Trump Puts Another Pause On Tariffs

Jimmy Barrett takes you through the stories that matter the most on the morning of 03/07/25.

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Good morning, It's Friday. It's five am. Here in Houston's
Morning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories. As
we get started this morning, Trump pauses again, I should
say on tariffs. Ten Democrats vote to censor Al Green

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and coming up at five oh eight CNN stunned by
the popularity of Doge details in the minutes ahead. You're
in Houston's Morning News. First, we're checking out the morning Drive.
Sky Mike's here. Oh, this is how a Friday morning
should be.

Speaker 4 (00:43):
So far, our freeways, I don't show any major crashes.
We've got a clearboard and a wide open jackpot North
Sam Houston to Allway.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
If you're trying to go to Bush are report it's good.
So far.

Speaker 4 (00:55):
It's not bad around the forty five to sixty nine interchanges.

Speaker 3 (00:59):
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(01:23):
It's time now for the news.

Speaker 5 (01:24):
Here's Cliffsonders, Good morning, Jimmy, and good morning everyone. It's
five oh one on KTRH. Our top story. Another pause
in tariffs for now.

Speaker 6 (01:33):
They'll be going on April the second, so we'll be
talking about that.

Speaker 7 (01:37):
It will be.

Speaker 6 (01:39):
A big game changer for our country because we've been
ripped off by every country in the world.

Speaker 5 (01:44):
President Trump in the Oval Office. Under the revised policy,
goods from Mexico and Canada that comply with USMCA will
be exact. Dow futures this morning are up sixty points.

Speaker 3 (01:57):
Elsewhere.

Speaker 5 (01:58):
The Wall Street Journal reports at a phone call between
Trump and Canada's Justin Trudeau got quote heated and included profanity.
Canada has placed retaliatory twenty five percent tariffs on American goods.
Five vot two now on Capitol Hill, the House votes
to center Houston Congressman Al Green for interrupting the President's

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speech this week. Ten Democrats joined Republicans in this, but
Green says he would do it again.

Speaker 8 (02:25):
I would do it again.

Speaker 3 (02:26):
This is a matter of principle, this is a matter
of conscience.

Speaker 5 (02:30):
Democrats reacted by going to the front of the House
floor and singing we shall overcome.

Speaker 3 (02:36):
And even more weirdness from the Dems.

Speaker 5 (02:38):
AOC and Texas Congresswoman Jasmin Crockett are part of a
group featured in a literally cringeworthy Chooser Fighter parody skit
that was posted online by a social media influencer, We've
got it for you at KTRH dot com. All this
strange behavior from the Dems is only going to help Republicans.
That's according to Texas com Irishman Wesley Hunt.

Speaker 9 (03:01):
They behave like this and they don't shift toward the
middle where the rest of America is. And if they
don't get to acceptance very quickly, then they're not going
to be able to combat.

Speaker 3 (03:11):
Up in the midterms.

Speaker 5 (03:13):
Hunt with our sister station nine point fifty KPRC. And
the left is melting down because it took Trump just
six weeks to make the Biden era and afterthought.

Speaker 10 (03:22):
Some Trump supporters are already crediting him for saving America.
Writer and commentator Jeff Crueer says, the change from Biden
to Trump has been headspinning.

Speaker 11 (03:30):
We can forget this horrible memory, this nightmare known as
the Biden presidency, and now we usher in better times
for America, a chance for us to restore our economy,
restore our position around the world, secure our border.

Speaker 10 (03:43):
While the border has been sealed in short order, other
issues will take longer to fix, like the economy and
ending the wars in Gaza in Ukraine. Corey Jolson, who's
radio seven forty KTRCH.

Speaker 5 (03:52):
Trump administration also now has control over the daily press pool,
taking it from the Hitehouse correspondence to soiation.

Speaker 12 (04:00):
It is very much like a club, and therein lies
the problem is you've got people in the press corps
who are seriously anti Trump, then you're not necessarily going
to get the kind of back and forth with the
press secretary.

Speaker 5 (04:14):
Former Reagan White House official Jeffrey Lord says, too many
reporters in that pool are anti Trump. It's now five
h four here at home. The City of Houston begins
a hiring free use today part of the effort to
trim down the nearly three hundred and fifty million dollar
projected budget shortfall.

Speaker 13 (04:32):
According to the mayor, this is also a major step
towards streamlining city efficiency.

Speaker 14 (04:36):
We have more employees than any other major city per capit.
There for of our supervisors supervised three.

Speaker 3 (04:43):
Or fewer people.

Speaker 13 (04:44):
Mayor Whitmyer went on to say that this freeze would
not apply to police officers or city firefighters.

Speaker 14 (04:49):
Our first responders, police and fire.

Speaker 15 (04:52):
We have a very.

Speaker 14 (04:53):
Aggressive recruiting effort. We're increasing a number of police and fire.

Speaker 13 (04:58):
He went on to say that some of the money
save during this hiring freeze we'll be used to recruit
and retain more officers. Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven forty eight.

Speaker 5 (05:05):
And this just into US law enforcements trying to piece
together what led to a boy's death late last night,
after that boy was found shot to death near a
retention pond in West Harris County.

Speaker 3 (05:17):
Five oh five.

Speaker 5 (05:18):
On the heels of President Trump's promise to tap the
liquid gold here in the US, OPEK now says it
will increase production. Fox's Phil Flynn explains what this means
for American oil companies on the surface.

Speaker 16 (05:31):
It doesn't help right because it drives down prices.

Speaker 3 (05:34):
But at the.

Speaker 1 (05:34):
Same time, you can offset.

Speaker 16 (05:36):
That negative impact for US oil and gas by reducing
the cost of regulation, which has gone through the roof.

Speaker 5 (05:44):
The good news is he says, we should see lower
prices at the pump immediately, speaking of which, those prices
continue to tick down now at two dollars and sixty
five cents a gallon across Houston five oh six. President
Trump waited on this yesterday, calling it a fifty to
fifty issue. We spring forward on Sunday morning, and while

(06:04):
many of us think of it as a pain in
the butt, as it turns out it could affect your health.

Speaker 15 (06:10):
When we even miss an hour of sleep. The science
shows that we can have depression, anxiety, it can even
lead to heart issues. When they change that one hour
of sleep, it does make a significant.

Speaker 5 (06:20):
Difference, neuroscientist doctor Patrick Porter. By the way, hospitals say
they do see an uptick in heart attacks the Monday
after the time change, and Trump said yesterday he'd probably
leave the whole thing alone.

Speaker 3 (06:31):
Five h six.

Speaker 5 (06:32):
The first weekend at Rodeo Houston is here. Tonight is
bun Bee's birthday bonanza. Country star Bailey Zimmerman performs tomorrow
night this.

Speaker 17 (06:42):
Zor and Brace between rockin Place.

Speaker 5 (06:49):
The Rodeo is also doing a drone show tomorrow night
at eight, and the Rockets beat New Orleans one oh
nine to ninety seven, snapping a three game losing streak.

Speaker 3 (06:57):
They host the Pelicans tomorrow night.

Speaker 5 (07:00):
I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's News Weather in Traffic station
kat R h.

Speaker 3 (07:05):
More with Jimmy Barrett and the Houston Morning News teams.
This is Houston's Morning News, right time for Doje up date.
We haven't done a Doje up date in a while.
I love this one. CNN is stunned by shocking pole.
The poll's not gonna be shocking to you. It's not

(07:26):
gonna be shocking to me. It's it's just gonna be
shocking to the people who live in New York and
the people who live in California. These these isolated media
types who think somehow that they're the mainstream. I really
do believe that. I think I think a lot of
these these progressive anchors think their mainstream. They think that
they think like the majority of Americans. So when they

(07:47):
when they increasingly get information like the election results and
and this poll on Doge. They don't know what to do.
How can this be? This is this is not what
I believe? How how can this be right?

Speaker 18 (08:01):
Uh?

Speaker 3 (08:01):
CNN's Harrietton surprised by shocking poll data showing majority of
Americans support Elon Musk Doze spending cuts. According to a
CBS you gov poll, which you know is slanted to
the left, so the number is going to be artificially low.
I believe it's actually higher than this. But in this poll,
fifty four percent believe that Musk and Doze should have

(08:22):
at least some influence over government spending in operations. So
all these progressive Democrats who believe that unelected Elon Musk
should have nothing to say about what gets cut, fifty
four percent disagree with that. Fifty four percent believe he
should and that he's in the proper position to know
what needs to be cut. Not only did the pole

(08:44):
so show a majority support for Musk in Doseh's influence
on government spending, it also showed that a majority approved
of President Trump trying to cut staff at government agencies.
Seene An anchor Kate Bolden follow up by asking this
guy what do they believe they're actually cutting? What do
they think they're cutting with these Doge cuts? Because you see,

(09:07):
the progressive left believes that the necessary programs are being cut.
You don't believe that forty two percent believe the Dose
is cutting wasteful spending while less than thirty percent believe
the Department is cutting necessary programs. So again, far more
people believe that they actually are cutting wasteful spending versus

(09:32):
cutting programs that we actually need. Musk told his fellow
cabinet members at the last cabinet meeting that he expects
DOSE to reach it's one trillion dollars spending cut gold
during a cabinet meeting last week. So he thinks they're
going to get to at least one trillion in sammings
five ten high for traffic and weather together. Just now,
jumping back in, I have a question, yes, Sky, all right?

Speaker 4 (09:54):
So al Green, not cool Algreen, that's smooth, but jerk Algreen.
He's getting censured right, an ass.

Speaker 3 (10:00):
Of himself the other night. Yes, you know what that
means is he gonna get his handslapped the rulers. Yes,
you've been a very bad boy. Come with a root canal.
I wish it did. That's more punishment than he's going
to get.

Speaker 4 (10:12):
You should have to go sit in traffic court at
fourteen hundred love it for about seven hours.

Speaker 3 (10:16):
How about if we just have him sit in traffic
on I forty five this morning at about eight. You
stole my thunder right there.

Speaker 4 (10:22):
I taught him here the Katie Freeway boom on the
afternoon drive.

Speaker 3 (10:26):
So right now, it's not bad.

Speaker 4 (10:27):
This wouldn't This would be just like a censure right now.
If you were on the Katie Freeway, it's nothing. From
forty five outbound to Studemont, we do have that road work.

Speaker 3 (10:35):
It's three little puny lanes and the text dot wall
of death.

Speaker 4 (10:39):
If you're coming down from forty five to the North Freeway,
North Freeway's got its own wall there on the inside lanes.
Then you try to make that squeeze down ramp, it's
a suicide squeeze. So you either make it or you don't.
It's going to be a lifestyle here for a while.
We'll be like that. Inbound we look good. Just twenty
seven minutes from Part ten into the President's Head Southwest
Freeway bras this River twenty six minutes and two ninety

(11:03):
if you had a grand march at your wedding, Graham
Parkway to the West Loop Easy twenty five. I'm Skymike.
It's your Generator Supercenter dot Com traffic sit.

Speaker 3 (11:10):
Do you remember when you'd get in trouble with the
with parent and your parent would say, I am so
disappointed in you. I am so disappointed in you. Look
at me like that. I thought you were the smart one.
That is that is that is what censor? Is that?

Speaker 1 (11:24):
Terry?

Speaker 3 (11:24):
Here's that all the time? Terry Terry probably heard that
I thought you were the smart one. You and Meland
Terry have probably all been censored more than Al Green has.
You know, when you get right down to it, Mike
Brady is tougher from our Katie our age top tax defenders.
You've learned your like twenty four hour whether Cent or
Terry is here. I'm not going to censor this forecast,

(11:45):
but it could be a little bit nice little sun
would help you know.

Speaker 19 (11:47):
Yeah, it is going to be a cloudy day today.
Here's the thing. We've only got a little bit of
rain to dampen any outdoor plants that you have, and
that's tomorrow and not everybody's gonna get wet, so just
hang in there and we'll get through the weekend together.

Speaker 3 (12:03):
Folks. It's not too bad.

Speaker 19 (12:04):
We do have a lot of clouds, a lot more
clouds than sunshine today.

Speaker 3 (12:08):
But it is going to be another comfortable day.

Speaker 19 (12:11):
Temperatures in the mid seventies to low eighties this afternoon Tomorrow,
forty percent chance of showers. Now, I think you'll still
see some sunshine despite the fact that we do have
submarine temperatures mid to upper seventies.

Speaker 3 (12:24):
Sundays, a little bit on.

Speaker 19 (12:25):
The chili side, but we're dry, partly cloudy, breeze near
sixty Monday and Tuesday, more sunshine and we'll warm back up.
We'll get back up into the seventies by Tuesday.

Speaker 3 (12:35):
Temperature right now, I'll be double check it. Here it
is fifty nine at your official severe weather station. News
Radio seven forty KTRH. It's Houston's Morning News, brought to
you by New South Windows Solutions. Now back to Jimmy
Barrits and the Houston Morning News team. All the info
you need to take on the day, five twenty now

(12:56):
Here on the Houston's Morning News. More shocking polling data
for the left. This comes from the Trump speech. The
numbers are almost unheard of as far as the approval
of Trump's I'll call it the State of the Union speech.
Although technically it was a speech in front of the
Joint Session of Congress, it wasn't a State of the

(13:17):
Union speech. We'll call it that though, because it really
was all about the state of the Union. Like seventy
five percent plus favorability. I mean, that's like unheard of.
More on that coming up next first though, traffic and
weather together.

