Another Split Decision Day Between POTUS and SCOTUS

This is News Radio 740, KTRH Houston, an I-Heart radio station, guaranteed human. Now, the latest news, weather, and traffic. It's more of what matters to you from the John Moore Services Studios. Well, good morning. It's Wednesday, 508, or no, it's 5 a.m. at Houston's morning news. I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Among our top stories this half hour, another split decision day for the president of the Supreme Court. Big changes go into fact starting today for the student loan program. And coming up at 508, they're calling him the Mexican Batman. Details in the minutes ahead. First, let's check out that morning drive with Sky Mike. Let's do some Southwest Freeway here. And I'm looking inside the loop, Wesley, and we look nice. Coming into the canyon, no problem here. Bel Air, camera 518, for those of you who played the home game with me, looking on the Inbound. Is that what I think it is? Look on the side. Oh, yes, it's a stalled metro bus. He's over on the side just sitting there. I'm Scott Mike. It's the ability tree experts traffic center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders, 24-hour weather center, partly cloudy, hot, humid. Right about 94 for the hide today. We'll get the latest on the forecast. When we talk to Terry Smith, she's working today, Weather Channel. We'll talk to her in about seven minutes. Right now at 79 and your official, severe weather station, News Radio 740, KTRH. It's time now for the news. Cliff is off today. Eric Sharp is in for him. Good morning, 501 on News Radio 740 KTRH. Our top story this hour, reaction coming in after the Supreme Court shut down President Trump's order to end birthright citizenship and a five to four decision yesterday with justices Thomas Samuel Alito and Gorsuch in the dissent. Brett Kavanaugh partially dissenting. Vice President JD Vance telling Fox it's a dangerous ruling and it can lead to birthright tourism from our adversaries like China. It's just a preposterous ruling and the absurdity of that outcome suggests why the Supreme Court should have went the other way. President Trump is called on Congress now to take action to end birthright citizenship. House Speaker Mike Johnson says it'll be a long battle. We'll see. I'm sure there's going to be lots of discussion about that. I will say I'm very disappointed in that outcome. I think it subjects the country to serious challenges going forward and we'll have to deal with it as a Congress. Now, President Trump's order would have limited birthright citizenship to those who have at least one parent who is a citizen or legal resident. The president and supporters hailing Tuesday's other big Supreme Court ruling that upholds laws banning biological males from female sports. Brett Kavanaugh wrote the opinion saying, you know, every time someone takes a position on a team or gets into the starting lineup or takes a scholarship, there's someone else who loses that opportunity. He talked about women being committed to their craft in sports and fighting to improve their times to get stronger. And he recognized that struggle. He said, listen, there are now 27 states. The Olympic Committee, there is the NCAA, and they want to recognize the fact that women should be able to compete without having to worry about the threat of physical harm from a biological. male or having to compete against them for their slot. The 6-3 win for those today who are advocates for women's sports. That was Fox's Shannon Bream at the Supreme Court.

The U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper has won the Democratic Senate primary in Colorado. He fended off a challenge from progressive state Senator Julie Gonzalez. Elsewhere, Phil Weiser is the winner of the Democratic primary for Colorado governor. The state attorney general defeated Democratic Senator Michael Bennett. Democrats have gone all in for socialism, but one conservative warns it's only a symptom. Political commentator Lee Carter tells KTRH, the real problem is affordability. There's a huge number of Americans on both sides of the aisle right now that feel like the system is broken, that they can't get ahead, if things are too darn expensive. And she says Republicans need to focus on that. Instead of talking how crazy the opposition is, make it so crystal clear that your solution is the better one. Affordability, right. Things are too expensive, but there's a different way. And here's how we're talking about it. With just over four months to go until the midterms. Jeff Andy Biggs News Radio 740, KTRH. U.S. Special Envoy are in Qatar for the new round of negotiations with Iran. Vice President JD Vance while an exclusive interview on Fox's The Ingram Engel explained that if Iran cooperates. There will be an Iran which is completely transformed and has stopped funding terrorism. But if Iran doesn't agree to the deal, their military will be destroyed. We have all the cards in negotiation. We obviously want it to be successful. But even if it's not successful, we've accomplished the core mission, which is to ensure that the Iranians never have a nuclear weapon. In other words, it's a win-win outcome for the American people. During the negotiations, both the U.S. at Iran have agreed to lead the Strait of Hormuz open to naval traffic. Vice President JD Vance will be speaking today at the Naval Air Station, Oceania, in Virginia Beach. The White House says the visit is meant to highlight the Trump administration's effort to support American warfighters and veterans on America's 250th anniversary. JD Vance last visited Virginia Beach in 2024 as then vice presidential candidate. KTRH news time is 506. Starting today, sweeping new rules are in effect for student loan borrowers must choose what of two repayment plans, and there's now a cap on the total amount that you can borrow. Financial planner Mitch Kramer says that these rules will force borrowers to be more responsible and schools to be more affordable. There's going to be assured just citizens in the future, so colleges are going to have to be much more competitive, and I think that's going to force them to either improve their programs, lower their cost or both. Under the new rules, borrowers can choose a repayment plan based on their income or based on the total balance of the loan. Los Angeles defying their $30 minimum wage until after the Olympics over warnings of economic fallouts. They're finally seeing that upping minimum wage doesn't create sustainability. Workers were getting laid off. Hotels weren't able to contribute to some of the Olympics room blocks and renovations that they had planned for that event at the time. Rebecca Ken Paxton with the Employment Policies Institute says this leads to more automation, which in turn creates higher prices for consumers, among other things. If they're also having to scale back jobs, there's fewer job opportunities, that doesn't boost affordability for those folks who either lose their jobs or now have to pay higher prices.

As while this is delayed, it needs to be stopped completely. Andre Parrard News Radio 740, KTRH. Jim Jordan Alvarez, Grand Slam helping send the Stroes past the twins last night. 1-1. Hit a high ball. Right field. C-Signor! That's Steve Sparks on the call that put the Astros ahead 6 to 3. They would eventually win 6 to 4. They wrap up that series tonight. I'm Eric Sharp on Houston's News, Weather and Traffic Station. News Radio 740, KTRH. Info at the speed of Houston. Right now, Houston's morning news continues with Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett and the Houston Morning News team. friends. Hey, by the way, we will get to the Supreme Court decisions yesterday, especially in birthright citizenship here shortly. But this story makes me smile. And I might need your help with this one. Stories out of Mexico. Move over Bruce Wayne. Apparently there is now a Mexican Batman. Police in Mexico is searching for a mystery vigilante that locals have nicknamed Mexican Batman. Over the last couple of weeks, five suspected motorcycle thieves have been found duct taped to light poles with the stolen motorcycles parked nearby. Some even had the word thief written across their forehead. Now, leave it to the police to remind you that people found tied up are still considered victims regardless of what they're accused of doing. Which is why vigilante justice is not, you know, exactly supported by the police. Officers believe there might be more than one person involved. So far, no arrest had been made in the Mexican Batman case. But it got me thinking, Mexican Batman, how much fun could you have with that? I mean, do you have a sidekick if you're a Mexican Batman? Do you have a sidekick? And what do you call your sidekick? You don't call them Robin. How about Raoul? Yes, Raul. Do you have a bat cave to go to? Or just a bad hacienda? Do you, do you have a Batmobile or is it a lowrider? And what, maybe most importantly of all, you're the Mexican Batman. What would you carry in your utility belt? Bunchy cords? Obviously duct tape. Super glue? What else would you put in there? Feel free to comment. We'll follow this until they figure out who this Mexican Batman is. 5'10 as we get started this morning. I think you'd be a great Raul for a Mexican Batman sky mic. All right, let's do, let's do some Katie Freeway. I think I would make a good, Raul, Katie Freeway, inbound and Highway 6. I got a wreck here. We'll take two right lanes. Is everybody okay? That's the question. Let me see there. Not a big backup just yet. So watch out. I think there's, this might sneak up on you a little bit. It's not the best lit spot. And this is inbound, inbound, inbound lanes here. So two right lanes, Katie Freeway, Highway 6. Bel Air, we cleared the stalled metro.

And 288 downtown. Checking out the canyon, Terry Smith. Look at this beautiful shot. 503. Oh, so pretty. It's a downtown spot from the Med Center side of the world here. If you're trying to go southbound to visit your awesome, responsive, affordable doctor and get surgery, this is a good time to do it. You're rocking along now southbound from I10. I'm Scott Mike. It's the generator supercenter.com traffic center. As you can tell Terry's back this morning from our KTRH, top tax defenders 24R. She's here. She brought the same heat and humidity with him the last two days. Yes, I have a feeling that we're not going to see this really changed that much here. Anytime soon, at least not in the near future. So we are minimal chances of rain today. I'm going to give it a 20% chance of a shower thunderstorm just because... This time of year, that afternoon heating could generate something to pop up. Not a lot of rain. A lot of heat, though. Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 90s. The heat indices today shouldn't get any higher than 105. So it's just, you know, typical. First day of July heat. But we do have a better chance of submarine tomorrow, mainly in the afternoon. 60% chance of thunder showers, 20% chance of getting wet Friday. Fourth of July and Sunday as well, about a 30% chance of showers. We're going to stay in the 90s. So the main thing here the next couple of days is just making sure you don't overdo it in the middle part of the day. Okay. Right now, temperature is 79 at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740KTRH. I live in Katie. I live in Edo. Your reliable forecast. Next on the 10 on 740 KTRH. All right, the big story, obviously, the Supreme Court ruling yesterday against the president on birthright citizenship. Because what that means going down the road is that we're going to have a lot of anchor babies born in this country, even more than we have now, and many of them will be Chinese. I feel pretty safe and saying. Very simple to send people to Guam. Yeah, which is U.S. territory. So technically he'd be born in the United States and then head on back to China and, you know, keep that U.S. passport handy for whenever the Chinese communist government would like to send you over here to spy on this a little bit. So we'll have more on that story coming up next. First at 520, let's do a little traffic and weather together as we check in again with Skymike. I'm hearing some bad things about Katie Freeway Highway 6. This is an 18-wheeler. Are we turned over here? Yes, it's overturned. Inbound Highway 6. What's the laneage, Mama? It sure looks like they've pushed everybody off onto the side here. And let's call that a left lane open. That's it. But that's becoming a backup. It's at Highway 6, and I've got some serious backups from Barker Cyperson. Let's start the reroutes now. Do 90 of the West Park. Do that. I'm Scott Mike. The Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders 24 hour weather center, partly cloudy, hot humid, 94 today. Partly to mostly cloudy, widely scattered showers or storms are possible. Right about 94 tomorrow. And then for Friday, partly cloudy 40% chance of an afternoon shower storm with high right about 93. Current temperature is...

