Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio. We defining local news.
Speaker 1: Well we've done it.
Speaker 2: It is six o'clock and the holiday season is now
Speaker 2: officially in the rear view mirror. It is Thursday morning.
Speaker 2: This is kind of like the second Monday of the week.
Speaker 2: By the way, clearing skies in Boston. It's thirty eight degrees.
Speaker 2: The News at six brought to a spy. You're New England,
Speaker 2: Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Welcome aboard
Speaker 2: this Thursday morning. I'm Jeff Brown. Better hold on to
Speaker 2: your hats.
Speaker 3: Sunny to Bartley, cloudy, very windy, and Chile today the
Speaker 3: high forty four with Acuba. The real field temperature mainly
Speaker 3: in the twenties. That is WBZ aciweather meteorologist Joe Lundberg.
Speaker 3: A big chill is on the way too, but sunny
Speaker 3: skies are expected through the rest of the weekend and
Speaker 3: now we wait. State and national health experts say they
Speaker 3: expect an outbreak of respiratory illnesses in the coming days
Speaker 3: and weeks after the holiday gatherings. Flu, COVID, and RSV
Speaker 3: are all expected to do increase, mainly doctors because many
Speaker 3: people have not gotten the latest vaccines to prevent against
Speaker 3: each Massachusetts is currently experiencing a moderate rate of flu
Speaker 3: and a high number of COVID patients. The CDC says
Speaker 3: the drop in vaccination rates is driven by misinformation about
Speaker 3: those shots. Doctors say it can take a couple of
Speaker 3: weeks for vaccines to take full effect, while the infection
Speaker 3: rate for all three viruses takes just days to take roots.
Speaker 3: Celtics and Bruins both in action tonight. These Celtics will
Speaker 3: travel to Minnesota. The Bruins are at Madison Square Garden
Speaker 3: to take on the Rangers. No Thursday Night football tonight,
Speaker 3: as the NFL begins its final weekend of the regular season,
Speaker 3: with a couple of games on Saturday coming up. College
Speaker 3: football's quarterfinals wrap up this afternoon in New Orleans with
Speaker 3: Notre Dame and Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. That game
Speaker 3: was postponed from yesterday.
Speaker 4: Not my decision, but I would like to see it
Speaker 4: delayed at least another day. If they asked my opinion,
Speaker 4: I would tell them that I think that it was
Speaker 4: a wise decision to delay it at least a day.
Speaker 2: This is an act of crime scene Louisiana Attorney General
Speaker 2: Liz Burrow. Investigators continue to look for accomplices in the
Speaker 2: deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street. President Biden calls the
Speaker 2: attack that left fifteen people dead and dozens more hurt
Speaker 2: as horrific and with no justification.
Speaker 5: I've directed my Attorney General, the FPI Director HIT, a
Speaker 5: National counter Intelligence to Terrorism Center, and the intelligence community
Speaker 5: to work on this intensively.
Speaker 2: Law enforcement says forty two year old shamsu Din Jabbar
Speaker 2: was a US Army veteran hell bent on causing as
Speaker 2: much damage as possible. A suspect shot dead in a
Speaker 2: firefight with police posted videos on social media outlining his plans.
Speaker 2: Former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis on night Side with
Speaker 2: Dan ray Here at WBZ says, this is a similar
Speaker 2: scene playing out in New Orleans, much like Boston twelve
Speaker 2: years ago. We are hearing that there were two other devices,
Speaker 2: and if he had those planted by someone, then clearly
Speaker 2: there's a conspiracy and that's extremely trouble. Authorities do say
Speaker 2: this attack is terrorism based with links to ISIS weapons
Speaker 2: inside the rented truck as well. Officials in New Orleans
Speaker 2: say the driver managed to get onto Bourbon Street due
Speaker 2: to malfunctioning security ballards meant to keep vehicles out back
Speaker 2: to school, back to work this morning, and the overnight
Speaker 2: rain has pulled out a dodge and we're seeing clearing skies.
Speaker 2: As we speak, it is thirty eight degrees. The other
Speaker 2: item this morning out the door is you'll notice it's
Speaker 2: quite windy already. In fact, a wind advisory has been
Speaker 2: posted through ten o'clock tonight. We can expect wind gusts
Speaker 2: between forty and sixty miles per hour later on during
Speaker 2: the day. Throughout the entire day as well, it is
Speaker 2: otherwise going to be a mix of sun and clouds.
