1 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: It's that time time sign SI lucking load. 2 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 2: So Michael Very Show is on the air, looking into 3 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 2: mic week, gotta feed in bed. I don't plan to shave, 4 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 2: and it's you've the thing, but I just gotta see 5 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 2: I'm doing it all right. We'll I'm mixing spots. I'm 6 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:42,239 Speaker 2: eating ready to and that's true. It's neither drink nor 7 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 2: drug and noo, I'm just doing all right. 8 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,160 Speaker 1: Instagradad. 9 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 3: I know soun's still shining. 10 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: On a close my eyes. 11 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 4: It's hard times in the neighborhood. The five at every 12 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 4: over the Week, and Michael smurcunish, who is one of 13 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 4: the hosts on CNN, admonished his audience and particularly the 14 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 4: Democrat Party, saying, you've got to stop criticizing Trump at 15 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 4: every corner, at every turn. You've got to give Trump 16 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 4: credit when he has a win. You've got to be 17 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:30,559 Speaker 4: more reasonable. The American people know that his trade policies 18 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 4: are working. The American people know that the country is 19 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 4: doing well. The American people are very happy with what 20 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 4: Trump is doing. If you don't acknowledge that and you 21 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 4: simply criticize him at every turn, you lose credibility. Well, 22 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 4: they took their own advice. They have a young fellow 23 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 4: named Harry Inton who does their polling numbers, and I 24 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 4: don't actually know his background. I'm bothered to look. But 25 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 4: he has allowed the numbers to speak for themselves over 26 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 4: the last few months and repeatedly told the good numbers 27 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 4: for Trump and the bad numbers for Democrats. Well, this 28 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 4: right here is the most powerful statement they have made. 29 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 4: Behold CNN following their own advice and making a statement 30 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 4: about Trump that I never expected to hear, partly because 31 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 4: I don't watch television at the airport, so I don't 32 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 4: watch CNN, partly because I've known CNN well enough to 33 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 4: know that this isn't the sort of thing they would say. 34 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 4: Listen carefully. This is Harry Inton with CNN calling Trump 35 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 4: the most influential president of this century and probably dating 36 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 4: back to a good portion of the last century. 37 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 5: The Donald Trump administration is arguably the most influential this century, 38 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 5: and probably as well, dating back a good portion of 39 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 5: the last century as well. Love it like it, lumpet, 40 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 5: Trump is remaking in the United States of America. Let's 41 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 5: talk about tariffs first, right, There's all this talk that 42 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 5: Donald Trump always chickens out when it comes to taris 43 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,959 Speaker 5: uh uh no tacos for Trump. The effective tariffray get 44 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 5: this to eighteen percent, the highest, the highest since the 45 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 5: FDR administration in the nineteen thirties, up from get this, 46 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 5: just two percent last year, from just two percent last year. 47 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 5: We're talking about a level, an effective tariffray level get 48 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 5: this nine times as high this year than last year. 49 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 5: But is not just on tariffs, which of course Donald 50 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 5: Trump ran on, in which you're seeing a tremendously influential presidency. 51 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 5: What about immigration. Of course Trump ran and has always 52 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 5: run on a very hawkish immigration platform. Get this. Twenty 53 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 5: twenty five net migration in the United States down at 54 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 5: least sixty percent from last year. In fact, we may 55 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 5: be heading for the first time and at least fifty 56 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 5: years in which we have negative net negative migration into 57 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 5: the United States. And last year, of course, in twenty 58 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 5: twenty four, the net migration in the US was two 59 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 5: point eight million. 