>> THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS WELL UNDERWAY. BUT TOMORROW THE GOVERNOR WILL
GIVE A STATE OF THE STATE
ADDRESS. THAT'S A LITTLE
UNUSUAL, NOT NECESSARILY FOR
WHAT HE'S GOING TO SAY, BUT
WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE AND
WHO'S GOING TO BE IN THE
AUDIENCE AND WHO'S NOT. SCOTT
BRADDOCK IS THE EDITOR WITH THE
CORE REPORT. HE JOINS US LIVE.
SCOTT TO JOIN AS MANY TIMES
BEFORE. SCOTT, APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME. AS ALWAYS. WE'RE QUITE
THE SECRECY AROUND THE STATE OF
THE STATE ADDRESS AND WHY IT'S
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT NO MEDIA
IS GOING TO BE ALLOWED IN THE
ROOM.
THAT'S CORRECT. AND LOOK, I
THINK I HAVE A COUPLE OF
THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS. THE SORT
OF A SWEEPING THOUGHTS ABOUT
IT. NUMBER ONE.
>> I THINK THAT GOVERNOR ABBOTT
BECAME VERY COMFORTABLE IN SORT
OF THE COVID COULD COME.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IF
YOU THINK ABOUT THE KIND OF
POWER HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO A
MASS IN HIS OFFICE, THANKS TO
THE COVID DISASTER DECLARATIONS
WHICH REMAIN IN EFFECT TODAY.
RIGHT? EVEN THOUGH MOST PEOPLE
ARE NOT WEARING MASKS ANYMORE
AND PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING TO
GET A VACCINE THAT ALREADY BEEN
VACCINATED. THAT DEBATE SEEMS
TO BE LARGELY OVER IN TEXAS.
BUT THE GOVERNOR GOT REALLY
COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. YOU
MIGHT REMEMBER THAT IT FOR HIS
LAST STATE OF THE STATE.
THIS IS THE WAY HE DID IT AWAY
FROM THE TEXAS CAPITAL UP
SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WOULD HAVE
BEEN, YOU KNOW, A PREVIOUSLY
UNDISCLOSED LOCATION AND SORT
OF IN THE CURRENT IS THE WAY I
WOULD DESCRIBE IT, NOT HAVING
TO INTERACT WITH THE
LEGISLATURE. THAT'S ONE THING.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT IF
GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS GOING TO
BE RUNNING FOR GET RIGHT TO
IT. AND I GET THIS QUESTION
ALL THE TIME. IS HE THINKING
ABOUT RUNNING IS A, YOU KNOW,
IN CONTENTION? WELL, THE
POLLING NATIONALLY DOESN'T SHOW
THAT HE IS. BUT I'VE KIND OF,
YOU KNOW, GOT UNDER I THINK
ABOUT HIM LIKE 7. 37, THAT'S IN
A HOLDING PATTERN OVER THE
AIRPORT. YOU KNOW, JUST IN
CASEY MIGHT WANT TO GO IN FOR A
LANDING. IF, YOU KNOW, FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CANDIDACY
DOESN'T WORK OUT FOR, YOU KNOW,
THE FIELD SEEMS TO BE OPEN FOR
HIM. AND THE FACT IS THAT THIS
GOVERNOR THRIVES BEST IN
ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE VERY
CONTROLLED. NO MEDIA, NOT MUCH
INTERACTION WITH THE CROWD AND
CERTAINLY NOT MUCH INTERACTION
WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE SUPPOSED
TO BE HIS PARTNERS IN THE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. THAT WOULD
BE THE LEGISLATORS THEMSELVES.
AND ATTENDEES WERE ORIGINALLY
SUPPOSED TO SIGN NONDISCLOSURE
AGREEMENTS TO BE IN THE
AUDIENCE. IS THAT RIGHT?
>> RIGHT. THAT TOTALLY THE THE
THE IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU
RAISED AT THE VENUE WHERE THIS
IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN, THEY HAD
SAID THIS COMPANY.
>> IN SAN MARCUS HAD SAID THAT
THERE WERE SOME SECURITY
CONCERNS AND SO THEY WANTED
TO ATTENDEES THE SIGN IN THE
A'S NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS.
