Trump Will Speak With Putin Today

Jimmy Barrett takes you through the stories that matter the most on the morning of 03/18/25.

Episode Transcript

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

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Five everywhere with the art appe now the latest news,
weather and traffic.

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It's more of what matters to you from the John
Morris Services Studios.

Speaker 4 (00:17):
Good morning, five am is our time here on Houston's
Morning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories as
we get started this morning, the ceasefire is over. Trump
will be speaking with Putin today and coming up at
five oh eight, this French politician wants the statue of
Liberty returned to France. Good luck on that first though.

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Let's check out the drive for the first time this morning.
Good morning you, skuy My, Good.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Morning for me.

Speaker 5 (00:44):
I don't know about those of you in forty five.
Here's the crazy thing. They're hanging power lines over to
forty two and we have a complete shutdown of I
forty five north coming down and up from the Woodlands
to Conro. So that's a complete shutdown. How long are
they going to be doing this? They didn't tell us,
but we know that southbound there's a big spackle here.

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We don't have a whole lot for alter and that
you may have to even take thirteen fourteen.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
We'll keep an eye.

Speaker 5 (01:11):
We'll get more info five tens Skymike on the USA
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For today, we're looking at Bartley cloudy skies overall GUS
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about the high winds that are coming back. When we
talked to her at about another nine minutes high today
by the way, right about eighty currently fifty nine at

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your official severe weather station, News Radio seven forty KTRH.
It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Slaunders.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
Thank you, Jimmy.

Speaker 6 (01:45):
Good morning every one, five oh one on KGRH.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
Our top story.

Speaker 7 (01:49):
All those who seek to terrorize not just Israel, but
also the United States of America will see a price
to pay.

Speaker 6 (01:56):
White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt. As Israel launches airstrikes
on Hamas in Gaza, the ceasefire between the two sides
collapsing over Harmas's rejection of several hostage deals, we are.

Speaker 8 (02:09):
Told by Israeli officials that all options remain on the table,
and this includes the possibility of a ground component. There
was a brief statement released by the Israeli Prime Minister,
Benjamin Netanyahussein. From now on, Israel will operate against Hamas
with increasing military force.

Speaker 6 (02:27):
Foxes Trey Yinks reporting from Tel Aviv. These strikes come
as President Trump holds a high stakes call with Vladimir
Putin today seeking peace in Europe.

Speaker 9 (02:37):
We're getting down to a very critical stage and we
want to get the whole Rushia Ukraine thing done.

Speaker 6 (02:46):
But in a video posted on x it is Ukraine's
Voladimir Zelenski claiming that Putin does not want to end
the war. Five h three, the Obama federal judge who
ordered the president's deportation flights of TDA members out of
the country.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
To end faces impeachment.

Speaker 6 (03:03):
Texas Congressman Brandon Gill has announced plans to file articles
of impeachment this week. Meantime, borderzac Tom Homan had the
perfect response to a reporter asking him about Trump invoking
the Alien Enemies Act of seventeen ninety eight.

Speaker 10 (03:19):
You say, to those who claim you're using a teen
hundred year old law to circumvent your presents a.

Speaker 11 (03:24):
No law.

Speaker 12 (03:26):
Not as all as constitution. We still pay attention to that,
don't we?

Speaker 6 (03:29):
And Van Homan walked away in a perfect mic drop moment.
The administration is also considering a new travel band targeting
more than forty countries.

Speaker 13 (03:39):
This travel ban includes countries that are openly hostile to
the US, like Iran in Yemen.

Speaker 14 (03:44):
What we have is information that speaks to national security
threats that are emanating from those countries.

Speaker 13 (03:53):
National security expert Ed Tarzanski says, despite the clear need
for these travel bands, expect resistance.

Speaker 14 (03:58):
The last time the client is that this was a
Muslim bag. Why because it serves other interests, the same
sort of thing will happen this time.

Speaker 13 (04:06):
He added that despite the inevitable pushback from the left,
this is an obvious and important step towards national security.
Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven forty ktright.

Speaker 2 (04:14):
It is now five to ZH four.

Speaker 6 (04:16):
The President also says that Joe Biden's preemptive pardons of
the House January sixth committee members are quote void and vacant.

Speaker 2 (04:24):
Why well, an auto pin may have been.

Speaker 15 (04:27):
Used by the former president, The power of part in
comes from the president as a person, and if he
does not know of and does not sign off on
a part in it is not possible for anyone else
to do so.

Speaker 6 (04:40):
That is KTRS buck Sexton. The Democrat civil war over
keeping the government running continues, and a new poll shows
that AOC is the one Democrat who quote best reflects
the party's core values. Kamala Harris wound up in second place. Now,
support for the Democrat Party can continues to crater, according

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to recent polling. So how can the Republicans take advantage
heading into next year's midterms.

Speaker 16 (05:07):
You just don't really need to beat them over the
head too much, and we can spend so much time
creating the pod DI vision.

Speaker 2 (05:12):
For what we're about. So there's a great opportunity for
US Republicans.

Speaker 6 (05:16):
Strategist Chris Johnson says, as long as a GOP delivers
quickly on their campaign promises, approval for Democrats will continue
to drop. Speaking of campaign promises, the President plans to
release the files related to JFK's assassination today. That release
includes some eighty thousand pages of federal government documents five

(05:38):
ZHO five here at home. Hey, did you know that
more than two thousand Harris County employees are not only
working from home, but living in either Dallas or Austin.

Speaker 17 (05:48):
It's a slap in the face to taxpayers as they
continue wasting and abusing resources.

Speaker 18 (05:52):
Who's watching them, Who's making sure they're doing the job
they're supposed to be doing it?

Speaker 2 (05:56):
Why aren't we hiring people from Harris County?

Speaker 17 (05:58):
Former Harris County g chair Jared Woodfill says, it makes
the employees tone deaf to our problems and it's time
to go full Doge on the county.

Speaker 19 (06:07):
What we need to do is identify who those individuals are,
make sure those individuals are removed from the payroll, and
make sure those jobs are cut.

Speaker 2 (06:14):
And then people need to be loud and vocal. He says.

Speaker 17 (06:16):
The solutions also at the ballot box by bringing fiscal
conservatives back into the fold andore Perard News Radio seven
forty KTRH, and an arrest in.

Speaker 6 (06:25):
The shooting of two Pasadena Memorial High School students last month.
Damian Size is facing two charges of aggravated assaults with
a deadly weapon five h six on KTRH. Overnight trading
is down across the board this morning. The Dow did
close up three hundred and eighty three points yesterday. President
Trump wants to remake the country as a manufacturing superpower,

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but that might be easier said than done.

Speaker 20 (06:50):
There seems to be some agreement among US economists that
the Trump goal of bringing back manufacturing jobs is a
good thing. It'll take time, but it'll benefit the nation
as a whole. It's inconsistent tariff policies that worry Lone
Star College economics professor Hank Lewis, for example.

Speaker 21 (07:07):
Question is is this backlash over tariffs and trade maybe
gonna bite us in the butt.

Speaker 2 (07:13):
That's a huge question.

Speaker 21 (07:14):
I don't have an easy answer for it.

Speaker 20 (07:16):
Lewis says. He worries because many Houston area businesses rely
on imports and exports, so President Trump is going to
have to walk a thin line when it comes to tariffs.
Michael Shilohan, News Radio seven forty k TRIGHT.

Speaker 6 (07:28):
And the Rockets erased at twenty five point deficit to
beat the Sixers in OT one forty four to one
thirty seven.

Speaker 2 (07:34):
They're winning streak. Now at seven, I'm.

Speaker 6 (07:36):
Cliff Saunders on Houston's news, weather and traffic station KTRH.

Speaker 3 (07:42):
Now back to Jimmy Barrett and the Houston Morning News team.

Speaker 4 (07:46):
Houston's Morning News, if I believe it is our time
here on Houston's Warning News. Right, so we have a
let's start with this, a low level French politician. Okay,
he's part of what's the name of his party. It's
some weird sort of it's a it's a small left
wing party. He's a member of the European Parliament, co
president of the small left wing party in France. His

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name is ratheel Gluxman. That doesn't summary French. He evidently
is making a lot of noise and getting a lot
of reaction. Now, the President Trump has taken over here
in the United States, and we are, you know, looking
at European tariffs like maybe two hundred percent in a

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few weeks on European wine and spirits, for example. I
don't I don't think that French like the idea of
a undred percent tariff on Champagne.

Speaker 2 (08:39):
And uh.

Speaker 4 (08:40):
He's calling for us to give the Statue of Liberty back.
He says it was our gift to you, but apparently
you despise her, so she will be happy here with us,
and he's getting a little reaction from it. The White
House Press Secretary Caroline Lovett asked about the cons of

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the French politician.

Speaker 22 (09:02):
There is now a member of the European Parliament from
France who does not think the US represents the values
of the Statue of Liberty anymore.

Speaker 2 (09:09):
They want the Statue of Liberty back.

Speaker 22 (09:12):
So is President Trump going to send the Statue of
Liberty back to France?

Speaker 1 (09:17):
Absolutely not.

Speaker 23 (09:18):
And my advice to that unnamed low level French politician
would be to remind them that it's only because of
the United States of America that the French are not speaking.

Speaker 6 (09:30):
German right now.

Speaker 2 (09:30):
So they should be very grateful to our greade country.

Speaker 4 (09:34):
See that we've been using that card for like sixty
seventy years now. I don't do you think that card
ever wears out. I don't think so. We saved your
asses during World War Two. That card, that card can
probably be played for eternity as long as as long
as history remembers World War Two, we can play that card.

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But besides, it's a gift. You know, one hundred and
four years later. You can't regift a gift after one
hundred and forty years. It's ours. I'm sorry you paid
for the statue. We paid for the pedestal it's on.
We put it together here so we you know, we
there's an installation fee involved. We we installed it. We

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renovated it extensively back in nineteen seventy six for the
bi centennial. So listen, it's ours. Now you have your
own little inny bitty version of the Statue of Liberty
in France. And it's not our fault that you made
the second one so small. All right, time for traffic
and weather together as we check out the drive again
with the sky mine.

Speaker 3 (10:35):
We wee, god, it's just Frinch sheet two ninety.

Speaker 4 (10:41):
It's clear, so you can give us back our statue
of lip Te.

Speaker 2 (10:47):
Dude.

Speaker 5 (10:48):
You know what's scariest why you were playing that clip
of her? I was thinking the exact same thing. We're
still whipping out the World War two cards, so I
don't know, maybe you and me should go on this
newly way came. All right, here's the deal. This is
a big this is full hooves Fankory on the North Freeway,
and I'm so sorry for it.

