Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2: It's forty degrees with sunshine at least for now in
Speaker 2: Boston at eleven o'clock. Good Thursday Morning, on Madison Rodgers,
Speaker 2: and here's what's happening. New data shows inflation has cooled down,
Speaker 2: but there is an asterisk. Here's ABC's Brian Clark.
Speaker 3: Consumer prices increase by two point four percent in March
Speaker 3: compared to a year ago. That's a cool damp. Economists
Speaker 3: projected a two point six percent increase, but this data
Speaker 3: was collected before President Trump's tariff escalation. Economists say tariffs
Speaker 3: could leave inflation high. The two point four percent reading
Speaker 3: is still above the federal reserves two percent target.
Speaker 2: Economists say the lower inflation was driven by plunging gas
Speaker 2: prices down six point three percent in March. Massachusetts, though
Speaker 2: has not seen that kind of drop. President Trump hitting
Speaker 2: pause on what the White House calls its reciprocal tariffs.
Speaker 2: Those ten percent tariffs on all imports do remain in place,
Speaker 2: though rates on Chinese imports have been pushed to one
Speaker 2: hundred and twenty five percent. ABC's Mary Bruce.
Speaker 1: That uncertainty trickling down to small business owners like Chris Farley.
Speaker 1: He owns five running apparel stores in the DC area.
Speaker 1: All of his stock, from shoes to clothing, produced overseas.
Speaker 1: We were with him when news of the President's decision broke.
Speaker 1: The President appears just announced that he is pausing these
Speaker 1: tariffs and lowering them.
Speaker 4: Uh, this is you know, this is the world we're
Speaker 4: in now. What I was hoping for is some predictability
Speaker 4: of life and work. And this is just so challenging
Speaker 4: that that's great news. Maybe I should react that that's
Speaker 4: great news, but what does that mean for tomorrow?
Speaker 2: Massachusett's Governor Morihely also called for predictability yesterday, holding a
Speaker 2: press conference alongside local business leaders. The EU also says
Speaker 2: that it will hold off on counter measures.
Speaker 5: European Union officials of Jessa the EU will put its
Speaker 5: retaliation measures on hold four ninety days to match President
Speaker 5: Trump's tariff's pause. The hope is this Buy's time and
Speaker 5: room for a negotiated solution with Washington. It puts on
Speaker 5: hold twenty three billion dollars worth of EU duties on
Speaker 5: a range of US made products, including tobacco, motorcycles, poultry, steel,
Speaker 5: and aluminum. Vicky Barker, CBS News, London.
Speaker 2: Now, despite all this positive news, we've also seen another
Speaker 2: day of serious value drop or rather rates falling on
Speaker 2: Wall Street. We'll have the latest on that, with Bloomberg
Speaker 2: business coming up in less than ten minutes, opening statements
Speaker 2: and Karen Reid's second murder trial more likely right around
Speaker 2: the corner. Just one more juror needed. It is day
Speaker 2: eight of jury selection in Dedham. So far the prosecution
Speaker 2: and defense have selected fifteen jurors. It comes as Reid's
Speaker 2: defense argues the first jury had actually agreed to acquit
Speaker 2: Read on two charges, and as the Supreme Court says
Speaker 2: it will, they will not delay the retrial. They are
Speaker 2: on track for opening statements on Tuesday, and we'll continue
Speaker 2: to follow the latest right here on WBZ News Radio
Speaker 2: and on the iHeartRadio app. In the four day forecast,
Speaker 2: we'll see sunshine followed by increasing clouds this afternoon, also
Speaker 2: getting breezier out there and Boston the high is around
Speaker 2: forty eight degrees. It'll be warmer Inland. It's a night's
Speaker 2: cloudy with a bit of rain later. In Boston the
Speaker 2: low's around thirty seven, but in cooler spots north and
Speaker 2: west of the city. You could see that rain mixing
Speaker 2: in with a little wet snow, some rain or drizzle
Speaker 2: at times on Friday. Otherwise it's cloudy and breezy with
Speaker 2: a high around forty five near forty on Saturday, with clouds,
Speaker 2: some rain and drizzle much of the day. Just periods
Speaker 2: of rain and drizzle on Sunday with temps in the
Speaker 2: mid forties. So that's improvement over the first half of
Speaker 2: our weekend. I suppose it will be noticeably milder with
Speaker 2: some sun returning on Monday. Look forward to that. Right
Speaker 2: now in Boston and it is forty degrees and Sonny
Speaker 2: at eleven oh five. Round one of the Masters is
Speaker 2: underway right now down in Augusta. That believe z's Jim
Speaker 2: McKay says, for many local golfers, this is a springtime
Speaker 2: right of passage.
