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<v Speaker 1>Bassist w b ZE News Radio, where Boston gets the news,

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<v Speaker 2>Gorgeous. It's sunny, it's warm, It's sixty nine degrees in

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<v Speaker 2>downtown Boston. We're not stopping there. We're headed for nearly

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<v Speaker 2>eighty degrees today. I'm Laurie Kirby. The News at eleven

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<v Speaker 2>is brought to you by the Good Feed Store. Improving

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<v Speaker 2>people's lives two feet at a time. President Biden is

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<v Speaker 2>headed to New Hampshire tomorrow for the first time since

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<v Speaker 2>he dropped out of the race for the White House,

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<v Speaker 2>and he plans to highlight as administration's work to lower

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<v Speaker 2>prescription drug cost. President Biden is holding an event at

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<v Speaker 2>the New Hampshire Technical Institute and Conquered and school officials

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<v Speaker 2>and police too are asking students who live off campus

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<v Speaker 2>to avoid the school grounds tomorrow. There's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>closures and a lot of disruptions to both operates and classes.

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<v Speaker 2>Will have more as it happens. Meantime, at the White House,

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<v Speaker 2>President Biden proposes a new rule to make birth control

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<v Speaker 2>more accessible.

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<v Speaker 1>President Biden announced plans today to expand access to contraceptive products,

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<v Speaker 1>including free over the counter birth control. Just two weeks

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<v Speaker 1>before elections where reproductive rights are a key issue. In

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<v Speaker 1>a statement, the President said this new action would help

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<v Speaker 1>ensure that millions of women with private health insurance can

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<v Speaker 1>access the no cost contraception they need. Sayb have some,

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<v Speaker 1>Stacy Lyn says, right now, health insurance cover the cost

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<v Speaker 1>of prescriptions if you have a prescribed contraception.

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<v Speaker 2>But this new rule obviously would expand that. And both

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<v Speaker 2>presidential candidates are very busy in the battleground states. With

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<v Speaker 2>is fifteen days to go until election day two weeks tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>Vice President Harris is focusing on three critical states today,

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<v Speaker 2>and ABC's Karen Travers says.

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<v Speaker 3>That Vice President Harris is holding events in the so

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<v Speaker 3>called Blue Wall state. It's Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, three

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<v Speaker 3>battlegrounds that are key to a Democratic victory. She'll be

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<v Speaker 3>joined by former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney for a series

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<v Speaker 3>of conversations, part of an effort to reach out to

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<v Speaker 3>independence and Republicans and peel them away from former President

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<v Speaker 3>Donald Trump. Cheney campaigned with Harris earlier this month in Wisconsin,

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<v Speaker 3>telling the crowd that this year will mark the first

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<v Speaker 3>time she's cast her vote for a Democrat in a

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<v Speaker 3>presidential election. Karen Travers, ABC News Washington.

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<v Speaker 2>Former President Trump plans to see Hurricane Helene's storm damage

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<v Speaker 2>in Asheville, North Carolina, today before rallying with supporters in Greenville.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's what Trump had to say in Pennsylvania over

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<v Speaker 2>the weekend that's raising a few eyebrows.

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<v Speaker 4>Use profanity to attack Vice President Kamala Harris.

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<v Speaker 5>We can't stand you, your vice president.

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<v Speaker 6>The worst.

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<v Speaker 4>Trump drifted throughout his speech.

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<v Speaker 6>He got fourteen million votes, twenty one, twenty two people running,

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<v Speaker 6>twenty two Democrats. They're running. I'm looking at my hair

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<v Speaker 6>up there. Let's ooh.

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<v Speaker 4>Despite please from his allies to focus on the issues,

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<v Speaker 4>Trump has only escalated his rhetoric for the third time

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<v Speaker 4>in just one week, repeating claims that his political opponents

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<v Speaker 4>are the enemy from within.