Speaker 4 (13:29):
Yes, agree, Take him to one of my weddings where
I'm DJing and make him listen to modern music.

Speaker 3 (13:35):
Yes, oh there you go. Feate worse than death. Let's
go to Okay.

Speaker 4 (13:39):
So Richard from Liberty County, Richard, I just found you
on Facebook here and he put up the most interesting
pictures here.

Speaker 3 (13:46):
I think these are from.

Speaker 4 (13:47):
A drone of a highway seven eighty seven between Cleveland,
between Cleveland and Roal Mayor. And you know this bridge
washed out. It's a big deal if you live in
Liberty County or in Hardin County and you're trying to
get across. Man, they almost have this thing finished. They
haven't finished the North Belt yet. All they need to
do is stripe that damn thing. Move the walls, but
they're still the blockages both ways Aldane, Westfield and Imperial Valley.

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I'm Skymike on the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (14:13):
You don't, Mike, You're you're inspiring me here this morning.
I think we not to your topic. Yes, I think
that's our question of the day here. I think we
send you to the iHeart radio app KTRH. Put us
on your precedent. My question is, how would you censor
Al Green? What would what you think would be appropriate? Sensor, punishite?
We understand that in congressation you've been a very bad boy.

(14:34):
Al Green, a very very bad boy. What would you
do to censor him?

Speaker 8 (14:38):
Put him on the wreck?

Speaker 3 (14:40):
You get thirty seconds, give me a first name where
you're calling from, and you'll hit the talkback button to
tell us what you think. They put me on the rack.
Maybe it'll stretch me. Make a six foot two from
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Claude today about eighty Claudia, with the slight chance of
rain showers tomorrow seventy eight, and then Sunday becoming part
of cloudy only about sixty for them. High temperature right

(15:01):
now is fifty nine at your official severe weather station.
News Radio seven forty KTRH. Let's get you caught up
on some of our top stories on a Friday morning.

Speaker 5 (15:11):
Here's Cliff, Thank you, Jimmy. We're sponsored by dn M
Auto Leasing. The Trump administration restarts border wall upgrades that
Biden canceled at the Rio Grand Valley Sector. Nine people
are arrested at yet another anti Israel protest at New
York City's Barnard College. And a private lunar lander from
Houston's Intuitive Machines. The good news is it did land

(15:33):
on the moon, South Paul. The bad news is it
apparently fell over. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH
dot com. Our next update is at five point thirty,
the twentieth day of January.

Speaker 20 (15:45):
The President Hi Donald John Trump, Inauguration Day, the first
one hundred days and beyond on News Radio seven forty KTRHI.

Speaker 3 (15:58):
Twenty three at a time. Here in Houston's Morning new
Larry Kudlow and his panels. Part of his panel was
Lee Carter, She's a Polster, and they were going over
some of the Trump numbers post his speech, and they
really were quite amazing.

Speaker 21 (16:11):
The whole speech was absolutely phenomenal from the perspective of
Republicans and independents. They gave him credit for everything. They
were happy to hear him talk about the price of eggs.
They were happy to hear them give it back to
the Democrats and say, you know what, you should be
standing right now. They were happy about the things that
he covered. They were happy about the explanations. They were
happy when he was talking about the thirteen year old

(16:33):
who overcame brain cancer and became an honorary secret Service.
They were happy. They were excited. Democrats, on the other hand,
were completely defeated. It wasn't that they were angry, It
wasn't that they hated what they said. They just knew
they were resigned and that it was a bad night
for them.

Speaker 1 (16:50):
Across the board. I tested this with them.

Speaker 21 (16:52):
They were just flatlining the whole night because they knew
they looked bad in the audience, but they knew that
Donald Trump was winning, and unfortunately for them, they just
had nothing to do about it, and they're just resigned.

Speaker 22 (17:02):
They didn't like the auction pedals. Oh so those didn't
pool well.

Speaker 1 (17:05):
No, they did not know, very very mean growl.

Speaker 3 (17:08):
But on this point they looked bad. They looked bad.

Speaker 23 (17:14):
No, they looked worse as the speech went on. In
other words, here's Trump having a very good time. You
could tell he's a happy Guy's a happy camper. He's
been a happy camper for quite sce. I was point
number one, point number two. Some of the guests that
he introduced, you know, including the kids going to become
the head of the Secret Service, all that very clever

(17:36):
and wonderful and humane, like, yeah, be happy. But the
Democrats couldn't smile. They couldn't be happy at it. So
that made them even more morose than they're. Ringleader, that dummy.

Speaker 3 (17:46):
From Texas, what's his name?

Speaker 24 (17:48):
Ring?

Speaker 23 (17:48):
He gets thrown out like you should have been thrown out.

Speaker 8 (17:51):
That made it even worse for them.

Speaker 3 (17:52):
I'm saying.

Speaker 23 (17:53):
They were sinking deeper into their chairs as Trump went
on for one hundred minutes, and by the they couldn't
wait to get out of it.

Speaker 1 (18:00):
Right, we set them up. The whole line is watched.

Speaker 22 (18:02):
They want applaud anything, no matter how great it is, right,
and what do they do. They don't applaud anything, no
matter how moving it is, no matter how great it is.
And they start out with this shocking spectacle, the worst
breach of decorum we've ever seen in one of these speeches,
a seventy seven year old man waving a cane and
having to be expelled. So you're the Democratic Party, that's
the exact image you don't want. So you know, look,

(18:23):
they're gonna be in the wilderness for a while. They're
not gonna like this speech.

Speaker 3 (18:27):
I love that they're gonna be in the wilderness for
a while. By the way, again, our question of the
day go through the iHeart radio app KTRH. Put us
on your preset. Get thirty seconds to tell me how
you think it'd be more appropriate to censor Algreen because
all it really means is a slap on the wrist
and you've been a bad boy. There's no real punishment involved.
If you feel free to be as creative as you'd

(18:49):
like to be, I'd love to see some real punishment
for al Green five twenty six. Time to take a
look at your money on the Friday morning, here's de
Nie spell of Greening.

Speaker 25 (18:57):
Yes, stock futures right now they are higher. That's after
President Trump delayed his new tariffs on many imports from
Mexico and Canada. As On the other hand, in China's
foreign minister is blessing what he calls Trump's two Face
Acts and calling US tariffs evil. Dow futures right now
they're up sixty nine s and P futures up twelve.
Nasdaq futures up eighty seven. Investors also waiting for the

(19:20):
February job support that comes out before the opening bell.
I'm Denise Pelgrinny Bloomberg Business. Some News Radio seven forty
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Speaker 3 (19:30):
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Speaker 1 (19:36):
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Speaker 3 (19:39):
Five Everywhere poins the IRP. More of what's happening now
from the John Morris Services Studios. It is five point
thirty here on Houston's Morning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among
our top stories this f are, Trump has restarted the
Rio Grand border wall smugglers are cloning Border patrol vehicles
and coming up at five thirty eight, how you would

(20:00):
censor al Green details In the minutes ahead, You're in
Houston's Warning News. First, we're checking out that morning drive
again with Skymike.

Speaker 4 (20:07):
We're a little dragish right on the North Freeway. I
think maybe we had some kind of road debris at
the North Loop.

Speaker 3 (20:12):
What was that? Some kind of stuff inbound.

Speaker 4 (20:15):
It seems to be out of our way now and
we're almost back to full speed.

Speaker 3 (20:18):
Jared from Paarland's Coming Up two eighty eight eight.

Speaker 12 (20:21):
Good morning at Happy Friday.

Speaker 27 (20:22):
I don't know who played at the rodeo last night, but.

Speaker 3 (20:24):
It keeps a lot of people are taking off from
the work on Friday morning. ROSI clear, we're kind of
enjoying the post rodeo traffic.

Speaker 2 (20:32):
Yi.

Speaker 4 (20:33):
I'm in the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

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From our KTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour Winners Center.
Generally cloudy today with the high temperature right about eighty.
We stay warmed for tomorrow, really chilly on Sunday, but
then we warm back up again for next week, so
no big deep freeze kind of stuff. Current temperature is
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seven forty KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Classaunders.

Speaker 7 (21:01):
Thank you.

Speaker 5 (21:01):
Jimmy five thirty one on k TRH. Good morning, everybody.
Our top story.

Speaker 28 (21:06):
I'm keeping President Trump's promised to eradicate every criminal illegal alien,
every public threat illegal alien, every national illegal alien from
this country.

Speaker 5 (21:15):
Borders our Tom Homan with KTRH as Sean Hannity, And
as the deportation effort continues, the Trump administration takes yet
another step to secure the border, restarting an upgrade of
the wall in the Rio Grand Valley sector canceled by
Joe Biden.

Speaker 3 (21:30):
That's it.

Speaker 5 (21:31):
The illegals keep trying to stay a step ahead of
the good guys. Some human smugglers are reportedly cloning border
patrol vehicles to bypass Trump's crackdown at the border. Five
point thirty two on KTRH, Ukraine's Vladimir Zelenski now says
he's ready to sign that rare minerals deal, a week
after he was thrown out of the White House by

(21:53):
President Trump for grand standing.

Speaker 29 (21:55):
He's apologized, he said he's grateful. He said that he
wants to work towards.

Speaker 5 (22:00):
Pie Trump's Special ENVOYE Steve Whitcoff. Trump also announced another
pause on tariffs with Mexico and Canada, and we'll have
more on that.

Speaker 3 (22:08):
At six o'clock. Now.

Speaker 5 (22:10):
The President did not sign an executive order yesterday despite
reports to abolish the Department of Education, but he did
make his feelings clear on where it's going.

Speaker 6 (22:20):
I want to bring the schools. I want to bring
the schools back to the.

Speaker 5 (22:25):
States, adding that the administration is starting the process to
do that. And as Trump said during his speech this week,
there is absolutely nothing he can do to make Democrats happy,
and this.

Speaker 3 (22:38):
Time the whole nation got to see it.

Speaker 18 (22:40):
The Democrats continue to think that they are still operating
by the same playbook they did during his first term.

Speaker 30 (22:46):
That's Brandon Morse, senior editor at Red State.

Speaker 18 (22:50):
Nothing is more unforgivable to a Democrat than taking away
their power, their influence, and their money. But Trump is
doing that and that is something that they will forever
hate him for.

Speaker 30 (23:00):
And we'll continue to do over the next four years.
Jeff Biggs, News for Radio seven forty k teries.

Speaker 3 (23:07):
Thank you, Jeff.

Speaker 5 (23:08):
At five point thirty four, following the Trump lead, Texas
Governor Greg appad tells state employees that are still working
from home to get back to the office and they're
not happy about it.

Speaker 31 (23:19):
One of the fascinating things is these employees are demanding
raises right whether I even come to the office, and
I say.

Speaker 3 (23:24):
The one thing to either pick one but two is
no they don't need RAID is if not want to
come to the office. State fired State.

Speaker 5 (23:30):
Red Briscoe Caine is a member of the Texas House
Doze Committee and says this is a crucial first step
towards improving government efficiency in Texas. The legislature is also
looking at reforming occupational licensing. State Representative Brian Harrison told
our sister station nine fifty KPRC that, believe it or not,
Texas has more licensing regulations than any other state, and.

Speaker 32 (23:54):
When it comes to occupational freedom, Texas is dead last.
I've gotten multiple bills filed session to end that insanity
and to get rid of tons of stupid, bureaucratic red
tape on the occupational licenseure front.

Speaker 5 (24:07):
He says that in Texas it's harder to get a
cosmetology license than it is to become a first responder. Meantime,
in Washington this week, Elon Musk said that the US
Postal Service in Amtrak needs to go private.

Speaker 33 (24:21):
The two services are continuing to lose money year after year.

Speaker 34 (24:25):
It lost a billion dollars last year alone. You don't
want the government in that business, especially when we have other.

Speaker 1 (24:31):
Options out there.

Speaker 33 (24:32):
Senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Rachel Gresler, speaking
of the postal Service, which will more than likely at
least be reformed.

Speaker 34 (24:40):
It's worth looking into a complete privatization, but probably a
more realistic thing to happen, especially in the short term,
would be to just have some reforms to the postal service.

Speaker 33 (24:49):
It's all part of Trump's and Musk's work to shrink
the federal government. Chart Lewis News Radio seven forty k
Jair eight five thirty five.

Speaker 5 (24:57):
The February Jobs report comes out at seven thirty e
It's really the first report of the Trump administration, and
it's expected to show an uptick in job growth.

Speaker 3 (25:05):
Another impact, though, of bidonomics.

Speaker 5 (25:08):
Thirty one million Americans borrowed seventy four billion dollars to
pay off medical bills last year. Kennell Tucker, a USA
Today says boomers borrowed less than young people, but for
bigger amounts.

Speaker 3 (25:20):
The biggest problem high deductibles.

