HPD Now In Compliance With ICE Ordinance

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. Hey, good morning, 7 a.m., no, it's not, 5 a.m. Well, 7 a.m. somewhere. I'm just not the right time zone. Good morning. Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett here. It's time for Houston's morning news. Among our top stories this half hour, HVD, now in compliance. The city will get its $114 million. When it comes to retirement, the 4% rule no longer applies. And coming up at 508, a racist, a racist, what is that, a racist rant on Instagram? Yeah, that can get you fired. Details in the minutes ahead. First, let's check out the morning drive for the first time this morning. Gary Mack, are you there? Are you awake? And seven, yeah, well, yeah, I don't know about that. 7A, 5, 8, it's like Groundhog Day to be Monday repeating over and over and over again. We're already seeing a slowdown, 45 North Freeway Southbound, heading in Parker Road. Two rounds head, well, give yourself a few extra if you're stepping out the door anytime soon. Now, roadwork, we always have plenty of that around the Space City. And this weekend will be no exception. 69 Southwest Freeway down around Sugar Land, northbound, three alternating lane closures tonight, pranks up at nine. until yes, Monday morning, 5 a.m., from University Boulevard to Riverbrook. I'm Gary Mack in the Ability Tree Experts, Traffic Center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders, 24-hour weather center time to check out the forecast for today. What do we got going on? Yeah, mostly cloudy, 20% chance for an afternoon shower storm. High today, right about 86. Pretty typical day coming our way. More from Jeff Marr at the Weather Channel. He's in for Terry. I don't know where Terry is. She's somewhere. Anyway, current temperature is 70 in your official severe weather station. News Radio 740KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. At 502, we're sponsored by Shop is Farm Supply. Our top story. Other people decided to make politics side of it and we were kind of caught in the middle and we just didn't like that. Houston Police Officers Union President Doug Griffith with KTRH as the department officially signs off on the ICE ordinance bringing the city and HPD in compliance with state law. We're not ICE agents. We're not going looking for people that are illegal. We don't care. The only time we deal with anybody is if they have an outstanding warrant. That means the $114 million in state funding, frozen by Governor Greg Abbott, will be coming back to the city. Greg Abbott didn't just hold Houston accountable. The Dallas Police Department had to revise its policy so it could save $32 million in state funding that was about to be frozen there. Overnight, two HPD officers in a precinct one deputy are hurt in separate crashes. The deputy is in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Constable Alan Rosen. A Texas county that was once ground zero for Joe Biden's border disaster is now the poster child for Trump policy. And even liberal CBS News had to admit it.

One is in surgery and three have minor injuries. We have another victim at a different area hospital with very minor injuries. Police say five people are in custody. Looking at your money this morning, Dow futures are down 172 points. Wall Street ended yesterday session down across all three indices. Using the 4% retirement rule may not be applicable anymore. Financial advisor Derek Kinney says you might... Consider cutting withdrawals to 2.5%. Because the less stressful you make, the portfolio to work for you, the longer the money will last. According to an AARP report in February, almost 10% of retirees have returned to work. The Texans trade up two spots to select Georgia Tech offensive linemen Keelan Rutledge with the 26th overall pick in the draft. The Rockets host the Lakers in their... Playoff series tonight, trailing two games to none, coverage at six on Sports Doc 790. The Astros are home to the Yankees pregame at six right here on KTRH. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news weather and traffic station. News Radio 740, KTRH. The human experience. Human history happens here. I have tears of my eyes. I can just scream experience this life that we live. On News Radio 740, KTRH. Guaranteed human. I decided, I'm going to wait a few minutes to do the racist rant story. Because I didn't expect to have comedy in the studio today, but I do. And you can see her. If you're watching our show on Facebook this morning, the camera's on her right now. So make sure you're smiling, Terry Smith. from the Weather Channel. Good morning. I knew you were coming to visit. I didn't know you were coming to visit at 5 o'clock in the morning. What in the world are you doing up at this early? You're off today. I am off, but excuse me, for the last 21 years, I've been getting up super early, so it just comes naturally now. Now you can't sleep in anymore? No, I can't sleep. Oh, Lord. Not even on the weekends? No, I sleep on the weekends. I do too. Yeah. Yeah. No problem sleeping on the weekends. Well, it's nice to be in the studio with you. Well, it's nice to have you here. You've never been in our studio before. Never. Never. Have you ever been to Houston? I have. Okay. All right. How long ago? I was here, what about a year ago, visiting some friends. So, but didn't get a chance to swing by the station. All right. Sky Mike is taking care of you. Oh, my goodness. He is my chaperone, I guess, is the way to call him or. My tour guide, I'm getting all in on the lingo. We haven't been to the text dot wall of death yet. He promised that is on our good list. That's on the agenda today, the text dot wall of death. Nice. Nice. Yeah, we rode the hearty bond. Okay. So. So far, I'm sure it's been exciting. Sounds exciting. Is he at least going to take it to NASA? Do something scientific when you're here? I have no idea. I don't know that he knows what he's going to do. I know we're going to have dinner later. I know that much. We'll get you some genuine Texas barbecue. Is there any other kind of food you want while you're here?

I'm just excited to sample anything. So, yeah, I'm super excited about the barbecue. Has he gotten you a Kalachi yet? No, he has. All right, you need to go. You have to get a Kalachi. Okay. That's on the list. Okay, 5-10, time for traffic and weather together. We'll get into all the stories here. I just had to welcome Terry. Thank you. We don't see Terry Smith around here very often to say the least. All right, let's check out the drive for right now. Gary Mack, what do you have going on early on a Friday morning? Not much. Let's go around the Houston Metro, 45 North Freeway Southbound, hitting in from the Woodlands to downtown. That's running us around 22 minutes. I10, the Beast westbound, spur 330 to the East San Houston tollway. Only six that away, 45 Gulf Freeway northbound, adding up to around 20 between FM646 and the heart of the city. And last but not least, 15, 69 Southwest Freeway Northbound will do the West Sam Houston tollway again into downtown. I'm Gary Mack in the generator, Supercenter.com traffic center. Rob our KTRH, top tax defenders 24-hour weather center, Jeff Marr, filling in today for Terry, because Terry's next to me this morning. How weird is this, Jeff? Hi, Jeff. Hey, Terry. How are you? She's doing well. She brought hopefully some decent weather with her, did she? Yeah, I think overall pretty good. We're just going to have to keep an eye out for a few thunderstorms popping up this afternoon. And some of those may produce some hailer, some damaging winds along in north of I-10. So that's a possibility, middle part of the afternoon. The meantime, as you head out early, we'll start off a dry weather, a little bit of fog to get past. Then we'll see some clouds here to the afternoon. That's when a few isolated thunderstorms may pop up as we hit 86. Some more clouds and fog overnight down to 72. A little bit warmer tomorrow with a few isolated thunderstorms as we climbed to 88. And that warming train carries over to Sunday to wrap up the weekend with some more clouds. and a high temperature right around 90 degrees. Right now 70 at your official, Severe Weather Station, News Radio 740, KTRH. I live in Clear Lake. Humble. Reliable. KTRH, traffic and weather. Next on the 10.

that we tabled from the opening of the program. Let's get to it now. We have a Houston police officer on administrative leave because evidently she's a racist. Well, how do we know she's a racist? Well, she went on a racist rant on Instagram. By the way, never a good career decision to go ahead and put your feelings about people who are not the same color, gender, or... persuasion, if you will, than what you are. Never, never a good idea. Although I really can't tell from the story exactly what it was that she said because the news won't tell us. They won't. Well, they won't play the clip the way the clip is. You know, by the time they get done editing, editing, you really don't know for sure exactly what is she says. But here is the report from KPRC, too. This wasn't just someone engaged in just some racial gyatribe over what her. I mean, she is talking about her interactions with. African-American suspects that she's interacting with as a police officer. That is extremely concerning. Gonzalez will be represented by a union attorney when she meets with the chief standard practice, the union president tells me, after condemning the remarks as offensive and disturbing. I am surprised that HPD's background investigation and through her academy training that this was not caught before. This young lady has tarnished the badge for many other officers. Jim Willis is a... private investigator with an active peace officer license as much attention as this case has garnered she's done And in talking with law enforcement contacts today, I've learned that if Gonzalez and HPD separate, the department will be required to submit the findings of the internal investigation to TECL. That is the state agency that regulates licensing for law enforcement officers across the state. And those findings would then be made available to any other law enforcement agency that may be looking to hire her in the future. But without a criminal conviction, those law enforcement contacts tell me that it is unlikely and very difficult to revoke. a peace officer license in the state of Texas. So again, her name is Ashley Gonzalez. She is relatively young. She did a stint evidently in the Marine Corps. The ranch she does, I can't tell if she's been drinking or not, but I wouldn't be surprised. And she just really made a very bad decision. She said some bad things and she made a bad decision. And it's enough where she should and no doubt will lose her job. She hasn't officially been fired yet. She's beating with the chief today. 521. Time for traffic and weather together. Gary Mack is standing by for Skymind.

Yeah, I don't have a lot for you yet, being the operative word. So we'll look ahead as far as road work this weekend, quite a bit, be prepared. Norseam, for instance, westbound. Two right lanes are going to be blocked from John Ralston up to Mesa Road. This has been going on for months, it seems. Starts tonight at 10. until Monday morning around midnight, so that's kind of different. And then I-10, the KD Eastbound from the 16 West Loop to Washington Avenue, a total closure, 9 till 5 Monday morning. That's pretty customary. Gary Mack and the ability, tree experts, traffic center. President Trump doing what he does best, putting reporters in their place. It's coming up in just a couple of minutes. First, though, from our KTRH, top tax defenders, 24-hour weather center, mostly cloudy, 20% chance. Of an afternoon shower storm today with a hive 86, partly sunny about 88 tomorrow, and then mostly cloudy with a high near 90 on Sunday. Current temperature 71 now at your official severe weather station, news radio 740KTRH. Cliff is here ready to update some of our top stories. You brought up Trump. He announced a three-week extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. More details on that overnight crash involving several law enforcement officers. All of them are expected to be okay. Three suspects are under our arrest. And the Northwest Mall is being demolished to make way for a high-speed rail station to Dallas. The mall had been sitting there being unused for nine years. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH.com. Our next update is at 530. Least is not the Astrodome. News is already happening. So we're off to a busy start. Fast. Whatever is next in Venezuela. Keep up the events of the day. Now you know. News Radio 740. KTRH. Well, the reporters don't love President Trump. There's no doubt about that. And they all wanted to talk timeline. Why is this taking so long? How long are you giving this ceasefire? What are you going to do? When are you going to do it? And of course. President Trump was having none of that. Here's his press conference from yesterday. How long are you willing to wait until you get a unified spot? Don't rush me, Jeff. You know, guys like you want to say, oh, so we were in Vietnam like for 18 years. We were in Iraq for many, many years. We're in for all the, I don't like to say World War II because that was a biggie. But we were four and a half, almost five years in World War II. We were in the Korean War for seven years. I've been doing this for six weeks. And their military is totally defeated. They're outside of the little white sky ships. I call them the white sky ships, the little boats that they have running around with guns in them. And we'll take them out too when we see them. But their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone.

