Speaker 1: This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local.
Speaker 2: News, mostly sunny, forty three degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock. Hello,
Speaker 2: thanks for being with us on this Tuesday morning. I'm
Speaker 2: Sherry Small. Let's get you caught up. Here's what's happening.
Speaker 2: Karen Reid's second murder trial begins in two weeks, but
Speaker 2: today the judge is considering a number of motions from
Speaker 2: both the prosecution and the defense, including what witnesses will
Speaker 2: be allowed in the courtroom. Here's defense attorney Liz a Little.
Speaker 3: At the first trial, members of the Albert and mccab
Speaker 3: families continued to attend court after their testimony. During closing arguments,
Speaker 3: Colin Albert, Ryan Albert, and Jennifer McCabe were all seated
Speaker 3: in the jury box with the O'Keeffe family. At least
Speaker 3: one juror who was seated in this case indicated to
Speaker 3: a reporter at Vanity Fair that she felt in terminated
Speaker 3: by their presence closing arguments.
Speaker 2: Again, defense attorney lies a little there, but the prosecution
Speaker 2: argues that witnesses who are also family members should be
Speaker 2: allowed to sit through the court proceedings. Will have updates
Speaker 2: as this hearing continues, keep it right here or stream
Speaker 2: us on the new iHeartRadio app. Needham native astronaut Sunny
Speaker 2: Williams is on her way home the SpaceX capsule undock
Speaker 2: the International Space Station overnight, caring Williams fellow astronaut Which Wilmore,
Speaker 2: and two other astronauts. It has been a very long
Speaker 2: wait for Williams and Wilmore. They were supposed to be
Speaker 2: at the ISS for just about a week, but ended
Speaker 2: up stuck there for more than nine months because problems
Speaker 2: with the Starliner crew capsule. Now they're getting a ride
Speaker 2: home with a SpaceX capsule. Splash down expected at about
Speaker 2: six pm tonight. That's happening off the coast of Florida,
Speaker 2: weather permitting, and we will follow you, follow this and
Speaker 2: of course bring you the very latest. A wave of
Speaker 2: IS air strikes attacks along the Gaza Strip kills more
Speaker 2: than four hundred people. The Gaza Health Ministry says that
Speaker 2: includes women and children. Here's ABC's Nicole D'Antonio with my.
Speaker 4: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he ordered the strikes after
Speaker 4: Hamas refused to release more hostages. Hamas says Netanyahu has
Speaker 4: decided to overturn the ceasefire deal. Negotiations have stalled, with
Speaker 4: neither side able to agree on a path forward. Israel
Speaker 4: says this new offensive will continue as long as necessary
Speaker 4: and could expand beyond just air strikes.
Speaker 2: The strikes come after President Trump made another demand for
Speaker 2: Hamas to release all the hostages. The EPA cus ties
Speaker 2: with its largest division, More than one thousand scientists with
Speaker 2: the Office of Research and Development, will be laid off.
Speaker 2: EPA chief Lee Zelden says he plans to cut the
Speaker 2: entire agency's budget by sixty five percent, wiping out most chemists, biologists,
Speaker 2: and some others. The breezy day today, we'll see highs
Speaker 2: in the low to mid fifties, forties over the capein Islands.
Speaker 2: Tonight turning out clear down to thirty eight in Boston.
Speaker 2: It's going to be a chilly night, closer to thirty
Speaker 2: in some of those coldest inland suburbs. Tomorrow, we start
Speaker 2: out with a mix of sun and clouds. Highs again
Speaker 2: fifty one in Boston, upper fifties well inland, upper forties
Speaker 2: for the capin Islands. But then we'll see some low clouds,
Speaker 2: some areas of fog and drizzle return Wednesday night, same Dale.
Speaker 2: Thursday morning, low clouds, drizzle, perhaps some lingering fog to
Speaker 2: start us off. Otherwise we're going to see mostly cloudy
Speaker 2: sky throughout the day with highs in the high forties
Speaker 2: to low fifties. But then showers arrive at night and
Speaker 2: it looks like we could see some rain again on
Speaker 2: Friday forty three and mostly sunny in Boston. At eleven
Speaker 2: oh five on this Tuesday, listen to this Ed Shearon
Speaker 2: pops up in Boston. Here's WBC's Drew Mholland with more.
Speaker 5: Yeah i'd Sharon told his fans on Instagram, I will
Speaker 5: see you at the pub, and he did not disappoint.
Speaker 5: He walks right into the dubliner. His fans are screaming,
Speaker 5: Sharon sport in a Celtics jersey. He grabs the guitar
Speaker 5: and does a short set right in the heart of Boston,
Speaker 5: very appropriate for Saint Patrick's Day. It was a packed
Speaker 5: house inside. Those people all got a free drink on
Speaker 5: Shearon as well one around on me.
Speaker 3: Everyone have a drink.
Speaker 5: Well played, well played, Ed Sharon, and for the huge
Speaker 5: crowd outside, they get a glimpse of their idol. One
Speaker 5: a night at the Dubliner Drew maholland WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: That's being in the right place at the right time
Speaker 2: if you were there. A new Irish theme festival is
Speaker 2: coming to Boston in September, says June, A two day
Speaker 2: celebration of community will feature merging artists along with essential
Speaker 2: American artists. Massachusetstone Dropkick Murphy's is set to headline. Other
Speaker 2: acts include The Hold Steady, The Water Boys, and Lisa O'Neill,
Speaker 2: with more lineup announcements to come. The Cultural Gathering and
Speaker 2: Music vest will take place at the stage at Suffolk
Speaker 2: Down on September sixth and seventh. It's eleven zh six.
Speaker 2: President Trump is scheduled to hold a call with Russian
Speaker 2: President Vladimir Putin today in hopes of securing a ceasefire
Speaker 2: deal regarding his attack on Ukraine. There's ABC's James Longman
Speaker 2: with a very Lazies.
Speaker 1: As objectives go, the United States clearly will want the
Speaker 1: Kremlin to agree to this ceasefire. As far as Russia goes, well,
Speaker 1: it could be argued that they've already got at least
Speaker 1: one of their objectives, which is to be taken seriously
Speaker 1: to be accepted into the international fold, to have relations
Speaker 1: with the United States normalized.
Speaker 2: Meanwhile, the Secretary General of NATO says he has every
Speaker 2: trust at President Trump will be able to broker a
Speaker 2: piece deal. To London now where Pope Francis sends a
Speaker 2: message from his hospital room, writing to.
Speaker 6: The CORRIERA Della Sera, Pope Francis has repeated his call
Speaker 6: for an end to war, saying quote, in this moment
Speaker 6: of illness, war appears even more absurd. More than a
Speaker 6: month into his hospital stay for pneumonia and other breathing issues,
Speaker 6: the eighty eight year old pontif is no longer in
Speaker 6: critical condition, but it's not clear when he can return
Speaker 6: to the Vatican. Vicki Barker, CBS News London.
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