60 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: This year, we might be. 61 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 5: Talking about negative net migracious. My goodness, gracious, now, of 62 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 5: course this is part of the larger story. As I 63 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 5: was mentioning, we're talking about immigration, net migration, we're talking 64 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 5: about the effective tariff rate. But get this, how is 65 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,679 Speaker 5: Donald Trump doing it? While he is signing a ton 66 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 5: of executive orders? Get this, one hundred and eighty the 67 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 5: most in a year since Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Oh my goodness, 68 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 5: you have to go back to the first half of 69 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 5: the twentieth century, the last century. And to make a comparison, 70 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 5: Joe Biden signed get this, just seventy seven during his 71 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 5: entire first year, and we're only a little bit in 72 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 5: August so far, and Donald Trump making history with one 73 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 5: hundred and eighty, one hundred and eighty executive orders signed 74 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 5: so far this year. So that's why I said that, 75 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 5: in my mind, Donald Trump is the most influential president 76 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 5: of this century and probably dating back a good portion 77 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 5: of the last century. That is because he is remaking 78 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 5: the country in terms of tariffs, he is remaking the 79 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 5: country in terms of net migration, and he is remaking 80 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 5: the country in terms of how much policy changes he's 81 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 5: putting through in executive orders. As I said, it truly 82 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 5: is history making love it, like it or lump it. 83 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 4: The only job growth in twenty twenty five is in 84 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 4: the private sector. No net job growth in the public sector. 85 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 4: There is so much to love about what's going on. 86 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 4: We'll unpack that as the show begins, but first I 87 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 4: want you to step back and think about being a 88 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 4: parent in your proudest moment. I received an email this 89 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 4: morning about an hour ago from a fellow named Steve Rooney, 90 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 4: and Steve Rooney wrote, Czar, my son, John Rooney has 91 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 4: been fighting his way up to the major leagues for years. 92 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 4: He finally made it. Traded from Triple A Jacksonville, the 93 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 4: Marlins organization, the Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, small upstate 94 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 4: New York school, class of sixty students, most of all 95 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 4: super humble and just loves people. 96 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: Yes, I'm a proud dad. 97 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 4: So I engaged him with an email, said tell me 98 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 4: more about your boy. 99 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: Where did he play? 100 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,160 Speaker 4: And he said, We lived and grew up in Upstate 101 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 4: New York, actually pretty rural country. We never did the 102 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 4: travel baseball circuit much focused much more on music, hiking, fishing, basketball. 103 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 4: He wasn't heavily recruited. He played an old Man's league 104 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 4: and when he was sixteen or seventeen went to the 105 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 4: Old Man's World Series in Long Island. Stand Usually the 106 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 4: coach was there from Hostra University. Long Island saw him 107 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 4: pitch and said where's he going to college? And we 108 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 4: were like, what do you have in mind? He was 109 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 4: given an offer on the spot. Wasn't any good for 110 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:50,559 Speaker 4: the first couple of years. 111 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: Then in his junior year he just lit it up. 112 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 4: He was named a Division one college All American and 113 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 4: then was drafted by the LA Dodgers in the third round. 114 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 4: I've been listening to the show since you came on 115 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 4: in Schenectady, New York years ago, listen every day, so 116 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 4: obviously I kind of feel like I know Houston somewhat 117 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 4: because of you. He's a really great conversation listen, super humble, 118 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 4: and then he gives me a cell phone number. I'm 119 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 4: sure if you guys reach out, he would love to 120 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 4: talk to you. Anyway, keep doing what you're doing. Thank you, 121 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 4: mister Barry. You know it's easy to forget. A new 122 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 4: reliever comes in for the Astros, or a new kid 123 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 4: who's up at bat. You don't know him yet, he's 124 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 4: not considered a superstar, wasn't heavily recruited or heavily hyped. 125 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 4: But some guy that luis so and so gets sent 126 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 4: to the miners so they can pick up this kid, Rooney, 127 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 4: nobody knows who he is. 128 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: Comes in middle relief. 129 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 4: I don't know, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, thing they bring 130 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 4: him into early now and there he is pitching and anything. Oh, 131 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 4: I hope this guy's not a bum. But somewhere in 132 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 4: upstate New York, or outside Portland or east of Miami, 133 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 4: there are two parents just screaming their lungs out for 134 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 4: their baby boy because they've been toting that kid the 135 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 4: baseball game since he was six, seven, eight years old. 136 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 6: And he's in the big leagues. 