 (21:28):
It's five point thirty one on KTRH, our top story
this hour.

Speaker 27 (21:32):
Iran has sort of agreed to the terms. Then I
going to make out I call it in a friendly way,
nuclear dust. We're not going to be making any nuclear
dust in Iran.

Speaker 6 (21:44):
President Trump in Qatar, giving it updates to where things
stand with Iran after four rounds of nuclear negotiations. He
also just got done talking to American troops before he
heads to the UAE this morning. He will not be
at today's talks between Russia and u Ukraine in Turkey.
Neither will Vladimir Putin. Trump told business leaders today he

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never expected Putin to actually show up five point thirty
two in DC, a move to codify President Trump's executive
orders is gaining steam.

Speaker 28 (22:16):
We have got to start codifying these executive orders from
President Trump. America realizes what's going on. Congress seas to
wake up and Dad Gemmitt, We've got.

Speaker 4 (22:28):
To do our job.

Speaker 6 (22:29):
Tennessee Congressman Tim Burchett on X Several Texas congressmen signed
a letter urging Speaker Mike Johnson to get on board
with this. But it is Democrat ro Conna from California
the only one to actually introduce a bill to codify
Trump's order this week on prescription drug prices. Conna is
in the minority. Other Dems are talking about impeachment.

Speaker 29 (22:53):
Georgia Democrats Senator John Ossoff signal support for impeachment at
a town hall meeting, but notes it will require Democrats
controlling the House, while Pennsylvania Democrat Senator John Fetterman says
impeachment talk.

Speaker 1 (23:05):
Is just dumb.

Speaker 29 (23:06):
It's not going anywhere, but some Trump critics still want
to go forward.

Speaker 4 (23:10):
Foxes Mike, and man you well.

Speaker 6 (23:12):
Democrats are complaining about Qatar offering Trump a plane to
become the new Air Force one, ignoring the fact that
a House Democrat delegation accepted an all expenses paid trip
to Katar just.

Speaker 4 (23:26):
Four years ago.

Speaker 19 (23:27):
I actually have to credit President Trump for dismissing this, saying, hey,
we'd be stupid not to take this gift that's going
to the Department of Defense. The alternative is paying for
another one ourselves, which is ridiculous.

Speaker 6 (23:39):
Bobby Everley, with a fourth ben County GOP, says this
just proves the Left as nothing but rhetoric to use
against the President.

Speaker 4 (23:47):
Five point thirty three.

Speaker 6 (23:48):
In Austin, state, lawmakers hope to crack down on one
of the left's favorite gun grabbing tactics.

Speaker 30 (23:54):
A Texas House has passed to build a banned, taxpayer
funded gun buy back programs. Gun Owners of America Texas
director Lee Gibson says these programs are ineffective and front
with problems.

Speaker 31 (24:04):
Often the firearms that are brought are older, not in
working condition. Often there's no questions asked about where the
firearms came from. And often you can do private sales
just outside the buyback area. He would think that with
cause concerns.

Speaker 30 (24:20):
They've also shown no demonstrated reduction in crime. Houston and
Harris County have held several gun buybacks in recent years
to no effect. Corey Yolson, Who's Radio seven forty KTRH,
Thank you Corey.

Speaker 6 (24:30):
An alarming trend is data from Texas DPS shows they
are clearing cases at a lower rate than they did
in twenty twenty. Rice Is Bill King says that here
in Houston we are well below the national average.

Speaker 32 (24:42):
We need to have people that are responsible for managing
it overseeing police departments, like the police chiefs, mayors, city council.
People start asking why are these numbers so bad?

Speaker 33 (24:52):
What can we do to improve them.

Speaker 6 (24:53):
We reached out to Texas DPS. They did not reply,
according to a local television report. Newly rel at least
documents show that HPD officials knew back in twenty sixteen
about that secret code used to suspend thousands of criminal cases,
but did nothing to stop it. Former chief Troy Finner
only claimed knowledge in twenty twenty one. It's now five

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point thirty five. Looking at your money. Credit card Jet
went down two percent in the first quarter of this year.
But it's not the win that you might think it is.

Speaker 34 (25:27):
That's because Americans routinely cut back after heavy holiday spending,
and they got their tax refund money.

Speaker 4 (25:32):
People are trying.

Speaker 22 (25:33):
The number one thing that people are using the money
for is saving more and number two is that payoff.
So that's a good thing.

Speaker 34 (25:40):
Financial advisor Ted Rossman says it's worth it to keep
our credit card balances as close to zero as possible
to make minimum payments.

Speaker 22 (25:47):
SARTs the average balance at the average rate you're in
debt for eighteen years. Credit card rates are so much
higher that this is one to prioritize.

Speaker 34 (25:54):
Ted says, considered lower interest loans or even a side
hustle job, because credit card interest is around twenty percent.
Charles Molino News Radio seven to forty KTRH.

Speaker 6 (26:04):
And this actually sounds like it comes from a Democrat,
but believe it or not, it's an idea from Texas
Senator Ted Cruz he wants to give each American baby
a thousand bucks when they're born to start a private
investment account. KTRH moneyman Patchen says, before you go off
on this, think about it. It could teach the next

(26:25):
generation to be less reliant on the government.

Speaker 35 (26:29):
You assume you put five thousand dollars a year in
at say a five percent annual rate to return, one
would have about one hundred and forty seven thousand dollars
by the time they're eighteen.

Speaker 6 (26:41):
The critics, though, say that we can't afford another federal program.
The national debt is over thirty six trillion dollars.

Speaker 4 (26:49):
Coming up.

Speaker 6 (26:49):
On five thirty seven, the Astros finish up the homestand
by beating Kansas City four to three. They take on
the Rangers tonight in Arlington for the first of four games.
Pregame at six on Sport's Talk seven ninety, Game time
at seven on seven ninety and KTRH. I'm Cliff Saunders
on Houston's News. Whether in traffic station, use radio seven
forty KTRH.

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There's a lot of stuff happening k steels, trade deals,
tax deals, stuff like that.

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Check you in often for all this stuff.

Speaker 4 (27:18):
You need to know this stuff.

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News Radio seven KTRH.

Speaker 3 (27:23):
They're okay, I guess you need them to cook five
thirty eight hour time here on Houston's Worn News. So
why we talk about pots and pans, Well, because ninety
percent of them were made in China. Did you know
that ninety percent pots and pans are made in China?
Here's the good the good thing about tarif. There's a
lot of good things about tariffs and some not so

(27:45):
good things, I guess. But one of the good things
I think about tariffs is it's made us kind of
think about what we buy and where it comes from.
Now that there's a thirty percent tariff on everything from China.
It was gonna be one hundred and forty five, but
now they got knocked down to thirty percent, still enough
to make you think about where you're going to buy
your stuff from. Sometimes it feels like you don't have

(28:06):
a choice. Everything seems to come from China. So they
here's here's a little list, and we started with pots
and pans because ninety percent are made in China, far
and away the number one category. So I would think
it's it's hard to find pots and pans not made
in China. The next biggest source is India, but defined

(28:27):
American made pots and pans is going to be difficult
to do. Dishes sixty six percent made in China. Next
biggest source Mexico. Utensils eighty seven percent made in China.
Next biggest source Vietnam. Refrigerators eighty seven percent made in China.
Next biggest source Vietnam. Forty eight percent of televisions are

(28:50):
made in China. Next biggest sources Mexico. Couches forty three
percent made in China. Next biggest source Vietnam. Go see
mattress back made in a mat furniture.

Speaker 4 (29:00):
There you go.

Speaker 3 (29:01):
There's your answer for that one. Lamps forty eight percent
made in China. Next biggest source Mexico. Forty percent of
dresses ladies dresses are made in China. Forty percent of
all toilets are made in China. Thirty five percent of
all vacuum cleaners are made in China, and thirty percent
of all washer dryers are made in China. So those

(29:21):
are you know, some major things that are in all
of our lives. That's hard to find a source other
than China. Another reason why we need to bring more
of that manufacturing back here five forty time for traffic
and weather together.

Speaker 4 (29:32):
Chase speakers are made in China.

Speaker 3 (29:34):
I think you're what your DJ speakers, Yeah, yeah, for
you know, oh yeah, for your for your wedding business
by children.

Speaker 5 (29:39):
I think let's go to the north Sand. We've cleared
that stall that was eastbound at forty five. It also
looks like they've cleared the East Texas Freeway coming down
from A six and Splendora right before East Road. We
had a wreck here and ambulance is pulled away, so
we're in good shape. We're in better shape now. Something
spackling us up after the toll Bridge south That sure

(30:00):
looks like a star.