Speaker 35 (25:23):
A lot of people struggle with that, whether it's the
doctors as a surgery it can cost several thousand dollars
that or even over ten thousand dollars. People have to
pay a portion of that, and it's swift culture a
lot of people to do.

Speaker 3 (25:36):
He says.

Speaker 5 (25:36):
The GOP's budget resolution plans to find savings through waste
should help avoid benefits losses. More than five hundred and
fifty broadcasters were in Washington this week pushing for legislation
requiring AM radio in every car.

Speaker 36 (25:50):
For our radio numbers, it's passage of the AM Radio
for every Vehicle acts, legislation that ensures that every billion
manufactured automobile includes an access to dam rais. Yeah, the
bill has already been reintroduced to this Congress.

Speaker 5 (26:03):
NAB President Curtis Legate, Texas Senator Tim Cruz has been
pushing for this for years. Coming up on five thirty seven,
good news and bad news for SpaceX, And we just.

Speaker 37 (26:16):
Heard the sonic boom. What an incredible sight to see
the super heavy booster gliding down and into the Chopston
arms once again.

Speaker 3 (26:29):
All right, so the good news is they caught the booster.

Speaker 5 (26:31):
The bad news is yesterday's Starship test launch, well, the
rocket broke up again. It happened in January as well.
The Astros beat the Mets in spring training five to one.
I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news, weather and traffic station
k t RH.

Speaker 3 (26:47):
This is Houston's Morning News with Jimmy Barretts. Yeah, that's
the cool Al Green five thirty eight our time here
in Houston's Warning News.

Speaker 34 (26:59):
R L.

Speaker 3 (26:59):
Green mean, I had actually people calling me from other
parts of the country. Friends are going, what the hell
is this Al Green doing? What was that all about
last night? I said, he's just looking for attention. He's
just looking for attention, and he's not afraid of what's
gonna happen, because to get censor doesn't really mean anything.
You know, they take a vote, if they vote to

(27:21):
sen you, they call you down. Your censored. You've been
a bad boy. You need to stop that. And that's
the extentiment. And by the way, when they brought him
down yesterday, I'll play the audio a little bit later,
but when they brought him down, they started, he and
his supporters starts singing, we shall overcome, overcome what your

(27:42):
dad doled out worse punishment than Al Green got yesterday.
So I thought, well, listen, I'm surely we can come
up with some more creative ways. I mean, there's got
to be some way that we could, you know, officially
embarrass him, to show that that's what the censorship really
should be. To censor somebody should involved at least a

(28:03):
little bit of embarrassment, right, So I invited you to
answer my question today, how would you censor Al Green?
You go to the iHeartRadio app ktr H, put us
on your preset, you get thirty seconds. First name, where
you're calling from, and how you would censor Al Green?

Speaker 38 (28:17):
Jimmy, I do you believe the best censure for Al
Green would be to be Donald Trump's personal assistant for
one week?

Speaker 3 (28:25):
I think that would be hilarious and embarrassing.

Speaker 23 (28:28):
Have a great day, happy Jason from Spring, hit him
where it hurts, doc him and day's.

Speaker 3 (28:34):
Pay days pay? How much does the congressman make in
a day? I like the I like the the Donald
Trump personal valleg thing. Even that would be good, although
something tells me that, well, you know how the progressive
left would would go with that idea that he did.
He made Al Green his butler. How racist is that?

(28:55):
Five forty time for traffic and Weather together and with
Mike Brady.

Speaker 4 (28:59):
Now, Greg, I realize you've burned the neighbor's house down.

Speaker 3 (29:02):
I hope you've learned your lesson. Yes, I hope you've
lesson for nothing.

Speaker 4 (29:07):
All right, so far we have some kind of scooch. Well,
i'll let Mark from Spring describe it.

Speaker 2 (29:13):
At Parker, we've come to a full stop about five times.

Speaker 4 (29:18):
That's a forty five southbound between Parker and Ted.

Speaker 3 (29:21):
When we come to some kind of back order slip.

Speaker 4 (29:23):
It looks to me like we had a minor accident
with some debris right before cross timbers and whatever happened there,
tot truck Ninjas have apparently pulled it out of the way. Now,
if something else pops up, we'll let you know. Ten
minutes away from here, I got Mike from Huntsville further
up forty five north.

Speaker 27 (29:39):
Got my Easton statue.

Speaker 4 (29:42):
Oh yeah, all right, Big Sam's up, He's he's in.
He's in a good mood this morning. But Stephen F.
Austin obviously better. We'll check two eighty eight at the
five fifty break in the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (29:58):
From r KT r H Jen Center twenty four hour
whether Sentaery Terry Smith is here. I know it's gonna
be cold on Sunday, but at least, we're going to
see some sunshine, right and we get to see just
how much later the sun is setting when we make
that switch over to daylight saving time. You have to
bring that. I know I don't like it either, but
you know I'm just reporting the facts, ma'am.

Speaker 19 (30:17):
That's right, okay for you.

Speaker 3 (30:20):
You're doing a better job, all right.

Speaker 19 (30:22):
Well, yes we will. We actually may see a little
bit of sunshine tomorrow. We'll see how that plays out.
The there's a weakfront that's making its way through Texas
and it will bring us summarraine and then the brief
dose of colder weather on Sunday.

Speaker 3 (30:37):
So lots of changes today.

Speaker 19 (30:40):
Though we are dry, we've got a fair amount of clouds.
It is warmer temperatures today mid seventies to low eighties
for the afternoon. We'll start to see summ rain late
tonight and a forty percent chance of showers Tomorrow. Temperature
is still on the mild side, mid upper seventies. It's
briefly much colder Sunday. It's a breezy day too, Temperatures

(31:03):
close to sixty on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, though the
winds ease up, the sun is out and we start
to warm back up and will be for the most
part in the seventies early next week.

Speaker 3 (31:16):
Good. We have company coming in so they'll like that.
Right now. Yeah, fifty eighty your official severe weather station,
News Radio seven forty KTIH what you need to know
for the day ahead. This is Houston's Morning News, brought
to you by New South Windows Solutions five fifties. Our
time here in Houston's bring news that the Rodeo is
well underway. One of the big draws, as it is

(31:38):
each and every year, is the food, much of it
involving bacon. And there are plenty of new dishes to
try out at the Rodeo this year, and no, none
of them are low calorie or good for you, but
who cares. We'll share some with you. Coming up next,
first though, traffic and weather to guns. Chicken fried butter
on a stick, you have it twice Frieday the cerem.

Speaker 4 (32:01):
Al green doesn't get none of that. Let's go to
forty five North Freeway. What in the world was up there?
I think we had just a very brief accident. Mark
from Spring with a banana sticker on his briefcase. We've
got some slowdowns now, right, after a little Yorks, but
whatever they did across Timbers is now out of our Haircliff.
Let's go to David from Kingwood. He's downtown eight.

Speaker 9 (32:23):
Guy, Mike, Happy Friday, just before spring break.

Speaker 4 (32:26):
You know I don't get a spring break? Why fly
for Channel thirteen So boohoo hey.

Speaker 24 (32:30):
Sixty nine South.

Speaker 18 (32:32):
Just as you get to the IT and the interchange,
there's a car turned around the tow truck.

Speaker 24 (32:37):
Ninjas are there, but it's causing.

Speaker 8 (32:40):
Quite a back of excellent verbiage.

Speaker 4 (32:42):
I'm in the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic.

Speaker 3 (32:44):
Center from r Katie Urge Generator Supercenter twenty four hour
with the center partly the mostly clouting about eighty today.
Klaudie was got to range hours tomorrow seventy six Sunday
becoming partly cloudy, about sixty breezy as well. Temperature currently
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News Radio seven forty KTRH, we're checking out some of

(33:07):
our top stories early on this Friday morning. Here's clip
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Speaker 5 (33:12):
You are not going to believe the Democrat weirdness that
followed Al Green Center in the House yesterday.

Speaker 3 (33:17):
We've got it for you.

Speaker 5 (33:19):
The US and Ukraine are reportedly planning to hold peace
talks in Saudi Arabia next week, and the Mega Millions
jackpot tonight is two hundred and thirty three million dollars.
Get the latest news anytime at KTRH dot com. Our
next update is at six o'clock. Under the orders I
signed today, even here for the very latest.

Speaker 6 (33:38):
All of this will change starting up today.

Speaker 39 (33:41):
What you radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 3 (33:48):
Oh Yeah, rub some bacon out of y'all. Five fifty
three our time here in Houston's morning News. All right ward,
Winners at the Rodeo that you can eat that they're
being served up at the Rodeo if you're headed to
the rodeo this weekend. Best fried Food first place went
to crab Rangoon egg Rolls and shrimp chips. Second place

(34:09):
Bacon jam and cheesy pickle fries. Third place to chicken
fried bacon Chicken fried bacon, does it have the gravy too?
Best Food on a stick first place Texas Prelean Caramel Apple,
second place, Midnight Cowboy corn Dog. Third place, tater Kegs

(34:34):
on a tater Kegs tater kegs on a stick from
Paradise Burgers. I'm not sure what a tater keg is,
but I sure would like to find out. Best Classic
fair of Food went to ground Ribbi steak Burger from
The Finer Diner. Second place, Harlan's All Meat Potato from
Harlan's Barbecue. Third place pork stuffed potato from Saltgrass Steakhouse.

(34:56):
I wonder if they're gonna have that on their menu.
Most Creative Food will do that at last, Oh no,
we got a couple more Most creative food. First place
went to Bacon Jammy Jam Bacon Jemmy Jam, Wagoo sliders,
second place snack pack Combo, and third place spicy pickle

(35:18):
roll up. Best New Flavor Number one cotton candy Bacon
on a stick. Cotton candy bacon on a stick. And
I saw them make this where they took a little
you know, charch like you'd use for crem breulet, and
they they took the big, big thick sliced fried up bacon,
and they you know, they wrapped a little bit of

(35:39):
cotton candy around it, and then they torched the cotton candy.
Second place, Best New Flavored Chicken and Waffle sliders. Third
place went to the Flaming Hot Chili Mac Dog. Tell
me you don't want to go try all of that stuff. Wow,
it's like the State Fair on steroids. I told you
my restaurant idea, right, my restaurant idea, and I had

(36:04):
this years ago, back when I lived in Virginia, and
I think somebody actually decided to do it. I don't
know how successful it was. I know that we have
something similar here. But my idea was to take all
your favorite state Fair foods, right because the State Fair
used to be the place to go to get this
crazy food stuff. And take all those crazy foods and

(36:28):
then put that on the menu and have that available
year round. You know you want you want a deep
fried Oreo twinkie, you can get that year round. You
know you want chocolate covered bacon, you can get that
year around. Just make an entire menu of State Fair foods.
I don't think there's anybody who's doing it quite at

(36:49):
that level, you know, But but tell me you wouldn't
like I mean, I don't know how often you'd patronize
a place like that without having a heart attack, but
it sure would be fun to go. Five fifty six
now here in Radio seven forty k t RH.

Speaker 40 (37:04):
This is use Radio seven forty kt RH Houston Rive
everywhere with now the latest news, weather and trap.

Speaker 3 (37:15):
It's more of what matters to you. From the John
Morris Services Studios. Six am is our time here in
Houston's Morning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories
this half hour, Trump pauses again on tariffs, ten Democrats
vote to censor Al Green, and coming up at six
o eight, the Lockness Monster spotted for the first time
this year. Details in the minutes ahead. You're in Houston's

(37:37):
morning News. First, let's check out that morning drive again
with Skyline.

Speaker 4 (37:41):
All right, looks like we've got multiple issues with the
North Freeway. I've got something that sure looks like a
stall at Parker there to center lane, So watch out there.

Speaker 3 (37:49):
All of a sudden, this is crazy Mark from Spring the.

Speaker 2 (37:52):
Less takes it before sixteen right beside the Texan Hotel
five or six please cars bunched around a bunch of vehicles.

Speaker 4 (38:03):
I'm concerned that you know about the hotels there. Let's
go Bryce Magnolia. He's two forty.

Speaker 2 (38:07):
Nine Boyce yuh my dude, coming out of the Forgotten
freeway rodeo has effected the lanes as they are flowing
and going.

Speaker 4 (38:15):
Yeah, oh dude, that's right out of High Chaparral. I'm
in the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 3 (38:22):
From our KTRH top tax defenders twenty four hour weather
Center departedly the mostly cloudy today with the itemp that
you're right about eighty. We'll get to the complete forecast.
Terry Smith joins us from the weather Channel in eight
minutes right now. Currently it is fifty eight at your
official severe weather station, News Radio seven forty KTRH. It's
timed out for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders.

Speaker 5 (38:43):
Thank you, Jimmy six ZHO two. We're sponsored by Isopharmic LLC.
Our top story.

Speaker 41 (38:48):
The House to come to order. Clear the well, Please
clear the well. The House has to continuous business.

Speaker 5 (38:56):
Yeah, and that is how House Democrats reacted to this
center of Houston Congressman Al Green by singing, we shall
overcome ten. Democrats, though did vote with Republicans after Green's
antics this week during President Trump's speech. And there's even
more Democrat weirdness. Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett and aoc all

(39:17):
part of a group.