137 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: And we don't even realize how excited they are. 138 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 3: Hike and I sticking to who am I sticking to? 139 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 2: Michael Berry? 140 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 6: Michael Berry, Yeah, I do enjoy your show. 141 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: Rocketing Man. Who is crazy? How Freddy went through he 142 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: hits his notes? Isn't it this crazy? I think it's 143 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: because he had the teeth pushing out. I think that 144 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: probably made it made it special for him. 145 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 4: The Rocketman turned sixty three years old today. Roger Clemens. 146 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 4: Only four pitchers in all of baseball history. You think 147 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 4: of how many games have been played over all those years. 148 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 4: Four pitchers have ever struck out twenty players in a game. 149 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 4: The only other players to do it, Randy Johnson, Carrie Wood. 150 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 4: You remember he did it against the Astros and Max Schurzer. 151 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 4: Only four players, the fourth being Roger Clemens, and Clemens 152 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 4: being the only. 153 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: Guy to do it twice. 154 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,599 Speaker 4: Here he was April twenty ninth, nineteen eighty six. 155 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 7: Nineteen for Roger Tlennans. 156 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 3: Major that record tie. 157 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 7: He has two batters to God to try to set. 158 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 7: I know on how matter of fact, I'm going to 159 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 7: stand up, no record flims I set. 160 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 5: I'm major legged record first track adis in a game. 161 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:55,839 Speaker 4: Twenty It's really incredible. It's really incredible what he did 162 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 4: and how he did it. It's a great, great Houston story. 163 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 4: I used to love to watch Roger Clemens play the game, 164 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 4: but then again I loved watching John McEnroe play tennis. 165 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 4: There are certain guys that make the game great that 166 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 4: I love to watch John Daly play golf. Heck, I'll 167 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,719 Speaker 4: watched John daily clips of him barefoot in a bar. 168 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: I don't care. 169 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 4: I'll watch clips of him driving or putting with Tiger 170 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 4: and he's barefoot with cigarette and a drink in his 171 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 4: mouth at three o'clock in the afternoon. There are just 172 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 4: certain people that we don't expect to play by the 173 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 4: same rules, and we love them for it. They're just 174 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 4: larger than life. 175 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 2: It is. 176 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 4: Entertainment, after all. It is entertainment. Great story out of Beaumont, 177 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 4: Ramon and this is from Jim at six h three, 178 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:54,440 Speaker 4: a recent graduate from Woodville High School of the Great 179 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 4: Fried Chicken Restaurant, is breaking new ground in the skilled trades. 180 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 4: We need more of this. He's the first student in 181 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 4: Texas to complete a high school plumbing program and pass 182 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 4: the state exam to enter the workforce directly. Did I 183 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 4: mention he's still in high school. His name is Carmelo Castle, 184 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 4: He's eighteen. He graduated. 185 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. 186 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 4: He just graduated in May from Woodville High School's four 187 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 4: year plumbing program. This makes me so happy. And now 188 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 4: he's working as a second year tradesman level for the 189 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 4: local sixty eight Plumbing twelve news in Beaumont with a story. 190 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 7: A Woodville ISD program is paving the way for future plumbers. 191 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,439 Speaker 7: The high school's plumbing program gives kids hands on experience 192 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 7: which prepares them for the real world. Carmelo Castle is 193 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 7: the first graduate to need all the criteria and to 194 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 7: excel in the workforce. Twelve News reporter Spencer Plato got 195 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:55,959 Speaker 7: to talk to him and the instructor, who says, the 196 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 7: district hoax. This is really going to inspire others to 197 00:11:58,320 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 7: join the program. 198 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 6: Right, that's right, Jordan. The Woodville High School plumbing program 199 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 6: is only four years old. It's past May. They celebrated 200 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 6: their first graduate in the first in Texas to pass 201 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 6: the state exam straight out of a high school plumbing program. 202 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 6: And it goes straight to work. 203 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 3: So sit hard. 204 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 2: Remember it gave me a chance to like actually step 205 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 2: up in life. 206 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 6: At just eighteen years old, Carmelo Castle is already working 207 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 6: at a second year tradesman level. It's all thanks to 208 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 6: the training he received through Woodville High School's plumbing program. 