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WTOP
"mayor sylvester turner" Discussed on WTOP
"It's 9 47, a 33 year old man is under arrest in connection with the deadly shooting of rapper takeoff of the Atlanta based Migos, authorities say the rapper was an innocent bystander when gunfire erupted outside of Houston bowling alley. Mayor Sylvester Turner says he hopes this helps take offs this helps rather take off's family. I am glad that suspect has been arrested and charged with take on death. It's certainly I think we're bringing some comfort to the family, though it does not bring on takeoff back. This is a significant step towards seeking justice and I hope it also brings additional comfort to all of those who love take off. Clark is the second person arrested in connection with the shooting which leaves two others wounded. Far right talk show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has filed for personal bankruptcy protection in Texas. This comes as he faces nearly one and a half $1 billion in court judgments over conspiracy theory, theories he spread about the 2012 sandy hook school massacre, Jones listed one to $10 billion in liabilities in his filing. Back in October, a Connecticut jury sided with the families of the school shooting victims who sued Jones and won nearly $1 billion. Jones has laughed at the awards on his InfoWars show saying he has less than $2 million to his name. Now to top stories we are working on here at WTO, there is a verdict in the case of the FBI agent accused of shooting another passenger inside a red line train, and D.C.'s troubled 9-1-1 call center is the focus of a clash between the mayor and district council. She wants to save the nomination of her pick to run the center, some council members are opposed. Keep it here on WTO for full details. 9 48, traffic
WTOP
"mayor sylvester turner" Discussed on WTOP
"Companies and foreign unions have stalled over healthcare benefits and time off policies. Houston, Texas remains under a boil water advisory after a power outage at the city's water purification plant. Reporter Chris Fox has the latest details. The power outage was caused when a primary and backup transformer failed at the eastside water treatment plant Houston public works director Carol haddock. The failure was inside the plant that was between the supply side and getting to our treatment facility. Mayor Sylvester Turner says the problem was fixed in a couple of hours, but they went ahead with the boil water notice. I have to look at the data, working in collaboration with TCH and a partners out of an abundance of caution to the decision was made to do it. They hope to lift the boil water notice late Monday or early Tuesday. Chris Fox for CBS News, Austin. A self described white supremacist who killed ten black people at a Buffalo New York supermarket in May pleads guilty to multiple counts of murder and a hate motivated terrorism charge. CBS tarika Duncan reports the gunman will likely spend the rest of his life behind him. Prosecutors say the killer spent months researching his intended target because of the number of black people living in the neighborhood and court one prosecutor repeated the phrase because they were black several times after referring to each person who died. Meantime, people gathered in Chesapeake, Virginia, to remember the 6 people killed last week in a shooting at a Walmart break room. Governor Glenn youngkin described the difficult morning process. When yet another act of senseless violence fills our hearts with unspeakable sadness, shock and anger to move forward without fear without trouble has become for many an arduous task. The White House says President Biden is monitoring the largest Chinese protests in decades, CBS Ed O'Keefe explains how the rare public dissent in China is growing. Outrage was originally
WBBM Newsradio
"mayor sylvester turner" Discussed on WBBM Newsradio
"Who had been struggling. Yeah, the rematch between Republican governor Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams is also close. Camp campaigning near Augusta. Do not take for granted in your family's going to vote. You got to call that love that you don't like and say, hey, I got money. There's still cleaning up in danger field taxes near the Louisiana border after yesterday's tornado. Those people were trying to free a stuck car from fallen trees. Several twisters of hit areas in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas officials say at least one person has died, a 90 year old man in Oklahoma. Twitter now has about 4000 fewer employees after yesterday's layoffs. New owner Elon Musk says the company is losing millions of dollars a day. Business Insider global technology editor Alistair Barr. The problem is the Elon Musk this company with a massive amount of debt. He's going to have, I think, over $10 billion in debt. There's going to be a lot heavy interest payments on that debt. CBS Mara Rubin tells us that health officials are concerned about a triple threat. Three respiratory illness says the flu COVID-19 and RSV are hitting the U.S. earlier and harder than previous years. Fueling concerns at a triple democ will strain hospitals this fall and winter. RSV causes a mild cold illness. In most people, but it can be very dangerous for very young children and older adults. You should mayor Sylvester Turner says his city is ready to handle a big celebration of the Astros wrap up the World Series tonight. We
Bloomberg Radio New York
"mayor sylvester turner" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Sit down to Washington D.C. will get world and national news with Amy Mars All right thank you Paul just days after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas the National Rifle Association has its annual convention planned for this weekend in Houston Houston mayor Sylvester Turner says the convention is going to take place as scheduled He explained last night at the city council there that they simply can't cancel it That convention has been on the books for more than two years And it was a contractual arrangement We simply can not cancel a conference while convention because we may not agree with the subject matter And that was subject the city to a number of lawsuits He says the bigger question is why high profile political leaders in Texas like senator Ted Cruz and governor Greg Abbott are still planning to speak at the event This as Houston braces for protests over that meeting this weekend The Food and Drug Administration is blaming its mailroom for a chain of events leading to the national baby formula shortage one of the main producers Abbott and the FDA faced tough questions from lawmakers on Capitol Hill yesterday FDA commissioner Robert caliph while there are many stops along the way where different actions could have sped up the sequence of events Through the state I can find no evidence of intentional delay or malfeasance FDA commissioner Robert califf says back in October a former Abbott employee sent a report to the FDA detailing health violations at that plant in Michigan but officials did not get that whistleblower complaint until February four months after it landed in the agency's mailroom Global news 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quicktake Powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120.