Speaker 2 (11:06):
This is the deal. This is two forty two I
forty five.

Speaker 5 (11:09):
It's closed southbound completely double check that direction now, yeah,
southbound closed.

Speaker 2 (11:15):
It's showing other on your screens.

Speaker 5 (11:18):
I'm seeing people getting by northbound, but only by a
squeeze southbound.

Speaker 1 (11:22):
It's horrible.

Speaker 5 (11:23):
Forty five north at two forty two College Park, they
are rehanging power lines. We have no toubt, we have
no timeline for it. I've talked to the authorities. Nobody knows,
but they're doing this. It's from a.

Speaker 2 (11:34):
Eighteen wheel wreck that we had yesterday.

Speaker 5 (11:36):
We've been following this closely on KTRH. But eighteen wheeler
yesterday hit some power lines. That's what they're trying to
fix here. Bless our hearts. Well, that's why we update
you every ten minutes, and we'll do it in ten minutes.

Speaker 2 (11:49):
I'm Scott. That makes sense, right, Terry.

Speaker 5 (11:50):
I'm SKYMIKEE on the USA Rbresorts dot Com traffic center.

Speaker 4 (11:55):
Sure as early for those kinds of troubles from our
KTRH top tax defenders twenty four hour with this, Terry
Smith is here. You may have some weather issues this afternoon.
I'm looking at wind gusts of forty miles per hour.
What's with all the high winds this spring.

Speaker 24 (12:09):
Well, there's a lot of reasons for high winds in
the spring. Part of the main reason you see gusty
winds is that it's a big transition time where we
go from much cooler weather to drastic warm ups or
drastic cool downs. So there's big swings and temperatures that'll
help to cut oftentimes kick up the winds.

Speaker 2 (12:33):
What we have, though.

Speaker 24 (12:34):
Is an area of low pressure over the Rockies that
is heading our direction intensifying and as it does, the
pressure gradient increases and that in turn increases the winds.
So we're going to be looking at a breezy day
much of the day, fifteen to twenty five mile an
hour winds, but occasionally those gusts up as high as
forty miles an hour, so you'll be feeling the winds.

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And if those guys are working on power lines that
might help, that might deter them from getting much work
done today. Fingers crossed they can get some work done
before the winds pick up. It's going to be another
warm day, just like yesterday, mid seventies to low eighties.
Tomorrow it's a week cold front, but it could bring
us some ring twenty percent chance of a shower. Still

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warm tomorrow mid seventies to low eighties, but Thursday's cooler
near seventy and then we start to warm back up
Friday and Saturday.

Speaker 4 (13:26):
Temperature right now fifty nine at your official severe weather station.
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Speaker 25 (13:33):
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Windows Solutions. Now back to Jimmy Barrits and the Houston
Morning News team all the info you need to take
on the day.

Speaker 4 (13:43):
Sort Of a couple of big stories actually on a
national level today, both involving President Trump. They are releasing
the jfk assassination files, some eighty thousand pages that supposedly
we've never seen before. Now, I for one, don't really
excit expect anything to be in there that's going to
be an aha moment. Oh say, the CIA did it.

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I don't expect to see that. I mean, I may
be wrong, but I don't expect to see anything like that.
But we will find out as the day progresses. Also today,
very importantly, President Trump will be speaking to President Vladimir
Putin about a potential ceasefire and peace between Ukraine and Russia.

(14:27):
Bill O'Reilly, who works for News Nation these days, still
has access to President Trump. They go way back together.
He sat down with him yesterday and talked to him
about Putin and we'll share some of that with you
coming up next first though, traffic and weather together as
we check out the drive once again.

Speaker 2 (14:42):
Yes, Gay, nobody wants this forty five stuff. All right.

Speaker 5 (14:45):
Let me check you by the way, if this is
why you need to play the home game with me.
Transtar site, it's camera two five to nine and we
have a complete shutdown of I forty five and that
is at FBM two forty two, right between Shannondo and
Spring and it's both ways. They're putting people on the feeder.
It's a miss in either direction. So coming down from

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Conro and of course we don't have a whole lot
for alternates. This is going to make thirteen fourteen crazy.
If two forty nine is in option, even if it's
a bit out of your way, do it. If East
Texts is a little bit out of your way, do
it also. And they did not give us a timeline
for how long they're hanging power lines after an accident
yesterday knocked them down, so we'll we'll obviously we've got

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traffic every ten minutes. We'll have an update at five
thirty in the USA. R Vresorts dot com Traffic Center.

Speaker 4 (15:33):
From r KTRH top tax Defenders twenty four hour Weather
Center part They thought a gusty afternoon Wednesday twenty to
thirty with occasional forty mile for our gusts right about
eighty Tomorrow morning clouds, twenty percent shower chance, afternoon sun
breezy eighty three, and then for Thursday, sunny and cooler
with the temperature around seventy current temperature fifty nine at

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your officials severe weather station. News Radio seven forty KTRH.
We're checking out some of our tops on this Tuesday.

Speaker 6 (16:01):
Here's Cliff, Thank you, Jimmy, sponsored by Morrow Mechanical. The
Federal Reserve begins its March meetings today. A Houston area
woman is arrested and accused of performing illegal abortions. And
we had no powerball winners last night, so the jackpot
tomorrow night is four hundred and sixteen million dollars. Get
the latest news anytime at KTRH dot com. Our next

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Speaker 26 (16:24):
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Speaker 2 (16:29):
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Speaker 1 (16:31):
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Speaker 4 (16:36):
By twenty three our time here in Houston's borning news.
All right, So Bill O'Reilly gets access that you and
I don't get to President Trump. Clearly they go way
back together. As I said, he's with NewsNation these days.
He was invited evidently to the Oval Office yesterday and
talked about the jfk assassination files.

Speaker 2 (16:53):
Well more on that later.

Speaker 4 (16:55):
Bob also talked to Meir him about Vladimir Putin and
the big phone call, which at the time was coming
up tomorrow. It is coming up later today.

Speaker 27 (17:04):
Putin and Trump have a relationship. The press puts a
negative spin on that. I put a neutral spin on it.
Pudin will accommodate Trump to some extent, but Trump knows
that this guy is very, very tough and doesn't care
how many people are dead, doesn't care what the destruction is.

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So it's a tough negotiation. In the middle of the
conversation about him, Putin and I have told you that
my next book is called Confronting Evil and Lads on
the cover of that book. Okay, he's an evil solb
and when you're in negotiating with something like that is
not easy.

Speaker 28 (17:50):
So he said a comedy, right, Another word for that
is playcate or manipulate.

Speaker 27 (17:56):
I don't believe that for a second. I think Trump
is doing exactly what he has to do to get
Putin to the table. And I think the people that are.

Speaker 2 (18:04):
What is Trump's red line with Vladimir Putin?

Speaker 28 (18:06):
When does Trump become as tough on Vladimir Putin publicly
as he was Vladimir's Alynsky?

Speaker 2 (18:12):
Never?

Speaker 27 (18:13):
Why would you do that because you need Putin's cooperation.

Speaker 2 (18:17):
He needs a Lisky's cooperator.

Speaker 27 (18:18):
You know, Letsky has no power at all, none. You
don't need his cooperation as Lisky already folding gave Trump
everything he wanted.

Speaker 28 (18:26):
So you don't think there's gonna be a time that
Trump is going to need to be as tough with
Vladimir Putin as he's.

Speaker 2 (18:32):
Been with anybody.

Speaker 27 (18:33):
I don't think that's possible. Unless Putin betrays Trump, then
you're going to see.

Speaker 1 (18:39):
So what's what's Trump's red lines here?

Speaker 29 (18:41):
Well?

Speaker 27 (18:42):
If Putin, for example, would say we're gonna have a
cease fire and then two weeks later blow up a church,
a Trump's gonna hurt him.

Speaker 28 (18:51):
Okay, So you think there are red lines with Vladimir
Putin contrition.

Speaker 27 (18:55):
Trump's a tough negotiator and he doesn't want to be embarrassed.

Speaker 28 (18:59):
Hair though what happens in Ukraine other than just the killing, stoppings.

Speaker 27 (19:02):
Chairs, because it's good for the world to calm it down,
and it's also good for the world that rush is
not so dependent on China.

Speaker 4 (19:12):
And the other key that he mentioned there is Trump
does not like to be embarrassed. So if he makes
some sort of a deal with Putin and then Puttin
backs down on the deal, guess who's not going to
be very happy. And guess who's probably going to get really,
really tough because you embarrassed him. Yep, you've got to
be prepared for that. Five twenty six. It is time

(19:34):
to take a look at your money. Jeff Bellinger, good
morning to you, and.

Speaker 2 (19:37):
Good morning to you, Jimmy.

Speaker 30 (19:38):
Your stocks advanced in yesterday's trading. Analysts say investors were
encouraged to hear that retail sales rose last month, even
though the game was smaller than expected. Stock market futures
appointing lower this morning. There was a significant decline last
year in the number of vehicle thefts across the country.
The National Insurance Crime bureausis thefts fell seventeen percent back

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to pre pandemic levels. Hyundai Elantras and Sonatas, Chevrolet Silverado pickups,
Honda Accords and Kia Optimus Optimus We're the most often stolen.
I'm Jeff Beldinger, Bloomberg Business. I'n News Radio seven forty ktrh.

Speaker 21 (20:19):
NO Houston's News, Why there are traffic plus breaking news
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Speaker 31 (20:24):
This is News Radio seven forty KTRHOL Everywhere with the IRP.

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More of what's happening now from the Sean Morris Services Studios.

Speaker 4 (20:34):
Five thirty is our time here in Houston's Morning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories this f are
the ved meets today, don't expect an interest rate drop,
the Middle East conflict not good for oil prices, and
coming up at five thirty eight. Changes at the post
office starting April first, But will it save any money?
Details in the minute. Say hey, you're in Houston's Morning News.
First appropriate, No kidding, First though, let's check out the drive.

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We've got I forty five problems this morning, don't we
big time?

Speaker 2 (21:01):
North of here?

Speaker 5 (21:02):
Two forty two Jimmy Barrett and both ways. It's a shutdown.
They're hanging power lines. We don't we don't have a timetable.
I've talked to the authorities. It's just gonna get done
when it gets done. I would expect it to be
done before the morning. But here's the deal. We're totally
shut down on the main lanes forty five at two
forty two both ways.

Speaker 2 (21:20):
I got Jeff from Conro.

Speaker 32 (21:21):
Good morning, Sean, Mike.