anti-aircraft is gone. All of their anti-aircraft machinery has gone. Maybe they loaded up a little bit during the two-week hiatus, but we'll knock that out in about one day if they did. We have no pressure. It's only guys like you with a question like that about what's your time? We've been doing it for five and a half weeks. Because you're in eight weeks that the U.S. now has been involved with Iran. You had initially said it would be four to six weeks. Well, I hope that. But I also took a little break. I gave them a break. And remember this. I want to make the best deal. I could make a deal right now. Do you know that if I left right now, we had a tremendous success. It would take them 20 years to rebuild, but I don't want to do that. I want to have it everlasting. I want to have it where they never get, they never have a chance to get a... I mean, the way you asked that question, you know, I did say it. I thought it would take four to six weeks, and I was right. Because at the end of six weeks, at the end of four weeks... The military was decimated. But now what I'm doing, I can't tell you that. I don't want to put that kind of a timetable on it, but it'll go pretty quickly. And we'll have the straight opened up. Now, right now, we have it closed. We have total control of the straight. And the fact that it slows, you know, they would have opened it up three days ago. They came to us and they said, We will agree to open the straight. And all my people are happy. Everybody was happy except me. I said, one minute, if we open the straight, that means they're going to make $500 million a day. I don't want them to make $500 million a day until they settle this thing. So evidently that that's newsworthy, don't you think? Evidently, the straight will stay closed until there's some sort of an agreement. He says, we control the straight. We have closed the strait of Hermuz. It's under our control. 526 now. It's time to take a look at your money. Good morning. The jet fuel bills are piling up for American Airlines. The carrier cut its financial targets for the year and even flagged the possibility of losses in 2026. American says its fuel costs have jumped by $4 billion. However, American reported quarterly earnings that topped expectations, sending shares higher. Checking in on the markets, volatility continues to rattle Wall Street. The standoff between the U.S. and Iran over oil shipments from the Middle East shows no sign of easing. Yesterday, the Dow fell 100. points. This morning, futures are searching for direction. And more potential home buyers are backing out of deals. According to Redfin, nearly 53,000 home sale agreements fell through last month. That's about one in seven contracts. House hunters are getting coal feed as costs stay high and economic uncertainty is in the air. San Antonio topped the nation with close to 19% of deals canceled. And in Houston, it was more than 15%. I'm Courtney Dunahoe, Bloomberg Business on News Radio.

40 KTRH. 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's 530. Here on Houston's morning news, I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett, among our top stories this half hour. The president says he won't be pressured on an Iran timeline. 70% of Democrats support socialism. And coming up at 538, will this make it easier to get a home mortgage? Details in the minutes ahead. First, we're checking out that morning drive once again with Gary Mack. Yeah, so far so good. It's early. It's light out there. We're seeing a few brake lights on the 16 North Loop Westbound starting at Irvington. Nothing really that stands out to I-45. And then downtown I-10, the KD Westbound, of course, right there. And I-45, the North Freeway, setting us back just a couple of minutes. I'm Gary Mack at the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, Generator Supercenter, 24-hour weather center for today, mostly cloudy, 20% chance for an afternoon shower storm. High temperature right about 86. Terry's off today. She's hanging out with us. We'll get Jeff Marr in here with a complete forecast for your weekend at about nine minutes. Right now, 71 in your official severe weather station, News Radio 740, KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. Good morning. It's 531 on KTRH. Our top story. The Navy is gone. Their Air Force is gone. Their anti-aircraft is gone. President Trump at the White House yesterday putting no timetable on the war with Iran, but he did have to deal with questions from the mainstream media like this. Sir, would you use a nuclear weapon against Iran? You posted on social. No. We don't need it. Why do I need it? Why would a stupid question like that be asked? There are no new peace talk scheduled, but the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been extended. by three weeks. The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz continues with oil prices now at $97.32 a barrel this morning. On another front, the Senate did their part on funding DHS through reconciliation. Now. It's the House's term. Some in the House GOP want to add in other items like aspects of the Save America Act. House Speaker Mike Johnson says funding just ICE and CBP has to be separate. The Senate did what was expected. It has to be clean because it's got to be quick. That's the challenge. So we're going to socialize that with everybody. And then we're going to move a right to reconciliation. The Trump administration wants this reconciliation bill to fund parts of DHS passed by June 1st.

That is Fox's Jessica Rosenthal. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is still rumored to be considering a run for president in 28. Polling from Echelon Insight shows she's running behind both Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's always planning to run for president and she's got a huge fundraising base, bigger than Schumers, bigger than a lot of people. So she's ready made to run for president. I think she will do it. Former Texas Congressman Steve Stockman, an alarming tidbit from this poll. Nearly 70% of Democrats support Democratic socialism, which is the belief that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez subscribes to. This just shows how divided we are as America. Terry Schilling with the American Principles Project says even a trip around the moon couldn't unite us. America is either going to continue down this road of the administrative state or it's going to reject that and it's going to return to family, to our founding values of God-given rights and human dignity, the concept that we are children of God. Something that astronaut Victor Glover acknowledged from Orion. 533 on KTRH, the rollout of Texas's school voucher program continues. The first families to be approved got notified. by the state this week. We are in the process of sending out notices to over 42,000 students. These are the students that were put to the front of the line by the legislature. These are students in low and middle income households with disabilities. Travis Pillow with Action Comptroller Kelly Hancock's office says this is just the first round of approvals. There will soon be a second lottery for low income students who applied for school choice. Your kids have been dealing with star tests for about a month now, but those exams aren't going away soon. This is the second to last time that kids will take the standardized test. Starr is going away in its current form. Clay Robinson with the Texas State Teachers Association says the once-a-year test is being replaced by three separate tests. If you thought Star was bad, we think that you might find the new one worse. They don't like it because it takes more time away from learning. Instead, kids will be spending more time preparing to take a test, he says. Backers of the plan say three tests give parents a more accurate view of their children's progress. ATRH's Michael Bored. It's now 534. Wall Street closed down yesterday and overnight futures are off 148 points this morning. New data shows Americans are still spending across the board. Retail sales jump 1.7% in March, which beat expectations. It was up 4% for a year ago. When you dig deeper, you'll see that obviously excluding gasoline. There was spending electronics, appliance stores, building material suppliers. Certified financial planner Richard Rosso says strong employment and tax relief policies under President Trump are helping keep consumer confidence steady.

The numbers came just in time for Texas's annual emergency supply sales tax holiday weekend, which starts tomorrow. It's your chance to save and prepare as hurricane season approaches. Generators, batteries for their flashlights, food preparations that can last them three to four days per person in their families. Constable Precinct 4 Captain Jose Garza says this is solely focused on emergency supplies, and it's open to everyone, including businesses. Gas stations would be a primary... focus for something where they would need generators and stuff like that to keep that flow of fuel to law enforcement fire EMS. He says they'll have increased presence as well to ensure safety. Andre Parrard News Radio 740, KTRH. It's now 536 on KTRH. With the 26 pick in the 2026 NFL draft, the Houston Texans select Keelan Rutledge, Guard Georgia Tech. Texans trading up two spots in last night's draft to protect quarterback C.J. Stroud, Rutledge, was a first team all-American last season. The Astros host the Yankees at Dyken Park. Pre-game is at six right here on KTRH, and that's because the Rockets host the Lakers in game three of their playoff series. Coverage at 6 o'clock on Sports Talk 790. Houston Trails, L.A., two games to none. I'm Cliff Saunders here on Houston's news weather and traffic station. News Radio 740. KTRH. This is Houston's Morning News with Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Well, any of all ever gone for a mortgage course you have, right? Getting a mortgage is a process. And if you've ever been through the process, you know, it's a lot of work. You know, they run credit checks on you. You have a credit score. And that credit score has a lot to do with the cost of borrowing money. The lower your score, the more the money is going to cost you the borough, which I always thought was a little bit ironic when you think about it, because if you are, if you're the lower socioeconomic end and you're trying to buy a home, they're going to charge you a higher interest rate than somebody has a really high credit score and it makes a lot more money than you. And so it's more affordable for the person who can afford the higher payment versus the person who can't. which never in some ways made sense to me. I understand there's a risk involved. That's what you're paying for. You're always paying for a risk. How risky a borrower are you? That has a lot to do with how this whole thing gets determined. Well, the Trump administration, evidently, has come up with a new scoring model for mortgages for the first time in decades. The change, which is being described as an historic move by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, otherwise known as HUD. would say that the FHA, who provides mortgage insurance on single-family, multifamily, manufactured homes, and also on hospital loans, among other things, will be able to consider other things that were never considered before as a part of your credit score. And that includes your rental history? Did you make your rental payments on time? Did you do you pay your electric bill on time? Do you pay your water bill on time? Those types of bills. Now, if you've ever been on Experian, you know that they already consider some of those things. Or you can consider that and it'll have an impact on your Experian credit score. But that's not true of the other credit scores that you can get, the other companies that provide credit scores. So theoretically, for somebody who has less of a credit history, it can increase their score. And for somebody who,

pays all of those utility bills and those types of things on time and pays the run on time, but it's never owned before. That can all get considered and that will help drive up your credit score and therefore cost you less for borrowing money. That's the idea behind it. Now, I don't think that's the big problem we have right now, honestly. When it comes to mortgages and people getting mortgages, the problem we have right now is people are just a little afraid of the interest rate, even though interest rates are historically not that bad. and we've got a lot of deals that are where people are backing out of it, and it's costing them thousands of dollars to back out of it. They're that afraid. I don't know. That's the thing that I think has to be tackled. You have to get people more confident. in buying a home right now before this thing really turns around. 540 is our time. Let's do a little traffic and weather together as we check in again with Gary Mack and for Skymike. Uh-oh, yeah, we have something stirring up around the umble area. Go ahead, Alex from Tarkington. You're on, sir. Hey, Gary, it's nine southbound, left-hand lane on top of, I think it's rank and got three cop cars behind the truck. Looks like some police activity probably be cleared up in the next couple minutes. And I've got delays around five minutes there from Will Jay Clayton Parkway. Also around downtown, we're stopping to go to southwest, freeway starting at 45 the goal freeway. And you'll clear out shortly after 288. Gary Mack and the ability tree experts traffic center. Terry's hopped today. She's hanging with us here in Houston. It's time right now for our KTRH generator super center, 24-hour weather center. Jeff Marr filling in for her. He's got the forecast for you. It looks like we're going to heat up for the weekend, Jeff. Yeah, we are right around the 90-degree mark by the time we head into Sunday afternoon and we'll stay in the low 90s early next week. As far as this Friday, some early clouds and fog. Then we'll keep an eye out for some isolated thunderstorm this afternoon, some of which may produce some hail or damaging wind, especially north of I-10. So we'll keep a close on that on that for you this afternoon. Up to 86 today, down to 72 overnight with more clouds and fog than a slight chance for a thunderstorm tomorrow. Otherwise, a mix of clouds and sun with a high of 88. And right around 90 degrees for that high on Sunday afternoon under a cloudy sky. And we'll stay in the low 90s. from Monday and Tuesday. Temperature right now, 71, here at 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. All right, so any of you all watched the NFL draft last night opening round? Yes, I did. I watched. I stayed up. I stayed up extra late just because I wanted to see who was all going in the first round. The Texans got Keelan Rutledge. He's a guard from Georgia Tech. Highly thought of. A lot of linemen. Yellow jacket, right, Terry? A lot of linemen taken in the opening round of the NFL draft. We're going to talk to... Dan Matthews, he's a host over at Sports Talk 790, our sister station, get his impressions on how the Texans did in the opening round of the draft. And if there's any surprises, he saw if number one was no surprise. We all know who was going number one, number two, number three. Those weren't really surprises. But after that, well, we'll see what he thinks. First, though, at 550, little traffic and weathered together as we check out the drive once again with Gary Mack.