WGN Radio
"mayor sylvester turner" Discussed on WGN Radio
"Rifle Association convention will go on as planned The Sox beat Boston three one the cubs lost its Cincinnati for three WGN traffic are expressways in toys are in good shape no external to delays at this time There are no plans to cancel this weekend's National Rifle Association convention in southeast Texas Brian shook reports Houston mayor Sylvester Turner said the city would be opening itself up to legal issues if they bar the NRA and supporters from gathering inside the George R Brown convention center Turner did question how wise it was for politicians to ask for prayers and then go champion guns days later Texas governor Greg Abbott and U.S. senator Ted Cruz are expected to speak at the event I'm Brian shook an ex-president Trump says he's still speaking at that NRA convention but American pie singer Don mcclain is bowing out saying it would be disrespectful and hurtful to perform there President Biden signed a new executive order on national police reform that aims to boost police accountability To address profound fear and trauma exhaustion and particularly black Americans have experienced for generations The order requires all use of force practices to be reviewed and documented at the federal level It also encourages limiting choke holds and no knock warrants and restricts the amount of surplus military equipment local police can acquire Britney Spears lawyer says her father Jamie is running and hiding from his deposition concerning the pop star's former conservatorship Lawyer Matthew rosengart filed paperwork claiming Jamie spears has engaged in stonewalling and obstruction for the last 6 months Jamie has said he'll only sit down in Kent with Louisiana Harry Styles latest album is breaking a modern era vinyl sales record.
WLS-AM 890
"mayor sylvester turner" Discussed on WLS-AM 890
"Will fall back to the mid teens to around 20 northwest west magazine 30 mph increasing clouds Friday low to mid 30s chance for afternoon shower Saturday high near 40° From the weather channel on jaffin OLS they make 90 with another update in 30 minutes 8 90 wls a.m. Chicago 94 7 wls FM HD two Chicago The Thanksgiving holiday is the first since last year's lockdowns millions of Americans though still struggling to make ends meet in this pandemic In Houston rainy weather forced officials to cancel the cities Thanksgiving Day parade but not its annual food drive Houston mayor Sylvester Turner said for many this is their only option this holiday For those who are walking and want to pick it up they can do that But for those who need that hot meal don't have the ability to go and cook it and want to eat here They have tables set up for about in the hot meals The super feast expected to feed about 25,000 people today Millions are already shopping online or heading to stores tomorrow looking for those bargains but due to supply chain issues stores may have already started their Black Friday deals early And a day after a jury found three men guilty in the murder of ahmaud Arbery and Georgia the mother of the 25 year old black jogger who was shot and killed says even though her son is not with him this Thanksgiving has special meaning for her Michelle Franz and ABC News Your guide to everything automotive drive Chicago It's rob marked here and this week we test drive the Volkswagen south take a look at the Jeep grand Cherokee and.
WLS-AM 890
"mayor sylvester turner" Discussed on WLS-AM 890
"In Chicago to wolf road in west suburban hillside Mallory war broker 8 90 wls news King County's Louis Medina was honored today for saving the life of another man from an oncoming train I just felt like I had to do something I had to help him Louis was presented with the citizen of the year award in October he ran to aid a man in a car stuck on the tracks just north of Prairie street and sugar grove The 72 year old driver was suffering from a medical issue He pulled him to safety before the vehicle was smashed by the train Answers about Friday's deadly stampede at a Houston music festival are still hard to come by ABC's Jim Ryan says the FBI has joined the probe into the incident that left 8 concertgoers dead including two young men from Naperville Energy park where the astral world festival was held is owned by Harris county but Houston mayor Sylvester Turner says the city is committed to finding answers about the tragedy as well I've dealt with many crisis since I've been mayor This is the only one where it's been difficult to sleep at night Turner says his own niece and nephew had tickets to the second day of the event which was canceled after the dance and injuries the night before Jim Ryan ABC News Dallas The tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington national cemetery in Virginia is allowing the public to lay flowers for the first time in nearly 100 years The Plaza opened today and tomorrow for limited hours to members of the public Members of the third U.S. infantry regiment typically stand watch at the landmark Tim Frank is the Arlington national cemetery historian By the simple act of laying a flower you're not only honoring the three unknowns buried here but all unknown or missing American service members who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
"mayor sylvester turner" Discussed on Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
