Another Plot to Kill President Trump?

This is News Radio 740, KTRH, Houston, and I Heart Radio station, guaranteed human. Now, the latest news, weather, and traffic. It's more of what matters to you from the John Moore Services Studios. Hey, good morning. It's 5 a.m. time to get started here on Houston's morning news, among our top stories as we get started here this morning. Was that another plot to kill President Trump? Michigan Democrats pick a socialist for Senate. And coming up in 508, the 20 things that a boomer loses their patience over. Details in the minutes ahead. First, we're taking at that point. Yep. All day long. Dude, let's check out. Let's check. I'm just looking at the quad right now. This is directly from Trendstar. And looking around the Southwest Freeway coming up from airport. We look good. Further back, Brazzis River is easy. 22 minutes in. North Freeway, I've got a view at east, westbound Houston. Looks good. 22 minutes from the woodlands. Katie Freeway. I got to warn you, Dana, so nice. She talks about nice things on Sunday 99.1. No, dude, she will run. Run your ass over. So watch out on the KD Freeway. I'm Scott Mike. It's the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders 24-hour weather center becoming sunny, 20% chance of a pop-up storm today. Light temperature about 96, heat index around 106. Complete forecast with Richard the Welling at the weather channel's coming up in about nine minutes. Temperature right now is 80. At your official, severe weather station, news radio 740, KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. 501, responsible by Allied siding in Windows. Our top story, a heavily armed man arrested at the Trump golf course in Los Angeles days before a presidential visit to California. Federal agents say Janine John Talley was spotted suspiciously walking the grounds at Trump National Golf Course. The 38-year-old was busted Sunday. Investigators say Talley had a loaded pistol and a 16-round magazine. They add he was taking pictures at the golf course and an apparent effort to monitor security activities ahead of the president's arrival. That's Tom Graham. The suspect's vehicle was also searched. Authorities found even more weapons and ammunition. As for the president himself. Well, I think it's crazy because they're going to ruin our country. They want to, I don't know if they want to. I think either they're very naive or they actually want to ruin the country. That was Trump-Bahn Fox talking about the rise of the socialists in the Democratic Party, and the socialists pick up another win with Abdul El-Sayed taking the Michigan Senate primary that, according to NBC News, he'll face Mike Rogers in November. This is literally... a communist takeover of the Democrat Party. Saying those words, that sounds extreme, but that is how they describe themselves. Texas Senator Ted Cruz last night. Other races, several Trump-backed gubernatorial candidates win, including Republican John James in Michigan. As for the left, the squads Rashida Tlaib wins her primary in Missouri. Cori Bush, remember her? Former squad member losing her attempt to get back.

to Washington. And with less than three months to go until the midterms, political commentator Lee Carter has a warning for Republicans. Democrats might be winning because they have a message. Affordability. I think they're answering it head on, and I think Republicans right now are shying away from it a little bit because they're in charge. I think they're afraid to say anything really about it or enough about it because they're going to say they're the ones that are going to be blamed for it. But it's a big mistake. She says that message is connecting with people who are struggling. 504 talks with Iran still a he-she-said proposition. The White House claims they're ongoing, but... Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson says, we are not currently holding negotiations with the United States. The middleman is Oman. The negotiations light years away from a memorandum of understanding earlier in the summer, which included a pledge from Iran not to build a nuclear weapon because now that's not even being discussed. Peter Ducey reporting the White House denies the CBS News report that the war has left the U.S. low on some of its most advanced long-range missiles. Meantime, the military is no longer looking for a few good men and women. The Army has already hit recruiting goals for this fiscal year. Former Jack Attorney Sean Timmons tells KTRH it's good for morale and readiness. The military can be more selective with such an abundance of recruits. And that just means we're more lethal. We don't have taking people who are obese or have felony convictions. And we can take on only the best people, the most capable, the most qualified, the most talented, which makes our military that much more lethal and effective. The Army has already signed up more than 61,000 recruits this year. Looking at your money, the Dow closed up more than 900 points at a new record high yesterday and overnight futures are up 150 with oil futures at $76.46 a barrel. Now, the president says he doesn't like big oil companies making so much profit off of Iran. Some people even think there's some collusion going on. Others want the oil companies to pass on their profits to you. John Kelsey of America First refining says, hey, it's a good idea, but on the other hand... You know, the reality is in business in this country. We're a capitalist and you take risks. And when you take risks, you look to be rewarded and you get rewarded by making more money. He points out that Exxon lost $22 billion in 2020. 505. We told you earlier this week that the governor of Texas wants a comprehensive audit done on data center projects in the Lone Star State. This comes as data centers continue to gain more political attention leading up to November. The data center issue has become one that's a very, very big political issue in all sorts of different parts of the state in both the left and the right. Brandon Walton's with the Texas scorecard says, for now, there's essentially a data center moratorium.

The governor and the state agencies are essentially doing what they can to address the issue before the legislature can pass some regulation. He says most legislators support data centers at some level, but regulation is needed to make sure they're good neighbors. Ethan Buchanan, News Radio 740, KTRH. Back to School Week continues for kids in the Houston area. Crosby ISD is back today, New Caney tomorrow. Most other districts around here return next week, and this weekend is the annual tax-free holiday for school. supplies. While there will be some good deals to be had, experts are saying don't go too overboard. They don't need all new clothes all at one time. Smart families seem to pace this out a little bit. Financial planner Bill Dendy. This starts on Friday and goes through Sunday. Astros beat the Blue J 7 to 2 to maintain their two and a half game lead in the AL West. The series wraps up today pregame at noon. on Sports Talk 790. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news weather and traffic station News Radio 740, KTRH. Info at the speed of Houston. Right now, Houston's morning news continues with Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett and the Houston Morning News team. Yeah, I have no patience. How about you? I used to have patience. I did. I used to be a very patient person. Very, very patient person. That was before the first ex-wife. Well, that's the only X way. She took my patience in the divorce settlement. She also took my left testicle. So I think that's hanging from her rearview mirror in a car. But, you know, I had patience up until then. So when I saw this list, I thought, well, let's see. Are these things that I would lose patience over? The article is entitled 20 things that boomers lose their patience over. So let's see if this list is fairly accurate and see if this sounds familiar to you. Are these the things that drive you crazy in this world? Number one on the list, automated customer service. Few things frustrated boomer faster than calling a company being greeted by a recording instead of a real person. Can you even call? Well, you can call small local companies and still get a real person. But increasingly, you end up, especially if it's... After hours, you end up in a call center is where you ultimately end up. It says following instructions on the phone can get complicated fast and all they really wanted was to explain the issue directly to someone who can actually help them. Well, that part's true. We actually want to talk to somebody who can help us. And we don't want to have to spend, you know, five minutes getting to that somebody who can help us. But I don't find it hard to follow the instructions. Number two, people who don't make eye contact. And you know, that's very true. I don't know how you were raised, but I was raised to believe that if somebody wouldn't look you in the eye, they're lying to you. So if you're having a conversation with somebody and their eyes are darting away, are they really distracted by something else? Or are they being deceitful? Are they not being truthful with you? That would be the part that would concern me. And people who won't take their eyes off their cell phone to talk to either. I just stopped talking. Number three on the list, complicated password requirements. Everything requires a password. You know what else frustrates me? In addition to complicated password requirements, having to put in a code. Either they text it to you or send you an email. You have to put it in this code in order to access the site. I already put my username in there. I put my password in there. That should be enough. I don't want to have to use the other code. That's only three things.

We have more to talk about coming up in the minutes ahead. 510, time for traffic and weather together. Modern music. Modern music, frustrates you came out. Sucks. Well, it sucks. What does it frustrate? You don't have to listen to it. Oh, no, but you do sometimes at weddings, I guess, right? Here's one. Here's one. You're in Taco Bell at the drive-thru. I hate to pick on Taco Bill. But, oh, sir, would you like to, did you make this order from off the app? You have to download an app to get Taco Bell? It's tacos. Just, you know, here, I'll give you money. You give me tacos. I don't care. if I catch the cyclospora. Just don't make me download no app. All right, let's hit. Our app is good, of course. I10 Westbound. I got reports of an 18-wheeler westbound at I-69. That's going to be from the Baytown side, right around Greg or so. Look out Westbound. I don't see anything digitally. I've got Houston Transstar looking for it right now. East Loop 610 Southbound before the bridge. That is some kind of pavement scooch there. Oh, you know what they were doing yesterday? There was this giant. pothole right there, and a Doug from Montbelly View actually was the reason we spotted it first. Southbound, I think they're still smooth and over that, so watch out there. Tollbridge looks good, Hartman Bridge, rocking along nicely, and 225-0-146 into the Goodyear plan. I'm Skymike from the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, Top Tax Defender's 24-hour Weather Center. Richard Llewelling is here. He's got the forecast for you. It's going to be pretty much like yesterday, today. And the day before and the day before and the day before. It's just the same old song to dance. We're going to continue to deal with more heat, more humidity. Typical August weather here in Southeast Texas, no big surprises. Sunshine here today. Heat index values around 106. 96 the high today. A slight chance of a pop-up shower storm. We've got some storms out in the Gulf waters this morning, but nothing of an immediate threat for us here in southeast Texas. The intense heat holds on for Thursday. Sunshine 95, a pop-up shower. a storm and will increase the rain chance from 20% to 30% and we're going to have a party about that. Tropical moisture will start to increase 94. Looks like more of the same as we move into the upcoming weekend. Temperature right now is 80 at your official severe weather station news radio 740 KTRH. I live in Katie. I live in Edo. Your reliable forecast next on the 10 on 740 KTRH. It is 520 here on Houston's morning news. I guess for lack of a lot of news, the big news story this morning probably is here we go again. Another potential assassination plot against President Trump involving a golf course. What is it with people trying to get to the president by going to one of his golf courses? I guess. because they know he's going to be there at a specific time. We'll have more in that story, more of what we know about the person who was arrested, what he was arrested with, and maybe some idea of what he was planning to do coming up in just a moment. But first, let's do a little traffic and weather together as we check out the drive once again. This is the guy. Mike. There I am. All right, East Loop 610 Southbound. Yep, we've got it on camera now, that road pavement repair. We had a just giant pothole yesterday. It happens in Houston, especially when it's hot and southbound. Let's call it in two right lines. That's a pretty good scoge coming down from the Bud Plant and you lose. That's about a five-minute penalty southbound. If you want to play at home with me, jump on camera 649. While we're on the working side, I-10 East looks good. Johnny from Viders in. Good morning, skyline. You know what drives me nuts.