BUT THAT WAS EVENTUALLY RESENT
THAT THERE WAS SOME PUSHBACK, I
THINK, FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WERE
INVITED TO GO. BUT THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN
ATTENDANCE ARE STILL REQUIRED
TO LEAVE THEIR CELL PHONES OUT
IN THEIR CARS AND NOT BRING
THEM INSIDE. SO AGAIN, THERE'S
THIS BAILOUT SECRECY. I WOULD
JUST DESCRIBE IT AS CHANGE.
VERY STRANGE. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO WHAT WE MAY
HEAR TOMORROW THAT WITH, YOU
KNOW, LEGISLATORS ONLY INVITED
GUESTS KNOW MEDIA IN THIS ROOM.
>> IN SAN MARCUS IS MY
UNDERSTANDING. WHAT DO YOU
EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE
GOVERNOR?
>> LISTENING FOR A FEW THINGS
HIS EMERGENCY ITEMS WHICH HE
HAS TRADITIONALLY LAID OUT
DURING HIS STATE OF THE STATE.
HE DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO
IT THAT WAY. BUT THAT'S THE
WAY THIS GOVERNOR HAS DONE IT.
WE WILL LOOK TO SEE WHAT THINGS
THE GOVERNOR EXERCISES HIS
POWER ABOUT. I THINK WHEN
PEOPLE HEAR THE TERM EMERGENCY
ITEM, MAYBE IT'S MISUNDERSTOOD
A LITTLE IT'S NOT THEIR ACTUAL
EMERGENCIES. THE WAY YOU THINK
OF IT LIKE BREAKING THE GLASS
OF CALLING IN THE FIRST 60 DAYS
OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR
THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.
LEGISLATORS CAN'T TAKE UP AND
CONSIDER ANY LEGISLATION UNLESS
THE GOVERNOR GIVES THEM THE
GREEN LIGHT ON A TOPIC BY
DESIGNATED, YOU KNOW,
DESIGNATING THAT TOPIC, AN
EMERGENCY ITEM WHEN HE DOES
THAT. IT'S AN EXERCISE OF HIS
POWER, ALTHOUGH IT'S COMING A
LITTLE LATER IN THE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW,
FUNCTIONALLY, IT DOESN'T HAVE
THAT MUCH MEANING ANYMORE.
BUT I DO THINK, SYMBOLICALLY,
WITH THIS GOVERNOR, WHEN HE
DESIGNATES A TOPIC AS AN
EMERGENCY ITEM, THAT MEANS IT
IS TOP TOP PRIORITY LIST.
AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ON SCHOOL
VOUCHERS, LISTEN FOR THIS.
IF THE GOVERNOR TALKS A LOT
ABOUT SCHOOL VOUCHERS, WHICH I
EXPECT HIM TO DO, WE'LL TALK A
LOT ABOUT SCHOOL CHOICE,
EMPOWERING PARENTS AND AN AND
MONEY FOLLOWING THE CHILD.
ALL OF THAT STUFF. HE'S
DEFINITELY ON TO SAY THAT.
BUT DOES HE ACTUALLY DESIGNATED
EMERGENCY ITEM IF HE DOES?
I THINK WHAT HE'S SIGNALING
TO LAWMAKERS IS IF YOU ALL
DON'T PASS SOME PIECE OF
LEGISLATION ON THIS DURING THE
REGULAR SESSION, WELL, THEN GET
READY FOR A LONG, HOT SUMMER IN
AUSTIN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO
BE HERE TALKING ABOUT IT DURING
A SPECIAL SESSION OR MULTIPLE
SPECIAL SESSIONS.
>> WHAT ABOUT PROPERTY TAX
RELIEF? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
CONTINUES TO COME UP WHEN IT
COMES TO THE GOVERNOR'S
PRIORITIES. BUT ANY SPECIFICS
YOU'RE EXPECTING TO HEAR OR
HAVE HEARD IT, YOU KNOW, SINCE
HE WAS INAUGURATED.
>> THINGS LIKE THAT FROM THE
GOVERNOR OTHER THAN THE NUMBER
THAT HE'D LIKE TO SPEND ON
PROPERTY TAX ORIGINALLY TALKED
ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE.