"At hareb of former harris county public health doctor is suing the county for wrongful termination after he was fired earlier. This year for allegedly stealing cove in nineteen vaccine doses. Calmer buckley tells us the doctors civil lawsuit alleges discrimination and seeks one million dollars in damages sack in december when access to the corona virus vaccine was limited harris county public health doctor. Hassan gokul was concerned. Batch was going to expire so goco says he took the doses offsite and administered them to people in his community including his wife. He believed that was in line with. Cdc's guidance at the time. Then the county fired goco for the move in january whereas a equitable distribution and gokul alleges. That's because he administered the doses to too many people of south asian descent of yours. You mean indian names. He says exactly harris county public health has said the gokul stole the vaccine's when he took them off site but in june a grand jury declined to indict him for theft. The harris county attorney's office declined to comment on the lawsuit. I'm kyra buckley in houston. And you can hear our full interview with dr gokhale coming up on houston matters in in just over an hour. Meanwhile houston mayor sylvester turner has fired the city's housing director after he made allegations against turner. Tom mccaslin alleged at a city council committee meeting that the administration is favoring certain affordable housing developers and influencing contracts or to participate in that. This was a competitive process. When i know it was not a competitive process. That's the problem here. Reinforced asked my teammates to participate in that charade and that is not something that we can do is something that we will do. Turner released a statement saying mccaslin. Statements are puzzling. The administration is no longer confident in his leadership and haitians in houston are preparing to help with food and other resources as new asylum seekers arrive in our region are camilo. Hannibal smith reports buses with more than one hundred. Haitian migrants. who had crossed into del. Rio made their way to houston last night and luke organization say they need help to prepare for more rivals. Rolando charles is with houston haitians united and was part of a crew volunteers who were on hand to help translate and also prepare meals such as chicken stew and rice and beans were there from six thirty two almost three in the morning. handing out food translating Connecting people through what's after facebook messenger through the internet to their friends and families that are currently in the united states and helping them by those ciders bus tickets or airline tickets. Her group partnered with the national association of christian churches which helped with bussing and temporarily housing. The migrants houston haitians. United expects more busloads of migrants to come into houston and charles says. They're looking for volunteers. Who speak haitian creole on. Camilo hannibal smith in houston sunny with a high of just eighty five degrees today. Going to be cool at seventy two right now on the u h campus. I'm matt harrop. News eighty eight seven support for. Npr comes from npr stations. Other contributors include data icu in artificial intelligence platform..
AP News Radio
Tropical Storm Nicholas slows, dumps rain along Gulf Coast
"Tropical storm Nicholas brought a lot of rain to the coast in southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana in Galveston and Houston in Texas they got a lot of rain mayor Sylvester Turner in Houston says it could have been worse the largest amount on the city of Houston so can I needed a break it was a different story in Louisiana we expect certain amount of activity weather wise this was just a little over the top hurricane ida had destroyed one of Stephen voices buildings and damaged the main plant of his seafood business Nicholas is adding to the damage many people all the way from New Orleans to here have this for more damage they're not gonna recover quickly or easily the mayor of Lake Charles Louisiana says anytime there's even a hint of a weather event approaching people get scared I'm a Donahue
Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
"mayor sylvester turner" Discussed on Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
"The city is trying to shut down their food distribution program just steps away. Mayor sylvester turner has asked the group to relocate previously. He said the meal distribution near the entrance to the library was never a good fit because it benefits one. But it precludes The general public families as children from utilizing the public library. Randall callanan civil rights. Lawyer and volunteer with the organization says their constitutional protections built into attempts to feed people. One can say that feeding. The poor is religious fresher. And that's not only in christianity but in judaism islam and other religious. The mayor said he has offered the group other locations. Downtown but organizers. Say it's too far. I'm camilo hannibal smith in houston the. Us supreme court blocked the scheduled execution of texas death row inmate late last night after claiming his religious freedoms were violated. John henry ramirez was convicted for murdering a convenience store clerk almost twenty years ago but won a reprieve after his request to have a pastor's touch on him while he was executed wants denied ramirez was previously scheduled twice to be executed. The victim's son. Aaron castro says he's tired of these continuous delays. You always think there's going to be the year visits the time that won't be another stay of execution won't be another delay. I really have no words for john henry and to be quite honest i have no words for him at all. Prosecutors say castro's brother was stabbed twenty nine times the night that he died sunny with a high of ninety seven degrees later today. It is seventy six right now on the campus. I met arab news. Eight seven support for. Npr comes from the news leaders association. Supporting the first amendment and seeking to empower..
Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
"mayor sylvester turner" Discussed on Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
"Live from news at eight seven. Houston on delattre. Fort bend county. Says it plans to sue governor greg abbott for not letting local governments impose a masked mandate to help stop the spread of cova. It calumny judge. Kp george says they've just raised or cova threat level to read because of a rising number of cases other counties and school districts are also defined. The governor's order tomorrow. H isd's board will vote on whether to impose a mask mandate proposed. Houston charter amendment is ready to appear on the ballot. But voters won't see it for another couple of years. Jen rice looks at what's behind. The delay houston organizers collected enough signatures for voters to weigh in this november on a proposition to reduce the mayor's power by making it easier for council members to put items on the agenda but mayor sylvester turner ask council members to hold off on that until twenty twenty three when voters will elect a new mayor and council members. But it's the decision of this council whether or not you want to spend one point remain in this election cycle. Well quite frankly the turnout is going to be probably less than three percent less but district j. councilmember at pollard. Said two years is too long delay for an election and the turn out is beside the point. I don't think that is in the realm of what we should truly be considering because our job is just to make sure that an opportunity is made for people to vote. Pollard was one of four council members who move for it to be scheduled. This november ultimately council voted to put the proposition on the ballot in twenty twenty three. I'm jen rice in houston. Houston's to wear ports have both taken multiple honors in this year sky tracks world airport awards bush intercontinental continental was ranked as a top. Us airport hobby was ranked as a top ten domestic airport. Both airports also got awards for cleanliness. There was baseball at minute. Maid park this afternoon with the astros defeating the colorado rockies five to one we still have that heat advisory in effect until eight tonight this evening. Were expecting a low around seventy nine degrees thirty percent chance of rain tomorrow high in the mid nineties eddie. Eight on the u h campus. I'm guilty water news eddie. Eight seven support for npr comes from npr stations. Other contributors include t. Rowe price committed..
Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
"mayor sylvester turner" Discussed on Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
"Houston i met harold in that infrastructure. Bill you just heard about on. Npr includes roughly twenty seven billion dollars for texas highways and a half. A billion for bridges. Texas senator john cornyn also says democrats have agreed to let states use unspent corona virus relief funds. It would allow thirty percent of the money that the states have received for cove nineteen relief. Should they choose to use that money for other purposes like infrastructure that they would be allowed to do so an additional three point. Three billion dollars would go towards improving public transportation in texas if passed something houston mayor sylvester turner says is a top priority. Meanwhile a houston public media. Investigation has found. Teachers accused of misconduct. In the houston. Independent school district can spend months and sometimes years on paid leave even if they did nothing wrong as our flooring. Martin reports state. Senator now says he wants to do something about it. We've reviewed ha data and found in the last three school years teachers under investigation by the district on average spent around one hundred and fifty hours on paid administrative leave and that means for the most part sitting in an office building every day. Doing no work when we told state. Senator paul bettencourt about this. He said something needs to be done about the time. It takes to investigate allegations if necessary on the legislative level through either unwilling unable to get the job done an adequate period of time. The problem with this is that it leaves. People that are under investigation open ended and the taxpayers have to pay for it. Our review found in one case at teachers spent nearly five hundred days on paid administrative leave before being cleared and an email response. Each st told us students. Safety is paramount. And that it's the district's responsibility to investigate any allegation of misconduct thoroughly. I'm florida and martin in houston. Now school starts this week. In a few districts around greater houston including fort bend. Isd the district says they will be sending out information to parents today. That will detail a virtual learning option. This year that will also be available.
Mark Levin
Arkansas' GOP governor wants to undo ban on mask mandates
"Reiterating he will not impose lockdowns or face mask mandates in response to rising covid cases. Speaking to a business association in Dallas, he said the key to ending the pandemic is getting people vaccinated. The governor has not responded directly to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Mask mandate for city employees that took effect Wednesday. Dallas and
Michael Berry
Houston Mask Mandate Might Violate Texas Governor's Order
"In the mask mandate imposed by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. It goes into effect today. The governor's office has not spoken of whether Turner is violating abbots executive order that bans mask mandates by local officials. But the governor is pushing
Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
"mayor sylvester turner" Discussed on Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
"Is last month on friday. Rescuers concluded their month-long operation to recover victims from the rubble. You're listening to. Npr knees live from news. Eighty eight seven in houston on daughter. Here's what we're working on for. All things considered with hospitalization rates quickly soaring in texas. The department of state health services is appealing to people to get a coveted vaccine. The number of texans in the hospital with cova has now exceeded port panels. And it's the first time. The state is seen those numbers at about four months. Commissioner john heller stat says millions of people still aren't vaccinated and that's as dangerous variant star to spread and yet there is good news very good news in fact unlike previous surges. This time we have safe powerfully effective vaccines and plenty of them. More than twelve and a half million people in texas are now fully vaccinated against covert also news. Eddie eight seven flooring and martin is looking at the struggles facing houston's who are still trying to rebuild for years after hurricane harvey slim say they're getting shortchanged by the state. The city is now asking the federal government to get involved mayor sylvester turner says the texas general land office. Granting money to rebuild many homes with fewer bedrooms or without garages and homeowners say that's diminishing their home values. That's why turner wants the us department of housing and urban development to ensure harvey damaged homes are rebuilt to their previous size. Totally kind of reconfigures. How that community looks and it. Changes of the disposition of those communities has been absent for too long in this process. More than seventy percent of people in the program are in communities of color. The land office denies discriminating against anyone spokeswoman brittany excess hud basis the funds on family size not on the house it unfortunately is not insurance so it is not a replacement value program it is an optional program for those and are still in need she says allows funds to be used to build garages for example. A neighborhood state restrictions require it. I'm florida and martin in houston right now. We have partly cloudy skies..
Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
"mayor sylvester turner" Discussed on Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
"Houston i met hera. The fbi is investigating the harris county precinct. One constable's office after four current and former female deputies accused their superiors of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed back in may that's according to a lawyer representing the women who says they are in quote full cooperation with the federal authorities. The female deputies say in their lawsuit that they did not have previous training and undercover operations. But were chosen to participate in so called bachelor party stings. They say it. Involved posing as sex workers and male deputies posing as buyers constable. Alan rosen has previously denied the misconduct social media. Censorship is on the agenda again as texas lawmakers have begun their special session government reporter. Andrew schneider says the measure would allow those banned from social media platforms to sue or allow the attorney general to sue on their behalf. State senator bryan hughes the social media bill during the regular session. He presented the bill to a committee in march. We have a handful of people with immense power who want to be the gatekeepers for free speech in our country and their practices primarily limit and moved conservative speech. But karl's aibo of the trade group net choice says such bills violate the free speech rights of social media platforms themselves. There are a lot of lawmakers will have gone their face if they back this type of legislation either because it is so clearly unconstitutional in violation of the first amendment or because it is their constituents. They'll be exposed to lawful but awful content last week. A court blunk to similar law in florida this week. Former president trump sued facebook twitter and google for alleged censorship. I'm andrew schneider in houston here in houston hartman. Park has been renovated yesterday. Mayor sylvester turner was in the manchester community to help introduce over six hundred thousand dollars worth of playground. Equipment upgrades and one of the city's traditionally underserved communities..
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory
Houston leaders denounce proposed voting legislation in Texas
"Voters in poll after poll but Texas Democrats not so much Now Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. He's doing the National Party line. Several people speaking out a diverse group, he said against a Georgia like election bill that passed the Texas Senate. These bills and the name of election integrity are largely built on concerns over widespread voter fraud for which there is little or no evidence. State Senator Paul
Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
Texas Republicans target Houston with raft of bills seeking voting restrictions
"Houston area. Democrats are blasting voting bills. That are now making their way through. The republican led state senate government reporter. Andrew stoddart says those legislative measures or being condemned by houston's mayor who says bills or discriminatory against people of color senate. Bill seven and house bill. Six would ban twenty four hour voting and drive thru voting as well as remove restrictions on partisan poll-watchers mayor sylvester turner said. Those changes and others amounted to what he called. Jim crow two point. Oh the texas rights project. And i want to thank the representatives for being here today. Stacey extended voting hours at harris county but mostly used by people of color fifty six percent of voters who cast ballots late night. Hours were black hispanic or asian. In addition black voters and other voters of color were more likely to be victims of poll-watcher intimidation harris county. Commissioner rodney ellis echoed. Turner calling the bills a modern day poll tax. He called on business leaders to pressure republican lawmakers to block the bills. Lieutenant governor dan. Patrick previously blasted such pressure from companies including american airlines and dell.
Michael Berry
City of Houston hammered with freeze related energy costs
"The city of Houston is dealing with a bill of more than $3 million as a result of February's winter storms, Mayor Sylvester Turner told City Council today a massive bill was to make sure streetlights operated. The city paid almost $105,000 to power streetlights in 2020, the city finance director, says the huge bill Because the city pays a variable rate instead of fixed cost for street light energy.
Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Names Troy Finner New Police Chief
"Police have a new leader. Houston mayor sylvester turner says hp executive assistant. Chief troy thinner will replace police. Chief art vado to head. The state's largest police force chief is a thirty one year veteran of the houston police department and highly regarded law enforcement officer and the houston police department. He has earned and i underscore that he has earned the trust and respect of people in every corner of our diverse community. Some critics though say turner picked a new chief too quickly and should have gotten more public input
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory
Houston leaders reflect on rodeo cancellation one year later
"County Judge Leader Hadda Go admits that she had some regrets. One year after the covert pandemic, my regret and I've mentioned this before, is not having stopped the rodeo sooner. That was the day I said Okay, I don't care if we you haven't found transmission. I am sure transmission's going on. We're just not catching it. We gotta shut down the road you and that was the day coincidentally, that they found community transition at the rodeo. It was one year ago when Judge Hidalgo and used to Mayor Sylvester Turner shut down the rodeo is more cases turned up from one of the barbecue tins.
Houston Public Media Local Newscasts
Patricia Jefferson Daniel named Houston's first Black city secretary
"Houston mayor sylvester turner has named the first african american city secretary in houston's history our government reporter. Andrew schneider has details patricia jefferson. Daniel has been the interim city secretary since two thousand eighteen. She's worked for the city of houston for over thirty six years. Starting in the city secretaries offices a typist among other things. She's played a major role in setting up new computer systems for city hall. Daniel succeeds anna. Russell held the post for nearly seven. Decades died early last year. That's andrew schneider with that report.