Speaker 4 (30:01):
I wish we had real ramps there, but we don't.

Speaker 5 (30:04):
You have to sit in that intersection off the toll Bridge,
east Belt and southbound. We're a little smashed up because
of something that's happening right in that intersection itself. Downtown
East text elevated's moving, so is the piers elevated. I'm
right back at you in a few in the USA
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From RKTRH Generator Supercenter twenty four. Our weather Center, Terry Smith,
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American made for It is.

Speaker 21 (30:30):
A textan forecast, folks, Heat.

Speaker 20 (30:33):
Humidity, sunshine, and the only thing that's missing is rain.
There is not a drop of rain in sight through
early next week. I'm telling you this is going to
be a long stretch of dry weather and a long
stretch of hot temperatures upper eighties to mid nineties today,
heat in decks this afternoon, just over one hundred upper
eight east to upper nineties Tomorrow. We're going to stay

(30:55):
in the upper eighties to mid nineties through the weekend
into early next week.

Speaker 21 (30:58):
There's no big change this pattern through Tuesday.

Speaker 3 (31:02):
Right now, seventy five at your officials, Severe weather station,
News Radio seven forty KRH. New theme song for Democrats,
don't look back. Five forty nine is our time. And
it has to do with Joe Biden. That's the new
official line. Now, when they ask you about the Biden
decline and when you knew about it and that kind
of stuff, say, don't say we're not looking back. We're

(31:25):
moving forward. We're moving forward. That's the line. Here are
democrats spouting off the new line, and some reaction to
it on the five and.

Speaker 4 (31:32):
Not looking backward, we're looking forward. We're just looking forward.
We're looking forward. We're looking forward. I'm interested in going forward.

Speaker 36 (31:41):
That's backward stuff forward, that's very backward looking.

Speaker 19 (31:44):
I don't really want to review all of it because
it's past history.

Speaker 37 (31:48):
This is not actually about the Democrats. This is about
the media. They are the rats in this story. They're
like a member of the gang. In this case, it
was the gang of the White House, the Democrat and
the media. They're the member of the gang that is
now narking on everybody else so they can get prosecutorial
immunity so they don't go to jail.

Speaker 1 (32:09):
But the problem is in this case, they're.

Speaker 4 (32:11):
Just trying to save their jobs.

Speaker 37 (32:13):
These books are coming out to protect them, so they
could start talking about, oh, listen to these shocking revelations.
Biden will forget people's names publicly say dude, this is
not shocking to us. We were talking about this, but
they want you to buy into this is shocking. So
you think that it was shocking to them, Like, yeah,

(32:34):
can you believe this up?

Speaker 1 (32:35):
No, no, no, no, we saw it, and so did you.
You're lying, you're putting.

Speaker 37 (32:39):
These books out to protect your hide? What do they
lead with the wheelchair story that was supposed to be
the big story because and why do they choose that
as the big story?

Speaker 1 (32:48):
Because it was.

Speaker 37 (32:49):
About the physical issue and not the mental issue. But
we don't care if Joe Biden's in a wheelchair. We
don't care about that. That's not going to affect how
we leads a country. The mental incapacity, the twenty fifth
Amendment stuff, that's what we cared about. That's what the
media is worried about. You finding out that they covered
for that. The books are coming out because people are

(33:11):
trying to cash in on it. He's gone now they
don't have to protect him anymore. How do we cash
in on this? Isn't that what they spend all their
time thinking about is how do we make money from this?
Everybody's seeing him wants like Jake Tapper wants to write
a book? Is he wants he wants to enrich himself
on something he already knew about for years five point

(33:32):
fifty one Time for traffic and weather togethers we check
out the drive again. Here's guy Myney east Sam moving forward.
The wreck is gone, but the backup is still there.

Speaker 5 (33:40):
Unfortunately we're looking at eight extra minute southbound on the
toll bridge. Let's say Washburn Tunnel Thursday night is shut
down the tunnel night, so you could.

Speaker 4 (33:48):
Use that as an alternate.

Speaker 5 (33:49):
The best ray is to get around six y ten
to the Sherman Bridge instead on I forty five north.

Speaker 4 (33:55):
It's truck er Tim from Magnolia.

Speaker 35 (33:57):
By good Morning's got my good found just fat lake
Woodland's drive on the service road.

Speaker 4 (34:03):
They got a big ol' hub.

Speaker 5 (34:04):
Uh well said, nice furbage and let's see on the
Woodlands drive outbound.

Speaker 4 (34:10):
Yep. Let me let the rest of the media know.

Speaker 5 (34:12):
I'm Skymike on the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (34:15):
From r KTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour Weather Center.
Clouds early becoming sunny, muggy ninety four for the high today,
few morning clouds than becoming mainly Sunday ninety seven tomorrow.
Same forecast for Saturday and Sunday. Current temperature is seventy
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forty k TRH. Time to check out some more of

(34:37):
our top stories this morning.

Speaker 6 (34:38):
Here's Cliff, Thank you, Jimmy, Texas House Republicans are on
the verge of yet another failure in Austin the US
Supreme Court. Here's arguments today over President Trump's order to
end birthright citizenship and Jimmy more trans madness, a boy
running against girls, and a Pennsylvania track meet. High school
wins again for this sixth I'm this season. When will

(35:01):
this stop?

Speaker 4 (35:04):
Magnet? They might not ever stop.

Speaker 6 (35:06):
Get the latest news anytime at KTRH dot com. Our
next update is at six I Live in Katie, I.

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Live in It, your reliable forecast. Next on the ten
on seven forty KTRH, well out of Wisconsin. Little news here.
The Feds have charged Hannah duck In, that federal judge
who helped an illegal evade ice. Yep, she is facing
federal charges now. Saw a great shot of her in handcuffs.

(35:35):
By the way, she's also she's a big time mask lover.
You have you seen that clip of her They'll wearing
a mask next to a huge bus to Abraham Lincoln
that they put a huge mask on. Oh yeah, she
was all into the whole COVID stuff. So anyway, Jonathan Turley,
who is a constitutional law expert, got asked about the

(35:55):
charges against her and whether or not they can stick,
and how this whole thing's gonna work.

Speaker 1 (35:59):
This is a very liberal district and the jury pool
is likely to be.

Speaker 38 (36:05):
Sympathetic, and if all else fail, she could very well
end up with a type of jury nullification if a
couple of those jurors really just see this not as
the actual crime, but as the cause that has happened before.
But she will move, as she has done, to dismiss
these charges. I can't see any basis to do that.

(36:28):
You can certainly disagree with her motivations, but that's not
something that a judge could just assume without a trial.
So my assumption is that the motion to dismiss today
will be indeed turned down by the court.

Speaker 39 (36:42):
So in this new filing submitted by Judge Dugen today
as of midday today, Dugan and her legal team argue,
and I'm reading directly from a quote, the government cannot
prosecute Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for
her official acts, and that the government has no basis
in law to prosecute her.

Speaker 30 (37:03):
Does she have a leg to stand on there?

Speaker 38 (37:05):
I don't see how that dog will hunt because she
was acting not as a judge. In my view, when
she took these steps, she went out into the hall,
confronted these agents, told them to go see the chief judge,
told them that they needed a warrant that they really
didn't need. They were allowed to conduct that arrest in

(37:25):
the hallway, which is what the chief judge told them,
But while they were speaking to the chief judge, she
then allowed she then led this person out a side
door to then this person evaded federal agents. None of
that strikes me as being within the scope of her
judicial duties.

Speaker 1 (37:44):
If it does, then the question is how far does
that extend?

Speaker 38 (37:47):
Could she have hit the guy her in her trunk
of her car because she had driven him out of
the courthouse because she had misdirected state officers, When exactly
does she stop being a judge when she's helping so
many evade federal authority.

Speaker 3 (38:02):
Well, yeah, the jury part of it's gonna be very interesting,
as he said at the beginning of that, that's a
very liberal part of Wisconsin, and it's gonna be difficult
to find in a partial jury when it comes to
these things. But hey, at least she's facing the charges.
Five point fifty six now here on news Radio seven
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It is six am here on Houston's Morning News. I'm
Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories. This haf are do
or Die day at the Texas House. It looks like
big changes are coming to the star Test and coming
up at six o' eight. Why worry about what the
Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade abortions or at
an all time high details in the minutes ahead. You're

(38:57):
in Houston's Morning News. First check out that one in drive.
Sky Mike's here.