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on at least the states won, the states that have banned transgender athletes participating in girls' sports. The Supreme Court upheld that. So that, you know, again, it was a split decision yesterday as far as the Trump administration, pardon me, was concerned. But losing birthright citizenship is a big one. 526. Time to take a look at your money. Good morning. Shell agreed to sell its stake in a Gulf oil platform and nearby feels to tell us energy and Ridgewood Energy for $1.7 billion. The oil supermajor has been working to reshape its global portfolio of assets. This report is sponsored by Vanguard Investor Choice, a proxy voting program for eligible Vanguard index funds. I'm Courtney Donahoe, Bloomberg Business on News Radio 740, KTRH. No. Houston's news weather traffic plus breaking news 24-7. This is News 740 KTRH. Live everywhere with the IRA. More of what's happening now from the John Moore Services Studios. It is a 530 here on Houston's morning news. I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Bung our top stories this hour, the president of warning gas retailers, not the price gouge. Iran still trying to collect tolls in the street of Hormuz. And coming up at 538. They're annoyed. by all the F-bombs in the woodlands. Details in the minutes ahead. First, let's check out that morning drive once again. Here is Skymike. Dude, Katie Freeway, inbound Highway 6, and Dana Tyson from our sister station Sunday just drove by that. She said it's pretty ugly. It's an 18-wheeler. There's a smaller vehicle under. Now, all we could see from camera shots is just all the lights flashing. This is Katie, Inbound Highway 6. I see at least two left lanes getting by in the feeder. But this is going to be here for a while. and also we're backed up from Barker, Cyprus. We've got a highway 6 problem. Do I have time? Let me hit that at 540. I'm in the ability. Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH, generator Supercenter, 24-hour weather center, partly cloudy, hot, humid with a high today right about 94. Teres Smith is working at the Weather Channel today. We'll talk to her about the forecast in about nine minutes. Right now, it is 78 in your official severe weather station, news radio 740, KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Eric Sharp. Good morning, 531 on News Radio 740, KTRH, our top story this hour. The United States and Iran resume talks in Qatar after a series of strikes over the weekends.

As U.S. negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff meet with Qatari mediators but no Iranians in Doha, Iran is circulating a plan with U.S. ally Oman to collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, despite American objections. The White House reacting to the news, as reported by the New York Times, telling Fox, President Trump has been clear that Iran cannot control the strait, which is an international waterway. Tensions pushed oil prices slightly higher Tuesday ahead of the talks, but President Trump has been pressuring gas companies to lower prices. prices to 250 a gallon, accusing them of price gouging. That was Fox's Jackie Heinrich. Iran's parliament speaker told state media that the country is ready for war if the U.S. doesn't keep up its end of the deal. Consumer confidence improved a bit in June. The conference board says that lower energy prices helped ease inflation worries, giving Americans a slightly brighter outlook on the economy. Survey also found growing interest in buying homes and cars over the next six months. As the price of oil continues to drop over the last few weeks to just a few dollars higher than the start of the Iran War, now some are warning that it's dropping too fast. This back and forth on the oil narrative is starting to give some analysts whiplash. Prices are up. It's bad. Prices are down. It's bad. Prices aren't moving and it's horrible. The reality is market analyst Phil Flynn says the simple reality is the future does look good for U.S. oil and gas consumers. What could come out of this is we're going to see maybe more barrels produced by the U.S. and everybody else. That could lead to lower prices down the road. He says there aren't any indicators that prices could fall far enough to cost. a major disaster. Ethan Buchanan, News Radio 740, KTRH. The Supreme Court knocking down President Trump's order to enter a birthright citizenship and a five to four ruling yesterday. House Speaker Mike Johnson says that they are looking ahead now. I'm very disappointed in that outcome. I think it subjects the country to serious challenges going forward and we'll have to deal with it as a conference. The president now calling on Congress to end birthright citizenship. The president telling the court's other big ruling Tuesday is a great win. The court upheld state laws that ban biological males from competing in girls' sports. Texas Congressman Brandon Gill is calling out Democrats for using TPS, its temporary protected status, to send immigrants to red states under the Biden administration. Jessica Vaughn with the Center for Immigration Studies says that they were hoping to change the demographics. A giant rolling amnesty for favored groups that Democrat administrations have wanted to allow to stay here. Vaughan credits the recent Supreme Court decision that ruled the Trump administration can remove the TPS for Haitians and Syrians. KTRH news time is 535. Just five years after their 2021 redistricting, which kicked off a national redistricting war. Galveston County Commissioners have unanimously voted to redistrict again. This time to align Justice of the Peace and Commissioner precinct boundaries.

Because, you know, we from three years ago, we've been all Republican commissioners court. And so aligning the JP precincts with the commissioners should also do the same thing for justice of the peace. Galliston County Judge Mark Henry there. He says that this should also streamline county operations. He added that if this is already a done deal, but will take about two years to go into full effect due to overlapping terms. Despite the very strong showing by stocks over the past 20 years, people's favorite investments are in their homes. That's what 20 years of polling by Gallup says. Jeff Estrowski, the housing analyst at bank rate, says it's largely based on the simple nature of ownership. The fact that you can sort of cheaply and safely leverage housing is very attractive. The leveraging is the simple mortgage, increasing payoff in inflated dollars and the expectation of a final payoff. Because it's not something you often think of selling, it can become the ultimate passive investment. Mike Shiloh, News Radio 740, KTRA. Federal roads and highways are partially funded by gasoline taxes, but what about electric vehicles? U.S. House Transportation Committee has bipartisan support for a new EV fee of maybe $150 per year. Inside EV's U.S. host, Tim Levin, has one problem with it. They say seniors and people who only drive occasionally pay only $40 to $50 in gas taxes annually. The House Committee is said to be working out the details. The Astros get a 6 to 4 win over the Twins after a Jim Jordan Alvarez Grand Slam Tuesday night. Those two teams will wrap up that series tonight. First pitch on KTRH at 710. I'm Eric Sharp on Houston's News, Weather and Traffic Station. News Radio 740, KTRH. What's started in your car now works on your phone with the new iHeart radio app. The new presets are fantastic. Get Houston's news, weather, and traffic. That's how I listen to KTRH. Instantly. Evidently they're building F bombs in the woodlands at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion, and it has some residents up in arms. Here's the, it's a story I could argue from both sides, actually. Maybe I will, is the morning progresses. But I definitely want to get your opinion on this one. This is going to be my question of the day, my official question of the day. The Cynthia Woods Pavilion hosts concerts, as you probably well know, you've probably been to one there. I don't think I've been to one yet. Then again, I don't keep late night hours for obvious reasons, which would be one of the reasons. The other reason is I don't know that there's anybody I want to fight the crowds for and pay the ticket prices for it to go see. But that's me. And that may not be you. And maybe you've been to a concert there before and found it extraordinarily loud or went to see an artist that, well, let's just say wasn't using family-friendly language.

And that seems to be what these residents in the woodlands who are near the Cynthia Woods Pavilion are the most concerned about. Here's the report from ABC 13. There is a curfew here. It's 11 p.m. And officials tell us they do monitor to make sure that concerts don't get too loud. But we are very close to many homes and businesses. And residents say what they are hearing isn't family friendly. More than 15,000 guests watched Hillary Duff perform Saturday night at the Cynthia Woods-Mitchell Pavilion. Her concert, the latest on this stage, came as controversy has been growing over what's allowed. The pavilion expects us to compromise our values, rights, and privileges. Several residents addressed Woodlands Township board members last week, upset over songs performed here. And I'm a father of Jesus, and I believe it is... And I can't say it here. It's just like F, F, F, F, F, F, F. This woman did say it. Reading lyrics, she said were performed at the pavilion, but she was interrupted. You cannot cuss. That is part of the rules. You can abbreviate that. This is very interesting. Pavilion officials didn't respond to our questions, but did respond to the board. While we understand that not all artists appeal to everyone, we do not dictate artistic expression or censor freedom of speech on our stages. Multiple directors slammed the pavilion stance, but the township attorney called it legally sound. The township collects taxes from the pavilion, but doesn't own it. And the attorney says its contract doesn't address who or what can get on this stage. If this is a family neighborhood, it would be nice if they kind of cleaned up the word. You know, because some of the stuff they're saying is pretty nasty. We live within... the distance so you can actually hear the music and you don't enjoy music, then you shouldn't be living there. The music's out there, so we've got to teach the kids to deal with it regardless of whether they hear it here or hear it on the internet. The meeting ended with board members agreeing to ask if the Woodlands Township board could have a seat on the pavilion board. But that would be up to the pavilion to approve. So for now, concerts here will continue as they have since the pavilion opened more than 30 years ago. And that might be kind of the key to this. The Cynthia Woods Pavilion has been there for 30 plus years. You know, granted, a lot of those houses have been there for that long or longer. But if you buy a home in the woodlands within shotting distance of the Cynthia Woods Pavilion, you got to know that you're going to be dealing with concerts. and not every concert is going to be one that you're going to appreciate musically, let alone whatever political message they may have. I mean, if you're a conservative, how many of those artists you want to hear on stage talking about Trump? Not too many, probably, but it's probably the chance you take when you decide to live in that particular location. So I guess my question is this. Who do you side with on this one?

You side with the neighbors who are concerned. You know, they understand that there's concerts there, but they don't appreciate all the profanity. And they want the Cynthia Woods Pavilion to tell the artist to clean it up. or do you side with the Cynthia Woods Pavilion who, you know, doesn't have to follow any rules but the rules that they, other than the curfew rule, they don't really have to follow any other rules from the ones they make for themselves. You just go to the iHeart, radio app, KTRH, first name where you're calling from? You can comment there. All right, let's do a little traffic and weather together and check out of the skyline. Are you sitting down? Are you sitting down where you can't fall? Yes, I am. I am siding with the neighborhood on this. Really? Seriously, because as someone who actually raised little kids, I don't think I should have to be subjected to your foul language. In fact, I think if you, you know, you're driving by the gas station, boo, boon, boom, mother this, blah, blah, blah. That ought to be a ticket right there. You know, I'd be very interested to know if there are any profanity laws in the woodlands that are being violated by this. I would like to see. I don't think that you should be able to put anything out on speakers that I can't say on FM radio. And I'll stand by that. All right, Katie Freeway. Nothing good's happening here. Highway 6. Now they are leaving two left lanes open. And that is, that's a good sign. But I'm hearing ugly things. 18 wheeler supposed to be a smaller car under it too. All right, West Sam. John from Tomball. Dude. Good morning, Sky Mike. At the 290 off ramp on the right lane as you come up. Police and Ninja got a car disabled. They're loading them up. You come around the corner, you're hitting your brakes fast. Keep your eyes open. You guys have a good day. All right, that's a big banana sticker. John from Tom Ball. Also, I got a report of Wreck Highway 6 south of West Park. And that one's looking pretty gnarly, too. Yo, yo, what's up? Home dog, Terry Smith. She's in the hizzles for shizzle. Did you know I was on an urban station once? I'm in the generator, supercenter.com traffic center. Did you just pull out your urban dictionary? I had to. They called me Valdezzi and the hezy for shezy. And I was on the rap station. How long were you on the urban station? I did traffic there. And I thought, I was right there. We go, oh, what's going on in the traffic? Mr. Valdizi, he's he for shezy. And I'll be like, well, the Southwest Freeway has an accident at Hookup. You know, but now I speak the lingo. I would love to hear an air check of that. Damn. Our KTRH Generator Supercenter 24-hour weather, son. Terry is here, and it is hot as hell out there, and it's just stay that way. Yeah, it is. Temperatures are running a little bit above the norm. It's the humidity. That's the issue. And we know that. So we're one of the few places, though, in the country that isn't under some sort of heat advisory or extreme heat warning right now. That may change as we get into the weekend because there's more heat and humidity, higher than this.

