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"This news is brought you by the online trading academy and topping Austin's new several Texas Democrat lawmakers flee the state that was all the halt progress of Texas GOP BACK voting reform bills. Texas Democratic Party chair Gilberto's processes Those lawmakers are now in D. C. I want to see federal action to settle the voting rule debate to have one law that that ensures that all states have a uniform system that doesn't deprive people of the right to vote in also says the state Bills proposed by the Texas U P will make it harder for some people to vote by limiting voting times and more. John Cooley NewsRadio K LBJ. Not Surprisingly, Texas Democrats decision to abandon their duties and protest is not sitting well with Governor Greg Abbott and he says they will have to return to the state at some point when they do, they'll be arrested. Held in the capital until they do the job they were elected to do. Their constituents must not be denied these important resources simply because their elected representatives refused to show up to work. Abbott says Democrats neglecting vital issues like property taxes, foster care funding and public safety. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has responded to Governor Abbott's letter, demanding that more be done to increase power generation and secure the power grid market says that along with increasing its output, it's also purchased significantly more power reserves. Interim CEO Brad Jones has or cod is making a lot of progress but still has a lot of work left to do. Covid case numbers have crept back upward in central Texas. Williamson County epidemiologist Alison Stewart tells CBS Austin. The county's been moved into the orange phase meaning high community spread before about two weeks ago, We had been hovering around tuning new cases per 100,000 population in the county. Last week, we started seeing an increased to 3 to 4 to 5 to 6 Orange is the second highest level on the county's risk chart. However, that doesn't mean any local rules will be changed our new mandates added. Covid numbers have seen a steady climb in Travis County as well over the past couple of weeks and today, Austin Public Health says hospitalizations are back up to a total of 115 its first time in many weeks. That number's been into the triple digits. 450 cases are said to be active right now. Local nonprofit save. Austin now continues to take signatures for petition to fully refund the Austin Police Department. The group calls the proposed city budget for policing wholly inadequate. Nonprofit co founder Matt Mackowiak says the City Council's work to defund a PD has taken a toll on the department staffing levels. So the reason we're seeing the massive attrition rate that we're seeing is morale was low. We can't pay overtime. We can't recruit we can't retain. The group is calling for a police staffing ratio of two cops per 1000 residents. Austin takes another step closer to shattering last year's total number of murders, which was 48 as police continue their search for a man who shot and killed another man last night. Northwest Austin Police say the victim was found near 1 83 in Anderson mill and later died at the scene. Two women were taken to the hospital for non gunshot related injuries. Police have not released a description of the shooter. As Austin's homeless problem grow, some communities in neighboring counties are trying to expand to offer a little more help where they can. Paul French runs a place called the Cherokee Recovery Village in Bass Drop County. And then he tells cakes, and he's expanding his homeless outreach services, including to allow people living there to live in 12 by 12 cabins built from the ground up if.
KLBJ 590AM
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"Experiment comes to an end today in Austin. A ban on homeless camping goes into effect today in Austin. After voters they're approved to property, which makes outdoor camping in public areas illegal this two years after the city approved in ordinance that led to numerous tent cities along sidewalks and under highway overpasses, businesses became overwhelmed and pan handling an aggressive behavior in court. East voters who approved property say it means a safer city. Opponents of the measure say it only hurts the homeless, including with citations that they can't afford. Jeff Man, also Fox News Any officials will be rolling out their enforcement plan today for the camping ban in Austin. It's made up of several phases and will take several weeks to complete. Leo Patrice Sick with the nonprofit save. Austin now says the lengthy rollout is frustrating, especially because the city should have planned for this, knowing that voters likely would have approved Proposition B because that's not what the voters voted for. They want something that now, officials say Phase one starts today and involves community outreach and education. Phase two will begin 30 days after that, and that's when police can start ticketing people for breaking the band. And then 30 days after that is when police can start making arrests. If people do not follow direction to vacate back on the national scene, the feds are looking to provide relief in the wake of a cyberattack on the Colonial pipeline administration says there aren't any major shortages just yet, but there could be after the colonial pipeline was down by a cyber attack. The pipeline delivers about 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast, the president told agencies to free up a resource is to help alleviate future shortages, while North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency. Spending motor vehicle regulations. Services to the pipeline are expected to be mostly restored by the end of the week. But triple A warns of residual delays that could take up to 18 days for fuel to flow from Texas to New York. Meanwhile, gas prices could jump to the highest since 2014 officials blaming a Russia based gang of criminal hackers. Fox's Jackie Baniyas there Taking powers away from the governor during a pandemic is the goal of legislation passed last night by the Texas House for Jewish the Pandemic Disaster Response Bill House Bill three would create legislative oversight over the governor's executive orders. She creates an oversight committee that has powers to strike down any order waver or suspension of pandemic or terminate the disaster declaration itself. State representative Dustin Burrows authored the bill. The bill clearly protects the freedom of religion by prohibiting the closure places of worship. It protects the Second Amendment by particular enclosure of firearms stores if the House passed Is the bill on third reading and the Senate passes, it is well. The governor is expected to veto it. Chris Fox News Radio K. L. B J. Austen School District pushes back against the bill involving state control of failing district's under House Bill 30 to 70. The decision to seize control of the district would be made by the education commissioner. And that decision would be both final and UN appealable AI is De board member Lynn Boswell says a completely negates the need for local district. There is virtually nothing and our system that its final and unappealing ble. Death penalty decision A decision about your landlord a decision about your jobs. They'd actually already has the authority to take over district. But this would expand the authority. Even Maurin. Even one failing school could trigger a takeover by the T. A. The Austin Police Association president struck his vandalize someone spray painted A P A president can cast his truck with the word pig and a pig's head with extra eyes cast a says he is disappointed to make this call to the people If you have issue with what I say or the mayor says, or anybody. Don't go to their homes and vandalize and protests Go to City Hall go toe government body to do that, since Mayor Steve other condemns the vandalism, saying we protect people's ability to demonstrating convey their message, and that is fundamental to who we are. But that does not include threatening people that does not include destroying their property. John Cooley, NewsRadio, Kale BJ and former Smithville Mayor Scott Saunders Junior has been arrested in, according to the city. He's been booked in the bass drop County jail and faces two charges of sexual assault of a child. One charge of indecency with a child records show. Those charges are connected to two separate alleged incidents and June of 2010. And in May of 2015. It is 5 34 now and take a look. The roadways and Austin's on time traffic Still pretty quiet out there. Not a whole lot happening. Looks like we do still have a crash on the toll road s one s H 1. 30 looks right. There are south bound at the Murchison Ridge Trail still gotta crash there. But on the rest your major roadways not seeing any crashes, installs a construction that should be hanging up at the moment. This segment brought to you by Crestview RV Now is the perfect time for a new RV for pressed you RV and Georgetown. 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Newsradio 1200 WOAI
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"News. I'm Karen McCue, the administration says, getting the economy up and running. We'll take more time is lower than expected. Jobs. Numbers in April are reported. Employers added just 266,000 new jobs in April, less than the month before, far fewer than economists predicted. We knew this wouldn't be a sprint. Could be a marathon. President Biden says the American rescue plan there nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief measure is designed to help over the course of a year. Some Republicans argue the additional $300 a week unemployment benefit included in Corona virus relief. Is the blame for a shortage of workers who don't have incentive to return to work. Fox is Jared Halpern, UNICEF reporting that Pakistan has received its first batch of 1.2 million covert 19 vaccine doses under its Kovacs quota. That's a global program designed to help foreign nations get the vaccine. America is listening. Fox News. Now get you away. I local news, head of Homeland Security, says the administration's playing a process illegal immigrant kids caught at the border is working. The challenge remains. It is not behind us. But our plan. Of execution is well underway and the results are compelling. Speaking at the Texas border town of Donna Secretary Ali 100, New Yorkers said at the peak, there were 5700 kids and Border Patrol custody. You stay there an average of five days now, he says. There's only 700 kids being held spending less than one day in custody. Shake up in Austin's public health leadership means a new health authority has been appointed interim Health authority. Dr. Marcus Scott, who led Austin and Travis County during the pandemic, is being replaced by former Bass Drop County Health Authority doctor Does Mara Walks S. Scott will assume the new role of chief medical officer for the city of Austin later this month. I'm Eric liked him from the W away I traffic.