Speaker 4 (39:01):
The Nord Sam Suckoch has begun westbound.

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At Alding Westville. We're missing that is it? Two right lanes?
That looks like two right lanes to me eastbound Imperial Valley.
If you're just joining us after a week they've reopened
those lanes. That'll be nice if you're trying to catch
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Speaker 3 (39:19):
Our KTRH top tax depender is twenty four hour Weather
Center clouds early becoming sunny, muggy ninety four for the
high temperature today, similar forecast, maybe a few extra degrees
had it on all the way through the weekend. We'll
see if there's any shot at getting some rain in
the not too distant future. When we talk to Terry
Smith at the Weather Channel in nine minutes right now,
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seven forty k TRH, it's time out for the news.
Here's Cliff Sanders and Jimmy.

Speaker 6 (39:47):
We're sponsored at six oh one by the Ocarves Financial Group.

Speaker 4 (39:50):
Our top story.

Speaker 6 (39:51):
After months of slow walking the GOP agenda, the Texas
House TikTok running out of time, A key deadline to
pass bills is tonight. Some Republican priorities have yet to
be addressed.

Speaker 8 (40:05):
Leadership needed the Democrats to vote for the speaker, and
maybe this was part of the deal. But this is
completely intentional and it happens every single session.

Speaker 6 (40:16):
State Representative David Lowe there Republican House leaderships, he says,
needs to be held responsible. One of the bills that
could become a casualty in this the Texas Women's Privacy Act,
which would in theory, keep men out of women's bathrooms
and locker rooms.

Speaker 9 (40:33):
There's still a lot of government owned swimming pools and
fitness centers and so on where you've got men just
casually going into the women's locker room and forcing women
to you know, to be next to them, to undress
and be naked in front of them.

Speaker 6 (40:44):
That's Jonathan signs with Texas Values. This proposal is stuck
in committee. The House did manage to pass the elimination
of the Star test in public schools, though State Rep.
Brad Buckley says the once a year test would be
replaced with shorter tests at the start, middle, and end
of the school.

Speaker 10 (41:02):
Years, designed to provide data that can be used by
schools to improve instruction and by students, parents, teachers, and
school district leaders to guide learning objectives throughout the year.

Speaker 6 (41:13):
However, analysts say the legislation faces an uphill battle in
the Senate. Closer to us Katie isd dead daddy Jan
Francisco is still fighting for policy change, almost two months
after his daughter was suspended for defending yourself against the
bully at Taylor High School.

Speaker 12 (41:30):
If you defend yourselves on a fight in kid, then
you also are going to get punished, even if you're
just defending yourself. And in Brooklyn's case, I mean, she
never threw a punch, and they need to change those policies.

Speaker 6 (41:44):
We reached out to Katie isd in a statement. They
told us federal laws prohibit them from talking, but they
don't condone the behaviors or actions involved.

Speaker 4 (41:53):
It's six' oh.

Speaker 6 (41:54):
Three President Donald trump heads to THE uae now as
His Middle east trip. Continues The trump team overnight assuring
investors In doha that trade issues With china are being.

Speaker 13 (42:06):
Resolved we had a, plan we have a, process and
now we have a mechanism with Our chinese counterparts to
prevent an escalation.

Speaker 6 (42:14):
Again Treasury Secretary Scott, bessant The president won't be at
today's negotiations Between russia And ukraine taking place In, turkey
and he's not alone in.

Speaker 40 (42:24):
That Ukrainian President Vladimir zelenski's on standby to Meet Vladimir
pussin In, Istanbul, turkey but it doesn't look like The
russian leader is going to turn.

Speaker 4 (42:33):
Up he's the Only moscow.

Speaker 40 (42:35):
Representative President zelenski is prepared to talk to you. Directly
so it appears these long awaited negotiations will for now
hoppen at a lower.

Speaker 6 (42:43):
Level Jonathan savage reporting their investors are not happy about
this at. All down futures are down one hundred and
forty two. Points oil is down more than two dollars
to sixty dollars and ninety six cents a barrel Six
poho Four now In, Washington, House republicans continue to work
on the truck. Budget The president confident this will be
on his desk By july.

Speaker 1 (43:03):
Fourth johnson And thune have been. Unbelievable they've done a great.

Speaker 41 (43:07):
Job their soul is into, this that their whole heart and,
soul and they're working.

Speaker 6 (43:13):
So Hard trump with Kgrhs Sean, hannity and this is
despite the objections of budget hawks Like Texas.

Speaker 4 (43:19):
Congressmanship, Roy we've.

Speaker 15 (43:21):
Got to be responsible about what we're doing with respected.
Deficits that means getting the spending. Down to do, that
you've got to fundamentally Reform medicaid so that you're no
longer subsidizing the able body at the expense of the.

Speaker 4 (43:33):
Vulnerable roy On.

Speaker 6 (43:34):
Fox in a, surprise the mainstream media actually asked A
democrat a tough question about covering up Former President Joe
biden's cognitive decline during his years in The White.

Speaker 42 (43:46):
House why should voters Trust democrats when it's clear so
many in your party went to great lengths to Keep
biden's condition hidden from the.

Speaker 1 (43:55):
Public WHAT i can say is that we're not looking.

Speaker 4 (43:57):
Back we're going to continue to look.

Speaker 6 (43:59):
Forward, yes CNN's Wolf blitzer With House Minoriti Leader Hakim
jeffries six oh six now ON. Ktrh hurricane season starts
in a little over two. Weeks will get the official
forecast next week From Noah, meantime a recent survey shows
that over ninety percent Of eustonians as of now are
not prepared for a.

Speaker 42 (44:19):
Storm some have struggled to afford, supplies but you don't
have to break the bank to be.

Speaker 43 (44:24):
Ready preparedness is not about having a fifteen thousand dollars
whole house. Generator it's being able to sustain yourself for
five to seven days following a.

Speaker 42 (44:31):
Disaster Harris County Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator Brian murray says
half feel, prepared but that should be, higher and preparedness
is a year round, effort not just for hurricane.

Speaker 1 (44:41):
Season remember last year we had the direction of the
straight line. Wins we had the flooding on the east
folk of The Santa Center. River all that happened before hurricane.
Seasons the season begins On june the. First Andre Ferrard
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Speaker 6 (44:55):
Ge texans twenty twenty five schedule is finally. Out they'll
visit The rams in the season opener On september. Seventh
they've got four games in, primetime Two monday night, ers
A thursday night game against The, bills and A December
sunday night matchup In Kansas. City, jimmy do The texans
ever get to host The? Chiefs probably, Not she, WHIZZ
i don't know, why but, yeah and The astros Beat

(45:17):
Kansas city four to. Three they play The rangers In arlington.
Tonight pregame at six On Sports talk seven, ninety game
time at seven on seven ninety AND. Ktrh I'm Cliff
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seven FORTY.

Speaker 4 (45:30):
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in the context of the Story i'm going to share
with you. HERE i don't know where you. STAY i
don't spend very much time talking of reproductive rights or

(46:01):
abortion those types of. Things we all have our, opinions
and our opinions generally are cast in. Stone so it's
not Like i'm going to make an argument with somebody
who is pro abortion and hav any real. Impact BUT
i will say, this if you do find yourself in
a situation where you are having a conversation for whatever,

(46:23):
Reason lord knows, why with somebody about the, topic and
they tell you about women's reproductive rights and how The
Supreme court has made it impossible for women to exercise
the reproductive, rights you may want to share the statistic with.
Them Planned parenthood Over Mother's day weekend released it's twenty

(46:45):
twenty three twenty twenty four annual.

Speaker 4 (46:47):
Report, now this report.

Speaker 3 (46:54):
Showed how many abortions occurred and how much taxpayer money
was spent funding abortions in this case Funding Planned. Parenthood
this is twenty, three twenty. Four this is the year
after The Supreme court made its latest, ruling striking Down
Roby wade as a national. Law the report states that

(47:18):
four hundred and two, thousand two hundred and thirty unborn
babies were killed in, abortions up from three hundred ninety two,
thousand seven hundred and fifteen the previous. Year Planned parenthood
received seven hundred and ninety two point two million in taxpayer,
funding almost one hundred million more than the previous. Year,

(47:38):
clearly The Supreme court ruling has not stopped women from getting.
Abortions it's at a record. Level the QUESTION i always
wonder do we really have that many people.