Speaker 19 (21:22):
If I got off on the theater at.

Speaker 32 (21:24):
Fourteen eighty eight pre mpting this, and it's just abuko
screwed up, sitting here for twenty minutes already.

Speaker 18 (21:31):
Hopefully I'll get to work on time.

Speaker 5 (21:32):
Now, that's full blown hoobastanker here both ways, guys, and
I will write you some excuses. Skymike on the Generator
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From r KTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour Weather Center
part of the Claude Gusty afternoon Wednesdaday. High temperature right
about eighty Yep. We got a cold front coming through
on Thursday. Not much rain associated with it, but it
will cool down the temperatures by about ten degrees. We'll
talk to Terry Smith about old this in about nine minutes.
Current temperature is fifty nine at your officials Severe Weather station,

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News Radio seven forty KTRH. It's timed out with the news.
Here's Cliffs Onders.

Speaker 6 (22:08):
Thank you, Jimmy five thirty one on KTRH, top story
Your Money. The Federal Reserve begins its March meeting today
with all eyes on Chairman Jerome Palell.

Speaker 33 (22:17):
And we asked economist Peter Maurici for a preview this meeting.

Speaker 11 (22:22):
They will punt. I think they're just looking for an
opportunity to punt.

Speaker 33 (22:26):
The Fed cut interest rates three times to and last year.
So does Maurice think we'll see another cut this time?

Speaker 11 (22:34):
I no, I don't. I think that's just a stay put.

Speaker 14 (22:37):
I think the other side in action is the best
thing they can do.

Speaker 2 (22:39):
At the moment.

Speaker 33 (22:40):
In the meantime, speculation has already begun about a possible
rate cut in May.

Speaker 2 (22:46):
Jeff Biggs, News Radio seven k t E.

Speaker 6 (22:49):
And after making gains yesterday, overnight futures are down across
the board. Dow futures off by one hundred and twenty
five points.

Speaker 2 (22:57):
After the recent.

Speaker 6 (22:57):
Market correction, many investors took their money from the stock
market and put it into bonds. Now that the correction
is done, they're slowly coming back to stocks.

Speaker 34 (23:07):
Now we're seeing a little bit of buying. People are
nibbling at stocks again now that we've had an initial
ten percent correction.

Speaker 6 (23:16):
KGRH money man Patchin says this is consistent with what
we usually see during corrections, and the overall economic data
looks fine with renewed airstraction Gaza Tonight oil prices are
up this morning to sixty eight dollars and sixty one
cents a barrel. We'll have more on the Middle East
situation coming up at six o'clock. Some people are floating

(23:37):
the idea of a worldwide power grid. Theoretically it could
be done if you used underwater cables, but it won't
be easy. Rice as you ditch you up Meali says,
for one thing, it could be expensive.

Speaker 5 (23:50):
There's going to be consistent funding doing that, and I
think that's sometimes challenging.

Speaker 6 (23:54):
And of course there's the obvious question, do you really
think the entire world would cooperate with each other? Five
point thirty three Now on KTRH, the Trump administration continues
to speak out against the Obama activist judge try to
stop the deportation of hundreds of trendy Iragua members to
El Salvador. Attorney General Pam Bondi calls it judicial activism.

Speaker 26 (24:17):
What he's done is an intrusion on the president's authority.
You know this one federal judge again thinks he can
control foreign policy for the entire country, and he cannot.

Speaker 6 (24:30):
The White House did say they paid El Salvador six
million dollars to take in those illegals.

Speaker 2 (24:35):
Pennies on the dollar, they say.

Speaker 6 (24:37):
The Democrat in fighting over keeping the government running continues,
and it looks like a top Democrat leader is now
running scared.

Speaker 35 (24:46):
Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer postponing a series of book
tour events over what a spokesperson calls security concerns. A
number of protests were planned over frustrations with a top
Senate Democrat over his decision to help break the filibuster
on our Republican and President trump back spending plan to
avoid a government shutdown.

Speaker 2 (25:06):
That is Fox's Ryan Schmell's reporting.

Speaker 6 (25:08):
And with Trump back in office, the GoJ drops its
claims against Texas in a redistricting lawsuit. But there are
other cases still pending, like the one in Galveston County
and Judge Mark Henry.

Speaker 36 (25:20):
The Fifth Circuit sent the case back down to the
trial court with Justice Jeff Brown, so it currently resides
with him. We're waiting on a final order from Judge Brown,
so then we'll see what that order is when that
comes out, and where we go from there.

Speaker 2 (25:34):
That could happen in May.

Speaker 6 (25:36):
Meantime, there were tense moments at a fot Bend isd
workshop last night, with nine parents speaking out against the
proposed Blue Bonnet curriculum, which incorporates Bible references in reading classes.

Speaker 37 (25:49):
Only parents should have the rights to teach their children
about religion, especially if their children are in public school
as this is, and not a private religious school.

Speaker 6 (25:56):
One parent was actually escorted out of the meeting for
making and of seeing gesture towards the board. No parents
spoke in favor or support of the proposal. By the way,
the district has not yet even decided to adopt the curriculum.
Five point thirty five. On KTRH, the astronauts who are
stranded on the International Space Station for months are now

(26:17):
on their way home finally.

Speaker 38 (26:20):
Butch Willmore and Sonny Williams have been working on the
space station since June, when they're Boeing Starliner spacecraft developed
thruster problems.

Speaker 2 (26:27):
Splash down off.

Speaker 38 (26:28):
The Gulf coast of Florida is expected before six pm
Eastern Time. NASA and SpaceX pushed it a day earlier
because of a favorable weather forecast.

Speaker 6 (26:39):
Spots as Jonathan Serry in Florida. Now, we've talked about
AI being used to clone voices for scams. Now it
looks like the bad guys are getting even better at
pulling those off.

Speaker 32 (26:50):
Unfortunately, all good things are going to be used for evil.

Speaker 1 (26:54):
That's hard to combat.

Speaker 32 (26:55):
But I think what we need is we need organizations
to at least have some sort of verify.

Speaker 6 (27:00):
Ted closer with PCA tech solution says now all the
bad guys need are just seconds of audio to pull
this stuff off. Five point thirty six. Tonight, a rodeo Houston,
first post Malone takes center stage at NRG and tomorrow
night it's Old Dominion headlining rodeo for the second time.

Speaker 2 (27:19):
Baby saying I don't want to be on man bag.

Speaker 6 (27:25):
This weekend you'll see Brooks and Done performing for their
twenty first rodeo show since nineteen ninety two. Sunday, another
fan favorite, Luke Bryant, closes out the season, and the
Texan signed cornerback Darryl Stingley Junior to a contract extension.
A reported Jimmy get this, three years, ninety million dollars,
eighty nine million of it guaranteed.

Speaker 2 (27:47):
Must be nice.

Speaker 6 (27:48):
Stingley is now the NFL's highest paid defensive back. I'm
Cliff Saunders on Houston's News Weather in Traffic station KTRH.

Speaker 25 (27:56):
More with Jimmy Barrett and the Houston Morning Used. This
is Houston's Morning News.

Speaker 2 (28:05):
Does your mail men come twice a day?

Speaker 1 (28:07):
I can't come.

Speaker 4 (28:08):
I've never seen my mail man twice a day. Five
thirty eight is our time here in Houston's Morning News.
All right, the United States Postal Service. Some news about
the Postal Service. Yes, I know, I have a tendency
to speak poorly of them. Not all of them, mind you.
There are still some hard working individuals working for the
United States Postal Service, and it's certainly not their fault

(28:30):
that the place loses so much money. But changes will
have to happen, and evidently they have decided to cooperate
with Elon Musk and doge as far as looking at
ways they can save money. In the meantime, there's going
to be some quote unquote significant changes to first class
mail service starting April first. They picked April Fool's Day, Eh,

(28:57):
how appropriate. These changes are part of the Delivering for
America plan. Yes, a ten year strategy that addresses current
mail trends and works to solve financial challenges. Okay, I
love that. So what is changing starting in April the first,
and by the way, things have to change because over

(29:19):
the last ten years they've consistently lost money one hundred
billion loss since two thousand and seven, one hundred billion dollars.
Delivering for America will be split into two phases, will
affect first class mail, periodicals, marketing mail, and packaging services.
The first phase begins April first, the second on July first.
Fourteen percent of first class mail will be upgraded to

(29:42):
a faster standard delivered more quickly, while eleven percent will
be downgraded to a lower standard. Please note that you'll
be paying the same regardless. All first class mail will
still be delivered within the one to five business day range,
and seventy five percent of mail will remain unaffected. They
will also be adding a new five digit regional add

(30:03):
on to replace the current three digit add on, you know,
in addition to your zip code, that little digit at
the end. Postal workers will be able to leave earlier
and travel greater distances. The changes will enhance service reliability
nationwide while maintaining the existing five day service standard day

(30:24):
range for first class mail, whereas the day ranges for
end to end marketing mail, periodicals and packages will be shortened.
Oh you know what that means. That means the junk mail,
the advertising stuff that is going to have postal service priority.
That's the stuff they will deliver more quickly. The other

(30:47):
things like your bills and for people who still write
checks or or a letter. If you've heard of letters right,
Sometimes people send those, you know, looking for an old
fashioned experience. Those will be the one ones that will
take longer to get to where they're supposed to go.
In other words, they're going to put the emphasis where
the money is in making sure that the marketing stuff,

(31:07):
the junk mail, if you will, gets there more quickly.
You know, I think we should do it. Question of
the day on this one. I don't know if I've
ever asked you to weigh in and if you were
the you know, if you were in charge of the
postal service, what would be one thing you would do
to save money? What would be a change that you
would make to be more efficient or to save money.

(31:28):
You can go to the iHeartRadio app kt RH, put
us on your preset KTRH in freeset so you can
get there quickly. You get thirty seconds once you hit
the microphone. First name where you're calling from. And the
thing you would do to save money at the post
office right now? Time for traffic and weather together.

Speaker 2 (31:44):
Those cost I'm just thinking for some for some of them,
they need a lot of material too. I'm just I've
noticed that.

Speaker 4 (31:53):
So you would institute perhaps as a fitness routine. Yeah,
let's get you with all that walking. They would be
a little thinner, wouldn't you.

Speaker 5 (32:01):
My word, I have made the postal service people mad before.
Let's do forty five North at two forty two, and
that's a complete shutdown. I'm trying to get air support
here from Tammy and Channel thirteen and they're doing what
they can.

Speaker 2 (32:15):
This is forty five North at two forty two.