KLBJ 590AM
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"Well, it appears that the Biden administration may be pulling back a little bit as part of Including the minimum wage increase to 15 Bucks an hour as part of the stimulus package to the tune of $1.9 Trillion. It appears that he may be willing to do some kind of negotiation after the stimulus package, But there's a lot of debate this morning. Some are calling for the minimum wage to be increased to 15 an hour phased in over the next five years. Some are saying it should be increased now. And it was a campaign promise by the Biden administration to boost minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour and he actually meant led people to believe it would be an instant pay race not phased in. So here we are today at 51283605 90, TJ Finn. And it says on my screen, TJ finished the director of the bass Drop County Business Owners Association. No, TJ weigh in on this minimum wage story. What do you think? Well, first off, most small business owners don't pay minimum wage. I think you're gonna find the majority of them. Don't such a struggle to find good employees. They're not going toe. The majority of are not going to be paying minimum wage. But I think we all agree that that you know the minimum wage doesn't need to be raised over time. You know, That's something we've struggled with for years and years, But in the middle of the pandemic, I mean, that just puts common sense right out the door because these businesses were struggling just to keep their doors open. At this point. Absolutely. You get a chance you represent business owners. Their ambassador, Rock County. I would think this could affect a lot of businesses in your area. I mean, if you had a chance to talk to some of those owners, what do they say? I have talked to quite a few in there. They're very concerned about, um, number one. Are they going to be able to keep their doors open? You know if this happens now, and it's time that they're already struggling in number two isn't gonna push the cost of goods up so much that it puts a lot of small businesses. Under it, And I think common sense tells us if you raise the wage, you know that no matter what the product is, you're gonna have to raise the price of that product to Tonto. You have to pay that way. It's gonna trickle down T. J When I drive through bash drop in other areas of Central Texas. I see Help wanted signs that say 12 13 14 15 Bucks an hour a dairy queen and McDonald's, and you know what variety of places where young people typically work. Do you see the same thing? Absolutely everyone invest. Rob is hiring on. But what I'm hearing from business owners is they're having such trouble. Funny employees, no matter what wage they're paying, because a lot of people is just not wanting to work right now. They would render, you know, stay home and draw their unemployment you know, and then their strip in from the government does some of them are making more money by staying at home than they would be in the workplace because they're saving on child care, and you know other expenses. It's been a few months that I've driven out that way towards bass. Drop eyes. It likely Leander Liberty Hill area Cedar Park, Leander, that Just booming, like crazy with activity and construction. You guys experiencing a lot of the same kind of growth. I bet. Absolutely. You know, I've only been in bass drop Almost three years. No right over three years, and it's incredible the growth just in that short period of time. No kidding, TJ. Thank you so much for weighing in on this T J. I appreciate you. TJ Fen, director of Bass Drop, Business Owners Association said comes down torto, not can they it, Z? What? What you have to do to retain good pull employees. Good employees is just a reality. Joe on the town of Don show this Morning. Hey, Joe. Hey, June Good morning color. You guys are great. Thank you. Um I'm a general manager for a seafood restaurant. Out in marble falls, all right, and the only People. It works for me. They're making minimum wage or under its servers. And they make to 13 an hour. Yeah, most observers $100. Oh, it's always break our Joe. Your phone's breaking up on us. Hang on a second. You see if we get a better signal out there. Can you hear me? Yeah, right. There we go. Yeah, your phone's breaking up Just a little bit, which go ahead. You were saying that your servers are making the 2 10 to 15 and our 13 and hour and they are Making $100 a day working a four hour ship right? So if they working doubles that he got a good chance of making a few 100 bucks, so if we raise the minimum wage My servers makes it 13 my bartenders make 8 52 9. And my cook's. I'll make 10 to 12 to 13 and then dispatchers. 10 bucks. Wow, that's pretty good. Raise the minimum wage. Would lose everything that we've gained back. Finally getting out of covet rubber gloves used to be $35 gates for 1000 gloves now. It's somewhere between 60 and $100 case, depending on what we get it. Which restaurant you work at their you manage. What is it? Which one? You are. There's only two or three restaurants said the owner. Manager Docked Seafood love that place. I love that place. Yeah, that's cool place. We got great food. We'll be having live crawfish coming up this next week or two. There you go. You got a good chicken fried steak to find Mr will be doing so anyway. Everybody doesn't understand. We can give more money to people. But all it does is increase inflation because those costs have to be added in somewhere, which means I have to raise my prices, which means They have to raise their prices. Whatever it is, you got a gallon of milk. Get $3 a gallon raise all the price is two years later. It's $8 for going well and Joe that there's another way. Me too, as well. Your vendors, they have to increase their minimum wage to which means they're going to charge more for the products you buy from them, which it's a you know, another trickle down effect to the customers, of course. Exactly And, you know, not to mention just for instance, I've been in this business 35 years and There is no No time in my career tonight, Remember ordering the same kind of things that I've been ordering forever and ever and ever and one week it's not there the next week. It's double the price and then they send you a substitution. Stuff, Search even Maurin price, So it's been. You know, this pandemic has been brutal on so many restaurants and fires. So please, everybody go out. And support these restaurants and bars and stuff that you can't because we were already safe before the cove its way.
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"White area and it's a 30 minute drive away from the more rural part of the county, where more black residents live. Okay. And then actually you also covering a massive area, which is the state of Texas. Tell me about what you found in Texas. Yeah, we have the same structural problems here In Texas, For example. I live in Austin and here. Advocates have been concerned that the wealthier and whiter parts of town which are on the West side. Have more vaccine sites because they have more pharmacies and medical practices. I also looked right outside of Austin east of US, There's the small rural county called Bass Drop County, and in that county, almost all the vaccine providers are in the main city, which is also called bass drop. Basically, there's one cluster of providers there along the main highway and then hardly any other sites in the county and this effects an immigrant community that's a 30 minute drive. From the city of Bass drop people there are afraid of driving into the city for basically anything. They've had run ins with local law enforcement over small things in the past that have resulted in deportations, which was really scared the community so placement of vaccine sites really, really matters there. So Sean, Selina and Ashley were looking in the Southern part of the United States is what's going on. They're happening in the rest of the country. Unfortunately, there's no way to know for sure. The CDC is collecting data on where the vaccine doses are being distributed, but they have so far decided not to release that to the public. But what we do have an idea of is where the existing health infrastructure is think about places like clinics and hospitals and a group of researchers at the West Health Policy Center and the University of Pittsburgh. Found that in hundreds of counties across the country, black Americans were more likely than white Americans to live far away 10 miles in a rural area and one mile in an urban area from a potential vaccination center. Particularly critical question for public health, Then would be our black and Hispanic Americans not getting vaccinated because the vaccine sites are harder for them to reach. Shall Lena. What did you find when you looked at the numbers? Yes. So in the places that I looked into black people are being vaccinated less than their share of the population. Take Mississippi where, As of Wednesday only 17% of residents who got the shot where black even though they make up about 38% of the population. Now some public health officials plane to vaccine hesitancy, which is this fear of getting the vaccine that is an issue that we're seeing pop up in the South, where there's a long history of institutional racism. But there's also this issue of access. You can look at a map and see that there are far fewer sites in areas with predominantly black populations. Okay, so a cascade of problems Ashley, who is getting the vaccine in Texas? It's hard to know what's going on because data's pretty spotty in Texas. If you look at the states, demographic data about 45% of people who have been vaccinated are reported as an unknown race. It's actually the biggest category they have right now, and that's just not super helpful. And no. Well, this is the case station why the CDC put out a report this week, saying that they don't know the race of about half the people who have been vaccinated in the United States. But they did say that among those they do know black Americans are being vaccinated at a lower rate to give you an idea. Roughly one out of every 20 people who have been vaccinated has been black. If they were receiving vaccinations equally relative to their share of the population. It would be more than double that. Okay, so the C D C is aware of this. Which makes me wonder. Are there any commitments from public health officials to get vaccines into neighborhoods where people of color live? Yeah, I'm seeing a commitment from federal and local leaders on this. In Texas County Health officials have said they are committed to getting vaccines to the hardest hit communities, and the binding administration has said they want to make sure immigrants regardless of legal status, have access to the vaccine, and FEMA is expected to create pop up vaccination sites in underserved communities. So you know, what do you see? Officials in Louisiana told me that they're going to use National Guard teams to go into underserved areas to do community vaccination events. But a more common solution that I've been hearing is creating partnerships with nonprofits and health clinics that already have connections in the community. But of course, you know doing those mass vaccination events. Depends on having enough vaccine so that will be even more important in the upcoming phases. Ashley. Shall Lena and Sean. Thank you so much. You're reporting. We appreciate it. Thank you. Ashley Lopez is with member Station Kut and Austin Selina. Chet Lani is with the NPR Gulf States Newsroom and Sean McMahon is a data editor at NPR. This is NPR news. And on this Friday you are listening to KCRW. I'm Michel Wilkes, a professor of medicine here in Southern California. We've learned that staying at home really works. California's covert 19 infection rate has fallen enough that some public activities can resume but a friendly reminder to police stay vigilant when outside your home and around other people, masks, hand washing and distance still apply. When we are all taking precautions, California will get better sooner Be well and stay tuned to KCRW..