13, A BILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT
MATTER. AND HE'S RECENTLY SAID
MORE LIKE 15 BILLION IS WHAT HE
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
LEGISLATURE ALLOCATED FOR,
QUOTE, UNQUOTE, PROPERTY TAX
RELIEF. EXACTLY WHAT FORM
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE. WE'VE
HEARD MORE SPECIFICS FROM THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO, OF
COURSE, PRESIDES OVER THE TEXAS
SENATE. HE SAID THAT ONE OF HIS
TOP PRIORITIES IS TO INCREASE
THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, TEXAS
UP TO $70,000. THAT'S WHAT'S IN
THE BASE BUDGET. I THINK THAT
THE INITIAL SALVO, IF YOU WILL,
FROM THE TEXAS SENATE, LOOKS
LIKE THE TEXAS HOUSE MAY GO
ALONG WITH THAT. I WAS TALKING
WITH SOME VETERAN LEGISLATORS
AND FORMER LEGISLATORS WHO HAVE
SAID LOOK WHAT THEY OUGHT TO DO
IF THEY WANT TO OFFER PROPERTY
TAX RELIEF TO EVERYONE AND THAT
WOULD BE HOMEOWNERS AS WELL.
AS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO OWN
BUSINESS OWNERS WHO OWN A, YOU
KNOW, BIG BOX RETAIL STORES AND
WELL AND GAS INTERESTS THAT
HAVE REFINERIES ON THE COAST.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT THEY REALLY
NEED TO DO IS FLOW MORE MONEY
THROUGH THE SCHOOL FUNDING
FORMULAS WHICH IN 2019 CAUSE
SOMETHING LIKE 3 BILLION
DOLLARS. AND THANKS TO
POPULATION GROWTH AND APPRAISAL
THAT COSTS PROBABLY THE SAME
EXACT SORT OF PROPERTY TAX
RELIEF FOR. THAT'S THE STATE
SENDING MONEY DOWN DIOCESE THAT
WOULD CAUSE PROBABLY SOMETHING
ABOUT. SO I LIKE ABOUT 5.5
BILLION OR 6 BILLION GIVEN THAT
GROWTH IN POPULATION AND
APPRAISAL CERTAIN. SO HERE'S
THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THAT.
THEY DO HAVE THE MONEY, BUT
WHETHER THAT'S SUSTAINABLE
GOING FORWARD. THAT'S ANOTHER
QUESTION BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW,
WE DO EXPECT TO SEE SOME KIND
OF THE R WORD THIS YEAR, A
RECESSION, EVEN THE COMPTROLLER
AND LAYING OUT THIS RECORD
BUDGET SURPLUS SAID THAT HE
DOES EXPECT TEXAS TO HAVE, BUT
HE DESCRIBED AT LEAST AS A MILD
RECESSION SOMETIME THIS YEAR.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE POWER GRID?
BEFORE WE LET YOU GO HERE,
WE'RE 2 YEARS OUT FROM THE
ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN YOU KNOW
THAT THE GRID FAILED IN TEXAS
AND THE GOVERNOR SAID A LOT HAS
BEEN DONE TO SHORE THAT UP TO
KEEP US FROM BEING IN THAT
POSITION AGAIN. BUT HE ALSO
SIGNALING HE SUPPORTS A PLAN
FROM THE PUBLIC UTILITY
COMMISSION THAT WOULD REALLY
CHANGE THE ENERGY MARKET IN
TEXAS TO PREVENT THAT FROM
HAPPENING.
>> I REMEMBER AFTER HE SIGNED
TO A RAFT OF LEGISLATION
ADDRESSING THE ENERGY GRID 2
YEARS AGO. THE GOVERNOR SAID
EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE
DONE WAS DONE WHEN IT CAME TO
THE GRID. HE HAS CHANGED HIS
TONE LATELY. RIGHT? SAID IN HIS
INAUGURAL ADDRESS AND THE
COMMENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT
WE NEED TO BUILD A MORE STABLE
GRID. THE PEUC, THE PUBLIC
UTILITY COMMISSION, ALL THOSE
COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY
ABBOTT DID SIGN OFF ON A PLAN
TO START A REDESIGNED THE GRID.
