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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.

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<v Speaker 2>It's eleven o'clock right now in Boston. It is eighty

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<v Speaker 2>four degrees, very humid out there. It feels like close

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<v Speaker 2>to ninety forecasts coming up in just a few minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>Sim Nicole Davis, Thanks for joining us. Here is what's happening.

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<v Speaker 2>We start this hour on the banks of the Charles River,

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<v Speaker 2>where preparation preparations are underway for the annual Boston Pops

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<v Speaker 2>Fireworks Spectacular tomorrow night. Part of Sturo Drive is already

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<v Speaker 2>closed off. We'll talk about that coming up in traffic

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<v Speaker 2>on the threes, but it's also worth noting that tomorrow's

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<v Speaker 2>event will take place under a different schedule than usual.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're wbz's Jeremy Russe the.

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<v Speaker 3>Show, We'll start with a concert featuring guests like Grammy

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<v Speaker 3>singer ly Anne Rhymes and Hamilton star Leslie Odom Junior

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<v Speaker 3>at seven o'clock tomorrow night, which is an hour earlier

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<v Speaker 3>than last year. The fireworks will also start a bit early,

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<v Speaker 3>closer to nine forty instead of ten to thirty per usual.

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<v Speaker 3>It's all happening at the Hatshell on the Charles River.

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<v Speaker 1>Esplanade.

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<v Speaker 3>You'll have to get there early, very early if you

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<v Speaker 3>want the best seats. The Oval, which is the grassy

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<v Speaker 3>area near the hatshell, opens at noon. Jeremy Russ WBZ,

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<v Speaker 3>Boston's News Radio, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Again we're going to keep an eye on those closures

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<v Speaker 2>in traffic and weather. Together will take a look coming

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<v Speaker 2>up next in about two minutes. Over to Capitol Hill,

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<v Speaker 2>where the House Minority leader has been holding the floor

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<v Speaker 2>for six hours and counting. Congressman Hakim Jeffries using a

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<v Speaker 2>tactic here to try to delay a final vote on

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<v Speaker 2>the President's massive budget bill is after overnight Republican holdouts

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<v Speaker 2>allowed it to proceed.

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<v Speaker 4>I feel the obligation, mister Speaker, to stand on this

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<v Speaker 4>House floor and take my sweet time to tell the

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<v Speaker 4>stories of the American people. And that's exactly what I

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<v Speaker 4>intend to do. Take my sweet time on behalf of

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<v Speaker 4>the American people on behalf of their healthcare, on behalf

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<v Speaker 4>of their Medicaid, on, behalf of their new tres No assistance, on,

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<v Speaker 4>behalf of veterans, on, behalf of farmers, on, behalf of children,

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<v Speaker 4>on behalf of seniors.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, House Speaker Mike Johnson can only afford to lose

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<v Speaker 2>three votes to get this bill passed. President Trump wants

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<v Speaker 2>that bill on his desk. Note later than tomorrow. The

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<v Speaker 2>final vote is set to take place at any point.

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<v Speaker 2>Will update you as it all plays out on WBZ.

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<v Speaker 2>And we're learning more this morning about a confrontation that

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<v Speaker 2>played out between two Northendover police officers as one of

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<v Speaker 2>them was served a restraining order. According to The Globe,

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<v Speaker 2>that order came from the fiance of officer Kelly Fitzsimmons,

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<v Speaker 2>who says he was concerned about the safety of their

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<v Speaker 2>infant son. In the order, he mentioned fitz Simmons hurt

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<v Speaker 2>herself repeatedly while she was pregnant and threatened to kill

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<v Speaker 2>both herself and the baby once he was born. She'd

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<v Speaker 2>also been hospitalized for postpartum depression soon after the birth.

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<v Speaker 2>The fiance is a North Endover firefighter. He also mentioned

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<v Speaker 2>in that order that recently, while they were in Maine,

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<v Speaker 2>Fitzsimmons had assaulted him. It's still not exactly clear how

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<v Speaker 2>it all played out, but say a quote armed confrontation

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<v Speaker 2>took place while she was being served. That Simmons is

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<v Speaker 2>in stable condition at a hospital in Boston and for

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<v Speaker 2>the weekend. We are looking phenomenal, but we do have

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<v Speaker 2>to get through the rest of the day today and

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<v Speaker 2>it will be a very kind of an uneven, volatile,

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<v Speaker 2>sort of stormy day that we're looking forward to. We're

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<v Speaker 2>already seeing some storms and parts of western Massachusetts those

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<v Speaker 2>are developing right now and coming along Brute too, and

