Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2: It's thirty six degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock, good
Speaker 2: Wednesday morning. I'm Madison Rodgers and we start this hour
Speaker 2: at the White House. This afternoon, President Trump is expected
Speaker 2: to announce a barrage of new tariffs that could have
Speaker 2: a huge impact on consumers and the economy.
Speaker 3: President Trump is set to unveil his plan for another
Speaker 3: round of tariffs. He'll speak this afternoon in the Rose Garden,
Speaker 3: but so far, the White House hasn't revealed any details
Speaker 3: of what he's going to announce. The President has said
Speaker 3: for weeks these so called reciprocal tariffs are aimed at
Speaker 3: balancing trade deficits the US has with countries around the world,
Speaker 3: but economists are warning that American consumers will feel an
Speaker 3: impact prices going up on cars, clothing, food, and electronics.
Speaker 3: The White House says Americans should trust the President in
Speaker 3: how he handled trade and tariff policies in his first term.
Speaker 3: Karen Traver's ABC News the White House.
Speaker 2: And that announcement is expected late this afternoon. So for
Speaker 2: the very latest, stay tuned right here on WBZ News
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Speaker 2: app movement in Boston, federal courts, and the iced attention
Speaker 2: of atop's PhD student. The Trump administration is arguing a
Speaker 2: federal District court judge in Boston doesn't have the power
Speaker 2: to decide whether Ramesa os Turk's arrest was illegal because
Speaker 2: by the time a challenge was filed in court, she'd
Speaker 2: already been taken out of state. Oz Turk was arrested
Speaker 2: by masked ICE agents in Somerville last week. Yesterday, hundreds
Speaker 2: in Boston protested for the Turkish national to be released,
Speaker 2: joined by local leaders including Mehor Wu. She had spoken
Speaker 2: out protesting the war in Gaza and has been accused
Speaker 2: of supporting Hamas. Israel's defense minister says the military plans
Speaker 2: on taking large areas of Gaza and expanding its military operation.
Speaker 1: Defense Mines Israel Katz announced when day that the IDF
Speaker 1: would be expanding operations in Gaza, saying that troops will
Speaker 1: move to clear areas of quote, terrorists and infrastructure, as
Speaker 1: well as capture extensive territory that will be added to
Speaker 1: the State of Israel security areas. It comes after Palestinian
Speaker 1: media reported a large wave of air strikes overnight around
Speaker 1: Rafa and carn Unis, as well as IDF troops advancing
Speaker 1: in the south. The operation comes almost a month since
Speaker 1: a delicate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas broke down. The
Speaker 1: Defense Minister also called on Palestinians to overthrow Hamas and
Speaker 1: return Israeli hostages. Trent Murray Tel Aviv.
Speaker 2: One group representing families of Israeli hostages, has put out
Speaker 2: a statement saying it is horrified by the news. More
Speaker 2: allegations are being made against National Security Advisor Mike walt
Speaker 2: A new report says he and his staff have reportedly
Speaker 2: been conducting government business on Gmail.
Speaker 4: Sources tell The Washington Post Waltz had a schedule and
Speaker 4: other work documents sent to his Gmail. One if his
Speaker 4: senior aides use Gmail to discuss sensitive military positions and
Speaker 4: powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict, His colleagues responded,
Speaker 4: using government issued accounts, Gmail is far less secure than
Speaker 4: the Signal app, which Waltz and other Cabinet members recently
Speaker 4: used to discuss military operations in Yemen. Michael Wallace CBS News.
Speaker 2: Looking at the four day forecast, now it stays breezy
Speaker 2: out there this afternoon with sunshine followed by some increasing clouds.
Speaker 2: It's a high around forty in Boston, more like forty five.
Speaker 2: Heading Inland tonight, it's cloudy and breezy with some rain
Speaker 2: and spots. Watch for that to potentially mix in with
Speaker 2: some snow and sleep for a time, especially to the
Speaker 2: north and west of town. Thirty six for the low.
Speaker 2: Tomorrow's starts out with some rain and drizzle. It stays cloudy,
Speaker 2: but it is milder out there. Sixty two for the high.