watching a good game and my cable starts buffering. You know what? Haven't had cable on years. It still does that. I can't believe it. Sky Mike and the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH, Top Tax Defenders 24-hour Weather Center becoming sunny. 20% chance will pop-up storm today, 96. Same forecast for tomorrow and then for Friday. Pretty much the same forecast up up the rain chance to about 30%. Current temperature is 80 at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740KTRH. Huff is here, ready to update some of our top trending stories this morning. Here we go again, Harris County Judge L. Hidalgo wants to raise your taxes to once again go for her pet child care program. NBC News is projecting Abdul El-Sayed to win the Michigan Senate Democrat primary. The AP has not yet called it, neither is Fox. UT is fourth in the preseason coach's top 25. We have A&M at number 8, Texas Tech is 12th, SMU is 20th, and UH. 24th, that's a whole lot of Texas. At the latest news anytime at KTRH.com, our next update is at 530. The ones that are under construction, 288, 610. Accidents and alternates. Next on the 10. On 740, KTRH. What else is going on in California? Nut jobs. Plenty of nut jobs in California, the land of fruit and nuts. California must be all that nice weather. that drives them crazy. No, it's all the progressive politics that drives them crazy. So we have another person, evidently, out to get the president. I can't even keep track of how many attempts or potential attempts we've had at this point. But it's the second one I know involving a golf course. That last guy got convicted and sent to prison. My guess is the same thing might happen here, although this guy is out on bail. Did you know that? Yeah, potential presidential assassinating, and they let them out on bail, $250,000 bail. He only has to come up at 10% of that. It's still 25 grand, but, you know. Does that seem like a good idea to you to let somebody out that that was getting ready to do something like that? By the way, when the news broke, here is how the report sounded on Fox. An armed man said to be monitoring security planning activities arrested on Sunday with a cache of weapons and body armor. This is all happening outside of Trump National Golf Course just a couple of days before the president's visit to the course in California. 38-year-old Janine John Taley from Downey, California, taken into custody. and Ranchos Palace Verdes by plain-closed FBI agents after they spotted his suspicious activity. Now, agents observed Taley walking through the golf course grounds, taking photos and videos, appearing to monitor security planning activities. They also found him with an illegally modified AR platform rifle, a couple of radio signal devices, a 1911, body armor, high-capacity mags, hollow point ammo, and multiple notebooks containing, quote,

Concerning statements. Taley's vehicle was also searched, and deputies say they recovered a loaded pistol with a chambered round in the car along with more ammunition. Now, Taley also had a prior run-in with law enforcement, a robbery charge out of El Segundo. As you know, the president is in Southern California to headline an RNC fundraising dinner. This would be yet another disturbing activity that could have potentially been a plot to assassinate the president. We've seen this. unfortunately, all too many times. Yes, we have, and we continue to see it. By the way, did you catch his name? Janine? Is this like a boy named Sue's story? Janine? Why would you name your son Janine? Maybe that's where the problem started. Maybe he has an identity crisis, I'm not sure. Sheriff's Department said in addition to, well, they had all kinds of things that they found him with, including that illegally modified AR platform rifle. He was pretty well armed. He's been charged with manufacturing, importing, keeping for sale, giving or receiving a large capacity magazine, carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle, possession of a short, barreled rifle or shotgun, second degree robbery in connection to the 2025 robbery, and he has entered a plea of not guilty. And as I said, bail said to $250,000 for a person who seems to be pretty dangerous. 526. It is time to take a look at your money. SpaceX's first earnings report as a public company topped Wall Street's expectations. But investors are focused on the price tag of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence ambitions. He revealed his spending jumped to more than $18 billion in the most recent quarter. His long list of growth plans, including putting data centers in space, come with high costs and significant risks. I'm Courtney Donahoe, Bloomberg Business on News Radio 740, KTRH.

Todd Blanche's nomination. It's 533. The left likes to claim that ICE is targeting innocent people, but data from DHS continues to show that's fake news. That's the reason. One of the top reasons I came back on retirement is because of the stories I've been told by parents who bury their children. So we turned up the heat. As you see, ICE had a record number of arrests in the last five days. Borders are Tom Homan says all of the illegal aliens being arrested, half of them have already committed violent crimes. The president will be in Las Vegas for a speech later today. Meantime, a heavily armed man was arrested at the Trump golf course in Los Angeles days before a visit by Trump to California. We'll have more on that coming up at 6 o'clock. Now, the president told Fox in an interview last night he's not feeling any pressure to end the war in Iran because of the midterms. At what point do you say enough? And there's no coming back for Iran. Well, I have plenty of time. You know, people talk about the midterms. For the midterms, they want to see winning. Elsewhere, the Liberal New York Times claims, based on talking to the Iranians, by the way, that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could leave Tehran with more control over the waterway than it had before Operation Epic Fury. Again, that report is not based on what American officials told the liberal newspaper. Looking at your money this morning, stocks are up overnight trading. Dow futures up 136 points after gaining 900 yesterday to close to a new record. Oil at $76.66 a barrel. Now, OPEC Plus says they will increase production in September, but energy analyst David Blackman says they can't meet quotes because the straight is still closed. However, there are long-term positives. It will mean a much more robust supply on the global market, and that will help to temper prices when the market does return to a more normal status where oil flows are concerned. In other foreign policy news, the mainstream media has buried this potential proof that the Bidens were blackmailed by China. Apparently, talk of blackmail by China was in Joe Biden's daily briefings. This goes to show that there is something very, very wrong here. That is Ali Triolo, election integrity director at the RNC. That it happened under the Biden. Again, more bombshell reports coming out, which is exactly why we need to pass the Save America Act. Remember, the House Oversight Committee found that the entire Biden family received millions from Chinese companies. Jeff Andy Biggs News Radio 740, KT, or H. Another reason to pass the Save Act. A British citizen just pled guilty to voting in elections while living in Katie. Ada Ngozi Otuka will be sentenced on November 5th. She faces up to a year in federal prison.

New rules for smokeable hemp are now in effect, but it's not enough for some in the legislature who won an all-out ban next session. Industry backers are gearing up for a fight. We're going to be very focused in the upcoming session on reducing possession penalties for hemp and for THC in general. Sarah Todd with the Texas Cannabis Policy Center says there are lawsuits to overturn the ban, including one filed this week. It may all be moot, new federal rules, restricting hemp products start up in November. Stroes beat Toronto 7 to 2. They'll wrap up the series at noon on Sports Talk 790. The team still two and a half games up on the Rangers in the AL West. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news weather and traffic station. News Radio 740, KTRH. What's started in your car now works on your phone with the new I Heart Radio app. The new presets are fantastic. Get Houston's news, weather, and traffic. That's how I listen to KTRH. Instantly. All right, the things that annoy us, the things that frustrate us. This article is entitled 20 Things Boomers Luce the Patience Over. I think these are things, I don't think it's just a boomer thing. They describe these as small annoyances. I find automated, here's the ones we've done so far, automated customer service came in first. I find that more than just a little annoyance. People who don't make eye contact came in, number two. Number three, complicated password requirements. Number four, here's a new one. QR code menus. Now, this one does not frustrate me. I actually like QR code menus. It makes it very easy to just pop up the menu for any restaurant. Take a picture of the QR code. Popps the menu. A lot of restaurants did that during COVID. Evidently, they got a lot of complaints because they went back to it after the whole COVID thing was over and done with. But think where a menu's been. Think how many people have touched that menu. How dirty, germy that menu is. I don't mind the QR code menus. Loud phone conversations in public. Yes. Why is it, by the way, that we all speak louder on our cell phones? We take a phone call and we're talking to a person normally, then all of a sudden we get really loud. Is it because of the background noise? We believe that people actually can't hear us on the phone? Loud phone conversations in public. Number six, self-checkout machines. Oh, don't get me started with this. Self-checkout convenient, yes, for those of us who know how to work the technology, but you might find really old boomers have a hard time with the technology. They just, they're afraid of it. They don't want to deal with it. It also doesn't help, by the way, that the machines routinely screw up and call for somebody to come over and help you anyway, which is all you really wanted to start. But more frustrating to me than the self-checkout. I use self-checkout. More frustrating to me. Why do these supermarkets and stores build new stores that have 6, 7, 8, 10 cashier checkout lanes, but they're never manned? Or maybe one or two of them are. You could always use the self-checkout, but they build all these other lanes and then they never use them. What is the point of that? Why are you building lanes you're not using? 540, time for traffic and weather together.

You know what three of those things have in common? What's that? Self-checkout. Okay. A weird menu QR code where you have to use that stupid thing. And press one, press two. Think of all those three things. They're all automated. They're all automated. And you could fix them all with a nice lady. See, a nice lady could bring world peace, especially, you know, you call in and she's like, oh, I'm so sorry. Or gentlemen, Michael. Let's not be sexist about this. No, I want to, in fact, how about a nice Southern lady? I'm sorry. sorry we burned down your house. That's the best kind. You can fix anything. Dude. All right, let's do the East Loop 610. Southbound returning basin. I'm so sorry we had that pavement repair and you're stuck in that. Let me get you around it's, honey. Southbound from the bud plant, we're looking at 16 extra minutes now. You could jump on my secret way waist side and don't tell anybody else. You can do the toll bridge. I do see some tollbridge smunchery right before 225. Tell me that's not a stall. The X. it ran's getting pretty messed up here i10 downtown uh westbound at 45 that's not just a project it's a lifestyle it's westbound two little lanes and a concrete wall we're backed up from u of h that way sky mike and the ability tree experts traffic center the one thing i don't want a nice southern lady to say to me is well bless your heart no no actually bless your heart is good sometimes it has multiple meanings yeah if you get hurt oh bless your heart it's all it's all about the tone well bless your heart right you know then you you know that she thinks you're a retard or something. Am I allowed to use that word anymore? No, probably not. From our KTRH Generator Super Center, 24-hour Weather Center. Richard Llewings here, he's got the forecast for you. It is, yeah, it's August. Let's just say that. It's August. Have a nice day. Yeah, it's August. Have a nice day. It's going to be pretty much the same old story. Temperatures mid-90s here right on into the weekend coming up. Small chance of afternoon showers and storms. There are some hints that we may start to see some tropical development way out on the Atlantic next week. So we'll be keeping our eyes on that, but nothing of an immediate threat for us here in Texas. Looks like this daily regime of afternoon showers and storms and hot temperatures are going to continue right on into the weekend. Temperature right now is still 80 at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740, KTRH. Problems in traffic around the Beltway and around 610. KTRH time-saving traffic. Next on the 10. All right, so we know that there is going to be, we think we know, there's going to be a socialist candidate who is going to be running on the Democrat ticket for Senate in November in Michigan. El-Sayed. NBC News has projected him the winner. There's only ones so far who have. So the rest of them are saying it's still too close to call, but we will see about that. But there's plenty of other Democrat socialists out there, including a woman by the name of Francesca Hong. She is running for governor of Wisconsin. And she has said some crazy, crazy things. One of the things that she has claimed is that tipping is racist. You know, like at a restaurant? Tipping is racist. So if you are tipping, you are a racist in her mind. More in that story coming up next. First of all, let's do traffic and weather together as we check out the drive once again with Skymine. Let's do the toll bridge southbound. I am skunched up all of a sudden. Looks like we've got a stall at the southbound part right before 225. The 610 Sherman Bridge, you've got the pothole problem. They're still trying to smooth over where that huge pothole was yesterday, and that's about a 12-minute penalty now.