Speaker 4 (47:50):
Who have to have an?

Speaker 3 (47:52):
ABORTION i, mean these are these all accidental, pregnancies you know.
Who the WHOLE i d behind birth control was to
provide women with the opportunity to prevent, pregnancies unwanted. Pregnancies
and the more birth control we've made, available the more
abortions we seem to. Have mathematically doesn't make sense to.

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time machine to. Hear that here Have some the ONLY
time i hear that Woman say i'm late is when
we're going out to eat and she's not.

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trump In cutter or qatar or whoever it is they pronounce,

(51:01):
it this, week you know meeting UP with, the us
troops meeting with. Their Royal Family senator john kennedy he's
not very trusting Of guitar or iran or maybe anybody
Else In. The middle east we'll get some of his
comments coming up in. Just a, Moment, First though jimmy traffic. And, weather, Together, Yes,

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Speaker 6 (52:29):
Thank you jimmy we have Direct negotiations Between russia And
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Houston's warning, News All Right, senator john kennedy who. Doesn't
mince words he makes A few, up i think but he.
Doesn't mince them got Asked about the President's trip to
qatar or. Cutter or Guitar, YOU say Cutter. I say qatar?
Whatever about that in about The statement the President made

(53:32):
regarding iran that he was Having conversations with iran and
that he felt like the progress.

Speaker 4 (53:38):
Was being Made Here. IS senator kennedy i want to
make A. DEAL with iran i want to do something.

Speaker 41 (53:43):
Of as possible but for, THAT to happen i must
stop sponsoring terror halt his bloody proxy wars and permanently
and verifiably he sees his pursuit. Of nuclear weapons they
cannot have. A, Nuclear, weapon.

Speaker 44 (53:55):
Okay, Well, FIRST quickly Qatar, i TRUST katar LIKE i Like,
i trust. Arrest stop bathroom if they want, TO be
friendly i want to.

Speaker 4 (54:08):
Be friendly back but.

Speaker 22 (54:11):
With those, guys you Know.

Speaker 1 (54:12):
Trust in god but tie.

Speaker 44 (54:13):
Up, your camra now In, terms of iran what you
do is, what you believe and everything else is.

Speaker 4 (54:20):
Just cottage cheese that's true in life and.

Speaker 1 (54:24):
In foreign policy you can't. Just talk tough you got.

Speaker 44 (54:28):
To be tough trump's been present only over, one hundred
Days so the iranians have, to judge us and now.
Are judging us in part of the, Past Four years president,
biden talked tough but look at. What he, did you
know he he didn't enforce The. Sanctions on iran we
had a shambolic withdrawal From. From from Afghanistan he told

(54:55):
pewtin he Shouldn't. Go into ukraine but, if he, did
it's okay if it's. A Minor, EXCURSION president, biden i mean,
he talks off but.

Speaker 1 (55:04):
He never delivered he kind of reminds me Of My hometown.

Speaker 44 (55:10):
Baton rouge newspaper, they talk tough But they can't they.

Speaker 1 (55:15):
Can't quite pull it off when they show up to
a party and crocs and knee. High tube socks.

Speaker 44 (55:23):
Trump has got to, look the eye told me, in the, eye,
and say look we can do, it easy way.

Speaker 4 (55:28):
The, hard way okay must kip.

Speaker 1 (55:31):
The four play.

Speaker 4 (55:33):
You have to get rid.

Speaker 44 (55:34):
Of your uranium. Oh of it you can't even have a.
Sentema of uranium.

Speaker 1 (55:39):
You're not going to. Have a weapon if, you do that.

Speaker 44 (55:41):
We'll remove the sanctions and will help you prosper as
long as you stop hurting people and give.

Speaker 1 (55:47):
Up your mom if you, Don't do that.

Speaker 44 (55:49):
I'm going to Saddle up with israel and Slap.

Speaker 3 (55:52):
You INTO pluto and i would be Slap. YOU into
pluto i would Be surprised if Trump. IS in dilia
i mean he's. HE'S mister, Carrot i mean i'm sure
he's he's being very diplomatic, at the moment BUT he
he i think he would turn on a dime if
he doesn't sense he's getting Any. Cooperation FROM iran and
i would not be the least bit shocked if, he told,

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them you know we will We, along with israel. Will
attack you if we have evidence that you have, a
nuclear weapon you. Will be attacked that would not surprise.
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I'm jimmy barrett among our top stories, this half hour
it's Time to codify. Trump's executive orders trump says he's
Making progress with iran and coming up at, six Thirty
eight even fox hosts seem To think that trump needs
to say no to the free jet details in. The

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Now For The.

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News here's, Cliff sanders thank.

Speaker 6 (58:31):
You jimmy SIX. Thirty one on ktrh our, Top story.

Speaker 1 (58:35):
As president my priority, is to end.

Speaker 45 (58:38):
Conflicts NOT start them but i will Never hesitate to
wield american power if it's Necessary To defend The.

Speaker 1 (58:45):
United States Of, america.

Speaker 6 (58:47):
The trump, doctrine so to speak On display as The
president talks To american troops in qatar as he HEADS
now to. The, uae this morning actually you will not
be At today's talks, Between russia And, you crane And Turkey,
either Will vladimir putin something.

Speaker 4 (59:03):
Trump says, he expects actually said.

Speaker 45 (59:04):
Why Would he go, if I'M not going because i.
WASN'T going to go I wasn't planning, to I would
go but i. Wasn't PLANNING to, GO and i said
i don't think he's GOING to go. If i don't
go and that's turned. Out to be right so now neither.

Speaker 6 (59:16):
Of them are going trump also Told business leaders in
doha there have Been progressed with the iranians after four
rounds of nuclear talks. Six POINT, thirty two in dc
a move to codify the president's executive orders is gaining
some scheme a Letter Signed, by Several House Republicans including,
Texas Congressman, brandon Gil Michael. Cloud and randy Weber but

(59:39):
it's a democrat who formerly introduces a bill To make
one of trump's orders the.

Speaker 46 (59:45):
Law Of, THE land sir speaker i rise today To
Introduce as legislation president trump's executive Order For the most
favored nation.

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Status on Drug Pricing California.

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Dem democrat Roll kana there many democrats in the meantime
are complaining about the potential gift Of a jet To.
Trump from the Qataris They ignore a house democratic trip
from twenty twenty one, to that same. Country all expenses paid.

Speaker 7 (01:00:16):
This comes after they spent years Ignoring blatant, corruption from
biden's family.

Speaker 19 (01:00:20):
All of these aspects of. A whole corrupt network it's
a Major story that the democrats just blew off as some.

Speaker 7 (01:00:27):
Kind Of Witch hunt doctor Bobby everlely With THE fort
ben county gop Says this proves that democrats can't.

Speaker 1 (01:00:32):
Win on the.

Speaker 4 (01:00:32):
Issues democrats are looking for, a way to attack.

Speaker 19 (01:00:35):
And this one came. On the radar screen now they,
seize on, this like oh. Well let's claim corruption we'll see.
If that one works.

Speaker 7 (01:00:42):
Ebery also pointed out that this plane is Being given
To the department Of defense. And Not Trump Himself ethan
buchanan NEWS radio seven forty.

Speaker 6 (01:00:49):
Krh six thirty four If It Seems Like texas senator
john cornyn is running an All Out, Blitz against. Ken
paxton you're right it's ten months Before the primary in
core and is putting ads out There promoting his. Pro
trump voting Record this is because mecca is no.

Speaker 22 (01:01:05):
Fan of the incumbents They're suspicious of cornant as. TOO
willing to Compromise.

Speaker 6 (01:01:11):
Smu political Scientist, cal jilson in austin gun buybacks would
go away if a new bill That passed the state
house gets. To The governor's Desk Gun owners Of America
texas director lee gibson says these programs have proven to
be an ineffective. Waste of taxpayer money.

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That's a peer campaign for gun grabbers to make it
sound like they are getting firearms off the Streets. Of
cities Like, HOUSTON crime in houston i would argue there
should be. More people protecting themselves more.

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Of the guns turned in during, buyback events are old
inoperable or antiques that are. Never used in crimes others
are stolen with the intent to turn. Them In for
money governor abbitt continues to push lawmakers to pass bail
reform before the legislative session ends. In a few weeks
he's got the backing, of war law enforcement who says
violent criminals are repeatedly being released back. Out onto the

(01:02:05):
streets and it's Not. Just here in houston we've talked,
about that for years it's. All across the state.

