Will The Blockade Lead to a Golden Era of U.S. Energy Production?

You're out of me. 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. Good morning. Time to get started here with Houston's morning news on a Thursday morning. There'll be no ceasefire extension. Will the block A lead to a golden era of U.S. energy production? And coming up at 508, are you really influential? If you make a list put out by a publication that hardly anybody reads anymore, details in the minutes ahead. First, let's check out that morning drive for the first time. Joe Barnett's filling in this morning. Good morning, Jimmy. An 18 Wheeler fire. They're still working to clear up what's left of it. Three left lanes were being blocked 69 to East Freeway Northbound as you approach. I10 to Baytown East Freeway. Traffic is slow, backed up through the GRB. I have 45, the North Freeway, if you're making your way in this morning, about a 30-minute trip from the woodlands all the way into downtown. I tend to K3way looking good about 40 minutes from the Grand Parkway all the way into downtown. I'm Joe Barnett in the generator, Supercenter.com traffic center. KTRH, top tax defenders, 24-hour weather center, partly sunny today with a high temperature right about 86. We'll get you the complete forecast. Terry's off today. Jeff Marr is in for her. We'll hear from him at about nine minutes. Right now, 70, at your official severe weather station, News Radio 740, KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. Good morning. It's 501 on KTRH, our top story. This embargo is squeezing the economic life out of the Iranian regime. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in day four with the potential for a new round of peace talks. Pakistan's Army Chief arrived in Tehran, reportedly with a fresh message of the White House on what it wants from the country. The administration says it feels good about the prospects of a deal and the fighting... But if it doesn't work out, they've announced the threat of new sanctions against Iran that they call the financial equivalent of the bombing campaign. Fox is Greg Palcott. The White House says there will be no... Extension of the ceasefire. Meantime, President Trump says the leaders of Israel and Lebanon spoke for the first time in over 30 years. Oil futures this morning above $92 a barrel. And according to the maritime intelligence firm Windward, the number of tankers heading for the Gulf of America is rising dramatically. This is great news for American and Texan oil production.

We are creating a need for more American oil and also more American refineries. Keep in mind here at the Great Fair of Texas, we just broke ground on the first brand new refinery in America in 50 years. That's Texas oilman Ray Trevino, who says he thinks that oil could be back to below $80 a barrel in the next two months. Now to Washington, Democrats once again failed to pass a war powers resolution. The only Republican who voted with the Dems was Kentucky Senator Rand Paul. I think our biggest threat to our security, to our national security is our debt. So I think spending another 500, 700 billion on a war in Iran is not in our national security. I think it makes us weaker. Paul on Newsmax, Senate Republicans are moving ahead with a reconciliation bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol. Texas Senator Ted Cruz on Fox says he thinks Republicans should go even further. I think that is. short-minded, short-sighted, and right now they're talking about funding ICE and Border Patrol for three and a half years at current levels. Cruz wants funding for 10 years. The Senate plans on sending the bill to the House by next week. DHS has been shut down for two months now over there, anti-ice crusade on the Democrat side. As far as the House fallout concerns from Eric Swalwell, that continues. Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert is working on a bill to prevent him and other former members. from getting pensions. So Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzalez are out. Two Florida representatives, Democrat Sheila Cherfellis McCormick, and Republican Cory Mills are on thin ice. The two were the first dominoes in what could be a unifying thing for Congress. Relations between Republicans and Democrats are far worse today than they ever were back then. But people like Swallow are the reason. He's a hypocrite, a liar. Former Congressman Bill Livingston says it's tough because Democrats have changed. while the GOP hasn't, and while it's a tall order, addressing the problem is a good first step. These are human beings that are been elected who have taken advantage of the generosity of their constituents. He says public service is an open book and actions have consequences. Andre Parrard, Doos Radio 740, KTRH. Sureful as McCormick is accused of funneling millions into her campaign while Mills faces allegations of campaign finance violations. and sexual misconduct. Looking at your money at 505 overnight trading is up across the board after a mixed day on Wall Street that saw the Dow closed down, but the NASDAQ and S&P 500 both hitting new records. President Trump is trying to fix what Joe Biden broke, but...

More Americans because of Biden inflation are taking out higher interest loans these days. The number of loans issued to Americans has increased 7% at almost 40% compared to 31% in 2017, according to Experian. Financial planner Derek Kenny says the amount of debt will likely get worse as more consumers are focused on whether they can afford a monthly payment as opposed to a one-time purchase. They say, look, I can probably figure this out down the road. I'll make more money. I can pay it off. Kenny says too often the payoff doesn't happen. And that could really be a bad trend financially for the general economy as well. I'm Erica Smith. News Radio 740, KTRH. Consumer reports ranks Texas 6th when it comes to moving destinations in America. It's because we lead the country in several sectors, especially data center construction. Like many of them, employing on average of about half a person to a person per megawatt of power they use. And many of them now start to use 400 megawatts and then have multiple buildings. So you're getting some data centers now that create several hundred jobs as well. Economist Dr. Ray Perryman also points out that we have good housing affordability and less government regulation. It's 506. Alvarez with an abbreviated practice swing. Here's the two-two. And this one's hit hard. Down the right field line by Echo Dios. A home run for Alvarez is seventh of the year. The call on KTRH. Astros beat Colorado three to one. Go for the sweep tonight. Pre-game at 6 on Sports Talk 790. The game at 7 on 790 in KTRH. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's News Weather and Traffic Station. News Radio 740, KTRH. Houston's Morning News continues with Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Don't worry, honey. Nobody, nobody reads Time anymore. 5.008 is our time here in Houston's Morning News. Is there really, there's just the online presence, right? Time magazine is basically an online presence at this point. But there are any, see, I guess people's still around, right? People magazine? Remember magazines used to be the thing back in the day? I mean, way back in the day. Everybody read magazines. That's kind of old school, obviously. So it's the Time Magazine list of the 100 most influential people of 2026, but it's out. And let's see who's on it and how many names we can recognize. Artist. Let's go with the artist first. Luke Combs. Okay, good. There's a name I recognize. Jenny from Black Pink. Nope. Kiki Palmer. I feel like I've heard the name somewhere, but I'm not familiar. Noah Wiley. Wasn't he like on ER? I guess he's got a new show up. Dakota Johnson, not sure why. Claire Danes, not sure why. Benicio del Toro, not sure why. Noah Cahan, not sure who that is. Coco Jay Jones. Titans, I guess their definition of a Titan would be that just make a star or a superstar or something. Zoe Zaldanya. Okay, I know who that is. Ben Stiller, fashion designer Ralph Lauren. Not sure what he's done lately. I'm not that he hasn't had a brilliant career. And Paramount boss David Ellison. Icons include Kate Hudson, Wagner Mora from The Secret Agent, Hillary Duff, Ellen Cumming, Ethan Hawke, Chloe Kim, and Victoria Beckham. Is she even doing anything anymore? Victoria Beckham?

Leaders, well, here's one that we're bound to see, a few that we recognize Pope Leo the 14th, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, for pretty obvious reasons, President Donald Trump for very obvious reasons. Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, not quite sure why he made the list. In New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani. By the way, news about Zohran Mamdani. He made an announcement yesterday that they are going to open their first city-run grocery store in New York City in 2029. So it's two years away. And it's going to cost at least $30 million, which is double what he said of wood. So already people go, wait a minute, that's not what you said you were going to do. Well, guess what? He's a socialist. They're full of promises that don't quite add up. Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu made the list, the president of China Z, Xi Jinping, and California Governor Gavin Newsom and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. I take it a lot of people are on the list because they made the news. for better or for worst. It's like the Time Magazine person of the year. It doesn't mean that they are a great person or a lovable person. After all, Hitler was the Time Magazine person, the man of the year at one point. So anybody can make the list. 510, time for traffic and weathered together. Joe Barnett's in for Skymic this morning. Not one, but two messes this morning. 69 to Eastex Reway, northbound at the 610 North Loop. They're working to clear up what's left of an overturned 18 whither and lost load. They're working to offload that load onto another 18, whether that ramp is blocked. 69 the Eastex Rway northbound ramp to I-10. That's closed because of an accident traffic is slow, backed up through the GRB. You might want to use I-45 as an alternate. I'm Joe Barnett in the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH, Top Tax Defenders 24-hour Weather Center, Jeff Barr in for Terry Smith this morning, filling in, bringing along some partly sunny skies, it looks like. That's right, and some above average temperatures, Jimmy, as we head towards the start of the weekend, and then a cold front's going to move through, and that's going to drop us down as we head towards Sunday and also into the start of next week. In the meantime, today, partly to mostly cloudy, some gusty winds out of the south at times. The end result will hide your 86 degrees, and we hover near 70 for an overnight low with a few clouds. Tomorrow breezy, clouds will increase up to 85. Then the at cold front moves in Saturday-producing showers, maybe in a few strong thunderstorms with a high of 84 behind their front. Rain tapers off Sunday. It'll be cloudy, breezy, and cooler with a high close to 7. to wrap up the weekend. Right now, 70 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. 519 is our time. He's coming up on 520 here in Houston's morning news. Senator Mark Warner from Virginia. One time Governor of Virginia, I used to talk to him when I worked in Virginia in Richmond.

on a program we called Ask the Governor. And at that time, he was kind of a middle-of-the-road Democrat, sort of a more of a businessman, had more of a businessman attitude than a politician. Well, he has completely turned into a wacky, progressive politician. And he seems to think for some reason that when it comes to Iran versus the USA, they're the good guys, we're the bad guys. More on what he said in reaction to it coming up next. First, though, traffic and weather together. Starting with you, Joe Barnett. Good morning. I-10 to KD Freeway. There's a problem eastbound at Greenhouse. They're talking about a wreck. Traffic is starting to slow up around that area. It's about a 40-minute drive from the Grand Parkway all the way into downtown. East Sam Houston tollway southbound at Wallace Road. That exit ramp is blocked with an accident. 69 to East X freeway northbound at an accident. We're working to clear up what's left of an 18-wheeler accident right at the 16 north-up. That ramp remains blocked. And 69 to Eastex Freeway northbound at I-10. Still working to clear up around. couple left lanes are blocked. I'm Joe Barnett in the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders, 24-hour weather center, partly sunny about 86 today, partly sunny 85 tomorrow, mostly cloudy 50% chance of showers and storms on Saturday, 84 for the high, and then mostly cloudy 20% chance of a shower storm on Sunday. Only near 70 for a high, so much, much cooler. Current temperature is 70 at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740, KTRH. It's a Thursday morning. Cliff is here and has an update on some of our top stories. Harris County Commissioners discuss an anti-ice ordinance today. Two people are detained in a deadly shooting last night in northwest Harris County. And Hunter Biden apparently is no longer living in the U.S. and apparently also can't afford to pay his legal bills, according to his attorneys. At the latest news anytime at KTRH.com, our next update is at 5.30. Let's begin. So good morning and welcome. We're following the events of the day. We'll cover a lot of topics today. Throughout the day. As things evolve, pick up the conversation on News Radio 740, KTRA. So, good guys, bad guys, good man, bad man. Evidently, Senator Mark Warner's confused. He thinks, he thinks we're the bad guys. He thinks we're the bad guys in the Iranians are the good guys. Under what scenario does that fit? That's what I mean about, there's a disease that's run through the Democrat Party. Where a guy that used to at least publicly used to be a rational middle-of-the-road human being has become a progressive nut job, Senator Mark Warner from Virginia. Here he is.