Southbound. My secret hack around that is Wayside. Bless your heart. Jimmy, my grandma used to say that you could say anything in the world about anybody in the world as long as you followed it up with, bless your heart. All on the pre-Eheart radio app at the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. The boy, April Bride, bless his heart. From our KTRH Generator Supercenter 24-hour Weather Center becoming sunny. 20% chance of a pop-up storm this afternoon with a high temperature right about 96. Same for tomorrow. 30% chance of a storm coming up on Friday. Temperature right now, still 80, and your official, severe weather station, news radio 740KTRH. Clip is here. He's right to update some of our top stories. The Senate will vote on contempt charges for Anthony Fauci tomorrow. Two teenage robberies suspect are shot after an attempted armored truck robbery in southwest Houston. And U.S. News and World Report names Houston Methodist is the top-ranked hospital in the state for the 15th consecutive year. At the latest news anytime at KTRH.com, our next update is at six.

59 inbound at the loop is always a problem. KTRH time saving traffic. Next on the 10. You don't think about it because, hey, you don't want somebody calling you a racist or do you care? I wouldn't care if Francesca Hong were here in person and I'm going to tell her that I'm a big tipper. She'd probably say, you know, that's racist. Well, okay, I guess I'm a racist because I believe in good service. And I know these folks aren't making a ton of money. And I know President Trump isn't taxing the tips. So yeah, here's some tips. Goodness gracious. Here is what this is actual audio of Democrat Socialist Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong with her thoughts on tipping. Follow up from pawn stars star Rick Harrison. In the service industry, we are finally having this conversation about, you know, how our industry really did come from it and kind of is rooted in white supremacy, that tipping in itself. If we look at the history of tipping and how racist it is and how it has kept wages low for black people for very long time. And if you look at tipping now, how different the scales are in terms of... who receives higher percentage of tips over other folks. I guess if you're really, really cheap, it's a good way of getting out of tips. I would leave a tip at the restaurant, but I'd make me racist, so I can't do it. It's insanity on another level. This is one of those people who... are not bright enough to realize they're stupid. I mean, that's the only way I could put it. I mean, you, there's no other way to put it. I mean, like, you know, like, let's get rid of Thanksgiving because, I mean, I mean, it's, this is the Democratic Socialist Party. They, um, you have two groups that those people who are really, really evil and know that socialism will never work, but they just want power. And then you have, People like Kerr who just are really just that dim. I mean, that's the only way I could put it. You know, they get out there. They're angry at everything. They're angry because I don't know why. And they just want to blame everybody in the world besides them actually going out and doing smart work. Rick, I think you probably have some expertise in dealing with them people trying to put one over on you. I think that's probably something that's right there in your wheelhouse. It feels a little bit probably like sitting at the pawn shop. uh in trying to deal with somebody selling you some fake piece of uh antiquity i mean my dad was a military uh you know i was a navy brat growing up and i was a really sick kid and i had to deal with government health care my entire childhood okay it's government hair it's like medicine ran by the dmv okay government doesn't do anything well Okay? So it's just best that we have less of it and not more of it. In the end, that's just the way it works. Amen. True libertarian in there. Less government. Less is more when it comes to government. But how crazy are these people? Tipping is racist. It's rooted in white supremacy. By the way, her qualification, speaking of the food industry, she's evidently she's a chef. Yeah, she's a cook.

a chef is an elevated cook. I don't know if she's really a chef or she's just a cook, but that's what she does. That's what qualifies her evidently to be governor of Wisconsin. It's 556. 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. 6 a.m., that's our time here on Houston's morning news. I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Among our top stories this F.R., Michigan Democrats evidently have picked a socialist. to be the nominee for Senate. He'll be running in November. Is this another plot to kill President Trump? And coming up at 608, Bucky's new policy is frustrating pet owners. Details in the minutes ahead. First, we're checking out that morning vibe again. Here's Skymike. Your email session has expired. You need to re-sign in. Talk about it on the free high-heart radio app. I just got that. All right, 10, East, inbound McCarty. Look out. I've got a wreck, and this is looking awfully gnarly. I'm looking from camera. 10-10, inbound, one, two, three, right lanes blocked here. We're squished up. That's going to back you up from Jack City, 12 extra minutes. This way, over our shoulder, totally unrelated. They're still working. working on that pothole thing southbound at clinton on the east loop 610 it's all breaks from the truck stops i'm sky mike from the generator supercenter dot com traffic center from our kTRH top tax defenders 24 hour weather center becoming sunny 20% chance of a pop-up storm today but high temperature right about 96 current temperature 80 at your official severe weather station news radio 740 kTRH It's time now for the news. Here's Glyph Saunders. Sponsored by Allied signing in Windows, our top story this hour. No matter where you look, go back a thousand years with different names, anybody doing what they're doing and what they're espousing, everything turns out to ashes and junk and filth. President Trump talking to Fox last night about socialism, saying it will ruin the country, but the socialists may yet pick up another big win. Abdul El-Sayed leads the Michigan Senate primary. Fox says it's too close to call the establishment wing pandering to the DSA. We are a big tent party, and being a big tent party is a strength, not a weakness. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, so why do the Democrat socialist candidates continue to win? One political candidate says it simple. Conservatively, Carter says the Dems have a main message. They're answering a very real question that Americans have is can we do better for the people than we are right now? She says while Republicans focus on immigration, crime, and DEI, the Dems are focusing on affordability. They're addressing their biggest problems and people feel heard and seen and part of a larger movement. And so I think that's really what's at stake.

A strong warning with less than three months to go until the November midterms. Jeff Andy Biggs News Radio 740, KTRH. Several Trump-backed candidates win their primaries last night, including Republican John James and the governor's choice in Michigan. And our man is arrested at the Trump golf course in L.A. just days before the president visited the Golden State. Janine John Taley from Downey, California, taken into custody in Rancho's Palace Verdes by plain-closed FBI agents after they spotted his suspicious activity. Now, agents observed Taley walking through the golf course grounds, taking photos and videos, appearing to monitor security planning activities. They also found him with an illegally modified AR platform rifle, a couple of radio signal devices, body armor, and multiple notebooks containing, quote, tuning statements. Box is Kevin Cork. It is now 604. The Trump administration denies a report by CBS News that the Iran war has left us low on some of its most advanced long-range missiles. Now, it seems like the administration's priorities and negotiations have shifted. Your secretary of state Marco Rubio. The denuclearization of Iran is the ultimate deal. I think the immediate deal, the one that you see a lot of focus on is the streets. He's prioritizing opening the waterway over everything else. Meantime, the mainstream media rips the war and ignores the fact that young Americans are joining the military in big numbers. The Army has already hit its annual recruiting goal for this fiscal year with months to go. Former JAG attorney Sean Timmons says the surge in recruiting is driven by improved morale on the services combined with fewer opportunities in the entry-level job market. People looking for economic opportunities are gravitating the military because we can get your feet wet, get some experience, and go into the workforce, look credentials, and have a long-term career. Combined with the uptick and patriotism, you're seeing people serve for both reasons. Army recruiting has risen every year since hitting a low and... in 2022 and is up 38% overall in the last four years. Corey Olson, News Radio 740, KTRH. Looking at your money, oil at $76 and 50 cents a barrel overnight futures up 200 points after yesterday's 900 point gain on the Dow to a new record. Something higher oil prices could be companies colluding. The president isn't happy with the big money that oil is making right now. Public should get some of that back, he says. America First refining John Kelsey says it's a good idea in theory, but... A lot of the refineries that closed, they close because they're candidly just kind of worn out. And they're at a point where they just can't bring it back online. He does point out that ExxonMobil lost more than $22 billion six years ago. It's 605. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered an audit of data center developments before approval, a preview of what we could see from the legislature next year.

I think it is both a political issue, but also one that probably does merit some addressing. Data centers are going to continue to be built in the state. If they're allowed to come in and be bad neighbors, that's obviously something that needs to be addressed. Brandon Walton's with Texas scorecard says this is likely Greg Abbott trying to slow development down so the legislature can act. Back to school week continues for kids in the Crosby ISD. They're back today. New Caney tomorrow. Sales tax holiday for school supplies begins on Friday. and runs through the weekend. 606, a new Fidelity study estimates that the average 65-year-old retiring this year will spend about $185,000 for out-of-pocket health care costs during retirement. Financial expert Jason Matthews recommends supplemental insurance. If you're close to that limit where your Medicare premiums can drastically go up after one additional dollar, you want to make sure you track and plan your expenses and your income throughout the year. So you don't get over that limit where you're going to pay more of your Medicare premiums that could put you in a higher higher more expenses. Fidelity's estimate is up 7.5% from last year. Astros beat Toronto 7 to 2. They'll wrap up that series with the Blue Jays this afternoon. Pregame starts at noon. Sports Talk 790. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's News Weather and Traffic Station News Radio 740, KTRH. Traffic and weather when you need it most. Every 10 minutes on the tens. This is Houston's Morning News with Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett and the Houston Morning News team. Great. You got the service dog paperwork doing really? Okay. Ma'am. 608 our time here in Houston's morning news. Yeah, tiny dogs in grocery stores. In convenience stores, on planes. They're everywhere. Everybody's got a service dog, a service animal. Yep. They provide you with the fake paperwork. They put a little service, you know, training thing on them, a little vest kind of a thing that everybody can see. And that way they can take them into the stores and the restaurants and everywhere they go. Turns out that... A lot of places don't really want you to bring your dog in, especially places that serve a lot of food. You may like eating dog hair, but some people don't. So they don't really like it when, I'm sure most would prefer if you didn't do that. Or if they do allow it, if they generally allow it outside, not inside. But Bucky's customers evidently are pitching a little bit of a fit because Buckees has made a new rule that you cannot bring pets into the store. And it maybe impacts Bucky's customers a little bit more than other customers, mainly because it's a big, it's a travel destination. A lot of the people who are going into Buckees who are people on the road. They're on vacation. They're going somewhere. You know, they've got the dog with them. The dog is in, you know, the motorhome or the dog is in the truck or the dog is in the SUV, whatever it is. And everybody wants to go into Buckees. and nobody wants to have to wait out in the parking lot with the dog, so they bring the dog with them, bring the dog in. No longer allowed. Bucky says that, well, there's a couple changes that Bucky's made. That's one of them. No more pets in the store unless it's a recognized service animal. They realize that there's certain accommodations they have to make based on the law.