Speaker 5 (32:17):
It's closed both ways, so they're rehanging power lines. And
I've talked to some officials and they don't have a
timeline for when this will be done just yet. Obviously
we're working on it as quickly as we can do
it safely, but we just don't have a realistic timeline
for this. Forty five north at two forty two, that
is a complete shut down both ways. So even if

(32:40):
fifty nine is a little out of your way, do that.
Even if even if two forty nine is a little
out of your way, do that instead.

Speaker 2 (32:48):
Do that instead.

Speaker 5 (32:49):
And again, no timeline two forty two. You could take
it down to thirteen fourteen. I've got a report of
a wreck at thirteen fourteen in Gladsdale. Since we're up
here speaking of people, I make mad the toll way
north Sam westbound at Alding Westville. We're messing the left lane.
It's roadwork eastbound. You've got the work at Imperial Valley.
I'm Skymichael the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center.

Speaker 4 (33:10):
From r KTRH Generator super Center twenty four hour with center.
Terry's here. Breezy day today, Hanging power lines would not
be what I'd want.

Speaker 19 (33:17):
To be doing today.

Speaker 24 (33:18):
No, And I know that they have some sort of
criteria where it's safe for them to be out there
working and otherwise they have to kind of wait for
the winds to die down. I don't know what the
specifics are on that, so I hope they're able to
get their work done. Hey, Skymike, question for you. How
do the toll people sound?

Speaker 2 (33:37):
I forgot? Oh, They're like, well, sir, I can't give
you that information at this time. Okay, guess I talk
like that. Yeah, a lot of wind this morning, Yes,
a lot of wind. Wind advisory in effect today. Guys.
It's going to be breezy much of the day, but
we're going.

Speaker 24 (33:50):
To see these gusts as high as forty miles an
hour a time. So not a fun day to be
outside trying to repair those power lines. Nice warm day,
though comfortably warm, seventies to low eighties. Same thing tomorrow,
mid seventies to low eighties. We do have a twenty
percent chance of a shower the rest of the week's sunshine.
Now gets a little cool Thursday, close to seventy, but

(34:11):
then we start to warm back up Friday and Saturday.

Speaker 4 (34:13):
Temperature right now fifty nine at your official severe weather station.
He's ready to go seven forty ktrh What you need
to know for the day ahead. This is Houston's Morning News,
brought to you by New South Windows Solutions. So the
FED is going to meet today, and it's a safe
bet that interest rates will probably remain unchanged. They're certainly

(34:34):
not going to be lowered. I think the Fed has
made it very clear that there are not going to
be lowering interest rates. But you got to feel like
there's a significant part of the economy that is just
ready to take off if we can just get interest
rates a little bit lower. We'll talk to research fellow
with the Heritage Foundation, Parker Shepherd about that coming up next. First, though,
traffic and weather together. As we check out the drive

(34:56):
again with skyline.

Speaker 5 (34:57):
Forty five north at two forty two's totally shut on
both ways.

Speaker 2 (35:00):
There hanging power lines. I don't know how long this
will take.

Speaker 5 (35:03):
Let's get on sixty nine, get on to forty two instead,
Holly Porter Crouth.

Speaker 29 (35:07):
Bound right before the Tidwell exit.

Speaker 17 (35:10):
Looks like a four car pile up.

Speaker 5 (35:11):
All right, these texts, we'll have to zoom that at
the six o'clock I'm in the Generator Supercenter dot Com
Traffic Center from our KTRH Generator super Center.

Speaker 4 (35:19):
Twenty four hour Weather Center party Claude gusty afternoon wins
of twenty to thirty occasional forty mile per hour win
gus Hi today right about eighty morning clouds, twenty percent
shower chance for tomorrow with the high baighty three. Current
temperature is fifty nine at your officials Severe weather station.
News Radio seven forty KTRH. Check out some more of
our top Tuesday morning stories. Here's clip thank you.

Speaker 6 (35:40):
Jimmy Israel resumes air strikes on Hamas Galveson County Sheriff
Jimmy Fallen is doing the state agency trying to take
his peace officers license away over a paperwork problem. And
David Pierce returns to Rice as baseball coach. He replaces
Jose Cruz Junior, who got fired last week. Get the
latest news anytime at KTRH. Do our next update at six.

Speaker 9 (36:02):
Under the orders I signed today, even here for the
very latest, all of this will change starting today.

Speaker 1 (36:10):
Youth Radio seven KTRH.

Speaker 2 (36:14):
The're going so, you know, I'm always.

Speaker 4 (36:16):
Surprised they didn't do an updated version of that. How
long will interest rates stay high? I mean they really
should have done an update on that anyway. Parker Shepherd
is with US research fellow the Heritage Foundation. I guess
when you think about though, Parker, historically speaking, we do
not have high interest rates. We really don't remember what
high interest rates are because most of us aren't old

(36:37):
enough to remember when we had a ten or eleven
or a twelve or thirteen percent interest rate.

Speaker 18 (36:43):
Yeah.

Speaker 39 (36:44):
Absolutely, I am thankfully not old enough to remember seeing
rates that high. But it's certainly it's very high relative
to what we've seen over the past your twenty or
thirty years, because we've seen runaway inflation that the FED
is trying its hardest to clamp down on. It's been

(37:06):
trying to deal with the after effects that have come
from a lot of the pandemic spending spree, from the
American rescue plans, stimulus spending. And what we're going to
look at this next meeting is to see how they're
going to try to finish the job as they can
bring inflation all the way back down from these highs
that have been the highest that we've seen in recent memory.

Speaker 4 (37:30):
Well, certainly it's the interest you know, it's a lot
lower than it has been the inflation rate has slowed
down some. There are notable exceptions, such as egg prices,
which we all know is its own separate thing. You know,
the Middle East could effect oil prices it is right now,
that's one of those things that's a little bit uncontrollable.
But I have to wonder what do you think it
will take. We know that the big part of DOGE

(37:54):
is to cut government spending. That's certainly a big component,
don't you think in trying to get to the point
where the Fed feels comfortable lowering interest rates is we've
got to get our government spending under control.

Speaker 39 (38:05):
Absolutely, those are doing a great job of finding things
that are unnecessary that they can eliminate because government spending
is way too high, is not sustainable. Several outlays are
running about six percent ahead of where they were in
the previous fiscal year, and the economy is not growing
at six percent. And so what happens when the government

(38:28):
spends more than it has the ability to raise in
tax revenue is that it's either going to add to
the debt, which there's a limit to how much they
can run to that where they're eventually going to find
a way to resort to the monetary printing press and
try to pay for everything through raising funds in the
inflation tax by eroding the real value of people savings.

Speaker 4 (38:50):
One of the areas that certainly has suffered from inflation
and certainly has seen a great decrease, I mean historical
decrease is homes. We just aren't selling a lot of
homes right now with mortgage interest rates being what they are.
If we could get the mortgage interest rate down around
five percent, how much of a difference do you think
we would see in that particular sector.

Speaker 39 (39:12):
I think home prices are the major driver in inflation
right now. You can look the Atlanta SAD has a
sticky price CPI where they divide the items in the
CPI between goods that change rapidly in price and goods
that change slowly in price, and it's even higher than
core CPI, which is even higher than the headline CPI.

(39:33):
Their flexible priced version of that is hovering around zero.
So when the feed is keeping rates high, the prices
that can respond quickly are responding. And what's left is
that's really taking a long time to get wrung out.
Is this pricing in the housing market where things are

(39:53):
freezing up because people that were able to lock in
interest rates at the at the bottom are lows to
go back on the market. It just shows the importance
of keeping a stable and steady interest.

Speaker 2 (40:05):
Rate policy, no doubt.

Speaker 4 (40:07):
Yeah, I'm not giving up by two point eight six percent,
that's for sure, all right, Parker, Thanks for joining us.
Appreciate it, Parker Shepherd, Research fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
That's five fifty six.

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Six am is our time here in Houston's Morning News.
I'm Jimmy Barrett. Among our top stories this afre, the
ceasfire between Israel and Amas. He's over Trump. We'll speak
with Putin today and coming up at six w eight,
some ideas from you on how you would fix the
post office details coming in the minutes ahead. You're in
Houston's Morning News. First, I wish we could fix that problem.

(40:55):
Mind forty five This morning, it's ADD two forty two
total shutdown.

Speaker 2 (41:00):
Get to that. I've got a new East tex Alex.

Speaker 6 (41:02):
Tarkington Joke Jensen Parker Exit two left Wayne blocked by
an accident.

Speaker 2 (41:07):
All right, we got suckonds from the belt.

Speaker 5 (41:09):
Andy from Conro's trying to get around forty five at
two forty two.

Speaker 2 (41:12):
Good morning sky Mike.

Speaker 21 (41:14):
I did exit two forty two across the fourteen sixteen
and it is clean and green.

Speaker 2 (41:18):
I'm gonna take pitch nine on it.

Speaker 5 (41:20):
Oh my head hurts. All right, that's a total shutdown.
I'm getting some rumblings. I'll give them to you at
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Dot Com Traffic center.

Speaker 4 (41:30):
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Today light temperature right about. Eighty we'll get the complete
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(41:50):
Rh it is time now for the. News Here's Cliff.
Saunders thank, You.

Speaker 6 (41:54):
Jimmy it is six oh one on KT, rh our
top story this hour those are explosions In, gaza As
israel launches a new round of strikes on the terror Group.

Speaker 40 (42:07):
Hamas Is really military began striking what it Called hamas
terror targets after talks failed to extend the. Ceasefire Prime
Minister Benjamin netanyahu's office set the militants are refusing to release.

Speaker 6 (42:19):
Hostages Jonathan savage reporting THE idf has issued evacuations for
some areas Of, gaza signaling that this new offensive could
very well. Expand the new strikes are carried out As
President trump is on the verge of a phone call
With Russias Vladimir putin about a plan to stop the
fighting in the three year old war In.

Speaker 9 (42:38):
Ukraine everybody wants. It it's tremendous. Death the bloodshed is,
Unbelievable but in.

Speaker 6 (42:44):
A social media, Post Ukraine' Vladimir zelenski claims That putin
does not want an end to the war at this.
Point six po two, Now Texas Congressman Brandon gill says
he plans to introduce articles of impeachment this week against
The obama appointed federal judge who tried to Stop President
trump's deportation OF tda members to L. Salvador the administration

(43:07):
continues to justify that, flight As National Security Advisor Michael
waltz Tells fox that those people put everyone in.

Speaker 41 (43:14):
Danger these gang members are an arm of a foreign terrorist.

Speaker 1 (43:21):
Organization they are no different THAN.