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"It's morning edition from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep. And I'm no well. King Good morning, and NPR analysis looked at covert 19 vaccination sites in several large cities across the southern United States and found that those sites are more likely to be located in neighborhoods that have a higher percentage of white residents than the median neighborhood in the county. What That means is that it's harder for many black and Hispanic people to find a place to get vaccinated. Then it is for white people. We're going to talk more about these findings with the team that did the reporting. Ashley Lopez is a reporter with member Station Kut in Austin, Texas. Selena Chuck Lani is with member Station W. W. N O in New Orleans. She's the healthcare reporter for the NPR, Gulf States Newsroom and Sean McMahon is a data editor at NPR. Good morning, everyone Tomorrow morning. Hey, Sean, I want to begin with you. You went looking for trends that were visible in the early stages of the vaccine rollout. And what trends did you find? That's right. We are in the early stages. It is just getting off the ground. But we wanted to know where vaccination sites are located. So we went to all the states where we could find the addresses of vaccination sites. There were about 15 of these that had them online. My colleagues and I looked at the percentage of non Hispanic white residents in the census tracts of those states. It's basically a neighborhood. Have we mapped where the vaccine sites were in those senses tracks. We identified counties where there were more vaccine sites in places that had a higher percentage of white residents. So when we say it's a white, her neighborhood, what we really mean is that it's one that has a higher percentage of white residents compared to the county's median census track. Now we saw this happening over and over again in the Gulf Coast and in Texas, So I got in touch with Selina and Ashley to see if what they saw on the ground was matching what we saw in the data. Messalina. You have been looking all across the south. Tell me about some of the specific places you looked and what you found. So I looked into three states specifically Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana and one of the places I saw the most disparity was in Baton Rouge. In Louisiana. We looked into all of the vaccination sites that were there, and 19 out of 25 are located in the whiter and wealthier neighborhoods. That's also where most medical facilities are. So when I went to the northern part of the parish, which is a predominantly black and lower income community, the seniors I interviewed there said there weren't many convenient places for them to get vaccinated. These disparities and healthcare access have existed for a long time, and many of the city's I looked at. I saw similar issue next door in Jackson, Mississippi. There's only one vaccination site in Hinds County, which is over 70% Black. But that site is located in the Metropolitan Downtown Jackson area, which is where most medical centers are located. It's a predominantly white area and it's a 30 minute drive away from the more rural part of the county, where more black residents live. Okay. And then actually you also covering a massive area, which is the state of Texas. Tell me about what you found in Texas. Yeah, we have the same structural problems here In Texas, For example. I live in Austin and here. Advocates have been concerned that the wealthier and whiter parts of town, which are on the West side, have more vaccine sites because they have more pharmacies and medical practices. I also looked right outside of Austin east of us, There's the small rural county called Bass Drop County, and in that county, almost all the vaccine providers are in the main city, which is also called bass drop. Basically, there's one cluster of providers there along the main highway and then hardly any other sites in the county and this effects an immigrant community that's a 30 minute drive. From the city of Bass drop people there are afraid of driving into the city for basically anything. They've had run ins with local law enforcement over small things in the past that have resulted in deportations, which was really scared the community so policemen of vaccine sites really, really matters there. So Sean, Selina and Ashley were looking in the Southern part of the United States is what's going on. They're happening in the rest of the country. Unfortunately, there's no way to know for sure. The CDC is collecting data on where the vaccine doses are being distributed, but they have so far decided not to release that to the public. But what we do have an idea of is where the existing health infrastructure is think about places like clinics and hospitals and a group of researchers at the West Health Policy Center and the University of Pittsburgh. Found that in hundreds of counties across the country, black Americans were more likely than white Americans to live far away 10 miles in a rural area and one mile in an urban area from a potential vaccination center. Particularly critical question for public health, Then would be our black and Hispanic Americans not getting vaccinated because the vaccine sites are harder for them to reach. Selina. What did you find when you looked at the numbers? Yes. So in the places that I looked into black people are being vaccinated less than their share of the population. Take Mississippi where, As of Wednesday only 17% of residents who got the shot where black even though they make up about 38% of the population..