So temperatures today, mid to upper 90s. We do have a 20% chance of a shower thunderstorm. Heat index, though, should stay... below 105 today. So between 100 to 105. Tomorrow we actually have a better chance of rain in the afternoon. 60% chance of some thunderstorms. Not much rain Friday, 20% chance of a thunderstorm. Right now, Saturday and Sunday, about a 30% chance of rain. But Friday through the weekend, the afternoon highs will be in the mid to upper 90s and the humidity is going to be even higher. So just be aware that the heat is going to be a factor this 4th of July weekend. Temperature right now 78 and your official severe weather station, news radio 740 KTRH. I live in Katie. I live in the woodlands. Next on the 10. Your reliable forecast on 740 KTRH. Hey, very quick, I should mention this. I'll try to mention a couple of times this morning. Our time slot on our sister station, AM 950 KPRC, we normally are on 4 to 5 in the afternoon. We're moving up in the lineup. We're going to be on at 1 in the afternoon, 1 to 2 in the afternoon, starting today. So I hope if you normally listen between four and five that you'll tune us in between one and two this afternoon. We're going to talk about the birthright citizenship decision and also about temporary protective status for things like Haitians with Mark Corcorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies. He's coming up and next. But first, we've got traffic and weather together. That starts with you, Skymite. All right, I got Highway 6, A-Leaf clothing. Pretty ugly wreck right there. That's supposed to be southbound. Katie Freeway, that wreck at Highway 6. We still have a lane getting by here. It's Brad from Belleville. Hey, Mike. Hey, man. Dude. If you're coming in, each bound on I-10, if you can jump over and catch Park Road, which runs parallel to I-10 just to the north a little bit. I literally lived at that airport. That's right. It's a whole lot cleaner. I promise you. And, of course, you can always take the West Park. I'm in the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, generator super center, 24-hour weather center, partly cloudy, hot, humid, looks like about 94 for the hike today, partly to mostly cloudy. Scattered showers or storms are possible with a high right around 90. And then Friday, partly cloudy, 40% chance for the afternoon shower storm and the high of 93. Right now 78 at your official, severe weather station, news radio 740, KTRH. It's a Wednesday morning. Cliff is off today and Eric is in for him. Good morning, 553 on News Radio 740, KTRH. President Trump is indicating plans to use Congress to end birthright citizenship. On Montgomery County Precinct 5, deputy has resigned after an internal investigation found he shared photos from an arrestee on social media and village people frontman Victor Willis has died at the age of 74. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH.com. Our next update comes your way at 6. What has happened? Just yesterday. What's happening today? Happening. Like now what happens. The things are happening. Stop right here. On News Radio 740, KTRH. All right, so the Supremes yesterday said that if you're born in the United States, you're a United States citizen. Doesn't matter if your parents are illegals or not.

which doesn't make any sense to me. I'm guessing it doesn't make any sense to our next guess because he actually got a shout out, or his organization did. The Center for Immigration Studies got a shoutout by Samuel Alito in his dissent on that decision yesterday. Mark Ricorian joins us. That's kind of cool when you get quoted by a Supreme Court justice, huh? It's always nice. Yeah, I think it's happened once before, actually, but yeah, no, it's gratifying to see. I think, well, two of the justices said this is one of the worst decisions the Supreme Court has ever made. Would you agree of that? Yeah, I would. And it's because, it's not because the president lost. In other words, the president was trying to change this longstanding policy through executive order. And that was always going to lose. The thing is, what the majority did. Brett Kavanaugh pointed this out, is that they didn't just say the president can't do this on his own. They said even Congress isn't allowed to change it. In other words, they took the issue out of normal politics and said, yeah, the only way you can change this is by amending the Constitution. And that was the real defeat, quite honestly. So it makes it much more difficult to change this. ridiculous policy. We have several bills already being proposed by Republican senators and congressmen. Are they wasting their time based on what the Supreme Court just said? Well, no, never wasting their time because if, and this is a, you know, long shot, obviously, that it would actually get through Congress. But if they were to change the procedures through a statute rather than constitutional amendment, It would again be sued and it would go to the court again. And, you know, that could be a couple of years from now. And maybe there'll be a different makeup of the court. Because it was really, even though the decision on the president's executive order was six to three, the decision that said it's. fixed in the Constitution, whether you like it or not, was only five to four. So they'd only have to change one more justice. So no, Congress is not wasting its time by doing this. Frankly, Congress should have been doing this all along. You know, it's just that this decision seems to have lit a fire under the... a few people to get a little more active on this. I want to quickly ask you, too, before I run out of time here, about Brandon Gill, Representative Brandon Gill says that Democrats use temporary protective status on things like the Haitian population to change red states to make them more blue. I think that is an obvious. Yes, that that was part of the plan here. So how important was it for the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the Trump administration on the president's ability to remove temporary protective status from Haitians and Syrians?

Yeah, it was very important. And it wasn't even, that wasn't so much a victory for the administration, which it was, that was more like a victory for the English language, because it's temporary protected status. And the administration was just saying, look, if it's temporary, that means that when it runs out, because it'll go for 12 or 18 months at a time, we don't have to renew it automatically, as has been happening for 30, 40 years. And so this was an obvious decision by the Supreme Court. In fact, it's so obvious it should never have gotten that far. It shouldn't have gotten past these lower courts. And the fact that it got to the Supreme Court is itself, quite frankly, kind of disturbing. All right, Mark. Thank you, as always. Good to talk to Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies. There's Mark Corcorian. It's 557. This is News Radio 740, KTRH, Houston, and I Heart Radio Station, guaranteed human. Now, the latest news, weather, and traffic. It's more of what matters to you from the John Moore Services Studios. It's 6 a.m. here on Houston's morning news, I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Among our top stories this F.R. Big changes for student loan programs starting today. Big laws for conservatives on birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court. And coming up at 6.08. You weigh in on loud and profane. Details in the minutes ahead. First, let's check out that morning drive. Here's Sky Mike. All right, Katie Freeway, looks like nothing good is happening here. Here's the deal. My workwife, Christina Cruz, says there's no confirmation that it's fatal. Katie Freeway, inbound, Highway 6. We've got a couple left lanes open here. We've not closed it down for investigation. Brad from Belleville, excellent suggestion. Get around this and jump on Park. Park 10. Get around that business here. West Park or 290, of course, are good alternates this morning. Hey, Skymike, southbound by West Park and Chiller, I guess is the name of it. Hey, it's all shut down. There is no traffic going through. Okay, that's Highway 6 somewhere around the West Park. I am stumped. I'm about to get some help from our TV helicopter friends. This is the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders 24 hour weather center, part the gliding hot, hot, humid with a height today right about 94. Complete forecast from Terry Smith at the Weather Channel coming up at 8 minutes. right now it is 78 in your official severe weather station news radio 740 kTRH it's time for the news here's herd sharp good morning 602 on news radio 740 kTRH this news brought to you by synergenics health our top story this hour the supreme court Tuesday shooting down president trump's order to end birthright citizenship and a five to four decision with justices thomas Samuel Alito and Gorsuch in the dissent, and Brett Kavanaugh, partially dissenting. Borders are Tom Homan says this keeps the door open to our enemies like China and Russia to infiltrate the U.S.

So we have U.S. citizens by the thousands and discontinued by the millions living in countries that I think are adversaries to us that can come here and have an impact on how this country is run. Jonathan signs of the Texas value says the Trump administration still has other options. They will take a look at the opinion and they'll look at other opportunities to bring this back in front of the courts or some other federal courts because their concern has not gone away. And the problem that has been identified has not gone away. President Trump's order would have limited birthright citizenship to those who have at least one parent who is a citizen or legal resident. Trump is now calling on Congress to end birthright citizenship. The Supreme Court, though, did make a landmark 6 to 3 ruling that transgender athletes cannot compete in women's sports. Former sports reporter and Minnesota Senate candidate Michelle Tafoya telling Fox this ruling is about fairness. People were saying, ah, it's not that big a deal. It's a big deal to those girls who lose their spots on the podiums, et cetera, lose scholarship opportunities. This has been kind of an absurdity, and I'm glad some adults are speaking up. Transgender athletes had challenged the bans, arguing the bans violated their 14th Amendment equal protection guarantee. The court disagreed. It also held that the laws did not violate Title IX, which bars educational programs that receive federal funding from discriminating based on sex. The U.S. Supreme Court closed its session with what's now being called a mixed bag of rulings. They upheld bans on men competing against women, a ruling that could have affected Texas. If the court had ruled against that type of concept and principle, it could have been devastating for female athletes in Texas. Jonathan Sines with Texas value says upholding birthright citizenship for illegal aliens is another matter. You've got three justice that dissented, a president of this administration that's very motivated. I don't think that their motivation to do something about this issue is going to go away anytime soon. He said this ruling could be a major factor in who Trump might pick if he gets another Scottish. nomination in his term. Ethan Buchanan, News Radio 740, KTRH. As Democrats continue their march towards communism, political commentator Lee Carter tells KTRH Republicans need to focus on the issue, not what the left is doing. The answer isn't to attack the socialist. The answer is to address the problem that they're facing, which is the system is forgotten about me. I can't get ahead. For the first time, I feel like my kids are going to be worse off than I am. She says pushing socialism is only a symptom of the real problem, which is affordability. U.S. officials will not hold direct talks with Iran during meetings in Qatar. Instead, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to meet separately with Qatari and Pakistani mediators. Qatar says that no face-to-face meetings between the U.S. and Iranian officials are currently scheduled. Although Iran says its delegation will be in color for discussions with mediators. Vice President JD Vance will be speaking today at the Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach. The White House says that the visit is meant to highlight the Trump administration's efforts to support American warfighters and veterans on America's 250th anniversary. JD Vance last visited Virginia Beach in 2024 as then vice presidential candidates.