But for people who just have the family pet with them, you know, you can't bring your pet into Buckees. The other thing they changed, this is interesting. They no longer are publishing the telephone number for different Buckees locations for the stores because they found that the phone was ringing all the time. And then when cashiers were on the phone, instead of waiting customers, the customers got angry about it. So they have tried to significantly reduce the amount of phone calls they get by no longer publishing the numbers. Unless you have an old Bucky's number somewhere, it's going to be really hard for you to find the Bucky's number. 610, time for traffic and weather together. Why do you need to call Buckees, though? I don't know. Just show up. Do you got any brisket sandwiches today? The answer's always yes. Yeah, I mean, they're always open. The bathroom's always open. There's plenty of games. And it's always clean. Yeah, you, I mean, you don't have to, oh, I got to get off the freeway. You don't have to guess. I wish other stores would learn from them. Let's go to the hard work on east side. I got Ed from Border Addu. Good morning, Sky, Mike. Hey. coming to a complete halt just north of I-10. 6-10. Went up on the overpass, getting on the I-10. It's as far as you can see. It's also backed up on 1290, and all the overpasses are all backed up from each direction trying to get on. You know, I think we've got a four-headed monster. It's actually two deals. What it is, it's I-10 East Freeway. McCarty, that's a wreck before the rail bridge here. That's smushing everybody up. Call it Federal Road the back door. And the second problem, totally unrelated. southbound the 610 loop at Clinton. They're still working on that pothole from yesterday. They didn't smooth over it very well yesterday. So we're redoing that. Now we're backed up from the truck stops here. And this is spackling up all your ramps here. I got 45 north. I'll hit you, Andrew from Mo City first. This guy, Mike. 90 at the feet of road to 610. The on ramp that's Highway 90 by NRG. It's closed. All right. They shut that down. Looks like they've got some kind of stall. 45 north. Dude. Hello, Sky, Mike. This is Gerald from Conroe, the traffic from Conroe. All the Red Greenspanes running down the road like a big dog in heat. Bless their cards. Now, y'all have a special day. That's a huge banana sticker, honey. I'm in the generator supercenter.com traffic. Senator Joe. You are so special. From our KTRH, top tax defenders, 24-hour weather center. This is check in with Richard the Wellington. I had a mirage thunderstorm at my house yesterday. Yeah, and there's going to be a few of those around here today. It looks like there are some out in the Gulf already this morning. And there will be a couple of those pop-up storms around throughout the day today. Early morning drizzle and fog to start things off. A lot of stations reporting some fog out there this morning. So maybe some slowdowns in a few spots. Then sunshine. We're going to see those temperatures today. 96. Heat index values 106. The heat holds on for Thursday with sunny skies, 95. One in five chance of a late afternoon shower or storm and the tropical.

moisture increases for the end of the week. 30% chance of rain of storms on Friday, 94, we're dodging storms into the weekend with temperatures in the mid-90s. Yeah, mine was a mirage thunderstorm. I had one clap of thunder. Here we go. Nothing happens. And nothing happens. And nothing happened. One clap of thunder and it's gone. Yeah. Right now, 80, at your official severe weather station, News Radio 740, KTRH. Our 59 inbound at the loop is always a problem. KTRH time saving traffic. Next on the 10. All right, so you've heard about this AI cyber attack where the artificial intelligence went rogue. First of all, how does that happen? And second of all, if something really bad happens as a result, who's legally responsible for that? We'll talk with Michael Garfield from 950K PRC. He's our high-tech Texan. We'll talk to him next. First of all, let's do traffic and weather together. As we check out the drive once again, here's Skymike. East Loop, Southbound, pothole repair. That's got you messed up from the truck stops. Now the I-10 East Rec at McCarty, East Freeway. Three lanes blocked here, huge smudge from Federal. And let's go to Steve from Spring quickly. Yeah, good morning, Skymike, just at West Mount Houston. There is a three-car smudgery or something on the left lane. Very nice. Look out southbound. I'm Skymike. It's your generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders, 24-hour weather center becoming sunny today, 20% chance of a pop-up storm 96 for the high. Same for tomorrow. And then Friday, it'll be a 30% chance of a pop-up shower storm. Right now, it's 80 at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740, KTRH. Cliff is checking in from our newsroom. He has an update on some of our top stories. Twelve states have now reported water system cyber attacks that may be connected to Iran. Three men from Houston are arrested after a chase in Indiana this week, all connected to a string of burglaries in Pennsylvania. And a Harris County serial squatter was in court yesterday. Carmen Mata was affected nine times since 2022. These all took place in Harris County Precinct 7. At the latest news anytime at KTRH.com, our next update is at 6.30. I live in Katie. Your best ways around Houston next on the 10. On 740, KTRH. 6.22 now. Here on Houston's morning news. Back in mid-July, two open AI models undergoing testing left their confined environment. A scenario the developers had not anticipated. Well, we didn't know it was going to do that. And ventured out into the Internet attacking Hugging Face, which is an AI model hosting platform. Hugging Face CEO Clement DeLang said Friday's company would not be pursuing legal action at this time, but I suppose they probably could, if any real damage had been done. But I think maybe the bigger question here is how is it that AI is going rogue?

And what are some of the implications of that? Michael Garfield, our high-tech Texan from KPRC 950 joins us. Michael, good morning. What do you make of AI going rogue? Jimmy, if you think about it, you remember the movie from the 1980s War Games with Matthew Broderick? Oh, yes, I do. The computer went rogue because it had its own mind. It started playing games and tricks with U.S. versus Russia. And this... reminds me exactly of this. AI, as we know it, listen, it's in its infancy. And in this case, there were two kind of smaller AI models, or LLMs, which is a large language model, not unlike chat GPT. And they were just doing their own business, you know, just trying to learn. This is what it does. It continues to learn. But all of a sudden, they went outside of the box and they went on the internet. And they started kind of. you know, with, you know, firing, you know, fake little bombs at each other. They're trying to learn from each other. And that's where it went rogue. And that's where the issue is. These AI models are trying to, quote, unquote, steal information so they can learn faster. And that's the problem. There was no lawsuit, as you said, at this kind. But there really is, to answer your question, there's no law in place yet. They don't know who is at fault. and who is to blame and who is to, you know, be a potential court order. And so we're in an infancy right now, and I think the government itself needs to figure it out very, very quickly. Well, and you mentioned the government, and you mentioned war games. That's the scenario that scares the be jeepers out of me right now, is the idea that we could be using artificial intelligence at the Pentagon, and maybe one of our, you know, one of our AI apps decides to go rogue and drop a bomb somewhere it shouldn't. That's why there's several things that need to be happening. And they need to start learning faster, but they need to do it the right way. But I'm going to go back to the government. Somebody does need to step in. And then you're starting to debate. Who is government? Is it the U.S. government? Because there's a lot of issues with the Chinese intelligent models right now. And so this is probably one of the bigger problems that is just escalating so quickly. And you know, I think our political government right now, they're a little busy. and maybe they don't know where they're going, just like a lot of other governments, this needs to be resolved real quickly. And so you're seeing a lot of schools. You're seeing these intelligent East Coast schools with their professors, even a Rice professor. He got himself in this thing of some of the situations. And they need to sit down at the table and figure it fast with real people. Real people is the trick to actually figure out what we're going to do with the computers. We're talking to Michael Garfield from KPRC-950, our high-tech Texan. If you were advising somebody in the... either the state legislature or the federal government about what type of laws need to be put into effect, what sort of safeguards need to be put into effect, what would you tell them?

Well, I mean, I would first say they need pretty much the most intelligent line. And here's the other one. Don't use AI to figure this out. You need to sit down and you need to kind of divide. We laugh about this thing, but it's... Hang on, I'm going to use Chad GPT to write the law. You know that this is what kids do. They're going to start their turnpapers with this and say, don't use Chad GBT. They need to divide and conquer first. Who owns what? In one scenario, think about this. If a employee, if a human employee actually work for chat GPT, chat GPT itself would be liable if there's an issue. But if a human actually doesn't quote unquote push that button and the actual software did, we're back at square one. And so I think these state and legislatures naturally need to get with professors and these software companies who make it and then need to slow things down. I'd love to see things slow down, but you know what? There's always a race. to see who could be first because everybody from Microsoft to Google to open AI, which is chat GPT, to Claude. There's too many. They're spending billions of dollars on Super Bowl commercials to win your loyalty. They need to sit down with human people and put pen to paper, put down the chat, GPT, and I think slow the brakes on this software because people and companies are scared. All right, Michael. Thank you as always. Appreciate it. Michael Garfield, he's the high-tech Texan. He's over on KPRC 950, our sister station. It is 627. Let's take a look at your money.