Morning Edition
Mayor Turner says many Houston-area residents remain without water, despite water pressure being normalized
"Mara Liasson NPR News. Most of Texas has its water back after deadly winter stores barreled through the South last week. About a million people are still out. But Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner says even though water treatment plants are back online, it doesn't mean people have water. Even though the power has been restored. And even though the water pressure has normalized for many people across our region, they have busted pipes. They had to turn off the water, and they're still in need of water and food. The water problems are not limited to Texas. The Associated Press reports more than 40,000 water customers in Louisiana lack water, so the
GardenLine with Randy Lemmon
Houston awaits water test results as boil water notice continues
"Mayor Sylvester Turner says they sent water samples for testing yesterday. They expect results later today. The city of Galveston's awaiting test results. Katie is hoping to be able to lift the water boil noticed tomorrow. Baytown is still several days from lifting their notice. Pasadena still a few days away. Thousands showed up yesterday at water distribution sites across the region. And there's going to be more today, including Butler Stadium. That stadium that's going to be starting a two this afternoon. H I s D. Is holding a food giveaway today at Energy Arena That's going to be starting in half an hour that runs from 9 to 1. News on the band at ktrh
The Greg O'Donnell Financial Hour
Houston mayor blames historic Winter weather on global warming
"Packer President Biden officially signed a federal disaster declaration for Texas Today. A week long record low temperatures that overwhelm the state run power grid created a wave of other problems in the Lone Star State. Visiting a water distribution center today, Mayor Sylvester Turner blame the historic winter weather on global warming. I know the sun is shining. But with climate change climate change, these type of weather anomalies can take place
Rush Limbaugh
Houston Mayor Turner speaks at water distribution event
"With the financial impact of weather related emergencies. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner at a water distribution event today, even after people's homes of repaired lights on water pressure up We'll be dead. There will be many people will be dealing with this crisis for weeks and months to come. Whether is warming up to millions of still being told to boil tap water before they drink it. The vaccination effort being hampered by the severe weather is shipping through delayed as far as
Bloomberg Law
Tens of thousands of buildings have burst pipes in Houston area
"Kind. Water issues are plaguing Texas as a result of power outages from freezing temperatures. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality told CNN. Nearly 15 million people have been affected by water system disruptions, The systems and nearly 160 Lone Star. State counties have also been impacted. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner noted the city's fire department received thousands of reports of broken pipes. On Thursday, Austin's water director said their water supply deteriorated. Over 300 million gallons because of
All In with Chris Hayes
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner gives update on power outages and weather impact
"With me now is houston mayor sylvester turner previously served nearly thirty years as a texas state representative. He is in a command center right now. Monitoring situation in his city mayor. Thank you for taking a little time with us. And i don't want to start first with things aren't houston. Are they getting better. Chris in the last twenty four hours. Things have improved yesterday. At this time we had about one point. Three million customers without power Today as i talked to you that number is under thirty thousand in houston region yesterday The the water pressure was extremely low In fact hospitals were having a hard time getting but they needed Just to run a bear chillers to stay warm and other necessities today. The water pressure in the city of houston has increased And hospitals in much better shape at the same time people many of the people able to flush their kamoze improvement with still not wear. We want it to be but yesterday the pressure was below what we call twenty. Ps today as we speak that what a precious right around thirty so being things improving but again we still have some tremendous needs at. They're just zero in on the water aspect of this has been one of the more harrowing parts of it and a kind of a kind of cascade effect. We're going out water treatment facilities. Just explain to me what that means that it does. It mean pressure. Now you can you can. People can run water in their homes. That firefighters have water that hospitals have it is. That is that where things are correct. Hospitals now have watered. That can run the chillers. Keep the patients that doctors and medical staff Warm in in in in cool weather so to speak People able to take showers. Peabody plus two komo but because the water pressure dropped below the regulatory requirement twenty. Psi you automatically have to give ball water. Notices so you have over seven hundred jurisdictions around the state of texas a chieftain san antonio austin example in many others where there are bald notice requirements and that will continue to be the case probably through the weekend at the earliest that ball. What notice could probably be lifted on sunday. But i think for houston probably be monday. Which means if people don't have power because just also ball your water about two minutes but what happens if you don't have power then people are going to rely a great deal on bought a water and that's why starting today We started distributing water to those persons for example. Who don't have the means to go into a grocery store and purchase tomorrow for example will be masked water distribution site in the city of houston where we will probably give out tomorrow anywhere between seven to nine hundred thousand bottles of water primarily for people for families who already on the modulus. Chris and they just can't afford to go in and purchase two and three and four cases of water. And we'll do that Tomorrow saturday sunday until this ball. Water notice has been listed. That's really that's very helpful in understanding where things are. Let me let me also ask what your interfaces have been. With spill state and federal government i know females on the on on the ground. Have you been talking with aircraft that run the the grid with folks from fina. The federal government and with governor abbot. What are those interactions been like. Well i've talked several times with the ceo. Behead of eric hot And n n what he will say to you. Is that the system that we have in the state of texas. Our texas korea is designed for the summer heat. It is not necessarily designed for winter storms and then as relates to this. What happened in this. In the last four or five