Speaker 9 (01:02:10):
We've had eighteen officers in the last two and a
half years been shot in.

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The line of duty half of those were.

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Shot By repeat offenders.

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Danny Diaz With The San antonio police officers association says
this should not be a. Part of an issue according,
to new official data Crime clearance rates in texas are
worse now than they.

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Were in twenty twenty.

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And you may be wondering what is.

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A crime clearance rate so crime.

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Rate is law enforcement lingo for how many. Crimes are
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That's Local, political expert, bill king who says when it comes,
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Houston has a problem.

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The numbers have been terrible for, a really Long time
and so i've pulled that up for twenty twenty four.
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Only twenty six percent for violent crime and Only Nineteen
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K t ra and hpd is dealing, with yet another
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On the southeast.

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SIDE six Thirty Six a new federal reserve survey says
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i think we're gonna do a question. Today on this
one it. MAKES sense to me. I HAVE been amazed,
maybe I shouldn't be but i've been amazed at how
much criticism the president is getting over This jumbo jet

(01:04:26):
from qatar that they want to gift the president, at
this flying. Palace if, you will, the left of course wants,
to approach, this like oh, yo this is, graft this
Is Corruption this is president trump. Taking a personal gift
it's they want they want, to even the right even

(01:04:47):
even the people that you would expect to be, more
supportive on. This are, going well you Know we always
criticize biden and his, family for you know for graft and.
Corruption and taking stuff we should set the proper example.
And not take this is this a personal gift or
is this A Gift? Of the united states just listen

(01:05:08):
to the left to hammer, home at this point and
what the folks at the.

Speaker 1 (01:05:11):
Five had to, say my ATTITUDE is why wouldn't? I
accept the gift because.

Speaker 4 (01:05:15):
He does not believe in rules. And laws and norms he.

Speaker 47 (01:05:18):
Thinks they're for suckers this flying Grift or, con air
force one, this is all about is getting a four
hundred Million Dollar aircraft for donald trump when.

Speaker 4 (01:05:29):
He leaves the presidency, this administration is.

Speaker 48 (01:05:31):
Corrupt full and through if you read, the left, leaning,
media they're like well he hasn't really Done any Deals,
with syria and ron and He called the new syrian
president a terrorist at gi. Hattis not long, AGO but
the plane i don't think the plane is that great
of an IDEA to accept because i think that If

(01:05:53):
we are Forcing democrats, and the biden family which was famous,
for decades of grift if we're, holding THEM to account
then i think it's a political mistake to be doing
something that could be construed.

Speaker 21 (01:06:06):
As, the same thing yeah you.

Speaker 4 (01:06:08):
Got to act. Better, than your predecessor.

Speaker 48 (01:06:10):
Yeah so you have to be able to employ, the
political golden rule which is if, it's wrong for them.
It's wrong for us and why distract from the phenomenal
wins that have happened over.

Speaker 3 (01:06:21):
The last, ten days, all right but again is It
a gift to trump or is it A Gift to The? United,
states of america sure the presidents of the One who.
Uses air force one but how do you view? This
offer from guitar is This a gift to trump or
is this A Gift? To the united states should he

(01:06:43):
accept the jet or should he? Respectfully decline the jet.
That's my question today go TO. The iHeartRadio app ktrh
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should he take except? The, jet or not sure it

(01:07:04):
looks like he's going to take no. Matter what anybody
says but what do you? Think he should do six
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SEE the flower moon. Out there, no i can't, see anything. Oh,
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have frogs and.

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question is whether or not president trump should be accepting
that guitar Gift Of a. Jumbo jet to become air
force one even Some conservatives now, and, on places like
fox are. Going oh, maybe he shouldn't take it you know. We,
don't want, People to misconstruct it yeah come, On more
than that story coming up but first we've got traffic, And.
Weather to get the Yes Guy mike. What they got ted.

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Jimmy texas republicans are scrambling To.

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sport IS, There's A, new head, of The Epa leez
eldon of course and leez. Elden gives as good. As
he gets he was testifying yesterday democrats are still upset

(01:12:36):
with all, of the environmental grants that you know they
Were going. To nngos and making fellow democrats rich, they're
still upset that he. Canceled those so they're grilling him
yesterday here's a little bit of that and some, reaction
to it from a former member, A former Chief, of
staff IN fact manne good sakara a Former epa Staff

(01:12:57):
Member During the First trump administration house.

Speaker 36 (01:13:00):
Gas, reduction, fund you have made some wild untrue and
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rampant waste fraud and abuse of taxpayer resources where there
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Among our top Stories this half hour does changing the
star test from one test? To three make it Better
Or worse it looks like the texas house. Is going
to disappoint us yet again, and coming, up at. Seven
To eight your talkback. Your thoughts i'm trump accepting that
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Morning News first Let's. Check Out, that morning drive with
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Now for, The.

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NEWS here's clyff Saunders THANK.

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You jimmy i almost went. Samuel l jackson On you
Right there sponsored.

Speaker 6 (01:17:51):
By shopist, John Dear our top story this hour texas
republicans are On. The verge of another failure in Austin.
Several bills are stalled in the house. Today is the
deadline to consider legislation this is.

Speaker 7 (01:18:04):
Just Another Example of. The failures of the republican house
leadership Every. Single failure is not on the Democrats. We've
got to stop blaming the democrats all. Of The Failures
Our party owns them state rip David lowe says that
Leadership is. Prioritizing democrat legislation and ignoring republican, bills.

Speaker 8 (01:18:21):
There's a, whole bunch of bills election integrity, bills off
the sexualization. Of children's bills and things. Like that they're
just not a priority lo.

Speaker 7 (01:18:30):
Says this is all the results of very intentional Delay
Tactics that HAVE been. Used By House Democrats and gop LEADERSHIP.
Ethan buchanan news radio seven forty ktrh one Of The
Bills That, installed is the texas women's privacy act which
would keep men out of. Women's spaces like restrooms and.

Speaker 9 (01:18:46):
Locker rooms there's still a lot of government owned swimming
pools and fitness centers and so on where you've got
men just casually going into the women's locker, room and
forcing women to, you know to be next to them
to undress.

Speaker 4 (01:18:57):
And Be naked In Front of them.

Speaker 6 (01:18:58):
Jonathan science with texas Value, says this has already pasted
the senate But. It's Stuck In committee in the house
the texas House did pass the bill Eliminating the Star
Test in public school state red brad, buckley says this
does not decrease accountability.

Speaker 10 (01:19:13):
Simply brings it in in a fashion. That is more
responsive and more informative so the once a year test
would be, replaced, with shorter tests at the start middle and. End,
of the year under the plan however This. Faces an
uphill battle in the senate it's been two months SINCE
the incident went viral and a katieid father is still

(01:19:34):
fighting the district after his daughter was suspended. For allegedly
fighting Back against A, bully.

Speaker 11 (01:19:40):
That would be danny jan francisco whose daughter. WAS beat
up by a football player.

Speaker 12 (01:19:46):
I spoke in. Front of the school board last night
it's a. Little Ridiculous the game that they're playing.

Speaker 11 (01:19:51):
JAN francisco has reached out to the. Da and law
enforcement to no avail they.

Speaker 4 (01:19:57):
All, send.

Speaker 12 (01:19:57):
Me back to kid and tony it'surisdiction but, since they
ruled IT a mutual confrontation that means that. I can't
press charges, against his kid but it's very.

Speaker 11 (01:20:08):
Frustrating especially since the. Video Shows, She Never threw a
PUNCH Jeff. Biggs news radio seven forty. Ka Tirey it's
now Seven Oh four the.

Speaker 6 (01:20:19):
President continues his middle east trip TODAY he's on. His,
Way To The Uae right now overnight Treasury secretary scott
besson told investors in Doha he's confident a. Trade war
with china won't re Escalate we have.

Speaker 4 (01:20:32):
A mechanism with.

Speaker 13 (01:20:33):
Our, Chinese counterparts to prevent an escalation again we're going.

Speaker 4 (01:20:37):
To go into a series.

Speaker 13 (01:20:39):
Of negotiations, we HAVE a lot to talk about but
i think over the next.

Speaker 4 (01:20:43):
Ninety, days We can accomplish a.

Speaker 6 (01:20:44):
Lot meantime the president is unlikely To be Of today's Peace.
Talks between russia And ukraine in turkey this.

Speaker 14 (01:20:51):
After learning putin.