THE SHORT VERSION OF IT IS THAT
RATE PAYERS AROUND THE STATE
WOULD PAY MORE FOR ELECTRICITY
GRID THAT'S CONSIDERED TO BE
MORE RELIABLE. BUT THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, HE AND THE
GOVERNOR DON'T AGREE ON THIS.
DAN PATRICK HAS SAID THAT HE
DOESN'T LIKE THAT PLAN FROM
THE PC. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
SOME MORE HEARINGS ON THAT IN
THE TEXAS SENATE AS SOON AS
TOMORROW. THE LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR'S BEEN PRETTY
CONSISTENT ABOUT SAYING NO,
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS IS CREATE
MORE OF WHAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS
MORE THERMAL GENERATION.
HE'S LOOKING TO EXPAND NATURAL
GAS GENERATION IN PARTICULAR.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A TUSSLE
DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SOMETHING WE'LL WATCH CLOSELY.
>> SCOTT BRADDOCK EDITOR WITH
THE RERT. ALWAYS APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME. SCOTT. STEVE MYRA,
>> YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD SOME
OF THE BUZZ ABOUT A DIABETES
DRUG THAT IS BEING USED FOR
WEIGHT LOSS. MANY ESPECIALLY
THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH
LIFE THREATENING OBESITY WHO
DON'T HAVE DIABETES ARE FINDING
IT CAN HELP THEM LOSE A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WEIGHT
ARE PERRY WITH WHAT YOU SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT THIS NEWLY APPROVED
MEDICATION.
>> IT'S BEEN CALLED A NATIONAL
EPIDEMIC. 42% OF AMERICAN
ADULTS ARE OBESE BY 2030,
EXPERTS PREDICT THAT NUMBER
WILL SWELL TO 50%. WE HAVE TO
TREAT OBESITY.
>> AS WE WOULD TREAT ANY OTHER
CHRONIC, TREATABLE DISEASE OR
YALE COLLEAGUES ARE STUDYING
THE IMPACT OF THE DIABETES
MEDICATION CALLED HIS APPETITE.
>> IT'S SOLD UNDER THE BRAND
AND HARRO IN A TRIAL CALL
SURMOUNT ONE. RESEARCHERS
STUDIED THE ONCE WEEKLY
INJECTABLE IN 2500 ADULT WHO
DID NOT HAVE DIABETES. AND IT
FOUND SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT LOSS
AT 72 WEEKS. THE INDIVIDUALS
WHO RECEIVED THE HIGHEST DOSE
OF THE MEDICATION, 15
MILLIGRAMS OF TREES APPETITE.
>> 40% OF THEM LOST GREATER
THAN OR EQUAL TO 25% OF THEIR
TOTAL BODY WEIGHT. THINK OF IT
THIS WAY. THAT MEANS A PERSON
WHO WEIGHED 200 POUNDS SLIM
DOWN TO ONE 50 THESE TYPES OF
RESULTS WE HAVE NOT SEEN WITH
ANY OTHER PHASE 3 TRIAL IN
INDIVIDUALS WITH OBESITY WITH
ANY OTHER AGENT.
>> SO DEFINITELY VERY
SIGNIFICANT AND POSSIBLY
PROVIDE A NEW TOOL FOR WEIGHT
LOSS. WHEN TITAN EXERCISE JUST
AREN'T WORKING.
>> RIGHT NOW, THE FDA HAS
APPROVED THE DRUG FOR
FAST-TRACK REVIEW, WHICH MEANS
THAT IS GOING TO BE REVIEWED A
LOT FASTER THAN USUAL SO THAT
IT CAN BE PUT ON THE MARKET
FOR CHRONIC WEIGHT MANAGEMENT.
URSULA PARI KSAT, 12 NEWS.
>> ALRIGHT, LOOK OUTSIDE WITH
LIVE CAM. VERY WARM OUT THERE
TODAY. BUT HOLD ON. THINGS ARE
CHANGING OUT
>> IT'S STILL FEBRUARY HERE
IN SOUTH TEXAS. SO GET READY
FOR A A BIT OF A TEMPERATURE
WHIPLASH. THAT'S ON THE WAY
78 DEGREES OFFICIALLY AT THE
AIRPORT NOW BY 9 O'CLOCK.