Speaker 2: High temperatures will be in the mid forties, but with
Speaker 2: the wind chill, it'll feel like we're stuck in the twenties.
Speaker 2: And this is just the beginning of a change in
Speaker 2: the pattern as millions of Americans are going to be
Speaker 2: going into a deep freeze, and that includes right here
Speaker 2: in the Northeast, mainly clear, gusty, cold wind overnight tonight,
Speaker 2: low temperatures just below freezing. Tomorrow, a mix of sun
Speaker 2: and clouds once again hies in the upper thirties, but
Speaker 2: again it feels like we're stuck in the twenties, and
Speaker 2: we get progressively colder as we head through the weekend
Speaker 2: under mainly sunny skies. High temperatures both Saturday and Sunday
Speaker 2: expected to be just above freezing, and it looks like
Speaker 2: we could be seeing even colder air moving into starts
Speaker 2: next week. Right now in Boston this Thursday morning, clearing
Speaker 2: skies in thirty eight degrees but very windy here in
Speaker 2: Boston at six oh five, Cambridge puts a bow on
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five, just as the new year begins.
Speaker 6: Massachusetts is home to over one hundred colleges and universities,
Speaker 6: but only one town, or in this case, city exemplifies
Speaker 6: the definition of a true college town. Home to both
Speaker 6: Harvard and MIT. Researchers say Cambridge has it all. A
Speaker 6: lively art scene, world renowned museums, eclectic architecture, and a
Speaker 6: mix of urban and green spaces. Annual festivals, outdoor recreational
Speaker 6: opportunities and culture add to the city's vibrant campus and
Speaker 6: community life for students, residents, and visitors in Cambridge. James
Speaker 6: Rojas WBZ Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 2: Governor Morriheally will begin the new year by cleaning up
Speaker 2: from the last year she begins to weigh more than
Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty bills finally passed by lawmakers to
Speaker 2: close out the previous session. New laws have already or
Speaker 2: are about to hit the books in Massachusetts this year.
Speaker 2: Some tax changes could put some more money in your
Speaker 2: pocket with enhanced family and caregiver tax credits. This fall
Speaker 2: will know more about how much our colleagues are making
Speaker 2: at work when a pay transparency law takes effect and
Speaker 2: the rubber of voter approved ballot questions hits the road
Speaker 2: with the ok for the state auditor to audit the
Speaker 2: legislature changes to the high school MCASS exam will kick in,
Speaker 2: and the ability for ride share drivers to form and
Speaker 2: join a workers union. Even as the days begin to
Speaker 2: get a little bit longer, we continue to see some
Speaker 2: of the latest sunrises of the year. In fact, sun
Speaker 2: up in Boston is at seven thirteen today. We will
Speaker 2: pick up a few seconds on a daily basis from
Speaker 2: now until next week. The last of the seven thirteen
Speaker 2: sunrises will arrive on Wednesday, when the day lengthens with
Speaker 2: an earlier son Si sunrise, and continuously later some sets.
Speaker 2: New Year new Ubody bzys drew mohlland is here to
Speaker 2: tell us we've got some new people joining us this year.
Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Jeffrey.
Speaker 5: Good So you did you hit the gym to start
Speaker 5: your new year?
Speaker 2: Yeah, and so is everybody else. By the way, I
Speaker 2: know that annoys you. Yes, millions of new us. Even
Speaker 2: as we flip the calendar, we bring in a new generation. Jeffrey,
Speaker 2: say hello to Generation Beta. Hello.
Speaker 5: Experts in the new group to take over from the
Speaker 5: Generation Alpha will likely be immersed in AI and technology
Speaker 5: earlier than prior generations. The first Boston member of Generation
Speaker 5: Beta is Leah James Lombardi, checking in at Mass General
Speaker 5: at twelve fourteen am yesterday. I'm sure you're wondering, Jeffrey.
Speaker 5: Eight pounds, seven ounces, Dad, mom, daughter from Saugus, all
Speaker 5: doing well.
Speaker 2: That's great stuff. That's a that's sort of a competition
Speaker 2: between Boston hospitals to see who can welcome the first
Speaker 2: baby of the new year.
Speaker 5: There we go.
Speaker 2: All right, Congratulations to the family from Saugus and to
Speaker 2: Mass General as well. You are now in the loop
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