Taxes and fees associated with their new handsets in addition to the cost of the device. Letting users take home a new phone with no money down. The initiative comes as customers are keeping devices longer and the industry is shifting away from providing subsidies. I'm Courtney Donahoe, Bloomberg Business on News Radio 740, KTRH. Houston's news weather traffic plus breaking news 24 7th this is news radio 740 KTRH live everywhere with the IRA more of what's happening now from the John Moore Services Studios 630 you're on Houston's morning news I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett on her top stories this half hour Susan Collins now she's the one opposing Trump's Attorney General nomination Online betting markets, they think Ken Paxton's going to be a winner. And coming up at 638, we're to add to your frustrations. Details coming in the minutes ahead. First. Modern stuff. Well, yeah. Or just whatever's frustrating this morning. Here's Skymike. Well, hold my beer. Let's go to the hardworking east side. I10 East. They're making some progress on this wreck at McCarty. It's right before that rail bridge, the underpass, and I've got two lanes getting by. Now we're packed from Federal Road. 20 extra minutes of aggravation going this way. And then over our shoulder, totally different problem. They're working on that pavement thing southbound on the east loop. at Clinton before you hit the ship Channel Bridge, solid brakes from the truck stop. This is also connected like your kneebone with the backups on Highway 90 inbound, which is now backed up well before Oates Road. I'm Sky Mike, the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH Generator Supercenter, 24-hour weather center becoming sunny today. 20% pop-up storm chance with a high temperature right about 96. We'll get the rest of the forecast when we talk to Richard the Welling at the Weather Channel in nine minutes. Right now, it is 80 at your official's severe weather station, News Radio 740, KTRH. Time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. 631 hour top story. The only thing that matters is action, and they want to make a deal. We'll see what happens. If they don't make a deal. It's going to be too bad. President Trump on Fox last night updating where things stand on Iran as the liberal New York Times claims, based only on talking to Iranian officials, if you consider them a good source, that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would leave Tehran with more control than it had before Operation Epic Fury. Oil this morning at $76.17 a barrel. Meantime, OPEC Plus agrees to a September hike in production. and rolling back their voluntary cunts, but it may not help prices.

It's a meaningless gesture as they're beholden to the Strait of Hormuz. They just have no means of meeting whatever quotas are set. And just another signal, OPEC has really lost control over crude all markets. Energy analyst David Blackman says there's long-term positives to Americans as it will temper prices. But that can only happen when the straits flowing again. The only thing that can really return things to a more normal stature is the end to the conflict one way or another. though for now, these elevated prices are here to stay. Andre Parrard News Radio 740, KTRH. It is now 633. Texas Senate race remains one of the hottest in the country heading into the midterms with polls showing Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton, neck and neck. Ken Paxton on the Clay and Buck Show on KTRH says his campaign is working to expose James Talarico as a radical fraud. He's running away from those issues, and I get it. His issues are not popular with Texans. He wants to fool the people of Texas about what he actually believes, what he's actually voted for. But when we highlight that, I cannot believe that Texas will support this guy. A new poll of likely voters shows James Talarico leading Paxon by just two points within the margin of error. 6% of those polled undecided. The question is, though, how trustworthy are those polls? Since 2016, political polls have proven to be unreliable, especially for Democrats. I specifically remember right up to election day, which is Hillary Clinton winning by double digits in 2016. People remember that and they react appropriately. Tony Ortiz with current revolt pointed out that the betting odds tell a much different story. And Kalshi, it shows Paxson up at 53%. And James Talarico at 47%. So they are tightening, but it still does show Ken Paxton leading. He says this is why betting markets, where people's real money is on the line, have become more trusted than political polls. Ethan Buchanan, News Radio 740, KTRH. Five states holding primaries yesterday. Radical left Democrat Abdul El-Sayed could wind up winning that Senate primary in Michigan. Fox says it's too close to call. He would face the Trump endorsed Mike Rogers, among the other Trump back. candidates winning last night, John James in Michigan for the governor's race there, and Kansas Republican gubernatorial hopeful Ty Masterson. El Cyan and others want to get rid of ICE, but agents recently arrested illegal aliens for crimes, including rape, murder, and robbery. President Trump wants to prioritize public safety threats. Yeah, we may prioritize and we got a list. We got four criminals and four non-criminals. Try to get the child predator first. But bottom line is everybody's on the table. The numbers show it's about half and half now. Borders are Tom Homan, who says arresting these violent, illegal alien criminals are exactly why he came out of retirement. Federal judge is temporarily blocking New York. From enforcing laws requiring federal ICE agents to remove face masks in the ruling the judge said existing law means federal authorities make policies, not the states.

635, President Trump in Las Vegas today for a speech this afternoon. Meantime, a heavily armed man was arrested at the golf course in Los Angeles that Trump owns days before the president visited California. More on that at six. There's a new bombshell report from Catherine Harwich, finding that there might be proof that the Bidens were blackmailed by China. Ali Triolo with the RNC says this information was hidden from President Trump. intelligence officials who kept the extent of this information and this interference from him. To me, that is just as big of a problem and a horrible issue that that was concealed from President Trump. The House Oversight Committee uncovered millions of dollars in direct payments to several Biden family members from Chinese business associates. This one flew under the radar. A pair of AI programs recently rent rogue, and that has some people worried. But some people say AI needs more oversight. And if so, the host of the high-tech Texan show on 950 KPRC radio's Michael Garfield says, the more people learn to work closely with AI, the more jobs they'll be supervising and conducting over AI operations. So there are jobs. to be had in the world of AI. AI is getting so smart that maintaining human control is becoming a major priority. Mike Shiloh, News Radio 740, KTR8. Astros beat the Blue J 7 and 2, and we'll wrap up that series this afternoon on Sports Talk 790 at 12. The team's still two and a half games up on the Rangers in the AL West. And I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's news weather and traffic station, News Radio 740, KTRH. Now back to Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett and the Houston Morning News team. Houston's Morning News. That's fine with me. I'm whining a little bit this morning. 637 our time here in Houston's Morning News. All right. I found this story, 20 things that frustrate boomers. And I think it goes beyond boomers. I think it frustrates a lot of people. Maybe not super young people, but a lot of adults get bugged by some of this stuff. We've gone through some of the lists so far. Automated customer service. People who don't make eye contact. You can't trust them. Complicated password requirements. I especially love it when they, you know, you have to get a code texted to you. Everybody's doing that now. It's not enough to have a, you know, your sign in and your password. Now you've got to get a code. QR code menus, loud phone conversations in public, self-checkout machines, especially the ones that always seem to require somebody at the store to come help you because it's done something wrong or it can't figure out what it is you're trying to do. Here's more to the list. People who are constantly late. Evidently that frustrates boomers more than frustrates a lot of other people. Businesses that don't accept cash.

That is definitely a boomer problem because those of us from that generation have a tendency to go, for example, do you feel this way about it? My wife will not pay cash for anything. She will use her debit card, even if she's buying a stick of gum. I'll see a charge for like $2.10. And I'll go, use the debit card for $2.10? Yeah, I didn't have any cash. Well, how about I give you a 20 and you keep some cash so that you don't have to put $2.10 on the debit card? Well, it's just easier. Easier for who? If it's only a couple bucks, I'm paying cash for it. Usually if there's anything under $20, I'm paying cash for it. I'm not going to pull out the debit card for $2 worth of gum. Doesn't make any sense to me. But I'm kind of wondering if you had... You know, life's little frustrations, whether it's technology or whatever it may be. Tell me about it. Go to the iHeart radio app, KTRH, first name, where you're calling from. And the things that frustrate you about modern living, that maybe used to be that way when you were younger, but now it's just kind of frustrate. Here's another one. Endless software updates. Yeah, I think you were talking about that before, Skymike. Your app, you've got to update the app. Oh, my gosh. And then the app changes and you don't have to work it anymore. Dude, my phone updated the other day and I had to basically, I'm still relearning. You know, it would be like, what if your car updated? Oh, suddenly the steering wheel is where your feet are and you have to hit a signal by wiggling your ears. It's insane. One of the biggest oxymorons in the world is software upgrade. Upgrade. Upgrade. Upgrade my, you know what. Just leave stuff alone. It's fire. like it is. Anyway, go to the iHeart radio app, KTRH, first name where you're calling from, add to our list. All right, Sky, Mike, what you got? All right, let's go to the hardworking east side again. It's been our problems so far all morning, our biggest problem. This is East Freeway inbound at McCarty, the rail bridge. Got a wreck here, three lanes block, big suckage all the way from Greens Bayou, and 30 extra minutes on the inbound. This is connected like your kneebone to the backups from 90. This is why 90 is so bad. Do you jump on Wallaceville Road off a 90s? bumpy. You know what? If you take old 90, it's bumpy too, but it's better than getting stuck in all that business. 225. If that's an option, 225 looks good. 20 minutes now from 146 in. Tollbridge starting to smunch up southbound and people trying to avoid the 610 bridge. Oh, 610. Hold my beer. We're still working on that pothole. It's huge. You could put a car in this where it was. They've smoothed it over here. Now we're kind of pointing at things and shining lights southbound. 610s backed up all the way from the truck stops. Skymike and the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, Generator Supercenter, 24-hour weather center. Richard the Welling is here. We could use a little rain. The grass is getting dead. Getting brown. Getting brown anyway. Yeah, it's getting pretty brown out there, especially with the lack of rain we've seen here as of late. And it looks like that trend's going to continue on here. There may be a spotty shower or two around today, or like one of those phantom storms you had yesterday, where the thunder will come up and it'll just disappear, and that's all you'll see.

us are going to stay dry here today early morning fog burns off gives way to sunshine mid 90s for highs today at light south wind is going to continue the heat holds on for thursday and friday slight chance of showers and storms both days readings in the mid 90s and we're just going to repeat that trend right on end of the weekend temperature right now it's 80 and your official severe weather station news radio 740 kTRH I live in Conroe. Your best ways around Houston. Next on the 10. On 740, KTRH. All right. We got a little theme, I think, going today. You know, we had our interview with our high-tech Texan, Michael Garfield. I'll replay it on our afternoon show today. And KPRC, we're on between 1 and 2 in the afternoon if you want to check us out. If you're available around that time. But the other thing. That was about AI. But this is more about, well, this is about high-tech hacking is what it's about. There's somebody or some entity that's been trying to get into different water supplies around the country, mainly right now in the Midwest. We think it might be Iran. We'll have more in that story coming up in just a moment. First, though, let's do traffic and weather together as we check out the drive once again with Skymike. Clear East Freeway McCarty. The wreck has gone. The suck is still there from federal inbound. I'm Skymike and the Ability Tree Experts Traffic Center. From our KTRH generator super center, 24-hour weather center becoming sunny. 20% chance will pop-up storm, high of 96 today. Same forecast tomorrow and then on Friday. Shower storm chance goes up to 30% with high of 94. Right now, temperature is 80. That's your official, severe weather station. News Radio 740, KTRH. The office air ready to update some of our top Wednesday morning stories. Box News says the Michigan Senate race with Abdul El-Sayed is too close to call. A pair of Houston gang leaders are convicted in a 2017 drive-by shooting that killed an innocent bystander. And this is a switch. Buckys. Instead of suing, they're being sued by a Georgia gas station that claims the Bucky's logo is too similar to theirs. At the latest news anytime at KTRH.com, our next update is at 7. I live in Pasadena. Sharptown, Southwest. Next on the 10. Time saving traffic on 740 KTRH. All right. Water supplies. Are nation's water supply safe? Do we have to worry about hackers? And what could a hacker do to our water supply? And who seems to be trying to get into? I think Minnesota, there's been an attempt in Minnesota, several other Midwestern states. I'm not sure why this is happening in the Midwest. or who it is, what it is specifically they're trying to do. All I know is that when you have government entities out there, there's a variety of different ways. We see this kind of stuff from China all the time. Well, they're thinking that maybe Iran might have something to do with what's going on right now with these attempted hackings. Here is a former NSA hacker. You know we got a lot of hackers that used to work for NSA. My brother-in-law being one of them. But here's a former NSA hacker. His name is David Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on AI's role in...