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<v Speaker 2>That was ABC's Rachel Scott reporting and coming up a

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<v Speaker 2>battle over how to pay Boston's bills and maybe is

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<v Speaker 2>coming to an end. No trouble with this weather forecast

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<v Speaker 2>is going to be incredibly mild pretty much most of

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<v Speaker 2>the week until Friday. We cool down at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the week until then close to eighty today, cooler

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<v Speaker 2>in the Cape. In the Islands, ample sun today, lots

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<v Speaker 2>of moonlight. Tonight fifty six are low back near seventy. Tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>Boston mid seventies. Inland ample sunshine. Wednesday, sun much of

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<v Speaker 2>the time near eighty, but a couple of showers at

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<v Speaker 2>least at night, and then Thursday a couple of showers early,

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<v Speaker 2>and then we break again for sun. Breezy, mid sixties,

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<v Speaker 2>terrific forecast unseasonably mild, and there could be an end

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<v Speaker 2>ins to the month's long battle on how to pay

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<v Speaker 2>the city bills. In Boston. The Boston Globe reports business

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<v Speaker 2>leaders and Mayor Michelle Wu are near a compromise on

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<v Speaker 2>a property tax increase. Now. As we've been reporting here,

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<v Speaker 2>the mayor has been trying to shift the burden onto

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<v Speaker 2>commercial properties in Boston to spare residents of potential fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>percent property tax hike. Well, businesses push back, saying small

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<v Speaker 2>businesses would wither. The compromise and details are Scares reportedly

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<v Speaker 2>scales back that commercial tax hike and slightly lowers the

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<v Speaker 2>cap on the residential tax increase to about eight and

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<v Speaker 2>a half percent. It's not clear yet whether there's a

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<v Speaker 2>deal on this home rule petition that would actually make

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<v Speaker 2>it through the state legislature, but we'll let you know

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't have the season's flu in COVID shots.

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<v Speaker 2>The City of Boston has you covered. Wbz's Mike Macklin.

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<v Speaker 6>With more privaccination clinics will take place across the city

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<v Speaker 6>over the next three weeks. The hope is that Boston

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<v Speaker 6>residents will take advantage of them and protect themselves against

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<v Speaker 6>the flu and COVID nineteen as we head into the

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<v Speaker 6>colder winter months. The clinics are free. This week, there's

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<v Speaker 6>a clinic at City Hall on Monday from nine am

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<v Speaker 6>to one pm and on Thursday from one to five pm.

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<v Speaker 6>Next week there's a clinic on Tuesday at the Hyde

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<v Speaker 6>Park Community Center and on Saturday at the Mattapean Community Center,

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<v Speaker 6>And the following week there are clinics in East Boston

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<v Speaker 6>and South Boston. No identification and no insurance is required.

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<v Speaker 6>Mike Macklin WBZ Boston's.

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<v Speaker 2>News Radio updating. Hundreds of Omni Hotel workers in Boston

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<v Speaker 2>reach a deal to end their strike. They are back

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<v Speaker 2>at board today at the Omni Parker House in Omni

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<v Speaker 2>Boston Seaport. The union says the compromise deal calls for

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<v Speaker 2>ten dollars an hour rais for non tip workers, have

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<v Speaker 2>that for tip workers, but I goes on indefinitely for

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<v Speaker 2>workers at the Hilton Park Plaza and the Hilton Logan

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<v Speaker 2>and the Boeing strike sees a white flag.

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<v Speaker 5>The new contract would include a thirty five percent wage

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<v Speaker 5>increase over the next four years, higher four oh one

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<v Speaker 5>K contributions, guaranteed payouts in a bonus program, and a

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<v Speaker 5>higher signing bonus. Members of the International Association of Machinists

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<v Speaker 5>and Aerospace Workers will vote to ratify the deal on Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 5>This would end the strike that began September thirteenth, when

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<v Speaker 5>thirty thousand workers walked off the job after rejecting a

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<v Speaker 5>new contract. I'm Lisa Carton.

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<v Speaker 2>You are now in the loop. For news updates throughout

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<v Speaker 2>the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Laurie Kirby, WBZ, Boston's news radio