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"From NPR and WB war. I'm Peter O'Dowd. And I'm Cal in borders. This is here and now to state lawmakers in New York, one of band police officers from using chemical agents on Children anyone under 18. Their effort follows an episode in which Rochester police handcuffed and pepper sprayed a nine year old girl as seen on body Cam footage released this week. The officers involved have been suspended and now New York State Senator Samra Brooke wants to take legislative action. She represents the state's 50 50 Senate district and his chair of the chambers. Mental Health Committee, Senator Brooke Welcome. Thank you for having me. It's good to be here. I have to ask What was your reaction when you saw that footage of a nine year old girl being pepper sprayed, you know, my reaction was similar to. I think a lot of our reactions especially for folks here in Rochester, New York, you know, this isn't the first time we've seen something like this. And it was horrific and it was traumatizing to see a small child treated with such violence on by having a pepper spray in her face and more than anything, I think It just added to the need and the urge that we all have to to try to do something about it. But what you're hearing from your constituents, my constituents. We actually have heard from a lot of them. They are reaching out. And there's sick of it. Frankly, they don't want to see their city and their community and national headlines for something like this. It's not a proud moment for them, nor for me and you know, they look to their leaders to say. Well, what can we do? You know, we've been down this road. How is this still happening? To your point about having been down this road before you know. The city of Rochester created a person in crisis team after the death of Daniel proved he was a mentally ill black man who died a week after being in police custody last March. This team is a group of mental health professionals who are supposed to be dispatched to mental health crises related tonight when one calls but they weren't dispatched in this case, So why not? And how did the system failed? This young girl? You know, I'm glad you brought up the person in crisis team and you know, it's very new. Still, it got up and running very, very quickly. I definitely think we need to continue putting resource is into that group of mental health professionals to help folks who are in crisis, but because of a number of circumstances, they were not deployed in this instance. But really, what this comes down to is that under no circumstances should a child be pepper sprayed under no circumstances Should a child be violently pushed into a police car, Having not committed any crime on so we really want to focus on regardless of Who is showing up Can we at least make sure that we aren't attacking our kids with something like a chemical irritant? And so this is the thrust of a bill that you've proposed. You would like to bar police officers from using chemical agents like pepper spray and tear gas on Children under the age of 18. Does that go far enough in your view, senator or is that just kind of a starting point? I think it's certainly a step on the road. To where we make larger reforms. You know, we always look at you know the bigger picture of where we want to move. But also, you know, how do I make sure this doesn't happen tomorrow? And of course, you know, let's remember. According to the reports, the police officers were acting by their protocol, so their policy is that you can pepper spray a nine year old. And that to me is bad policy. Well, do you expect push back then? Or do you think the bill will pass? I mean, is there some counter that you're going to get that says police do need the option of using chemical agents on minors. I I look forward to having those conversations. This was a very quick moving response. It's developing quickly here on the ground in Rochester. So so I will continue to work with both my colleagues in the Senate. My colleague, Assembly member Meeks in the Assembly and, of course, our our local folks here on the ground in Rochester to make sure that we move forward in a way that's going to be the most protective For kids in the future. So that's the big picture policy debate that may shape what happens in future police interactions. But in this particular case, Senator the officers Involved have been suspended with pay as an investigation is underway. In this case, What would you like to see happen next? I would like to see a full investigation and I would like all of us to take that moment to reflect, you know, take policy out of it. Take titles out of it were all human beings At the end of the day? We're all sons and daughters. Some of us are parents ourselves. And let's just think about the fact that a nine year old girl has been traumatized because the adults in her life spread chemical irritants in her face when she was having a crisis, And I think that if we all take a moment as humans reflect on that, it's a very easy answer. That this is never the answer for a nine year old girl to have to suffer. Yeah, it's New York State Senator Sombra Brooke. Senator. Thanks for joining us. Thank you so much. In Texas. Some counties are just beginning to roll out their covert 19 vaccination plans that includes rural places like Bass Drop County east of Austin, Ashley Lopez from member station, Kut reports. Best. Rock County is one of the smaller counties, the state has designated a vaccine hub. That means county officials and others have to figure out how to hold mass vaccination events with few resource is so nonprofits like Bass Drop County cares are pitching in. The group's executive director, Debbie Percent says they're in the early stages of figuring out how to get vaccines administered on a wide scale. We're creating this as we go. With no real model. Most vaccination hubs in the state are in big cities like Austin and San Antonio. Places with way more resource is and doctor does more walks past Rob counties, Local health authority says they've already got a lot on their plate. The problem of addressing how to get vaccines into arms is something that came upon us in the middle of a huge public health crisis. Walk, says she's up to the task of mapping out all the barriers they face in bass drop one of those has to do with how people will sign up to get a vaccine first fall. A lot of people out here don't have good Internet connectivity. That's Edie Clark, a leader with Bass drop interfaith, she says before the pandemic was even an issue groups and bass drop had been working on improving access to the Internet. For thousands of families. It limits access to health care in general, you know, just doing a telemedicine visit. That means some folks are going to have to rely on getting things set up over the phone. We have 95 year old people calling us That Don't you know, don't use text very much, And when you call them back, they think it's a scam because you're getting scammed all the time Percent. With bass Drop County, Kerry says it will take a lot of hours to work out details for appointments and scheduling follow ups for the second dose because many people needed kind of not hand holding, But it's it's all this is complicated, and we're building it from scratch. And then there's convincing younger working people to make time to get vaccinated for, said says. There are a lot of people and bass drop, for example, who commute into Austin toe work. They work long, hard hours, maybe two in three different jobs, and so even finding time to get a vaccine and to wait in line means they are losing money. Their hourly workers often Hourly workers in Texas are often most at risk of getting Cove it and are more likely not to have sick pay or health insurance. And Edie Clark with bass drop, Interfaith says some of these families have no idea what's going on, Lou. What I'm hearing from some of the Residents you know, in in study point are that they're not really aware at all of how to get the vaccine. What they need to do, or You know the website or the phone number Any of that is a two..
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"ELISA Brady Fox to use a government watchdog takes a second log it possible interference from within the government. Fox's Jared Halpern is live in Washington, The Justice Department's inspector general will look into whether DOJ officials engaged in an improper attempt to alter the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Inspector General Michael Horowitz says his investigation concerns the conduct of former and current Justice Department officials. It will not extend to other government officials. The New York Times reported. A former assistant attorney general discussed a plan with former President Trump to remove the acting A G to challenge the presidential race. Former Attorney general William Barr resisted calls to question the election outcome, saying there was no evidence of widespread election fraud. Lisa I'm Jared President Biden signing more executive orders today, one of them reversing President Trump's decision to limit transgender service in the military. One of the Republican senators who still weighing how to vote in an upcoming impeachment trial, says he will not seek reelection next year. Ohio Senator Rob Portman, noting his 30 years of public service is saying he looks forward to focusing on legislative efforts for the next two Instead of fundraising and campaigning. One pharmaceutical giant is dropping out of the race for more covert vaccines. Merc announces it will not continue research or development on two different candidate vaccines for Corona virus disease. The drug maker says that while their formulas Intended to be a single dose vaccine showed promise, clinical data reveals it's not generating a high enough level of immunity to compete with existing incoming vaccines. Mark insists no test subjects showed an adverse effects. Seven brown, the company plans to focus instead on covert treatments. Covert numbers improving enough in California to lift the States Regional stay at home orders They're going back to a county based system. America is listening to Fox sees His radio K L. B. J on Patrick Osborne. This news is brought you by Associated Supply company. Another 333,000 vaccine doses will be sent out by the state this week. Master of Haze Travis and Williams and counties all getting new shipments. Caldwell County, though once again will not 16,500 are going to Travis County. But Austin Mayor Steve Adler says something has got to change with in the supply chain only received vaccine for about 2% of the population, and that is just not near. Enough all 2100 and 50 of Hays counties. Doses are being reserved for people who register online. Williams and county. Oh, get 8200 and bass drop county will get 1000. Austin City Council will soon discuss the homeless encampment Assistants link directing the city manager to implement an initiative that rapidly connects people with services and removes them from dangerous campsites near busy streets. The first phase of that will cost $3 million this week, though counsel's considering spending $9.5 million to buy a motel for the homeless on Picon Park Boulevard in North Austin. The Boston Council members may soon formally expressed concerns about tech stocks plan to widen and overall I 35 many of those concerns Echo those of Mario champion for the Urban Transportation Commission in 2021 Path Project Connect and it's It's a huge deal. We feel like the pulse of the citizens of the city favorite high capacity transit champion, says the plan doesn't properly address congestion or equality and climate change. Council is working on a resolution that could largely mirror the commission's rebuke. And the Dallas Federal Reserve's has 2024 a half percent contraction of the Texas workforce, representing more than 580,000 jobs lost with unemployment still high of the five largest metro areas in Texas. Austin's continues to be the lowest at 5.7% and should shape up to be a pretty nice day out there. That's gonna look good news. Radio K LBJ radar Weather Watch. Mostly sunny this afternoon High 75 clear tonight Low 45 Sonny for Tuesday High 74. From the weather Center. I'm Andy Rob, and I'm Patrick Osborne. You could get Austin News on demand news. Radio. K. L b j dot com You know, Good cup. It's a new year and.