painting the picture of us as the bad guys with some follow-up from jesse waters on the five in so many ways 46 days in america is less strong and the Iranian regime which is by the way more radical than it was before can it on some level of of truth say we just took on american israel and fought them to a tie although maybe even more than a tie looking at how we are viewed around the world. We have spent 75 years trying to say, with all our flaws, and God knows we've got a lot of flaws, we were the good guys. We don't have that claimant anymore. The United States has never been stronger, and I've never been more proud of the Navy. We came in, they said there was a quagmire. They said we had no strategy in the street, and we took two missile guided destroyers and sailed them right up the gut, right down the middle, miles off the coastline, and Iran didn't do anything. They said they were going to do something. They did nothing. They sent one drone, we knocked it out of the sky. Right now we're doing some demining operations. And guess how many mines we found, Kaylee? Zero. The Iranians were bluffing. So we're going to continue the demining operations to create a little safe passageway for these other foreign tankers. And once that's over, we do a few escorts and we hand it off to the NATO navies. Iran is closed for business completely. They can't sell anything to anybody else. They can't buy anything from anybody else. And if you notice, there's not a lot of stuff built in Iran. Okay? So especially after we bombed all their steel and petrochemicals, they're done. They're going to lose about a half a billion dollars a day. All their oil wells are going to probably blow up in about three weeks. They can't store it. And China can't suck up all that. cheap sanctioned oil anymore. And sooner or later, Xi Jinping's going to call the gay Ayatollah and say, no mas. And that's what you see happening here. And right now we have three aircraft carriers about to be in the region. 10,000 more Marines who can either do boarding, seize card, coastal assaults, if they get cute in negotiations. And negotiations are pretty simple now. The only leverage they have once they lost the straight is uranium. And it's buried under the rubble. We're keeping a close eye on it. And they haven't moved it yet. So the market loves the blockade. We've already recovered all the losses since the start of the war. The S&P just hit an all-time high today. Oil futures are in the 80s for June delivery. And gas here at the pump is down from last week's highs. I'm sure it'll go much lower. I'm not saying this thing's over. But this does look like, and anything can happen, that Trump is about to stick the landing. And we'll just pray it happens. Certainly, I'll tell you one thing. It doesn't sound like a tie.

Isn't that what Senator Warner said? Oh, yeah, it's a tie. Maybe even better than a tie for the Iranians. I don't think so. I don't think it's even close to a tie. 526. It is time to take a look at your money. Good morning. Power demand in Texas could quadruple by 2032 due to the boom in data centers and population growth. Urquat's latest forecast demonstrates how grid operators, utilities and regulators are struggling to figure out how to handle a rush of data center proposals. Data centers will account for more than 60% of the projected increase. Checking on the markets, the S&P 500 closed at a record high yesterday. Investors are optimistic about the U.S. and Iran restarting peace talks. This morning, Wall Street is continuing to watch every geopolitical development. And Starbucks is changing the world. you order your coffee using chat GPT. Customers can describe their cravings, mood, and even their vibe in the beta Starbucks app in the artificial intelligence platform to receive a personalized drink recommendation. You can start your order in chat GPT and finish checkout in the Starbucks app or on Starbucks.com. 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 I-H. More of what's happening now from the John Moore Services Studios. It's 530 now here on Houston's morning news. I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett, among our top stories this F-R. Harris County to discuss its own anti-ice ordinance. John Whitmire rules out fighting the state in court. And coming up at 538, how we're spending all of our tax refund money. Details in the minutes ahead. First, we're checking at that morning drive again. Here's Joe Barnett. Good news for you. 69 to East X freeway northbound that exit ramp to the 6th and north through that wrecked with the overturned 18-wheeler. They've cleared that out of the way. That ramp is reopened. 69 to East X-reway northbound at I-10. They're working to clear up an accident. All lanes remain blocked. Traffic being detoured onto the frontage road and traffic is slow back up through downtown. And I-10 the KD Freeway Eastfront and Greenhouse. They're working to clear up a minor accident. And for a wreck east, Sam Houston's always southbound at Wallaceville. I'm Joe Barnett in the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, generator super center 24-hour weather center partly sunny today with a high temperature right about 86. Complete forecasts with Jeff Barr and for Terry this morning in about nine minutes. Temperature right now 70. That your official severe weather station, news radio 740 KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. I don't like you saying 86 in mid-April, Jimmy. Just want you to know that. Top story at 531. First, it was Houston City Council. Today, Aris County Commissioners Court discusses a possible anti-ice policy countywide. Holly Hanson is covering it for the Texan. We know that the proposal, however it ends up being worded, has been proposed by Commissioner Rodney Ellis, who of course is a progressive Democrat. But that was before Governor Greg Abbott dropped the hammer on the city of Houston. The question is, do some of the Democrats who are pushing these policies want to force some sort of legal battle over this issue? The other question is, will Lina Hidalgo show up? Jeff Andy Biggs News Radio 740, KTRH. Court starts at 9 a.m. City Council in Houston holds a special meeting tomorrow to vote on repealing that anti-ice ordinance that just cost the city $110 million in state funding. Council member Alejandra Salinas would rather fight the governor. The city attorney could walk over to the Harris County courthouse and file a temporary restraining order and a declaratory judgment. And that same day, We could get a judgment from the court that says the state cannot pull funding. Yeah, the mayor told our TV partner, Channel 2 in an email, that won't be happening. By the way, this is what silliness in the other 11 council members did by pushing this ordinance through. Overtime has been suspended for HPD and critical security for the World Cup is now at risk. 533, according to a recent report from...

USCIS President Trump's immigration reforms have led to a nearly 50% drop in the number of legal immigrants. The slowdown in the legal admissions is related to a decision by the Trump administration to vet applicants much more carefully for security purposes. Jessica Vaughn with the Center for Immigration Study says this slowdown will also help bring wages up and keep housing costs down. But there are the residual impacts of the Biden border crisis that we're still dealing with, more evidence about how his administration led a murderer into our country. New documents show the illegal alien charged with killing Chicago college student Sheridan Gorman was allowed into the U.S. three years ago despite having no valid asylum claim. Crime victims advocate April Aguirre says this is the reason for the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. People need to remember why ICE is doing their job that the magnitude they're doing because the Biden administration opened up the floodgates and they led in the good, the bad, and the ugly. And it's time that we clean it up. The accused killer, Jose Medina Medina, had no idea and told officers he did not fear returning to his native Venezuela, but was released into the U.S. anyway. Coriolson, News Radio 740, KTRH. The border was just one mess, Biden left us. Rampant fraud was another. We're cleaning up the past failures of the prior administration, and we're not going to stop until we have every fraud investigation complete. I have hundreds of fraud investigations, large-scale fraud investigations, open around the country that we've been working for 14 straight months. FBI director Kash Patel with KTRH is Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. 535, the mainstream media continues to ignore the shocking assault of Turning Point USA's Savannah Hernandez during an anti-ice protest in Minnesota. This attack was so horrific that you now have the radical left-wing streamers and left-being activists coming out and denouncing this attack saying, oh, we shouldn't touch women. That's probably a bridge too far. But I was targeted because I work for Turning Point USA because I'm a brown woman who thinks the wrong thing. But you won't hear a thing about it on the network news. No, they're too occupied with complaining about the blockade of the strait of Hormuz. We're not to have the breach of blockade. Vessels will be boarded from interdiction and seizure, transit tour from the Iranian court. Yeah, that's sound from U.S. Central Command. The blockade in day four, oil prices, about $92.50 a barrel. Gasoline prices across Houston dropped another two cents overnight, but you're not going to hear that from the mainstream media either. And they're also trying to make Texas Democrat Senate nominee James Talarico look like a moderate. But the mask came off this week. He wants to raise taxes. He calls it a plan to wait for it. Close loopholes.

It's the same sort of tax the rich talking points you see from Democrats in blue states. Basically, it says we're going to do this, that and there's a lot of people. It boils down the way from taxes. That's simply not a winnable strategy, and it's a bad message. Political consultant Bill Miller says this might work in a Democrat primary, but not a Texas general election. He sounds like a national Democrat. You can't sound like a national Democrat and win statewide office in Texas. It's to improve them. He added that he's shocked to James Talarico would push a plan like this at this. stage in the election. Ethan Buchanan, News Radio 740, KTRH. The Astros win their second straight, beating the Rockies at Dyken Park 3 to 1. The series wraps up tonight. Coverage starts at 6 on Sports Talk 790, the game at 7 on 790 in KTRH. 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. 537 our time here in this morning. I'm very blessed. I don't have that problem. In fact, if anybody spends at our house, it's me. If anybody's wasted money, it's going to be me. My wife is very frugal. Of course, she's only frugal about certain things. She'll spend 100 bucks on dinner and not think anything about it. But if she could buy a really nice pair of super well-made shoes that would last her 10 years for 100 bucks, she won't pay that. Not for a pair of shoes. Anyway. I'd rather have her be that way than the other way around. Which brings me to tax refunds. Seems how so many of us are getting tax refunds. Not me, of course, but so many people generally are getting tax refunds. How are you spending your tax refund money? Turns out the majority of people are actually being responsible with it. Huh. 33% say they're going to drop the money into their savings account. 20% say they'll use it to pay down debt. So that's 53% that are using that responsibly. Well, I'll take it up even higher. 17% say they'll use it on necessities. Now, I don't know how they define necessities in this, but things that you actually need versus things that you want. I guess something that you need versus something you just want. Those are two different things. 10% say they will invest the money. 8% say they would use it for a home improvement. Right? So far really good. All right. Now we get to the other stuff. 6% say they will splurge and blow the money on a shopping spree. Just for something they want. Like maybe a nice pair of headphones. Nice pair of headphones? Fancy skincare, brand new TV, video games. or a luxurious night out on the town. 2% say they would put it towards a major purchase like a car or home. People making less than $50,000 most likely to say they're using their tax refund money on everyday expenses. Households making between 50K and 100K more likely to use it on paying down debt. People making over 100K most likely to say they're investing their refunds.