attacking things like water treatment plants and, you know, the risk involved with all that. Yes, yes and no. So, I mean, if you look at what AI is doing, you know, there used to be a population of really skilled hackers that, you know, have, you know, years and years and years of experience. And now because of these AI models, literally somebody that isn't as technically savvy, now has access to that same power and it's exponentially faster. And these AI models, if you think about it, so if you look at mythos, for example, from Anthropic or, you know, alleged GPT6, so these frontier models that are coming out, You know, they have about a three to four months shelf window before the next model comes out. And China's right behind that with almost near same parity type of models. And so, you know, it does allow for hacking much faster. Something that would have taken me, let's just say, you know, two or three weeks can take minutes or maybe even an hour for these models to actually accomplish. So it's definitely increasing offensive capabilities very quickly, but also we have it on the same defensive side as well. So it's creating a bit of a storm and really uprooting cybersecurity as we know it today. Everybody's trying to figure out what to do with it. Yeah, they are. One more for you. At least seven states are now reporting a wave of cyber attacks on water utilities. Federal officials suspect Iran is behind these attacks. Well, my question is, is Iran targeting our water supply? What do we know about this? Yeah, so if you look at general motives of different groups, right? So ransomware they would typically break in and they would hold a ransom note so you'd have to pay it back in order to get the systems back. And it wasn't the case here. China will often hack from a military preparedness perspective, but they never go over the edge of actually causing an actual issue or a system or water treatment facility. Okay, there you go. That's the report. All right, you know what we need to do? We need to give some tickets away. What do we have tickets for today? I think we got some really good tickets for our timeline today. Yep, fair tickets to see Toto and Christopher Cross and the Romantics. That's going to be this Friday, August 7th, Woodlands Pavilion. Tickets are on sale right now at Ticketmaster.com. But you can win a pair from us just tell us what year today's timeline's from. that a male adult had been located unconscious. It was August. Comedian and actor Robin Williams dies at age 63. Has revealed Mr. Williams had been seeking treatment for depression. At the Emmy Awards, here are the nominees for Outstanding Actor. Brian Cranston is the big winner for Breaking Bad. Brian Cranston. In Hollywood, how did we end up here? Michael Keaton stars in Birdman. We had it all. You were a We star, remember. Guess it's true. I'm not good. I don't need stand. And on the radio? Stay! Sam Smith is Top 10 with Stay With Me. What year was it? If you know, 713-212-58-74, that is 713-212-K-R-H. Good luck. We have ourselves a winner. Max and Conroe, the right year was 2014. Well done, Max. You get those tickets to go see Toto along with Christopher Cross and the Romantics this Friday at the Woodlands Pavilion. Enjoy the show, and thank you for listening to Houston's Morning News.

This is News Radio 740, KTRH Houston, an I-Heart radio station, guaranteed human. Now, the latest news, weather, and traffic. It's more of what matters to you from the John Moore Services Studios. 7 a.m. our time here on Houston's morning news. I'm Jimmy Amy Coney Barrett. Among our top stories this half hour, a heavily armed California man arrested at a Trump golf course in California. Another socialist victory in Michigan. And coming up at 708. She's trying to cancel Thanksgiving. Details on the minutes ahead. First, let's check out your morning drive once again with Sky Mike. Dude, I-10 East has been a complete suckage fest, and I'm connecting the dots all the way from Federal Inn. Outbound, it's nothing but breaks from the Beltway, back to the bridge, just not enough lanes here. We did clear the wreck at McCarty East Loop, southbound, that pavement repair, making it crazy before the bridge at Clinton, and we're dragging it from the truck stops. East Tech's freeway. Hey, Mike, this is Marcher from Kingwood Pass, Clasp, Timbers. It looks like a wide load. There's an escort, large yellow flashing light. Now it's on the two right. They do this in the morning time. I can see the digital scoches. It moves down southbound. It's the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders 24-hour weather center for today, becoming sunny. High temperatures could be about 96 degrees heat index around 106 with a 20% pop-up storm chance this afternoon. We'll get the rest of the forecast with Richard Lwelling at the Weather Channel in 8 minutes right now. It is 80. Add your official severe weather station, News Radio 740 KTRH. It's time now for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. 702. We're sponsored by Allied Siding in Windows. Our top story, a heavily armed man arrested at the Trump golf course in L.A. days before the president visits California. Federal agents say Janine John Talley was spotted suspiciously walking the grounds at Trump National Golf Course. The 38-year-old was busted Sunday. Investigators say Talley had a loaded pistol and a 16-round magazine. They add he was taking pictures at the golf course and an apparent effort to monitor security activities ahead of the president's arrival. Tom Graham reporting the suspect's vehicle also searched where authorities found even more weapons in ammunition. As for the president himself... It's crazy because they're going to ruin our country. I don't know if they want to. I think either they're very naive or they actually want to ruin the country. Trump on Fox talking about the rise of the socialists in the Democrat Party, but the socialists may pick up yet another win before the day is over. Fox says the Senate primary with Abdul El-Sayed is too close to call. If he beats Haley Stevens, he will face Mike Rogers in November. This is literally a communist takeover of the Democrat Party, saying those words that sounds extreme, but that is how they describe themselves.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz reacting. Other races, several Trump-backed candidates win, including Republican John James in the Michigan governor's race. The squads, Rashida Tlaib Tala wins her primary and in Missouri, Cori Bush. Remember her? Well, she lost her attempt to get back to Washington. With less than three months to go until the November midterms, political commentator Lee Carter has a warning for Republicans. Democrats are winning because they have a message, affordability. I think they're answering it head on, and I think Republicans right now are shying away from it a little bit because they're in charge. I think they're afraid to say anything really about it or enough about it because they're going to say they're the ones that are going to be blamed for it. But it's a big mistake. And that message is connecting with the people who are struggling. It is now 704. Talks with Iran are still a he-said-she-said proposition. The White House says talks are ongoing, but... Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson says, We are not currently holding negotiations with the United States. The middleman is Oman. The negotiations light years away from a memorandum of understanding earlier in the summer, which included a pledge from Iran not to build a nuclear weapon, because now that's not even being discussed. Peter Ducey reporting the White House is denying a CBS news report that the war has left us low on some of our most advanced long-range missiles. The military no longer looking for a few good men and women as the Army has hit its annual recruiting goal for the fiscal year. Former Jack attorney Sean Timmons says this is good for morale and readiness. The military can be more selective with such an abundance of recruits. And that just means we're more lethal. We don't have taken people who are obese or have felony convictions. And we can take on only the best people, the most capable, the most qualified, the most talented, which makes our military that much more lethal and effective. The Army has already signed up more than 61,000 recruits this year. Looking at your money, the Dow futures are up 227 points this morning. Oil prices at $76.6 a barrel. The president says he doesn't like big oil companies making so much money off of the Iran conflict. Some even think there's collusion going on. Others want the oil companies to pass the profits on to you. John Kelsey of America First Refining says that's a great idea, but there's also reality. You know, the reality is in business in this country. We're a capitalist and you take risks. And when you take risks, you look to be rewarded and you get rewarded by making more money. He points out that ExxonMobil lost $22 billion back in 2020. 706, we told you earlier this week. The governor wants a comprehensive audit done on data center projects in Texas. This comes as data centers continue to gain more political attention leading up to November. The data center issue has become one that's a very, very big political issue in all sorts of different parts of the state and both the left and the right. Brandon Walton's with the Texas scorecard says for now, there's essentially a data center moratorium. The governor and the state agencies are essentially doing what they can to address the issue before the legislature can pass some regulation. He says most legislators support data centers at some level, but regulation is needed.

to make sure they're good neighbors. Ethan Buchanan, News Radio 740, KTRH. Back to school week continues. Today, it's Crosby, ISD, New Caney tomorrow. Most other districts next week, and this weekend is the annual tax-free holiday for school supplies, and while there will be some good deals... Experts say don't go overboard. They don't need all new clothes all at one time. Smart families seem to pace this out a little bit. Financial planner Bill Dendy. Astros beat the Blue J 7 to 2 to maintain their two and a half game lead atop the AL West. They will play the Blue Jays again this afternoon at noon on Sports Talk 790. 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. 707 time here on Houston's Morning News. Personally, I realize it's all over in 20 minutes after a day of cooking, unless you go out to eat, of course. But I still love me some Thanksgiving. It's a great American tradition. Still watch the Thanksgiving Day parade. Still watch NFL football?