209 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 2: The fact that I'm so young doing this stuff, I mean, 210 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 2: you know, average teenagers are like partying and. 211 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 4: Stuff and all that. See, I had to actually like 212 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 4: be like the sip of one of the group. 213 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 6: Castle is the first graduate from the new plumbing program. 214 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 6: He's also the first in Texas to finish a high 215 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 6: school plumbing program and pass the state exam. Now he 216 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 6: works for Local sixty eight Plumbing. 217 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 8: I was so used to it as soon as I 218 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 8: went in to where like it didn't really affect me. 219 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 4: This is our shop area right here. 220 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 9: It's a large shop, but we have this here primarily 221 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 9: for my class, which is the plumbing class. 222 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 6: John Bunker is the Woodville High School plumbing instructor. He 223 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 6: says the program helps students get ahead start on their 224 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 6: careers with hands on experience. 225 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 9: For them to be able to go through a class 226 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 9: such as this and then qualify right away to be 227 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 9: able to go and take their Plumbing Tradesmen exam and 228 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 9: if they pass, they have a license in their pocket. 229 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 6: Bunker says the demand for plumbers is increasing in the 230 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 6: Gulf Coast region. 231 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 9: The average age of licensed plumbers is forty three and 232 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 9: the average age of apprentices is thirty seven, So we 233 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 9: need younger people coming into the workforce or we're going 234 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 9: to have some problems. 235 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 6: Haasel says he's grateful for the program and he believes 236 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 6: there's value in taking a different path. 237 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 3: Well, you can't really follow the same crowd oh day 238 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 3: and knowing that you're not going to get anywhere. 239 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 6: Bunker says they expect three Woodville High School students to 240 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 6: take the State Plumbing Exam this upcoming school year. In 241 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,719 Speaker 6: the studio, Spencer twelve News. 242 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 4: It's incredible how much a kid can do while they're 243 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 4: still in high school, while they're still living at home. 244 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 4: At eighteen years old, you can get your real estate license, 245 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 4: full blown real estate license. You can begin a lot 246 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 4: of these trades programs, trade programs even if you end 247 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 4: up not continuing in life as a plumber or an electrician. 248 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 4: We had a longtime show sponsor, the woman Helene Webster, 249 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 4: who was our big fan, and Bob Wilkinson before that. 250 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 4: They sponsored our show for twenty years. When Bob stepped down, 251 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 4: Helene stepped up to be the leader. And then when 252 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 4: Helene left, they went a different direction because I guess 253 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 4: they were fans of our show. I don't know, but 254 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 4: it was a great partnership and we used to send 255 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 4: them a lot of people. The independent electrical contractors still there, 256 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 4: and electrical contractors need young folks to come up through 257 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 4: the ranks and learn that business. And that is true 258 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 4: of plumbing and all of the other trades. And if 259 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 4: you're serious about deportation and Trump is somebody's going to 260 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 4: need to step in and learn a lot of these 261 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 4: trades that folks are leaving that they carried out the 262 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 4: Michael Berry show everything you need and most everything you want. 263 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 10: We'll Happy birthday to the United States Coast Guard, celebrating 264 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 10: its two hundred thirty fifth anniversary, established in seventeen ninety 265 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 10: when Congress authorized the construction of ten cutters to enforce 266 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 10: tariff laws. 267 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 4: Amazing how that comes back around, isn't it, and to 268 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 4: combat smuggling. Initially known as the Revenue Marine, later became 269 00:15:55,880 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 4: the Revenue Cutter Service before merging in nineteen fifteen with 270 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 4: the US Life Saving Service to form the United States 271 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 4: Coast Guard. 