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<v Speaker 2>also in parts of southern Vermont. Later on today we

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<v Speaker 2>will see more of these storms popping up in places

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<v Speaker 2>like southern New Hampshire and also getting into central and

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<v Speaker 2>eastern Massachusetts. High is today just about ninety, but with

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<v Speaker 2>the humidity, it will feel like the mid to upper nineties,

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<v Speaker 2>cooler on the capin islands. Once the storms move out tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>the humidity will start to break. We have a low

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<v Speaker 2>near sixty five or so in Boston, upper fifties if

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<v Speaker 2>you're north and west tomorrow for the fourth gorgeous beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>barbecue weather or beach day. High in the mid eighties,

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<v Speaker 2>close to eighty on the capin islands, and humidity is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be very low Saturday and say mix of

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<v Speaker 2>sun and clouds both days. On Saturday we have a

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<v Speaker 2>high in the mid eighties and on Sunday high near

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<v Speaker 2>ninety right now eighty two in Lemonster, right now seventy

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<v Speaker 2>nine on the beach in Gloucester, eighty four in Taunton,

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<v Speaker 2>and in Boston at eleven oh five it is partly cloudy,

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<v Speaker 2>eighty five degrees and it feels like ninety one. W

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<v Speaker 2>bz's James Rojas is at the beach today checking in

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<v Speaker 2>before the crowd show up.

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<v Speaker 5>Wallison Beach is primed for visitors from near and far

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<v Speaker 5>looking to make the most of the great weather and

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<v Speaker 5>holiday weekend. Combo Roger is out here most days and

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<v Speaker 5>is looking forward to some company.

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<v Speaker 1>Sets to suit people are having thought.

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<v Speaker 5>He thinks this will be a popular destination as the

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<v Speaker 5>waters are clean and swimmable. See the ACURL has done

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<v Speaker 5>very well for the past two years improving the ewardss

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<v Speaker 5>of and everything that made the beach ocular super Bowl,

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<v Speaker 5>so people can assume here. So do you hope it

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<v Speaker 5>isn't a too crowded because you want to.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy your your time. Well, it's okay, good.

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<v Speaker 5>Ull Now, there are plenty of great beach options around here,

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<v Speaker 5>just make sure they are open by checking the state's

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<v Speaker 5>water quality dashboard online at Wallason Beach. James Rojas WBZ

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<v Speaker 5>Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>The Supreme Court has now agreed to take up a

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<v Speaker 2>case about which school sports teams transgender athletes should be

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<v Speaker 2>able to join. The case comes out of Idaho and

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<v Speaker 2>West Virginia, where lower courts have ruled in favor of

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<v Speaker 2>the athletes. It's the latest high profile legal battle involving

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<v Speaker 2>transgender rights, as last month, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee's

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<v Speaker 2>ban on gender affirming care from minors. Earlier this week,

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<v Speaker 2>the University of Pennsylvania settled a civil rights case brought

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<v Speaker 2>by the Trump administration. The school agreed to change some

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<v Speaker 2>of its athletics records and apologize to female athletes. Doctor

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<v Speaker 2>Phil's entertainment company has now filed for bankruptcy.

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<v Speaker 1>Merritt Street Media was launched less than two years ago.

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<v Speaker 4>You truly think it's the love story of the century.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, The television and entertainment company filed for bankruptcy protection

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<v Speaker 1>just weeks after laying off forty employees in a second

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<v Speaker 1>wave of job cuts. A third of the staff was

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<v Speaker 1>let go last August. Doctor Phil's platform launched in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three with ambitions of becoming one of the most

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<v Speaker 1>widely distributed startup networks in modern history. According to a

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<v Speaker 1>company announcement, the network offers TV personalities including Doctor Phil

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<v Speaker 1>Nancy Grace and Steve Harvey, Steve Kaith and CBS News.

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<v Speaker 2>And don't be surprised if you happen to notice a

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<v Speaker 2>few more military aircraft flying over the New Hampshire Sea coast.

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<v Speaker 2>A massive military training exercise is taking place right now

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<v Speaker 2>from Maine to North Carolina called Atlantic Alliance twenty twenty five.

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<v Speaker 2>Official safe forces from the Marines and Navy are taking

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<v Speaker 2>part in this. That's what you might notice a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit more activity near the airport in Portsmouth. You'll say

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to try and do most of this during

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<v Speaker 2>the day to cut down on noise. You are now

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<v Speaker 2>in the loop for news updates throughout the day. Listen

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<v Speaker 2>to WBZ Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Nicole Davis

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<v Speaker 2>WBZ and Boston's News Radio.