Speaker 3 (39:18):
It is strange.

Speaker 5 (39:20):
Choose your fighter parody skit post it online by a
TikTok influencer. We've got the cringe worthy video for you
at ktrh dot com. Meantime, the President puts another pause
on tarifs for Canada and Mexico until April second. He
says it's not because of the Wall Street volatility this week.

Speaker 6 (39:39):
I'm not even looking at the market because long term,
the United States will be very strong.

Speaker 8 (39:44):
With what's happening here now.

Speaker 5 (39:45):
Futures are up seventy five points this morning after losing
more than four hundred and twenty five points yesterday, and
the Wall Street Journal reports that a phone call between
Trump and Canada's Justin Trudeau got so heated that they
were cursing at each other. Trudeau called the conversation quote colorful.
Six poh three on KTRH, we are only six weeks

(40:08):
in you his second term, and President Trump has already
left much of the swamp unrecognizable from the Biden years.
Writer Jeffrey Krueer says Trump has already saved America.

Speaker 11 (40:19):
As sly Stallone recently said, he's like our new George Washington,
and he really is He's leading another revolution, revolution against
the status quo, revolution against the deep state, revolution against
putting America lasts.

Speaker 3 (40:32):
But it won't all happen overnight.

Speaker 5 (40:34):
Fixing the economy and ending the overseas wars will take
more time and effort. In his speech to Congress this week,
Trump said quote, we are just getting started. Another move
Trump has made has been against the mainstream media.

Speaker 33 (40:47):
The Trump administration will now be controlling who gets a
press pass at the White House.

Speaker 12 (40:51):
To god press people trying to score points as opposed
to getting information on whatever the issue at hand might be.

Speaker 33 (40:58):
Contributing editor to the Conspectator, Jeffrey Lord says traditional media
can learn a thing or two about what happened to
the Associated Press.

Speaker 12 (41:05):
It's not up to the AP to like or not
like what the president of the moment has done with
their official capacity as president. It's their job simply to
report that he did it.

Speaker 33 (41:15):
More podcasters and talk radio hosts are expected to get
White House press access chart Lewis News Radio seven forty KRH.

Speaker 3 (41:23):
It is now six oh four on KHRH.

Speaker 5 (41:25):
Congressman and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner lies and state
at the Texas House after passing away this week at
the age of seventy from what his family says, work quote,
enduring health complications. Starting today, the City of Houston will
implement a hiring freeze, but it will actively recruit and
hire more first responders like police officers and firefighters.

Speaker 14 (41:46):
Roman thanks, he's our highest priority and we're not going
to interfere with other departments. But we've got one hundreds
and thousands of vacant positions that don't need to be
feeled at this time.

Speaker 5 (41:57):
Mayor John Wickmeyer says some of the money being saved
by leaving those civilian positions vacant will be funneled back
into services like police, fire and solid waste. A Houston
teenager is the first Harris County resident to be charged
with a new state law that made terrorism make criminal offense.
A Harris County grand jury indicted Leith Adol Shazade for

(42:19):
terrorism yesterday. Details of that indictment, though, have not been released.
Six oh five now, following President Trump's promise to drill Baby,
drill opek response and says it will increase its supply
over the coming years.

Speaker 3 (42:34):
So what does that mean for us here in the US?

Speaker 16 (42:37):
It basically means that we're going to see prices of
oil stay relatively low.

Speaker 3 (42:42):
That's industry expert Phil Flynn.

Speaker 8 (42:45):
Here in the US.

Speaker 16 (42:46):
We're going to be more competitive with OPEC barrels because
we're going to be producing more efficiently with less regulatory
restraints that we've seen in the past.

Speaker 30 (42:55):
Hey ads that we can expect lower prices of the
pump right away, Biggs News Radio seven k t ads.

Speaker 5 (43:02):
And gas prices drop again around Houston, now down to
two dollars and sixty five cents a gallon.

Speaker 3 (43:09):
Six sixth.

Speaker 5 (43:10):
President Trump says he's leaving the issue of changing the
clocks alone. We do spring forward this weekend, Trump calling
it a fifty to fifty issue. The calls to end
the time change continue, though, and now people are using
health as a reason when we have an.

Speaker 15 (43:24):
Issue with two thirds of the world back sleeping already
and having disrupted sleep schedules to change it up, you know,
twice a year. That doesn't seem like a lot, but
it is a lot to our biological clock.

Speaker 5 (43:36):
Neuroscientist doctor Patrick Porter. Six oh seven, the first full
weekend at Rodeo Houston is here with country sensation Bailey
Zimmerman taking the stage Tomorrow. Monday is First Responder's Day,
with Brad Paisley performing for his seventeenth time at Rodeo Houston.

(44:00):
The Rockets beat the Pelicans one on nine to ninety seven,
and the Texans reportedly trade a seventh round draft pick
next year for Jacksonville wide receiver Christian Kirk. I'm Cliff
Saunters on Houston's news, weather and traffic station KTRH.

Speaker 3 (44:14):
All day long, local.

Speaker 8 (44:15):
State, what is happening in our country?

Speaker 1 (44:17):
Tricky in all day it's actually happening.

Speaker 3 (44:19):
It's always something. Think you've seen it all on used.

Speaker 1 (44:22):
Radio seven forty KTRH.

Speaker 3 (44:28):
Oh yeah, So right, six oh eight is our time
here in Houston's porning. We have our first Lockness Monster
siding of twenty twenty five. A man on the shores
of Scotland's Daughtis Beach said he saw the elusive Lockness
Monster emerging, emerging for the depths of the lock the
first potential NeSSI siding in twenty twenty five. Uh huh.

(44:48):
He took a picture. The picture is being analyzed and
we'll see. I don't know if you believe in the
Lochness Monster. To me, believing in the lockedness. It's kind
of like believing in Bigfoot, right. I guess if you
think you've seen it, then you believe in it. But

(45:08):
you would think even as deep as lockedness is, you
would think that, you know, they would have been able
to figure something out by now, I mean, either either
proved its existence or its non existence. And clearly they're
assuming that, let's say, for the sake of argument, there
is a locknest monster, assuming that they don't live forever.

(45:31):
There's got to be more than one, right, and they
have to approcreate or else, you know, you're not going
to have any more locknest monsters after a while. So again,
seems like it should be something that with all the
technology available, you can either figure out it exists or
it doesn't, just like Bigfoot, I mean, does Bigfoot exist
or not? I mean, are there bigfoots? There's been sightings

(45:52):
of big foots, there have been footprints of bigfoots, but
nobody's been able to capture a big foot. I mean
that doesn't you know, unless they're disappearing into an no
other dimension. Howey explain that six' ten time for traffic
and whether together foot you see The?

Speaker 4 (46:04):
Bigfoot, yeah there's the guy in Ful, arkansas those of
you who saw The legend Of Boggy, creek and he
was in the movie and he has this big hairy
thing in a case in his garage that's, ABOUT i don't,
know about eight feet.

Speaker 3 (46:17):
Tall it's.

Speaker 4 (46:17):
ORANGE i think it's really probably an iring, atan but
he says it's The Boggy Creek monster's. Body ALL i
know is it smells so, Anyway, wow, yeah, yeah go
to Ful. Arkansas it's fun now they make money off
The monster's sure they do.

Speaker 3 (46:30):
Freeway that's that's what you should. Do Nord freeway.

Speaker 4 (46:33):
Southbound we got that stall at a forty Five.

Speaker 3 (46:37):
Parker it's a center. Lane we should ninja that.

Speaker 4 (46:39):
Shortly it is causing a back quarder. Slip now from
West Mount, houston you lost about three or four, There
big shots to the hardy toll road. Commoners your east
text the onlines are showing a complete closure of The
east Tex. Bloney that's why you listen TO am. Radio
we look good so. Far humble down twenty one. Minutes
let's do some golf. Freeway don't have the wreck yet

(47:00):
at the south flop sixty. TEN a little bit of
a smash right by Waffle.

Speaker 3 (47:04):
House that's.

Speaker 4 (47:04):
It twenty two minutes from Clear, lake two eighty, eight
twenty one minutes from From manville up into downtown in
your southwest, freeway rock and. Long we're Doing sugarland twenty
one minutes up and, yes two forty Nine bryce From.
Magnolia that is the best rodeo Yell i've heard so
far this. Year seven, one, three two one two tips.

Speaker 3 (47:25):
And two forty nine's in good.

Speaker 4 (47:27):
Shape i'm in The Generator supercenter dot com traffic center
from a R ktrh top Tax defenders twenty four hour
weather Sentaer terry smith Us here the rodeo continues this.

Speaker 3 (47:35):
Weekend what kind of weather we're gonna have a? Rodeo
i'm liking the weather.

Speaker 19 (47:39):
Overall we could see a little bit of rain On,
saturday but it's not a, washout and that to me
is the key to a good.

Speaker 3 (47:46):
Weekend now we're dry, Today we've.

Speaker 19 (47:48):
Got some, clouds but it's, warmer the temperatures mid seventies
to low eighties. Today, tomorrow cold front on the. Way
this one's got a little bit of a punch with.
It not so much the rain percent chance of mainly.
Showers you might get a rumble of thunder temperatures tomorrow
in the midtupper. Seventies It's sunday when the call front's

(48:08):
out of here and the cold temperatures move.

Speaker 3 (48:11):
In you will notice that drop in.

Speaker 19 (48:12):
Temperature sunday's highs upper fifties to, sixties blue. Skies monday And,
tuesday we're starting to warm back up into the seventies
early next.

Speaker 3 (48:21):
WEEK a temperature right now is fifty eight at your
official severe weather, Station News radio seven forty ktrh Use
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news brought to you By New South Windows. Solutions so
it looks like The saudi's are IN opec plus willing

(48:42):
to produce more. Oil they're going to go ahead in
the month Of april start producing more. Oil is that
because you know they're trying to Impress President? Trump was
this something planned all? Along we'll talk to oil industry
Analyst Phil flynn about that and what he thinks it
might happen or what the end result for oil prices
might in the price of gasoline the, summer but that
might end up. Doing we'll talk to him. Next but

(49:02):
first stool little traffic and weather, together Sky, mike i's
Your North FREEWAY i forty five.

Speaker 4 (49:07):
Southbound, look it's bigfoot now it's just a stall center
Lane Little york and it's causing us. Smash from West, Mount,
Houston I'm Skymikitcher Generator supercenter Dot Com Traffic center.

Speaker 3 (49:16):
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Center partly to mostly cloudy, today high temperature about eighty,
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Years all, Right Donald John, trump what happens? Next who
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Speaker 1 (50:12):
Kgrh we got the, crude all, dude.

Speaker 3 (50:16):
Six twenty one our time here In houston's. Barn than
you see it when it comes to, CRUDE i compare
everything to nineteen seventy four when this song came, out
and compared to an air boil, embargo everything else is pretty.
Easy Phil flynn JOINS us oil industry. Analysts you're old
enough to remember the air boil, Embargo, PHIL i.

Speaker 16 (50:35):
AM i. AM i even remember the wide ties in
the big. Sideburns you, know that's how far BACK i.

Speaker 3 (50:42):
Know you even had a leisure. Suit tell me the,
Truth you had a leisure, suit didn't? You? No you,
KNOW i just you.

Speaker 16 (50:48):
Know they never fit.

Speaker 24 (50:49):
ME i don't know.

Speaker 16 (50:50):
Why PROBABLY i don't THINK i never you, KNOW i
didn't have the building Of John. TRAVOLTA i just just.

Speaker 3 (50:56):
DIDN'T i don't think it to fit. ANYBODY i don't
think it looked good on anybody. Either All, right let's
let's stop talking about the ugly. Seventies let's talk about
what's going on. Today in twenty twenty, Five oilpak is
set to increase the supply of oil For Donald trump's
request or is this something they were planning to do, Anyway,
WELL i.

Speaker 16 (51:16):
Think it's because Of Donald trump's, uh not requests so,
much but his, presence, right you, know in, Fact Saudi
arabia really wanted to extend the production, cut, right but
he had a blowback not only from The trump administration
that's calling on them to produce more, oil but also From,

(51:37):
russia who you know apparently is getting along With Donald
trump a little, bit and The United Arab. Emirates SO
i think there's no doubt That President trump's relationship With
Saudi arabia made it a lot easier for them to
raise production than it normally would. Be And i'll take
it one step. Further in, Fact President trump has even

(51:58):
got a commitment From Audi arabia to invest over one
trillion dollars into The United.

Speaker 1 (52:04):
States, so make.

Speaker 16 (52:06):
No mistake about, It the era Of trump is. Already you,
know his policies are already pushing down oil prices and
making them lower than they would have, been you, know
if it weren't you, know If Joe biden were in,
office for.

Speaker 3 (52:18):
Example, yeah truly Amazing and of, course you, know The
saudia's are going to be involved in whatever peace talks
eventually take place Between ukraine And. Russia that's where they're
going to take. Place Resident trump is going to be
Visiting Saudi. Arabia so clearly he's been cultivating that relationship
because he understands in order to bring inflation under, control
he needs to get the price of oil down so
that everything could be made more more.