Speaker 6 (43:23):
Isis trump invoked The Alien Enemies act of seventeen ninety
eight this past. Weekend The White house also fired back
after A french politician said THE us should return the
statue of a. Liberty Press Secretary Carolyn levitt says That
france is lucky and they'd be Speaking german if it
weren't for. Us The french parliament member made the, claim

(43:44):
citing federal firings And americans siding with quote. Tyrants trump
is reportedly preparing a list of countries to be added
to a new travel, band just like he did in
his first, term a critical step towards his goal of
restoring nationals.

Speaker 29 (43:59):
Security you have to employ every tool that's, available and
restricting the entry of people who are suspects is very
high on the list of the tools you, have.

Speaker 6 (44:11):
National Security Advisor ted Ed. Tterzanski, there the new ban
apparently Includes, Iran, Yemen, afghanistan And North. Korea SIX zo
four now the administration is looking into Former President Joe
biden's blanket pardon of The House january Sixth committee because
he may have used an auto pen as opposed to

(44:33):
signing the bills.

Speaker 42 (44:33):
Himself we want to restore The department Of justice to
an institution that focuses on fighting law and order in
crime and putting real criminals behind, bars not Targeting americans
because of their religion or their political.

Speaker 6 (44:45):
Speech Press Secretary Carolyn levitt As trump has called those
pardons quote void and. Vacant, now this is where The
democrats really. Are new polling shows that more voters WANT
aoc from the squad to lead the party as opposed
to anyone, ELSE, aoc beating Out Kamala, Harris Bernie, sanders
And Hakim. Jeffries pauling also shows that The democrat approval

(45:10):
rating is that record lows these, days and with the
midterms fast, approaching this creates an opportunity For.

Speaker 13 (45:16):
Republicans All republicans have to do now is deliver on
their campaign.

Speaker 2 (45:20):
Promises we're going to do energy, Comminents we're gonna stick
it To.

Speaker 16 (45:23):
China we're going to hold other countries accountable when they
undercut us on, trade and we've got to do it
sooner rather than, later do you?

Speaker 13 (45:29):
Be Strategist Chris johnson says the fact That democrats don't
have any popular issues to run on is helping.

Speaker 16 (45:34):
Too democrats fail to define themselves as anything other than
the opposition party To Donald. Trump that's where they're really
struggling to gain support among the general.

Speaker 13 (45:43):
Public he added that The republicans do need to move
quickly here so that they don't miss this. Opportunity Ethan
Buchanan News radio seven FORTY krh.

Speaker 6 (45:50):
And by the, Way trump plans to deliver on yet
another campaign. Promise we're expecting the release of the jfk
assassination files, today some eighty thousand pages of federal government
documents to look. Through SIX zho. Five now closer to,
home more than two thousand employees Of Harris county are
working from. Home no surprise, There but the surprise is

(46:11):
that these people are living In austin Or, dallas an
insult to the. Taxpayers Former Harris COUNTY gop Chair Jared
woodfield says it borders on, fraud but it also hurts
residents both at home and jobs.

Speaker 18 (46:24):
Wise why are we farming these jobs out To austin And,
dallas and so there's no accountability one but those folks
working In dallas And austin can't appreciate the huge problems
that we have In Harris county.

Speaker 2 (46:36):
With homelessness and our.

Speaker 18 (46:37):
Infrastructure it's a complete.

Speaker 2 (46:39):
Mess he.

Speaker 6 (46:40):
Says change will only begin at the ballot. Box court
documents have linked Ain Katie, man arrested on gun, charges
to supplying the gun used in a botched murder for
higher attempt last. Month Michael sheehy was taken into. Custody
On march, sixth six h, Six The dow closed up
three hundred and eighty three points yesterday is we look
at your. Money overnight, trading though is down across the.

(47:03):
Board this is The president wants to turn THE us
into a manufacturing. Superpower, economists, though like Lone star Cologist Hank,
lewis are concerned that regulations could get in.

Speaker 2 (47:15):
The way of.

Speaker 21 (47:15):
That it's a higher coss of labor and more regulations
to comply with may make it not as lucrative as
a manufacturing sector would.

Speaker 6 (47:23):
Like getting the businesses here is one thing keeping them,
Here he. Says that requires making it easier to do.
Business six h. Seven The rockets come back from a
twenty five point hole to Beat philadelphia in, overtime one
forty four to one thirty, seven extending their winning streak
to seven. Games I'm Cloff saunders On houston's, news weather
and traffic station k T.

Speaker 3 (47:44):
Rh stay in touch on your drive in With Jimmy
barrett and The houston morning news team.

Speaker 4 (47:54):
Around, now even that's no longer true when we will
when we've had clement weather here In, houston which is
done really that. Often but you, know if we if
we get like you, know snow or we get ice
or something like, that you won't see any mail delivery that.
Day that's that's pretty. Rare they used to deliver no
matter what the conditions. Are that no longer the. Case

(48:16):
here's the, thing you, know this comes up all the.
Time we know THAT doge is looking to make some
major cuts at THE Us Postal service because they've lost
one hundred billion dollars in the last twenty some odd
years and we've got to make. Changes it's unsustainable. Now
to its, credit the Post office is the one government
entity that actually brings in, income but it doesn't bring

(48:40):
in enough income to pay for. Itself so if we
were looking at a private business, model it doesn't. Work
it doesn't. Work it only works with the idea that
the government is the only one that can deliver you the.
Mail that is not the. Case we have Fed eggs
and you and other. Services why not subcontract with them

(49:04):
to deliver mail along with delivering. PACKAGES i think privatization
is a good, idea and evidently some of you. Agreed
we're taking your. Comments by the, way what would be
the one, thing pick one thing that you would do
to fix The United States Postal service to you either
save a ton of money so it could continue to,
exist or to replace it. Somehow you can go to

(49:27):
the iHeartRadio app kt R, h put us on your
preset button that we can you can find us just
like you can on your car. Radio very quickly you
hit the. Microphone you get thirty. SECONDS i need first,
name where you're calling from and your. Ideas please go.

Speaker 33 (49:41):
REPORTER i.

Speaker 43 (49:43):
Privatize there's some sell it off to a company LIKE
ups Or Bad acts or OR dhl and with them
Handle apparently they don't know how to manage their. Money
tigers just needs to just go away from books, office

(50:04):
Celebrating god.

Speaker 39 (50:07):
In your services you want to be.

Speaker 33 (50:09):
Spending the Postal service is the epitome of government.

Speaker 16 (50:12):
Institution absolutely needs to be, disbanded, disbarred.

Speaker 36 (50:19):
Disassembled they're.

Speaker 1 (50:22):
Ridiculous.

Speaker 4 (50:24):
Dismissed let them go six ten dime for traffic and weather.
Together there's an eight hundred pound gorilla in the.

Speaker 5 (50:30):
Room, somebody come come, on you know the answer KTR h,
listeners you know what this answer.

Speaker 2 (50:36):
Is i'll give you a.

Speaker 5 (50:36):
Clue it'll make heads explode if you say this. Name all,
Right so the good news is they've cleared that power line.

Speaker 39 (50:46):
Thing they.

Speaker 2 (50:47):
Got where are your power? Lines you? KNOW i got
your power.

Speaker 5 (50:49):
Lines they put them up both ways forty five north
at two forty.

Speaker 2 (50:53):
Two now the suck is just still. There let's get
around At mike From.

Speaker 39 (50:57):
Huntsville Good morning's Got mike the hooshta at, Two take
to forty two.

Speaker 6 (51:03):
To, goslin over to ninety, nine back to forty.

Speaker 20 (51:06):
Five all.

Speaker 2 (51:07):
RIGHT i think that backup is going to be there
a long.

Speaker 5 (51:09):
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Afternoon, yeah as the sun comes, UP i think the
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Rockies it's intensifying and that's going to help to kick
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Told that we have a New trump travel ban. Coming
we were talking about this a little bit. Yesterday you,
know countries Like libya are on the list of total,
bands you, Know somalia. Not most of them are not
places that you are likely to travel. To but one
really got my attention because It's, cuba and we've always
had a policy For. Cubans if you're able to get

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to the shores of The United, states we take you.

Speaker 2 (53:53):
In is that going to?

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Cuban six twenty two is our time here In houston's morning, news,
Right Ryan, morris WILL Us Investigative research At Capital Research,
center forty one countries would have at least a partial travel.
Band from what we're hearing about this new Potential trump
order on, traveling some would be a complete revocation of
your ability to. Travel there In cuba is on that, List,

(56:06):
Ryan i'm a little surprised to See cuba. There we've
kind of had more of a normal relationship with, them
at least from a traveling, standpoint.

Speaker 2 (56:15):
For the last few.

Speaker 4 (56:15):
Years we've always had a policy of Allowing cubans who
can make it to our shores to stay here in this.

Speaker 2 (56:21):
Country is that going to?

Speaker 44 (56:21):
Change if the so called travel ban is in fact
a travel ban has described AND i don't think it
actually will look like, this then, yes the policy Towards
cubans would. Change but the reason THAT i think that
whatever the final product is is going to be very
different is because during the First trump administration when he

(56:43):
so called ban travel from Seven moslim majority. COUNTRIES i
THINK i was the only ANALYST i saw on Even
fox pointing out that if you looked at the exact,
words there are all these exceptions to, it like all
the reasonable exceptions that you would, say like you, know
medical need or profoundly in the interests of The United

(57:04):
states and can show it all these LOOT i guess
you'd called the, bluepoles but exceptions that even from those
countries you could still come into The United, states therefore
making it not a. Ban i'm hoping that whenever some
whatever version of this comes, out particularly in regards To.
AFGHANISTAN i, MEAN i know Many afghance you served WITH

(57:26):
us forces that are still waiting to get out of
there as A taliban you, know could potentially kill. Them
And i'm hoping that whatever is the final version has
an exception so that we can start in that process along,
again because right now it's.

Speaker 2 (57:41):
Frozen.

Speaker 4 (57:42):
Yeah if that's the, case then it sounds to me
like what they really want to do is they really
want to be able to fully vet whoever's coming from these.
Countries in other, words we need to know who you,
are why you're coming, here what your background. Is in other,
words we don't want to just accept you because you're
from that. Country we want to make sure we know
who you, are.

Speaker 44 (58:02):
Right and it's also a pressure tactic because a lot
of these countries don't do things like submit forged documents
that they come across into THE, interpal like this international
database that countries, share so that they can identify such
criminals in their own countries later. On so it is
a pressure. Tactic there's three categories according to the. Reports
the one is supposedly no one can come in from

(58:25):
these countries in the first.

Speaker 2 (58:26):
CATEGORY i don't think that will actually.

