In today's edition of "The Commuter Cut," Frank and Celeste talk with Houston Chronicle reporter Abby Church as she discusses the city’s legal battle over the minority business program.

Then, they discuss why Houston and other big cities are sinking with Leonard Ohenhen, a postdoctoral researcher at the Columbia Climate School’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

Plus, we hear Ernie and Celeste talk with Dr. Peter WT Pisters, President of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, who discusses the 150-million-dollar gift from the Kinder Foundation to create the Kinder Children's Cancer Center here in Houston.