KTRH news time is 6.05. Big changes now in effect for student loan borrowers. Starting today, student loan holders have just two repayment options, one based on their income and another based on the total loan balance. Financial planner Mitch Kramer says the bottom line is you have to pay something. A lot of people built a lifestyle. My student loan, I don't have to pay back and then go buy that car, moving that apartment, and then the Trump administration takes over and they say, no, you've got to pay these back. So what people are going to have to do is put this into their budget and start paying this back. The new rules also give an interest rate discount to those who sign up for automatic payments. and for the first time there is a cap on how much student borrowers can take out in loans. Corey Olson, News Radio 740, KTRH. Yordon Alvarez's Grand Slam helped send the Astros past the twins last night at Diken Park. 1-1. Hit a high ball. Rightfield. C-Signor! Steve Sparks on the call. That put the Astros ahead 6 to 3. They would eventually win 6 to 4. The two teams wrap up their series tonight. I'm Eric Sharp on Houston's News, Weather and Traffic Station. News Radio 740, KTRH. Traffic and weather. When you need it most. Every 10 minutes on the tens. This is Houston's Morning News with Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett and the Houston Morning News team. 607. Here on Houston's Morning News, right, the controversy in the woodlands at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion is residents there are up in arms, at least some of them, over the amount of profanity, loud profanity coming from the Cynthia Woods Pavilion. Some of it is in the music of the artists that they're booking. Some of it is just what they're saying on stage. By the way, the most shocking part of the story to me, 15,000 people showed up for Hillary Duff. Hillary Duff? Hillary Duff? Okay. All right. Obviously, I'm not tuned into what the kids are doing these days. But we're asking you to weigh your opinion in. Who do you support on this? The Cynthia Woods Pavilion says, we don't censor people. We have freedom of speech. You know, we've been here for 30 years. If you, you know, it's kind of like, it's kind of like the same argument for trains, right? You knew we were here before you bought that house, right? Okay. Well, then maybe you should have thought about that. But if you'd like to weigh in on it, you go to the iHeart radio app, KTRH, first name where you're calling from, your thoughts on loud music and profanity that you can hear in your home or just outside of your home. You know, whose rights do you support all this? Morning, Jimmy. Morning, Scott Mike. Andrew from Spring. Maybe I missed something, or maybe she was just the example. But are we supposed to believe that Hillary to death was dropping F-bonds? That doesn't sound right. Hey, good morning, Jimmy. It's Jason from San Antonio. So when you first asked the question, I was going to side with you in that, you know, hey, if you don't like the music, if you have a problem with the foul language, then you shouldn't have bought there and you're free to move.

But then Sky Mike made a very valid argument. If the FCC is going to regulate what language can be broadcast, then maybe should there be rules of what artists can put out of speakers in public environment. And you know what? I think he's got a great point there, as did Sky Mike. And that would be my question. I'm going to have to do a little research on this. Or if you live in the woodlands or you work in the woodlands or you're familiar with the laws. of the community, is there a public profanity rule in the woodlands? I know they have a curfew. Do they have a profanity rule? Or you're not allowed to shout profanity in public. A lot of communities do. And if you're in violation of that, then there's a mechanism. The police department could do there. But then again, you know, how much taxes is the Cynthia Woods Bavillian paying to the woodlands township? They maybe don't want to put that in danger either. 6-10, time for traffic and weather together. No, no, no. I don't. I don't think anybody has the right to subject you to have to listen to their obscenity. Okay. Well, like I said, if there's a law, then you've got a mechanism to enforce it. And kids, and my mom. You know what, Terry? I'm going to send my mom to wash out Hillary Duff's mouth with soap. There we go. Hillary Duff was just the consulate. I don't know that Hillary Duff was the one doing this morning. Okay, okay. So nothing with Hannah Montana then, fine. All right, this Katie Freeway, nothing good is happening here. I'm looking at 331. They have shut the freeway down. That's a really bad sign. And if you take Park 10 behind it. now everybody else is doing that too so i'm not saying it's going to be a complete secret hack but uh that's that's one thing you're going to be doing uh you a lot of people are being put on the feeder road this has become a nightmare drive now uh take the west park tollway jump off on 290 it's worth it especially if you have access to highway 6 or grand parkway let's take 290 uh this is going to be here probably all morning and i know my tv chopper friends will be there pretty shortly highway 6 round a leaf clodine do that's does that even cross. I'm hearing bad things about a wreck there. I'm going to say that's close to West Park. We're having a time trying to dot that down. And a 610 north westbound. We're in the red 45 at the squeeze. I'm Skymike. It's the generator supercenter.com traffic center. Terry, have you ever had your mouth washed out with soap? No. No. I have. Because my mom told us that if you use bad words. You had a poor vocabulary. Oh, very nice. So we were shamed. Why a poor bad vocabulary, me and my cousin Ronnie both? So shaming worked with you. We've learned something. What about you? Jimmy, did you get drunk washed out with some? Yes, it did. Um, yes, multiple times. I did say. I had very good dental health as a result. From our KTRH stop tax defenders, 24 hour weather center, Terry is here. She's got the forecast for you. You'll be washing today. You'll be soaping up today, but it's going to be from all the sweat. That is actually. Correct.

Oh my goodness. The heat and humidity, it's back. It's not out of the norm, folks, but just be ready for it. We know how to cope with this, but I know we have a lot of visitors and may not be as accustomed to our heat and humidity here in southeast Texas. So temperatures today, mid to upper 90s, and we're actually in the mid to upper 90s, just about all week long. There'll be a couple of days. We're in the low 90s, but it seems irrelevant because of the humidity and the heat indices running easily. over 100 to 105 today and tomorrow. Now, we do have some rain, only a 20% chance of a thunderstorm today. Our best chance of rain right now is tomorrow, 60% chance of afternoon storms, and a little bit of afternoon thunderstorm activity Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Right now, 79 at your official, Severe Weather Station, News Radio 740, KTRH. 59 inbound at the loop is always a problem. KTRH time saving traffic. Next on the 10. All right, so what do you think the best investment is in America? Stocks? The stock market has done great. Is stocks the best investment? Well, GALP has been doing a poll on this for decades. Stocks has never been number one. It's never come out on top as far as Americans' opinion of what the best investment is. Real estate. is still number one. We'll have more on that coming up with Jeff Ostrowski. He's a housing market analyst at Bank Rape. We'll talk to him next. First, we've got traffic and weather together, starting with you, Skymine. All right. This is fatal. Katie Freeway, Inbound, Highway 6. There's an 18-wheeler involved, and just nothing good's happening right here. This is inbound. Did you lose me? Nothing good's happening. Katie Freeway, this is, in fact, fatal at Highway 6. It's all lanes blocked, and this is going to be an investigation. It's going to be the rest of the morning inbound. Let's keep rerouting West Park. 290. Park 10 is not going to be pretty either. So let's get around this business. If you can do it via Highway 6 or Grand Parkway, do something else. I'm the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders 24-hour weather center, partly cloudy, hot, humid 94 today. Partly to mostly cloudy, widely scattered shower storm possible 90 tomorrow. And then Friday, partly cloudy, 40% chance for an afternoon shower storm with Ive 93. Card temperature 79 in your official severe weather station. News Radio 740 KTRH. It's a Wednesday morning. Cliff is off today, and in for him. Here's Eric Sharp. Good morning, 621 on News Radio 740 KTRH. Your headlines brought to you by Texas Center for Cosmetic Dentistry. U.S. officials meeting with Pakistani mediators in Qatar this week, but no direct talks with Iranian officials are currently scheduled. Governor Grant Greg Abbott calling for a ban on new data centers in rural Texas as part of a broader plan to reduce their impacts on the state's power grid, and construction has been halted in downtown Tomball after workers uncovered what appeared to be early 1900s headstones and evidence of a possible historic cemetery. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH.com. Our next update comes your way at 6.30. Wipe your eye crusties out and see the events of the day more clearly. Houston's Morning News, now live on Facebook.

Did you buy any stocks and bonds? 622 is our time here in Houston's morning news. Yep. Stocks is not the number one investment in the minds of most Americans, at least according to the Gallup poll. Real estate is, has been and continues to be, despite what's been going on in the real estate market the last few years. Jeff Estrowski joins us. Housing market analyst at bank rate. Are Americans right? Is housing the best investment? Historically? I would say no, but it's such a complicated question. I mean, it's hard to even know exactly how to think about your house. Is it an investment? Is it shelter? Is it a little bit of both? But, yes, Americans definitely value homeownership. That Gallup poll, you mentioned, showed that Americans think real estate is a great investment. Other polls by Gallup by Bank Rate have shown that 80% or more of Americans think that homeownership is the American dream and are the most important part of the American dream. So I... Yeah, I mean, it's a complicated, emotional, social, psychological topic. But yes, people definitely value homeownership. And it is a good investment. I don't know if I would say it's the best investment. You know, I might have agreed whether real estate is the best investment statement until I bought a beach house. When the market was up and now that the market is down and insurance rates are what they are. I'd hate to have to try to sell it. That didn't turn out to be a very good investment. So I guess it depends on how you've done with your real estate purchases as far as whether or not you think it's a good investment. Yeah, and that's part of the reason that those findings surprised me a little bit. I mean, anyone who's owned a property knows it can be a money pit. You're subject to the vagaries of the market, like you just mentioned. If you want to unload a stock that's a loser or you need money, you do it in five seconds. If you need to unload a house, it might be months or even years to do so. So just the, I guess the stickiness and the inconvenience of buying and selling properties. It's certainly one downside. Well, we know it's an important issue, obviously, homeownership, because it's having the attention of the Trump administration. They're trying to, well, in Congress, they passed a bill, a housing affordability bill. I'm not sure what all is in that bill. I know it supposedly removes a lot of regulations that they say is holding up the housing market. So clearly, people still want to buy homes. Certainly there's a lot of pin up demand right now. What is it going to take to break the log jam as far as home sales? Lower interest rates? Lower insurance rates?

Yeah, it's really tough to say. So you mentioned that Housing Act that was passed by a pretty wide margin by Congress waiting for the president's signature. That does address some regulation. I think the problem there is that the regulations that have been holding back home building in places like California, New York, and Boston. aren't federal regulations, they're local regulations, and I'm not sure how much input and oversight the federal government really has over those regulations. So that's part of it. Another part is that, yes, there's a long-term shortage of housing in the U.S. haven't been enough homes built since the Great Recession. But on the other hand, you look at places like McAllen, Texas, or Austin, Texas, or Sarasota, Florida. essentially too many homes have been built over the past few years. And so there are short-term housing gluts in those markets. So it's really just such a complicated and mixed market. But, yeah, I mean, I guess that one big thing would just be at the local level to figure out ways to get past some of the nimbism that hampers home building. That's not an issue in Houston, but in other parts of the country, it definitely is. All right, Jeff. Good to hear from you. Thank you. Appreciate your time. Jeff Estrovsky. He's a housing market analyst at Bankrate. It's 626, and let's keep looking at your money. This is the Bloomberg Money Minute. Starting today, millions of Americans are eligible for weight loss drugs through a new program that will cover much of the costs for those on Medicare. Last year, Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk made a deal with the Trump administration, agreeing to slash prices of their drugs for government programs in exchange for broader Medicare access. This report is sponsored by Vanguard Investor Choice, a proxy voting program for eligible Vanguard index funds. Courtney Donahoe, Limburg Radio. I'm the news that you are still. Houston's news, weather, traffic, plus breaking news 24-7. This is News Radio 740, KTRH. Live everywhere with the IRA. More of what's happening now from the John Moore Services Studios. It is 6.30 now here on Houston's morning news. I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Among our top stories this F.R. Ron, still trying to collect tolls on the Strait of Hormuz. The president warns gas retailers, better not price gouge. And coming up at 638. So how did a Hitler baby picture end up in this school's yearbook?