Speaker 6: For the lucky few who've been to Augusta.
Speaker 3: It's just so different than all the other events that
Speaker 3: I've been to.
Speaker 6: It's a trip you'll never forget. Speaking to golfers at
Speaker 6: Presidents and Quinsy, including Marty from Milton, who went to
Speaker 6: last year's Masters, Golfer's Paradise, you bet you.
Speaker 3: Like going to church.
Speaker 6: For most of us, however, we marvel from Afar.
Speaker 7: My favorite memories are watching an impossible shot can't be done.
Speaker 6: Bob from Weymouth who aims to break one hundred on
Speaker 6: the course. I'm right there with you. By the way,
Speaker 6: It's just fun to sit back and watch the Masters
Speaker 6: of golf compete in the tournament named in their honor.
Speaker 6: The pro Pixa are Pixes Club on the green. It's unbelievable.
Speaker 6: Remember fairways and greens and have fun this weekend in Quincy.
Speaker 6: JIMMYKAWBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: A ballerina is on a plane heading home home to
Speaker 2: the US right now after a prisoner swap between the
Speaker 2: US and Russia.
Speaker 7: Senya Carolina is a US Russian jewel national who was
Speaker 7: serving twelve years in a Russian penal colony. Her crime
Speaker 7: donating less than one hundred dollars to a Ukrainian charity. Well,
Speaker 7: this morning, she is free, exchanged in Abu Dhabi in
Speaker 7: a prisoner swap arranged by the United States Secative State.
Speaker 7: Rubio tweeted that she is on her way home, and
Speaker 7: he credited President Trump for her release.
Speaker 2: ABC's James Longman reports CIA director John Radcliffe, saying Russia
Speaker 2: wrongfully detained Carolina. As part of the swap, the US
Speaker 2: released a German Russian national being held on allegations of
Speaker 2: exporting sensitive microelectronics. An investigations underway after a student was
Speaker 2: stabbed outside of Brockton Middle School yesterday afternoon. Police say
Speaker 2: the student is expected to recover after getting stabbed during
Speaker 2: a fight outside the Pluf Middle School. Police say one
Speaker 2: person has been detained. The varsity cheerleading coach at Quincy
Speaker 2: High has been fired now following an investigation into claims
Speaker 2: she supplied students with alcohol and marijuana. Amy Jay has
Speaker 2: been on paid leave since late January. A statement from
Speaker 2: the superintendent obtained by the Patriot Ledger says that Quincy
Speaker 2: Public Schools made a decision to terminate the office prayer,
Speaker 2: paraprofessional and cheerleading coach. Police had been looking into the
Speaker 2: allegations as well, and that potential criminal investigation is ongoing.
Speaker 2: A shark attack victim wants a new alert system to
Speaker 2: warn others to stay out of the water.
Speaker 8: Sixteen year old Lulu Griffin of Alabama lost a hand
Speaker 8: and part of a leg when she was attacked off
Speaker 8: the Florida Panhandle last June. Yesterday, she convinced an Alabama
Speaker 8: House committee to approve a bill that would set up
Speaker 8: an amber alert type system telling people when there's been
Speaker 8: a shark attack nearby, so they notice stay out of
Speaker 8: the water.
Speaker 6: People won't have.
Speaker 5: To experience the pain and they'll.
Speaker 7: Just be saved.
Speaker 8: The bill now goes on to the full House.
Speaker 2: A question, Hey, Lulu, you're learning quick, but that's for
Speaker 2: me to ask.
Speaker 8: Michael Wallace, CBS News.
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