Speaker 16 (52:39):
Cheaply you're absolutely, correct and you, KNOW i mean a
lot of people were, Complaining, Oh Donald, trump he's just
going to raise. Prices and when he starts, talking you,
know putting tariffs on you, Know, Canada, mexico it's going
to make casoline prices go through the. Roof that's what
we heard from, everybody, Right and, amazingly even with the,
teriff prices are going. Down and it could be The

(53:02):
Donald trump peace.

Speaker 24 (53:03):
Dividend.

Speaker 16 (53:04):
Right you, know if you get a, ceasefire you know
In ukraine they lift those sanctions On russian, oil it
solves a lot of. Problems not only does it bring
more oil in the, market you get, Peace you save
a lot of money on inflation because we're not writing
a check for a war every, month and so you,
know the peace dividend is, real and it's already shown

(53:25):
up in the price of.

Speaker 3 (53:25):
Oil i'm, assuming, Though, phil that the price of gasoline
will practical the way Most americas look at when you
go to the pump and fill, up the price of
gasoline is likely to go up before it goes. Down
we're getting ready to go into those summer blends here pretty.
Soon that's always more expensive to, produce.

Speaker 16 (53:42):
Right it, is, Yeah and in, fact we're probably looking
at prices near the. LOW i, mean if you look
at the cost of, oil it's the lowest level in two.
Years and the nice part about, that, though is that
at least we're starting from a lower price level than
we would have right if we kept the same, course

(54:02):
oil prices would have been seventy or eighty dollars a,
barrel and that's the biggest costs in a gallon of.
Gasoline so even though prices will go up in the,
spring because they always, do they're going up at a lower,
pace you. Know AND i think a lot of people
In texas are, looking you, know a call of two
blends of gasoline right. NOW i, mean if you look

(54:23):
at the price of. Regular i'mletted you don't send her three.
Dollars but if you want that fancy premium stuff that
you know you put in that big fancy car of,
yours you know you can pay it a lot, more
almost almost fifty to seventy cents.

Speaker 3 (54:35):
More, yeah all, right always good to hear from, you.
Sir have a great spring. Break Phil, flynn oil industry.
Analyst it is six twenty. Six it is time to
take a look at your. Money Here's Denise, pelogrinni good
morning To.

Speaker 25 (54:46):
Jimmy crude oil futures are more than one percent this,
hour but there's still below sixty eight bucks a. Barrel
as for stock, futures they are higher right now after yesterday's.
Round dell futures up thirty eight s AND p futures up,
TEN nasda futures up fifty. Two and that disturbance with
That Southwest airlines passenger stripping naked isn't the only headline
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points earned on want to get away flights being cut.
Dramatically on the other, hand the number of points you
can get for any time flights remains the, same and
the number of points you can get for a flying.

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News I'm Jimmy. Barrett among our top stories this f.
Are trump has restarted the Rio grand Border. Wall smugglers
are Cloning border patrol vehicles and coming up at six thirty.
Eight it's more creative punishments for. Censored Congressman Al green

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first we're checking out that drive time again With. Skymine
OH i forty Five North. Freeway we have a strange
sighting deep in the. Woods, okay it's The ghatto. Guy Mike.

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Napstall vehicle is a large eighteen wheller and the only
thing out there is mobility response junior. Deputy the big
giant Hulk toult trucks injet has not arrived.

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Speaker 5 (57:02):
Jimmy it's six thirty one ON. Kgrh our top. Story
we're Seeing mexico put a lot of their troops on
the on our southern, border their northern border to prevent
the illegal immigration from even making it to the. Border
Border Patrol Chief Michael banks On. Fox that's the good.
News here's the bad. News you and smugglers reportedly have
taken to cloning border patrol vehicles to get By trump's

(57:26):
crackdown at the. Border, meantime The trump administration restarts the
upgrade of border wall in The Rio Grande valley, sector
and upgrade that was canceled By Joe. Biden it's now
six thirty two and we could see negotiations between THE
us And ukraine pickup next. Week Special Envoy Steve whitcomm
Says Volodimir zelenski has done a my bad for behaving

(57:49):
badly at The White house one week.

Speaker 29 (57:50):
Ago The president has said that there's a path, back
and The President zelenski has demonstrated that he's intent on
that good faith path.

Speaker 5 (57:59):
Back these new talks apparently will take place In Saudi.
Arabia there has been another pause on tariffs For mexican
And canadian. Goods we'll have more on that coming up
at seven. O'clock. Now trump was expected to sign an
executive order to abolish The department Of education. Yesterday those
plans wound up, changing But trump still wants to close it.

Speaker 3 (58:21):
Down And i've.

Speaker 6 (58:22):
Said it a hundred. Times we're ranked at the bottom
of the, list and yet we spend. More we're ranked
number one for of course. Pursuit we're ranked at the
bottom of the list in.

Speaker 5 (58:31):
Education trump wants to give the authority back to The.
States no matter what this president, Does Brandon morse With
Red state says he will never satisfy his, opponents The.

Speaker 18 (58:42):
Democrats they don't want to admit That trump can do anything.
Right the thing that really bothers them the most is
the fact that he is draining their, swamp destroying their, bureaucracy.

Speaker 8 (58:52):
And their bureaucracy is what they have been using for.

Speaker 5 (58:55):
Eons As trump set himself On, tuesday there's nothing he
can do to make. That i'm, happy but at least
this time the country got to see it for themselves
six point thirty three ON. Ktrhn following the lead of this,
President Texas Governor Greg abbott has told state employees who
are still working from home to get back to the.

Speaker 3 (59:15):
Office this is a.

Speaker 13 (59:16):
Long overdue first step towards making the state government more.

Speaker 31 (59:19):
Efficient remote work isn't for, everybody and there are some
jobs that can fit for but that needs to be
determined on a.

Speaker 3 (59:25):
Basis of that exact, job that.

Speaker 31 (59:27):
Person and whether that person can be accountable the.

Speaker 13 (59:29):
State Ret brisk o'caine says state employees pushing back against
this have become too.

Speaker 3 (59:33):
Entitled they work from taxpayers to.

Speaker 31 (59:35):
People right, now there's a cultural shift and they're being
reminded that at this, moment and we're seeing the same thing.

Speaker 3 (59:39):
IN dc as they're being put back into their.

Speaker 13 (59:41):
Place he says some state agencies have even asked for
raises and more office space despite working. Remote Ethan Buchanan
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Ktrh Congressional republicans want to take the dose cuts and
codify them into. Law Texas Congressman Brandon gill says the
attacks On elon are just.

Speaker 38 (59:59):
Ridiculous what he is doing is identifying an enormous amount
of ways to. Remember House republicans over the past two
years have been begging the, administration The biden, administration and
the administrative state for information on where our money is actually,
going and they've been stonewalled every single step of the.

Speaker 5 (01:00:16):
Way the left claims That musk And trump will try
to Cut Social security And. Medicare The president has said
multiple times that is not on the. Table elon is
also suggesting that THE Us Postal service And amtrak be
privatized as far as THE usps is, concerned they've lost
more than one hundred billion dollars since two thousand and.

Speaker 3 (01:00:37):
Seven it also.

Speaker 34 (01:00:38):
Needs to be able to operate like sex or, ups
where they can charge different rates based on the actual
costs of.

Speaker 3 (01:00:45):
Delivering to those.

Speaker 34 (01:00:46):
Places right, now it's just flat rates throughout the postal,
service and that's just not how private sector companies.

Speaker 5 (01:00:51):
Work Rachel gressler with The Heritage foundation says major reform
is more. Likely six point thirty five will get the
first full jobs report of the Second trump administration in
one hour from. Now it's expected to show job growth
from the final month of The Biden White.

Speaker 3 (01:01:07):
House the lasting impact, though of The biden.

Speaker 5 (01:01:10):
Economy around thirty one Million americans borrowed seventy four billion
dollars last year to pay off medical.

Speaker 39 (01:01:17):
Debt more young people borrowed for less, amounts while fewer boomers,
borrowed but for bigger.

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Amounts this was over three thousand.

Speaker 35 (01:01:25):
Dollars typically that would borrow, hope and that makes sense
when you get a little bit of more chronic health.

Speaker 39 (01:01:29):
Conditions Ken Ald tucker OF Usa today says people have
been struggling with high deductibles and turmoil over A Consumer
Financial Protection bureau law is furthering the problem that.

Speaker 35 (01:01:39):
Would prohibit people who are pursuing a medical debt in
collections from reporting that to credit reporting.

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Agencies he, says cuts and lawsuits halt that from going
into effect until at Least. June onto A Parard News
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Speaker 5 (01:01:54):
More than five hundred radio broadcasters were IN dc this
week to push for a bill REQUIRING am radio in every.

Speaker 7 (01:02:01):
Vehicle we feel that there's a unique moment here with
regard to rating automobile to ensure that the twenty nine
caint it's placed in the connective the connected car for
decades to.

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COME Nab President Curtis, Legate Texas Senator Ted cruz has
been pushing for this since at least twenty twenty. Three
coming up on six thirty Seven Great Fruit League, baseball
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To stay in the game WITH Us radio seven FORTY.
Ktrh that's the Cool Al GREEN. R. L green made
a spectacle of himself and as a result got censored
By congress six thirty seven our time here In houston's morning.

(01:02:58):
News by the, way in case you didn't see, it
and you probably, didn't here's how that went on the
floor of The.

Speaker 41 (01:03:03):
House the resolution is adopted without. OBJECTION a motion to
reconsider is laid on the.

Speaker 3 (01:03:09):
Table The house to come to, Order The house to
come to. Order sh, quiet, children.

Speaker 41 (01:03:18):
Will Representative green present himself to the?

Speaker 3 (01:03:20):
Will uh, oh here we? Go The well's the foremost
adoption Of House resolution one eighty. Nine The house has.

Speaker 41 (01:03:26):
Resolved That Representative algreen be, censured That representative Al green
forthwith present himself in The well of The house Of
representatives for the pronouncement of, censure and That representative Al
green be censured with public reading of this resolution by The.

Speaker 3 (01:03:43):
Speaker and that's. It that's. All it, is not even
you've been a very bad, boy just that you've been.
Censored that's. It there's no real. Punishment so why not act?
Up why wouldn't you do? It you, know when you,
don't when you don't punish petulant children for behaving like,

(01:04:06):
children petulant. Children then if there's no, punishment why not
just keep acting? Up so that's why we kind of
put you on the case this. Morning if if we're
up to, you how would you censor Al? Green to tell?
Us just go to The iHeart radio APP, ktrh put
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Seconds first name where you're calling, from and how you
would censor Al?

Speaker 8 (01:04:30):
Green Public kaney punish him like they do In. Singapore
Public Cane Donald, Morning Jimmy, barrett this Is jeff From.

Speaker 9 (01:04:37):
CONROE i think we should Hang Al green by that
ugly ass ponytail and drag his ass through a pile
of fire.

Speaker 3 (01:04:44):
Ants fire. Ants that's something, bad but that's about right for.

Speaker 24 (01:04:48):
Him did?

Speaker 3 (01:04:49):
Wow fire? Ants that's some serious. Stuff when you start
talking about fire.

Speaker 37 (01:04:53):
Ants it's just denise AND i Think Al green should
have to come back To houston and clean out all
the stalls from the.

Speaker 34 (01:05:01):
Animals for the last week of The Houston.

Speaker 3 (01:05:04):
Rodeo, jimmy if there were up to, ME i would
Make algreen get a. Haircut but that's just.

Speaker 24 (01:05:09):
Me joll have a great. MORNING i like.

Speaker 3 (01:05:12):
IT i like the cleaning out the stalls at The
rodeo six forty time for. Traffic it whether to. Go
Scott by can tell you that's no fun cleaning on animal. Stalls,
hey my childhood in a. Capsule. Here let's see what
we've got.

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Now we've got no north sam suckets westbound At Alding,
westfield eastbound At Imperial. Valley you, know they just about
rebuilt an entire bridge ON fm seven eighty seven on
the other side Of cleveland to go across The Trinity.
River and they still have not finished The North belt
roadwork both. Ways a lot of sucketge. Here you've got
loopiness in the. Squeeze this is North loop six tenth.

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Westbound we call it the squeeze at forty five because
it's just two lanes backed up from the hardy toll.

Speaker 3 (01:05:51):
Road been from A. Tascas he's on The East texas.

Speaker 2 (01:05:54):
Got mike Will clayton moo sailing the normals break, lights
but downtown and nine ten starting to back, up but
going to it in west moves sailing.

Speaker 3 (01:06:03):
All, Right so the usual Smash Now i'm looking at that.

Speaker 4 (01:06:06):
Too on The east text, elevated but strangely we don't
have that deal At Saint. Arnold we normally have it in,
westbound so if you're going from the baytown side to
The Katie, freeway you're all, good all the way. Good
over to the roadwork forty five. North we still have
that disabled eighteen Wheeler Little. York that's a good backup
from West Mount. Ghetto daves looking.