Details in the minutes ahead. First, let's check out that morning drive again with Sky Mike. All right, Katie Freeway, that's a double fatal. It's an 18-wheeler involved here, and Tammy Rose from Channel 13 just sent me some pictures. I'll put it on our Facebook. We're looking from the air here. That's all lanes blocked at Highway 6. The backup's going to get from Mason Road within a minute or so, and it's about to get it. It's already really ugly on the Katie Freeway. Keep rerouting to the West Park. Cindy from Dayton's on I-10 East. Good morning, Mike. Walkwood, there is. a truck with a flat tire. The guy's trying to get completely off the road because of the sex dot wall of death being so close. There is a very kind wrecker that has his lights on that makes everybody aware of it. All right. This is a good morning for kindness. Let's don't have any more bad stuff on your roads. It's your ability tree experts. Traffic Center. From our KTRH generator super center, 24-hour weather center, mostly sunny, hot, humid, says Terry Smith with a high today right about 94. We'll chat live with her in about eight minutes with an update on the forecast. Right now, 79 of your officials, severe weather station, News Radio 740 KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Eric Sharp. Good morning. 632 on News Radio 740 KTRH. Our top story this hour. Iran says that ships run aground in the Strait of Harboos after failing to follow a route that they approved. Iranian state media identifies the vessel as a foreign container ship, adding it ran aground in shallow water when using a route other than that approved by Iran's revolutionary guard. Shipping has resumed in the light of renewed peace negotiations, but it's still at a much lower level than before the conflict began. Iran's insisting it maintains a level of control over the vital waterway, twice firing at and damaging ships taking routes it considers unauthorized. Today in Qatar... mediated technical level talks are continuing in order to flesh out the memorandum of understanding agreed by the U.S. and Iran. Jonathan Savage, Fox News. Consumer confidence improving a bit in June. The conference board says lower energy prices helped ease inflation worries giving Americans a slightly brighter outlook on the economy. The survey also found growing interest in buying homes and cars over the next six months. Some economists have reportedly started a warning about the gas prices falling too quickly and to how it could have a negative effect on the economy. So are we actually in danger due to these falling prices? Really, I think it would take a black swan. But I think that we'll be able to handle that because we are the biggest producer in the world. And with this price increase recently, many of the producers were able to put on a hedge. That's market analyst Phil Flynn. He says the reality is people continue to focus on gas prices because it's a hot button issue. So expect people to find issues regardless of whether prices are up or down. The Supreme Court has ruled against President Trump's order that would have ended automatic birthright citizenship, but he's now calling on Congress to do it, and it may happen.

We see the speaker already told our Chad Pergram that they're going to try to get to work on something short of a constitutional amendment and see where they can get with that here on the hill. That's Fox's Shannon Bream outside the Supreme Court yesterday. There is one Supreme Court ruling the Democrats are still fuming about at the Trump administration can remove the temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians. That's because the Dems used TPS to try and change red states. And I'm sure the Democrats were hoping that this would be difficult for Republicans in particular to push back on. That is Jessica Vaughn with the Center for Immigration Studies who says this was all part of the plan. The Biden administration knew that they had to spread this population around the country. Something that we can still see even here in Houston. Jeff Andy Biggs News Radio 740, KTRH. KTRH News time is 635. Galveston County's Justice of the Peace precincts and Commissioner's Court precincts will finally have matching boundaries thanks to a redistricting move that could help Galveston Republicans. We had two and a half hours of public comment where the Democrat Party chair and a lot of Democrat precinct chairs and a lot of lifelong Democrats came to tell us that we should leave the Justice of the Peace alone because he's a very important officeholder. Galveston County Judge Mark Henry says this will make it easier for county residents to vote for a Republican commissioner, Justice of the Peace and Constable for their precincts all at once. For 20 years, a Gallup poll shows that most popular investment is not stocks. But Holmes, Jeff Orkowski with bank rate, says it's easy to see. So you buy a $500,000 house and put $100,000 down. And, you know, if the house is worth $600,000 in a few years, you've essentially doubled that $100,000 outlay. He says one overlooked advantage of the housing market is the reduced risk in leveraging, such as fixed rate mortgages. The federal government wants a fee from everyone who owns an electric vehicle. It's a substitute fee to pay for highways the way federal gas taxes pay for them. EV owners don't pay gas tax, of course, and as Tim Levin of Inside Evie's U.S. says, raising fees on electric cars is something that would more likely dissuade, discourage people from buying EVs. The new fee has bipartisan support, but a conflict emerges for some conservatives. How can you be for a new federal fee and also favor smaller government? Yet it's only fair for EVs to pay their share. Mike Shiloh, News Radio 740, KTRH. Astros get a 6-4 win over the Twins after a Yordon Alvarez. Grand Slam, Tuesday night. They continue that series. Wrap it up, actually, tonight. First pitch, it's 710 right here on KTRH. I'm Eric Sharp on Houston's News, Weather and Traffic Station. News Radio 740, KTRH. Now back to Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett and the Houston Morning News team. Houston's Morning News. To put Indiana Jay Jones on the case on this one. He's used to dealing with Nazis. 637 is our time here on Houston's morning news. All right, so at a middle school in Paramus, New Jersey, their yearbook came out. They do middle school year? I guess we had a middle school yearbook. I'm trying to remember back. Anyway, they had a middle school yearbook, and they put baby pictures in the yearbook of all the students.

And there was one baby picture in there that didn't belong to a student. And not quite sure how this didn't get caught because it's in black and white. It's clearly from the turn of the century. And I don't mean 2000. I mean the turn of the previous century. It's a black and white. It's a picture I think a lot of people have seen before. I've certainly seen. Have you ever seen the picture of baby Hitler? Baby Adolf Hitler with a little bold cut? Yeah. It's in the Paramus Middle School yearbook. Here is the report from New York's ABC 7. These pages are all baby pictures of kids who just graduated Eastbrook Middle School. We're blurring them to protect their identities, but one picture. Number 48 has absolutely nothing to do with the students and their school pride. That is an infant picture of Adolf Hitler. We spoke to the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey. I'm horrified once again by what's going on in our society that we have lost all sensitivity and have lost all respect for genocide and things that have happened in the past. Once Eastbrook administration learned about the picture, it acted immediately, instantly, collecting all the books that have been. distributed to students. They sent home a letter condemning the act. The principal saying in part, an image of him has no place in a yearbook created for our students. It does not reflect who we are or what Eastbrook stands for and we condemn its inclusion without reservation. Paramus Mayor Chris DiPiazza with strong words as well. It doesn't represent Paramas. We're a diverse community, religions, houses of worship, all throughout. all throughout the town. So it's one one bag of action doesn't represent the town. How the picture was included is under investigation. Paramus police were notified and the information was shared with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, all wanting to get to the bottom of who did this. Why they would do it, the influence behind why they would do it, how it got past it. the eyeball test, although in all fairness, it might be hard to identify the picture if you don't know that picture. The school is working to replace all of the yearbooks so that these students who are off to high school in the fall will have their middle school years memorialized the way they should have been in the first place. Okay, so we've got a moderate freakout going on in Primus, New Jersey over the story. Now, the question to me, the only important question here is who's responsible? Who's responsible? Who's the editor of the yearbook? Who's the faculty member in charge of the yearbook? There's always a faculty member in charge of the yearbook. How is that this picture got through? Right? Who thought to put the picture in there? What was the, did they think it was going to be funny? I know what I'll do. I'll put a picture of baby Hitler in 10 years from now. Somebody's go, wait a minute, is that baby Hitler? Did they do it because they're trying to intimidate? I don't think so. I think they, some stupid practical joke type of idea, which is never a good idea. It doesn't strike me, however, as something that a middle school student themselves would do. I don't think they are, you know, at that age, I don't think they're thinking that way.

to try to come up with something like that i could be wrong but we'll see 641 middle school i don't know i mean come on you you've you painted like a hit a hitler mustache over people's like 13 14 years old you could come up with an idea like that yeah you know i mean you've put hitler mustaches on people's pictures right Not in middle school. Okay, okay. Let's go to this problem on the I-10, Katie, Freeway, inbound Highway 6. That's a complete closure. Nothing good is happening there, and I can tell you that it's going to be there for most of the rest of the morning drive, maybe all the way up to lunchtime. So let's keep reroute in West Park, Tollway. It's worth it to get on Highway 6, get on the Beltway. Well, the Beltway. Get on Grand Parkway if you have to get around this business. Visors. Skymite. Is it rolling from Richmond? here. Always after your lucky charms. Hey, thanks for that information. I'm jumping on the West Park doorway instead of taking I-10. We'll keep rerouting you all morning right here. Cindy from Dayton rolled up on a guy with a flat on I-10 East at Lockwood, and he doesn't have a whole lot of room there. A very kind wrecker that has his lights on that makes everybody aware of it. Oh, thank you so much, Ninja. Mike from Magnolia, he's on 290. I'm feeling pissedified on 290 this morning. Can we say that? It's not caught up to three other stations, listeners, three wide, including the fast lane, going to speed limit. Oh, he said mystified. Oh, I thought he said something that started with a P. Yeah, and he's saying, you know, they're in the fast lane, speed limit. You know, it's funny. I'm like the Supreme Court, Terry, because I'm conservative about, you know, obscenity in public. Cover your ears when you're in the woodlands on Saturday night. But I'm kind of a liberal about the speed limit. I'm in the ability. The police agree with you. Yes, they would. And by the way, I'll have an update on, I looked up some of the woodlands ordinances, so I'll have an update for you coming up here shortly as far as what the law says about profanity in the woodlands. Watch your language, Terry. From our KTRH Generator Super Center, 24-hour Weather Center, Terry is here. Do they object to party monkey road? I don't think so. Everybody likes a party monkey. I mean, there you go. I mean, come on. Good. Okay. Who doesn't want to have a monkey at their party? Okay. Well, hey, if you are partying the next couple of days, the heat and humidity is going to be the big thing because it's happening every day, all day. Yeah, making a pool party. Yeah, there you go. Pool party. No monkeys in the pool, though. And not much rain here. We do have a 20% chance of an afternoon storm today, 60% chance tomorrow. Then Friday and Saturday and Sunday, our rain chances are less. Just an afternoon thunder shower, too. We're in the 90s for the most part, temperature-wise. A lot of mid-to- Upper 90s for the holiday weekend. And the heat and the seas right now are in check, but over the weekend, I suspect we're going to be running between 1.0. 5 to 110. Temperature right now, warming up, by the way. It is 79 at your officials, severe weather station, news radio 740, KTRH. I usually take I-10 West, but lately that's been a nightmare. KTRH, time-saving traffic. Next on the 10. It is a 650. We've got the timeline coming up here in just a couple of minutes. Also, here's another one that...