WE'RE STILL NEAR 70 MIDNIGHT
AT 64. SO A MILD EVENING AND
HUMID OUT THERE UNTIL AFTER
MIDNIGHT WHEN A COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH TEMPERATURES FALL
DOWN TO NEAR 50 DEGREES BY
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. AND
EVEN MORE CHANGES TO TALK ABOUT
WITH THAT COLD FRONT WILL TALK
ABOUT HOW MUCH THIS DOSE OF
REALITY, HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO
STICK AROUND IN JUST A BIT.
YES, IT IS WINTER IN SOUTH
TEXAS ONE DAY. IT'S 76 THE YOU
KNOW, LET'S SAY.
>> 25 DEGREES COOLER.
>> COLD. IT'S COLD.
>> YEAH, WE HIT 81 AT THE
AIRPORT TODAY. AND YOU KNOW, 2
YEARS AGO TODAY WE HAD A
MORNING LOW OF 9, WHICH WAS A
RECORD FOR THE DAY. OF COURSE,
WE WOKE UP TO NEARLY 4 INCHES
OF SNOW. THEN ALL THE FUN AND
WHEN SOUTH PRETTY QUICKLY, WE
DON'T NEED TO REVISIT THAT
RIGHT NOW. LET'S LOOK AHEAD
TO WHAT'S COMING OUR WAY.
COOL AND WINDY STARTING
TOMORROW. A LIGHT FREEZE BY
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. MORNINGS
AND JACKET WEATHER BASICALLY
TOMORROW ALL THE WAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THE TEMPERATURES NOW SEE
WHERE THE COLD FRONT IS.
LOOK AT THEM REALLY DOWN TO
29 ALBUQUERQUE. 32 EVEN GET UP
TO GUIDING OKLAHOMA. IT'S 23
DEGREES AND THAT COOLER AIR, OF
COURSE, ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE
COLD FRONT AND WE'RE GOING TO
GET CLIPPED BY SOME OF THAT
COOLER AIR, EVEN MIDLAND.
58. BUT THEN YOU GO TO
JUNCTION. IT'S 84 IN DEL RIO.
STILL AT 92 DEGREES AFTER A
RECORD HIGH TODAY OF 95.
SO VERY WARM TODAY. STILL, 73
NEW BRAUNFELS KERRVILLE RIGHT
NOW AT 74. WE'RE STARTING TO
SEE MOST OF OUR TEMPERATURES
LOCALLY DIP DOWN INTO THE 70'S,
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A GRADUAL
DROP OFF THIS EVENING. WE'RE
NOT GOING TO SEE OUR
TEMPERATURES PLUMMET THIS
EVENING. THAT WILL HAPPEN MORE
SO TOMORROW AT THIS TIME.
BUT TOMORROW MORNING WE'RE
GOING TO START TODAY IN THE
UPPER 40'S AROUND TOWN. EVEN
SOME MID 40'S IN THE HILL
COUNTRY CANYON
LAKE. 46 NIXON STARTED THE DAY
AT 53 CASTROVILLE. 49 RIO
MEDINA, 46.
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE
TEMPERATURES AREN'T GOING TO
WARM UP VERY MUCH. WE'LL GET
TO 56 AT NOON AND THEN ONLY
ABOUT 59 FOR THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE TOMORROW WITH A
DECENT AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE.
SO THAT'S SAYS A LOT. WE HAVE A
LOT OF SUNSHINE, BUT STILL WE
CAN'T GET THOSE TEMPERATURES
REALLY INTO THE 60'S AND IT'S
GOING TO GET EVEN COOLER
THEREAFTER. SO LOOKING AT THE
HIGHS TOMORROW, MANY OF US IN
THE UPPER 50'S. I DO THINK
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90 WILL SEE
SOME 60'S PROTEIN FLOOR.
STILL, 63 HONDO RIGHT ABOUT
60 DEGREES. BUT THEN BY FRIDAY,
WE TRIM OFF A FEW MORE DEGREES.