Speaker 44 (58:28):
Happen the second one is you have to actually have
an in person interview and undertake additional procedures in order to.
Come and then the third is basically you're on warning
that you could be in either of those other two
categories if the countries don't improve their. Procedures one CONCERN
i do have is that in terms of vetting is

(58:49):
that there isn't an agreement yet as of what that looks.
Like so then you have to have the agreement and
then you have to implement, it and so that could
take a law Time it's not as simple as just,
saying let's let's put it in a better vetting.

Speaker 4 (59:04):
System, yeah all, Right easier said than. Done in other, Words,
okay good to hear from, you, sir. Appreciated Ryan, morrow
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Jimmy lenders have turned more, cautious and The Federal Reserve
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for oil prices at least for. Now and coming up
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there'll be a run On european. Wine details in the minutes.

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Speaker 4 (01:06:59):
Barrett, alright so we've got tariffs getting ready to go
into effect here fairly soon within the next few. Weeks
On european wine and. Spirits so if you Like irish
whiskey and you'd like to get it From, ireland there'd
be two hundred percent terify on. That if you Like french,
champagne despite what they say about the giving back The

(01:07:22):
statue Of, liberty then that's a two hundred percent up
charge for. You so we're kind of curious you, know
is there a run on booze right? Now are people
going to the liquor store and stocking up On french
wine Or italian wine or whatever it. Is Blake leonard
works For Stu. Leonards of Course. St leonard is her.

(01:07:43):
Father it's a Big East coast not, really it's kind
of like a small, family mom and pop kind of grocery.
Store but they do sell a lot of wine and
spirits in their. Store here she is talking about how
it may have an impact on their.

Speaker 2 (01:07:59):
Business a, year.

Speaker 48 (01:08:00):
About four million of the wines and spirits that we
sell that go out the, door half of it is
From europe and so you, know really this tariff would,
be you, know have an impact on those sales of
those products on the. Shelf what's really interesting is over the,
weekend being in our, stores customers were stalking up and you,
know it is an uncertain. Time we don't know what's

(01:08:22):
going to, happen but you know it doesn't hurt to
go out and grab your favorite bottle of wine and
spirit right, now especially tequila or. Champagne you, KNOW i
think this is a good, example a bottle of champagne.
Here you, know this at least costs starting around sixty
dollars a. Bottle you can go To california where they
make share sparkling wine in the same style at a

(01:08:43):
champagne for half the. Price so you do have a
lot of those opportunities where you can switch. Consumers DURING,
covid as we, saw they had to, pivot they had
to try something, new the same thing. Here sonset From
france that only can be made in that certain region
can go and find a great bottle Of sonyo blanc From.
California so consumers will have to do that because the

(01:09:06):
cost of these imported products would be so expensive on the.

Speaker 4 (01:09:10):
Shelf, yeah not a good time to be a wine.
SNOB i guess we're kind of curious of what it's
doing here In. Houston so we're going to check in
with the folks From specs today and maybe we can
get somebody on From spex tomorrow morning to see if
they're experiencing something. Similar is there is there a real
run right Now specs on you, Know french And italian
wine and Other european wines and, spirits of whether they

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sing at their stores all over The Greater houston area
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Tariffs my favorite drink is made In. Tennessee let's do
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and we'll check further out in just a. Moment here
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Ways Alding westfield westbound Eastbound Imperial.

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from The woodlands down at this.

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Point let's go ahead and stay the.

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It so the breezy part is what we're going to
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up to forty miles an hour is with us from
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Temperature is another comfortable day like, yes mid seventies to low.
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we could get a shower as it moves. Through we're
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eighties but we're cooler behind the. Front thursday uppers sixties
to low. Seventies, thursday and Then friday And saturday is
Still sunday and we'll start to warm back. Up so
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Jimmy there are New israeli air strikes On gaza After
hamas rejected several hostage release. Deals the grandfa that was
killed at that McDonald's shooting Near katie over the, weekend,
well he was there getting happy meals for his grandkids
at the. Time and residents In montrose have reported an
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right so today we get the big release And i'm
Not i'm glad they're doing. It i'm not super excited about.
IT i don't really think there's going to be anything in.
There Although President trump is asking for no reactions and
he Put tulci gabbartd in charge of. This so, anyway

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he made the announcement yesterday about the release of these.
Documents he was at The Kennedy center when he had.

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Files so people have been waiting for decades for, this
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A tremendous amount of. Paper you've got a lot of.
READING i don't believe we're going to redact. ANYTHING i,
said just don't. Retact you can't. Redact but we're going
to be releasing THE jfk files and that would be.
Tomorrow do you have anything else to add to, That,
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yesterday sometime this afternoon they will be, released and of
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Studios seven am is our. Time you're In Houston's Morning.
News I'm Jimmy. Barrett among our top stories this half,
hour The Israel hamas ceasefire is. Over, Trump we'll speak
With putin today and coming up at seven oh, Eight
Al green And Federal union workers protest AT nasa here In.
Houston details in the minutes. Ahead you're In houston's warning.

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mike let's go to the north. Side, here clear the
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Sanders thank.

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Hour all those who seek to terrorize not Just, israel
but also The United states Of america will see a
price to.

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Pay White house Spokesperson Carolyn Levitt israel launching airstrikes On
hamas In gaza as the ceasefire between the two sides has.

Speaker 8 (01:20:49):
Collapsed we are told By israeli officials that all options
remain on the, table and this includes the possibility of
a ground. Component there was a brief statement released by
The Israeli Prime, Minister Benjamin. Netanyahussein from now, On israel
will operate Against tamas with increasing military.

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Force fox's trey yinst In Tel aviv The strakes com
As President trump holds a high stakes call With Vladimir
putin today as he seeks peace In.

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Europe we're getting down to a very critical stage and
we want to get the Whole Rushia ukraine thing.

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Done but if video posted ON X Ukraine's Voladimir zelenski
claims That putin does not want to stop the fighting
seven oh, three The obama Federal johns who ordered the
deportation flights OF tda members to L salvador stopped might face.
Impeachment Texas Congressman Brandon gill announced plans to file articles

(01:21:47):
of impeachment this. Week, Meantime borders Our Tom homan had
the perfect response to a reporter asking About trump's invocation of.

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Speaker 10 (01:21:59):
Enemies do you say to those who claim you're using
a two hundred year old law to circumvent, You, president
and no law.

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Not as all as. Constitution we still pay attention to,
that don't?

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We and Then homan walked. AWAY, yep a mic drop.
Moment the administration is also considering a new travel band
targeting more than forty.

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Countries this travel ban includes countries that are openly hostile
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Yemen what we have is information that speaks to national
security threats that are emanating from those.

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Countries national security Expert Ed tarzanski, says despite the clear
need for these travel, bands expect.

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Resistance the last time the claim was that this was
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Band why because it serves other, Interests the same sort
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SO ktrhs Buck. Sexton The democrat civil war over keeping
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same poll shows that support for The democrats continues to,
Crater so how Can republicans take advantage heading into next year's.

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Midterms we just don't really need to beat them over
the head too, much and we can spend so much
time for creating the pod division for what we're.

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About so there's a great opportunity FOR.

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US gop Strategist Chris johnson, says as long As republicans
deliver on their campaign, Promises democrat approval will continue to.
Drop speaking of those, Promises President trump says he plans
to release the files related to the jfk assassination later
today seven oh Six here at, home did you know
that more than two Thousand Harris county employees are still

(01:24:13):
working from? Home on top of, that they're living In
dallas And.

Speaker 17 (01:24:17):
Austin it's a slap in the face to taxpayers as
they continue wasting and abusing.

Speaker 18 (01:24:21):
Resources who's watching, Them who's making sure they're doing the
job they're supposed to be doing?

Speaker 20 (01:24:26):
It why aren't we hiring people From Harris.

Speaker 17 (01:24:27):
County Former Harris COUNTY gop Chair Jared woodfill, says it
makes the employees tone deaf to our, problems and it's
time to go full doge on the.

Speaker 19 (01:24:36):
County what we need to do is identify who those individuals,
are make sure those individuals are removed from the, payroll
and make sure those jobs are.

Speaker 18 (01:24:43):
Cut and then people need to be loud and.

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Vocal he.

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Says the solutions also at the ballot box by bringing
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And arrest in the shooting of Two Pasadena Memorial High
school students last. Month Damian ice is now facing two
charges of aggravated assault with a deadly. Weapon seven h.
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Traffick this Is Houston's Morning news With Jimmy. Arrett, yeah
we had a LITTLE nasa situation yesterday here In. Houston
we had a protest going On Al green was, There,
No not The Reverend Al, green not the Kol Al,
green the R Al.

Speaker 2 (01:25:41):
Green you, know the guy with the.

Speaker 4 (01:25:43):
Cane they get kicked out of the kicked out of
the state of The union, speech or whatever you want
to call.

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It, yeah That Al. Green are we proud of?

Speaker 4 (01:25:51):
Him so he's there with some federal government union workers
protesting potential doge nuts TO nasa and The United States
Post office, because after, all these things are sacred and
we should spend every single dollar on those things that are,
budgeted regardless of how the money is being. Spent here's

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Speaking out against how they are being targeted by The
trump administration as efforts for widespread workforce cuts.

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Continue we are being.

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Misrepresented as, fraud, waste and. Abuse we are here to
say we are Loyal americans working For america being threatened
with being fired as a huge.

Speaker 49 (01:26:46):
Distraction part of today's events here at The Johnson Space
center included air rally by union groups representing federal, workers
including those AT. Nasa they are concerned about the cuts
being considered by The trump. Administration among those support this
group today Is Huston Congressman Al. Green talk to me
about why you thought it was some part for you

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to be here.

Speaker 51 (01:27:07):
Today, well it's important for these persons who are protesting
lawfully and peacefully to note that The congress has.

Speaker 2 (01:27:14):
Not left them.

Speaker 41 (01:27:15):
Alone Congressman green voiced his support for federal, workers calling
the rapid pace of workforce cuts. Unacceptable The houston congressman
also drawing attention to The United States Postal service after
Outgoing Postmaster General Lewis joy agreed to work WITH doge with.

Speaker 1 (01:27:29):
Plans to cut ten thousand.

Speaker 51 (01:27:31):
Workers we cannot ALLOW usps to be, doged to allow
it to be taken into the hands of a plutocrat
who does not understand what THE usps is all.

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About we could not allow THE usps to be doged
By pluto. Crat Trump, bean The pluto crat that he's referring.
To of, course, again you, know when you lose one
hundred billion dollars over the course of about twenty, years
you need to be doged.