And we'll take it back to Humble. And as you heard, off our tip line 713212 tips, Alex, around the Tarkington area coming in, a 69 East Tank, southbound. We had that crash. Well, it's now gone, and we're basically good to go just a few minutes to delay southbound. Other stopping goes this morning include on 45 the North Freeway heading in southbound airline to the North Loop. Speaking of, the North Loop, westbound, Irvington Airline, and then around the Baytown Area, I10, the Baytown East Freeway Eastbound, starting around Monmouth, we'll lose a few. Up to Spur 330. Gary Mack, Generatorsupacenter.com, traffic center. From our KTRH, Generator Supercenter, 24-hour weather center, mostly cloudy. 20% chance with an afternoon shower storm today with the high of 86. Partly sunny, 20% afternoon shower storm chance tomorrow 88, and then mostly cloudy right around 90 for the high on Sunday. Current temperature 71, here at your official, severe weather station. News Radio 740KTRH. Cliff a series ready to update some of our top stories. HPD signs off on Houston's ICE ordinance, so they save $114 million in frozen state funds. Minnesota lawmakers won answers from the squads Ilhan Omar about ties to alleged fraud. And the Las Vegas Raiders has expected to the Heisman Trophy Award winning quarterback Francisco Mendoza with the first pick in the NFL draft. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH.com. Our next update is at 6 o'clock. I live in Pasadena. Sharptown, Southwest. Next on the 10. Time-saving traffic on 740 KTRH. All right, pretty typical NFL draft night. Roger Goodell got booed, as he always does. Why does everybody booed? Roger Goodell. Let's ask Dan Matthews, host of Sports Talk 790. Why does everybody boo him? Because he's the authority. He's the brass. Nobody likes the brass, Jimmy. Come on. No, I think he could stop with nobody likes him. Well, there is that too. I think he's got a lot of reason for that. And ask players at certain times how they feel about Roger Goodell, especially when he takes money out of their pockets for fines. Yeah, I'm sure they don't appreciate that very much. All right, before we get to the Texans pick here, let's just kind of talk about the opening round in general, the opening round of the NFL draft. Was there any real surprises to you? I mean, a couple. You know, I guess Carnell Tate going as high as he did to the Tennessee Titans was a little. And then I guess Caleb Downs falling as far as he did all the way down to the Cowboys, which do we ever want to give the Cowboys credit for making sound good decisions where they trade up to 11? It was only one pick, but still, I mean, figuring that other teams were going to try to jump in front of them there. So other than that, though, Jimmy, I mean, there were trades, but it was pretty chalky. There wasn't really much to really hang your hat on and say, wow, that was something I didn't see coming. You know what's interesting to me is how much. position players have changed over the years. It used to be a time where you wouldn't think about taking an offensive alignment until the second or the third round at the very earliest. Now you see a lot of them go in the first round, the ones that really have a lot of talent. Well, think about the teams who have just won the most recent Super Bowls. The Philadelphia Eagles absolutely beat up the Kansas City Chiefs both up front on the offensive and defensive line. And then the Seahawks did the same thing to the Patriots again last year. So it used to be you have a quarterback, you're going to win, and especially if you have an elite one. And that's still pretty much the case. But now it's, are you really good on the defensive side and are you really good in the trenches? And at least the first part, the Texans are. And the second part, well, they're hoping that last night.

their pick is going to take them a long way towards getting towards that goal. Well, let's talk a little bit about that. We've got, again, a guard in this case from Georgia Tech was the number one pick for the Texans. Tell me a little bit about Kenyon and what he brings to the table. Yeah, he's a guy that played his first couple of years of football at Middle Tennessee, then transferred over to Georgia Tech. I mean, from everything about him, physical, brawler, bruiser, masher, all of those things that you want to hear about in offensive linemen. Good size, too. But I tell you what really excites me the most about him is you have to factor in where guys played. If they're known for physicality and they're known for discipline, then you know that that's the type of player you're getting. His head coach, Brent Key at Georgia Tech, was a former standout offensive lineman and a guy that's been an offensive line. for a lot of his career. And then finally became the head coach at Georgia Tech and has really had that program embody the way that he played. So those are things that this Texan's offensive line was missing last year. And the fact that Nick Casario was able to add that on night one shows you good things towards what they want to build this offensive line in the being. So is Kenlin Rutledge, is he ready to start or is he a little bit of a project before he gets a chance to start? You know, I mean, at least the Texans, what they did this off season, bringing back Ed Ingram and then also adding Wyatt Teller, you would think that guard is out of the question. But... The center has been something they've talked a lot about, and it's something that he said that he could be comfortable with doing, and they've got Jake Andrews there. I've gotten the sense that they've been ready to move on from Jake Andrews if they had the right guy there, and maybe Keel and Rutledge might be that guy. So at least if nothing else is going to create competition, which is something that Nick Assyrio and Demika Ryan's since that duo started up a few years ago have not had since they've been here. So today you got the second and the third round. What do you think the Texans are going to be looking for in the second and the third round? And who are some of the names that we should keep an eye up for is going fairly early in the second round? Yeah, I got to tell you, I think McDonald, the defensive tackle out of Ohio State, Keelan McDonald, is somebody to absolutely keep an eye on. You know, I think, Jimmy, that D'Amico Ryan's is going to be able to try to make a play for an inside linebacker. Henry Toa Toto is going into his final year. And in Aziz al-Shahir, you're going to have to make a decision on that. And that's a position that obviously that... Damico Ryan's really covets. And I call them Keelan McDonald's. Caden McDonald's. So I think defensive tackle, possibly linebacker, maybe even look receiver or tight end in there. Eli Stowers out of Vanderbilt is still very much in play for the Texans. All right, Dan. Thanks. Appreciate it, man. Dan Matthews. Always. Sports Talk 790, but a little primer on the NFL draft from yesterday. And it starts up again today with the second of the third rounds. It's 5.56.

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. 6 a.m. our time here in Houston's morning news, I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Among her top stories this half hour, what else goes into the high price of gas? HPD is in compliance now. The city will get its state money. And coming up at 608. Kash Patel on those missing scientists. Details in the minutes ahead. First, let's check out that morning drive once again. Here's Gary Mack. Good morning. Let's begin again, and back to the Umbal area we go. Remember, we cleared the accident to southbound. It was around Rankin Road, and now we have something else. Mike from Splendora, you're on the tip line. In the Umbal area, in the second to left-hand lane, right at 1960, the wreck is gone. But there is now a broke-down truck in the second to left lane. It's a typical suspect. It's a Ford. Oh, my. Yeah, that's causing around a five-minute backup. Also slow downtown, 69 Southbound, starting at the GRV to Fannin. And on the north side, the north loop westbound Irvington to airline now. I'm Gary Mack in the generator, supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders, 24-hour weather center, mostly cloudy today. 20% chance of an afternoon shower storm with eye right about 86. Complete. Forecasts coming your way. Jeff Mars, filling in for Terry at the Weather Channel. We'll talk to him in nine minutes. Right now, 71 at your officials, Severe Weather Station, News Radio 740, KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. Good morning. It's 601. Our top story, HBD issues a new directive to comply with the city's immigration ordinance, bringing the city and the department into compliance with state law. HBD Union Chief Doug Griffith says he's thankful to be done with his drama. I'm hoping we can put this to bed finally and go ahead and move on with the real issues of the city. We have a budget deficit. We've got all kinds of issues, infrastructure. Our officers just want to go out there and do our job. Governor Greg Abbott had threatened to pull $114 million in funding if HPD did not sign off. Meantime, Dallas police are now in compliance revising their policy yesterday. Their old policy. put $32 million in state funding at risk. Overnight, a police chase in North Houston ends with several officers injured and hospitalized. Three suspects under arrest. This started as a chase involving a stolen vehicle. All of the officers involved are expected to be okay. Police also arresting a 16-year-old for conspiracy to commit capital murder after a threat directed at... Congregation Beth Israel. A woman in North Carolina is also caught up in this and behind bars. Bond for Angelina Han Hicks set at $10 million. Meantime, crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border plummeted since President Trump took office. This is despite the fact that Trump has not passed any new border laws, proving it never had to get as bad as it did under Joe Biden. What we experienced under the Biden administration was chaos. The immigration system isn't broke. What's broke is D.C. And when you have different administration come in that says, we're going to bring in these asylum seekers. That's why we saw the rush at the border. Cheryl County Sheriff, Dannyis Cleveland says there is seeing fewer crossings than the first Trump administration, even during what are normally peak times. 603 on KTRH, the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is costing Iran hundreds of million dollars every single day.

Missouri Senator Eric Schmidt tells Fox eventually Iran, well, something's going to have to give. Their economy is being starved. And so that creates conditions for a deal. But the president's not going to make a deal. If it's not a good deal, and if we're not, you know, for sure, we know that they're not going to have a nuclear weapon and that capability is taken off the table. That said no new talks are scheduled between the two sides. Seasfire in Lebanon extended by three weeks in a post on truth social. The president said he met with representatives of both sides yesterday. Oil prices checking it at $97 and $0.10 a barrel this morning. while gas prices are still more than a dollar less than their Joe Biden era peak at $3.72 this morning. Despite what you have heard in the mainstream media, gas prices are not driven exclusively by war in greed. Blaming war, gas station owners, and big oil for rising gas prices is easy, but it misses the more complicated factors at play. Automotive journalist Lauren Fix says regulatory issues affect prices long before the gas station. Certain states require specialized fuel blends that cost more to produce before they ever reach the pump. An unlimited pipeline access, transportation costs, and distance from refineries, and you start to see why some parts of the country consistently pay more and some pay less. She adds that individual stations have very small margins on gas. and make most of their profits from the convenience stores attached to the station. Corey Olson, News Radio 740, KTRH. That all said there's no let up from the left's fearmongering over President Trump. Political commentator Silvio Canto Jr. says, it's like the old tale of the boy who cried wolf. Every time you watch his Democrat on TV or he listens to him on the radio, he's telling you about something terrible that Trump is doing. Everything is bad. Everything is horrible. And I just don't think most Americans are in that corner. He says the Democrat hysteria is out of control and wonders just when we start calling them crazy. 605 on KTRH overnight trading is mixed this morning after losses across the board on Wall Street yesterday. Retirement advice of the past may no longer be applicable. Financial planners have leaned on the 4% rule withdrawing 4% the first year followed by subsequent withdrawals depending on inflation. Financial advisor Derek Kenny says this number was said to be the acceptable amount of money to live on. The problem is the market has gotten dramatically more volatile. Inflation worries, recession worries. He says withdrawing too much early on is a common mistake instead considered 2 to 3%. The more conservative you can spend.