56, THE HIGH IN SAN ANTONIO
SATURDAY BRIEFLY AND BARELY
HITTING 60 BEFORE WE WARM BACK
UP WELL INTO THE 70'S FOR THE
2ND HALF OF THE WEEKEND AND
INTO NEXT WEEK AS WELL. IF YOU
LIKE THIS, WHETHER BY EARLY
NEXT WEEK WILL BE BACK IN THE
LOWER 80'S AGAIN, HERE'S THE
BIG PICTURE AND SEE A LOT OF
SNOW WITH ON THE COLD SIDE OF
THIS SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY IN THE
NORTH END OF THAT UPPER LOW.
SKI RESORTS, COLORADO, NEW
MEXICO LOVE. AND THIS WILL TELL
YOU THAT THIS IS SOME GOOD SNOW
FOR THEM AND SOME GOOD MOISTURE
FOR SOME FOLKS AS WELL. BUT
IT'S JUST NOT MAKING ITS WAY
HERE. THIS IS THE UPPER-LEVEL
COMPONENT TO THIS BIG TROUGH
THAT DIP IN THE UPPER LEVEL
FLOW CENTERED OVER COLORADO.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BYPASS US
AND REALLY NOT THROW MUCH
ENERGY OUR WAY. WE COULD SEE A
BRIEF SHOWER OVERNIGHT BETWEEN
ABOUT 11:00PM AND 03:00AM.
IT REALLY NOTHING TO EVEN THE
HOPE FOR BECAUSE IT'S GOING
TO BE VERY NEGLIGIBLE. WE DO
HAVE A LITTLE MORE HOPE IN THIS
UPPER SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO
BE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COASTLINE
THIS WEEKEND. IT'S GOING TO
DRIFT OVER THE PACIFIC FOR A
FEW DAYS. THEN GET CAUGHT UP IN
OUR UPPER LEVEL FLOW AND BY THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY,
WE COULD HAVE A FEW SHOWERS
FROM THAT AT LEAST GIVES US
A LITTLE BETTER CHANCE OF SOME
AREAS OF RAIN, BUT OTHERWISE
DRY. 78 RIGHT NOW, LET'S TALK
ABOUT THE WINDS SOUTHEAST AT
11, BUT IT HAD BEEN GUSTING
HIGHER. GET READY FOR SOME MUCH
HIGHER WIND GUSTS. THAT COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
BY 03:00AM. WE'RE TALKING WIND
GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MILES PER
HOUR TOMORROW MORNING AT
07:00AM. WE COULD SEE SOME WIND
GUSTS AROUND AND IN EXCESS OF
40 MILES PER HOUR. SOME OF
THOSE BLUSTERY DAYS, NOT JUST
COOLER, BUT ALSO WINDY.
AND IF IT'S YOUR TRASH,
RECYCLING ORGANICS BEEN DAY.
I KNOW I SAY THIS A LOT.
BUT ONCE THAT TRUCK COME BUT
COMES BY DANTE'S IN SET TO BACK
DOWN. CAN TUMBLE TUMBLE AWAY
REALLY QUICKLY. ALSO, THE HIGH
WINDS COMBINED WITH THE VERY
DRY AIR BEHIND THE FRONT
ENHANCES THE FIRE RISK,
ESPECIALLY WEST OF SAN ANTONIO
ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. BUT EVEN
HONDA UVALDE LAKEY AREAS
PEARSALL DILLEY AND POINTS
WESTWARD. THAT JUST MEANS IF
THERE'S A FIRE, IT WOULD SPREAD
RAPIDLY FRIDAY MORNING. 32 BY
THE AFTERNOON. 56. SO BELOW
AVERAGE AGAIN SATURDAY, 32 IN
THE MORNING, THEN RIGHT NEAR
60. WE GET INTO NEXT WEEK.
A LITTLE BIT OF ADDED MOISTURE
KIND OF SPRING-LIKE AGAIN THAT
MORNING FOG STARTING ON MONDAY AND WILL KIND OF GET USED TO THAT TREND FOR THE EARLY PART
A LOCAL COMPANY CREATING A WAY
FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND PEOPLE
TO BE TRANSPORTED AROUND THE
WORLD.
>> WITH THE ROCKETS, KNIGHT,
AEROSPACE AND PORT SAN ANTONIO
WORKED ON THIS PROJECT FOR
YEARS NOW, HAVING CREATED THESE
UNITS ORIGINALLY FOR THE ROYAL
CANADIAN AIR FORCE. OUR TIFFANY
HUERTAS GIVES US AN INSIDE LOOK
AT THE TECHNOLOGY USED FOR THIS
PROGRAM.