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"For baseball. What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia. That's what Hank Aaron hit his 715 home runs, surpassing Babe Ruth back in the seventies as the all time home run champion for baseball. Hank Aaron was 86 Americans listening to Fox News News radio K. O B. J I'm Patrick Osborne. This news brought by Edelman Financial Engines. Governor Greg Abbott has made a lot of promises regarding public safety. He says He'll elaborate soon on the plan to implement safe zones in Austin that would be overseen by the DPS. There was so much about Austin Which is the front door or the state of Texas, Whether it be the capital or whether it be the University of Texas, DPS director Steve McCraw says he will do with the governor. Asked if that proposal does become reality Abbotts public safety round table this week touched on many Austin issues, and some city leaders say they're upset that they weren't invited to attend. Meantime, Austin's reimagining Public Safety task force is throwing a wrench in some council members hopes of getting the police cadet class up and running again this spring. The task force says that freeze on the new cadet classes should stay in place. Until racial bias is addressed and training videos and bass drop. County is hoping to achieve a very big feet, vaccinating everyone in the county and the next month and a half. County Judge Paul Poppy says the swift vaccination of everyone is the quickest way to save lives and more than 6000. People have already pre registered. We'll have a high of 77 degrees today, and I'm Patrick Osborne. You could get Austin News on demand at news radio. K l b j dot com Mark and Melissa there, live local and they're talking about the stories that matter to you Share your opinions with market Melinda at 51283605 90. Now Here are Mark and Melinda. Every day's a riveting day in this news cycle, Melinda. We've got a huge breaking story in Monday's gonna be fascinating as well. Glad to have you with us 10 03 1st of all we just heard from Senator Chuck Schumer that Nancy Pelosi will deliver the article of impeachment on Monday. Yeah, he says that he has spoken with her. The plan is to deliver on Monday and by Senate rules they have to start. What is it? 1 p.m. the following day? Yes Tuesday of next week, so the trial would start on Tuesday, and this is Not what McConnell had requested. If you remember yesterday, we kind of said he's asked that it didn't start until mid February. He was hoping that Pelosi would send the papers over like the first of February and then say, OK, we're going to set this to start like February 13th. This allows everyone to have enough time to prepare. Doesn't look like it went that way. Here's Chuck Schumer. This was just a short time ago. One thing that really strikes me is the way that Schumer words This first part. He makes it clear that Nancy Pelosi is in charge. That she informed Schumer that she will deliver it on Monday. She's in control of this whole thing, And she's deciding when all of this will start here is Senator Schumer. I've spoken to Speaker Pelosi, who informed me that the articles will be delivered to the Senate on Monday. Now I've heard some of my Republican colleagues argue. At this trial would be unconstitutional because Donald Trump is no longer in office, an argument that has been roundly repudiated debunked. By hundreds of constitutional scholars left right and center and defies basic common sense. It makes no sense whatsoever that a president or any official could commit a heinous crime against our country and then be permitted to resign, so is to avoid accountability and vote to disbar them from future office. Makes no sense. Um not to be technical here on your words, but he didn't resign to avoid anything. No, there was no resignation. He completed his term. Yeah, And that's a kind of the reason why you're doing this because he didn't want to get out of all right, right. Ah, and I've missed these hundreds of constitutional scholars weighing in on this. I've read to have weighed in Alan Dershowitz says. It's unconstitutional. And you and I talked about the UT Austin law professor who had the piece in the New York Times saying, Yes, it is constitutional. I've missed the hundreds of others weighing in on this. I'm sure they've had private meetings. We discussed this yesterday. Are they getting any input from individuals on what the Constitution says. And if there is any legality in which to move forward, and it sounds like to me by Schumer's hundreds of people that he said has weighed in, they feel like yeah, that it's legal and constitutional for them to move forward. That is not the opinion as he said on the Neil the Republicans, but it sounds like that's not the opinion on some of the sin Democrats as well, according to Senator Lindsey Graham. Yeah, let's listen to Senator Graham. This was this morning. Remember, the Senate is still split. 50 50. And you're going to hear Lindsey Graham say behind the scenes. There are Democrats, senators who do not want a trial. They want. Oh, wash this thing away and move on and forget about it because they think it's a political landmine. If she delivers the articles to us, they'll have to be disposed of under the process of the Senate if we could get 51 senators to dismiss It's all over. There's more than a handful of Democrats praying that Joe Biden will get on the phone and call Schumer and say it's over Ghost. They understand this is going to blow up in their face. Politically, I've never felt better about the Republican Senate conference. Being united behind the idea that what the house did was wrong in terms of process, And I think we're gonna have overwhelming Republican vote that this second impeachment of Donald Trump is unconstitutional. Even if President Biden were to get on the phone to Schumer, as he just described. I think many of the Democrats have gone too far on this thing. They don't want to back off if they want to go all the way..
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"Suicide bombings yesterday, killing 32 people in a busy Baghdad market entering $100. America's listening to Fox News You got sick, So, too, and good morning. I'm Patrick Osborne Topping Austin's news. The governor is ramping up pressure on Austin over the issue of homelessness after threatening to roll back the city's public camping ordinance if the City Council refused to do so, Governor Abbott now says he's pushing for a law that would prevent any city from past passing. Similar measures do expect to announce a state wide plan to address homelessness that will include a ban on captain Blood. Abbott is not elaborated much on that plan yet, although he has indicated that with in Austin There will be a concerted focus on areas around the capital and the University of Texas. Meantime, Austin's mayor now admits that the city's homelessness policies enacted by his City Council are failing marriage, Steve Adler tells Caixa and what the city has been doing is not good enough. The city had repealed the local camping. Bannon press forward on re housing those living on the street but says it's just not working the way it should. However, he isn't endorsing bringing back the camping ban going back to where we were before where we were just hiding people that were experiencing almost this. And the numbers are growing exponentially is absolutely the wrong solution. It's inhumane, he says. The city needs to do a better job on re housing transparency and establishing benchmarks. John Cooley News radio K O B. J The Austin School District has kept its campuses close of past couple of weeks. But Superintendent Stephanie Ella's all day says campuses will be reopening for students on Monday. Parents, though, can still keep their kids home to learn virtually Employees of the Ames district have started getting their first covert vaccine, Superintendent Tom Leonard tells Fox seven. It's not just just teachers but also bus drivers and custodians or anyone else who keeps the district movie. You know, obviously it's just the first dose and they've only had it a couple days on that the situation, but I think they see the light at the end of the tunnel more than 10% of Bean's employees have now gotten that first dose. And now that it has a state vaccination half of its own bass drop County believes it can achieve a very big feet, vaccinate everyone in the county within the next 90 Days. County Judge Paul Poppy says the swift vaccination of all residents is the quickest way to save lives. Pre registration is now open can be done online or by phone. More than 6000. People have already pre registered. And it is 604. Now go to the roadways. Austin's on time traffic, don Prior. Hey, you're looking good out there, folks. I'm not seeing any problems on the big roads looking good. If you're heading out on that morning commute, Just a lot of greens. All I see right now, so get there quick. You are Don prior with Austin's on time traffic Could bump into some pants.