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for this weekend and not. Bad, no it's not.

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Bad we have some clouds, today but we're. Dry it's,
warmer mid seventies to low eighties. Today tomorrow we're dealing
with some rain and a forty percent chance of. Showers
temperatures are in the mid to upper. Seventies sunday's a little,
chili but just bundle up and hang in there because
it warms back. Up breezy On, sunday close to. Sixty

(01:07:48):
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On sunday, morning Right sunday morning at two, am we

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switched to daylight saving. Time We're, texas we don't have
to do. It it's not by, law we don't have
to do. It we could change Like arizona did if
we wanted, to but for some reason we, don't and
we will switch like everybody else, will and there will
be health implications as a result of. That we'll go
through some of that stuff next first, though traffic and

(01:08:37):
weather together as we check out the drive again With.
Skymine all, right let me be.

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A little tight, here but we Got Southwest freeway spackles
starting right at The West park. Curve sure looks like
we've got a stall on the ramp to The west six.
Ten i'll give you more on that at seven. O'clock
look at The West park start to cram up, too
wreck reported outbound not Inbound.

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Katie freeway right at the roadwork.

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At studamont and coming through out now from The baytown
side to THE kdi. Side eleven extra minutes that. Way
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Stories Here's, Cliff.

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Thank, You.

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O'clock four more years all, Right Donald John, trump what happens?

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Speaker 3 (01:10:29):
Daylight, yeah here we go, again and we're all gonna
complain about. It but at the end of the, day
there's still gonna do. It you're still gonna switch On
sunday morning to daylight saving. Time spring. Forward you know
how that. Works so we move ahead one hour too.
Am it becomes three, am and you lose that hour
sleep that you gained in the, fall and you know

(01:10:52):
it reaks a little havoc with your body. Clock we
know that For we know that for a. Fact there's
plenty of studies that show us that that's the. Case here,
is by the, Way Kenneth, wright he's at The university Of, Colorado,
boulder on how easy it would be to get rid
of daylight saving time if we'd make the commitment to doing,
that and the health impacts of switching to daylight saving.

Speaker 42 (01:11:12):
Time, actually if we chose, to we can actually stop
it right now. Today we don't have to make any new.
Laws in nineteen sixty, Six congress past what was called
The Uniform Time, act and this is what led us
to utilize and develop the daylight saving time change and
establish the same change and all the states unless the
states chose not to. Change and so states Like hawaii

(01:11:34):
And arizona are on permanent standard time right, now and
the federal law allows us as people as in our
states to change to permanent standard time right.

Speaker 8 (01:11:44):
Now there's no new federal law that needs to be.

Speaker 42 (01:11:46):
Changed, yeah so we wouldn't need to change the federal
law to go to permanent daylight saving. Time but based
upon what we, know the evidence suggests that.

Speaker 8 (01:11:55):
That might not be the best.

Speaker 42 (01:11:56):
Option the better option would be is to adopt permanent
standard time time from a health and safety perspective as.

Speaker 8 (01:12:03):
Well as our overall well.

Speaker 42 (01:12:04):
Being, yeah the change itself is certainly a, challenge and
it has severe consequences for our health and our.

Speaker 8 (01:12:11):
Safety give you some.

Speaker 42 (01:12:12):
Examples when we make that daily shift forward every, spring that,
week we have an increased risk of fatal crushes at the,
wheel we have an increased risk of heart, attacks and
increase risks bricks of, strokes and these risks are all.

Speaker 8 (01:12:28):
Because we have this population.

Speaker 42 (01:12:29):
Event everyone's doing this at the same, time and we're
getting less, sleep and we're waking at a time where
our brain says we should still be, asleep not, awake
and that's. Risky and so when we think about permanent
daylight saving time itself versus permanent standard, time permitent daylight
saving time may even be worse than the change that

(01:12:49):
we currently.

Speaker 8 (01:12:50):
Do and for, example, here if we look at across
The United.

Speaker 42 (01:12:54):
States we will have one hundred and plus more days
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Now the latest, news weather and. Traffic it's more of
what matters to you from The John Morris Services, studios seven.
Am our time here On Houston's Morning. News I'm Jimmy.
Barrett among our top stories this half. Hour trump pauses
again when it comes to. Tariffs Ten democrats vote to
Censor Al green and coming up at seven oh, Eight

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trump wants an interest tax deduction for made In america.
Cars so which ones are the most made In? America
details in the minutes to. Head you're On houston's Morning. News,
first we're checking out that morning drive once. Again here Is.

Speaker 4 (01:16:02):
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For now they'll be Going on april, the second so
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from Mexico and canada that comply WITH his usmca trade
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profanity canada, of course placed retaliatory twenty five percent Tariffs
on american goods seven. O Three On, capitol Hill the
house voted To Censure Houston Congressman al green for Interrupting
the president's Speech.

Speaker 36 (01:17:50):
On.

Speaker 5 (01:17:50):
Tuesday ten Democrats, joined Republicans and green says he's got.

Speaker 3 (01:17:55):
NO remorse i would do.

Speaker 17 (01:17:56):
It again this is a matter, Of principle this is
a matter Of and democrats reacted by going to the
front Of the house floor and singing we shall overcome
yet even more weirdness From The.

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HOUSE dems Aoc And Texas Representative jasmine crockett are part
of a group that are featured in a Cringe Worthy
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strange behavior From the dems is only going To help

(01:18:30):
republicans if You Believe Texas Congressman, wesley hunt.

Speaker 9 (01:18:33):
They behaved like this and they don't shift toward the
middle where the Rest of, america is and if they
don't get to acceptance, very quickly and they're not going
to be able to combat up in.

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Fifty kprc and the left is melting down because It
took trump just six weeks to Make the, biden years,
and Afterthought.

Speaker 10 (01:18:55):
Some trump supporters are already crediting him For. Saving america
writer And commentator jeff says the Change from Biden to
trump has been.

Speaker 3 (01:19:02):
Head spinning we can forget this, horrible memory this nightmare
known As the.

Speaker 11 (01:19:06):
Biden presidency and now we usher in better Times, for
america a chance for us to restore, our economy restore
our position around, the world secure.

Speaker 10 (01:19:15):
Our border while the border has been sealed in, short
order other issues will take longer, to fix like the
economy and ending the Wars in Gaza. In Ukraine, Corey
Jolson who's radio SEVEN, Forty ktrh, Thank.

Speaker 5 (01:19:27):
You Corey the trump administration also now has control of
the daily, press pool taking it From The White House.
Correspondence association it.

Speaker 12 (01:19:35):
Is very much like, the club and therein lies the
problem is you've got people in the press corps who
are Seriously, anti trump then you're not necessarily going to
get the kind of back and forth with The.

Speaker 5 (01:19:48):
Press Secretary Former Reagan white House Official jeffrey LORD told
ktrh too many reporters in that press pool Are.

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Anti trumpers seven.

Speaker 5 (01:19:57):
Oh five here, at Home the City of Houston begin
he's a hiring free, use today part of the effort
to trim down the three hundred and thirty million dollar projected.
Budget shortfall according to, the mayor this is also a
major step towards streamlining.

Speaker 1 (01:20:09):
City efficiency we have.

Speaker 14 (01:20:11):
More employees than any other major city per capita for
our supervisors supervised three or, fewer.

Speaker 13 (01:20:18):
People mayor whitmyer went on to say that this freeze
would not apply to police officers or. City firefighters our,
first responders police.

Speaker 14 (01:20:25):
And fire we have a very aggressive. Recruiting effort we're
increasing a number of police. Than fire he.

Speaker 13 (01:20:32):
Went on to say that some of the money saved
during this hiring freeze will be used to recruit and retain.
More Officers Ethan Buchanan news radio SEVEN, Forty krh, Thank.

Speaker 5 (01:20:40):
You ethan and we now have more information about what
led to a boy's death late last night near a
Retention Ponded West Harris county deputies say a two large
groups of teenagers gathered along the bayou when all of,
a sudden. Gunfire erupted they're still working the scene seven
oh SIX. On ktrh on the heels of press Sad
and trump's promise to tap the liquid gold here IN,

(01:21:03):
THE us opec is planning to increase. Production Boxes phil
flinn explains what that Means for american. Oil companies on, the.

Speaker 16 (01:21:11):
Surface it doesn't help right because it drives, Down prices.

Speaker 3 (01:21:14):
But at the, same time you can offset.

Speaker 16 (01:21:17):
That negative IMPACT for us oil and gas by reducing
the cost, of regulation which has gone through.

Speaker 5 (01:21:23):
The roof the good news is that we should see
lower prices at the, pump immediately and those prices are
ticking down down to two sixty five Gallon across houston,
this morning seven.

Speaker 3 (01:21:34):
Oh six we spring Forward on.

Speaker 5 (01:21:35):
Sunday morning and while many of us consider it a
pain in, the butt as it turns out it could
also impact your.

Speaker 3 (01:21:42):
Health when we even miss an hour.

Speaker 15 (01:21:44):
Of sleep the science shows that we can, have, Depression
anxiety it can even lead to heart issues when they
change that one hour.

Speaker 8 (01:21:50):
Of sleep that does make a.

Speaker 5 (01:21:51):
Significant difference Neuroscientist Doctor patrick porter. There Now the president
did weigh in on, this yesterday calling the issue a
fifty to, fifty one adding that he's preferring to leave
it alone. For now seven h SEVEN, on ktrh it's
the first weekend Of the rodeo and Tonight's Is Bunbee's,
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Tomorrow Night the rockets snapped a three game, losing streak
Beating the PELICANS one o nine to ninety Seven On
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Speaker 3 (01:22:33):
The very latest on your way. To work This Is
Houston's morning News With. Jimmy Varren, in, america well this
is an interesting conversation. TO have I Think president trumpe
has led to a very interesting conversation on what is
Made in america when he came out and said he
would like to see interest to be tax deductible if

(01:22:56):
you Buy an american. Made car the question is what
Constitutes an american? Made car are we talking about the,
sum total which is where not just where, it's assembled but,
the parts because the parts come from all over the
world for just about every. Automotive COMPANY so i thought
it WAS interesting i saw a list of the quote

(01:23:17):
Unquote most american. Made cars these are, cars that when
you add together where they are built along with where
the parts, come from Are more american than. Other cars
and what's interesting about this list is who on it and.
Who isn't The most american made car Is the tesla

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modeled why Assembled, In, fremont california And. In austin number
Two The honda passport Assembled, In. Lincoln Alabama THE volkswagen
id four came in, number three Assembled, In. Chattanooga Tennessee
The TESLA model s Assembled, in Fremont The, honda Odyssey The,

(01:24:06):
honda Ridgeline The, toyota camra which is Made, In, georgetown
Kentucky The jeep gladiator Made, In, toledo Ohio The TESLA
model X, In, fremont california And the LEXUS t x Assembled, In.
Princeton indiana please note there Are no Fords Or general

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motors products on this list because most of them have
parts that come from, other countries even if they are
assembled here In The. United states, so again how are
we going to Define what american mate is? Going forward
it'll be interesting. TO see, i mean if that idea
does come. To pass they do allow you to take

(01:24:51):
an interest act deduction on your Quote unquote american. May
car how are they going to determine Whether it's? America
made seven? To ten time for traffic and, weather Together
sky mike's Here to.

Speaker 4 (01:25:00):
We've got now a pretty good spackle coming From the
baytown side of iten To the.

Speaker 3 (01:25:05):
Kadie side we had.

Speaker 4 (01:25:06):
A stall they've just cleared it At The East text
freeway that's slowed downs Now from lockwood going over you're
losing fourteen minutes.

Speaker 24 (01:25:12):
That Way The.

Speaker 4 (01:25:13):
North loop that's not much of an option as we've
got the squeeze down at, forty five lose about eight minutes.
That way, so terry since your hazardous jump On The south,
loop instead and that's your best way to go from east.
To west it's certainly Not The, north sam that's roadwork
should have been gone. Weeks Ago, aldean westville we're missing a,
left lane and then eastbound we've got massing matching Suckage From.

(01:25:34):
Imperial valley we're missing the left, Lane There, west sam
what are you Doing At?

Speaker 3 (01:25:38):
West road you're just hitting the brakes for. No reason it's,
not you it's.

Speaker 4 (01:25:41):
Other stations listeners slow from Down to philippiningo in That
Way West. Park tollway we're dragging it Now from Highway Six.
Golf Freeway got Lynn From, lake City.

Speaker 2 (01:25:50):
Got mike, everything loads clear and, smooth sailing just the
usual backup at thirty nine h exit thirty nine and forty.

Speaker 4 (01:26:00):
Exit numbers he only slow down is the guy front
of Me from oregon combing. His hair, all right we
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We live, come on you live by, the swamp not.
That far there's a swamp right around. Every corner from
our katrh Top tax defenders twenty Four Hour, Weather center terry. Is,
Here uh no, Swampy weather no big, RAINSTORM coming i
don't think for the next.

Speaker 24 (01:26:53):
Few.

Speaker 3 (01:26:53):
DAYS no, i mean we.