days that was simply not enough adequate generation supply available to meet the demand and the supply that they had reserved so to speak when with shop when some of the facilities came all flying of been made things even worse and let me quickly speak to those who are trying to say. oh the wind turbine frozen. You shouldn't be looking at renewables as a false false aligned. Being put four because the plants that came off line while natural gas plants coal fired. Plant Nuclear plants came offline. You wind turbine strobes. So it was a combination but when it comes to win and sola that's still only counts for a fraction of the energy that's produced in the state of texas. The rally at reality is that the state was. Ill prepared The other thing that i would add when i was in the legislature but twenty three of my twenty seven years i said on the on the committee that oversees our electric utility industry back in twenty eleven fouled a bill saying to the public utility commission that we need to exert greater oversight over urquhot to prevent blackouts of every kind that we have are experiencing in texas for four for these last four days batmobile. Chris was never given a hearing. And so for anybody. Who's just trying to place the blame on irc That's not enough as part of the story but it's not the total story. Archive is an agency of the state of texas is the leadership of that overseas or cat and what happened in this week with the failure. Not just urquhot but of the statewide leadership state representative state senators. Who didn't do enough to make the necessary. Structural changes prevent what took place this week but mccurry and as a result of that hundreds of thousands of texans paid a horrible price and they are number of stony that we live in the city of my city that anada that not allowed to date to go into next week. Some of them died from carbon monoxide. Trying to keep themselves
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"I'm Dave Packard Power out two close to three million Texans After a freak snowstorm and temperatures in the teens. Many depend on electricity to heat their homes, which are getting colder. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner says his hands are tied. I've seen some of the social tweets and others saying Mayor please turn on the heat. That is not within my purview s O that is the as the electric grid. That's on the state level. Houston police chief Art Acevedo urging Texans to stay off the roads. The roadways will continue to be ice C. Mayor. On with no No, no end in sight to these icy conditions until at least tomorrow. So we encourage people to stay off the highways, especially as soon as the sun comes down. We know that it's gonna get from bad to worse in terms of the Over conditions in neighboring Louisiana parts of interstate highways, including I 22 remain snow covered and completely unplowed. The US seeing positive coping 19 trends as the country hurdles towards half a million deaths. The U. S is now less than 15,000 deaths from hitting 500,000, according to Johns Hopkins University, putting the country on track to surpass that milestone by the end of the week. It comes as the country is seeding positive trends, though an ABC News analysis of data from the covert tracking project shows average daily cases back below 100,000 dropping 62% since mid January. Hospitalizations and daily deaths have also fallen. Marco Malard ABC News former president Trump Over the weekend acquitted at his second impeachment trial, seven of his fellow Republicans voted in favor to convict ABC News Political director Reclined says keeping tabs on lawmakers didn't side with him. They're going to make noises about Trump making a comeback, though in the meantime, I think a lot of focus around Trump world is going to be how to exact political retribution for Republicans, who in their mind betrayed betrayed him are their primary challenges of foot. How can he channel that energy? You're listening to ABC news restaurants of our top story. The Sun.
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"Used to Mayor Sylvester Turner thrilled about the plan Corona virus vaccine cited in our G stadium. Turner says he's thankful for the White House's decision to open up the side because it will help inoculate plenty of people. The uh also says it'll be good for to iron out the details with FEMA, Texas Division of Emergency Management and Harris County. The energy site expected to be opened by February, 24th. A second straight day of confusion, as dozens were again turned away from a covert vaccine sight on the campus of Texas Southern University. ST Lukes said. This clinic officially opens on Monday. This week. They were doing what they called a quote, soft opening. Spokesperson says they received more than 1900 doses of the vaccine for this week. But again they're urging people to register online and make an appointment for their vaccination instead of just coming here to t s U And that was Channel two's Canty Hernandez reporting one of the Houston doctors silenced by the social media giants for supporting He's now pushing vitamin D to help prevent getting Cove it along with other supplements like vitamin K to in the best epidemiology. We have 50% decrease in stroke. 50% decrease in heart attack A 3% improvement of bone fracture risk, So that's a very foundational thing that all people should probably do. It's hard to get its indeed butter and cheese and grass fed animals. It's not a normal dead animals. Both Twitter and YouTube last year removed videos of doctors promoting Retailer says in love for the employees of the four hours of pay for getting two shots on the also cover the cost of a lift right up to $15 each way. Ana Ktrh news Time is 12 03 and ally of former President Trump is questioning why Capitol Police didn't use deadly force during the violent protests last month, and Trump's accused of inciting Ryan shook has more South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham said officers had every right to use deadly force on the violent mob. Speaking to reporters during Trump's second impeachment trial, he added the people in charge of securing the capital let the country down. He also believes there's more support for Trump's acquittal in the trial as House impeachment managers lay out their case. Claiming Trump incited the violence on January 6th. I'm Brian shook more changes atop the Texans and longtime president Jamie Roots resigning it to be a professor at the University of Houston Sports Talk seventies met Thomas and Rossville reality speculate VP of operations Jack Easterby one and routes to report to him instead of comic there directly. That's the way sells it. Make how you You just such a great job, but you just got too much to do. Hannah is like absolutely We've got trips to go. Portugal. We've got around the world Cruise. We want to get on Jack. What a wonderful idea. Thank you for being so selfless Jack and how? Yeah, exactly. That's the way he sells it. Meanwhile, quarterback to shot Watson wants to be traded weeks after the Texans hired a new general manager and head coach. Our.