typically means good news for how long your money will last. I'm Erica Smith. News Radio 740, KTRH. Texas has pushed to lead the way when it comes to AI research is being seen by some as a key component of national security. We cannot afford for a foreign adversary to have the kind of resources that we can build. Former Texas GOP chair James Dickey says we should look at this as a competition between the American value of free speech versus Beijing's model of centralized surveillance. 606, the Texans trade up two spots to select Georgia Tech offensive lineman Keelan Rutledge with the 26th pick in the first round of the NFL draft. The Rockets take on the Lakers at Toyota Center trailing two games to none in their best of seven first round playoff series. Coverage 6 on Sports Talk 790. Astros host the Yankees this weekend pregame tonight and six right here on KTRH. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's News Weather and Traffic Station News Radio 740, KTRH. These eventful times. In times like these. Make for eventful days. No, there's never a dull moment. Boy, to get my shut down. Check in. Every hour. Use Radio 740. KTRH. Well, it is a mystery. I mean, you got 11 scientists missing or dead. What the heck is going on here? And if you listen to some of the information about it, it sounds like they just basically vanished into thin air. I mean, it's like a, it's like a sci-fi movie. You know, somebody beamed them up. Where did they go? Where did they go? Kash Patel has gotten involved now, the Department of Justice. Here's the other part about it. Well, I'll comment more after you hear this, but... What took so long for this to get the federal government's attention? I mean, you've got people with classified information, nuclear secrets, and they're missing or dead, and these federal departments are not talking to each other about this? What in the world is going on? Here's Kash Patel, followed by Representative James Comer. Up, hang on. Misfire. We have a touchy little system here this morning. I will give Kash Patel one more opportunity to join us. Here he is. The FBI is going to be spearheading the effort collectively with our partners at the Department of Energy and the Department of War. These missing and killed scientists and former professional members of the Department of Energy vary in wide range. And we're working most importantly with our state and local partners who have the jurisdiction on each of these cases, whether they be a homicide or a missing person's case. have the evidence of what we're going to do is collectively pull it all into one place we started this process last week and then we're going to look for connections like you said on whether there are connections to classified access access to classified information and or foreign actors and then we will produce that information to the White House in the world because it's of such great public importance and if there's any connections that leads to nefarious conduct or conspiracy this FBI will make the appropriate arrest I mean I don't think anyone who's keeping up with this story would think the odds were very good that this is all a coincidence. There could be a lot of reasons behind what's happening. Of course, it could be a coincidence, but what I've learned in three years as chairman of the House Oversight Committee is a lot of these agencies never share information. And you heard Kash Patel say they're just now starting an investigation because it's just now popping up on the radar screen of the average American. This has been happening for three years. And the longer you have to go back to do an investigation,

the harder it is to get information. So we're working as a committee. We want to see everything that NASA has, everything the Department of Energy has, everything the Department of War has. And we want to compare notes to see if there's some type of link. If there is something that would suggest that these are consistent with some type of country or some individual or some company that may be trying to do something to disrupt America or to steal our intellectual property with respect to our nuclear program. So you've got three different departments, Department of Energy, Department of War, and NASA. None of whom evidently ever talk to each other? None of them ever say, hey, you know, you all got anybody missing over there? Because we got like five people we can't account for. We don't know what happened to them. Really? 610. Time for traffic and weathered together. Gary Mack, what do you have this morning? That's what I say. And we were doing so well, too. Well, so much for that. Let's revisit the Humble area. Transstar has upgraded the stall to an accident now blocking a couple of middle lanes. 69th the Eastex Freeway southbound if you're hitting in. That's around a 10-minute delay starting at 1960. because that's now breaks starting at Kingwood Drive. Also, accidents on the 610 North Loop, westbound at Yale has just backed up all the way to Irvington, if not passed that by now. And then also on the west side, or kind of, 69 South West Freeway Southbound, before Shepard, that stop and go from Mandel. Add a few more here. Gary Mack and the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH. Top tax defenders, 24-hour weather center, Jeff Barr, and for Terry Smith this morning, he has the forecast for him. I'm not seeing a ton of sunshine here. Are we going to get any sunshine this weekend? If we get any, it'll probably be as we head towards Saturday afternoon. But you're right. In the meantime, a lot of clouds covered today. Also, some areas of fog. Initially, they'll keep an eye out for isolated thunderstorms popping up this afternoon. Even though they'll be isolated in nature, the ones that do form may produce some strong wind gust or hail. A high today right around 86. Tonight some more clouds, also some more fog forming late with a low down to 72, up to 88 tomorrow with a mix of clouds and sun and a slight chance for a thunderstorm. And the warming train extends it to Sunday with some more clouds and a high temperature hitting. 90 degrees. Temperature right now, 71, here at your official, severe weather station, News Radio 740, KTRH. All right, we are just about it last call for a listener Alaska trip. It's coming up in August. August 21st, yeah. So towards the tail end of August, we are taking a group of listeners. We still have, I think, two cabins left. So we could accommodate four or five people, you know, depending upon your family configuration. and we would love to have you come. It's going to be a terrific trip. We took a group of listeners to Greece, and we had such a great time hanging out with our listeners. You know, it's fun to hang out with people and the vacation with people who actually believe in a lot of the same things you believe. Like-minded people are a lot more fun to hang out with than people that are crazy.

So we're really looking forward to this trip. We have some of the folks from the Greek trip that were coming back on this. We have some folks who have signed up that I've never met before. We're really looking forward to this. Elizabeth and I are going to be hosting. We're going to meet up in Seattle. And we're going to have a nice dinner together that opening night. We're going to tour Seattle. We're going to get on board the Celebrity Edge. We're going to take a week-long Alaska cruise. We're going to go to Skagway and a whole bunch of places. Do you know, a whole bunch of great places, eat some fantastic food and enjoy some scenery that I've never seen before. Alaska's a bucket list item for me. And if it's a bucket list item for you, there's still time for you to sign up. You can either call this toll free number for the cruise store folks. They're great people. They're not going to hard sell you at all. They'll just give you information. 800, 383.331. That's 800383.31. Or go to travel with jimmy.com. Or go to travel with jimmy.com. Or go to travel with jimmy.com. Or call 800383.31. 620. Time for traffic and weathered together. Crazy people. Meeting progressive far left people with Sivio Canto Jr. from American Thinker in just a moment. First, though, traffic and weather, starting with Gary Mack. Yeah, lots to cover. Let's go straight to the tip line, 713-212 tips. Hey, just let me know, South 59, right before Buffalo Speedway. I guess got blocked by a red fire engine. All three lanes blocks. There's only one lane getting by. And I've got that closer to Shepard delays now at 20 minutes. Good morning, Cindy and Dayton. Good morning, Gary Mack. On 90 westbound, that's new 90. Right by the Mack dealership, they got a concrete foregone. going on. They've got different directions traffic-wise. One sign says two left lanes are closed. The two left lanes really aren't closed, but the arrow is pointing to the right. A little bit confusing, people are slowing down, and it's not looking good. Just a little bit. Gary Mack and the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders 24-hour weather center for today, we're looking at mostly cloudy skies, 20% chance of an afternoon shower storm. 86. Broadly sunny 88 tomorrow, mostly cloudy near 90 for the high temperature and Sunday. Right now, current temperature is 71 in your official severe weather station. News Radio 740KTRH. Cliff is here. He's ready to update some of our top stories. 10-year-old boy is charged with the stabbing murder of a 13-year-old girl in northwest Houston this past February. An American soldier arrested for betting on Nicholas Maduro's arrest. That soldier won 400K because he had the inside information. And men is expected to lay off 10% of its workforce. At the latest news anytime at KTRH.com, our next update is at 630.

From the Sugar Land area. Fabi Airport area. Your reliable forecast. Next on the 10 on 740 KTRH. Yep, I think the train has left the station and it's full of Democrats. 623 is our time here in Houston's morning news. Sylvia Ocanto Jr. wrote an opinion piece for American thinker entitled When Do We Call Them Crazy? In my case, probably four, maybe eight years ago, Silvio. The only question I have is not whether or not they're crazy. I'm just wondering if they're crazy like a fox or they're just plain crazy. What do you think? Well, great to be with you, as always. Thank you for the invitation. Well, I'm not sure if they're crazy like a fuck. Maybe they are. Maybe they are. But, you know, I was watching a clip of this governor's debate. in California. And they're asking, the question was, are you going to oppose the Trump administration for requiring or requiring that some of these drug drivers at least speak English? And the Democrats are saying, no, that's racial profiling. That's discrimination. And I said, that's it. I mean, these people are way beyond crazy. I mean, we're talking here about public safety. And they have to bring in all this crazy. progressive stuff. So I'm not sure if they're doing it on purpose or is it's just their nature. But the bottom line is that they're saying a lot of crazy things, Jimmy. Well, sometimes I think they do it for a fact. And we've seen that certainly here in Texas with Jasmine Crockett. I don't think Jasmine Crockett is nearly as crazy as she comes off as, but she's playing to her base. And she's playing to the crowd. And it seems to be effective. That's the part I think that worries me the most. Not that they're either are crazy or playing crazy, but it seems to be so effective. Well, you've got a point there because I think the biggest fear in the Democrat Party today is the primary. In other words, if you're a Democrat and you represent a fairly Democratic district, your biggest fear is not losing in November to a Republican. Your biggest fear is having a primary. We just saw this in New Jersey, where a so-called moderate Democrat was overthrown by one of these squad members. So I think you're right. I think it's probably a calculated... decision to go to the left and play or pander to a particular base that shows up in primary. So I think you got a very good point there. Chuck Schumer in New York is a good example of that, Jimmy. Well, and in Virginia is a good story of the reverse of what you were talking about in New Jersey, where you had a crazy progressive playing like she's down the middle until she gets into office and now look what's happening in Virginia. Sure. Well, that's the other thing, too. I mean, somebody said the other day that there's no such thing as a moderate Democrat anymore. And you've got to believe that after what we just saw Virginia, where a lady runs for office saying, hey, vote for me. I'm down the middle. I'm not going to play the partisan stuff. And then she gets in and she's basically signing everything that the left is putting in front of her. But whether it's intentional or calculated political decision, the bottom line is they sound. crazy and they're saying a lot of things that I believe are confusing a lot of people and are awfully, you know, very, very scary. And so I don't, you know, I'm not going to get into their heads and wonder, you know, why they're doing it, but they're doing it. And they're very crazy. I think they're making our politics extremely uncomfortable, Jimmy. Now it says in your opinion piece, in your work as a psychotherapist, are you a psychotherapist?

No, I'm not. That was a link to an article that I, yeah, yeah, there was an article that I was linking to a psychotherapist who was who was talking about this from his professional perspective saying that, you know, this is not just this is a problem. I mean, people get so obsessed. with a particular topic or an issue, and they lose their perspective. That's what he was trying to say. He was saying Trump derangement syndrome is a problem that he often sees in his clinic. I think that's a guy. We had him on our station here just a few short days ago, and I found his comments very insightful. Yeah. It shows you. just how deep this stuff goes. It really is a case, I believe, where we've gotten to this point in this country. And this is true, I think, of both conservatives and liberals, is that we are operating in echo chambers where we really are only interested in hearing our side of the story. We're not that interested in both sides of any story anymore. That's right. Well, you can see that, Jimmy, when these people go on interviews. For example, Elizabeth Warren, where does she go for an interview? MS now. She doesn't go to Fox News, for example. And it works the other way, too. The conservatives go to one place or another. And I think that you're right about that. I do think social media has made us much further apart. I always advise people, you know, don't just take everything that you see on social media as gospel truth because a lot of it is they're just talking to... to a particular audience, I think the polling data, too, is extremely, let's just say selective. I think they have a political narrative that they're pushing and they use polls to do that. So we're living through very difficult times, and I'm not sure how it's all going to shake out, but I just hope that the Republicans keep the house. I couldn't agree with more on that. Sylvia, thank you, as always. Good to talk to you, sir. Sylvia Canto Jr. He wrote a piece for American thinker about the crazies. It's 628. It's time to take a look at your money. Good morning. Energy executives have been quietly warning the Trump administration for weeks that the massive disruption to energy supplies caused by the Iran War is likely to lead to even higher prices for oil, gasoline, and other vital products that could last for months. Sources tell us that some oil leaders have advised the government to prepare to make much bigger economic interventions. Checking on your money, traders continue to worry that the war will have a long-lasting impact on inflation and consumer sentiment. continues to watch the developments out of the Middle East. Yesterday, stocks dropped with the Dow falling 180 points to wrap up the day. And shares of Texas instruments jumped the most in more than a quarter century yesterday. The chipmaker gave a surprisingly strong forecast, helped by booming spending on data centers for artificial intelligence. Texas Instruments shares surge more than 19% to finish out the day.