And again, the average tax refund this year is $3,500. It's $5.40, time for traffic and weather together. Jumping Joe Barnett's in this morning, ready to fill you in. I am. I have enough for an adult tasty beverage. That's it. I tend to KD Freeway East Bend at Greenhouse. They're working to clear up a wreck. A couple of right lanes will remain blocked traffic is slow, back to up to West Green. It's about a 50-minute trip from the Grand Parkway into downtown. East San Houston Tollway, Southbound. All that ramp is open to Wallisville Road. Watch out for a wreck. 69 the Eastex Freeway northbound and I-10. All lanes still remain blocked from the wreck. Traffic is slow back to up to I-45. And that ramp is open. 69 the Eastex Freewayway. That wreck with the AT wheeler that overturned past clear. I'm Joe Barnett in the generator, supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH Generator Supercenter, 24-hour weather center, Jeff Mar, in for charity today. You get a refund? Yeah, you know, I don't know. I have to look. Oh, you haven't done your taxes yet? Yeah, the wife was doing them. Oh. She took all the info to the accountant. But yeah, no one's saying anything about Rockets' playoff tickets? Come on. No, nobody's spending on a rocket. Well, I guess that would come under, is that a necessity or is that spurging on something? No, that'd be splurging. Yeah, it would be splurging, wouldn't it? What do you got for the forecast? Got some more warm weather for us as we head towards the start of the weekend, then some changes on Sunday as a cold front sweeps through, will cool down with some highs in the low 70s Sunday and the upper 60s by next Monday. So we'll be heading certainly in a cooler direction as we wrap up the weekend. In the meantime, winds out of the south today, boosting the height to 86 with a partly to mostly cloudy sky. We'll have dry conditions overnight. Still windy at times down to 70 into the mid-80s again tomorrow with increasing clouds. Then the cold front brings in showers, maybe in a few strong thunderstorms Saturday up to 84. And then on Sunday it will be cloudy in cold. cooler with a few isolated showers and thudders storms up to 71 for the eventual high. Card temperature 70 here at your official severe weather station news radio 740 KTRH. I live in the woodlands. Your best ways around Houston next on the 10 on 740 KTRH. All right so I was talking to our cruise people yesterday about our Alaska trip that's coming up in August. I'm told we're down to I think our last four cabins. We have four cabins left. And after that, we're going to be completely sold out. So, again, I just want to put the reminder out there. I tried to do that every now and again. We were, Elizabeth and I were picking excursions for this trip in August, whale watching and all these other different things that you can do and the specialty restaurants they have on board the Celebrity Edge. It's going to be a great trip. We're going towards the tail end of August. We're going to Alaska. We'll be in Juneau. We'll be in Skagway. We stop in Victoria, British Columbia on the way back. We're going to see some glaciers. We're going to see some. I know we're going to see some bears. I know we're going to see some. I know I'm going to eat some salmon. I'm going to see me some salmon. I'm going to eat me some salmon. And we'd love to have you come along. This is going to be a group of listeners, KTRH, listeners. We've got a great group going so far. And there's still room if you act soon.

before these last four cabins are sold. You go to Travel withjimmy.com. The entire brochure is there for you to check out. Travel withjimmy.com or call 800-383-3-3-31. That's 800-383-31 or go to Travel with Jimmy.com. 550 right now. Time for traffic and weather together as we check in again with Joe Barnett. They're still working to clear up a wreck with an 18-wheeler. All lanes remain blocked. 69 to East X-Freeway northbound between I-10, the Baytown East Freeway and Lyons. Traffic being detoured onto the Frontage Road. Traffic is slow back to up to I-45, the I-45, up to I-45, the I-45-up to I-45-up to I-40-minute trip overall from the Woodlands into downtown. I-10 the KD Freeway east. East Fed at Greenhouse, the wreck still tied up a right lane. Traffic is slow back to before West Green, about a 50-minute trip from the Grand Parkway. I'm Joe Barnett in the Generatorsupertenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, Generators Supercenter, 24-hour weather center, partly sunny about 86 today, partly sunny 85 for tomorrow. Mostly cloudy, 50% chance of showers and storms on Saturday, 84. Most of those storms and showers will be... Later in the afternoon, early in the evening. And then Sunday, mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of a shower storm. High near 70, so much cooler on Sunday. Card temperature is 70 at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740, KTRH. This is in our newsroom. He has an update on some of our top stories. Three people are arrested after a love triangle turned into a shootout in northeast Houston. Montgomery County Uber drivers arrested, charged with soliciting teenage boys that he met during rides. And Mel Brooks announced that the sequel to Spaceballs will come out next April. The title, Spaceballs, the new one. It's the trailer's hilarious. I bet it is. Should I post it? I think you should. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH.com. That'll be on our Facebook and X pages within 10 minutes at the top of the hour. I live in Pasadena. Charlottetown, Southwest. Next on the 10. Time saving traffic on 740 KTRH. Have we had enough for the Federal Reserve? I know the president has. He's still talking about it. He's still talking about firing Jerome Powell or asking Jerome Powell to step down. He's still talking about the $4 billion or however much it is now that they spend on this new building that he could have built for $200 million. And he's still upset about all those things. And you know what? He has a right to be. We should be a little bit more upset about those things. Here's the president talking about the Fed. He begins by... asking Maria Bartoloma's question about whether or not Kevin Warsh's new Fed Chair, the guy he's nominated for his new Fed Chair, whether or not he's going to get confirmed next week. I think so. I hope so. But I mean, Thom Tillis is still blocking. Yeah, but Thom Tillis is an American. He knows what to do. He's, I think he's.

Let's see what happens. Will you tell or at least advise Judge Janine to end that probe, criminal probe into Jerome Powell, so that Tom Till us? Well, it's really more than that. It's more than a criminal probe. It's criminal probe, I guess, but it's also a probe when incompetence. How do you take a little building? I built a hotel for $201 million that's bigger than that building down the road. It was a little while ago, seven years ago, eight years ago. I built the Trump Hotel, which I sold to Waldorf Astoria. It's a good deal. I built it like around $200 million in construction. They're going to spend maybe $4 billion. And you know what? I'm not sure the thing's ever going to open. You know, I do that stuff very well. I went past the site the other day. I was driving past. They said, take me past the Federal Reserve building. They took me past. These were a little work done inside. The use of that building. And he told me something very interesting. He said the saddest part of it is they ripped down the most beautiful building of them all. They ripped it down. He said they had board rooms and various rooms in that building that were the most beautiful in Washington. And they ripped it down what they've done to that. So. It is probably corrupt, but what it really is is incompetent. And we have to show the incompetence of that. And he headed the job. He was, you know, this guy, Jerome. But you want Joe Jerome Powell out of the way. I do. I do. I do. But does that mean we stop a probe of a building that I would have done for $25 million that's going to cost maybe $4 billion? Don't you think we have to find out what happened there? You know, we have other jobs like that, like the railroad in California, where it's, you know, 25 times more than it was originally going to cost. And I think they're going to end up abandon it. Okay, that's Gavin Newsom. Or as I call him, Gavin Newsom, who's so bad. But that's the one. But I think the Federal Reserve Building is just as bad. And so whether it's incompetence, corruption or both, I think you have to find out. Yeah, I think we do have to find out. I don't mind the investigation. I'm not quite sure why there are certain members of Congress that seem hell bet on protecting Jerome Powell, but there appears to be. Maybe Jerome Powell's giving them some nice information that's helping them get rich. I have no idea. It's 556 now here on News Radio 740, KTRH.

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. Well, gang, good morning. 6 a.m. is our time here on Houston's morning news. I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett, among our top stories this half hour. Will the blockade end up being a great thing for U.S. energy production? Better make a deal because there's going to be no ceasefire extension, we're told. And coming up at 608, 10 grocery items where the prices are likely to drop over the coming months. Details in the minutes ahead. First, let's check out that drive again. Here's Joe Barnett. It's a wreck with an 18-wheeler. All lanes still remain blocked. 69 to Eastex Rway, northbound. Why did you approach I-10? Traving is slow, backed up through downtown. You might want to use I-45-4-5 as an alternate. I-2-the-cate-Greeway eastbound at Greenhouse, then we're going to clear up a wreck with an 18-wheeler or a right-lane is blocked. Traffic is slow, backed up to West Green, about a 55-minute trip from the Grand Parkway all the way into downtown. 69 to Southwest Railway, looking good so far, about 30 minutes from Sugarland all the way in. 610 to South Loop West, about at Highway 288. At accident, signing things up, traffic is slow, backed up to Scott. I'm Joe Barnett in the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders, 24-hour weather center, partly sunny, right about 86 for the high temperature today. Jeff Barr is for Terry Smith. He will give us the complete forecast in nine minutes. Right now it is 70 at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740, KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. 601. We're brought to you by Allied signing in Windows. Today is day number four of President Trump's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. It could lead to a golden era for American energy production. Recent data shows the number of tankers bound for the Gulf of America is rising. We have a surplus of boats from around the world coming to the United States. to purchase American-made oil. Ray Trevino with Pecos operating says the icing on the cake here is it shouldn't cause prices at the pump to rise. I do expect prices to stay about where they're at. Just because countries are coming to buy our oil doesn't mean it's going to affect the price of gasoline. He added that this will be a long-term boost to oil companies who can reinvest profits in their refining capacity. Ethan Buchanan, News Radio 740, KTRH. Oil is at $92.29 a barrel this morning. The current ceasefire last. For about another week, there's been talk of extending it denied by the White House. There might be a new round of talks, but retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg has some questions. The concern I've got is we're negotiating still with an autocratic, theocratic government. These are hardcore revolutionary guards. The younger crew that's come on board, they've still been indoctrinated for over 40 plus years. Kellogg on Fox. On another front, President Trump says the leaders of Israel and Lebanon spoke for the first time in nearly 35 years. Lebanon, of course, is where the Iranian proxy group, Hezbollah is based. In Washington, Democrats for the fourth time failed to pass a war powers resolution. Threatening to wipe out an entire civilization.

driving up gas prices with no plan and no end in sight. What Chuck Schumer didn't say is that gasoline prices have been dropping for the last week, another two cents across Houston overnight. DHS remains shut down by Chuck Schumer, and now California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer says he'll prosecute ICE agents. New GHS Secretary Mark Raine Mullen says that's ridiculous. I simply enforces the nation's immigration policies and supports individuals and goes after the criminals that should never be in this country to begin with. We're not doing anything outside the law. We're working well within the law and they're doing the job every single day. Elsewhere, there's more fallout from the Swallwell. Controversy. Congress needs to pass legislation that would deny pensions to every member of Congress who's convicted of a sex offense. As there, Senator Josh Hawley there, Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert working on the House version of this following Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzalez's resignations. Two Florida representatives, Democrat Sheila, Phyllis McCormick, and Cory Mills could be the next two out of Capitol Hill. for campaign violence, violations and accusations of sexual misconduct. Former Congressman Bob Livingston says it's the first step towards cleaning the House of Representatives up. I think that it's appropriate. People have to understand. Public service is an open book. And if you step out of line, you've got to deal with it. You can be unelected by their people or you can be investigated and you can even step down. It's now 605 on KTRH on Wall Street, the NASDAQ and S&P 500. Both set new records yesterday. Overnight trading is up across the board this morning. This is what the Biden economy gave us. More Americans are taking out high interest. personal loans these days. Financial planner Derek Kinney says they're paying up to almost 40% of interest. They say, look, I can probably figure this out down the road. I'll make more money. I can pay it off. But that just means people wind up working longer, delaying retirement. Texas remains a leading destination for those who want to move. We're sixth nationwide. A new Consumer Affairs report says more families want to plant roots in Texas. The Lone Star State had almost 8,000 newcomers, according to the study. Economist Ray Perryman points to the state's business-friendly environment. The states that are leading in terms of corporate locations and that sort of thing, you see Texas and Florida and Arizona on that list pretty consistently. He says many southern states offer economic growth plus the cost of housing. They're much more affordable than some of the states you see, the New Yorks, California, and some others. Florida was number one. followed by the Carolinas. I'm Erica Smith. News Radio 740, KTRH. 606, a new study is raising concerns about using AI for medical advice. According to researchers, the chatbots misdiagnosed early stage cases more than wait for it 80% of the time. The biggest concern we all have is that a much more serious, potentially life-threatening problem is missed.