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"Of the three right lane Looks like it's closed between Patent Avenue and Vargas until about six o'clock this morning. But for the most part, not a whole lot of action going on in the rest of major roadways. It's gonna lose your news radio Caleb EJ Radar Weather Watch could bump into some pants he found this morning. Otherwise partly sunny, mild today, the high 72 from the Weather Center. I'm Steve Williams. This segment Bravo six this news abroad to buy Tripoli countertops and topping Austin's news governor, Greg Abbott this week has sent a strong message to Austin about public safety from the issue of de funding. Police fill their duty to keep the residents safe. Or lose access to all of their tax revenue to the years long issue of homelessness and the more recent issue of camp sites around the city that will be addressed this session. It will include a ban on captain says they're key concerns that he won a lot of fester any longer. Abbott says He'll continue to keep up the pressure on lawmakers to make it physically impossible for Austin or any Texas City for that matter to cut funding to police. And as for the ban on camping, he says, that wouldn't just be for Austin, but rather every city across the state of Texas. Boston's mayor says the homeless policies enacted by his city Council have not been working. Marry Steve Adler tells Caixa and what the city has been doing is not good enough. The city had repealed the local camping ban and press forward on re housing those living on the street but says it's just not working the way it should. However, he isn't endorsing bringing back the camping ban going back to where we were before where we were just hiding. People that were experiencing homelessness and the numbers are growing exponentially is absolutely the wrong solution. It is It's inhumane, he says. The city needs to do a better job on re housing transparency and establishing benchmarks. John Cooley News radio K O B. J lot of activist groups strongly opposed the effort to roll back public camping in Austin, a local nonprofit save Austin now this week did submit more than 24 what it believes to be more than 24,000 valid signatures to get the issue on the ballot and give voters an opportunity to decide whether they want to roll back the camping band this year. Meantime, there's a new coalition called Austin is safer. It's collecting signatures to protect the current ordinance and keep public camping in place, as well as garner more support for things like police de funding. Some Austin City Council members don't believe that the public support is necessarily there for the full funding of a police department. Great, bizarre, tell CBS Austin The public doesn't really want that. And he says the governor doesn't know the first thing about what Austin needs. Governor is continuing to do political theater and talk about Austin, trying to beat up Austin to win political points. What we're trying to focus on civil rights and public. So, he says, the city is answered the call of thousands of people who do want police funds reallocate it elsewhere. To prevent things like Officer involved shootings, You may have noticed a new fencing popping up around police headquarters in downtown Austin. The department says. It's part of security upgrades that started months ago and not directly in direct response to any protest. Officials say the fencing will help keep a PD employee safer. Past 24 hours have shown some more signs of promise for Travis County's coronavirus numbers. 589 People are hospitalized today, and that's a drop of 25 167 people are now in the ICU. The number had been holding fairly steady this week in the mid one eighties. Active cases have increased by six after 5900 and 20 overall since back in March of last year, 63,751 cases found with 57,208 recoveries. The Austin school district has kept its campus is closed the past couple of weeks. But Superintendent Stephanie Ella's all day says campuses will be reopened for students on Monday. Although parents can still keep their kids home to learn virtually since closing campuses, I was all day says the positivity rate of testing has plunged in the district by more than 40%. Employees of the E in school district has started getting their Corona virus vaccines, Superintendent Tom Leonard tells Fox seven. It's not just teachers, but also bus drivers and custodians or of anyone else who keeps the district operating. Obviously, it's just the first dose and they've only had it a couple days on at the situation, but I think they see the light at the end of the tunnel more than 10% of Ian's employees have now gotten their first dose. Now that it's a state vaccination hub Bass Drop County believes it can achieve a bear a very big feet, vaccinate everyone in the county and the next month and a half. County Judge Paul Poppy Poppy says the swift vaccination of all residents is the quickest way to save lives. Pre registration can now be done online or by phone. And I see you. Bed capacity has grown just a bit Williamson County, which is reporting 10% of its ICU beds now available. That's up from 8% yesterday. 2177 cases active out of 28,384 confirmed and 26,227 recoveries. It is a bit foggy out there. So do be careful of your head now. Right now. 57 degrees in round rock. I'm Patrick Osborne. Get Austin News on demand and news. Radio K l b J Com Hey, this is don, and you're listening to the best of town and don Right now, now we're gonna be live at 5 30 So you don't go anywhere.
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"Jeffries and don crime. Yeah, Call them all County. They're hoping to get state approval for a vaccine Hub county Judge Hoppy Hayden, he tells you that's a great name. Hobby. Hate hoppy Haitian If you get in trouble, girlfriend, old hoppy hate Google that up right now happy Hayden County Judge Happy Hayden Touch Caixa and that they need a hub desperately. But the biggest challenge is they don't have any public health department. But the bottom line is her capital were suffering broke open as badly if not worms. And then some of the other, he says. Right now, people who are eligible for a vaccine or having to drive long distances to get one. Which is it? What's not ideal for the senior citizens in that county? I just want to tell you having just Google old hoppy Hayden. Yeah, he looks exactly exactly what you have in your mind. You know exactly what he looks like. Caldwell County is submitting a plan to you know, state model after a bass drop County, which was recently approved, as ah, Vaccination have to clear the way for them to get a bunch of vaccines to help those people so There you go. Well, I have a couple of other family members that that got vaccinated yesterday s Oh, it's just, you know, we're getting closer you go. I still have no idea what I'm getting that needle tomorrow. I think today My mom gets her second shot in that second round of the vaccination. I guess that's the five for one. She you know, she's a lunch lady. Yeah, and at a public school in Oklahoma, that's a front liner right there, And she's older. She's well, She's 70, but yeah, there you go. Your mom was 70. 1950 Yeah, 71. She's a baby man. Well, yeah, she is an absolute baby. You could have her around for another 30 years. I think she was like 17 or 18. When I was born now what? She really 16 Was away from you. Yes. Yeah. 17. Well, what do you mean by that? That's pretty common in the six Now, Of course it was. Let's see. Bill isn't Leander on the tide of Don show this morning. Hey, Bill. Good morning, fellas. How y'all doing? Stay. What's going on? Look here, brother. I used to be 10 12 hours. Screen time link. Dan Instagram Facebook. Uh, Parlor. All those six months ago. I got rid of all of them and went straight to Tic tac. I spent about 4 4.5 hours screen time now on Tic tac. That's if I post the video. Got away from all the politics. I got away from all the crap and on Lee do comedy now and I'm so much better off I wake you sound very happy. You sound very happy. Very happy. Yeah, Yeah, you and if you're on sick talk you would like by page What is what is your What's your handle? Hokey a joke. A 1983 trust me. It's a humor that you two will really appreciate. Let's see here e. Don't get humor. But guys, is she wearing a mask? A skull mask? Is that what that is that? All right? I got you, man. I'm there. You could. You could click on the first one. That's one of my characters. All right. Hang on a second. Is it okay to hear on the radio? Yeah, I would say that's a pretty good. Hey, everybody is your friend's house. Just checking in seeing high tonight. That's not it. That's not a girl, Uh, Earl, but kiss What but kiss. Yeah, All right, but kids, all right, All right, man. I appreciate your bills. Thank you, man. All right. I spent I get on in. This is my weakness right now is for a screen time I get on instagram, and I'm looking at drums because they're all kinds of postings on drums. Well, that's what you should do your go search out the thing. I'm just I'm just like, just absolutely addicted to that. And But I tell you sports, politics and social media I have I have. And maybe I'm bragging. I don't know what it would have been cut, but I've only made one political posting in my entire social media. Career. I made one political posting, and I will never, ever do it again. It was back when Donald Trump won and I just had a very simple post. I said. What amazes me something to the effect of what disturbs me Maura than Donald Trump. Where I said, I'm not disturbed about Donald Trump winning the election. I'm disturbed about the reaction to his winning the election. It was just very simple post and my God, I think the Anger and everything that broke out on my page. It was extraordinary. And that cured me right then and there It was my first and last political posting. The only other controversial one ever did was barbecue Do not ever, ever, ever on social media in this state. What are you talking about? Any opinion about barbecue on your social media? Let me know because you better get ready for an all Out. Bloody gory, violent, dark war. Well, you've been very clear as to who you think of the best barbecue joints in town. You've been very clear about that over the years. Well, you know that that's and I'm not the only one to go there right now. But I'm just saying, if you want to know what you kind of have to now, if you want to avoid trouble on Facebook, do not put an opinion on Barbie if you want to post You're Hey, Here's my brisket. I cooked, which a lot of people love to do. Just getting boring. No, I'm just I'm just saying I'm.