Speaker 19 (01:26:55):
Will get some, rain tomorrow but it's more scattered, in
NATURE so i don't think everybody going to get, this
rain and it's going to move through. Pretty quickly so
a nice dry. Day today we do have a fair amount,
of clouds but, you know not. So bad and the temperatures,
are warmer mid seventies to.

Speaker 43 (01:27:11):
Low.

Speaker 19 (01:27:12):
Eighties today col front tomorrow brings a forty percent chance
of showers and, some storms so it's not a washout,
most importantly and we're, still mild mid Upper. Seventies tomorrow
sunday is a different, situation though Because.

Speaker 3 (01:27:27):
The, colfront's gone so is. The rain cold air.

Speaker 19 (01:27:30):
SHOWS up, i mean we're Talking temperatures sunday upper fifties to,
low sixties but we quickly warm.

Speaker 3 (01:27:36):
Back up Monday.

Speaker 19 (01:27:37):
And tuesday we're sunny, and dry and most places will
be in the seventies early, next week temperatures.

Speaker 3 (01:27:43):
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Back To jimmy barretts And The Houston morning news team
all the info. You need did take on the day
hoping with the, budget deficit a, hiring freeze and it
looks like the city is going to have a two

(01:28:05):
Billion DOLLARS. George r. Brown Expansion Mayor john whitmyer about
all these things coming, Up, next, first though we've got traffic, time, Yes,
Guy mike i'll be sure, very, short, Yes sir west part.
Too way it just got some Breaks around Highway.

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Speaker 24 (01:29:08):
Thirty people voted for MAJOR. Government portfoli you also know
this is just.

Speaker 1 (01:29:12):
The beginning here, it happened and that's what people are
going to get on news radio SEVEN. Forty, ktrh.

Speaker 3 (01:29:20):
Yeah we've got ourselves a budget freeze In the City
of houston seven, Twenty, two sir time Here On Houston's.
Boring news we are joined By The honorable John, Whip
meyer mayor Of the City. Of Houston, mister mayor welcome
back to, our, show sir good to. Have you thank
you your. Class act by, the WAY if i haven't said,
that before allow me to say that now you are a.
CLASS act i listened to what you Said About sevester

(01:29:43):
turner on, his PASSING and, i thought, you know it'd
have been really easy to complain about the previous administration
because you're facing this three hundred million dollar budget deficit
that the previous administration really didn't do. Anything about but
you didn't mention it. At all you kept everything on the.
High road but now that you have to have a,
hiring freeze it kind of makes me wonder what you're

(01:30:05):
thinking here as far as going forward to the. HIRING
freeze i guess is a, Good start but Does the
City of houston need to get a doze like what
we're seeing at the state in the. Federal level could
do you think that maybe you could find three hundred
million dollars worth of waste in the city of or
duplication In the City of houston that could maybe make
up that. Budget deficit.

Speaker 43 (01:30:26):
Well that's a lot of how much time. You got,
OF course i think, we can and not, only that,
we must and we Started. Last may, in fact we.
STARTED today i. GOT there i grew Up, in houston
been in state government for, fifty Years so i've worked
For the City. OF houston i know of their waste
and duplication and, quite frankly corruption and conflicts. Of interest

(01:30:50):
so we Started last JANUARY when i was, sworn in
aware of too much government In the City. Of houston
you can drive buying to see construction projects and they're
just not getting done because they're.

Speaker 24 (01:31:05):
Not efficient so we talked to.

Speaker 43 (01:31:07):
DEPARTMENT heads i put a new team, in place and
Then in may we realized we need an outside professional
review of, city government so We hired Ernest. And young
they turned into report three. Weeks ago the city has
more employees per captare than any other, major city so
we're in the process of looking at a retirement recommendation

(01:31:32):
strong recommendation. For some but in the meantime we've ordered
a freeze on employment excluding fire. And police sixty percent of,
our budget by, the way its fire. And police so
we have to, be smart we have to have a
method and, QUITE frankly doge is a whole. Another operation

(01:31:52):
ours is methodical. Thought out the morale is good in fire,
and police the morale quite frank among city. Employees good
i'll go to. STEP further i think the Morale of houstonians.
Is good we are going in the. Right DIRECTION but
i was left with some major major challenges and the
course bringing them up at the news of the Loss

(01:32:14):
Of sylvester turner was not the, appropriate TIME but I
did inherit, a Mess and i'm not shy about explaining
that most of the inefficiencies Are. Across houston it's in.
Our procurement forty percent of our supervisors supervised three or
fewer people in the. Previous years everybody was just made. A,

(01:32:37):
supervisor well that costs a lot, of money so we have.

Speaker 24 (01:32:41):
A shortfall we're going to get there.

Speaker 43 (01:32:43):
Through efficiencies i'm going to DO everything i can And
when i'm completely Confident that i've cut out the waste
and duplication and the conflicts. OF interest i Will let
Houstonians know i've cleaned the. Place UP now i need.
Your help and what form that help, Will be i'm
not sure at, this Point but i've been. VERY transparent

(01:33:05):
i inherited a city that has problems and budget had
been kicked down the road.

Speaker 24 (01:33:12):
For years that's the ONLY reason i Left The.

Speaker 43 (01:33:15):
STATE senate i was asked to Come, fix Houston and i'm,
working many many long hours.

Speaker 24 (01:33:21):
To, do that and it's.

Speaker 3 (01:33:22):
Very transparent, ALL right i want to quickly ask you
here before we run out. OF time i see that
you have unveiled phase one plans for a two Billion DOLLAR.
George r. Ground expansion what can you tell us? About
that that's.

Speaker 43 (01:33:35):
Based on, user fees no cost to city residents. Or
taxpayers it's the state's hotel. Occupancy tax three miles in
every Direction From. George brown we were becoming less competitive
in the convention and. Visitors experience we were falling behind other, Major,
Cities Dallas, Santa.

Speaker 24 (01:33:56):
On, austin also So, the houston for which is.

Speaker 43 (01:34:00):
Our convention, Barrell said we've got to do a major
transformation Rebuilt OF. George r brown to bring retail and.
Entertainment venues so we announced our. Plans yesterday there will
be a promenade right to the Middle Of. George brown
it will. Establish retail there'll be ultimately another, convention hotel

(01:34:22):
so we will have a convention destination.

Speaker 24 (01:34:25):
That people around the state and the nation want to.

Speaker 43 (01:34:27):
Come to but even, MORE importantly i think it'll be
a Venue that houstonians want to go down.

Speaker 24 (01:34:33):
And visit it'll be quite.

Speaker 43 (01:34:35):
An entertainment people leave, the ballparks they don't want to
go home after Winning A world, series game so they'll
walk down To THE. George R Brown. Entertainment district and
it will really really Improve. Central houston all great cities
have to Have a. Bible downtown it'll.

Speaker 24 (01:34:52):
Open up the.

Speaker 43 (01:34:53):
East side forty five and fifty nine By the state
are being. Placed underground there'll be a thirty acre foot
up there a. Green space so you open up the,
east side it'll open up To the, anamo area and
so it'll be a win win for the city of all.
Generate revenue we'll plow that back into.

Speaker 3 (01:35:10):
City, Services night Sir mister marrick got a RUN but
i want to thank you for your time, As, always sir.
Appreciate it That Is Houston Mayor, john whitmeyer seven. Twenty
eight time to take a look at. Your Money Here's Denise.
Pello greeney, Good.

Speaker 25 (01:35:22):
Morning jimmy some problems in the space travel space because
on TOP of SpaceX starship breaking apart during its test
flight last night after spinning wildly out, Of control Houston
Based intuitive machines says it's Second, lander athena maybe in
the wrong orientation on, the moon and that stock is
plunging this morning after. Losses yesterday investors also TRACKING the

(01:35:44):
us labor Market And president trump's latest.

Speaker 3 (01:35:47):
Tariff moves stock futures are kind of all over.

Speaker 25 (01:35:49):
The place dow futures are down four S and p,
Futures flat nasdaq futures up. Twenty Three I'm Denise Pellegrinny
bluebrig Business On news RADIO Seven Kih.

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More of what's happening now From The John Morris. Services
studios it is seven thirty Here On Houston's. Morning News I'm.
Jimmy barrett among our, top stories This fur trump has
restarted The Real Grand. Border wall smugglers Are Cloning border
patrol vehicles and coming up at seven. Thirty Eight the
Department of education not gone. Just yet details in the.

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Minutes ahead You're In Houston's. Morning, news first we're checking
out the morning Drive once Agamba. Sky mine i'm, My Workwife.

Speaker 4 (01:36:40):
Christina cruz found that stall ON The kdie freeway that's
Outbound at studemont and they've just now. Cleared it we
still have a pretty good smunch now coming From the,
baytown side Starting At Waco Street.

Speaker 3 (01:36:51):
Southwest freeway look Out. Northbound bitsinet it's, a wreck it's a.
Right line.

Speaker 4 (01:36:55):
Everybody's okay it's just getting kind. Of Crazy West park
Tollway Inbound.

Speaker 3 (01:37:00):
Cook road got.

Speaker 4 (01:37:01):
A stall you only have two lanes to, start with
and so you've got about a two or three minute
smunch coming on the. Inbound side six Ten south thall's
good around the rodeo.

Speaker 3 (01:37:11):
So far, Thank, You, Bryce, debbie. Hi y'all. All right
we're In The generator Supercenter Dot Com traffic center FROM
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to mostly cloudy today with the high temperature. About eighty
we stay, warm tomorrow really Chilly, on sunday and then
we start to warm back. Up again so no big deal.
This weekend you can get anything done you want to,

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get done right now fifty nine at your official severe.
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The News Here's.

Speaker 5 (01:37:40):
Cliff saunders, Thank you jimmy seven thirty TWO, on ktrhr
top story.

Speaker 28 (01:37:44):
This hour I'm Keeping president trum's promised to eradicate every criminal,
illegal alien every public threat, illegal alien every national's illegal
alien from, this country.

Speaker 5 (01:37:54):
Orders Our tom HOMAN with Ktrh As, sean hannity and
as the deportation effort. Can Used the trump administration takes
yet another step to secure, the border restarting an upgrade
of the wall In The Rio grande valley sector Canceled By.
Joe biden but the illegals keep trying to stay a
step ahead of the. Good guys some human smugglers are

(01:38:14):
reportedly cloning border patrol vehicles to get Past the trump
crackdown at. The border seven point thirty Two Now Ukraine
vladimir zelenski says he's ready to sign on the, bottom
line the dotted line rather the rare minerals deal WITH.
THE us a week after getting thrown out Of The
white House By, President trump.

Speaker 29 (01:38:33):
He's apologized he said. He's grateful he said that he
wants to work.

Speaker 5 (01:38:37):
Towards Peace Trump's Special Envoy, Steve whitcoff trump announced more
another pause on Tariffs with Mexico and.

Speaker 3 (01:38:45):
Canada yesterday more on that at.

Speaker 5 (01:38:47):
Eight O'clock the president did not sign an executive order
yesterday to Abolish the Department, of education but he made
it clear where this is.

Speaker 3 (01:38:56):
ALL going i want to bring.

Speaker 6 (01:38:58):
THE school's i want to bring the schools back To, the.

Speaker 5 (01:39:01):
States adding that the administration is starting to process to.
Do that And as trump said during his speech this Week,
to congress there is nothing he can do To make,
democrats happy.

Speaker 3 (01:39:14):
And this time the whole nation got to.

Speaker 18 (01:39:16):
See It the democrats continue to think that they are
still operating by the same playbook they did during his.

Speaker 3 (01:39:22):
First Term That's, brandon morse senior Editor At.

Speaker 18 (01:39:26):
Red state nothing is more unforgivable To a democrat than
taking away, their power, their influence and. Their Money but
trump is doing that and that is something that they
will forever hate him for.

Speaker 30 (01:39:37):
And will continue to do over the next. Four Years
Jeff Biggs news radio SEVEN Forty k tier eight.

Speaker 5 (01:39:44):
Now seven thirty four And following, Trump's Lead Texas Governor
greg abbott told state employee still working from home to
get back to, the office and as you, can guess
they don't.

Speaker 31 (01:39:54):
Like it one of the fascinating things is these employees
are demanding raises RIGHT whether i am to come to,
the OFFICE and i say, that one they to either
pick one. But two now they don't Need rad i's
not want to come to. The office they need to.

Speaker 5 (01:40:04):
Be Fired fris cocaine is a member Of The Texas House.
Doge committee the legislature is also looking at reforming. Occupational
Licensing State Representative brian harrison until nine to fifty Kprc
that texas actually has more licensing regulations than any.

Speaker 32 (01:40:20):
Other states when it comes to, Occupational freedom texas is.
Dead last i've gotten multiple bills filed this session to
end that insanity and to get rid of tons of
stupid bureaucratic red tape on the occupational. Licenseure front, he.

Speaker 5 (01:40:34):
Says it's more difficult to become a cosmatologist Here in
texas than it is to be a first responder Meantime.
In washington, This Week elon musk SAYS The Us postal
Service in amtrak need to. Be privatized the two services
are continuing to lose money year.

Speaker 3 (01:40:50):
After year it.