Speaker 1 (01:20:52):
WAS NOT on the List of.

Speaker 14 (01:20:53):
Attendees a Us Official, says trump boneutend ukraine's president Vladimir,
zelenski who's on his way to turkey.

Speaker 30 (01:20:59):
Had Earlier said he.

Speaker 14 (01:21:00):
Would Only participate if putin was present president trump wants
the two sides. To sign A Thirty day ceasefire deal.

Speaker 6 (01:21:09):
Fox, is ashley stromeyer there overnight trading well this. Didn't
go over well with investors down, futures down one hundred
and thirty seven oil down over two dollars to sixty one.

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To Ten, A Barrel seven.

Speaker 6 (01:21:20):
H five in washington House republicans continued, to Work On
The Trump budget, BILL but texas republican chip roy.

Speaker 4 (01:21:27):
Says i may not vote for this we're sitting and.

Speaker 15 (01:21:30):
Staring at thirty six trillion a debt IT'LL be fifty
SIX trillion. Even If i get everything i want so
i've got to go fight to reform medicaid, so we
can stop funding naval, bodied stop the blue state money
Laundering and.

Speaker 1 (01:21:42):
Restore fiscal Sanity.

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For the American People, roy on FOX Also On Capitol
hill Fireworks Between Dhs Secretary christy noam and California Congressman Eric.
Swallwell over, The Deported kilmar abrego garcia.

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You're saying abrego.

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Garcia, is not a.

Speaker 21 (01:21:58):
Way down here no ma'am a criminum he's, not A.

Speaker 4 (01:22:01):
Human as you vouched, for mister garcia when your team
sat ma'am you vouched for him. WHEN you said he was.
MISTAKENLY deported i didn't Vouch for him i did.

Speaker 17 (01:22:10):
Not say, I'm that photo Been deported absolutely NO i'm
was at congress For a dhs budget hearing and the
wisconsin judge arrested and now indicted for HELPING an illegal
alien get away from.

Speaker 6 (01:22:23):
Ice Has Filed a motion to dismiss judge hannah dugan
claims she has immunity because she was acting.

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In her official capacity.

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As a, judge Coming up on seven oh seven the
texans open UP the twenty Twenty Five season. In la
against the rams september seventh, they've got Four primetime games
This Year including A. Sunday Nighter at kansas City in
december the. Astros beat the royals Four to Three they.
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on sports talk seven ninety game TIME.

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At Seven On seven Ninety and.

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Our time, here on, houston's morning news all Right that
big beautiful jet donated By Katar to the uh to
the united states for The use. Of the president as
air force one the. Left thinks it's nothing. BUT grafting
corruption there, we go again I know you, are but
what am i, you know the Things that they do.

(01:23:38):
They accuse the republicans of doing so even some, people,
on the Right now are saying well maybe the president.
Shouldn't take the jet because it's distracting and if we
want to if, we want to stand for you know,
being anti corruption like the you know if We want
to stand, up Against the bidens of the, world the
biden families, of the, world then we have to you
know we have to make sure that we're. DOING everything

(01:23:58):
on the up and up i look At It as
a gift to the united states. More than a gift
to the president maybe we're getting. The gift because who
the president is but if It's going to Be Use,
for the president of. The UNITED states then where's the,
problem but i thought i'd ask you. Do you see
it as? A problem should he take the? Jet should
he not take the jet LOVE. You responded at the

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It's, cindy from the middle of houston so if we're,
not going to accept the guitar jet are We also
Going to send back the statue of liberty if we're not?

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Supposed to.

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Accept Gifts From. FOREIGN nations just wondering tell sky mike
i got a little frowls. Going, on with My hair Today.

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TOO hey this is jeremy from tombaugh i think it's,
a very wonderful gift.

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For our country for our leader to.

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Fire around in something.

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That's not old and also it's not.

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A gift, of cocaine for his son.

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So yeah.

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Take the Jet for.

Speaker 53 (01:25:08):
Us Good morning this is daniel from border, REGARDING the
the gift of the, jet i think, we should receive
it then sell it and then all, the money that
we give for it, we should either. Pud, Towards, border
Security our.

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Veteran programs hey jimmy it's jane again it's one hundred
and fourteen degrees here, at two forty five, In the
afternoon almost quit, in time. SO one hundred and fourteen big.
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Day guys yeah I.

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Thinks that.

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They've Moved that eighteen Wheeler On The east. Loop six
ten ship. Channel bridge southbound it wasn't the middle. The
clog up is way way better although if you're Coming
down just before that, on the loop from the truck
stops you got this Big Smush, goes down to just.
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or do we go let's take either. The toll bridge or, My,

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East freeway from john ralston looking, around we're not bumping into.

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Each other but you've Got all You. Can take on
the east text.

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Downtown that's an elevated slowdown from equipment If You're trying
to Get To, the museum district or the med center
you're looking at Twenty One. Extra minutes on the southbound
go freeway we had. A minor, deal right. At the
loop forget it it's Gone We're A little thick now from,
edgebrook west park Tolways Actually.

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Not Bad some breaks AROUND Eldridge parkway I'm skymike in.

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I'M going to give it one scoop i think we
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by the time we get to august we'll all be
about ten pounds, heavier.

Speaker 21 (01:27:32):
With all the heat and humidity and it's just not.

Speaker 33 (01:27:35):
Going.

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To change big, thing for us one, this.

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Is hot like it's.

Speaker 20 (01:27:39):
RECORD hot folks we set records yesterday i suspect we're
going to see more records today and. Tomorrow and. Into,
the weekend, as well it's possible, then of course we
have our humidity so our heat index is running between
one hundred. And one oh five all weekend, long there is,
no rain in sight and uh yeah so make it
one scoop because we're going.

Speaker 21 (01:27:59):
To be, doing this?

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(01:28:23):
to do questions are? Any of them going. To get done,
David loweill join us he's A. Representative texas representative serving.
In the house the clock is ticking so is there?
Anything left that's going? To get done or are we
done we'll find. Out from, him in just a moment
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He's radio seven Ktrh Yeah time is running out to.
The Texas house seven. Twenty three our time David Low
joins us. He's a representative from, House district Ninety. One
welcome to, the show sir so hi we are disappointed
as usual In How little, has come out of the texas.
House today sort of the drop dead day what can

(01:30:21):
We expect. If, anything coming out of the house today.

Speaker 8 (01:30:24):
Well today's the last day For House, bills to, be
heard in the texas house And honestly what you will
see is the democrats giving some of the most ridiculous.
Speeches and asking some of the stupidest, questions because what
they're doing is called chubbing which slows down the process

(01:30:45):
as much as possible.

Speaker 49 (01:30:47):
So.

Speaker 8 (01:30:47):
That We, don't get to.

Speaker 4 (01:30:50):
Legislative, priorities yeah other ward it's a.

Speaker 3 (01:30:53):
Delay tactic and it's obviously been very effective, they've they've
been DOING that for years now and it Just i
continue to be shocked That the republicans have the majority
In the house and Yet we have enough rhinos left
in the, house that they're, making deals with the devil
so to speak in order to make sure.

Speaker 10 (01:31:12):
That.

Speaker 4 (01:31:12):
Some, Of these bills don't get through yeah absolutely so.

Speaker 8 (01:31:18):
Basically the leadership cut a deal at the very beginning
in order. To vote for a particular person For speaker
and actually most of the Freshmen Democrats got their. Bills
heard on the texas house floor first so he. Is
definitely bowing down to the minority party but the, problem

(01:31:43):
is we don't have a super, majority which is, one
hundred votes or more so you, know if we want
a constitutional.

Speaker 4 (01:31:51):
Amendment past.

Speaker 8 (01:31:53):
Sometimes they choose to appease the democrats Because they. Don't
want them to kill the constitution amendments. So there's, a
lot of wheel in dealing oh Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:32:03):
And, a lot of lobbyists in the. Texas house there's
no doubt about that too and they bring a lot of.
MONEY and they bring a lot of pressure i don't.
Know how you go about dealing with that you're either
you're either going to be consumed.

Speaker 4 (01:32:13):
To buy the.

Speaker 3 (01:32:13):
Lobbyist pressure or you're not hopefully you're not let me,
ask you this from a practical standpoint here the. Governor
got the signature piece that he wanted he didn't he,
hasn't gotten the bond reform that he wanted but he did.
Get the school choice measure that he wanted so, if
you hadn't done the school choice thing my guess is

(01:32:34):
the first thing he would. Do would be to call
a special session has there been Any Talk about a special?
Session for, the TEXAS house this time around you know.