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"Maybe isn't too keen on the second Trump impeachment trial. Texas Senator John Cornyn Tweet tweeting this morning that multiple Republican and Democrat sources close to the impeachment trial negotiations. Tell us that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is looking to avoid presiding We're such proceedings. Kicks formerly known as the Dixie Chicks they performed in a virtual concert last night. They were raising money to relocate Ah Confederate statue from the Bass Drop County courthouse. Commissioners voted to remove the statues in July. They cost $50,000 to relocate more of these stories right now. A ktrh calm our next news update will be at the bottom of the hour. I live in southeast Houston, Your forecast is at the bottom of the hour on 7 40 ktrh. Okay, wrap your head with duct tape for this one. A bad published in The Washington Post last week. The raise eyebrows With its explanation, but then in air quotes of how it is the president Trump got as much support as he did among Latinos and African Americans. Cristina Beltran is a New York University associate professor riding to understand Trump's support. We must think in terms of multi racial whiteness. Mm. Mm. Pointing out that despite Trump's appeal to white nationalist She knows quite a few Latino or African American faces among the FBI wanted posters of the Capitol Hill rioters. Yes, Trump's voters and his mom, she says. Are disproportionately white. But one of the more unsettling exit poll data points of the 25 election was that a quarter to a third of Latino voters voted to re elect Trump. And while the vast majority of Latinos and an overwhelming majority of African Americans supported the bike, nearest ticket ever crucial do its success. Many black and brown voters have family and friends who fervently back the Maga policy agenda. Etcetera. It's several Jason Whitlock. Who contributes to Fox also is a sports writer and a sportscaster from Kansas City. Is also a conservative. Is tired of race being used to divide us. We have a problem here in America. The elites are running over the working class. We're demonizing a class of people. A 75 million Americans, if not more. We're destroying them. I'm looking at the media. The voices are being trampled upon Nancy Pelosi and all these politicians, Republican or Democrat are acting as if they just went through Pearl Harbor. And they did not. It was on tape. We've seen what happened. Was it the right thing? No, but it was not Pearl Harbor, and we have kids in America. Living with gun violence helicopters overhead gang by this gang culture who are being traumatized every day. And I'm supposed to feel sorry for Nancy Pelosi because People walked into the capital. Yeah, that's overblown. He thinks the whole thing is 7 27. Let's take a look at your money. Corny. Don ho, standing by with a look at how Wall Street's gonna open up this morning. Well, good morning, Jimmy Stock index futures, their higher the key event, We will be watching his Janet Yellen's confirmation hearing for Treasury secretary, the former Federal Reserve boss bidding.
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"Patrick Osborne. This news is brought you by Central Texas on two dealers. Another shipment of Corona virus vaccine has arrived in Travis County. This week. Two counties gotten about 14,600 doses and a supply remains very thin. Boston Public Health director Stephanie Hayden says You don't just have to look in Travis County for a vaccination. Any person Pinko anywhere in the state of Texas, any city or county. Other counties in the area have also gotten new shipments, including almost 6500 Williamson County 2900 doses in Hays County and 1500 Doses and Bass Drop County. Austin City Council and Travis County Commissioners Court will meet tomorrow for a very rare joint session to discuss the ongoing pandemic. The city and county are expected to talk about a new coordination for mitigation efforts. Final pushes on by a local nonprofit to collect enough signatures to get a rollback of the homeless Camping ordinance put on them a ballot. It's the second effort the group is made to do this and Matt Mackowiak with save Austin now says they are closing in on their goal. We started again December 1st brand new effort, starting from zero Trying to collect 30,000 signed petitions. And as of this morning, the group's has more than 28,000 signatures have been collected. Today is the final day that signatures can be collected before that petition has to be submitted to the city. And tensions remain high following the capital unrest in Washington on January 6th. Austin Mayor Steve Allen says local law enforcement will remain on alert at the state Capitol through Joe Bynes inauguration. Nothing specific targeted for us but heightened alert DPS and the Austin Police Department I believe have faith are going to be up to the challenge and then ready for whatever it is. That might happen if anything happens from protesters did show up in the capital over the weekend, but officials say there were no arrest made. And now here's your news. Radio, K o b. J radar, Weather watch louts and son this afternoon High 72 cloudy tonight Low 59 from the weather Center. I'm Andy Rob and I'm Patrick Osborne. You could get Austin News on demand at news radio. K l b j dot com Hi. I'm ripped Have you always wanted to have a baby, but worried. Time is running out Shady Grove..
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"In norm generation rehearsal shut down by external threat. NBC, Washington Staff and Associated Press What took the NBC News Bernie AP combined to report this a dress rehearsal for the inauguration of Joe Plugs. Biden was interrupted today when U. S Capitol Police issued a security warning to everyone on Capitol grounds. The message said all buildings within the Capitol complex external security threat. No entry or exit is permitted. Stay away from exterior windows and doors. If outside seek cover. Rehearsal. Participants were evacuated from the West Front of the Capitol on orders of security officials after a fire in AH homeless in Cannes. A fire in a homeless encampment can affect the inauguration of Joe Biden or any president of fire in a homeless encampment. You know when you boil this all down? The reason the deep state the reason the establishment Is putting more military in Washington for this inauguration we have in war zones. You understand this? We have a greater military presence. Then we haven't a lot of war zones where were deployed around the world. The reason they're building walls. That rival what Trump built on the southern border. The reason the media Arjun ng up scary stories like this of white supremacists ready to make trouble. They are conveniently forgetting what the left did to Washington in 2017, which I just recanted or or reminded you of The reason this is going to be a virtual inauguration with no people now the reason for the constant security warnings That, by the way, seemed to be withdrawn as quickly as they're issued. Why do you think all this is happening? Why are they putting more military in Washington for this inauguration? We haven't war zones. Why are they building walls? Why are they giving up all these scary stories of White supremacist ready to make trouble. They're worried about something. They need to distract you and me and as many as they can. From what worries and what worries them. Could it be? They know the election was not open up. They know that people are right to be mad about something. This is not necessary, folks. I think it's largely made up back in a moment. News radio K O B. J on Patrick Osborne. This news is brought to you by advanced Pain care. The FBI is betting the 25,000 National Guard troops being deployed to Washington, D. C ahead of Inauguration day. Major General William Walker says the beddings necessary We want to make sure that everybody in this bubble of security that we're providing has the privilege to be their Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy says. So far, the vetting is not raised any issues they're aware of. As Joe Biden promises to provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, Guatemalan authorities been clashing with 100 migrant caravan that's been making its way North. As many as 9000 people have crossed into Guatemala, most of whom are believed to be headed for the United States and more Corona virus vaccine have arrived in central Texas between Travis Williamson, Hayes and Bass drop counties. Almost 25,500 new doses have been distributed by the state. No new doses, though, have been allocated to Caldwell County for the weak high Today. 72 degrees on.
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"K O B, J A. M. Austin 5 90 A, M and K 259 a J. Austen 99.7 and imagine a safe inauguration. ELISA Brady Fox to use Vice President Mike Pence, offering that reassurance as he leads a security briefing at this hour with FBI and Homeland security officials at FEMA headquarters is the president made clear yesterday. We are committed to an orderly transition. Into a safe inauguration. The American people deserve nothing less. The capital is now teeming with National Guard troops after last week's deadly security breach and ongoing steps are being taken to close off certain areas to the public for next week's inauguration, including the National Mall, the head of the Secret service moments ago, saying they are highly confident in their security plan. We get the details tonight on the incoming administration's plan to fight Cove it and revive the economy. Boxes Jared help earn has more live. President elect Joe Biden is unveiling the American rescue plan. It is a $1.9 trillion proposal focused on a national vaccination program small business for relief in direct payments to Americans. Stimulus checks with total $1400 per person. Other provisions would enhance unemployment, child care and health care benefits by President elect Biden has set a goal of reopening a majority of K through eight schools in his 1st 100 days in office, proposing $130 billion in that effort to improve until ization hire janitors and implement other mitigation measures. Lisa Thanks, Jared Will the focus right now is on speeding up vaccine shots but around the country. The expansion of eligibility to more people, especially seniors, is leading to more demand than supply in some areas, even though on Lee about 11 million covert vaccinations have been administered by states out of some 30 million doses distributed. By the federal government. The virus has now killed over 387,000 in the U. S. America's listening to Fox News. NewsRadio Kale, BJ on John Cooley. This news the service of Edelman financial engines, Austin Travis County hospitals or about 15 ICU beds away from being overrun, according to today's UT covert report during yesterday's CUNY Austin session. Travis County Health Authority, Dr Mark Esca stood by his prediction that today would be the day that local hospitals are overrun but covert cases, But he still hopes he's wrong. I hope is that changed behavior enough to avoid that. I don't think that's going to happen, but that's the medium projection. It couldn't very As the latest you decoded projection, health experts and doctors predict hospitals will instead hit 200 covert ICU cases next Thursday. Whimsy counties, mass vaccine plan is awaiting approval from the state once it is approved, the county hopes to banks need 120,000 people who are eligible in phase One B plan includes public and private partnerships, as well as a mobile vaccination van for the elderly and people in rural areas. The bass Drop County movement to remove two Confederate monuments from the county courthouse grounds is getting some country star power backing the band The Chicks have thrown in with Bastard Kenny Relocation Committee, only part of an online concert called the Move Forward Virtual Music fast. It's part of an effort to raise the funds needed to remove the controversial monuments built to be held on Martin Luther King Day. Gail VJ news time is 403 now.