And that patient loses the opportunity to get the care that they really do need. KTRH medical expert Dr. Joe Golati says the technology may still have a role, but only as a support tool alongside trained doctors. The Astros beat, Colorado, 3-1, go for the sweep tonight. Pre-game at 6 on Sports Talk 790, the game at 7 on 790 and KTRH. And what's old is new again, NRG Stadium, home of the Houston Texans. It's going back to its original name. Reliant Stadium. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's News Weather and Traffic Station, News Radio 740, KTRH. What has happened? Just yesterday. What's happening today? Right now what happens. The things are happening. Stop! Right here! On News Radio 740, KTRH. We're going to have some falling prices at the grocery store. I'm tired of rising prices at the grocery store. Evidently, there are a few select items that are predicted. in the months ahead to continue to decline in price. And to be fair, not everything at the grocery store has been going up in price. I feel like it's stabilized lately. Even meat feels like it hasn't gotten a whole lot more expensive than what it was, beef. But I don't see that changing beef prices anytime real soon. But remember when egg prices were crazy? Well, we solved that problem. Egg prices are back to normal again. In fact, they're down 40% between February of last year and this year. 40% drop is pretty significant in any commodity. Also on the list of things that are likely to have cooling off as far as the prices go at the grocery store. Dairy products like cheese, butter, and milk are finally cooling off. Fats and oils. I don't buy a lot of fats. How long does that stuff? I guess it goes rancid after a while, right? I think we found an older bottle of olive oil that hadn't stood the test of time in the pantry. But that stuff lasts generally a pretty long time. You go a long time between buying that stuff. Let's see. Also, although, the less pork prices growing slower than any other meat. So if you like pork, it's a good, maybe a good substitute for beef in your house. Poultry of chicken. Near flat prices, even though, again, beef is the big thing. It relates to meat, any kind of beef, ground beef, steaks, any of that stuff. Global surplus is putting downward pressure on sugar. Not that a lot of us eat a whole lot of sugar, but sugar is something that's going down. Coffee, after a brutal 2025, prices should finally ease up when it comes to coffee. That's good news. Fresh fruits, below average price growth on the horizon. I don't know if they're expecting a bumper crop or what, but fruit prices, fresh fruit prices, are likely to at least stabilize, if not drop a little bit. And wheat-based cereals and bakery products are seeing slower increases in their prices. So at least among those types of categories, we seem to be doing a little bit better as relates to rising prices at the grocery store. Paper products are still stupid high. I can't believe how much we spend on toilet paper at our house. 610, time for traffic and weather together as we check in again with Joe Barnett.

All lanes to remain blocks. 69 to Eastex Freeway northbound at I-10 to Baytown East Freeway due to a wreck with an 18-wheeler. Traffic being deterred to the frontage road. You might want to use the I-45 as an alternate. 6-10 to east-to-east end to MOY-Toop Southbound the Ship Channel Bridge. Watch out for a wreck. Traffic is slow back to up to I-10. I-10 the KD Freeway east. About a greenhouse to clear up a wreck with an 18-wheeler. A right-lane remains blocked. Traffic is slow back to the Nation Road. About a 55-minute trip from the Grand Parkway. the way into downtown. I'm Joe Barnett in the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. Robar, KTRH, Top Tax Defenders 24-hour Weather Center, Jeff Marr, in for Terry today. He's got the forecast. It looks like Saturday the best chance of seeing some widespread rain around here. That's right. We'll have a cold front closing in, and that front will produce some heavy rain at times, maybe even a few severe thunderstorms. So we'll keep an eye out for that as we start off the weekend. In the meantime, dry with above average temperatures for us today as winds gust up out of the south at times. The high headed to 86 under a partly to mostly cloudy sky. Just a few clouds overnight and still windy with a low down to 70 into the mid-80s tomorrow afternoon with clouds increasing. That front brings in showers and possibly a few strong storms Saturday up to 84. Behind the front, rain tapers off through Sunday. It will be cloudy and cooler with a high of 71. degrees right now 70 at your official severe weather station news radio 740 kTRH i live in pasadena sharp town southwest next on the 10 time saving traffic on 740 kTRH just about 620 is our time here in houston's morning news one of our news stories this morning the cliff has been doing all morning is whether or not what's going on in the golf or I should say in the Strait of Hormuz with the blockade, if that's going to help trigger a golden age for U.S. energy production. I think a golden age of U.S. energy production is already underway. We'll see what Ray Trevino thinks. He's with Picos operating. He's coming up next. First, though, traffic and weather together as we check out the drive again with Joe Barnett. Looks like the Culeleap of Wreck, 69 to East Tech Streetway, North batted I-10. This one involving an 18-wheeler, had the freeway shutdown. As a matter of fact, it is now cleared. All lanes reopened. Traffic is still slow back to the highway 288. 68. 6-10, the east side of the eastbounded up to I-10. I-405, the north freeway. Watch out for a wreck in the H-OV lane. About a 50-minute trip from the woodlands all the way to downtown. I-10, the KD Freeway East Planet Greenhouse. lane is blocked with an accident. Traffic is slow, backed up to the Grand Parkway, about a 16-minute drive all the way into downtown from the Grand Parkway. I'm Joe Bardett in the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders 24-hour weather center for today. We're looking at partly sunny skies with a high temperature right about 86. A little muggy out there too. Partly sunny 85 tomorrow. Saturday, mostly cloudy 50% chance of showers and storms 84. There's a cold front coming through, and we're going to have a lot cooler temperatures. Only 70 for the high temperature on Sunday. Current temperature is 70 at your official's severe weather station. News Radio 740, KTRH.

Time to get you caught up on some more of our top trending stories this morning. Here's Cliff. Hey, John Whitmire says the city won't file a temporary restraining order against Governor Greg Abbott defunding to the tune of $110 million. A Travis County judge rules, I can't miss it, can't use, or change the buildings where 27 people died during the flooding last July. And according to a new study, Houston is the top metro area. for construction work. The latest news anytime at KTRH.com, our next update is at 630. It's one policy. We're going to take our capital back. We're taking it back. After another. You burn a flag. You get one year in jail. On News Radio 740, KTRH. All right, well, golden years of U.S. energy production. I think they've already begun, but let's see what our next guest thinks. He's at Pico's operating. His name is Ray Trevino. Before we got into this whole thing with Iran and before we blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, I think the golden age, as the President likes to call it, the golden age of U.S. energy production had already begun. What do you think? Absolutely. You can definitely call it a golden age. You can also call it a global shift in energy dominance to where the United States is once again, once again going to be the number one energy country in the world. Do you think that this has a lot of countries rethinking where they get their energy from, that they're going to be looking for more reliable sources like the United States, where they don't have to worry about some sort of a Middle East conflict preventing the flow of oil to their country? Absolutely. I think this conflict has the rest of the world thinking about everything. Is north, north, is south, south, and how powerful is the United States? Right now, what we are seeing right now is literally the United States being there ready to rock and roll because of hundreds and thousands of jobs of men and women. in there in this great city of Houston, along with West Texas and all around Texas, that we were ready to answer a call that we didn't know we were going to answer. And because of that, there are over 100 tankers headed this way to the Gulf of America to take our oil because it is abundant, reliable, and affordable. All right. What do you think happens with China? And in Russia, in case of Russia, they're producing their own oil, but China isn't. And China has been dependent on the strait and on countries like Iran to provide it with oil. What are they doing right now? What's happening with their economy, do you think?

That's a great question. China right now is hurting because they are actually now paying global prices for their oil. What a lot of people don't know is before the conflict, China was paying next to nothing for Iranian oil and Venezuelan oil. And now that they are actually having to pay the actual price of a barrel of oil, it is hurting their economy. Now, a negative to that actually is that is also hurting our brothers and sisters in California. And the reason why it's hurting them is because of bad policy and people voting basically for the wrong people. California gets over 50% of their jet fuel. diesel and gasoline from the refineries in China. And guess what? China, as we just said, has been getting a majority of their oil from the Middle East and the trade of the home roof for several years. Well, they think gas prices are high in California now. Just wait, huh? That's absolutely correct. We really need to have better policy with our brother and sisters in California. Not only do they have a ridiculous... taxes on each gallon of gasoline, but it's almost an energy island. And there's not even one refinery that is up and running on the West Coast at this time. Well, yeah, but they could get oil and gas from Houston refineries. Why don't they do that? Or is it some sort of, is this their message on the environment? We don't like refineries in the United States, so we're going to get it from China. Basically, again, they're on an island, so they have to cross the mountains with that pipeline. You know, the Lord blessed them with a great abundance of oil. And what a great place they could be doing that. Just like here in the great state of Texas, as I'm sure you and your listeners are aware, we're getting ready to build the first refinery in 50 years right down here in Brownsville. And that will actually have a pipeline that looks like coming straight from the Permian Basin. And it will be able to process. all types of American oil because most of the refineries in America, including on the Texas coast, only refine the imported oil for places like Venezuela, Russia, and the Middle East. Set up for heavy crude, but we're not set up for the light sweet crude, but we will be once that. How much will they be able to get through that refinery? How much will they be able to produce on a daily or weekly or monthly basis? Great question. That refinery is going to be able to... produce over 160 barrels of oil a day in different products, from jet fuel to gasoline to kerosene to all the products that we need here in America. All right, that's good stuff. Ray Trevino, Picos operating, joining us at 627. It's time to take a look at your money. Good morning. Spirit Airlines could liquidate as soon as this week. The budget carrier's finances have been squeezed by rising jet fuel prices. Sources tell us any decision could come as soon as this week. Spirit has been in ongoing talks with its creditors and its plans could change. The airline was expected to exit bankruptcy by the summer after reaching a deal to trim billions of dollars in debt. Spirit declined to comment. Turning to the markets, geopolitics remain the focus for investors. The U.S. and Iran are...

