Hello Houston: where Houston talks!Hello Houston: Where Houston Talks!

On today’s Hello Houston, we’re joined by Houston Emergency Center Director Roderick Jackson in the first hour of the show, who explains how the center stays ready when Houstonians need help the most.

Then, we talk with actor, singer, and comedian John O’Hurley, best known for playing J. Peterman in Seinfeld, who tells us more about his film and television career, as well as his upcoming one-man show here in Houston.

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In the show’s second hour, legendary Houston sportswriter and Texas Hall of Famer, John McClain, joins us, along with film producer Rob Lynch, to discuss The PVIL Story: Separate…But Equal, a sports documentary he’s hosting about the Prairie View Interscholastic League.

And finally, we share a list of events happening this MLK Day weekend in Houston for our regular Friday feature, “Last Minute Plans.”

And, as always, Ernie and guest host Doris Childress discuss today’s top headlines at the top of each hour, including a new poll showing Texas State Rep. James Talarico leading U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Texas Democratic Senate primary, President Trump threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act if the anti-ICE protests in Minnesota continue, and more.