I'm Courtney Donahoe, Bloomberg Business on News Radio 740, KTRH. Houston's news weather traffic plus breaking news 24 7 this is news radio 740 KTRH live everywhere with the IRF more of what's happening now from the John Moore Services Studios it is 631 here on Houston's morning news I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett among our top stories this half hour 70% of Democrats support socialism Trump says he won't be pressured for an Iran timeline. And coming up at 638, turns out coffee is also good for your gut. Details in the minutes ahead. First, let's check out that morning drive once again. Inver Sky, Mike, here is Gary Mack. Maybe. Are you there, Mr. Mack? Jet 1-2. There we go. Yeah, there we go. You've got your troubles. I've got mine. Eyes up. 610 in the North Loop, Westbound at Yale. The accident now cleared, but delays not forgotten. 30 minutes, bumper to bumper from the Hardy toll road. Let's move to 69 to Southwest Freeway. As you heard off our tip line, three lanes are blocked. Southbound at Shepard. Delays there approaching a half hour. That is gridlocked now from 45 the Gulf Freeway. Over to the West Ham, Southbound at West Timber. That's a broken down vehicle in the left lane. to our woes east side, east Sam. I'm almost done, cliff, southbound approaching Wallaceville Road delays at two to three minutes from noon 90. I'm Gary Mack, ability, tree experts, traffic center. From our KTRH, generator super center, 24-hour weather center, mostly cloudy today. 20% chance of an afternoon shower storm looks like about 86 for the high temperature. We'll get to complete forecast, Jeff Maher, and for Terry today at the Weather Channel. We'll talk to Jeff in about eight minutes right now, 71, and your official, Severe Weather Station, News Radio 740, KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. Good morning. It's 632 on KTRH. Our top story, The Radical Left, well, according to new polling from Etchelon Insights, shows most of them want socialism in America. The poll shows 68% support for Democratic socialism in the Democrat Party. There's a lot of people that just don't know what socialism really is and what it leads to is Marxism, which killed more people than any other faith or doctrine. Former Congressman Steve Stockman says this just goes to show you how far left the Democrat Party has gone. The tails wagging a dog, the young vote, which is a very hardcore left, that cheer whenever they hear communism and socialism, is taken over the party. Stockman says this all points to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez having a good shot at winning the Democratic. Democrat 28 nomination. Ethan Buchanan, News Radio 740, KTRH.

And speaking of the radical left, the Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted on multiple charges of fraud this week, exposed to have financially supported the very same organizations they were fighting. President Trump's reaction? How do you defend what just happened where your southern law, whatever it is, has given money to KKK, they're supposed to protect people, and they're paying all these people crooked as can be. Trump at the White House yesterday, new numbers are in on how America feels about... President Trump in Operation at Big Fury. Support has increased for the U.S. action in Iran to 45% up from 42% a month ago. Still more than half who responded opposed the war. Even with that, almost 60% of respondents rated the military's performance from good to excellent. 40% of voters say President Trump has been too tough on Iran, while 28% say he hasn't been tough enough. That's Fox's Gronal Scott. Oil futures are down over the last half hour to $94 and $48.08. $6.34,000 low to middle income students, as well as students with disabilities have already been approved for school choice. Texas, even more will be approved next week. We are getting ready to conduct a lottery. The reality is that we had more families apply than we were able to fund in year one. And so we are going to have to conduct a lottery to see which remaining families were able to fund. Travis Pillow with the state comptroller's officers. Those approved should start receiving funds by June 1st. Start testing in Texas public schools wrapping up. This is the second or last time that the kids will be. forced to take this because it's going to go away in its current form. The 27-28 school year, they debut the student success tool, the SST. Clay Robinson with Texas State Teachers Association says that instead of one test, there will be three. 635 on KTRH. Looking at your money, Wall Street closed down yesterday, down futures ticking up this morning. The retirement advice of the past may not work today. Financial planners have leaned on the 4% rule withdrawing 4% the first year followed by subsequent withdrawals depending on inflation. Financial advisor Derek Kenny says this number was said to be the acceptable amount of money to live on. The problem is the market has gotten dramatically more volatile. Inflation worries, recession worries. He says withdrawing too much early on is a common mistake instead considered 2 to 3%. The more conservative you can spend. typically means good news for how long your money will last. I'm Erica Smith. News Radio 740, KTRH. Texas's emergency supply sales tax holiday begins tomorrow, giving you a chance to save while prepping for hurricane season. Constable approaching for Captain Jose Garza says businesses are included in this and they'll be watching. We are going to be increasing our patrol presence in those areas, so we ensure the people that are out there buying these emergency supplies don't have to worry about the criminal element. We're going to be in there so we can be highly visible, and we are prepared to respond to keep overall security of everybody during this time. The sales tax-free weekend runs through April 27th. The Texans trade up a couple of spots in last night's NFL draft to select offensive Wyman Keelan Rutledge from Georgia Tech. Rutledge was a first team All-American last season.

Astros host the Yankees at 6 on KTRH and the Rockets take on the Lakers in game three of their playoff series at 6 on Sports Stock 790 with the rockets trailing two games to none. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's News Weather and Traffic Station, News Radio 740, KTRH. In any event, these drug boats, Ukraine, Russia, travel ban, re-migration, health care plan, check in. The latest News Radio 740, KTRH. Oh, baby. Love me some coffee in the morning, especially when Peggy Lee is suggesting I have a cup. Would you like a cup, Peggy Lee? 6.38 is our time here in Houston's morning news. All right. As you know, I drink coffee by the, no, not by the cup, by the gallon. And therefore, I'm always attentive to coffee studies. And if you're up at this hour, you probably drink a fair amount of coffee too. And I have seen... Just about I think, if I had to put a percentage on it, I'm going to say like 90% of the stories you see about coffee are pretty positive as far as the health benefits go. So I've always kind of looked at that and said, wow, if I drink enough coffee, I can make up for all this other stuff I'm doing. Of course, it doesn't make any sense, but I tell myself that. Maybe that's why I drink so much. But new research at the positive effects of coffee have found that there is a gut-brain connection. And that coffee is actually good for your gut. Researchers study, small study. 31, Terry Smith. 31. So, but who knows? 31 coffee drinkers, 31 non-drinkers. So 62 altogether via psychological testing. Yes, they tested them on caffeine and food diaries as well as stool and urine samples. Boy, that sounds like a fun study. To understand changes in their microbiome mood and stress levels, those who drank coffee, both caffeinated and decaffeinated, reported lower perceived stress, lower depression, and impulsivity scores, which suggests that drinking coffee significantly improved their mood, regardless of the caffeine content. And other than that, it also seemed to have just some... positive effects on your diet as far as your gut and microbes and your metabolism and even your emotional well-being. So do you feel better after you have a couple of cups of coffee in the morning? That might explain why. 640. Time for traffic and weather together. We're checking again with Gary Mack. He's filling in for Scott Mike all this week. And I press this button and my mic is on this time. Very few issues, but the ones we do have relating to huge delays. We have cleared the crash, as I mentioned previously on the north side, North Loop, Westbound at Yale. However, that is bumper to bumper from 69 the Eastex Freeway adding on. We're also losing around 40 now, 69 to Southwest Freeway Southbound. The accident in three lanes at Shepard. That is, again, at a stand still starting just past, let me say, yeah, I-10 right now. And then we also have another accident on the east side, the east belt southbound, approaching Wallaceville, wait times there at 5 to 10 from New 90. Gary Mack, Generator, Supercenter.com traffic center. Yep, Terry Smith is with us today in studio. We're going to talk to her in about 12 minutes. Little, little and a little.

to make about, you know, what's going on in her world. So stand by for that. First of all, though, we got to do our own weather from our KTRH generator super center, 24-hour weather center. Jeff Mars in for Terry today. He's got the forecast for you. Chances of rain look. relatively slim over the next couple of days. Yeah, mainly isolated showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon hours, but we'll have to keep an eye on the ones that do pop up, a slight risk for severe thunderstorms capable of hail and damaging winds, especially along the north of I-10 later today. Meant, we'll start off with clouds and fog than a few of clouds and a few of clouds and a few of clouds afternoon thunderstorms may pop up with a high of 86. Overnight, some more fog will settle in with a low dropping into the low 70s. A warmer weekend up to 88 tomorrow with a few afternoon storms, otherwise partly to mostly cloudy, and overcast conditions to end the weekend. On Sunday as the high approaches 90 degrees. Temperature right now, 71, dear to your officials, Severe Weather Station, News Radio 740, KTRH. All right, it's been all about the ICE ordinance here in Houston for the last few days. You know, are we going to follow the state law? Are we going to get $114 million in state aid? Or are we going to let a couple of city council members screw that all up? Well, Mayor John Whitmire got the ordinance rewritten to pass state muster. It passed by 13 to 4 vote. But as of yesterday, HBD had not signed off on it. at least earlier in the day. So the governor was just kind of reminding, if you want the money, HBD is going to have to sign off on this, and they finally did. And KPRC, too, our television party, the report yesterday, this might be helpful. Won't be helpful for me because I rarely, if ever, have police interaction. If it does, it involves going a little too fast in my vehicle. But for those who do at police interaction, here's how the new rules work. Here's the report from KPRC, too. If I'm undocumented and I get pulled over by law enforcement and I have a detainer, also known as an administrative warrant, what happens next? If you're only being arrested for that, if you're only being detained for the administrative warrant, in other words, we're not stopping you. If you got a robbery one out of Harris County and an ICE detainer, we're taking you to the joint processing center. We're putting you in for the robbery, and we're notifying ICE that... He's in the jail if you want him. If you don't have anything other than the fact that you've got a detainer, if we write you, take it for it. We can do whatever we want on that. If someone does have an immigration warrant, officers will call federal agents like ICE, but they won't wait forever. I can tell you that five minutes is not a reasonable amount of time. That's why our policy now requires a supervisor to come to the scene so that now you've got a supervisor determining what is a reasonable amount of time. Here's the part that caused the most confusion. This is not just for undisputed.

documented people. This applies to everyone. On every traffic stop that we make or every encounter that we make with citizens, we do a person check. When we do a person check, the person check goes through NCIC and TCIC. And regardless of where you're from, HPD will never ask you for your immigration status. And if you are here illegally and you've never been handled by Border Patrol or police, You're not in a system. You're only in the database. If a DPS, I mean, an ICE person stopped you, gave you a notice to appear in court, you failed to appear, or you appeared, and they said you've got to deport. If you haven't had any of those encounters, you're not in the database. So you got all that, if you're not in the database, even if you're here illegally, if you're not in the database, you have nothing to fear from a traffic stop, okay? Which means if you haven't committed a crime, you're not going to have a problem. I mean, other than the crime of being here illegally. 651. Time for traffic and weather together as we check out that drive once again. Here's Gary Mack. And we've come a long way on the North Loop Westbound from the earlier crash, which has cleared, delays down to around 10 minutes, East Tech's Freeway to Yale. Also, that's about the wait time on 45, the Gold Freeway, Calhoun to I-10, and then I-10 westbound, the KD Freeway, 65, then that's really slow to I-45. Let's go to 69 to Southwest Freeway Southbound. Again, it's Shepard really hasn't seen much change there. Delays at 40 minutes, major accident in three left lanes, finally got a visual. Transstar cam 508. We are bumper to bumper from I-10. Gary Mack, Ability, tree experts, traffic center. From our KTRH, generator super center, 24-hour weather center, mostly cloudy today, 20% chance for an afternoon shower storm, high temperature about 86. Tomorrow, partly sunny, 88. Another 20% chance of a shower storm, not real high. And then Sunday, mostly cloudy, high near 90. Current temperature is 71 in your official severe weather station. News Radio 740, KTRH. Let's check out some more of our top trending stories this morning, shall we? Here's Cliff. It wasn't just Houston. Dallas was facing a loss of millions in state funding. The city now complying with state law and cooperating with ICE. The city of Houston ratifies a lease for its homeless. Super Hub, opening in June in Edo, and Tesla is increasing its AI footprint, acquiring an AI hardware company, a $2 billion stock deal. At the latest news anytime at KTRH.com, our next update is at 7. What has happened? Just yesterday. What's happening today? Happening. Right now. What happens? The things are happening. Stop right here. On News Radio 740, KTRH. Even though she didn't bring any blue skies with her, we'll play the song. 653 is our time here in Houston's morning news. Terry Smith in the Weather Channel.