Speaker 34 (01:40:51):
Lost a billion dollars last. Year alone you don't want
the government in, that business especially when we have other options.

Speaker 33 (01:40:57):
Out there senior research fellow At The, Heritage Foundation, rachel
gresler speaking Of The, postal service which toil more than
likely at least.

Speaker 3 (01:41:04):
Be reformed it's.

Speaker 34 (01:41:06):
Worth looking into a, complete privatization but probably a more
realistic thing, to happen especially in the, short term would
be to just have some reforms to the.

Speaker 5 (01:41:14):
Postal service it's all Part of Trump's and musks were
to shrink the. Federal Government Charit Lewis news radio SEVEN forty.
Kja eight it's seven point. Thirty five we have the
latest jobs Numbers from february come in at about one
hundred and fifty. One thousand that is less, than expected
but it is an increase From the january, jobs report
which showed just one hundred and forty three thousand new

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JOBS at It In joe biden's final month.

Speaker 3 (01:41:39):
In office another Impact.

Speaker 5 (01:41:40):
Of bidenomics new research shows that thirty One million americans
borrowed seventy four billion dollars to pay off their medical bills.
LAST Year Usa Today's ken altucker says older people borrowed
less than, younger people but they borrowed in. Bigger amounts
the biggest problem. HIGH deductibles a.

Speaker 35 (01:41:58):
Lot of people struggle, with that whether it's. The doctors
as a surgery that can cost several thousand dollars or
even over ten, thousand dollars people have to pay a portion,
of that and it's difficult for a lot of people.

Speaker 29 (01:42:10):
To do.

Speaker 5 (01:42:12):
He says the GOP's budget resolution plans to find savings
through waste should help avoid.

Speaker 3 (01:42:17):
Benefits losses seven.

Speaker 5 (01:42:19):
Thirty SIX, ON ktrh a, good news bad news Day
For elon MUSK and SpaceX.

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And we just heard the.

Speaker 3 (01:42:27):
Sonic boom.

Speaker 37 (01:42:33):
What an incredible sight to see the super heavy booster
gliding down into the chopstick arms.

Speaker 8 (01:42:39):
Once again the.

Speaker 3 (01:42:41):
Good news is that they caught.

Speaker 5 (01:42:42):
The booster the bad news From yesterday's starship test launches
That The mega rocket's upper, stage exploded similar to what Happened.
In January the astros Beat the mets in spring training five.
To One I'm cliff Saundters On Houston's news weather in
traffic Station news radio SEVEN.

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Speaker 24 (01:43:11):
So good.

Speaker 3 (01:43:15):
Seven thirty eight is a time Here in houston's. Boring
news So The education apartment is hanging on by the
hair of my chinny. Chin chin there had been a
Rumor That president trump yesterday was going to sign an
executive order to Eliminate The. Education department that. Didn't Happen,
caroline levitt Who's The white, house spokesperson said that was.
Fake news there was never going to be an executive

(01:43:37):
order yesterday to End The, education department but it's probably
going to. BE ending i think what they are waiting
to do is to figure out what to do with
some of the programs administered By the Department, of education
and not whether or not they're going to. Keep them

(01:44:00):
i'll Give you i'll give you a prime example school.
Lunch program you know there's gonna be a school. Lunch program,
you know there's gonna be federal subsidies for. School lunch
it's just that if you don't have an, education department
you need somebody else in order to administer, the program
which should not be. A problem wouldn't it make more
sense anyway for the school lunch program to be Administered

(01:44:23):
by Health And Human SERVICES. Robert F kennedy. Junior's department,
it's food. It's food we supposedly want to switch to
a healthier model when it comes to. Feeding kids so
why wouldn't You put Health In human services in charge
of the school. Lunch program it only makes sense so

(01:44:47):
you can take those individual programs and you can figure
out who is going, to administer, you know federal aid to,
public schools school lunch programs and those types. Of things
you don't need the education department in order to be
able to make. That happen you just have to figure
out who's going to. Do it Seven forty time for
traffic in, weather togethers we check out the drive. Once
again here's. Sky mine.

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All right we've got more flashy lights On The southwest
freeway Northbound. At businette that's becoming. Some hoopla now this
is a right lane blocked with. An accident you'll hit
the brakes right After the beltway northbound two.

Speaker 3 (01:45:18):
Eighty eight we've done a nice job of. NOT colliding i.

Speaker 4 (01:45:21):
Correct myself we did have a heavy truck Problem, at
orum but that was. Outbound inbound not bad for two.
Eighty eight some breaks at. The beltway look at That.
North loop. That's ugly this is westbound at the squeeze
at forty five solid Breaks. From Lockwood now i've got
a reported Wreck. At irvington give me the seven fifty
Break and i'll get you some laneage. On that On

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The East Loopship channel, bridge southbound starting to cram up
right at two twenty five and then to, twenty five
and it smells funny right there to.

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Twenty Five At.

Speaker 4 (01:45:51):
Allen genoa just a bit of a smash Drake From
texas city's doing the.

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GOLF freeway i.

Speaker 2 (01:45:56):
Mike pretty wide open right now With the blues guys.
Around me next week it's.

Speaker 3 (01:46:01):
Gonna be done if we just get rid of this. Daylight.
DATING see i like.

Speaker 4 (01:46:07):
BEING forward i like the extra daylight in. The, EVENING
oh i got a wreck On The south loop that's
popping up two. Stella link this is eastbound and that's on.
The side, he's okay we'll check it and make sure
it doesn't become a. Major smuch by, The Way, Terry
smith david from A, task casida this Is For.

Speaker 44 (01:46:22):
Terry smith did you say a mudbug looks like a?

Speaker 24 (01:46:24):
Sea spider mudbugs look like. Baby officers there.

Speaker 4 (01:46:28):
You go we're still trying To Get terry smith the
crawfish and. Frog legs and by, the way she's still
the first scientist in the History of iHeartRadio to.

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Speaker 19 (01:46:51):
The whole thing of sea spider was it's a creepy
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Well and we also found you don't like, lobster, either really, So.

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Big lobster it's a lot of work for so.

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LITTLE reward i can, Teach, You okay well it's ALL
apparently i need, some lessons, so okay and you know
that's the point of life to, keep learning, All right
so here, we.

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Go folks nice.

Speaker 19 (01:47:17):
Weekend overall today is my pick for the day of
the weekend because it's dry and, it's warmer mid seventies
to low. Eighties today tomorrow we are dealing with, some
rain a forty percent chance, of showers Some. Thunder tomorrow
temperatures in the mid. Upper seventies sunday is going to,
be dry and as long as you don't mind, multiple
layers you'll be. Fine outside upper fifties to low Sixties.

(01:47:41):
On sunday Monday and tuesday we're going to warm back
up and temperatures are mainly in the seventies at least
to start off.

Speaker 3 (01:47:48):
The week temperature right now fifty nine here at your
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Speaker 36 (01:47:56):
May good wont.

Speaker 3 (01:47:57):
To do that's The cool aleveren. Right there they're not,
So Cool. Al green they're not cool. At All. Al
green censored yesterday By the house seven to fifty at
time Here in houston's. Morning news, of course it's just
a slap on. The wrist it's not. EVEN that i
mean it says, you're, censored okay and? What else? Nothing
else that's all. They do so we asked this morning

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Speaker 25 (01:48:33):
Should Get, LINDA houston i Think That al green should
be censored just like the football players, MONETARILY ooh.

Speaker 3 (01:48:43):
I have to get back part of. His salary that's
not a Bad Idea morning Joe.

Speaker 24 (01:48:48):
From crossley you gotta give A.

Speaker 3 (01:48:49):
Al green you gotta cut him some slack because ever
Since she jack, passed away he's assumed the mantle of
the dumbest Person. In congress you don't know. No better
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Speaker 4 (01:49:02):
Al green you know on on the, morning SHOW because
i think it would break At my. Schulenburg, festival jimmy
you think that would? Hell, COOL algraham i. Think so
i'm gonna miss you. Next week by, the way let's
go To The South Side.

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Golf.

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Freeway inbound it's a little thick Around, waffle house but
we're actually moving pretty. Pretty well For The golf, freeway
northbound some breaks after you of h something Smashing, up aha.

Speaker 3 (01:49:25):
Found it that's, a wreck.

Speaker 4 (01:49:27):
All Right East Loop Ship channel, bridge southbound that's a
wreck right after.

Speaker 3 (01:49:31):
Twenty five that's.

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Why the bridge has, the suckage and that's why we
have all the hooplah on two twenty five on, the
inbound give me the eight o'clock Break.

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With clifford i'll get you some.

Speaker 4 (01:49:41):
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FROM R Ktrh generator supercenter twenty four Hour. Weather center
partly to mostly cloudy today about eighty for the, high
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(01:50:17):
let's get you caught up on some top stories On a.
Friday Morning, Here's cliff, Thank you jimmy SPONSORED By Dnm.

Speaker 5 (01:50:22):
Auto leasing the economy adds one hundred and fifty one
thousand Jobs. In february that is up From a, january
number the last Of the, biden era that was revised
down to one hundred and twenty five. Thousand Jobs president
trump hosts the First Ever White House crypto summer Today.
And jimmy at Least One new york Restaurant, In Albany,

(01:50:42):
new york is threatening To sue Texas Over dan patrick's
proposed name change From The New York strip steak To The.
Texas strip it's Only. For texas some people just some
people Just Don't Jen, it's albany which might be even
more liberal than you yorkre.

Speaker 24 (01:51:00):
JUST okay i.

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Speaker 43 (01:51:12):
The, ten.

Speaker 3 (01:51:16):
Yeah the democrats doing, CRAZY things i mean just acting still.
Acting crazy there's some video, going around some viral video
of them doing fight poses now from some video game kind.
Of thing these people are just like they're just like
often their own, little world their own. LITTLE planet, i
mean there's a couple of them that do, get it
and they keep, speaking out but, you know it's like

(01:51:38):
they're talking to. The, ether nope none of The other
democrats seem to want to pay. Any Attention john fetterman
a little upset with His fellow democrats for the boy
they behave During the. Trump Speech joe manchin weigh in
On What john fetterman said. About that here's a little
bit about. That Conversation Former West.

Speaker 45 (01:51:54):
Virginia Senator joe Manchin And john fetterman said this or
thanks for, Being here, he said a sad cavalcad self
owns and. Unhinged petulance it Only makes trump look more presidential.
And restrained we're becoming the metaphorical car alarms that nobody pays,
attention to and it may not be the. Winning message
i'm going to take that metaphor. Step further when that
car alarms, going off it's really annoying to.

Speaker 1 (01:52:17):
Everybody else what do you think?

Speaker 3 (01:52:19):
About, It no john's absolutely. Spot on it was.

Speaker 8 (01:52:22):
SO sad i kept THINKING that i was watching.

Speaker 44 (01:52:25):
THE delivery i had said there before in that same
situation when the president First. Came Trump president trump came
and he was speaking speaking about energy and things about
coal AND things i know about the energy security we
need for. Our COUNTRY and i was, standing UP and
i think people were hissing me BEHIND and i was
the only. ONE standing i, kept thinking. That's awful they
shouldn't be that disrespectful to. The president they were, hissing me,
not him for.

Speaker 8 (01:52:45):
Standing, and listen this. Is Fetterman david AXELROD at Cnn
Called al.

Speaker 46 (01:52:50):
Green Despicable michael STEELE and msnbc thought whoever got the
ingo sign should. Be fired we never learned as, one
quote he. Owned us it's almost Like whatever trump does,
or say just make sure you have the opposite over and.
Over again here's. A quote we can't just be the
party that Barks. At trump until we learned, that lesson
we're going. To lose he made us look like what

(01:53:12):
we are. Blanking buffoons. Biggest thing now you're on, the
OUTSIDE now, i am you have a chance to advise
in a more. Neutral way who is the leader of,
this party who's giving? Them direction why would they make
such a spectacle of something was. Not necessary as.

Speaker 44 (01:53:28):
Far as if it's In the house And, the senate
the leadership is basically The king jeffers and, his team
as far as In the House And chuck schumer and
his team and Foreign. A senate as far as a
national leader who people are rallying around As former democrats
And or democrats now are independents trying to get. Their
vote they have to understand the people. Have spoken They
Like donald trump. As president every Red ugged american should
want your president. To succeed if you're in a position

(01:53:51):
with Being a house Member or senate member and you
can do, something compositive. Do it don't worry about. The
politics they'll take care. Of itself make sure our, country
succeeds and your leader has. To succeed and when you're
going to be, against something do. It respectfully do it
with de korm not able to stand up then be
able to clap on something within human touch that that
had that, young man a, young boy what he wants.

(01:54:12):
To do that's, just unconsciouble.

Speaker 3 (01:54:14):
That is but that's who they are. Right now they
are rudderless they, are directionless they are without. A leader,
ALL right i got to go. On vacation all next
week's spring break for the high, schools Here and i'm
going to be. On vacation maybe you're going to be.
On vacation let's meet up again at the very least
a week. From Monday bob france will fill in all
next week. For me, Thank. YOU bob i appreciate that

(01:54:37):
you all. Take care talk to you a Week. From
monday