It's just a part. It's a part of Americana. And most of us really enjoy it. Do I agree that Thanksgiving doesn't get its fair share of attention? Absolutely I do. You know, it's overshadowed by Christmas. And now Halloween. They both overshadow it, which isn't really fair. But that's no reason to get rid of it. In fact, that's a reason to boost it, not to get rid of it. Of course, that's not the reason why Francesca Hong. The Democrat Socialist in Wisconsin wants to get rid of Thanksgiving. No, she would rather get rid of Thanksgiving because, well, she just, you know, it's all about imperialism and colonization and genocide. That's what's wrong with Thanksgiving. At least that's what she thinks. So let's take a listen. She did an interview on CNN where the host Caitlin Susan Collins, don't we love her? Caitlin Susan Collins read to her. her tweet that she put out about Thanksgiving and then got her to respond to it. Let's see what she has to say. One thing that they brought up as well was a post from you in 2021 where you said Americans should cancel Thanksgiving, should have done this in 1621. The post has been deleted. Republicans have been highlighting it. Do you still believe that Thanksgiving should be canceled? I'm a chef and one of the first meals that I made that was for the community when I was 16 was a Thanksgiving meal. I always think my hospitality background in owning a restaurant for seven, eight years that bringing folks around the table to share conversation and build community is always a good thing. But Thanksgiving is also a time that's incredibly painful for many people in our communities. And so I think there, I wanted to make sure that people understood that there are multiple views, but views can evolve. And the position that I'm running for right now, and I think my background as a chef, will actually help me become a better governor that's able to bring more people to the table. Hang on. How does your position as a chef qualify you to be a governor of a state? Yeah, you can bring people around the table. You can probably even feed them. What do you suppose she would serve up if she actually did make a Thanksgiving meal? She'd definitely have to be tofu turkey, right? Definitely would have to be tofu. Yeah, that's a great way to dance around. She never really answered the question. She avoided answering the question. It's very painful for some people. Raise your hand if you find the only thing I find painful about Thanksgiving is how full I am when I'm done eating Thanksgiving dinner. 710. Time for traffic and with her together. Hey, if you're Mexican, we hit each other on the top of the head with confetti eggs. So, I mean, that can be a little painful, but it's a fun kind of painful. I love Thanksgiving. That is a crazy witch there, Jimmy. Let's see. We had the East Tex-Freeway, Marsha from Kingwood, a banana sticker. Plus, she broke up our Schnitzel Fest this morning with a wide load coming down the East Texas. Looks like they moved that out of the way, and the East Texas is just thick around the graveyard. As usual, some breaks around Little York on the southbound. Now, I've got a four-headed monster on the east side. In fact, I-10, you pretty much write it off this morning. Connect those dots from federal into downtown. We had the wreck at McCarty. This is messing up 90. And also, you've got a second problem. 6-10 southbound, that big pothole. They're pointing at it, basically, and we're backed up from the truck stop. I know you're working, really. Southbound, 18 extra men.

minutes this way. So east side, let's do 225 instead. Skip over to wayside. If you could do the Beltway, do that, get around all this business. East Tech's elevated. Downtown, got a reported wreck equipment on the southbound and making it down through the canyon an extra 11 minutes this way. West Loop up to uptown, slow from West Park, down to uptown, slow from 290. I love your show topic, by the way, Jimmy. Things that make you go, boomers, 713212 TIPS is the tip line for traffic. You can hit us on the iHeartRadio app in the generator supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH, top tax defenders, 24-hour weather center. We've got Deborah to the welding standing by. He's got the forecast for it. We will start off. Well, you'll see maybe some hazy conditions out there. We've got to burn some of that off before we see the sunshine. But we'll be seeing plenty of sunshine again today, right? Oh, yeah, we sure will. In fact, much of the haze and fog we've got across southeast Texas should be gone by 9 o'clock this morning, and then the sun will take over. Small chance of a pop-up shower or storm, and those are going to be few and far between again today. Ninety-six, the high heat index values around 106. Thursday, the heat holds on again. We'll see a hazy start with sunshine for the afternoon. We'll see temperatures tomorrow in the mid-90s, a pop-up shower or storm. Still a possibility. And that trend's going to continue through the end of the week and into the weekend. We'll keep temperatures in the mid-90s, a sea breeze shower or storm as possible. Temperature right now, 79. Here at your official, Severe Weather Station, News Radio 740, KTRH. All right, so where's the governor today? As relates to data centers, as I said, this has been sort of an evolving opinion from the governor. He was first of all for them. Then he said, well, maybe we need to take a look at allowing them in rural areas here because of, you know, they use a lot of electricity and water and they're taking up farmland and maybe we should think about that. And now he has directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Electric Reliability Council, Urquot, to conduct a comprehensive verification in order of all data centers. going through Ercot's interconnection process. I assume he wants to see for himself exactly how much energy and water they are using. Joining us to talk about it from the Texas scorecard is Brandon Walton's. You think the governor's gotten a fair amount of pressure on this issue, Brandon, and is that why he's kind of changed his position? Well, certainly. And I mean, you know, look, I mean, there might be some policy considerations here. I've certainly talked to people who live in some of the rural areas where data centers have gone in. And, you know, each project is different. But I think to be sure, some of these projects haven't been good neighbors, whether it be noise or, you know, using up. water or putting a strain on local power transmission. You know, these are all legitimate concerns and things that I think the legislature probably should address. That being said, you can't ignore the fact that it is an election year. And, you know, there is polling that does show whether you agree with it or not that, you know, data centers are unpopular among both Democrats, but also Republicans as well. And I think that that...

probably is playing a factor here as well. And it's important to note as well, I will say that, um, this latest order from Greg Abbott to Urquhart in the PC dealing with this audit of the data centers. Another big component of that is that there's essentially going to be a moratorium on any new approval of data centers until this audit is complete. And if I were a betting man, I'd say that that audit probably will take until maybe just after the beginning of November. Yeah, timing is everything on this one, isn't it? What do you think this audit is going to find? Do you think that perhaps the governor will end up being a little bit shock about how much electricity and water these data centers are using? Well, we certainly know that they do, they do use a lot of energy. I think one of the big proposals that we do see going into the next session that I think probably will take shape. is essentially some regulations, some guidelines for these that include not only some regulations on how much water they use and what kind of cooling systems they need to be using, but also that they're going to need to provide their own energy. Now, a lot of data centers coming in are doing that, especially the newer ones, where they will essentially have their own. for example, natural gas generators that are generating their own electricity, but that might become a requirement across the board. I note that quite a few rural communities have already spoken on, and in fact, even some of the Houston suburbs has spoken on, said, we don't want data centers here. We're going to ban data centers from our community. Is this more of a state issue or more of a local issue? Seems to me it's more of a local issue. Well, the interesting thing is that where these data centers are going in, by and large, and the ones that have created problems, are going in outside of city limits. So they're going into county areas, unincorporated areas of counties, where it's already essentially been shown with some counties that have tried to do moratoriums that actually do not have the authority. to do any sort of moratoriums or strict regulations like that and that the authority actually does lie within the state in those cases. Okay, so it will be up to the state in order to make a change that that is what is needed. All right. Thank you, sir. Appreciate your time as always. Brandon Walton's Senior editor at Texas Scorecard. It is 727. It's time to take a look at your money.

SpaceX's first earnings report as a public company topped Wall Street's expectations. But investors are focused on the price tag of Elon Musk's artificial intelligence ambitions. He revealed his spending jumped to more than $18 billion in the most recent quarter. His long list of growth plans, including putting data centers in space, come with high costs and significant risks. 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 Iowa 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 stores this FR betting big on Ken Paxton to win Now Rhino's Susan Collins has a problem with Trump's Attorney General Pick. And coming up at 738, a few more things that... Frustrate boomers. Details in the minutes they had. First year, Skymike. All right. 288 northbound. KTRRH listeners, the first to know about this wreck just before Highway 6. George from Pearland, big banana sticker on his toolbox and at least a 16 minute drag on the inbound. East Side's been a disaster this morning. I, Tim, we had the wreck at McCarty. Clear that. I'm still connecting you pretty much from Jack City Federal Road all the way in on the inbound. At least we cleared most of that scoge. We still have some of it on the bridge on the outbound side, San Jacental River, East Loop. We still have the pothole. It's not going anywhere southbound at Clinton. I'm Sky Mike. It's your job. We've got some really aggravated people, Jimmy, at 40. I'm in the Generatorsupercenter.com traffic center. Our KTRH, Generator Supercenter, 24-hour weather center becoming sunny. 20% pop-up storm chance high today about 96. Heat index 106. The blue forecast from Richard Lewelling at the Weather Channel coming up in about nine minutes. Right now, it is 79 at your official's severe weather station, News Radio 740KTRH. It's time for the news. Here's Cliff Saunders. It's 731. Good morning. Our top story. This guy has been in the Texas house, relatively unknown. No real accomplishments. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton with KTRH as Sean Hannity last night responding to polls and have him trailing James Talarico. That said, the polling shows every other statewide Democrat losing. So can we trust them on this Senate race? Is it possible that somebody votes for a James Talarico and then turns around and votes for a boat French or Greg Abbott? It doesn't really compute. It doesn't really make sense. So these polls do seem a little strange. Tony Ortiz with current revolt, says numbers we see from the betting apps like CalShe Show, Ken Paxton, with an hour lead, and they are more believable. James Talarico won't call himself a socialist. Neither will Michigan Senate candidate Abdul's side, but he got the support of the socialists, the race with Haley Stevens, too close to call, according to Fox, this morning.

We have a responsibility to assure that we unite to make sure that Mike Rogers never sees the inside of the U.S. Senate. Rogers being the former congressman from Michigan. He had the backing of President Trump and the endorsement carried several other candidates through last night, including John James in Michigan and Ty Masterson in the Kansas gubernatorial race. Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General advanced to the full Senate after Texas Senator John Cornyn dropped his opposition. John Cornyn says the White House swore off that proposed anti-weaponization fund. While this may sound like nitpicking to some, it's critically important not only to me but to other members of the Senate. We are waiting on the Senate to hold the vote, but we now know that Maine Republican Susan Collins says she will vote against the Todd Blanche nomination. It's 733. The left claims that ISIS targeting innocent people, but data from DHS continues to show that's fake news. That's the reason. One of the top reasons I came back on retirement is because of the stories I've been told by parents who bury their children. So we turned up the heat. As you see, ICE had a record number of arrests in the last five days. Yeah, Borders are Tom Homan says of all the illegal aliens being arrested, half of them have already committed. violent crimes. The president will be in Las Vegas for a speech this afternoon. Meantime, a heavily armed man is arrested at the Trump golf course in L.A. days before the president's visit to California. And Trump told Fox in an interview last night that he's not feeling any pressure to end the war in Iran before the midterms. At what point do you say enough? And there's no coming back for Iraq. Well, I have plenty of time. You know, people talk about the midterms. For the midterms, they want to see winning. Elsewhere, the liberal New York Times claims, based on talking to the Iranians, by the way, that a deal to open the straight-of-war moves would leave Tehran with more control over that waterway than it had before Operation Epic Fury. Again, that's according to Iranian officials. Looking at your money this morning, Dow futures are up 257 points after closing up at a new record high yesterday, and oil is at $76.1 a barrel. OPEC Plus says they will increase production in September, but energy analyst David Blackman says they can't meet quotas because the stratiform boos is closed. However, there are some long-term positives. It will mean a much more robust supply on the global market and that will help to temper prices when the market does return to a more normal status where oil flows are concerned. But until the finding stops, prices will remain elevated.