is by to see us, I was going to use a term that I thought, well, maybe we really shouldn't call it a farewell tour because you're not really totally, totally going, but you are at least semi-retiring. Yes. And you've been doing weather here on KTRH for how long? Since 2005, what, 21 years? Wow. Yeah. 21 years of morning fixture on this station. Why, why now? Why are you stepping back? There's a whole lot of reasons why, like a number of reasons. One is... The alarm clock? I am not a fan of the alarm clock. Here's the thing that's funny about that, though. I'm a morning person by nature. So the early, early morning hours are not as hard on me as like they are for my husband who has a lot of night work that he does. But I want to do some other things. I want to spend time doing a number of other things. Like traveling obviously is one of those things I want to do. But that's not like pressing me. But I have to get, you know, someone to fill in my shift when I take vacation. I can't just take it. Right. And so I fight that clock, right? Just finding someone to fill in for me. So just having the flexibility to do things that I want to do. Ready for change. I am. Ready for change. I think we all get to that point in some point in life. We get ready for a change. But you're not completely retiring. No. No. So. You're not disappearing. No. I am not going away. I'm not going to be doing regular morning weather. like i have but i have told them that i would be happy to come back and help out and feel shifts because i love what i do i love i mean like i can step away from the weather channel but i will always be tracking the weather like a hawk um just because it fascinates me and i like talking about it well that's good and we're glad about that i mean we're going to miss not seeing you every day but at least at least we know that you're there and we're going to see you every now again absolutely and by the way we'll bring her back in about an hour because i still want to talk to you about super el nino everybody's reporting on super el nino like this is some sort of phenomenon it's the opposite of the polar vortex Well, that sounds better to me. All right now, time for the timeline. I've got a pair of tickets to see Little Feet. That's their last farewell tour, May 3rd, 713 Music Hall. Tickets on sale right now at Ticketmaster.com. But you can win a pair from us. Just tell us what year today's timeline's from. Late yesterday, I canceled a carefully planned operation. It was April. Which was underway in Iran. In Iran, the U.S. fails in an attempt to free American hostages. We've been held captive there since November 4th. On TV. This is 5-0. Give me the trace. operating operator. It's the last episode of Hawaii 50 on CBS. Welcome to Denham. In Hollywood, my name is Alfred Hitchcock. Director Alfred Hitchcock dies at the age of 80. Surely the birds appreciate all we've done. And on the radio.

Blondie is number one with Call Me. What year was it? If you know, 713-212-5874, that is 713-212 K-T-R-H. Good luck. All right, we have ourselves a winner. That'd be Jason in Houston. New the right year was 1980. Well done, Jason. You get a pair of tickets for Little Feet. It's the last farewell tour May 3rd at 713 Music Hall. Enjoy the show. And thank you for listening to Houston's Morning News. 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. 7 a.m. our time here on Houston's morning news. I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Bunger top stories this half hour. The city is going to get its state funding. All of the reasons, and there's more than just a few, all of the reasons the gas is so expensive right now. And coming up at 708, almost no one thinks a Spirit Airlines bailout is a good idea. Details of minutes ahead. First, we're checking out that morning drive again. Here's Gary Mack. Good morning and finally signs of progress out there. Let's clear the stalled vehicle from the West Sam, Houston, Toey, Southbound at Westheimer. We're back at posted speeds there. Also, let's clear the accident. East Sam, Southbound, approaching Wallaceville Road. This one had the inside shoulder and outside shoulder block. We're good to go there. The big one on 69 the Southwest Freeway, Southbound, clear it at Shepard. Delays, however, remain at 30 minutes, if not more. That is pretty much stopped, starting at Lorraine. Just need to give that some time. Gary Mack in the generator, supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders, 24-hour weather center for today, mostly cloudy, 20% chance of an afternoon shower. Right around 86 for the hide today. We'll take a look at the rest of the weekend. Forecast in the beginning of the workweek when we talk with the weather channels, Jeff Marr. We'll do that in eight minutes. Right now, it is 71 at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740, KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. Sponsored by the O'Carvis Financial Group, our top story this hour. Other people decided to make politics out of it, and we were kind of caught in the middle, and we just didn't like that. Police Officers Union President Doug Griffith, as HPD signs off on the ICE ordinance, bringing the city and department into compliant with state law. We're not ICE agents. We're not going looking for people that are illegal. We don't care. The only time we deal with anybody is if they have an outstanding warrant. This now means that the $114 million in state funding held up by Governor Greg Abbott will come back to the city. Governor Greg Abbott didn't just hold Houston accountable. He held Dallas accountable, but the police department there revised its policy. And that city could have lost $32 million in state funding. Police chase in North Houston ends with several officers injured and in the hospital. All of them are expected to be okay. Three suspects are under arrest. This all started as a chase involving a stolen vehicle. A Texas county that was once ground zero for Joe Biden's border disaster is now the poster child for Trump policy. And even liberal CBS had to admit it.

This is what their reporter had to say about the Eagle Pass area, which was once a hotbed. During this entire trip, we have not seen a single migrant. The situation here has changed dramatically. Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland says in the Big Bend region, things are even better than before Biden. We plan for times of busyness based on historic trends. We're just not seeing that activity. And that goes border wide. We'll see little ebbs and flows of activity, but they're still below record numbers. Cleveland pointed out that there was no major law change. President Trump is just enforcing what's all. already on the books. Ethan Buchanan, News Radio 740, KTRH. 703, still no new talk scheduled between the U.S. in Iran. Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton says the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz was putting an even bigger strain on what was already an economy in Iran in crisis. It'll be catastrophic. It'll cause damage that they cannot reverse. And I know that's causing a lot of tension inside of Iran. Cotton with KTRH is Sean Hannity. Staying in the region, the ceasefire in Lebanon will be extended by three weeks, and you're going to hear from President Trump at 7.30. Well, futures down this morning to $94 an 80 cents a barrel. The mainstream media is blaming Operation Epic Fury for elevated gas prices, but they're missing the more complicated factors that go into pricing. Automotive journalist Lauren Fix says one of those is the gas tax. On average, taxes account for roughly 10 to 20% of what you pay at the pump. And they don't go away when prices spike. So when prices climb, you're not just paying more in fuel, you're paying more in tax. And yet somehow, that part of the conversation rarely makes any headlines. She says that fuel blend mandates and transportation costs play a role in why gas prices vary from state to state. Earlier this month, Ag Commissioner Sid Miller wanted Greg Abbott to temporarily suspend our gas tax, just like we saw in... Georgia and Indiana. The left's hysteria over all things Trump continues with no end in sight. One political commentator has a key question he wants. Silvio Canto Jr. says, when do we call the Dems crazy? You know, I got to say this. I mean, these people are crazy. And I just wish that more Democrats would honestly look at this. Look at how TDS has turned into hysteria. They seem to exist for the purpose of destroying Trump. Everything is, Trump is bad, Trump is horrible. And now Trump is the only thing for the Dems and it's out of control. Jeff Andy Biggs News Radio 740. KT or H. 705, a deadly mall shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana leaves one dead and several others injured. We have five victims at one area local hospital, one of which right now we can confirm this deceased. One is in surgery and three have minor injuries. We have another victim at a different area hospital with very minor injuries. five people are in custody looking at your money overnight trading is mixed this morning after losses on wall street yesterday using the four percent retirement rule might be riskier than you think financial advisor derrick kinney says you might consider cutting withdrawals down to two and a half to three percent because the less

stressful you make the portfolio to work for you, the longer the money will last. According to an AARP report, almost 10% of retirees have returned to work. 706, the Texans trade up two spots to select offensive lineman Keelan Rutledge at number 26 in the first round of the NFL draft. The Rockets are in a two-nothing hole against the Lakers in their best of seven first round playoff series. Game three tonight at Toyota Center coverage at six on Sports Talk 790. And the Astros are home for a week. weekend set against the Yankees pregame at 6 right here on KTRH. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news weather and traffic station. News Radio 740, KTRH. More with Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett and the Houston Morning News team. This is Houston's Morning News. That seemed like a really... theme song for Spirit Airlines, except for the dying part, you know, going up to the Spirit in the sky and then when you die? No, that part's not good. 707, our time here in Houston's morning news. But Spirit Airlines may die without a bailout. And so I guess the Trump administration is still considering the possibility of bailing out Spirit Airlines. Virtually nobody thinks this is a good idea. At least I haven't talked to him. None of you yesterday when we did our question today thought it was a good idea. Kevin O'Leary, Mr. Wonderful, he doesn't think it's a good idea. Karoline Leavitt got asked about it, and then we hear from a guy by the name of Nick Ewan, he's an airline expert. He doesn't think it's a good idea either. I understand the airline... is bankrupt because the previous administration blocked the merger, which was probably not a wise move. Obviously, this is something the Commerce Department and the president are tracking. I don't have any updates or announcements, but the aviation industry is very important to this president, and this White House, millions of Americans depend on it. We want to see the best possible outcome, but I don't have any announcements. Yeah, so this was really dates back to coming out of the pandemic. Spirit really struggled to return to any semblance of profitability, a couple of mergers that fell through. They've actually earned their second round of bankruptcy right now, and reports came out over the last couple of weeks that they were on the verge of ceasing operations entirely, which would have been a real challenge, especially for those travelers who had flights booked on Spirit in the coming weeks and coming months. So there is a level of urgency here, which is why I think we're seeing the administration consider this potential rescue plan. So why is the Trump administration interested in offering a rescue package for Spirit? What is the motivation essentially for the administration? Well, Spirit Airlines is a leisure carrier. They build themselves on low fares. They've kind of expanded the ability of people to travel. And I think that represents an important segment of the traveling population. Do we want to restrict the ability to those who can actually afford those higher fares that could potentially come with the cessation of operations of a main airline like a Spirit? We've seen Spirit drive fares down when they enter a market. In fact, the emergence of basic accounts.