272 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 8: My father was a proud member of the United States 273 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 8: Coast Guard and will tell anybody who will listen how 274 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 8: proud he is of that time in his life. 275 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 4: Right now, Governor Abbott is talking a big game about 276 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 4: the fleabag Democrats who fled the state, saying that they 277 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 4: must return by three pm today or he will remove 278 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 4: the missing Democrats from membership in the Texas House. We'll 279 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 4: see if he follows through. He also points out that 280 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 4: they have committed felonies because they are soliciting funds to 281 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 4: evade the fines they will incur under House rules, which 282 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 4: means they are taking money to miss a vote, which 283 00:16:58,800 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 4: is a felony. 284 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: It's a bribe. 285 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 4: The story from Chad's prep Mister King of Dan clipped 286 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:05,360 Speaker 4: number two from NewsNation. 287 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 11: Texas Governor Greg Abbott seems set on making it happen, 288 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 11: threatening to remove Democrats who left the state to block 289 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 11: the vote from office if they don't return. Abbot also 290 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 11: writing in a letter late Sunday that they could face 291 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 11: felony charges for raising money to pay for fines and 292 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 11: expenses while out of state, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, 293 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:28,959 Speaker 11: who's running for Senate, also signaling his support, saying Democrats 294 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 11: should be found, arrested and brought back to the capital immediately. 295 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 11: But Democrats from Texas and around the country say they're 296 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 11: ready for the fight, with Democratic National Committee chair Ken 297 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 11: Martin Vine to ramp up the pressure on News Nations 298 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 11: the Hills Sunday. 299 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 12: What Texas is doing right now is a craven power grab, 300 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 12: and as I said, we're going to fight fire with fire. 301 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 12: If Texas wants a showdown, which they clearly do, we're 302 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 12: going to give them the showdown. And I've talked with 303 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 12: the number of Democratic governors around the country, and as 304 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 12: you can tell, they're already preparing to follow suit. 305 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: Here, So let me explain what's happening. I'm sure you know. 306 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 4: A special session was called by Governor Abbot at the 307 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:08,880 Speaker 4: end of. 308 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: The legislative session. That special session is limited to thirty days. 309 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 4: President Trump is putting a lot of pressure on Abbott 310 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 4: and dan Patrick for redistricting. That redistricting would give Texas 311 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 4: five would flip five seats from Democrat to Republican. These 312 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:38,680 Speaker 4: seats were jerrymandered. Our census is flawed. The illegal aliens 313 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:43,959 Speaker 4: have been removed. The seats were jerrymandered to achieve a 314 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 4: racist result, and Trump wants it fixed. So Abbot couldn't 315 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 4: defy him. Because y'all don't realize. Abbot believes he's going 316 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 4: to be president one day. That's his calculation, so he 317 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 4: doesn't do much of anything. But when the national spotlight 318 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 4: is on, he has to pretend to do something. Well, 319 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 4: there was no way around this. Trump made a very 320 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 4: public announcement. This wasn't a behind the scene. Hey guys, 321 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 4: you've got a jerrymandering, jerrymandered districts in your state, and 322 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 4: I need you to fix it. It'll flip five seats Republican. 323 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 4: You flip five seats. We don't have to. We don't 324 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 4: have to sweat next November. You flipped five seats and 325 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 4: you've you've just made a world, a world of difference. 326 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 4: It changes everything overnight. Jasmine Crockett, it's been reported, would 327 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 4: be out, would no longer live in the district that 328 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 4: she currently is elected to represent. But I have noticed 329 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 4: some journal don't understand the law because they note that 330 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,679 Speaker 4: she will lose her seat. It's not certain that she 331 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 4: would lose her seat simply because the district is redrawn 332 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 4: and she. 333 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:14,880 Speaker 1: Doesn't live in it. 334 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 4: It's a not so secret fact that you don't have 335 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 4: to live in a congressional district in order to represent it. 336 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:27,880 Speaker 4: If you don't live in that district, your opponent will 337 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 4: use it against you. But I don't think it matters 338 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 4: so much. If you had a terribly popular congressman in 339 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 4: their district, Wesley Hunt. If Wesley Hunt didn't live in 340 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 4: a district that he's representing, if a district was redrawn 341 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 4: and he didn't live in it, he could still get 342 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 4: re elected to serve there, and any popular congressman would 343 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 4: still be re elected. Nobody really cares where their house 344 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 4: is now. Could you be re elected? You know? If 345 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 4: you live in South Texas and the distric strict is 346 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 4: in Dallas, you'd have to be a pretty darn popular fella. 