Speaker 2: Sixty two to sixty six is what we're looking at
Speaker 2: for Friday, and clouds will break for some sunshine. Unfortunately,
Speaker 2: it's not quite so nice for the weekend. Looks like
Speaker 2: rain for Saturday, with temperatures somewhere in the forties. Right
Speaker 2: now in Boston thirty six degrees and mostly sunny at
Speaker 2: eleven oh five. It is tariff time for the Trump administration.
Speaker 2: The President is getting ready to roll out sweeping tariffs
Speaker 2: with trade partners around the globe, and locally, people are
Speaker 2: bracing for impact. As WBC's Jim McKay reports.
Speaker 5: Life is getting really expensive now. You can say that
Speaker 5: again here on the Cell Shore by head over crossing.
Speaker 5: You can find all different kinds of retail and restaurants,
Speaker 5: all of which are most likely going to be costing
Speaker 5: you more very soon.
Speaker 2: I think by this, yeah, you have to be careful.
Speaker 6: Bunch.
Speaker 5: Helpy Oscar from Ploymouth telling me he's already tightening the
Speaker 5: belts on his budget.
Speaker 1: I what you need only.
Speaker 5: President Trump has been referring to today as Liberation Day. However,
Speaker 5: a twenty five percent tariff on avocados doesn't exactly sound
Speaker 5: too liberated.
Speaker 7: G gotta pay twenty five percent more higher.
Speaker 5: Let's get a fig us in a living from the
Speaker 5: grocery aisle to the car lot clothing or to the
Speaker 5: liquor store. We could be in for a wild and
Speaker 5: expensive ride as we head into the spring and hand
Speaker 5: over Jim MCKAWBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2: A new video game console that's sure to be on
Speaker 2: a whole lot of Christmas lists now has a launch date.
Speaker 6: Wbz'sjwilllette, The Nintendo Switch to releases June fifth, coming out
Speaker 6: eight years after its predecessor. You may be asking yourself
Speaker 6: what's new about this Nintendo. According to the company, it
Speaker 6: boasts a bigger screen, more storage space, higher video resolution.
Speaker 6: Game chat and game share, which allows players to play
Speaker 6: on the same copy of a title across multiple systems.
Speaker 6: As for the games themselves, We're getting a new Mario
Speaker 6: kard as a launch title, and later this summer a
Speaker 6: new three D Donkey Kong game. Whether it's birthdays or holidays,
Speaker 6: get ready to see it on the wish list. J
Speaker 6: Willette WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2: It is day two of Karen Reid's murder retrial in Dedham,
Speaker 2: and the jury selection process continues this morning. CBS News
Speaker 2: Boston's Christina Rax says today there are close to ninety
Speaker 2: prospective jurors there, and nearly half of them say they
Speaker 2: have already formed opinions in the case. Yesterday there were
Speaker 2: two jurors picked. Meantime, the buffer zone keeping protesters away
Speaker 2: from Norfolk Superior Court is now the subject of a lawsuit.
Speaker 2: The Center for American Liberty just filed a civil suit
Speaker 2: against Judge Beverly Cononi, accusing her of trying to silence
Speaker 2: her critics. Family members confirm actor Val Kilmer has died.
Speaker 7: Val Kilmer was born in Los Angeles and Hollywood was
Speaker 7: in his blood.
Speaker 6: I'm not the first guy of fell in Love with
Speaker 6: the girl he met in the restaurant, who then.
Speaker 7: Making his featured debut in the nineteen eighty four spy
Speaker 7: movie spoof Top Secrets. Later roles had him playing Elvis
Speaker 7: Presley on Doors Icon Jim Morrison. He was paired with
Speaker 7: Tom Cruise in Top Gun.
Speaker 4: You're Everyone's problem.
Speaker 1: That's because every time you go up in the air,
Speaker 1: you're unsafe.
Speaker 7: And immortalized as Doc Holiday with three words, I'm a
Speaker 7: Huckelbert Kilmer was diagnosed with throw cancer in twenty fourteen,
Speaker 7: but recovered. His daughter says he succumbed to pneumonia. Jim
Speaker 7: Ryan ab Seniors.
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Speaker 2: Madison Rogers, WBZ, Boston's news radio