Speaker 8 (01:32:42):
BECAUSE i had to get an apartment. WHEN i moved
out here for THIS session i started? Asking members recently
should i extend my lease. And they have said we
don't think so because the governor. Got The, number one
thing that he wanted to remember he called four, special
SESSIONS last time to get this piece so i THINK

(01:33:03):
he'll be satisfied with just, score, choice.

Speaker 3 (01:33:05):
I at least hope so okay well and that means,
nothing else, Is, probably going. To Get Done all right
David Appreciate It that's house district ninety. One representative david
lowe at seven twenty six it's time to take a
look at Your Money as We check In. Again with
jeff bellinger and Jimmy Good morning This.

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executive orders, law and coming up. At seven thirty eight
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minutes ahead you're in houston's morning news first we're Checking.
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here's cliff saunders thank YOU.

Speaker 4 (01:35:36):
Jimmy it. Is seven thirty one on ktrhr top story.

Speaker 27 (01:35:40):
Iran HAS sort of agreed to THE terms then i
going to make, out i. Call it in a friendly
way nuclear dust we're not Going. To Be making Any
nuclear dust in iran.

Speaker 6 (01:35:52):
President trump in qatar giving An update is to where
things stand. With iran after four rounds of nuclear talks
is also addressing the troops before he, heads to his THIRD.
Stop on the trip which is, the uae he'll be
there later this morning so Obviously he Won't be At.

Speaker 4 (01:36:06):
Today's talks Between Russia.

Speaker 6 (01:36:07):
And ukraine and turkey neither, will vladimir Putin trump telling
business leaders. Today never expected putin to Actually. Show up
seven point thirty Two in washington to move to. Codify
the president's executive orders is gaining momentum we have Got To.

Speaker 28 (01:36:24):
Start codifying these executive orders. From president trump america realizes
what's Going On, congress seas to wake up and.

Speaker 4 (01:36:33):
Dad Gemmitt We Got to DO.

Speaker 6 (01:36:35):
Our Job tennessee congressman tim burchett on X Several Texas
congressmen signed the, letter Urging speaker Mike johnson to do
this but democrat ro kana is the Only one who
introduced a bill to codify. Trump's order this week. On
Prescription drug prices he's in. The Minority Other Dems Are
talking about.

Speaker 29 (01:36:55):
Impeachment georgia Democrat senator john ossoff signal and, support for
impahman at a Town hall meeting But, notes It Will
Require Democrats Controlling the house while pennsylvania democrat senator. John
fetterman says impeachment, talk is Just dumb it's not going
anywhere but. Some Trump critics still Want to go.

Speaker 6 (01:37:13):
Forward mike Emmanuel reporting There dems are still complaining about
Qatar Offering trump. And new plane to Become air force
one they ignored that a democrat delegation Except at an
all expenses.

Speaker 4 (01:37:26):
PAID trip to qatar just four Years Ago.

Speaker 19 (01:37:30):
I actually have to, create, a, president trump for dis
missing this saying hey we'd be stupid not To take This.
Gift that's going to the department of defense, the alternative is.
Paying For another one Ourselves Which Is Ridiculous.

Speaker 6 (01:37:42):
Bobby everly with the fort Ben kenny geop says this
just proves the left as. Nothing but rhetoric to use
Against This President it's seven point thirty three in austin
state lawmakers hope to crack down on. One Of The
left's favorite gun grabbing tactics the.

Speaker 30 (01:37:56):
Texas house has passed to build. A Banned taxpayer Funded
Gun by Back Programs gun owners of america texas director
lee gibson says. These programs are ineffective and front with problems.

Speaker 31 (01:38:06):
Often the firearms that.

Speaker 50 (01:38:07):
Are brought are older not in working conditions often there's no,
questions asked.

Speaker 31 (01:38:13):
About where the firearms came from.

Speaker 1 (01:38:15):
And often you can.

Speaker 31 (01:38:16):
Do private sales just outside the buyback, area he would
think that with cadge concerns.

Speaker 30 (01:38:22):
They've also Shown No demonstrated reduction in crime houston and
harris county have held several. Gun Buybacks In Recent years
to NO effect corey jolson. New's radio Seven FORTY ktrh.

Speaker 6 (01:38:31):
And alarming training data from texas dps shows they are
clearing cases at a. Slower rate Than They did, five
years Ago, rice as bill king says here in. Houston
we are well below the national average we need.

Speaker 32 (01:38:43):
To have people that, are responsible for managing, and, overseeing police.
Departments like the police chiefs mayors city council people? Start
asking why are these numbers so. Bad WHAT can we
do to improve thement texas dps. Did not respond to.
Ktrh's request for comment seven. Point thirty four we're looking
at your money credit card debt went down two. Percent

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in the first quarter.

Speaker 30 (01:39:04):
Of this.

Speaker 4 (01:39:05):
Year you Think that's a win maybe.

Speaker 34 (01:39:07):
Not that's because americans routinely cut back after heavy holiday.
Spending and they. Got their tax refund money people are
trying the number.

Speaker 22 (01:39:15):
One thing that people are using the money for is.
Saving more and number two. Is that Payoff So that's.

Speaker 34 (01:39:20):
A good thing financial advisor ted rossman says it's worth
it to keep our credit, card balances as close to
zero as possible.

Speaker 22 (01:39:27):
To make minimum payments, towards the average balance at the.
Average rate you're in debt for eighteen years credit card
rates are so. Much higher that this is one to prioritize.

Speaker 34 (01:39:36):
Ted says considered lower interest loans or even a side
hustle job. Because Credit, Card Interest is around twenty percent,
Charles malino, News. Radio, seven to forty ktright thank you
charles Now, this sounds.

Speaker 6 (01:39:47):
Like it came From A Democrat But. It actually came
from texas Senator ted cruz he wants to give each
american baby a thousand bucks when.

Speaker 33 (01:39:55):
THEY'RE.

Speaker 6 (01:39:55):
Born to Start A private, investment account ktrh money man
pat shin. Says don't go off on this just yet
it could teach the next. Generation to be less dependent
on the government you.

Speaker 22 (01:40:07):
Assume you put five thousand dollars a year in at,
say a five.

Speaker 35 (01:40:11):
Percent annual ready to return one would have about one
hundred and forty.

Speaker 33 (01:40:16):
Seven thousand dollars by the time.

Speaker 6 (01:40:18):
They're eighteen cruz's critics say the country can't afford another
federal program as the. Debt tops thirty six Trillion seven
thirty six over ninety percent of. Eustonians say they're not
prepared for. A Hurricane That's According To A New Study harris,
county deputy emergency, management coordinator brian murray says some, feel
prepared just not specific to hurricane season.

Speaker 43 (01:40:40):
But about half of our residents. Consider themselves prepared or
well prepared for disaster.

Speaker 1 (01:40:44):
IT'S still not where we'd like to Be I.

Speaker 43 (01:40:46):
Think everyone if you live in harris county but, we
sustain and see a. Lot of disasters a lot of
severe weather the idea that we could lose power for a.

Speaker 1 (01:40:53):
Couple of.

Speaker 53 (01:40:53):
Days is not exactly.

Speaker 4 (01:40:54):
Unheard of, he says you don't have to go overboard just.

Speaker 6 (01:40:57):
Have enough supplies for five to seven days this is
a Reminder that storm that knocked out Power before beryl.
Happened at the end of may last year so. We're
Right in That Sweet spot getting there the astros. Beat
kansas City last. Night four to three They Visit texas tonight,
pregame at six on sports talk seven ninety game TIME.
At Seven Simulcast on Seven ninety, and ktrh i'm cliff

(01:41:20):
saunders On houston's news WEATHER. And traffic Station is radio
seven Forty ktrh there's.

Speaker 16 (01:41:27):
A unie accident on the parkway this morning.

Speaker 1 (01:41:29):
Another update coming up here we go again. Extremely heavy rainfall?

Speaker 3 (01:41:33):
Used radio seven kt rh how was it they described the.
Plane like a, it's, like a flying palace. It's loaded
up baby Got all the options This This jet that
katar is Giving to, president trump to use for air
force one and. He sees nothing wrong with accepting, the

(01:41:55):
gift there's. No strengths attached to it no favors Expected
it's gonna be used officially as Air force one. Until
at least, sometime that boeing actually delivers by the Way
That seems pretty magnanimous To me, that president, trump would
would help boeing's secure you know hundreds of millions of
dollars worth of Plane deals.