You might feel free to weigh in on, you might have heard about this elderly driver in that, I think it was in a Tascata, who ran his car into a retail shop and actually killed somebody as a result of that. Yeah, he mistook his gas pedal for the break. is what he told the police. More on that story coming up next. First. It's in the Tasca Ceded, yes, by the Kroger. Yep. Anyway, Mike's guy's own problems to tell you about Katie Freeway this morning. Yikes. Highway 6 inbound, that's all lanes close. Let's keep rerout into the West Park in 290. It's the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH generator super center, 24-hour weather center, mostly sunny, hot, humid. Looks like 96 today, mostly sunny, 60% chance of a shower storm tomorrow, 94, and then Friday mostly sunny, 20% chance of a shower or storm, with I of 96. 79 right now at your official severe weather station, news radio 740, KTRH. Time to check in with Eric. He has an update on some of our top stories. Good morning, 652 on News Radio 740, KTRH. The student loan process changes start today, and it will limit how much people can borrow and how they repay. A South Texas judge considering a request to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit against a company that distributes energy drinks, and the Republican Party plans to hold a midterm convention in Dallas this September, and President Trump announced yesterday he plans to attend. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH.com. Our next update happens at 7 a.m. U.S. News. You shut down the government. That means no money for FEMA. And global views. Beautiful armada floating beautifully toward Iran. On News Radio 740, KTRH. Well, in this case, it wasn't grandma. It was grandpa who had the incident at a, what's the name of that story again? Just, just, it's, they sell bun cake. I forget what the name of the business is. It's in the report. Let's just listen to the report. Before we comment, further, here it is from our television partner, KPRC, too. Many people in this shopping center heard a loud boom as that truck smashed through the front of nothing but cakes. You can see it is now boarded up tonight, and it's where loved ones say that young employee tragically lost her life. This mangled and damaged blue truck towed away from the nothing but cakes in a Tasca Cedar. Brooke Bowman says her mom was inside buying cakes when the truck ran through. It was very fast. She was very scared. She said she was more worried about the girl behind the counter than her because she wasn't in direct path. So just a very scary fast situation. Dozens of first responders rushed to the scene where they found the truck smashed inside the building. Talk to the owner. He is an elderly male.

He said he hit the wrong pedal, accelerated. He was planning on parking in front of the business. Instead, he accelerated by hitting the wrong pedal, driving into the business. A young employee died. Bowman's mother rushed the hospital. What kind of injuries did she get from this? She has an arm injury. This is pretty much where the most of it is. She had a neck brace on, so maybe a whiplash, I don't know, and a little thing on her face. Employees in the back were not hurt. Deputies say the driver was cooperative. Elderly male was with his wife. No one in the vehicle was injured. They've been cooperating. There's no sign of intoxication. The young employees' loved ones frantically rushed to the scene, hugging and praying. Bowman says her mother will go home from the hospital tonight, but her heart is with the young employee's family. And nothing bunk kank sent out a statement tonight saying the bakery will remain closed for now as they prioritize their staff and their employees during this difficult time. The Harris County Sheriff's Office, the medical examiner and the district attorney's office are investigating this crash and the driver has not been charged. You know, every time I comment on cases like this, I get seniors upset with me for picking on them. Yes, there are some elderly drivers that are extremely safe. There are some that are extremely dangerous. And in the perfect world, we recognize the dangerous ones and we take away their keys. That's usually up to a family member in order to do. I don't know how elderly this elderly man was, but if you're at the point where you can't tell the difference between your gas pedal and your brake pedal, then I think it's time to turn in the keys. especially concerning the fact that the young person died as a result of this elderly person's actions. But as much as we comment on it, I've never seen any changes, nobody has made any changes at all as far as, you know, testing requirements. road testing and what have you for people of a certain age. And I think it's just because it's an expensive thing to do. And it's another layer of bureaucracy you'd have to deal with it to DMV. All right, you ready for the timeline? I am ready for the timeline. Let me see here. Where's my... There it is. Oh, look, we've got tickets to go to the Cynthia Woods Pavilion. Hopefully John Mellencamp will not be swearing. This will be his dancing words tour. The greatest hits since August the 6th at the Woodlands Pavilion. I'd be like to win a pair tell us what year today's timelines from. This sentence is significant. It was July. Ever again, will Guzman pour poison over our borders? Mexican drug lord El Chapo is sentenced to life in prison. This case was simply an inquisition. On television? This is the CBS Evening News with Nora O'Donnell. Nora O'Donnell takes over as anchor of the CBS Evening News. I'm Nora O'Donnell. At the movies. I'm Rick Dalton. Brad Pitt.

and Leonardo DiCaprio star in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It's official old buddy. It has been. Top 10 on the radio. Girls like you run around with guys like needles. Maroon 5, girls like you. What year was it? If you know, 713-212-58-74, that is 713-212 KTRH. Good luck. All right, we have ourselves a winner. That'd be Dana in Cyprus. Dana knew the right year was 2019. Well done, Dana. A pair of tickets go see John Mellencamp, keeping it hopefully low key and low profanity at the Woodlands Pavilion. You'll be there on August 6th and enjoy the show. And thank you for listening to Houston's Morning News. This is News Radio 740, KTRH Houston, an I-Heart radio station, guaranteed human. Now, the latest news, weather, and traffic. It's more of what matters to you from the John Moore Services Studios. 701, our time Houston's morning news. I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Among our top stories this hour, the Supreme Court has made it really hard to overturn birthright citizenship. New student loan rules, they take effect today. And coming up at 708, is there nothing the woodlands can do about loud and profane of the Cynthia Woods Pavilion? Details in the minutes ahead. First, we're checking out that morning drive once again. Here's Skymont. All right, Katie, Freeway, nothing good is happening at Highway 6. Total shutdown of your roadway. 18-wheeler involved. And, yeah, they're investigating now. Backups from Mason Road, and it's going to be terrible all morning. That's making the West Park tollway into a bed. I watch my mouth here. Backups from 1464. going inbound and the North Loop 610 were squeezed down seriously westbound at 45. I'm Sky Mike, the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders 24-hour weather center, mostly sunny, hot, humid right about 96 for the high temperature today. We'll talk to Terry Smith about the forecast in eight minutes. Right now, 79 and your officials, severe weather station, news radio 740 KTRH. It's time for the news. Here's Eric Sharp. Good morning, 702 on News Radio 740, KTRH. This news brought to you by U.S. coins and jewelry. Our top story this hour, reactions coming in after the Supreme Court shot down President Trump's order to end birthright citizenship and a five to four ruling yesterday with justices Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Gorsuch in the dissent, and Brett Kavanaugh partially dissenting. Vice President JD Vance on Fox News says it's a dangerous ruling and can lead to birthright tourism from our adversaries, like China. It's just a preposterous ruling and the absurdity of that outcome suggests why the Supreme Court should have went the other way. President Trump has called on Congress now to take action to end birthright citizenship. House Speaker Mike Johnson says it'll be a long battle. We'll see. I'm sure there's going to be lots of discussion about that. I will say I'm very disappointed in that outcome. I think it subjects the country to serious challenges going forward and we'll have to deal with it as a Congress. President Trump's order would have limited birthright citizenship to those who have at least one parent who is a citizen or legal resident. The president and supporters hailing Tuesday's other big Supreme Court ruling that upholds laws banning biological males from female sports.

Brett Kavanaugh wrote the opinion saying, you know, every time someone takes a position on a team or gets into the starting lineup or takes a scholarship, there's someone else who loses that opportunity. He talked about women being committed to their craft in sports and fighting to improve their times to get stronger. And he recognized that struggle. He said, listen, there are now 27 states. The Olympic Committee, there is the NCAA. And they want to recognize the fact that women should be able to compete without having to worry about the threat of physical harm from a biological. male are having to compete against them for their slot. A 6-3 win for those today who are advocates for women's sports. That's Fox's Shannon Bream at the Supreme Court yesterday. The Supreme Court also flipping on the conservatives to uphold their birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens. And Jonathan Sines with Texas value says it could have the long-term effects of pushing SCOTUS further to the right. If President Trump has the ability to nominate another member of the Supreme Court before his term, and I certainly think this will be an issue that will matter to them and who they decide to nominate. Signs did praise the High Court for upholding laws that ban men from competing in women's sports, a major win for states that have already banned transgender from competing unfairly. U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper has won the Democratic Senate primary in Colorado. He fended off a challenge from Progressive State Senator Julie Gonzalez. Phil Weiser is the winner of the Democrat primary for Colorado Governor. Meanwhile, the State Attorney General defeated the Democratic Senator Michael Bennett. The Democrats have gone all in for socialism, but one conservative warns it's only a symptom. Political commentator Lee Carter tells KTRH, the real problem is affordability. There's a huge number of Americans on both sides of the aisle right now that feel like the system is broken, that they can't get ahead, that things are too darn expensive. And she says Republicans need to focus on that. Instead of talking how crazy the opposition is, make it so crystal clear that your solution is the better one. Affordability, right. Things are too expensive, but there's a different way. And here's how we're talking about it. With just over four months to go until the midterms. Jeff Andy Biggs News Radio 740, KTRH. And starting today, sweeping new rules are in effect for student loans. Borrowers must choose one of two repayment plans, and there's now a cap on the total amount that you can borrow. Financial planner, Mitch Kramer, says these rules will force borrowers to be more responsible and schools to be more affordable. There's going to be assured just students in the future, so colleges are going to have to be much more competitive, and I think that's going to force them to either improve their programs, lower their cost, or both. Under the new rules, borrowers can choose a repayment plan based on their income or based on the total balance of the loan. Yordaun Alvarez's Grand Slam helping send the Astros past the twins last night. 1-1. Hit a high ball. Right field.

C-Signor! Steve Sparks on the call. They put the Stroes ahead 6 to 3. They would eventually win 6 to 4. Two teams will wrap up their series tonight. I'm Eric Sharp on Houston's News Weather and Traffic Station. News Radio 740, KTRH. Houston's Morning News continues with Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. 707 our time here on Houston's morning news. So evidently the complaint in the Woodlands, at least at the latest Woodlands Township meeting, was about the profane language and sometimes music coming from the Cynthia Woods Pavilion, depending upon who the act is. And, you know, if you live within earshot of the Cynthia Woods Pavilion, you're going to hear that, and your kids are going to get exposed to it. and maybe it should have been something that you considered before you bought a house there. Maybe, oh, I didn't know there was a concert hide around the corner. That's kind of part of doing your due diligence, I think. But by the same token, you know, is there any real need for that for all the public profanity? Do we really, do we really want to encourage that? The Cynthia Woods Pavilion says we don't, you know, we believe in free speech. We don't try to censor the artist in the songs that they play. We book them because people want to see them. And, you know, there's nothing we can really do about it. The Cynthia Woods, that's according to the township. I did find it rather funny that at the Woodlands Township meeting, a woman who was trying to. share the lyrics of a song, of an artist who sang that song at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion, was censored because she was using the actual lyrics of the song that everybody heard. Because you're not allowed to swear at a Woodlands Township meeting. but they're not willing to do anything about the swearing going out of the Cynthia Woods-Pavilion. It does strike me as ironic. But I was asking you for your thoughts this morning. Go to the I-Hart radio out. KTRH and whose side are you on on this one? Skip. It's not just the woodlands. It's everywhere. Go down to the seawall on the weekend. And look at the guys with a slingshop motorcycles. They have more speaker than they have motorcycle. And that's supposed to be a family environment for people to walk their kids on the beach. No, but just remember, guys, it's art. Yeah, it's art. Art, okay. By the way, if you're curious what the law says, the woodlands does not have its own specific municipal ordinance banning public profanity. But it is strictly governed by state law. In Texas, using profane language in public is illegal only if it's considered disorderly conduct. By law specifies that the language must, by its very utterance, tend to incite or immediately breach the peace. In other words, cursing is only illegal if the intent is to provoke violence or to cause an immediate physical altercation. That's the only time you can enforce that.