said to be considering a two-week ceasefire extension to allow more time to negotiate a peace deal. The S&P 500 is starting the day at a record high. And Walmart has unveiled a redesign of its flagship private brand. The retail giant says its great value products will be getting a fresh, modern look. The redesign will span almost 10,000 items. The rollout will be phased in over the next two years, beginning with salty snacks and expanding from there. I'm Courtney Donahoe, Bloomberg Business. on News Radio 740, KTRH. For the news that you are, no. Houston's, news, weather, traffic, plus breaking news 24-7. This is News 740, KTRH. Drive everywhere with the IRR-A. More of what's happening now from the John Moore Services Studios. 6.30 are time here on Houston's morning news. I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Among our top stories this have are. Mayor John Whitmire rules out fighting the state in court. Harris County today to discuss its own anti-ice ordinance. And coming up at 638, a little follow-up on Houston's highway light problem. Details in the minutes ahead. First, we're checking out that drive again. Here's Joe Barnett. Well, I just heard from Jennifer off the... KTRH traffic tip line coming in on I-45, the North Freeway. Watch out for a wreck. It's there. Southbound at Paramount. A couple of left planes are blocked as well as the HOV lane. Traffic is slow, about an hour delay, starting around Luweta all the way into downtown. You might want to take the Hardy Toll Road as an alternate. I tend to the KD Freeway east. The right lane is blocked the wreck. Traffic is slow back to before Highway 99, the Grand Parkway. Still about an hour from the Grand Parkway into downtown. Threeway north batten I-10. That wreck's cleared out of the way. Traffic still slow through downtown. I'm Joe Barnett in the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH Generator Super Center, partly Sunday today with a high temperature right about 86. Big change is coming on Sunday when the high is only going to get up to 70. Way up north, they're going to get down below freezing. So evidently, winter's not quite done with us yet. Current temperature, by the way, is 70 in your official, severe weather station, News Radio 740, KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. 632 on KTRH. Our top story, Radical Democrats on Houston City Council want to go to court to try and stop Governor Greg Abbott from suspending $110 million in funding over their anti-ice ordinance. It doesn't look like they'll get their wish. I emailed the city attorney asking if he would file a temporary restraining order. Well, the city responded and the mayor said it isn't a solution and they can't afford to lose millions of dollars. Michelle Turner with our TV partner channel 2, a vote to repeal the ordinance could take place tomorrow. Now, by ramming this through last week, the radical Dems have caused overtime to be suspended for HPD and critical security for the World Cup. Well, that's at risk. as well. Harris County Commissioners meet at 9 o'clock this morning, Rodney Ellis. Precinct 1 Democrats said to bring a motion that would look at anti-ice policies for the county. Ali Hanson with the text and says Ellis may have to change his plans after watching what the governor just did to the city.

His proposal very likely supported by Commissioner Adrian Garcia and Commissioner Leslie Briones, also who are Democrats. However, you might see them express some caution based on the possible consequences for the county. Meeting starts at 9 o'clock. We have no idea if Judge Lina Hidalgo is going to show up, but appreciating three Commissioner Tom's Ramsey will on KTRH at 720. 633. Recent data from the federal government shows that the number of legal immigrants allowed into the U.S. has dropped by about 50%. This would create more demand for labor and higher wages. That is good news for American workers, especially recent. college grads or people getting ready to graduate. It's also good for American taxpayers and it's very good for public safety and national security as well. Jessica Vaughn with the Center for Immigration Study says the public safety benefit is because the slowdown is the result of intensified vetting for both permanent and temporary immigrants. The illegal alien charged with killing Chicago college student Sheridan Gorman was released by Biden's DHS three years ago despite having no legal asylum claim. That's according to new documents released by Congress. Crime victim advocate April a Gary says do not hold your breath waiting for accountability. You saw the way Biden was signing for pardons. So most likely the people that have the blood on their hands will never face prosecution because he made sure that when he left, he pardoned everybody. She adds that Biden led in the good, the bad, and the ugly, which is why the Trump administration is cleaning up this mess. Democrats would rather talk about using the 25th Amendment against Trump that admit that Biden's presidency was a failure. It's particularly rich that Democrats would start suggesting that a president, who, by the way, works like 20 hours a day every single day. It has some kind of issue. After we had a president for four years, Joe Biden, who couldn't string a sentence together. Texas Congressman Brandon Gill on Newsmax earlier last night. The mainstream media is all over that bill, but... The media said nothing about real violence being committed by radical left-wing mobs. Like the recent assault of Turning Point USA reporter Savannah Hernandez in Minneapolis. The media hasn't even mentioned it, even though Hernandez is Hispanic and a woman. I can't even interview people properly on the street because I got brutally assaulted and pushed to the ground by a 250-pound man. Hernandez talking to Fox's Laura Ingram. Thankfully, the FBI is now involved. Jeff Andy Biggs News Radio 740, KTRae. It is coming up on 636. It has been fully implemented, and it's being enforced against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. The state of Hormuz blockade is in day number four. Oil at $91 and $80 a barrel. Gasoline prices across the area dropped another two cents overnight, a near 10 cent drop over the last week. Democrat Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. Did you see this? He's pushing his new tax pled. He calls it an attempt to close loopholes. He's really just targeting rich people. Come out with a sort of a race and facts of this plan at this juncture is very surprising to me. Quite frankly, I think it's a complicated plan. I'm shocked that he's doing it at this state. Political consultant Bill Miller says this makes James Talarico look like a radical Democrat along the lines of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. And the Astros beat Colorado last night, three to one second straight win. They'll go for the sweep tonight. Pre-game at six on Sports Talk 790. The game at 7 on 790. 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 screen this life that we live on News Radio 740, KTRH. Guaranteed human. So yesterday we were telling you about this K-H-O-U-11 report about traffic lights, the highway lights, you know, those big, tall, they have a name. They call mass lights, something like that. The ones that are way, really way up on the high poles that light up the highway, you know, light up the 6-10 loop and all the highways. There's thousands of these lights in the metro Houston area. Unfortunately, there's about 500 of them that are not working. And H.O.U. 11 was doing a little report on that in trying to ascertain, all right, whose lights are these? Which ones are TechSOT responsible for? Which ones are the city of Houston responsible for? Would it surprise any of us to learn that? Far and away, the vast majority of those lights are the responsibility of the city of Houston. Here's the follow-up report from KHOU-11. We counted a total of 478 lights out across Harris County. 375 of those are within the city limits. Is that acceptable? Well, I don't think any time the infrastructure we have is not working as an acceptable thing. Randy Mackay is Director of Houston Public Works. But it's a matter of priorities in many instances. It doesn't sound like this has been a priority for the city. Well, when you balance what the priorities for the city are, which is fixing our streets, high mass lights, they're a priority, but they're not going to be number one in those priorities. For highway lights within the Houston city limits, maintenance falls under the city's responsibility under this 60-plus-year-old agreement with the state. Really what's happened over the years is we continue to kick the can down the road. One goes out here, that's okay. Two goes out here, that's okay. Then it balloons to 375. Well, now we've got to solve a major problem. After KHE11 investigates first shine a light on the problem back in November, Mackie says there is now renewed coordination between the city and state.

But highway lights out on the front burner. What you have now is, is you do have a group of people between the city and TechSOT who have put together plans to figure out how to get it done and how to get it done at scale. The results are starting to take shape. On the Eastex Freeway near Loracopi Road, we spotted TextD contractors replacing entire lighting towers with new LED bulbs. And Houston Public Works says it's repaired 30 high-masked lights over the past month. There's recently a story on KHOU. At City Council, Vice Mayor Pro Tem Amy Peck is keeping tabs on the hundreds of lights that are still out. It's absolutely not acceptable and we just need to get it done and make sure that those lights are working. Is there anything that government is better at than kicking the can down the road when it comes to infrastructure? I don't think so. You're talking about kicking the can down the road. I don't know how long those lights last, but to have that many lights that are out, I mean, that something has been ignored for years, years and years. Maybe even to a certain extent of text out. It hasn't been a priority, but, you know, shine a little light on it. Now of a sudden, now of a sudden things are getting fixed. 640, time for traffic and weather together. We're checking out the drive. Once again, here's Jumping Joe Barnett. We do have a wreck on I-45 to North Freeway. This is southbound at Parramatta. A couple left lanes are blocked. The H-OV lane is blocked as well. Traffic slow, backed up to Mouette. It's about a little over an hour from the woodlands all the way into downtown. I'd say to the Katie Freeway east. Banda Greenhouse a wreck with an 18-wheeler still tying up a right lane. Over an hour from the Grand Parkway all the way into downtown. Sixth in the south-through west, man to Colin. Watch out for a wreck tying things up all the way to Scott. 69 the Southwest Freeway. your relay northbound at Hillcrop. I'm Joe Barnett in the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, Generators Supercenter, 24-hour weather center. Time to check in with Jeff Marr filling in today for Terry. He's got the forecast for you. No chance of rain until when, Saturday? Yeah, Saturday afternoon. Up front is going to bring in showers and storms. We'll see that rain moving out Sunday. Big changes as far as our temperatures behind that front. We're behind the low 70s Sunday and then upper 60s Monday. In the meantime, above average temperatures again today is. Winds continue up from the south. We should at 86 this afternoon with a partly to mostly cloudy sky. And tonight, partly cloudy and breezy, down to 70 into the mid-80s again. Tomorrow, clouds will increase. That front will bring in some heavy rainfall Saturday with showers maybe even a few strong thunderstorms at a high of 84. Rain tapers off towards Sunday afternoon with clouds and a high in your 71 degrees. We're up 171 at your official, severe weather station, news radio 740 KTRH. I live in Sugar Land. Be prepared for wild Houston weather. Next on the 10 on 740 KTRH. It's 650 now here in Houston's morning news. We are going to be talking coming up at about 722 this morning with Commissioner Tom Ramsey about Rodney Ellis, who evidently wants Harris County. He's been inspired, evidently, by Houston City Council. He wants to have his own county-wide ordinance of his own coordinating how all law enforcement in Harris County deals with ice. And I guarantee it's not that he wants to be more cooperative with ice. We'll have more on that story. We're actually going to have a little preview coming up, what Rodney Ellis had to say to KPRC2 is coming up next. First, though, traffic and weather together as we check out the drive once again. Here for Sky Mike. Here's Joe Barnan.