Speaker 4 (01:42:18):
When when.

Speaker 3 (01:42:19):
THEY haven't, delivered air force one on Time i mean
it's like it's not like boweing's got a, really great.

Speaker 4 (01:42:25):
Track RECORD going.

Speaker 3 (01:42:26):
On, right now you know what i mean Anyway my
question to the day was because i'm hearing, even, people
on the right starting, to say well, maybe he shouldn't
take it Because you know if, we're going, to criticize
democrats for you know grafting corruption then we have to make,
sure everything looks like it's up and up and we
shouldn't be, Taking These huge, extravagant gifts from you. Know middle,
eastern countries that kind of thing so far it's been

(01:42:48):
pretty unanimous from our listeners that they see no problem
With taking this. This Jet from cutter our Qatar burrend
me but i'll tell you what i'd. Like to get
some more of your opinions all you have TO. Do
is go to the iHeartRadio app katrh. PLEASE post number
one on, the preset button i get you there quickly.

Speaker 4 (01:43:07):
Just like it does on. Your car radio hit.

Speaker 3 (01:43:09):
The talk back button you, get thirty seconds name where
you're calling From And whether or not you think that president.
Trump should, Continue. To accept this free Jet.

Speaker 49 (01:43:16):
Good morning jimmy this is mine. From cyprus regarding the
gift of the jet i'm, not sure what kind of
jet this is but wouldn't it be right to accept
it than to, DONATE it for the cause of let's
say isis or something else to fight crime or some
of their agency in the government that no.

Speaker 1 (01:43:37):
One can pretty.

Speaker 49 (01:43:38):
Much deny and Needs assistance JUST my Body.

Speaker 35 (01:43:42):
Paul from town ball and i think president trump Should,
accept the plane on behalf Of all America.

Speaker 4 (01:43:50):
Just LIKE we accepted the Statue.

Speaker 1 (01:43:52):
Of liberty, and i think instead of air, force one
we could call it liberty. Too because we've got one
statue of Liberty.

Speaker 7 (01:43:59):
This is.

Speaker 1 (01:43:59):
The, Next Great gift To, America liberty too.

Speaker 54 (01:44:03):
Hey jimmy shan from. Pasadena heavan jests we should take that.

Speaker 33 (01:44:06):
Jet would be.

Speaker 54 (01:44:07):
A good addition to our Fleet Of, jets it's a
gift To. The united states not a gift to trump.
I'm tired of all these whiny little children they did
to sit in the corner where.

Speaker 4 (01:44:18):
They belong and let the adults.

Speaker 51 (01:44:19):
Work, spring if something is given to the president. He
doesn't get to keep, it for himself it. Belongs to,
the presidency which is. The government and Yes he should
accept it why, not if japan offered, us a samurai
sword we. Would, accept it same, difference.

Speaker 3 (01:44:35):
A summary sword okay although ye know four or five
hundred million dollar jets. A LITTLE more valuable than a.
Samurai sword but i UNDERSTAND what you're saying there is
some question i think as far as what Happens To the?
Jet when IT'S done, as air force one will it
i mean How Long will it? Continue to be an
air force one jet There's been talk that it would

(01:44:57):
be that trump would take it, For his own personal
use after his presidency so maybe that maybe that needs
to be Questioned a little bit more about is that
Jack Going to be a gift, to the united states
and remain that way or after the remainder of his.
Presidency DOES have become a more personal gift. Maybe i
have to, work, THOSE details up traffic and, weather together.

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Here we're. Not, going to have a dry.

Speaker 21 (01:46:29):
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No we're not going to have a dry heat we
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in case you didn't, know and, it is going to be.
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eight eas to mid, nineties today upper eight east to upper.

(01:46:54):
Nineties tomorrow through the weekend into early next week most.
Of us are, in the mid to upper nineties add
into humidity. Heat index between one, hundred to one oh
five great to be. Outside except in the middle part
of the.

Speaker 33 (01:47:06):
Day.

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Speaker 3 (01:47:07):
It jebicher right now we're up, To Seventy seven at YOUR.
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Houston's Morning. News, brought to you. By new south windows
solutions well we're, running late we're at the end of
the show but we're going to try To Spend As
much time As We can. With danny, Jan francisco father and,

(01:47:28):
kittie iced parent his daughter taylor high school student got
suspended from school for defending herself. When a boy was
trying to beat her up we'll see what kind of
progress eventing has been. Made, on, that when we talk
to him. Next First though traffic and weather together be
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Top stories here's cliff.

Speaker 6 (01:48:04):
Thank you jimmy texas house Republicans are on the verge Of,
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Speaker 1 (01:48:18):
Is at eight i live in pasadena sharptown southwest next
ON THE.

Speaker 3 (01:48:23):
Ten time saving traffic on seven, forty ktrh yo school
fights breakout all the time but when you have a
boy who's beating up on a girl and the girl
is just trying to defend herself and she ends, up
getting suspended the same way the boy did then that
is Not equal. Justice Under The law as far, As
i'm concerned. Danny jan francisco, is a father katie id,

(01:48:45):
Parent His Daughter. Attends or at least did attend, Taylor, High, school, she's, still, Going,
to school there danny yes sir okay y well we
want to get a little progress before we only have
a couple months. BECAUSE we're up against the end of
the show i know that the school system, Really AND
at any point really responded to you but i did,
Notice that a lot more parents are speaking out so at,

(01:49:07):
the very. Least you've got to feel, good that you know,
what has come of this at least so far is
that the parents realize that an injustice. Has, been done
and other parents are chiming in yes at.

Speaker 55 (01:49:18):
Least we're moving in the right direction with that but.
The school district still is not cooperating at all there's
been other girls. Come forward with harassment claims against the
same kid the same kid that beat up my daughter
had an assault, charge in junior high for beating up
a kid so he's got, he's got priors for being

(01:49:42):
a bully and harassment and it just seems like they're
doing everything they can to make it as, difficult AS
possible to get justice.

Speaker 4 (01:49:51):
For, my daughter and.

Speaker 55 (01:49:52):
I just don't understand why.

Speaker 4 (01:49:53):
Well maybe they're embarrassed maybe they're embarrassed. That they haven't.

Speaker 3 (01:49:56):
Done, ANYTHING about this kid before, They SHOULD be yeah
i agree they should be so i, guess the goal
here is what. The, goal is to try to change
school policy yes.

Speaker 55 (01:50:07):
My ultimate, goal IS to get charges pressed against this
kid because i can't even press charges against them BECAUSE of,
the way they did their investigation with kisd police and
we definitely need those policy changed for the FUTURE so no.

Speaker 4 (01:50:24):
Parents Have to go. Through, what i, went, through where i'm,
going through.

Speaker 3 (01:50:28):
Well it's difficult difficult as you say without any, cooperation
and the way the whole. Thing WAS investigates IT'S difficult
to bring criminal charges but i think i asked you
the last time whether or not there. Might, be a civil.
Lawsuit that you could bring yes yes. There is where
are you at in that, process.

Speaker 55 (01:50:45):
We're still in the beginning of, That Process but it's
starting to get some momentum. So i'm, pleased with's where
we're at.

Speaker 3 (01:50:54):
Right, there but now if you do a civil, lawsuit
the samething you do with civil lawsuit here? Who would
the who would, The the defendants be you would be,
the plaintiff your daughter would be the plainted obviously but
who would be involved? In the lawsuit you be suing
the male student?

Speaker 4 (01:51:10):
Would you be? Suing the school system or both.

Speaker 55 (01:51:14):
All of them i'm going after everybody that. That could,
have done, the right, thing and didn't all, RIGHT the,
parents the school, at. The SCHOOL board, I mean the
school district everybody i'm i mean i'm just fed up with.
NOT getting any cooperation whatsoever from all these people.

Speaker 3 (01:51:35):
I don't blame if you got, an attorney that's. Doing
this pro bona for you not, pro BONO so this? Is, gonna,
Cost some, money huh a little bit, yeah yeah well,
listen best of, luck, with it keep us posted thanks
very much. Yep and And let Us know how things
progress that is. Danny jan francisco who's getting ready for

(01:51:56):
civil trial, well it'll be a while before the civil trial.
But he's not going to let This THING drop he's not.
Going to allow kat i. Sd to ignore him y'all
have a great. DAY we'll see tomorrow morning bright nearly
five am I hope to see you this AFTERNOON four
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