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Way and you know that was part of the protest
yesterday seven. Ten time for traffic and weather, together Sky,
mike what was your idea to save post office?

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Money by the, way how could we save money with
THE us? Post all?

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RIGHT i have so many sweet left wing e friends
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Five it started.

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Overnight they did some power line rehannging to forty, two
and the word did not get out that. WELL i
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There you knew it here K grh, listeners we're awfully
thick from The woodlands. Down it's about a forty minute,
crawl but it's getting. BETTER i would stay the course

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Speaker 4 (01:30:57):
Right so it turns out we have a number Of
Harris county employees who are working from, home but their
home is not In Harris. County their home is nowhere
Near Harris. County their homes are In austin and In.
Dallas now do we hire those people knowing that that's
where they, lived or have they since moved there and

(01:31:19):
just didn't bother to tell. Anybody we'll talk To Jared,
woodville Former Harris COUNTY gop, chairman about all this in
just a. Moment, first we've got traffic and weather. Together
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(01:32:16):
some of our top stories this. Morning Here's, Cliff.

Speaker 2 (01:32:18):
Thank, You. Jimmy The fed begins Its march.

Speaker 6 (01:32:20):
Meetings, Today Harris county Attorney Christian menafee is running For
congress with the endorsement Of Shila jackson's Lead Chila Jackson lee's.
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Years, Hi Donald John, trumpet what happens? Next, no who
knows what happens?

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Speaker 4 (01:33:04):
Forty all, right we've got folks working from, home but
they're not working from home In Harris. County no more
than two Thousand Harris county employees work from, home but
some of them don't live In Harris. County some of
them don't live in suburban areas Like Fort Ben. County

(01:33:26):
they live In austin Or. Dallas Jared woodfield joins us
Former Harris COUNTY gop. Chairman i'm not sure how many
people this, Involves, Jared but are these people who are
hired knowing that that's where they lived In austin or In,
dallas or are these people who have since moved since
getting this job and we just didn't realize that's where they.

Speaker 2 (01:33:44):
Work, well great to be with.

Speaker 18 (01:33:46):
You this, Morning, jimmy but, yeah it's over two thousand.
Individuals these are individuals that aren't living In houston Or
Harris county even they're living, in as.

Speaker 2 (01:33:53):
You, Said dallas And.

Speaker 18 (01:33:54):
Austin and most of these folks came in Around march
of twenty twenty when the HEAD dogo had to stay
at home work orders that were put in.

Speaker 2 (01:34:02):
Place but what's so amazing about this is thanks to the.

Speaker 18 (01:34:05):
Great work Of Commissioner, ramsey we were able to uncover,
this or he was able to uncover. This they stonewalled
and did everything they could to keep him from getting
the information he, requested and he finally got, it but
they can't give him answers to why these folks are
still working In dallas And austin and they can't tell
him what they're even. Doing so we've got a whole,

(01:34:25):
Lot we've got a whole lot of empty buildings In
Harris county and workers that were paying for living In
dallas In, austin and it's just another example of government
abuse and waste the county.

Speaker 4 (01:34:37):
Level, Okay, WELL i think you had just identified the biggest.
Problem we don't even know what they're doing or why
they were hired to begin. With and if you're talking
about two thousand, people do we have any idea how
this Impacts Harris county's bottom? Line how much money we
spending on these? People, WELL i, mean you just do the.

Speaker 18 (01:34:53):
MATH i, mean these individuals are probably making on average
one hundred thousand dollars a year for doing who knows,
what absolutely no accountability and the rules and work that they're.
Doing they don't live in the jurisdiction where it's. Occurring
SO i, mean it's just another example of why we
need A Harris county version Of. DOZE i, mean we've
seen at the national, level we've seen at the state,

(01:35:15):
level we've even seen at the city level leadership requiring
employees to go back to work That you're no longer
going to be allowed to work from, home where there's no,
accountability where there's, waste where there's, abuse where there's. Fraud
and thank The lord for A Commissioner ramsey who's standing
up and working to shine the light a day on this.

Speaker 4 (01:35:31):
ABUSE i will Give John whitmyer credit the mayor of
The city Of. Houston he won't call it, doze but
he is trying to find cost cutting measures because he
knows he has at least a three hundred million dollar
deficit to try to. FILL i hope he takes it
past that Because i'm pretty sure there's more than three
hundred million dollars in waste in The city Of. Houston
last question for, You, jared is there a residency requirement
to work In Harris? County in other, words if you

(01:35:52):
work For Harris county, government do you have to live
In Harris?

Speaker 2 (01:35:55):
County absolutely, Not and that's one of the things that
we need to put.

Speaker 18 (01:35:59):
IN i, mean the folks that work In Harris county
need to be responsible or live under the, laws the
rules of the regulations that they work to, implement and
so that needs to be changed at the county. Level
but there's a whole lot of things that The democrat
controlled a county administration needs to change that unfortunately is
not happening because, Look jimmy's bottom, line it's our, money

(01:36:20):
it's our taxpayer dollars that are paid for this, waste this,
abuse and this.

Speaker 4 (01:36:24):
Fraud, yep well and good luck and fixing. IT i
think the best way to fix this problem is through,
elections but we'll have to wait and see how that.
Goes Jared, Woodfille thank, you, sir as far As Harris
COUNTY gop Chair Jared woodville seven twenty. Seven time to
take a look at your money as we check in
again With Jeff bellinger And.

Speaker 30 (01:36:42):
Jimmy speaking of government, workers federal agencies say nearly twenty
five thousand probationary employees have been fired Since Inauguration. Day
it is the fullest accounting so far of the government's workforce.
Reductions stock market future is lower this. Morning the now
futures are down seventy. Four I'm Jeff. Bellinger You're Bloomberg
business On News radio seven FORTY KTRH.

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Studios it is seven Thirty now you're In Houston's Warning.
News I'm Jimmy. Barrett among our top stories this half,
hour The fed meets, today don't expect any interest rate,
Draw Middle east conflict not good for oil, prices and
coming up at seven thirty, eight the latest on the
price of. Eggs details in the minutes. Ahead you're In

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Houston's Morning. News, first we're taking out that morning drive.
Again curious Sky, MIKE i jinxed The.

Speaker 5 (01:37:46):
Katie freeway just said something good in the two minute warning.
There but inbound right at the, tollway looks like we
may have a stall over on the. Side i've got
backups From Grand parkway. Hits i'm about an extra twelve
minutes and West Sam lookout. Northbound that's a stall that
connector ramp to. Iten things are getting crazy There Nord.
Freeway we found a record research forest on the. Outbound

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i'll zoom that at the forty. Break jim From kingwood
gave Me Grand parkway westbound.

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There it is a Scuffle halton After Riley fuzzle.

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Which is fun to, say but it's annoying to be in.
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Here's Cliff. Saunders thank, You.

Speaker 6 (01:38:49):
Jimmy it is seven thirty two ON. Ktrh our top
story your. Money The fed begins Its march meetings today
with all eyes On Chairman' jerome pal and.

Speaker 33 (01:38:58):
We asked Bonomist Peter maurice for a preview this.

Speaker 11 (01:39:03):
Meeting they will.

Speaker 16 (01:39:04):
PUNT i think they're just looking for an opportunity to.

Speaker 33 (01:39:06):
Punt The fed cut interest rates three times to and last,
year so Does maurice think we'll see another cut this?

Speaker 1 (01:39:14):
Time, NO i.

Speaker 11 (01:39:15):
DON'T i think that's just a stick. PUT i think
the other side inaction is the best thing they can
do at the.

Speaker 33 (01:39:20):
Moment in the, meantime speculation has already begun about a
possible rate cut In.

Speaker 2 (01:39:26):
May Jeff Biggs News radio seven K t eight.

Speaker 6 (01:39:30):
Overnight training is down eighty eight points after an update
On Wall street. Yesterday after the recent market, connection many
investors took their money from the stock market and put
it into. Bonds now that the correction is, over or
at least done for, now they're slowly coming back to.

Speaker 2 (01:39:47):
Stocks now we're seeing a little bit of.

Speaker 34 (01:39:50):
Buying people are nibbling at stocks again now that we've
had an initial ten percent.

Speaker 6 (01:39:55):
CORRECTION ktrh Money Man patchion says this is concent and
with what we usually see during market, corrections and the
overall economic data looks. Fine with renewed air strikes In,
gaza overnight oil prices are up this morning to sixty
eight dollars and fifty four cents a. Barrel will have
more on the new strikes In gaza at eight. O'clock

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some people are floating the idea of a worldwide power. Grid,
theoretically it can be done with underwater. Cables but it's
not so. Easy RICE'S Aditya mahite, says for one, thing
it would be.

Speaker 51 (01:40:29):
Costly there's going to be consistent funding doing, that AND
i think that's sometimes.

Speaker 6 (01:40:33):
Challenging and then of course there's the obvious question would
the entire world actually? Cooperate seven thirty Four, now The
trump administration continues to speak out against the, judge The
obama judge that tried to stop the deportation of hundreds
OF tda members To El. Salvador Attorney General Pam bondi
called it judicial.

Speaker 26 (01:40:54):
Activism what he's done is an intrusion on the president's.
Authority you know this one federal judge again thinks he
can control foreign policy for the entire country and he.

Speaker 6 (01:41:06):
Cannot that same federal judge wants the administration to explain
those flights by eleven o'clock this. Morning, Houston John The
democrat in fighting over keeping the government open continues in
a Top democrat leader is apparently running.

Speaker 35 (01:41:21):
Scared Senate Minority Leader Chuck schumer postponing a series of
book tour events over what a spokesperson calls security. CONCERNS
a number of protests were planned over frustrations with a
Top Senate democrat over his decision to help break the
filibuster on Our republican And president trump back spending plan
to avoid a government Shutdown.

Speaker 6 (01:41:41):
Foxes Ryan, schmills and With trump back in, office THE
doj has dropped claims Against texas in a redistricting, case
but there are other cases still, pending like the one
In Galveston county And County Judge Mark henry.

Speaker 36 (01:41:55):
The Fifth circuit sent the case back down to the trial,
court With Justice Jeff brown currently resides with. Him we're
waiting on a final order From Judge, brown so then
we'll see what that order is when that comes, out
and where.

Speaker 2 (01:42:08):
We go from. There that could happen In.

Speaker 6 (01:42:10):
May there were some tense moments last night at A
Fork BEND isd workshop with parents speaking out against the
proposed bluebonded, curriculum which Incorporates bible references and reading.

Speaker 37 (01:42:21):
Classes only parents should have the rights to teach their
children about, religion especially if their children are in public school.