Over one hour from the Grand Parkway into downtown due to a wreck. I tend to Katie Freeway East, about a greenhouse. This one involving at 18 width or a right lane is blocked. Traffic is slow. Once again, the highway 99 to the Grand Parkway. I have 45. The door three-way southbound of Parramata, a wreck with a bus and a car. Two left lanes in the H-OV lane is blocked. Traffic is slow, backed up before Lleweta, over an hour from the woodlands all the way in. You might want to use the hardy-tail road. 6-10 to south-thubwest, Van de Cullen. They're working to clear for wreck. Traffic is slow backed up to Scott, and watch out for Wreck Highway 225, Eastland and Borough. Traffic is slow backed up to Shaver. I'm Joe Barnett in the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH, generator super center, 24-hour weather center. Partly sunny, it looks like 86 today, partly sunny 85 tomorrow. Saturday is when the shower and storm chance goes up to at least 50%. Primarily in the afternoon could have some strong storms with high temperature right about 84 and then much, much colder on Sunday with a high only getting up to 70. Monday, it looks like it might not get out of the 60s. Current temperature 71 at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740, KTRH. Time to check out some more of our top stories from the newsroom. Here's Cliff. Or Secretary Pete Hegseth updates the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz at 7 o'clock. Iran is set to execute its first female protester tied to the January uprising in Tehran. And Tesla is investigating a report from a Texas driver in Plano who says that his vehicle's autopilot engaged while stopped at a railroad crossing. At the latest news anytime at KTRH.com, our next update is at 7. I live in Clear Lake. Humble. Reliable. KTRH, traffic and weather. Next on the 10. All right, so now Rodney Ellis wants to get in on this, right? He's watched what's going on in Houston City Council. He feels inspired by what's happened at Houston City Council. Inspired to do what? Piss off the governor? I'm sure Harris County gets some state funds. And I'm sure the governor would be more than happy to turn off the spikin for Harris County too. Here's the report from KPRC2. I was watching what's happening at City Hall. I was inspired by what was happening at City Hall. Commissioner Ellis says the issue goes beyond policy impacting how safe people feel in their own communities. If I go to work sites around Harris County and my precinct and others. People start running. If I'm in a car, I look like I might be an ICE agent. That makes it difficult for them to cooperate with law enforcement. Right now, he says there's no single standard for enforcement. What are the current guidelines? All over the board. It depends on which law enforcement entity you go to. The Harris County Sheriff's Office confirms via email it does not have a policy that specifically addresses interactions with ICE in the community. Ellis says that lack of consistency creates risk. You run the risk of an individual deputy making a decision on what they perceive to be.

the rules of engagement. Commissioner Ellis says the county attorney and the office of the county administrator will help develop the guidelines. They wouldn't be mandatory because the county does not oversee its local law enforcement, but would set a clearer, more consistent standard across agencies. Things always operate better when people know the rooms, when they're transparent. Yeah, but it says the rules aren't mandatory. So that's left up to the description of the individual law enforcement agencies, right? If it's not mandatory, how does putting out a rule lead to? All law enforcement doing it the same way. That don't make no sense. Anyway, we'll get Commissioner Tom Ramsey on at 722 and see what he thinks of all this. It's 655. Time for the timeline. One more pair of tickets to give away today to see Rod Stewart live. His one last time tour with special guest Howard Jay Jones. April the 19th at the Woodlands Pavilion. Tickets are on sale right now. Ticketmaster.com, but you can win a pair from us. Tell us what year today's timeline is from. It was April. America launched its first space shuttle. America's first space shuttle, and the shuttle has cleared the tower. Murder! Brand new at the theaters. Nobody shall wield Excalibur but me! The movie Excalibur made its debut. He who draws the sword from the stone, he shall be king. On television, this is Nightline. Nightline moves to five nights a week on ABC. It's one of Washington's most important. And number one on the radio.

All the notes, kiss on my list. What year was it? If you know, 713-212-52-58-74, that is 713-212-K-T-R-H. Good luck. All right, we have ourselves a winner. That winner would be Mike and Magnolia. He knew the right year was 19. Mikey get a pair of tickets for Rod Stewart. That's going to be April the 19th at the Woodlands Pavilion. Enjoy the show this weekend, and thank you for listening to Houston's Morning News. This is News Radio 740, KTRH, Houston, an I-Heart radio station, guaranteed human. Now, the latest news, weather, and traffic. It's more of what matters to you from the John Moore Services Studios. 7 a.m. our time here on Houston's morning news. I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett, among our top stories this half hour. Iran would be wise to make a deal before the end of the ceasefire. The Middle East, what's going on there? Will that lead to a golden age for U.S. energy? And coming up at 708, they've quietly brought back, ladies and gentlemen. Details in the minutes ahead. First, we're checking at that morning drive once again. Here for SkyMy, Joe Barnett. Some good news and some bad news. If you're coming in from the city of Katie this morning, I tend to Katie Freeway East, about a greenhouse that wreck with the 18-wheeler. It's cleared out of the way. All lanes reopen. The bad news is still over an hour from Highway 99, the Grand Parkway into downtown. I-45, the north-reway southbound at Parramatta, a wreck with a bus and a car. Two left lanes are blocked. The HOV lane is also blocked. Traffic is slow, backed up to Luetta, used the Hardy Toll Road as an alternate. Highway 225 eastbound at Borough, they're clearing up a wreck, traffic is slow, backed up to Shaver, and an accident in the H-OV lane lane, lane, line 69, the Southwest Railway, northbound at Hill Crom. I'm Joe Barnett in the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH, Top Tax Defenders, 24-hour Weather Center, partly sunny today, with a high of 86. We'll get the complete forecast, including our next chance for rain. Coming this weekend, by the way. We'll talk to Jeff Marr in for Terry Smith 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. And we're sponsored by U.S. Coins and Jewelry, our top story this hour. This embargo is squeezing the economic life out of the Iranian regime. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the blockade of the Strait of Formuz in day four. We're about to get an update from the Pentagon. There's also the potential for a new round of peace talks. Pakistan's army chief arriving to Iran reportedly with a fresh message of the White House on what it wants from the country. The administration says it feels good about the prospects of a deal and the fighting. But if it doesn't work out, they've announced the threat of new sanctions. against Iran that they call the financial equivalent of the bombing campaign. This is Greg Palcott. Meantime, the president says the leaders of Israel and Lebanon will be speaking for the first time in more than 30 years. Oil futures down to $91.22 a barrel this morning. And the number of oil tankers heading for the Gulf of America has been rising dramatically lately. Great news for American and specifically.

Texas oil companies. We are creating a need for more American oil and also more American refineries. Keep in mind here in the Great Fair of Texas, we just broke ground on the first brand new refinery in America in 50 years. Ray Trevino says he thinks that oil could be back below 80 bucks a barrel over the next couple of months. In Washington, Democrats once again failed to pass a war powers resolution. The only Republican that voted for this was Kentucky Senator Rand Paul. Our biggest threat to our security, to our national security, is our debt. So I think spending another $500, $700 billion on a war in Iran is not in our national security. I think it makes us weaker. Paul on Newsmax, Senate Republicans are moving ahead with reconciliation to fund ICE and Border Patrol. Texas Senator Ted Cruz says he thinks Republicans should go even further. I think that is short-minded, short-sighted. And right now they're talking about funding ICE and Border Patrol. for three and a half years at current levels. Cruz once funding DHS for the next 10 years. Now to the House where the fallout from Democrat Eric Swalwell's resignation continues. Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert is working on a bill to prevent Eric Swalwell and other disgraced former members. from getting pensions. The two were the first dominoes in what could be a unifying thing for Congress. Relations between Republicans and Democrats are far worse today than they ever were back then. But people like swallow the reason. He's a hypocrite, a liar. Former Congressman Bill Livingston says it's tough because Democrats have changed while the GOP hasn't. And while it's a tall order, addressing the problem is a good first step. These are human beings that are been elected who have taken advantage of the generosity of their... He says public service is an open book and actions have consequences. Andre Parrard, Doge Radio 740, KTRH. By the way, Sheila Scherfellis McCormick is accused of funneling millions into her campaign. She's facing potential expulsion, as is Cory Mills, a Florida Republican. Looking at your money overnight trading this morning is up across the board after the... NASDAQ and S&P 500 hit new records yesterday. President Trump is trying to fix what Joe Biden broke, but. More Americans have been forced by Biden's inflation to take out high interest loans. The number of loans issued to Americans has increased 7% at almost 40% compared to 31% in 2017, according to Experian. Financial planner Derek Kenny says the amount of debt will likely get worse as more consumers are focused on whether they can afford a monthly payment as opposed to a one-time purchase. They say, look, I can probably figure this out down the road. I'll make more money. I can pay it off. too often, the payoff doesn't happen. And that could really be a bad trend financially for the general economy as well. I'm Erica Smith. News Radio 740, KTRH. Consumer reports ranks Texas sixth when it comes to moving destinations. It's because we lead the country in several sectors, including data center construction. Like many of them, employing on average of about half a person to a person per megawatt of power they use. And many of them now start to use 4,500 megawatts and then have multiple buildings. So you're getting some data.

centers now that create several hundred jobs as well. Economist, Dr. Ray Perryman, 7.06 on KTRH, and you heard it here last night. Alvarez with an abbreviated practice swing. Here's the 2-2. And this one's hit hard. Down the right field line by Echo Dios! A home run for Alvarez is 7th of the year. Steve Sparks with the call Astros 3, Rockies 1. They go for the sweep tonight per game at 6 on Sports Talk 790. The game at 7.9 on 790 in KTRH. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news weather and traffic station. News Radio 740, KTRH. This is Houston's morning news with Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. That's like drinking a Red Bull. I take it back. That's like drinking a case of Red Bull. 7.07 is their time here in Houston's morning. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. People of all ages. Ladies and gentlemen is back at Disney World. Back on the loudspeaker. New York Post says that Disney diehards are divided and trending claims that the former... formerly mixed ladies and gentlemen salutation as theme part has been restored signaling to some at least that the world is returning to normalcy it's safe to say it one fan said it was very nice to hear that ladies and gentlemen has returned to the magic kingdom express monorail that was tweeted recently to it from a disney world depotay who said that they're glad to see it come back They didn't make an announcement about it. They didn't make any big deal about it. They just evidently just brought it back. Not quite. Well, I know why they banned it to begin with is they thought that ladies and gentlemen was not appropriate. That it was too exclusive and not inclusive. That it basically only recognized two genders. Never realizing, of course, that. There are only two genders when you get right down to it. Because after all, Disney is about as woke a company as you can possibly get. But again, maybe some of these policy changes. What else will change at Disney World as a result of them bringing this back? I guess it depends on how much backlash they feel they get by doing it. I don't think it's that big of a deal. It's the monorail. You get on the monorail and you hear, ladies and gentlemen, is that a big deal if you don't consider yourself a lady or a gentleman? By the way, I'm not always a gentleman either. I'm always a man, but there are times I probably don't fit my father's definition of what a gentleman is. And there are probably times out there, ladies, where you don't fit the definition of what our parents thought a lady was, right? At this point, it's just a salutation. It should have never been this big a deal to begin with. 7.10. Time for traffic and weathered together. Joe Barnett, standing by. He's filling in for Skymike. It's about 80 minutes from the woodlands all the way into downtown. Now, the problem is there's a wreck I-45, the north three-way south, Bennett, Parramatta. A couple of left lanes are blocked as well as the HOV lane and traffic is slow back to up to Loretta. Use the hardy toll road as an alternate route. I tend to Katie Freeway east, spent a greenhouse at wreck with an 18 wheelers cleared. Traffic is slow backed up to highway 99 in the Grand Parkway. Still about an hour from there all the way into downtown. 610, the south loop west, spent a call in that wreck.