347 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 4: But for most people that would probably be a bridge 348 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 4: too far. In this case, that's not enough to kick 349 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 4: her out. But the belief is, and if I recall correctly, 350 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 4: it's a military veteran, well regarded, and the expectation is 351 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 4: that this guy, given the district as it's now been drawn, 352 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 4: would defeat her. The new districts to go into effect 353 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 4: require a vote of the whole the entirety of the House. Now, 354 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 4: in order to get that, the Democrats have to be present. 355 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 4: So the Democrats once the plan came out of the 356 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 4: committee and it goes to the whole House, the Democrats fled. 357 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: You'll recall they've done this before. 358 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 4: So now what's happening is the pawns in the game 359 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 4: are Greg Abbott on one side and the Democrat state 360 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 4: reps on the other. The Democrats, including Dollar Store Obama, 361 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:08,160 Speaker 4: Hakim Jeffries, he's made this a big deal because he's 362 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 4: going to lose any chance he ever had in his 363 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 4: lifetime to be Speaker of the House. He's Nancy Pelosi's 364 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 4: successor and Without the House, you can't impeach Trump his 365 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 4: last two years. Without the House, you don't control appropriations. 366 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 4: The Senate is where you pass your judicial nominations. The 367 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 4: House is where the appropriations come from, and an impeachment 368 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 4: begins in the House. Without the House, the Democrats cannot 369 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 4: terrorize Donald Trump in the way they would like to. 370 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 4: You can't, of course, redistrict the Senate because you get 371 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 4: two senators per state, so there's nothing that can be 372 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 4: done that there. We have to win the Senate fair 373 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 4: and square, out right, not undoing what the Democrats have done. 374 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:07,360 Speaker 4: We've got to win the Senate in twenty twenty six 375 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 4: to keep the Senate for Trump's last two years. 376 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: But the House, oh no. 377 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 4: This could allow us to lose some seats here and 378 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:23,679 Speaker 4: there without losing the majority and the Speaker of the House, 379 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 4: because if you're not up by one congressman in the House, 380 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 4: you're in the minority and you're getting a leader at 381 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:35,879 Speaker 4: the Michael Berry's. 382 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:46,639 Speaker 1: Sweet Genie Seely has passed. If you don't know what 383 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: it is, ask your grandmother. She does or did that? 384 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 4: Her biggest hit written by her then husband Hank Cochrane, 385 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 4: another legend of classic country music Genie Seeley. Some of 386 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 4: you may recognize the name if you ever listen to 387 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:11,159 Speaker 4: Sirius XM. She did a show on you with Sundays. 388 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 4: Sometimes I'd be out driving around and pick that up. 389 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 4: She appeared at the Grand Old Opry more times than 390 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 4: any other artist. 391 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: I think. 392 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 4: I think it was five thousand times. She appeared at 393 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 4: the Grand Old Opry five over. 394 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: Five thousand times. 395 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:35,360 Speaker 4: Yes, she was invited. Ramon, you know, I will tell 396 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 4: you first time I went to the Grand Old Opera, 397 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 4: I was so excited. Grand Old Opry, Minnie Pearl, Grand 398 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 4: Old Opry, Country Music, Grand Old opryl Raymond, all of 399 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 4: it's gonna be so exciting. 400 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: And you get there. 401 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 4: And when you get there, they start with a cracker barrel. 402 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 4: It sure is good. 403 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: You can get biscuits and sausage. Cracker barrel. It's real good. 404 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 4: Next up, we've got not the Blind Boys of Alabama. 405 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,159 Speaker 4: We couldn't book them, but we got the Blind Boys 406 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 4: of Idaho. No, they're not very good, but they're blind. 407 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 4: So then you get like a barbershop quartent. We'd like 408 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,360 Speaker 4: to remind you that cracker bell's real good. You can 409 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 4: get gravy on them. Biscuits. Have some eggs. However you 410 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 4: want them, we prefer crimble. It's easier. We can make 411 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 4: more of them at one time, but we make you eggs. 412 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 4: Cracker Barrel, it's real good. Next up, we got Hank Presley. 