Other foreign policy news, the mainstream media buried this potential proof that the Bidens were blackmailed by China. Apparently, talk of blackmail by China was in Joe Biden's daily briefings. This goes to show that there is something very, very wrong here. That is Ali Triolo, election integrity director at the RNC. That it happened under the Biden. Again, more bombshell reports coming out, which is exactly why we need to pass the Save America Act. Remember, the House Oversight Committee found that the entire Biden family received millions from Chinese companies. Jeff Andy Biggs News Radio 740. K.T.R.A. Another reason to pass the Save America Act. A British citizen just pled guilty to voting in elections while living in Katie and faces up to a year in federal prison. Ada Ngoziotuka will be sentenced on November 5th. New rules for smokeable hemp are now in effect, but it's not enough for some in the state legislature pushing for an all-out ban next year. Industry backers are gearing up as well. We're going to be very focused in the upcoming session on reducing possession penalties for hemp and for THC in general. Sarah Todd with the Texas Cannabis Policy Center says there are lawsuits to overturn the ban, including one that was filed this week, but it may all be moot because of a new federal rule, restricting hemp products that starts up in November. The Astros beats Toronto 7-2. They will wrap up the series at noon on Sports Talk 790. still two and a half games ahead of the Texas Rangers in the AL West. I'm Cliff Saunders on Houston's News Weather and Traffic Station News Radio 740, KTRH. Houston's Morning News live on Facebook. It's like radio, but with pictures. Which brings us to number 10 on the 20 things that baby bovers find to be most frustrating. People with poor telephone manners. Where's the hello? Do not hang up the phone without saying a proper goodbye, please. See, back in the early days of boomers, all their communication was through phone calls. There was no texting. There was no instant messaging. None of that. You wanted to talk somebody. You called them on a landline. And they expected you to... Have good telephone manners. We were taught good telephone manners, the proper way to, you know, hello, this is. A clear introduction, who you are, a plight goodbye, you don't hang up on anybody. So if you're trying to communicate with a boomer, it doesn't matter if you're doing it on a cell phone or whatever. Remember your telephone manners, or they'll get frustrated with you. Slang, here's another one, slang that changes every week. Slang used to be pretty slow moving. back in the day now it changes constantly and there's always due terms coming up most of which we're not keeping up with and we don't get so careful using slang around boomers they might not know what the heck you're talking about people blocking grocery store aisles oh that's a big one especially if they're on their cell phone they just stop right in the middle of the aisle and they're blissfully unaware that you even are trying to get around them

You go, excuse me, excuse me? And they're so engrossed in their phone conversation. Or they have the earbuds in. They can't hear you. Here's another one. Instructions that are only available online. I know the company is trying to save money on paper. But please, could I have written instructions? I would like them with the product in writing. And I'd like them in English. And I'd like them to be easy to understand. I don't want to have to go hunting online because you didn't send me instructions on how to put this stuff together. Well, that's a couple more anyway. If you want to add to the list, you go to the I Heart Radio Up, KTRH. First name where you're calling front of what's frustrating you, you know, those little things that have changed in your world that you find frustrating. 740, time for traffic and weather together as we check it again with Sky Mike. Hello. Let me get an aim in for the tollway people. They hang up on you. All right, let's head for the hard work in East Side. I-10, inbound Bud Plant is the front door. The back door is federal. I-10's been terrible. The East Freeway all morning. Solid suckage from Wayside Inn. We're looking at 35 extra minutes on the inbound. If you're coming in from the Sanjicent River Bridge, outbound the bridge, also a big smunch here, just the usual deal. We lose a lane there. East Loop 610. We still have that pothole. repair at Clinton. That's making us crazy. Highway 90 Joe says it's all good. Things that make Uncle Joe go. People that are paying for a Coke with a debit card. Geez, put some money in your pocket, people. Oh, that's crazy. You also have a smunch right there before you hit the bud plant here. Gulf Freeway, that's breaks from Edgebrook on the inbound. We've got slowdowns right inside the U of H. Whoa, look at that West Loop. Up to Uptown. I think it's because that random guy that was walking from Meyerland, 17 extra minutes up to the Gallup. Alaria, Southwest Freeway. Here comes the brakes now. West Park tollway. Nobody's bumping into each other. That's the good news. On 69 East Tech's Kathy from Cleveland. Hi, Mike. So I don't see any stankery. Oh, that is so well said. Burbage. All right, go ahead, Kathy. The questions that they ask at the doctor's office. Everybody in their senior citizens, and they ask, what is your gender identity? What is your sexual preference? What are your pronouns? I went back to the desk and told them, I refuse to answer that. Dude, how about all those forms you have to fill out every time you go in? The same forms over and over again. They shouldn't know me. You have computers. And I've got to add this to Kathy, that's a great call. You know, I play nursing homes. That's, you know, my little side ministry. But not once in 10 years have I ran into a transgender nursing home resident. Thank you, Kathy. I'm in the generator, supercenter.com traffic center. From our KTRH Generator Supercenter. 24-hour weather center. Richard the Wellings here. He's got the forecast for you. Another day of hot and muggy. Another day of hot and muggy, and that's going to be the trend here right on end of the upcoming weekend. Really don't see much change in our weather coming up here, at least for the next 10 days. It looks like we're just going to see sunny days, fair nights in the forecast, maybe some early morning fog from time to time. And a small chance of a pop-up shower and storm. I think if we're going to get any rain in here, Friday's probably going to be the day for that when a rain chance goes up to 30%. But 96 are high today. Heat index values around 106. We fall back into the upper 70s.

tonight. 95 tomorrow's slight chance of an afternoon shower or storm. Same holds true for Friday and the weekend. Temperature right now 80 at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740 KTRH. I hit problems around 59 and 610. 610 to Galleria. KTRH time saving traffic. Next on the 10. 7.50s our time here in Houston's morning news. Back to school sales tax holiday is coming up this weekend. if you need to take advantage of that. But as usual, we found ways for government to make it more complicated by how they qualify what is eligible and what isn't. So we'll try to help you out with that a little bit coming up next. First, though, at 7.50, let's do a little traffic and weather together as we check out that drive once again to Sky Mike. 288 northbound before Highway 6, that crash still causing about a 10-minute drag. Visors, Katie Freeway, you've got a drag right at Mason-West Park Slow 1464. We're 290ed up at Huffmeister. I-10, we still have that big slowdown from federal, a lot of problems earlier, and 90s still packed up right before the bud plant. Things that make Uncle Gilgare. I propose you do this topic once a week, Jimmy. I'm Skymike and the generator supercenter.com traffic center. Would that qualify me? a therapist if I did. Yeah, we can have therapy Monday. Why not? Monday's a good day for therapy. From our KTRH, generator super center, 24-hour weather center becoming sunny, 20% pop-up storm chance this afternoon, 96. Same forecast for tomorrow, then the storm chance goes up to 30% on Friday. Still, 80, at your official severe weather station. News Radio 740, KTRH. It's checking a clip. He has an update on some of our top stories. All right, Dr. Jimmy. President Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will be open very soon. Governor Greg Abbott says he plans to bring down electricity prices by ending local energy monopolies in certain Texas cities, including San Antonio and Austin. Tonight's Powerball jackpot, $786 million. Get the latest news anytime at KTRH.com. Our next update is at 8. What has happened? Just yesterday. What's happening today? Happening. Right now what happens. The things are happening. Stop! Right here! On News Radio 740, KTRH. Well, not back yet, but getting close. Who's happier? The kids? No, probably not. Mom and Dad are probably happier. Although Mom and Dad, I'm sure, appreciate the fact that you can save a little money this weekend. Here's the report from our television partner, KTRC2. on some of the things that are covered and some of the things that aren't. There is some great news for parents starting Friday and running through Sunday. This is the annual back to school sales tax holiday weekend, which means Texans don't have to pay for sales tax on certain items that are related to back to school. There is a catch, according to the state controller. The products have to be individually priced at less than $100. In fact, the state has a lengthy list of items that are taxable or exempt.

So to have some fun with this, I decided to go in search of some kids and ask them what is exempt and what is not exempt, according to the state. The problem is, there are no kids to be found today. I mean, it's almost 100 degrees outside. So I went to the backup plan, one of my son's closest friends. His name is Harrison Downey. All right, hey, bud. All right, I'm going to ask you about which ones here are taxable and which ones are exempt. Okay. You got it? Yes, sir. Okay, here we go. First one, golf shirt, golf shoes. I'm going to say that's taxable and that's exempt. All right, you're good. Pretty good. It's kind of weird though, right? Sports helmets, a necktie. I'm going to say that's taxable and that's exempt. Okay, that's good. He's got that one. Baseball jersey, any baseball pants. I'm going to say that's taxable and that's exempt. Actually, this one is taxable and that is exempt. Jerseys are exempt. But not bad. Surprised? Yeah, I'm pretty surprised, actually. Why? Because, like, I thought, like, with sports stuff like that, it would be, like, taxable, but I guess it's not. Now, there's one more item on the list that is pivotal for so many families in our area, and that is baby clothes. As for the entire list, you can find it right now on our website in the two helps you section. And also you can find it in a lot of different places, but it's good to look at it ahead of time. To go back to the baseball thing for a second, this is part of what it makes it all kind of confusing. Baseball caps are exempt on the sales tax holiday. You can buy a baseball cap, but you can't buy a baseball glove or baseball cleats or baseball pants, but you can buy a jersey. It'll be exempt. Taxable on the pants, jersey is exempt. Okay, I'm not sure why that is. I understand with the baseball pants because you're just, you're going to wear that, you're not wearing that to school, right? You're wearing that. You're wearing that for, you know, for sports, which is a little bit different deal. So let's just do something else here. How about, how about shoes, footwear? What is included in that, like boots, for example? Let me find boots here. General purpose boots are exempt from taxes. Climbing. boots which are cleared or spiked are taxable cowboy boots are exempt hiking boots are exempt overshoes and glosses are taxable work boots are also taxable ski boots are taxable and waiters are taxable i wouldn't call a waiter a boot but okay bow ties are exempt bowling shirts are exempt wait a minute who's going to wear a bowling shirt outside of a bowling alley Fashion statement, I guess, right? So you have to kind of look at the list. I'm not quite sure how all these retailers keep it all straight. Listen, y'all have a great day. We'll see tomorrow morning, bright and early 5. Hope to see you this afternoon of 1 on AM 950 KPRC.