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"Addressed during the state of the state speech, laying out a number of items he wants state lawmakers to address during the upcoming legislative session. Hard working Texans are at the forefront of our agenda this legislative session as we build a healthier, safer, freer and more prosperous state. Have. It also said calls to defund the police need to stop and ordered the GOP majority in the Texas capital to prioritize election integrity. Moving forward at emotional announcement into Houston Crimestoppers of the Caitlin's bill new legislation to restrict the release of criminals on personal reconnaissance ponds. It's named after Caitlin in Finger Guajardo of pregnant Pasadena woman killed by her husband. After he was released on a PR bonds. Caitlin's mother spoke of yesterday's announcements. These criminals are laughing at a Harris County in our justice system, it has to stop criminals who are violent, belong behind bars. They need to be held accountable. This law is going to bring accountability back into a very broken system. Houston say Senator Paul Bettencourt introduced the bill, saying that this cannot continue anymore. The city of Houston now distributing the second dose of covert vaccines to those who received the first toast about a month ago. Mayor Sylvester Turner among them says that the city so far is doled out roughly 80% of the vaccines. It's received moving forward. Our strategy will focus on putting the vaccination into communities that are high risk and vulnerable. You know, everybody needs the vaccine. We certainly on everybody in the whole city to get it. That's the only way we're gonna cheat. Herd immunity, and we want to make sure that it's equitably distributed. Meanwhile, Houston health officials say the Koven hospitalizations of positivity rates have leveled off and are beginning to trend downward. Valero building its first renewable diesel plant in Texas spokeswoman Lillian RoHaas says It'll create fuel out of animal and plant byproducts. Basically, it's from used cooking oil animals and animal fats and edible corn oil. The plan in Port Arthur will pump out 470 million gallons of the transportation fuel every year. Trucking companies don't even need to make any changes. This type of renewable diesel works just like the regular kind. Would ktrh news time 203 President Biden discussing covert relief bill with the Ted Republicans yesterday at the White House. Republicans offered their ideal relief bill and a drastically smaller price point boxes. Kristin Fisher has more. The president called for bipartisan support and 10 moderate Republican senators responded with a roughly $600 billion plan of their own less than a third of what the president is asking for. Republican Senator Jerry Moran was one of the 10 moderates to send a letter to the president on Sunday, reminding him of the promise he made in his inaugural address. Quote. We recognize your calls for unity and want to work in good faith with your administration. That letter was the catalyst for today's meeting. The Republican senators are proposing $160 billion for vaccines and testing, which is on par with what the president is proposing, but the two sides split on stimulus checks. Republicans are asking for $1000. The president wants 1400. While Biden hopes to find common ground with Republicans, he says he will not settle for a pet..
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"Hour traffic center. Well, what's colder tone of the forecast here for weight Week Big Gust storm system pushing on across the Gulf Coast all the way into the Georgia and the Carolinas Overnight Tonight 43 are Whoa! Partly cloudy Friday. Hi 56 1 39 tomorrow night. And then sunshine Saturday. 56 a cold rain Sunday with a high of only 47 degrees could be some snow up in northeast Texas Sunday. I'm meteorologist Scott Larrimore, the Weather Channel. Right now, it's mostly clear and 43 at the ktrh Top Tax defenders 24 Hour Weather Center. Ktrh news time 12 01 our top story the new variant of the Corona virus found in the UK now here in Harris County Judge Levy Hidalgo says the new strain is believed to be more contagious than the one which cause the pandemic. There's no evidence That on its own, it is more lethal and the sense right now is that it will respond to the current vaccine. Judge Hidalgo again blamed Governor Abbott for the ongoing spread, saying that he reopen the state's economy too early last spring. Houston's covert vaccine side is moving a minute Maid park this weekend due to a scheduling conflict by your city event center. Only those whose schedule appointments will be given the vaccine. Meanwhile, Mayor Sylvester Turner says his office is still working to develop a mega vaccine site to serve thousands per day. The Houston Health Department is working feverishly. Logistics, staffing and a traffic and parking plan, but the vaccine supply It's the only thing that we do not control. Daughter says a new shipment of covert vaccines is expected to arrive. By next week. Well, some area educators and teachers will have an opportunity to get back stated over the weekend. Kroger in the Houston eyes D plan to work together to provide coronavirus vaccinations to educators. A team of pharmacists from Kroger will administer the vaccine to school nurses, clinical staff and police officers, along with educators, age 65 older and those with chronic health.