>> IMAGINE A ROCKET CARGO GOING
ACROSS THE EARTH AND WITHIN 2
HOURS CAN DELIVER HUMANITARIAN
AID AND OTHER MEANS TO SUPPORT
NATURAL DISASTERS. THAT IS
BEING DESIGNED HERE AT NIGHT.
AEROSPACE LOCATED AT PORT SAN
ANTONIO. WE RECEIVED A SMALL
BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH
CONTRACT FROM THE UNITED STATES
AIR FORCE TO FUTURE ASPIRATIONS
OF MOVING CARGO, HUMANITARIAN
AID, USING ROCKETS. MICHAEL
KNIGHTS GRANDFATHER STARTED
THIS COMPANY THAT CONTINUES TO
GROW. WE'RE SEEN AS A INDUSTRY
LEADER AND CARGO HANDLING
SYSTEMS, CARGO MOVEMENT.
KNIGHT, AEROSPACE STARTED IN
1992, AND CREATED UNITS TO
TRANSPORT HIGH RANKING MILITARY
OFFICIALS AND OTHERS. TODAY
THEY'RE CREATING THESE UNITS
FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES. STAR
MODULE IS 100% SEALED. THIS IS
THE SECOND UNIT THEY HAVE
CREATED FOR THE ROYAL CANADIAN
AIR FORCE. IT'S MEANT TO
TRANSPORT ANY MEDICAL SITUATION
FOR THE AIR FORCE FROM THE
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT WAR.
ALLY NATIONS IT'S ALSO BEING
UTILIZED TO TRANSPORT
INFECTIOUS DISEASE PATIENTS
NIGHT SAYS THE FIRST UNIT
DELIVERED HAS ALREADY BEEN USED
IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
SUCCESSFULLY MOVED A FAMILY, A
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR INDIVIDUAL
AND HIS FAMILY FROM AFRICA.
BACK TO CANADA. THEY'VE USED IT
A LOT DOMESTICALLY TO TRANSPORT
INDIVIDUALS FROM HOSPITALS,
2 OTHER HOSPITALS THAT ARE
OVERCROWDED. HE'S EXCITED FOR
THE FUTURE OF THE COMPANY WERE
MOVING WITH THE TIMES OF
DIFFERENT MEANS OF
TAKE A LOOK AT TRAFFIC AS WE
APPROACH 7 O'CLOCK HERE.
LET'S GO TO 14 AT
FREDRICKSBURG. LOOKS LIKE YES,
TRAFFIC IS STEADY, BUT IT IS
MOVING NO ISSUES FROM THIS
CAMERA ANGLE. NO, NOT AT ALL.
AND I-10 AT PROBANDT AND YOU
CAN SEE TRAFFIC ALSO MOVING
THERE. THESE ARE 2 VERY BUSY.
>> AREAS OF TAL. USUALLY THEY
ARE STILL BUSY. BUT
NO MAJOR TRAFFIC TIE UPS TO TELL YOU ABOUT. THAT IS A GOOD
THING.
>> IT'S A LITTLE STICKY OUTSIDE
LITTLE HUMID. THAT'S GOING TO
CHANGE, THOUGH. SIGNIFICANTLY
OVERNIGHT, A COLD FRONT'S GOING
TO MOVE THROUGH. I WISH IT
COULD REALLY SQUEEZE OUT MUCH
RAIN, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO
JUST A FEW LITTLE SMALL BRIEF
SHOWERS ALONG THAT FRONT
BETWEEN ABOUT 11:00PM AND
03:00AM. AND THAT'S ABOUT IT
BASICALLY DON'T COUNT ON ANY
RAIN HERE. THERE'S SLIGHTLY
BETTER HELP NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT.
OTHERWISE COOLER, WINDY.
59. THE HIGH TOMORROW LIGHT
FREEZE FRIDAY MORNING. THEN ONLY 56 IN THE AFTERNOON. A VERY SIMILAR INTO SATURDAY.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANKS, ADAM.
AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE
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