cleared. Traffic is slow, backed up to MLK, and an accident. They just cleared this one from the HOV lane, 69 the Southwest Freeway northbound at Hillcraw. I'm Joe Barnett in the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, top taxed vendors, 24-hour weather center. Time to check in with Jeff Barr. He's in for Terry today. A lot of cloud covered to start today, but then again, that's been normal lately. How long before we burn some of this off and see a little bit of sunshine? Yeah, we'll see some sun as we wrap up this morning and into the afternoon hours. Once again, some above average temperatures as these winds continue up out of the south with a few of the gusts near 15 to 20 miles. The end result will be a high to 86 degrees. Tonight, partly cloudy, still breezy, down to 70. Not a whole lot of change tomorrow will see increasing clouds and reach the mid-80s. Then on Saturday, and approaching cold front will bring in some showers, maybe even a few strong thunderstorms during the afternoon with a high of 84. Behind that front, the rain tapers off towards the afternoon on Sunday, and it will be a cloudy and cooler end of the weekend with the high on Sunday hitting. the low 70s. Right now 71 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. Hey, a little reminder, we've got our Alaska trip. We're down to our last four cabinets. And don't think because we're down to last four cabins that these are not premium accommodations. They are. These are really great cabins. They were reserved well ahead of time for our trip in August. We're going to go August 21st to the 28th. We're going to fly to Seattle. We're going to go on with Celebrity Edge, which is a state-of-the-art, almost brands back a new cruise ship. We're going to cruise Alaska. We'll do Juno and Skagway and a lot of other great ports, Victoria, British Columbia. It includes your meals and includes your round-trip airfare. All the information. I just want to let you know, we're down to four cabins, and that now's the time, actually, our listeners who are going on the... Crews with us are starting to pick their tours and all the things that they want to do. So before that stuff gets all booked, I would just suggest that if you've been thinking about going and you'd like to go, then today's the day to make your move. Call 800383.383.31. That's 800, 383.31, or go to Travel with Jimmy.com. Tom Ramsey coming up, Precinct 3 Commissioner, to talk about what Rodney Ellis is likely to propose today regarding... You know, dealing with ice. That's coming up in just a couple of minutes. First, though, at 720. Let's do a little traffic and weather together. Starting with you, Joe. It's still over an hour from the woodlands all the way into downtown. There's a problem. I-45, the North Freeway Southbound at Parramatta, a wreck with a bus in a car. The H-OV lane is blocked as well as two left lanes. Keep that in mind. You might want to use the hardy-to-door work. I-10 the Katie Freeway, Eastman, that wreck's cleared out of the way. Traffic still slow, backed up before Highway 99, the Grand Parkway. Watch out for a disabled vehicle tying up the center lane. I-10 the KD. Freeway, eastbound and Taylor. And they're clearing up a wreck Highway 225, westbound. at Sins Road. Traffic is slow back to Highway 146. I'm Joe Barnett. In the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders, 24-hour weather center, partly sunny looks like about 86 today. Same thing, 85 tomorrow. 50% chance of showers and storms. Looks like that's going to be a late afternoon evening into early Sunday morning type of storm event with a high temperature Saturday of 84. Much colder on Sunday. High only 70.

Right now 71 at your official severe weather station, News Radio 740 KTRH. Cliff is standing by. He has an update on some of our top stories. Harris County Commissioners are going to discuss an anti-ice ordinance today. According to records, Lamar consolidated ISD police chief Henry Garcia and Maria Molina, Lieutenant, are both no longer employed. Both had been under investigation for alleged inappropriate behavior on campus. And the NRA Convention begins today. at the George R. Brown Convention Center. If the latest news anytime at KTRH.com, our next update is at 7.30. U.S. News. You shut down the government. That means no money for FEMA. And global views. Beautiful armada, floating beautifully toward a rent. On News Radio 740, KTRH. Yep, ICE is going to be a topic today at Harris County Commissioner's Court. Tom Ramsey joins us, Precinct 3 Republican Commissioner, to talk about it. Rodney Ellis says he's inspired by Houston City Council. Does Houston City Council inspire you, sir? Not at all, not what they did this week. I can tell you, Jimmy, clearly we need to understand what government and what the, how the county is different from the city. We have elected, independently elected officials here. The sheriff, the eight constables, they get to decide what their policy is. Now, if Commissioner's Court wants to recommend that they do certain things, well, they can put that on the table. But I can tell you this, there is no good reason for us to get involved in this issue, primarily because I trust law enforcement. They know what they're doing. I trust their judgment. For us to sit at commissioner's court and try to second-guess law enforcement and try to figure out what they should implement, listen, the county, Harris County, I think, just about leads the nation in cooperation with ICE. Clearly, this is an election year game. It's just so that people can go to cocktail parties and share about what they just passed at Commissioner's Court. It's really not about the people. If they were concerned about the people, about the safe neighborhoods, then they would ask, well, what else can we do to make it safer? We don't have a problem in Harris County like they have in some of the other states, primarily because... We read the law and we cooperate as we should. Well, and here's the other thing. Whatever, whatever folks decide, because you've already mentioned the fact that these are separately elected officials, whatever you pass today, even if they do pass something, you know, asking for some sort of a coordinated effort in how law enforcement in Harris County will deal with ICE, it's not mandatory. It's not, but it's just that's why this is so sad. But you know what, Israel?

We live in the state of Texas. We don't live in New York. And guess who controls state funds that comes to Harris County? Guess who controls a lot of the federal money that comes to Harris County? It comes to the state, the governor's office. There is literally over $100 million in grants. It's more than the city that if the people in Austin says, you know what? They're sending us a message. Maybe we need to send them a message. So what's the point in this? It's divisive. It doesn't solve any problem. It's not focused on what we should be focused on. Well, I think that's a great point because the city of Houston has already found out that the governor's more than willing to freeze $110 million worth of public funding for the city until they get rid of that ordinance. You would think they would do the same thing to Harris County. Yeah, hello. Get out your big cheap pad, number two pencil. Pay attention of what's going on. It's literally, we have more grant funds at risk than the city does. And you can see how desperate now the city is going to meet again tomorrow and try to say, oh, I'm sorry. We didn't mean that. We're going to cooperate. Well, what? They'll play these games. People don't have time for this. Let's just get focused on what we should be focused on. Well, you know, some of these city council members want the mayor to go to court over this. I wouldn't be surprised if Rodney Ellis would want to do the same thing. Do you think he'd be willing to employ county lawyers to try to fight the state? Oh, yeah, they would. They would. They would do that in a heartbeat. But what they forget, we live in Texas. We don't live in California. So when we do things here, we are a subset of the state. We operate per the guidelines of the state. And if they catch us doing things that, frankly, I think what they're trying to do today is not right. We should follow the law. We should cooperate with ICE. That's what we should do. We haven't had problems here. But when they choose not to follow the law, the state of Texas will be involved. And I know that Governor Greg Abbott's keeping an eye in Harris County because he's said as much. So you'll be watching what happens today. All right, Commissioner, keep fighting the good fight. And thank you for your time this morning. That is Precinct 3 Republican Commissioner Tom Ramsey. It's 726. Let's take a look at your money. Good morning. Power demand in Texas could quadruple by 2032 due to the boom in data centers and population growth. Hercott's latest forecast demonstrates how grid operators, utilities, and regulators are struggling to figure out how to handle a rush of data center proposals. Data centers will account for more than 60% of the projected increase. Checking on the markets, the S&P 500 closed at a record high yesterday. Investors are optimistic about the U.S. and Iran restarting peace talks. This morning, Wall Street is continuing to watch every geopolitical development. And Starbucks is changing the way. you order your coffee using chat GPT. Customers can describe their cravings, mood, and even their vibe in the beta Starbucks app in the artificial intelligence platform to receive a personalized drink recommendation. You can start your order in chat GPT and finish checkout in the Starbucks app or on Starbucks.com. I'm Courtney Donahoe, Bloomberg Business on News Radio 740, KTRH.

Houston's news weather traffic plus breaking news 24-7. This is News 740 KTRH. Live everywhere with fire. More of what's happening now from the John Moore Services Studios. It's 730 here on Houston's morning news. I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Among our top stories this hour. Harris County wants its own ICE ordinance. The mayor will not fight the state in court. And coming up at 738, how AI might not take your job, but it might change it. Details in the minutes ahead. First, we're checking out that morning drive once again. In for Sky, Mike, here's Joe Barnett. If you're coming in from the Woodlands right now, I have some good news for you. I-45, the North Freeway, Southbound at Parramatta. That wreck just cleared. All lanes reopened. Still over an hour from the Woodlands all the way into downtown. Still might want to use the Hardy Tollwark. I tend the Katie Freeway eastbound a Taylor, a disabled vehicle tying up a center lane. And watch out for an accident tying things up. 6-10 to south of westbound in Cullen. Nope. Matter of fact, they just cleared that. Traffic is slow, backed up to MLK. I'm Joe Barnett. The ability tree experts traffic center. From our KTRH generator super center, 24-hour weather center partly sunny today with a high temperature right about 86. We'll get you the complete forecast. When we talk to the weather channel in Jeff Mar and for Terry today, we'll talk to him in nine minutes. Right now 71 at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740 KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. 731. Good morning. Our top story. What's the point in this? It doesn't solve any problem. It's not focused on what we should be focused on. Precinct three Republican Tom Ramsey moments ago. First, it was Houston City Council. Today, Harris County Democrats will discuss a potential anti-ice policy. Holly Hanson is covering it for the Texan. We know that the proposal, however it ends up being worded, has been proposed by Commissioner Rodney Ellis, who of course is a progressive Democrat. But that was before Governor Greg Abbott dropped the hammer on the city of Houston. The question is do some of the Democrats who are pushing these policies want to force some sort of legal battle over this issue? The other question is, will Lina Hidalgo show up? Jeff Andy Biggs News Radio 740, KTRH. It starts at 9 o'clock. City Council holds a special meeting tomorrow to vote on repealing their anti-ice ordinance that just cost the city $110 million in state funding. Council member Alejandra Salinas would rather fight Governor Greg Abbott. The city attorney could walk over to the Harris County Courthouse and file a temporary restraining order and a declaratory judgment. And that same day, we could get a judgment from the court that says the state cannot pool funding. The mayor told our TV partner channel too in an email that the city would not.

be asking for a restraining order. Now, this is what Salinas and the 11 other council members did by pushing this ordinance through. Over time has been suspended for HPD. Critical security for the World Cup is at risk. It's now 733. Recent data shows that President Trump's immigration reforms have led to a nearly 50% drop in the number of illegal immigrants. The slowdown in the legal admissions is related to a decision by the Trump administration to vet applicants much more carefully for security purposes. Jessica Vaughn with the Center for Immigration Study says this slowdown will bring wages up and keep housing costs down. There are the residual impacts of the Biden border disaster, though. More evidence that his administration let murderers into the country. New documents show the illegal alien charged with killing Chicago college student Sheridan Gorman was allowed into the U.S. three years ago despite having no valid asylum claim. Crime victims advocate April Aguirre says this is the reason for the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. People need to remember why ICE is doing their job that the magnitude that they're doing because the Biden administration opened up the floodgates and they led in the good, the bad, and the ugly. And it's time that we clean it up. The accused killer, Jose Medina Medina, had no idea and told officers he did not fear returning to his native Venezuela, but was released into the U.S. anyway. Corey Olson, News Radio 740, KTRH. The border was one mess, Biden left us, rampant fraud, another. We're cleaning up the past failures of the prior administration, and we're not going to stop until we have every fraud investigation complete. I have hundreds of fraud investigations, large-scale fraud investigations, open around the country that we've been working for 14 straight months. FBI director Kash Patel with KTRH's Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. The mainstream media continues to ignore the shocking assault of Turning Point USA reporter Shirvana Hernandez last weekend in Minnesota. This attack was so horrific that you now have the radical left-wing streamers and left-wing activists coming out and denouncing this attack saying, oh, we shouldn't touch women. That's probably a bridge too far. But I was targeted because I work for Turning Point USA because I'm a brown woman who thinks the wrong thing. But you won't hear a thing about it on the network news. Now, they're too occupied with complaining about the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. We're watching you. Our capabilities are not the same, our military and yours. Remember, this is not a fair fight. And we know what military assets you are moving and where you are moving them to. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth moments ago, the blockade is in day four, and oil is trading for $91 in 54 cents a barrel. The media is also trying to make Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico sound like a moderate, but he wants to raise your taxes. calling it a plan to get this. Close loopholes.

