7.8.25 Texans help survivors, Congress manages Medicaid, and passing down an ancient art

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Texans respond to devastating flooding, new laws on funding for Medicaid, and keeping flintknapping an ancient art alive. Plus, competitive parallel parking, Nathan Finn on lessons from two transgender athletes, and the Tuesday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from Nicea Conference 2025, a historic gathering of church leaders from every inhabited continent. More at niceaconference.comFrom WatersEdge Kingdom Investments — personal investments that build churches. 5.05% APY on a three-month term. WatersEdge.com/investWatersEdge Kingdom Investments - WatersEdge securities are subject to certain risk factors as described in our Offering Circular and are not FDIC or SIPC insured. This is not an offer to sell or solicit securities. WatersEdge offers and sells securities only where authorized; this offering is made solely by our Offering Circular.And from Cedarville University, a Christ-centered, academically rigorous university located in southwest Ohio,equipping students for Gospel impact across every career and calling. Cedarville integrates a biblical worldview into every course in the more than 175 undergraduate and graduate programs students choose from. New online undergraduate degrees through Cedarville Online offer flexible and affordable education grounded in a strong Christian community that fosters both faith and learning. Learn more at cedarville.edu, and explore online programs at

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0:00.0	Good morning. Flash flooding victims number at least 90 in Texas. How is the town responding to the tragedy?
0:12.0	Also today the ongoing debate over federal funding for Medicaid and later one man's mission to keep an ancient art form alive.
0:20.0	Just a fellow that likes to make arrowheads,
0:23.0	and I don't mind showing people how I do it.
0:26.1	And World Opinions contributor Nathan Finn
0:28.4	on the wisdom of coming to our senses.
0:39.9	It's Tuesday, July 8th. This is the world and everything in it from listeners-supported World Radio.
0:44.0	I'm Mary Reichard.
0:44.9	And I'm Nick Eiger. Good morning.
0:48.6	Time now for the news with Kent Covington.
0:52.2	Authorities in Central Texas say that more than a hundred people are now confirmed dead
0:57.6	after catastrophic weekend flooding.
1:00.0	That news comes as search and rescue teams continue to wade into swollen rivers and use
1:05.4	heavy equipment to untangle trees.
1:07.8	It's all part of a massive search for roughly 40 people still missing. One volunteer said
1:13.3	Monday. You're here with about 40 chainsaws, cutting into the brush, pulling it all back,
1:20.3	separating it in piles of what's a burn, metal, and trash. Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick
1:26.3	has asked the public to pray for all the families
1:29.1	affected by this tragedy. I know as the days go longer, many people are losing hope,
1:37.2	but we're not losing hope. We're going to continue to work hard to search. Flash floodwaters
1:42.1	barreled through Kerr County on Friday, ripping up trees by their
1:45.9	roots and washing away entire homes. Holly Kate Hurley was a counselor at Camp Mystic in the path of
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