7-10. Time for traffic and weather together. No, no, it's not art. You know, if it's art, you go in a museum and you choose to go into the museum and see or hear the art, but this is being foisted upon you. You know what you did, Kerry? We should just get a cusp bank in the woodlands, and, you know, they can put a couple thousand dollars every time they say the wrong thing. Cover your ears, Terry. All right, Highway 6 and Katie Freeway is totally shut down on the inbound. That's an accident that happened in the 5 o'clock hour. cousin there. Yeah, there's people cursing in the background there all the way back from Grand Parkway, and there's already a 35-minute wait on the main lanes. Feeder, you're just stuck. There's nowhere to go. So let's do that. I know the West Park's crazy, and we've got backups from 1464. That's still better. At least you're moving a little bit. If you could do 290, do that instead. And I've got even Alt-90, All-90, Most City Expressway, a good way to get around that business. I-10 Westbound 45. That's not just a road. project. It's a lifestyle. It's going to be there for a while. Two little skinny lines, the text dot wall of death, and a big backup from Waco Street that way. Skymic and the generator supercenter.com traffic center. Romar, KTRH, stop tax offenders 24 hour weather, Senator, Terry Smith on duty at the weather channel this morning. Scott lots of sunshine, lots of heat, but it's not the, it's the same old story, right? Not the heat, the humidity. Yeah, I mean, it's pretty typical for this time of year. I mean, our afternoon highs are usually in the low 90s, so we're just a little bit warmer than that. And of course, we have our typical heat as well. So today and tomorrow, I'm not so much concerned about, but maybe over the weekend when the temperatures, for the most part, will stay in the mid to upper 90s. We may get some heat advisory. So just kind of file that away in the back of your head as you're looking ahead to the 4th of July weekend and whatever your outdoor plants might be. A little bit of rain here and there. Today, it's only a 20% chance of an afternoon thunder shower. But tomorrow, we actually have a better chance of... rain. 60% chance of those thunderstorms, a little weak wave of low pressure helping to up our rain chances. And then Friday, 20% chance of rain. Right now, Saturday and Sunday, I'm saying a 30% chance of thunderstorm showers. We'll keep an eye on it because I know that'll impact a lot of people's barbecue plans. Yep. Right now 78 in your official, severe weather station, news radio 740, KTRH. I live in Pasadena. Sharpstown, Southwest. Next on the 10, time-saving traffic on 740 KTRH. Several Supreme Court decisions were handed down yesterday, including birthright citizenship. That didn't go the way we hoped it would go. I don't know that we're shocked or surprised that it went the way it went, maybe a little bit. We'll talk about that and the other rulings from the Supreme Court yesterday with Jonathan Sines, President of Texas Values. He's coming up next. First, traffic and weather together. As we check out the drive once again with Skymine. It's an all-morning problem. Katie Freeway, Highway 6 is totally shut down. That was a fatal 18-wheeler involved accident. And a big backup here, 40-minute wait, just on the main lanes. Featers are terrible. We're rerouting to the West Park, and it's getting crazy from 1464. I'm Skymike, the generator, supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders 24-hour weather center for today.

We're looking at plenty of sunshine, hot, humid, right about 96 for the high. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, 60% chance of a shower storm, 94, and then Friday mostly sunny, 20% chance of a shower storm, 96. Right now, it is 78 at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740, KTRH. Check in with Eric Sharpie as an update on some of our top trending stories. Good morning, 721 on News Radio 740, KTRH. Your headlines brought to you by Cinergenics Health. Over 1,700 people confirmed data after the massive earthquake in Venezuela last week. Tens of thousands remained missing. Unemployee was killed and a customer injured yesterday after a driver in his late 70s accidentally hit the gas instead of the break and crashed into an Atascata Bakery and the Megamilons jackpot rolling over again. No grand prize winner last night. The next drawing Friday will be worth at least $542 million. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH.com. Our next update comes your way at 7.30. The app that puts the app in happening. We have some breaking news. You ready? Make KTRH your number one preset on the new and improved free iHeard radio app. So Supreme Court yesterday basically said it doesn't matter if your parents are here illegally or not. If you are born in this country, you are a United States citizen, which I think leads to a pandemic of foreign. people coming here strictly to give birth, not that it doesn't already happen, it does, obviously. But I think that this will bolster or back up even more of that going on. There's other potential problems with it, but let's talk about it with Jonathan Sines. He's president of Texas values. First of all, let's get your reaction to it. Were you surprised by how the Supreme Court ruled on that issue, Jonathan? You know, I wasn't. I mean, I think it, I thought that decision could go either way. I think there was the chance of it going. Either way. And I do think it's something that President Trump and members of Congress have been preparing for. And you saw a lot of reaction yesterday saying that Congress needs to get to work on this issue immediately. Senator Ted Cruz was echoing some of those comments from President Trump. That doesn't mean it's not still a concern for them and a concern for folks that have been expressing, you know, the threats and risks that come along with this. And I think people are starting to understand that's more whether it relates to, you know, having criminals that are in our country and relating to illegal aliens being in our country and committing crimes and hurting other people but national security concerns and having a consistent standard. And so, you know, I... I think it's very in an election year, big year midterm elections. I do think this is something that members of Congress and Speaker Mike Johnson and others will go to work on immediately. And sometimes you'll see issues like this, even though it's been talked about for a little while, that maybe the Supreme Court wasn't quite ready.

to make a decision that, you know, would go in the direction that President Trump wanted. It may take a couple of times for this to get up to the Supreme Court, but I don't think we've seen the last of this issue. Yeah, I think you're probably right. The question, of course, becomes if Congress can get anything done, if they pass a law that ends up ultimately in front of the Supreme Court, then they'll get another crack at it, maybe. All right, another issue I'm sure that your organization was happy to see is the 13 states. that have laws preventing transgender athletes from participating women's sports, the Supreme Court upheld that. Yeah, we were also not surprised in this decision and pleasantly not surprised if that's a phrase to use in this circumstance. But I think so. I mean, I think the Supreme Court had, look, I was in the courtroom when this case was argued. I was inside the U.S. Supreme Court room. And I remember when there was a back and forth about, you know, what is a woman and really simple concepts related to these issues in the lawyer for the ACLU. couldn't answer the question or dance around it. And Chief Justice John Roberts put his hand on his forehead and sort of covered his eyes like, is this, can we not answer such a simple question? And so I was very optimistic that things would go this in the right way. And plus, we're seeing people on the right and the left that see this as a concern and they see this as a very simple issue of fairness. And so I'm glad the court got it right. You know, we have a state law in Texas for collegiate athletics and a state law for Cape through 12 that protects women and girls from not having to have men compete against them. And not only is an issue of fairness, we've seen young ladies get hurt. Women like Peyton McNabb who had a volleyball smashed in her face. She had some minor brain damage. And I'm, you know, she's not the only one. I mean, we've had athletes like Brooks Slusher from the state of Texas who had a male athlete on her women's volleyball team at the collegiate level. She was forced to room with him in hotel rooms, share a bathroom, all these different things that have been a concern. And so, and look, you've got over 25 states that have laws like these that says this isn't right for women to have to deal with this type of unfairness. And so sadly, I don't think the issue is going to go away as far as people on the left. And, you know, the transgender advocates in lobby. But it's not an issue of transgender. I mean, you have men that are competing in women's sports that do nothing but grow their hair longer and maybe put on some makeup. It's really not an issue about that. It's about an issue of fairness and safety. And I'm glad the court got it right. I would go with the campaign finance and get your opinion on that, but I don't think anybody will care about that until the next time campaign ads start running. And they hear even more campaign ads than they heard before. Jonathan, thanks for your time this morning. I appreciate it. Jonathan Sines, President of Texas Values. 727, time to take a look at your money.

Good morning. Shell agreed to sell its stake in a Gulf oil platform and nearby fields to tell us energy and Ridgewood Energy for $1.7 billion. The oil supermajor has been working to reshape its global portfolio of assets. This report is sponsored by Vanguard Investor Choice, a proxy voting program for eligible Vanguard index funds. I'm Courtney Donahoe, Bloomberg Business on News Radio 740, KTRH. Houston's news, weather traffic, plus breaking news 24-7. This is News 740, KTRH. Live everywhere with the IRAF. More of what's happening now from the John Moore Services Studios. It's 730 here on Houston's morning news. I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Among our top stories this FR, a warning about price gouging at the gas pump. No Iran, you still are not allowed to charge tolls to get through the Strait of Hormuz. And coming up at 738, Supergirl. is a super flop. Details in the minutes ahead. First, let's check out that morning drive once again with Sky Mike. Our big stories, Katie Freeway Total shutdown on Highway 6. Nothing good is happening. It's a police investigation. I expected to be there until almost lunchtime. Don from the west side's there. Hey, Sky Mike. Dude. Yeah, I'm sitting here in this. We've got ambulances and fire trucks trying to get through. So everybody out there, the faster they get there, the faster you get where you want. All right, let's help each other route. That's in bail. obviously and a 50-minute wait. It's getting worse by the minute. The generator supercenter.com traffic center. Oh, I feel their pain. From our KTRH Generator Supercenter, 24-hour weather center, mostly sunny, hot, humid, high of 96 for today. We'll get you the complete forecast and we talk to Terry Smith at the Weather Channel in nine minutes. Right now, 79 and your official severe weather station, news radio 740, KTRH. It's time for the news. Here's Eric Sharp. Good morning, 731 on News Radio 740, KTRH. Our top story this hour, the United States and Iran resume talks in Qatar after a series of strikes over the weekend. Fox is Jackie Heinrich is at the White House with more. As U.S. negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff meet with Qatari mediators but no Iranians in Doha, Iran is circulating a plan with U.S. ally Oman to collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, despite American objections. The White House reacting to the news, as reported by the New York Times, telling Fox, President Trump has been clear that Iran cannot control the strait, which is an international waterway. Tensions pushed oil prices slightly higher Tuesday ahead of the talks, but President Trump has been pressuring gas companies to lower... prices to 250 a gallon, accusing them of price gouging. Iran's parliament speaker told state media that the country's ready for war if the U.S. doesn't keep its end of the deal. Consumer confidence improving a bit in June. The conference board since lower energy prices helped ease inflation worries, giving Americans a slightly brighter outlook on the economy. Meanwhile, as the price of oil continues to drop over the last few weeks to just a few dollars higher than at the start of the Iran war,