can actually be traced back to spirit's competition on select routes with major airlines. So they do play a pretty large role in the industry. And fewer carriers typically means less competition, which means higher prices for consumers. And that's certainly something that the administration wants to try to guard against. Yet, in other words, they're worried about, in addition to higher oil prices, they're worried about airfares rising because they know that impacts your pocketbook and the midterms are coming. I mean, you have to be blunt about it. Here's the other thing, though, that's going on right now. I saw where United Airlines is talking about reducing capacity, which means basically an airline jargon, we're going to fly smaller planes with fewer seats to save fuel. Now, if you do that, you can have fewer seats to buy. That'll probably drive prices up too. 710. Time for traffic and weather together. We're checking out the drive once again. Here's Gary Mack. Yes, sir, in a slight lull right now, let's hit the roads 288 northbound from the south sand Houston tollway. We'll take that to the south loop running around 8. Mount 8th, averaging 10 to 90 eastbound in, a highway 6 to the west loop. That goes up to 12 to 25 westbound from the Frid Hartman to the east loop. And then 1569, the east tanks up around Bush, Will Jay Clayton Parkway to the north loop. Big delays around the downtown area because we had the crash earlier on the I-69 south on right around Shepard. Currently, we're backed up to equipment. That is a half hour delay. Hit me up. The tip line is wide open. 713212 tips. Gary Mack, Ability, Tree Experts, Traffic Center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders 24-hour weather center. Jeff Barr is here cloudy outside my window this morning, Jeff. So when did these clouds start to burn off a little bit? Yeah, probably not until the afternoon tomorrow. We'll be stuck under a lot of cloud coverage today and possibly see a few isolated showers and thunderstorms popping up this afternoon. Even though the storms will be isolated in nature. The ones that do develop may produce some strong wind gusts, even some hail, especially along and north of I 10. The high today up to 86, more clouds and fog overnight down to 72. We should hit 88 tomorrow with a few breaks in the clouds. It's still the chance for an occasional thunderstorm popping up into the afternoon. And the warming train. extensive to Sunday with the cloudy sky and a high of 90 and for Monday and Tuesday a mix of clouds at sun with highs each day again in the low 90s. Right now 71 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. Coming up on 720 here on Houston's morning news. What a difference that administration makes. Remember Eagle Pass? Remember when Eagle Pass was like ground zero for chaos? Thousands upon thousands of illegals at the border streaming across or waiting to stream across during the Biden administration. It's like crickets. It's gone from chaos to crickets. We'll talk to Thaddeus Cleveland. He's a Terrell County Sheriff. We'll talk to him next. First, though, let's do a little traffic and weather together. First, we have Gary Mack, of course. He's in for Skymind. A few delays out there. Not too bad. We've been seeing improvement in the past half hours. So between 69 to Southwest Freeway Southbound, if I can spit it out, between Quitman and a Shepard, that's around a wait time of 20 minutes. It's very similar I-10 to Katie Westbound from Waco to I-45. We're losing 10 to 15 on the 6-10 North Loop Westbound from the East Tech's Freeway to Shepard. Very similar. 6-10 to East Loop Southbound Market Street to 45. The Gulf Freeway, speaking of, delays three, four, five minutes on 45. The Gulf Freeway.

way northbound Cullen to I10. Gary Mack and the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders, 24-hour weather center, mostly cloudy, 20% chance of an afternoon shower, maybe a storm, high temperature 86. Broadly sunny, another 20% afternoon shower storm chance tomorrow, 88, and then mostly cloudy right around 90 on Sunday. Not a lot of sun this weekend, but then again, not a lot of rain. Current temperature 71 in your official severe weather station, news radio 740KTRH. Sit back to our newsroom. Cliff is standing by with an update on some of our top stories. An officer suspended by HPD for racist social media video meets with Chief Noe Diaz today. That's according to our TV partner, Channel 2. President Trump announces a three-week extension of the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel. And Disney is reportedly going to ban live streaming at its theme parks after a recent swatting incident in California. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH.com. Our next update is at 7.30. 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. Is there anybody down there at Eagle Pass? Probably not much of anybody. That is Cleveland joins us. Terrell County Sheriff. It's amazing what the difference between one administration and another will do when you have an open border versus having a closed border because from what I hear, there's not much going on in Eagle Pass anymore. How did Jimmy Stav? Great to be on with you and I appreciate you for having me. But hey, you're exactly right. And what we've been saying in the last year, I wish I had better words to describe it than it's gone from night today. But that's truly it. We are seeing record lows. And I have to make sure people understand the border. People still do tread across. We just got a group of six yesterday and three the day before that. What we saw in Eagle Pass and other parts of the border, record high levels have gone because of this administration to record low levels. Well, from 3 to 6, down from 3 to 6,000 back on a daily basis. So that makes a big difference, doesn't it? Oh, certainly. And again, the biggest part, you have to attribute it to President Trump's voice. And it could be anybody that just has that strong rule of law voice that says, we're going to protect our borders, we're going to live by the rule of law versus an administration or political party that says, hey, let's open our borders and let people in at whatever the cost will be. And I tell you, Border Patrol now has.

the time to respond to illegal aliens crossing the border in other areas, whereas under the prior administration, they were bogged down, having to take care of all the people that were being allowed into the country legally and having to care for them. So, again, there's no comparison. There really isn't. Yeah, they used to be babysitters at the border, unfortunately. They weren't allowed to do their jobs. So describe me if you could for me. The difference in how Border Patrol operates now, when somebody comes to the border, they're attempting to cross illegally, how does Border Patrol interact with them now versus during the Biden administration? Right. So I can tell you now that it's the traffic is much lower here in Ontario County and the Bernie Sanders Board Patrol station, the big bin sector out here, we're back to 100% prosecution. So if you're apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol along the border, you have crossed the border illegally. You're going to be prosecuted, which means you'll end up spending about six days in jail and then you'll be repatriated to your country of origin, which out here we catch primarily people from the country of Mexico crossing this portion of the border. But I have to add, Jimmy, that like yesterday's group, it was first detected at two in the morning in a very remote part of the border, only about 20 miles south of Sanderson, but it takes you about two hours to get there. But the Predator B drone, which we use in Iraq and Afghanistan, has sensors on it that detected with its radar, the people crossing, and then it utilized its camera to. provide the situation awareness where the group was. Border Patrol went in and my office helped as well and went down there and made that successful apprehension. So it's all of that working together to make the border environment more safe and secure. Have you noticed a difference in the types of people who are trying to cross the border now versus during the Biden administration because you had a lot of families back then. You had a lot of young children. Has that changed? Out here it has it. In this area, it's a little pocket. It's a lot different. We continue, we don't see a lot of what we call OTMs other than Mexicans. Out here, it remained primarily people from the country, Mexico. We catch primarily adult males. We will see very few females and very few, rather than the unaccompanied, we catch people that are with, juveniles that are with their parents or with their uncle or cousin or brother. But other parts of the border, no, those types of instances have been reduced greatly. And I like to say, under the Biden administration, it was actually kind of backwards. You know, he let everybody come in except the people from Mexico. They were still sitting back, which always blew my mind, you know. It just, the prior administration, what was going on. And I lived through it. And I lived through four previous administrations along the border as a Border Patrol agent. And what we saw then was, was unlike we'd ever seen before. And as far as, I'm sure when you process them, I know what kind of access you have to criminal records or anything else, but are you able to access that kind of information on people who cross the border illegally? 100%. And you may recall that was one of the biggest, I don't want to say it was a challenge, but one of the biggest thing that was publicized because, again, the prior administration allowed all these people in from all these other countries where most of the countries aren't like the United States where we have the technology and the records and the databases.

But yes, if someone's been arrested, we will run their criminal history. And we do share some information with other countries. So if that country tracks their criminals, then we'll have access to some of those databases. But if they've been arrested here in the United States before, we will know because of our technology and our criminal databases. And I'm guessing as a final note, it's a little easier these days. I'm assuming to recruit Border Patrol agents now that they're able to do their job and they're not overwhelmed by their job. But also some of the, you know, they're given hiring bonuses to attract people. People aren't leaving at retirement age. Actually, people have come back out of retirement because the board patrol has some of these different hiring initiatives. So again, and they feel supported. I think the biggest thing is they feel supported again, where under the Biden administration, there wasn't much love, if you will, for us in the Border Patrol. As always, sir, thank you for your service. Thanks for what you're doing. And appreciate your time. That's Terrell County Sheriff, Thaddeus Cleveland. It's 727. It's time to take a look at your money. Good morning. The jet fuel bills are piling up for American Airlines. The carrier cut its financial targets for the year and even flagged the possibility of losses in 2026. American says its fuel costs have jumped by $4 billion. However, American reported quarterly earnings that topped expectations, sending shares higher. I'm Courtney Donahoe, Bloomberg Business on News Radio 740, KTRH.

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. 7.30 are time. Houston's morning news. I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Among our top stories this half hour, Trump refuses to be pressured over his Iran timeline. A large majority of Democrats support socialism. And coming up at 738, the Assistant Secretary of Counterterrorism is a sugar baby? Details in the minutes ahead. First, let's check out that morning drive once again in for Sky. Mike, Gary Mack. And when you have a chance, take it, and we will. A roadwork reminder for this weekend cranks up tonight at 9 until 5 Monday morning. I tend to key to eastbound from the west loop to Washington Avenue. That is going to be totally shut down. So just a heads up there. Also on the 610 North Loop Westbound, three left lanes block from Ella to T.C. Jester again, that starts tonight at 9. Also, we're seeing breaks. I 45 southbound between North Maine and the East Hax wait times. I've got it around 10 minutes. Could be something stirring back away. at Parker Road. I'll keep an eye out and report back. Gary Mack, Generatorsupcenter.com, traffic center. From our KTRH generator super center, 24-hour weather center, mostly cloudy today. 20% chance of an afternoon shower storm with high temperature right about 86. Complete forecast coming up from Jeff Marr at the Weather Channel in about nine minutes. Right now it is still 71 in your official severe weather station. News Radio 740 KTRH. I'm now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. Sponsored by U.S. coins and jewelry. Our top story this hour? The IRGC specifically has been reduced to a gang of pirates. War Secretary Pete Hegseth moments ago talking about the latest in the Middle East. Meantime, President Trump was forced to deal with dumb questions from the mainstream media. Sir, would you use a nuclear weapon against Iran? You posted on social. No. No. We don't need it. Why do I need it? Why would a stupid question like that be asked? Elsewhere, the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been extended by three weeks. Oil prices this morning are down to $94 in 86 cents a barrel. On another front, the U.S. Senate did their part, funding DHS through reconciliation. Now it's up to the House. some in the House GOP want to add in other items like aspects of the Save America Act. House Speaker Mike Johnson says funding just ICE and CBP has to be separate. The Senate did what was expected. It has to be clean because it's got to be quick. That's the challenge. So we're going to socialize that with everybody and then we're going to move a right to reconciliation. The Trump administration wants this reconciliation bill to fund parts of DHS passed by June 1st. That is Fox's Jessica Rosenthal. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is still rumored to be considering a presidential run in 28. Polling from Etchaline Insight shows she's running third behind Gaviducum and Kamala Harris. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's always planned to run for president and she's got a huge fundraising base, bigger than Schumers, bigger than a lot of people. So she's ready made to run for president. I think she will do it.

Former Texas Congressman Steve Stockman there. An alarming tidbit from this poll. Nearly 70% of Democrats say they support democratic socialism. This just shows you how divided America is. Terry Schilling with the American Principles Project says even a trip around the moon couldn't unite us. America is either going to continue down this road of the administrative state or it's going to reject that and it's going to return to family, to our founding values of God-given rights and human dignity, the concept that we are children of God. Something that astronaut Victor Glover acknowledged from the Orion saying we all live on this planet together. 734, the rollout of Texas's school choice program continues. The first families to be approved got notifications this week. We are in the process of sending out notices to over 42,000 students. These are the students that were put to the front of the line by the legislature. These are students in low and middle-income households with disabilities. Travis Pillow with acting controller Kelly Hancock's office says it's just the first round. There will be a second lottery for low-income students who applied. for the program. Your kids have been dealing with Star Test this month, but they're going away pretty soon. This is the second to last time that kids will take the standardized test. Starr is going away in its current form. Clay Robinson with the Texas State Teachers Association says the once-a-year test is being replaced by three separate tests. If you thought Star was bad, we think that she might find the new one worse. They don't like it because it takes more time away from learning. Instead, kids will be spending more time preparing to take a test, he says. Backers of the plan say three tests give parents a more accurate view of their children's progress. KTRH's Michael Bored. now 735 on KTRH. Mixed futures this morning after Wall Street closed down across the board yesterday. The numbers come out just in time for Texas's annual emergency supply sales tax holiday weekend, which begins tomorrow. It's your chance to save and prepare as hurricane season approaches. Generators, batteries for their flashlights, food preparations that can last them three to four days per person in their families. Constable Precinct 4 Captain Jose Garza says this is solely focused on emergency supplies, and it's open to everyone, including businesses. Gas stations would be a primary focus for something where they would need generators and stuff like that to keep that flow of fuel to law enforcement fire EMS. He says they'll have increased presence as well to ensure safety. Andre Parrard News Radio 740, KTRH. As beef prices rise, President Trump has called on the DOJ to investigate U.S. meat packing companies. Texas Farm Bureau's Gary Joyner says a small percentage of these companies control almost 90% of the market. Consolidation in the beef industry can be a threat to both producers and the interest of consumers. He says there needs to be some government oversight.