It's the same sort of tax the rich talking points you see from Democrats in blue states. Basically, it says we're going to do this, that and the other's a lot of people. It boils down the way from taxes. That's simply not a winnable strategy and it's a bad message. Political consultant Bill Miller says this might work in a Democrat primary, but not a Texas general election. He sounds like a national Democrat. You can't sound like a national Democrat and win statewide office in Texas. It's been proven. He added that he's shocked to James Talarico would push a plan like this at this. stage in the election. Ethan Buchanan, News Radio 740, KTRH. The Astros win their second in a row, tripping up the Rockies at Dyken Park, 3 to 1. They will wrap up the series tonight going for the sweep. Coverage will start at 6 on Sports Talk 790. The game at 7 on 790 and here on KTRH. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's News Weather and Traffic Station, News Radio 740, KTRH. I usually take I-10 West, but lately that's been a nightmare. KTRH, time-saving traffic. Next on the 10. Oh, no, wait, it's not replacing me. I'm guaranteed human. I am, if you don't believe it, you can go to our Facebook page, KTRH, and you can watch us every morning as we do the show. Not only are we guaranteed human, we're guaranteed alive and live. And most of what we do is. But I realize that AI is taking over a lot of stuff. And there's a lot of people worried about AI and what it might mean for their job. Not everybody thinks, though, that AI is necessarily coming for all these jobs. Is AI going to change how your job is done? Yeah, probably so. But it doesn't necessarily mean that your job is going to disappear. Here's a consulting group CEO. His name is Rich Lesser talking about AI. Interestingly, Most CEOs expect they're going to ramp up their investment. 72% of CEOs in this year's AI radar said that they personally owned AI up from 36% the year before. So they see it as more important, not less important. Spend more, not less. That's the backdrop. I think they also recognize, to your point, that the only way to get value out of it is not just to buy AI tools. It doesn't mean you shouldn't have AI tools. Of course you should. But the way you drive value with AI is you use it to change workflows. You need it to use it to invent new business models. And that requires working across the whole enterprise. But are you advising CEOs about how to go forward with job cuts? I would say most CEOs are not at the phase where they're focused on job cuts. They're really on the phase of how they embedded in their workflows and how do they re-skill the workforce. We just published a survey a couple weeks ago. Basically, we said there is a job displacement risk, no question. There's actually a five times bigger need to reshape jobs in an AI world.

Over half of American jobs will need to be reshaped in a world of AI. It doesn't mean those jobs are going away, but it means what employees do has to be different in that world. Okay, so again, in plain English, basically what he's saying is that the CEOs he talks with and he consults with a lot of CEOs in the business world, they are not getting rid of people or not. looking to get rid of people because of AI. They're looking to reshape the job that they do to incorporate more AI into the job, the use of AI to make the job better, easier, faster, more productive, all those types of things versus actually getting rid of the job. Would your job change? Yeah, probably would. But it does not mean that you're going to be out of work. At least that's his opinion. 740, time for traffic and weather together. As we check out the drive once again, here's Joe Barnett. I just want to say after further review, I-45, the North Freeway South Bend at Parramatta, the main lanes of this accident's cleared out of the way, but they're still blocking the HOV lane, and it is still over an hour from the woodlands all the way into downtown. You might want to use the Hardy Toll Road as an alternate. I tend to Katie Freeway east, Montana Taylor, and just a vehicle still tying up a center lane. Traffic is slow, backed up before Shepard, about an hour from the Grand Parkway into downtown. Highway 225 Westbound at Sins Road, that wreck is cleared, traffic is slow backed up to Highway 146. I'm Joe Barnett in the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH Generator Supercenter, 24-hour weather center, time to check in with Jeff Barr filling in for Terry today. We're starting off with clouds. Some of them will burn off, though. We will stay dry today, but it's going to feel more like, I think, maybe mid-May than mid-April. Yeah, definitely feeling more like May. Our highs into the mid-80s, maybe a few spots in the upper 80s as we headed to this afternoon. The reason we have these gusty winds out of the south at times and a few breaks in the clouds, as you mentioned as we wrap up the morning and head through the afternoon. Tonight, partly cloudy, breezy, a low hovering near 70 overnight into the mid-80s again. Tomorrow afternoon is clouds moving, and then some changes in our weather pattern during the weekend. Coalfront's going to bring in some showers, maybe in a few strong thunderstorms during the afternoon, up to 84. Cooler air moves in on Sunday. Rain will take off into the afternoon with a cloudy season. sky and high around 71. Right now it is 71 at your official severe weather station news radio 740 KTRH. You know I do the question of the day most days you didn't get a lot of traction today but a couple of things we did talk about you did have a comment or two on it and I love it when you use our talk back feature anytime you hear me talk about something you want talk back you go to the IHe heart radio app KTRH. I appreciate when you leave your first name and where you're calling from. He hit that talkback button. You get up to 30 seconds. For example, we were talking to Commissioner Tom Ramsey about Rodney Ellis wanting to take up an ICE ordinance for Harris County. Ask the people of Houston how we get rid of Rodney Ellis. He's been around for years. He's corrupt. The city of Houston's corrupt. At some point, we need to expose this and get rid of these guys. Killed, cut out the cancer. I wouldn't mind trying to figure that one out, but you know what? That's easier said than done. Rodney else is a very smart, very powerful guy. And he has been highly successful.

at making connections with the people you need to make connections with. I don't know how you get rid of him. I don't know that the people who have put him in office, I'm sure they know exactly who he is and what he's all about, and they don't seem to mind. The other thing we've got to call back on was the Disney World, going back to ladies and gentlemen on the monorail. I see Disneyland do a little something. Hopefully it just doesn't last until Trump is out of office. makes me worry about my grandkids and their life they're going to be living here in the United States. Well, I don't blame you. Yeah, all these things seem to be temporary, don't they? You know, they, all these corporate companies, all these corporations, they just basically blow with a breeze depends on... what the mood is and who's in power and who they have to try to please. 750. Time for traffic and weather together. We're checking out that drive once again. Jumping Joe Barnett. What's going on? Still over an hour from the woodlands all the way into downtown. An earlier accident's cleared from the main lanes, but the H-OV lanes still remains blocked as they work to clear up what's left of the wreck. I-45 the North Freeway Southbound at Parramatta. You might want to use the Hardy Toe Road. I tend to Katie Freeway east about a Taylor and disabled vehicle still tying up a center lane. Traffic is slow, backed up to Shepard. Added accidents cleared out of the way Highway 25 Westbound at Sins Road. Still about a 20 minute drive from Highway 146 all the way in through the 610 loop. I'm Joe Barnett and the ability tree experts traffic center. From our KTRH generator super center, 24-hour weather center partly sunny. temperature right about 86. Tomorrow partly Sunday looks like about 85. Mostly cloudy with a good chance of showers and storms in particular for late afternoon and into the evening hours, 84 for Saturday. And that cold front, once that's done coming through, only 70 for a high temperature on Sunday. Current temperature is 71 at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740, KTRH. Check it with Cliff and get an update on some of our top stories. The White House will not extend the ceasefire. That expires next week. Three people are arrested after a love triangle turned into a shootout in northeast Houston. Gasoline prices drop another two cents overnight across the area. They're down about a dime over the last week. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH.com. Our next update is at 8. I live in Katie. I live in Edo. Your reliable forecast. Next on the 10 on 740 KTRH. So they had an Operation Epic Fury update from the Pentagon this morning. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will have audio in our newscast. I'm sure Cliff will have something here for you at the top of the hour of what Pete was saying about where things are going, where we're at with military operations. The president seems to keep indicating that we're almost done. Of course, he's been saying almost done for a little while now. Although, again, we've got to keep this from perspective. How long have we been in Iran? Hadn't been that long. Hasn't been that long. Has it been six weeks at this point. General Jack Kean, former.

U.S. Army General and also a Fox News military consultant thinks that it's pretty much one at this point. Very significantly, I don't think we can overstate exponentially how dramatic this impact is on the Iranians. I mean, I really thought we should have done it as soon as they took control of the Straits, but we're here, and that's the important thing. We are executing it. And the reality is, I do think we're likely here. on the cusp of some kind of beginning to terminate. And by that I mean, when you look at it, we hold to the deadline, and that's coming within a week. They know we're going to come back and hit them militarily. That's number one. Number two, the longer the blockade goes, frankly, they do the numbers themselves. That forces total economic collapse for them. They can't handle that, nor do they want to return to military combat operations. So the terms of discussion, I believe, with our negotiating team when they were in Pakistan the last time, the blockade was not in place. They should completely change now. And by that I mean, we want everything. You surrender everything to us. By the deadline, you make a commitment to that. And that means everything, just as President Trump has said before. We make zero concessions to these guys, zero. And we don't throw them a lifeline, as I think we were discussing before, to release frozen assets. The minimum amount I've heard is $27 billion. It's likely bigger than that. Obama remember gave him about $100 billion. And we don't do sanction relief. We don't do any economic lifeline to you and to weigh down the road and you prove to us that your behavior has changed. The only term that we're going to grant them in the deal now should be the only accommodation and take out of the vernacular any thought about face saving for the Iranians. That should not be in our thoughts and it certainly shouldn't be in our actions here. And the only thing that we're saving them from doing, I mean, the relief we're providing them, we're not asking you to sign a surrender document. And if we kept a blockade on, believe me, that would get to that point. And we're not going to continue to kill you. That is our concession. And that's all the concession should be in my mind. He's one tough dude, didn't he? The only concession is we're not going to kill you. Everything else pretty much is going to have to go our way. Hey, one more reminder before we leave today that we have our Alaska cruise. It's coming up at the end of August, August 21st through August 28th. We're cruising Juneau, Skagway, Victoria, British Columbia. We're going to see glaciers and bears and eagles. And we're going to have a fantastic time with our listeners. There's only four cabins left. and then it's going to be completely sold out. So I just want to get that reminder out there for those you on the fence, for those you're thinking about it, because we also started picking our excursions yesterday. So it's time to get signed up. I know it seems early for August, but it's time to get signed up. You go 800-383.331.31 or go to Travel with Jimmy.com. You all have a great day. See tomorrow morning, bright early 5 a.m. Hope to see you this afternoon 4 on AM 950 KPRC.