413 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 4: No it's not Hank Cochran, and no it's not Elvis Presley, 414 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,679 Speaker 4: but it's a guy from the East end of Florida, 415 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 4: and he liked to sing a song for y'all. And 416 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 4: then Cracker Barrel are real good. You can get coffee 417 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 4: with all that too, juice as well. And if you 418 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 4: want one of those things where it's like a triangle 419 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 4: and you put the little plastic thing in the holes, 420 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 4: we got those for sale too. We got a whole 421 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 4: store next door. You can get moon pies and all 422 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:52,399 Speaker 4: sorts of good stuff. 423 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: Cracker Barrel. 424 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:55,879 Speaker 4: We're gonna have Rickey Skaggs. This was a true story. 425 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 4: We're gonna have Rickey Skaggs tonight. I know we've told 426 00:25:58,440 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 4: you ten times. We hadn't brought them out yet. We 427 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 4: gonna have Ricky Skaggs and he gonna play one of 428 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 4: real little bit of guitars. 429 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:04,360 Speaker 1: Yep, Ricky Skaggs. 430 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 4: He's coming out in a minute, but we'd like to 431 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 4: remind you that Cracker Barrel is. We've got the owner 432 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 4: of Cracker Barrel here tonight, Miss Lucy May Smith or 433 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 4: whatever her name was. 434 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,679 Speaker 1: And she was I think she lived in Nashville at 435 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:17,000 Speaker 1: the time. 436 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 4: She's here. Would you she's she's buy gum Opery Royalty. 437 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 4: Would you please stand up Miss Lucy May She stands 438 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,680 Speaker 4: up with Cracker Barrel. They got most of everything you want, 439 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 4: a whole bunch of stuff you don't. We'd like to 440 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 4: remind you Cracker Barrel has has rocking chairs out front. 441 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 4: Rocking chairs are for selling, in fact, everything the Cracker 442 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 4: barrels for self. We're gonna bring up. 443 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 1: Ricky Skaggs here in a moment. 444 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 4: I know that's the thirteen time I told you, but 445 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 4: we're gonna bring him out here in a minute. 446 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: And if I'm lying, I'm done. 447 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 4: They bring out Ricky Skaggs after forty eight times to 448 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 4: tell me they were bringing out Ricky Skaggs. And he 449 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 4: walks out and says, I'm so glad to be here 450 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 4: and I'm grateful for Cracker Barrel. 451 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: Well, my god, I. 452 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,959 Speaker 4: Have never been so Cracker barreled over the head. He 453 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 4: played one song they talked about Cracker Barrel. He told 454 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 4: a story for a while that wasn't very good because 455 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 4: involved biscuits and gravyes so that it sounded like it 456 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 4: was paid for, and then he walked off, And in 457 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 4: the Annals of Opry history, that means Ricky Skaggs played 458 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 4: that night. I think he had a show somewhere else. 459 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 4: He came over, did a song, left, maybe picked up 460 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,360 Speaker 4: a Crocker Barrel gift certificate and went on about his way. 461 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,879 Speaker 4: But anyway, I'm not really sure why I brought that up. 462 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 4: Oh must have been because of Genie Seeley. I got 463 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 4: an email from a nice lady named Bridget. She said, 464 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 4: good morning, Zar, I'm headed to the schoolhouse. I've been 465 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 4: thinking about you as we head into this new school year. 466 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,919 Speaker 4: I'm starting my eleventh year in education at Brentham MYSD. 467 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:39,119 Speaker 4: Time really flies. It seems like yesterday I was learning 468 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 4: the roots, and now here I am another fresh year, 469 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 4: new students, and still that same mix of nerves and excitement. 470 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,439 Speaker 4: But what really tugs at my heart is that, my 471 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,880 Speaker 4: little girl, Bailey, you start in kindergarten this year. It's 472 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 4: such a big milestone and I'm trying to hold it together, 473 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 4: but it's definitely an emotional one. Seeing her walk into 474 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 4: that classroom with her tiny backpack and big smile, it's 475 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 4: both beautiful and heartbreaking. Well, I can feel you on 476 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 4: that one, sister girl. I know you got your own 477 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 4: big milestone this year too, your son's senior year. I 478 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,120 Speaker 4: hope it's an amazing one for him, full of memories 479 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 4: and moments to cherish. I can only imagine the roller 480 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:19,479 Speaker 4: coaster of emotions you're hiding right now and then empty nesting. 