Some are warning that they're dropping too fast. This back and forth on the oil narrative is starting to give some analysts whiplash. Prices are up. It's bad. Prices are down. It's bad. Prices aren't moving and it's horrible. The reality is market analyst Phil Flynn says the simple reality is the future does look good for U.S. oil and gas consumers. What could come out of this is we're going to see maybe more barrels produced by the U.S. and everybody else. That could lead to lower prices down the road. He says there aren't any indicators that prices could fall far enough to cost. a major disaster. Ethan Buchanan, News Radio 740, KTRH. And the Supreme Court knocking down President Trump's order to end birthright citizenship at a five to four ruling yesterday. Speaker Mike Johnson says that they're now looking ahead. I'm very disappointed in that outcome. I think it subjects the country to serious challenges going forward and let's deal with it as a conference. The president now calling on Congress to end birthright citizenship. The president touting the court's other big ruling Tuesday is a great win. The court upheld state laws that ban biological males from competing in girls' sports. Texas Congressman Brandon Gill calling out Democrats for using TPS, its temporary protected status, to send immigrants to rent states under the Biden administration. Jessica Vaughn with the Center for Immigration Study says that they were hoping to change the demographics. A giant rolling amnesty for favored groups that Democrat administrations have wanted to allow to stay here. Vaughn credits the recent Supreme Court decision that ruled the Trump administration can remove the TPS for Haitians and Syrians. KTRH news time is 734. Just five years after their 2021 redistricting, which kicked off a national redistricting war. Galveston County Commissioners have unanimously voted to redistrict again, this time to align Justice of the Peace and Commissioner precinct boundaries. Because, you know, we from three years ago, we've been all Republican commissioners court. And so aligning the JP precincts with the commissioners should also do the same thing for justice of the peace. Galveston County Judge Mark Henry says this could also streamline county operations. He adds that this is already a done deal, but will take about two years to go into full effect due to overlapping terms. Despite the very strong showing by stocks over the past 20 years, people favor investments in their homes. That's what 20 years of polling by Gallup says. Jeff Estrowski, the housing analyst at bank rate, says it's largely based on the simple nature of ownership. The fact that you can sort of cheaply and safely leverage housing is very attractive. The leveraging is the simple mortgage, increasing payoff in inflated dollars and the expectation of a final payoff. Because it's not something you often think of selling, it can become the ultimate passive investment. Mike Shiloh, News Radio 740, KTRA.

And federal roads and highways are partially funded by gas taxes, but what about electric vehicles? U.S. House Transportation Committee has bipartisan support for a new EV fee of maybe $150 per year. Inside EV's U.S. host Tim Levine has one problem. They say seniors and people who only drive occasionally pay only $40 to $50 in gas taxes annually. The House Committee is said to be working out the details. Astros get a 6 to 4 win over the Twins after a Yordon Alvarez Grand Slam Tuesday night at Diken Park. Those two teams will wrap up that series tonight. First pitch is at 710. You can hear it right here on KTRH. I'm Eric Sharp on Euston's News, Weather and Traffic Station. News Radio 740, KTRH. Houston's Morning News, live on Facebook. It's like radio, but with pictures. Well, I don't know when the last time was you went to the movie theater. It's been a long time for me. It hasn't really been anything I've been excited to see. Hollywood kind of dug a hole for itself that way, at least in my world. And, you know, I like pure escapism. I like comedies, things that make me laugh. But there hasn't been really anything out. I've been that interested in. Supergirl, the latest movie to come out of Hollywood that appears to have done a super flop. In fact, they say that it's likely to lose somewhere around $145 million. So what's wrong with the movie? Why aren't people going to see it? Here is comedian writer Michael Loft. He says Supergirl is super woke and that's just part of the problem. Yeah, this, this Millie Alcock girl isn't doing ourselves any favors by talking on the red carpet about this, that, and the other. But with Supergirl, this is the movie that nobody asked for. Like everyone knew this was going to be a dud. As soon as they heard, they were doing it, they're like, look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a flop. It's not going to go well. Hollywood is like a restaurant and they're supposed to serve your food that you want. You got James Gunn back there making sushi with five day old mayonnaise and then Warner Brothers is slinging it. And then you got Millie Alcock delivering it to the people and everybody's mad at Millie. I think we got to get angry at chef James Gunn. We're serving up this girl boss sushi that nobody wants. Well, Michael, I mean, that's a really interesting analogy you make there about Hollywood and what it's serving up. Is part of Hollywood's problem that they're making not just, you know, woke or non-binary or whatever movies, but that they're serving up these superhero movies when people want, you know, stake-freet?

Well, people aren't upset with superhero movies. The new Spider-Ban movie is tracking really well. It's going to do well with the box office. They keep doing this girl boss thing. It's like they're trying to create these movies for an audience that doesn't exist. Here comes James Gunn with a plate of rotten sushi. And you're the bad guy if you say you don't like it. Well, yeah, but if you don't like it, you don't show up. If you don't show up, they lose money. I just wonder how long they can keep losing money. All right, 7.40, time for traffic and weather together. As we check out that drive, once again, don't go on the Katie Freeway. You can't go on the Katie Freeway if you tried right now. In fact, Jimmy, right now, even the reroutes are bad. I'll get to that. But it's a one hour and 40-minute wait from Grand Parkway, Katie, from Katie Mills Mall, just trying to make it to where that wreck is. It's inbound Highway 6th. Been there since the 5 o'clock hour. And James says, and a lot of people telling me those back roads. Don't go south on Parker, Cyprus. Don't go on Gronsky. I'm here. bad things about all the back roads, especially Groschke. You'll never get out of there. You'll be so late for work, they'll probably think you quit. You know, I better get the excuse book out here, Terry. We've got, well, the West Park, because of the rerout's also backing up heavier than usual from Grand Parkway. Obviously, they're listening to us. So if you can work your way, Highway 6 maybe down to the southwest of 290, whatever's closest for you. It's almost worth it to just, well, it is worth it. Just take the Grand Parkway around. On the hard work on each side. Terry, I threw up the home game for you there. That's camera 1307. See that right there? We've had some, you know, we've had a rough couple of days here with stuff going on. We need this pretty view of the Hartman Bridge. Baytown, look how pretty that is. Paytown to Leport, good both ways. Toll Bridge, it's a little thick southbound Jacinto Port. 610, the Sherman Bridge from the Bud Plant to 225. Looks good. But once you get to the South Loop 610, got a record. Old Galveston, don't tell us. soul. My secret hack is Wayside. I'm in the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH, generator's super center 24-hour weather center. Terry is here. I hope the folks stuck on the Katie Freeway have enough gas to keep the AC going because they're going to need it this morning. No joke. Yeah, it's been... A very warm muggy start to the day. Temperatures have been in the upper 70s for most of us. Lots of sunshine, too. And that's going to be kind of the theme through the weekend. Sunshine heat and humidity. Now, it's not out of the ordinary heat and humidity. It's just the kind that you have to deal with, especially in the afternoon. Only a 20% chance of a shower storm today. Temperatures will top out mid to upper 90s. I think our heat index will be running between 100 to 105. So it's all in check as to what we would normally see this time of year. But tomorrow we have a better chance of rain, a 60% chance of thunderstorms, most of that in the afternoon. 20% chance you'll get wet. Friday, 30% chance of showers in storm Saturday and Sunday. And over the weekend with less rain, I think our temperatures are consistently going to be in the mid to up. or 90s and the humidity is going to be consistently high. So we're talking heat and disease over 105 and not the best weather to be outside for long periods of time. Temperature right now is 80. Ed your official, Severe Weather Station News Radio 740 KTRH. I live in the Sugarland area. Accidents and alternates. Next on the 10 on 740 KTRH. So after the latest string.

of Democratic Socialists of America candidates winning. And there's been a number of them who have won. It has the Democrat Party worried to the point where maybe they're ready to do something about it. James Carville called it as schism within the party. And it has the president, President Trump sounding the alarm as well. about our future if this continues. We'll have more on that coming up in just a moment. First, though, let's check out the Katie Freeway and all the other issues out there with Skymine. You know where that's going, Jimmy. It's a highway 6 and it's a complete shutdown. They actually, I believe, shut it down. You can see from Park 10. Nothing good is happening there. It's a police investigation, 18-wheeler wreck. And we're rerouting to the West Park. That's making the West Park messy from Grand Park way in. Keio from League Cities on my tip line. Sky Mike. Hey, brother. We've got... a car accident where 45 meets 288 slash 59 or 69, whatever you want to call it. Merger. Oh, my head hurts. Just prepare for some discovery. Oh, so well said. That is northbound. Kitty put a stamp on it for me. And it goes on your mom's fridge. I'm in the ability tree experts. Traffic Center. From our KTRH Generator Supercenter, 24-hour weather center, mostly sunny, hot, humid. 96 for today. Mostly sunny, widely scattered showers or storms, possible 60% chance of that, 94. Then Friday, mostly sunny with a 20% chance of an afternoon shower storm and a hive 96. Current temperature 80 at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740KTRH. This is off today. Eric is in for him. He has an update on some of our top stories. Good morning, 752 on News Radio 740, KTRH. President Trump will be taking his new Air Force One on its maiden voyage today. He'll be flying out to the North Dakota Badlands for the dedication of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. A Montgomery County Precinct 5 deputy has resigned after he violated department policy and shared photos from an arrestee on social media and village people frontman, Victor. Willis is Dan at the age of 74. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH.com. Our next update comes your way at 8. Learned how to listen. From you. I don't miss the shelf. Talk about it here. I cannot help but listen to you all the time. Use Radio 740, KTRH. 7.53 hour time here on Houston's morning news. I think this kind of says it all. The Democrat Party is finally worried about all the socialists that are running as Democrats and winning their races. James Harrison is a former chair of the Democratic National Committee. He directed a pointed message at candidates running under the Democrat banner. He says, I say this with no ill will or animosity. If you hate the Democratic Party, then please don't run for our nomination. Don't use our resources. Don't rely on our volunteers. Don't use our infrastructure. Focus on building the party you actually support. In other words, you're a socialist. You need to run your own socialist party. President Trump also sounding the warning on all this. Here he is, followed up by...

anchor Bill Hemmer over on Fox, who doesn't seem to be too concerned about this yet, and maybe he needs to be. It's not socialism. It's really communism. They use the word social Democrat because it sounds so nice, but it's really communism you're talking about. I think it's the biggest threat to our nation. There is, maybe since our founding. It's basically introducing communism into the United States of America. There's never been anything so dangerous. We had John Fetterman on America's Gavin Newsom earlier today, and he says it's a significant part of our party. I'm not so sure they're there just yet. Let's see what happens in Colorado's race in Congress. There is a significant race on the 4th of August in Michigan. There's a Democratic Socialist on the ballot there trying to win that Democratic primary race, and he would go up against Mike Rogers in November. If something like that were to happen, if Graham Platner were to win in Maine, I think we might be taking a different tact on this. I was looking at the New York Assembly. Is New York the canary in the coal mine? Was Zohran Mamdani? Or was it last Tuesday when three of the four candidates he supported? I don't know when it started. But in Albany, New York right now, there are 213 members of the State Assembly, right, between the Senate and the House. How many are members of the DSA? A grand total of nine. Three in the Senate, six in the House. It's getting a lot of attention appropriately so. If the trend is your friend, guys, and it's moving in that direction, maybe it does become a significant part of the Democratic Party, as John Fetterman was making the case. But we're not there yet. You know what, though? Even if they're not there yet, if they get there before you react to it, it's too late. It's too damn late. Better do something about it while you still can. Listen, you all have a great day. We'll see you tomorrow morning, bright and early 5 a.m. Oh, new time for the afternoon show 1 o'clock this afternoon on AM-950, KPRC.