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"Whatever you need. Band AIDS. Has Dr S. Scott been setting on his hands? Not acquiring more ventilators and more ICU bed space. Todd has he been? It's been preoccupied, you know, dealing with Kabo, Kabo San Lucas Mayor Adler, right has don't understand it. They keep throwing this fear out there, but even their own reaction to their own fear. Words does not correlate with the fear because I think, Todd honestly, the the cynical side of me, which is a big side of me right now, it thinks that they want this to happen. I got it. I got to be honest with you. I think they want they almost want to go. I told you So. According to the city of Boston scope of 19 dashboard current numbers for our area show 156 ICU beds are in use right now. With 552 hospitalized. 91 folks are currently on a ventilator now has got urged the public to stay in and avoid non essential travel and group settings while speaking to the Travis County Commissioners Court just yesterday. Any time I've heard the mayor talk about this topic when he's reporting numbers or any ish anything to do with it. Any bad side of it. Most of it is a you know, it's hard to find a positive spin on anything on this, but he almost talks about it with a little bit of a little bit of giddiness in his voice, and any time I do it any time I hear it, I should say I I really think that they would be part of it would be kind of happy if this happened to go. I told you so. See, we were right. We were right the whole time. Y'all y'all? Y'all thought that we were that we were overreacting. No, we were right. We were right. We could share you happen to see all our beds are for all the better for all the better pool. And Yeah, you're right. I just now We're this far in it. How is that They're not ready for any scenario. Yeah, that's that's not good. That's not good at all. Now. Austin currently has a positivity rate of 15%, which is up from 12% of the week prior. And the outlook is grand moving ahead and that number alone right there is a little deceiving, You know, I mean, that number could change. As more people get tested. It fluctuates. It goes up and down. As Scott says, We're just now starting to see cases pop up from Christmas, and he expects to see even more cases in the next 10 to 14 days after New Year's Eve, he says, quote we're getting. We're going to realize those increases in hospital admissions and ICU admissions. This week's, which we will certainly change the outlook next week surrounding counties there seeing those increases. Well, bass Drop County is a 24% positivity rate. Caldwell County 21%. Hays County 19% 20% Up in Williamson County and Dr S. Scott says this is a troubling trend. I want to say this one more time, and I don't want to sound like a broken record. I'll keep it short, but we've got to remember. We got to remember. When anybody is admitted to the hospital for anything broken ankle ruptured spleen, Whatever it is, whatever it is, you're admitted to the hospital for right now You have to have a covert test. These numbers do not mean that there are people lying in the hospital sick. With coveted It doesn't mean that it means that Yeah, Some people also tested positive for Cove it we cannot. They want us to panic for these numbers, but we should not. They keep talking about how our hospital community is, you know, stretched to its limits. When E. Before this virus. We were talking about a nursing shortage in Texas. I mean, that's been a problem for decades. You know what I mean? But I don't see anything from local hospitals, saying these things. In fact, I haven't heard that I haven't heard any hospital officials say. Stay home. We can't handle to take you anymore. No, I haven't heard that. I haven't heard anything from hospital officials we have yet to hear from a hospital official. Henry is in Cedar Park on the tide of Don show. Hey, Henry. Good morning. Just Yeah, you guys were talking about building out new ICU beds and things like that. I'm actually a nurse. I work in downtown Austin and I've been working the covert units often on since the beginning, building out of hospital beds and Burn ICU in Western 12 months. It's just not realistic in any way, shape or form. You can't be. You're telling me that in America we can't put together an ICU unit. In 12 months. No. That's a new hospital downtown Delphine Medical Center took her with three years to build. Well, that's just ridiculous. Come on. That's just ridiculous. You know that I'm not not everything, Henry. I'm not buying that. We built that F when we built that soccer stadium overnight. Give me a break. Sure did that's come on. No, that's just not true. Henry. I'm sorry. I trust your expertise being a nurse in an ICU unit downtown, but I just don't buy it that we can build more capacity. We've been converting non spicy rooms in dicey rooms left and right since the beginning of the panda, also, it's possible. No, that's not building new stuff that's converting other rooms that usually aren't used for ice. Okay, well, Okay, Now you're getting into Hispanics. How about convert more rooms in the ICU units? We have been doing that left and right. The bigger problem is staffing. You know, nursing as a whole, and I'm a nurse. I've been a nurse for the last 12 years. Nursing as the whole losers. Nurses like Terry few other profession. Oh, I get it. Wait, son of nurses nursing in the first nine years, I got it. I totally get it. We've been talking about a nursing shortage. Like a said for a long time in this all across the country for years. Are you indeed overwhelmed right now? From me. We're not overwhelmed or dealing with it as best we can. Um you know, I'm actually on the route heading into work for my first shift this week, and I'll see what it looks like that the last I heard we still had that stays kind of ships. Are you working? I mean, how many days we keep working? 5 12 hour shifts. Yeah. Yeah, so everyone that since the beginning of the fans are like and how many people are patients, you think you've taken care of I know at all facility since coded, we discharge That's not how many we've had. People unfortunately passed away, but we've discharged as of end of last week over 1307 patients just at the one hospital. What do you want us in the community to do? How can we help you? I mean, you know, I mean, I don't necessarily agree with the stay home, but wear a mask. I see people every single day going in and out of stores. Places like Hee. Just ignoring the sign that says where, Max? Well, I don't. I don't see that at all. I'd see you anywhere. I don't see it anywhere. I was just about a Travis County station last night and William singing as you go Far, Texas and two people walked in not wearing a man's The cashier. Guy said something one of them rolled his eyes and one of them started yelling at him, and that was yesterday. I mean, it's It's not everybody, but all it takes is a few people doing that on a regular basis to keep this thing going, Henry, let me ask you this. How long you been in the hospital Care business? A nurse. 12 years, 12 years. Do you need volunteers? How can we help? In tears because they don't have the training. They don't have. I'm not gonna wear their mass properly if they're on a covert unit, so that things like that. Don't really help. Unfortunately, Henry, have you have you got the vaccination yet? I got my first shot seven days eight days ago. And and so your schedule get the next one was a two week gap. Is that how it works? January 15th party than scheduled some of that sugar January. The 15th There you go with no side effects. Yeah, I had to wake in my arm That was less than much. You shot? Yeah. How are the other nurses and how the other staff holding up Good. I mean, you know what a whole lot of resolve of this is What we do for a lot of us. This is leave you It is. This is just another bug and we deal with bugs every day of our lives. Look what you're cutting your kind of downplaying it, Doctor. Nurse. You're You're kind of you're kind of downplayed a little bit. This is what we do. There was a lot of panic in the very beginning from a lot of staff worried because we didn't know the ins and outs of this particular bug. But I mean, we deal with infectious disease every day. So we do what we have to do it. You know, I mean, the patient care business. I take care of people for a limit to what I do. I wonder what the hospital community is doing to recruit more nurses right now. They're offering tons and tons of money tens of thousands of dollars. If.