Speaker 2 (01:42:26):
As this, is and not a private religious.

Speaker 6 (01:42:28):
School one parent was thrown out of the meeting for
making an obscene. Gesture no parents spoke up in support
of the. Proposal the district has not yet decided what
to do with the. Curriculum seven point thirty. Six the
astronauts who are stranded on The International Space station for
months are finally on their way.

Speaker 38 (01:42:46):
Home Butch willmore And Sonny williams have been working on
the space station Since, june when They're Boeing starliner spacecraft
developed thruster.

Speaker 2 (01:42:53):
Problems splash down off The.

Speaker 38 (01:42:55):
Gulf coast Of florida is expected before six Pm eastern.
Time I'M nasa AND SpaceX pushed to the day earlier
because of a favorable weather.

Speaker 2 (01:43:05):
Forecast Jonathan, sarah reporting From.

Speaker 6 (01:43:07):
Florida we've talked ABOUT ai being used to clone voices for.
Scams if now it looks like the bad guys are
even getting better at pulling them.

Speaker 32 (01:43:15):
Off, unfortunately all good things are going to be used for.
Evil that's hard to. Combat BUT i think what we
need is we need organizations to at least have some
sort of.

Speaker 6 (01:43:25):
Verification Ted closer WITH Pca Tech solutions, says all the
bad guys need now is seconds of audio to pull
these scams.

Speaker 2 (01:43:33):
Off seven thirty.

Speaker 6 (01:43:34):
SIX A Rodeo Euston First tonight is rapper turned country
music star Post malone takes the stage AT Nrg, tomorrow
It's Old dominion as the headline, act.

Speaker 2 (01:43:44):
Maybe saying THAT i don't want to be On Man.

Speaker 11 (01:43:48):
Bang and this.

Speaker 6 (01:43:49):
Weekend you'll See Brookston done in their twenty first show
AT nrg since nineteen ninety. Two And, sunday another fan,
Favorite Luke bryan closes out The rodeo, season and The
texan signed Cornerback Darryl Stingley junior to a contract, extension
a reported three year deal worth ninety million dollars eighty
nine million. Guaranteed he's now the NFL's highest paid. Cornerback

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I'm Cliff saunders On Houston's, News weather And traffic STATION.

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BARRETT i get my kids cheaper to get the kiss
than to get the. Eggs seven thirty eight is our
time here On Houston's Morning. News high price of baggs
continues to be a major. Topic Madison allworth On Fox
business was doing a feature on, it and although the
price of eggs has come, down it still is at

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very high.

Speaker 2 (01:44:44):
Levels here is her. Report this is why The.

Speaker 1 (01:44:47):
Justice department is opening an.

Speaker 52 (01:44:49):
Investigation they're looking into if major producers are violating antitrust
laws by sharing information about supply and, pricing conspiring to
keep prices. Higher but The American Egg board says this
is a story of supply and. Demand farmers have been
battling bird flu and Losing.

Speaker 53 (01:45:09):
Since january of twenty twenty, five the start of this,
year we've lost more than thirty million birds and. Counting
last week was actually the first week we went a
full week without a new farm having an outbreak of
The amian. Flu so those this impact has been devastating
on our. Industry it's been devastating on our. Farmers and
LIKE i, said our farmers are in the sight of their, lives.

Speaker 11 (01:45:32):
You.

Speaker 52 (01:45:32):
Know but the other people that are losing are the
businesses and the. Consumers we're here At roccos where every
egg dish is now a dollar fifty more expensive because
of the cost of. EGGS i have the manager, Here Mary.
Josephine have you talked when you talk to your suppliers
about the egg?

Speaker 2 (01:45:46):
Prices have you.

Speaker 1 (01:45:46):
Talked to them about these high?

Speaker 2 (01:45:47):
Costs what have those conversations been.

Speaker 54 (01:45:49):
Like so we initially thought when we looked at one
of our invoices that the pricing was incorrect or we
were getting. Scammed we actually called another vendor who confirmed
the egg. PRICES i mean last week alone they were
upwards of two hundred and thirty. Dollars so it's just it's,
crazy it's an exuberant amount of.

Speaker 1 (01:46:06):
Money and so we ran through the prices at the
top of the.

Speaker 52 (01:46:09):
Report but you just had eggs delivered this past, Week
so tell me how much were those, eggs and then
maybe compare back To december and pre this strain of
the bird, flu what were you paying for your delivery of?

Speaker 54 (01:46:19):
Eggs so as of last week they were two hundred
and thirty dollars for a thirty. Dozen back In, december
it was about one hundred and twenty two dollars for
a case of thirty. Dozen and just a few years,
back we were looking at anywhere between thirty eight to sixty.

Speaker 4 (01:46:34):
Dollars thirty eight to sixty dollars two years ago for
thirty dozen. Eggs if you're a, restaurant now two hundred
and thirty dollars and you wonder why there's an egg
surcharge or or or or why menu prices for breakfast
have gone up so much THAT i guess the good

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news IS i mean it has come down. Some if
you go to the grocery store and you get a dozen,
eggs there was a point in time where it was
very close to nine dollars for a dozen. Eggs that's
down around five dollars, now but it is still at
historically high levels seven forty time for traffic and weather
together like three or four more. Dollars At denny's the other,
DAY i WISH i didn't like eggs so, much guy,

(01:47:17):
MINE i love, them and you know they're happy to
see me When i've become that old Man jimmy that
comes Into denny's and they're happy to see.

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Me, oh do you order the? Usual?

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Seriously, SERIOUSLY i don't have to make an, order and
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and then At wayside it's just smush and you're stuck
in that. Business an extra nineteen minutes that, way they'll

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Traffic. Center terry we've got to have a party by
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Anywhere where we can get away from. The pollen it
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The, poly yeah the pollen, this morning, You, Know Jimmy
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Interesting timbit the pollen is typically highest in the morning
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That might be when it bothers you.

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The MOST but i suspect pollen's going to be running
high for some time now with the, warmer temperatures.

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And the plants and trees are super happy. About that
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Warm day but it's a breezy day today mid seventies to.
Low eighties this afternoon tomorrow we have a twenty percent
chance of submarine mid seventies to.

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Low eighties call front. Moves Out so thursday you'll notice
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In temperature it's a gorgeous, sunny day upper sixties to,
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Windows solutions it is a seven to fifty Here In Houston's.
Morning news so the reaction continues to come in On
that obama appointed federal judge who, basically said you can't
you can't Deport these venezuelan. Gang members you have to bring.
Them back of course we didn't bring. Them back now

(01:50:23):
there are calls for this judge to. Be impeached as you,
Can Imagine, tom holman our borders are didn't mince any
words talking about. This guy share some of that conversation
with you coming. Up next but first we've got traffic and,
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Speaker 6 (01:51:58):
You jimmy israel resumes here Strikes on hamas after the
terrorists rejected several hostage. Deal Proposals president trump Talks To Russias.
Vladimir Putin Today Tonight's mega million's jackpot three hundred and one.
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Speaker 4 (01:52:23):
The ten, you know the problems are really south of
the border. Right now the problems are north of the
border right here In The, united states where we have
activist judges trying to circumvent the deportation of. Gang members
these are. Gang members they were on their Way To
el salvador for maximum security prison is where they were

(01:52:47):
going to go to keep them from harming. Anybody else
and if you've seen, the video the videos are really.
Quite amazing of they don't they're not messing Around In
el salvador with. These people you'll fully, had cuff, you
know had their, head shaved had their beard, shaved off,
you know put in their little prison outfits and the way.
They go so they're gonna get an OPPORTUNITY to i,

(01:53:12):
don't know maybe spend a lot of years. IN jail
i don't know if any of them can be rehabilitated.

Speaker 47 (01:53:17):
Or not.

Speaker 4 (01:53:17):
Probably not, but uh what why would why would a
judge want to turn the plane around and bring those
people back To The. United states what the hell are they?
Thinking here is Borders Are. TOM homan i.

Speaker 12 (01:53:30):
Don't know why any judge would want terrorists return To The.
UNITED states, i, mean uh, you said first, of all, that.

Speaker 13 (01:53:35):
Video what a beautiful thing to see.

Speaker 12 (01:53:37):
It incredible Look The president trump by proclamation in both
the authorities Of The Alien, alienemies act which has right
to do and and it's a. Game changer and we
removed over two hundred Violent Criminals, united states JUST, not
tda BUT also. Ms thirteen, they Actually The president trump

(01:53:57):
made this country safe for every, criminal alien, every criminal public,
safety threat and national. Security threat removing this country makes the.
Country safer that's What the american voters. Voted for that's
our mandate Of. The president president's keeping. Us promise, This
President president trump's a. Game Changer The Alien enemies act
has been used in a. Long time and WHEN when
i watched the VIDEO and i SAW and i was involved,

(01:54:18):
this week when this, whole movement there's an.

Speaker 2 (01:54:20):
Extraordinary thing What.

Speaker 12 (01:54:21):
The president trump is doing to keep Us promise american
people to make this country, safe again and is going
and you're doing a. Fabulous job there was a court
emergency court hearing on five five people that were were
on schedule to. Be deported the judge had a written
order that say these five people can't be removed.

Speaker 1 (01:54:38):
Right now it wasn't.

Speaker 12 (01:54:39):
Until this flight was already international waters heading heading Down
To el salvador that the judge made some comment about returning.

Speaker 2 (01:54:47):
The flights we're already in.

Speaker 12 (01:54:48):
International waters we're outside of the Borders The united states
on the Borders are once you're outside of, the border,
you know it is what. It is whether they're in
international waters already on the, way south close.

Speaker 47 (01:54:58):
To landing.

Speaker 12 (01:54:59):
You know we did what we did what we had,
to do, remove terraces, public states significant public safety trust
From The united states by the order of the proclamation
By The President. United states we did the. Right, thing yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:55:11):
You did.

Speaker 4 (01:55:13):
Hopefully, that judge well of that judge is gonna wake
up and, realize that you, know what plenty of more
activist judges over the next three years who will make.
Things difficult, but no we'll just stay, the course, All,
RIGHT hey i get, a reminder a few. Spots left
we're Going in June. To greece ELIZABETH and i will be.

(01:55:34):
Your host we're Going to we're going to take a great.
Vacation trip It's a. Greek cruise we're Going. To athens
we're going to See the. Greek islands still room for
you if you'd like to, join us we'd love to have.

Speaker 2 (01:55:44):
You along.

Speaker 4 (01:55:45):
It's all it's all like minded listeners that are coming
on this trip and we're gonna have a. Great time
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