481 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,840 Speaker 4: I honestly dread that day. I'm not sure i'll ever. 482 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: Be ready for that anyways. 483 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 4: I just wanted to check in, wishing you and your 484 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 4: family a smooth and special start to the school year. 485 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 4: Have a great day, sir, Sincerely, Bridget Bolton Krause Elementary School. 486 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 1: Well how about that? 487 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 4: PS, I agree with the good teacher's email you posted 488 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 4: this past weekend. 489 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 1: There are still a lot of us that are normal. 490 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 1: Bridget Bolton is our guest. Welcome. 491 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 3: Hi, Michaels. 492 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 1: Well that was a nice message. 493 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 6: Yes it is. 494 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 3: It's very surreal that she's going to be starting and 495 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 3: then you're going to be having your senior year or 496 00:28:58,160 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 3: your senior. 497 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 4: I hadn't read the part about Crockett when I started, 498 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 4: and so I was just reading about you and your 499 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 4: daughter and going back to school, and I thought, oh, 500 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 4: that's sweet, let's get her on. And then I I 501 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,200 Speaker 4: was reading the whole thing. I got down to Crockett 502 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 4: and so, yeah, well good, when do y'all turn back? 503 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 4: What's your first day? 504 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 3: Our first day? A staff can go back today to 505 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 3: start getting our classrooms and stuff all together, and then 506 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 3: the kiddos come back on to thirteenth. 507 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 4: All right, so what do you do with Bailey While 508 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 4: you're up there getting your classroom ready? 509 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 3: She goes to her daycare, which is First Baptist Church 510 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 3: school there in Brenham, and she goes and just does 511 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 3: her little daily routines over there, and then they're getting 512 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 3: them ready for kindergarten, where she doesn't get a nap 513 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 3: during the day anymore. So that's been a challenge. But 514 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 3: wait a minute, anyways, we kind of rapped. 515 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 4: I was in kindergarten mims Reager's class at Loreena Oates 516 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 4: at Western Star. 517 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 1: In old nineteen. 518 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 4: Yes, they get it. They think, wait, oh my goodness, 519 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 4: so we'd have you'd blink, you'd bring your They called 520 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 4: it your matt but basically what it was was a 521 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 4: was a shower mat and you'd roll it up and 522 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 4: then it was time for your naps, and she had 523 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 4: her whole routine, and then she would turn the lights out, 524 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 4: and you would, you know, go sit and pinch somebody 525 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 4: or pull it somebody, and she'd tell you to quit. 526 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 4: Finally you'd fall asleep against your wishes. What grade do 527 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 4: you teach? 528 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 3: I teach kindergarten through fourth grade. I'm the fun pe teacher. 529 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 4: Oh right, okay, all right, And so will she be 530 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:40,360 Speaker 4: one of your students, your daughter. 531 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,040 Speaker 3: I'm going to keep her in private school one more 532 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 3: year to see how we transition for that. 533 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 1: What does mister Bolton do? 534 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 3: Yep, he works for Union Pacific Railroad. 535 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 1: Oh, they make a lot of money. 536 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 3: I'll tell you else else way, But it's a lot 537 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 3: of hours on the family, for sure. They do work 538 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,480 Speaker 3: over a lot of hours during the week and on 539 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 3: the weekend. 540 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: And what does he do for them? 541 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 3: It's a job. He is a technician for the railroad signals. 542 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 1: And how did he learn to do that? 543 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 3: They actually he got it right out of glend and 544 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,240 Speaker 3: he went out. They send him to school, to Utah 545 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 3: and they put him through the school and they stay here, 546 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 3: work on your own and he's been doing that for 547 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 3: twenty three years now. 548 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 1: That sounds safe. That's good to know. 549 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:38,600 Speaker 4: Here. 550 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 1: It's just a railroad. There's nobody on it. Figure it 551 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:42,719 Speaker 1: out all right. 552 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 4: Hold on. Just a momentory of broken from across Elementary 553 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 4: and Brenham