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Jimmy Barrett and Dennis Spellman take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 09/08/2020.

Pollster John Zogby, founder and senior partner with John Zogby Strategies calls in to talk all things Trump, Biden and the election. Four little-noticed trends that suggest Trump could have an edge in November. Do the polls imply a Biden wave on November 3rd? Or are we seeing a repeat of 2016 when almost nobody predicted Trump would — or even could — win? There are four little-discussed trends that worry Biden supporters.

Harris County, Texas - July 24, 2020, Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Executive Director of Harris County Public Health (HCPH) and Local Health Authority for Harris County, and David Persse, MD, FACEP, FAEMS, Local Health Authority for the Houston Health Department, today signed a joint public health order requiring all public and non-religious private schools in Harris County to remain closed to in-person instruction until at least September 8. The start of on-campus instruction and activity may be delayed further based on ongoing monitoring and assessment of public health mitigation conditions. We speak with Barbers Hill ISD Superintendent Greg Poole; his district has 80% of kids in classrooms.

Parler, the People-driven social platform, is criticizing Twitter and the Cancel-Mob, with which it has a longstanding codependent relationship. Both have rushed to judgment with respect to the conduct of a conservative male teenager, Kyle Rittenhouse. The offending tweet, by independent journalist and privacy activist Cassandra Fairbanks, consisted of a single short sentence: “Kyle Rittenhouse did nothing wrong.” According to Twitter, this tweet “incited violence,” and so the publisher locked down Ms. Fairbanks’ account until she removed it. Calling in to talk on this issue is The CEO of Parler, John Hatze.