Any anti-competitive practices, we think, must be addressed wherever they are encountered. He says the cattle inventory has reached a 75-year low. Now 736. With the 26 pick in the 2026 NFL draft. The Houston Texans select Keelin Rutledge, Guard Georgia Tech. Texans trading up two spots in the draft to protect, rather to draft some protection for quarterback C.J. Stroud, Rutledge was a first-team All-American last season. Astros host the Yankees tonight pre-game at six on KTRH and the Rockets take on the Lakers in game three of their playoff series covers that six on Sports Talk 790. Houston. Trails Los Angeles, two games to none. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's News Weather and Traffic Station News Radio 740, KTRH. I want to know what's happening. Know what's going on around town? Around the country. I need to know the weather and traffic. Listen and you'll know. With News Radio 740, KTRH. 737 our time here in Houston's Boy News. Do you all know what a sugar baby is? No, no, not a candy sugar baby. No, no, it's not that guy. Sugar baby as in belonging to a sugar daddy. Sugar babies are, trust me, honey, I had to look it up. Honestly, I didn't know on my own what it was. I had to look it up. Sugar babies are usually young college age females who hook up with older guys with money. Who buy them the things that they want or like or pay for their college education? Do that kind of stuff. And in return for the bunny, they spend some quality time with somebody young enough to be their daughter. Let's put it that way, okay? Turns out, now if you saw this story or not, but it's certainly garnered my attention, turns out that our DHS counterterrorism assistant secretary is, no, not a sugar daddy, a sugar baby. She is currently, her name is Julia Navarro, a little old for the sugar baby. She's 29 years old. But evidently she, at least has been accused by a man old enough to be her father of being a sugar baby. She likes nice things. And is currently her job as, well, let's just say she's currently suspended while they continue to investigate. Here are attorneys Dan Meyer and Mark Zaid talking about this particular incident. Because after all, you have somebody in counterterrorism, you know. that's acting like that that's probably not good for keeping state secrets look this is a really juicy salacious story it's it's great for the daily mail but it has real consequences this person is a deputy assistant uh assistant to the i keep forgetting deputy assistants and secretary for counterterrorism at dhs that's a huge position especially today now

Understand these allegations, which that's what they are at the moment, can be disqualifying. But, you know, sugar daddy situations might not be illegal. It really depends on the factual context of it. But this could implicate sexual behavior, guidelines, personal conduct, criminal behavior. I'm more concerned about the drug use allegations for when she held a security clearance. All of these would have to be investigated. But. Is there an issue with her doing it per se? Not necessarily. Is she subject to coercion, blackmail, anything of the sort? Would she care if this had come out beyond just embarrassing? We'll have to know about it. But there's two things. I'll finish with this. There's two things. There's suitability should she stay in the position versus is she a national security risk and lose her security clearance? The answers could be the same for both, but they could be different. Well, Mark and I have dealt with these kinds of cases for many years now. The first thing we have to recognize is that we don't have many facts, if any at all. So these are allegations. But speaking hypothetically from the experience of other clients, there are several things that security investigators will focus on. What is hidden? What is embarrassing? Can that be leveraged in a way by a foreign intelligence service to make her lead classified information? Was there intimacy in these relationships? Did the exchange of monetary benefits rise to the level of, frankly, prostitution? I've represented clients who've gone on vacation in foreign countries. I've gone to the bar and the hotel, met a hostess. Went to dinner with the Hosen afterwards, and then the next day paid for a $600 cab fare, and then ended up defending themselves on a guideline J prostitution security concern during an adjudication. So that's the type of scenario that could be there. What actually unfolds is what the investigators will find. That's interesting. $600 cab fare. How do you expense that? 741 time for traffic and weather together. We're checking out the drive again. Here's Gary Mack. And one accident which they're trying to clean up and clear away, North Sam, eastbound at the Hardy toll road. It's been moved over to the outside shoulder, slightly slower speeds from Greens Point and a thorn in our side all morning long, westbound on the northbound. Some improvement, 69th East Texas Shepherd. That is breaks. We're losing around 15. 10 more minutes on 45 the Gulf Freeway, Northbound. The stretch from airport to Lockwood, I-10, Katie Freeway Eastbound building, Barker, Cypress to Wilcrest, as is 69 to Southwest Freeway, northbound. from to the West Loop. I'm Gary Mack from the Ability. Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH, Generator Super Center, 24-hour weather center. Let's check in with Jeff Marr and find out about the weekend. Does it stay relatively dry, do you think?

Just a few isolated thunderstorms popping up today and again tomorrow. Then we should have a dry end to the weekend on Sunday. Our temperatures are going to get hotter as we head towards Sunday and into the early portion of next week. As far as today, a lot of cloud cover. Light breeze out of the south and a high of 86. Just a few isolated afternoon thunderstorms popping up this afternoon. But the ones that do develop may produce strong wind gusts, even some hail at times. Then cloudy with fog overnight as the low settles in the low 70s. Up to 88 under a mix of clouds and sun tomorrow. Again, a few afternoon thunderstorms may develop. And then a cloudy Sunday to wrap up. the weekend with a high close to 90. Temperature right now, 71, and your official severe weather station, news radio 740 KTRH. I always hit traffic on 59. Next on the 10, your faster commute on 740 KTRH. Right, coming up on 750, so last hour we learned that Terry Smith, who's here visiting us in Houston today, is going to semi-retire at the, I think it's at the end of next week, Terry? On Friday. This next Friday? Yeah. At first I thought it was this Friday. I thought there she goes again. She's retiring and she took Friday off. She's retiring on Friday and she took the day off. But anyway, she's going to talk to us about Super El Nino coming up next. So stand by for that. First, let's do a little traffic and weather together as we check out the drive again with Gary Mack. Yes, sir, delays around 10 minutes for all of the following. A new accident just came across 45, the Gold Freeway. This is one northbound, approaching broad. I've got that breaks from Monroe. Also on the 610 West Loop, not looking good. Southbound between T.C. Jester and Richmond Avenue, I think we might have an accident reported back around Hempstead Highway. And then noon 90, you knew it was coming. The roadwork westbound from Wallaceville to Mercury. I'm Gary Mack in the Generator Supersetter.com Traffic Center. From our KTRH generator super center, 24-hour weather center for today, mostly cloudy, 20% chance of an afternoon shower storm with a high temperature about 86. Tomorrow, partly sunny 88, 20% chance of a shower storm, and then mostly cloudy on Sunday right about 90. Current temperature still 71 at your official's severe weather station. News Radio 740, KTRH. Cliff is here with an update on some of our top stories. HPD signs off on the ICE ordinance, so Houston will get back $114 million in frozen state funds. President Trump says he's under no pressure to end the war in Iran. And United Airlines is thinking about raising fares by as much as 20%. Yikes. I sense lost business. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH.com. Our next update is at 8 o'clock. U.S. News. You shut down the government. That means no money for FEMA. And global views. Beautiful armada floating beautifully toward a red. On News Radio 740, KTRH. All right, Terry Smith is in town. She's visiting with us. She's spending the day. You flew all the way in to spend the day with us? I did. That's how much I like you guys. That is amazing. And she's... Not even on the Weather Channel dime. They didn't send me. You spent your own money. I spent my own money. Yeah, corporations will send you anywhere these days. Maybe other than to retirement. But anyway, I digress. Our listeners, some of our listeners heard last hour when we announced that you were semi-retiring.

And Edna has something she'd like to say to you. Oh. Good morning, Jimmy, Cliff, Gary Mack, and Terry. This is Edna from Summerwood. And I just realized what Jimmy was talking about with you that you're retiring. And I'm going to miss hearing you every morning. You've become a part of my morning for a very long time. But congratulations on your retirement. And I hope you enjoy that. And I look forward to hearing you on the radio when you come back from time to time. That's so sweet. Thank you. Yeah. Well, we're going to miss you. Well, and I'm going to, I'm going to miss you. I just, what I'll miss is the interaction, but I'm still going to be floating around in the atmosphere. Out in the ether somewhere. Okay. Well, speaking of the ether, I've been bugging you for a couple of weeks here on this super El Nino thing because weather hype always drives me a little bit crazy. And it's not enough to have an El Nino or a strong El Nino. Now we have to have a super El Nino. What does that mean? So in official science language, it means a very strong El Nino. Somebody probably was talking to one of the NOAA scientists about El Nino's, and they were probably referencing that it looks like the temperatures are going to be warming up. That's El Nino, is that warm up in the temperatures. And they're forecasting it to... really warm up, like more than 2 degrees Celsius. And 2 degrees Celsius is almost 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer. And this is the ocean we're talking about, right? So if you think of your swimming pool that you swim in warming up by 4 degrees, but this is the ocean that's warming up by that, it's a big deal. Okay. So they're seeing conditions that. What does that mean for the hurricane season, do you think? So typically what an El Nino means is a very active season in the Pacific and it tends to suppress the activity in the Atlantic, which would be good if we had less hurricanes. But one of the things that I remember quite clearly is that Hurricane Andrew was an El Nino hurricane. That was an El Nino year. And it was the only landfalling hurricane for the United States that year. So just because there's less hurricanes doesn't mean like, oh, we can take it easy this hurricane season. Right. And from our standpoint, we are, obviously, we are as concerned about the Gulf as we are about anything else. So that's midway. Well, not even midway, but it's between the Atlantic and between the Pacific. So what happens? Does El Nino have a... Different effect on the Gulf? No. When I say Atlantic, I'm referring to the Atlantic and the Gulf and the Caribbean. That's all part of the same. So the eastern part of the country is typically a little bit quieter. The Gulf has been extraordinarily warm. here the last couple of years. It's been amazing to watch the water temperatures recently. So it'll be interesting to see to what extent El Nino might have on those water temperatures, but I'm not expecting a big change there. All right. And as we've discussed before, trying to predict how many hurricanes, where the hurricanes are going to be. That's like throwing darts at a dartboard most of yours, is it? Yeah, yeah. Well, um,

What they do when they make these predictions is go, when we had a super El Nino year, how many hurricanes did we have and what were the conditions and how are conditions going to compare this year? So it's an educated guess, I like to call it. Okay, fair enough. We'll wait and see what it happens. It's more fun that way anyway. Exactly. I'm so glad you came by to see us, though. It's so good to see you guys and to spend some time. People would be amazed to see. how this all happens. Yeah. They just hear it. I'm watching it, and I'm amazed. It's like the Wizard of Oz. We'd like to keep it behind the curtain. Listen, y'all have a great weekend. I'll see you Monday morning, bright and early at 5 a.m. Hope to see you this afternoon 4 on AM 950, KPRC.