Speaker 1: Forty five degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
Speaker 1: and Happy New Year. I'm I'm a freedman. And here's
Speaker 1: what's happening. Well, we're starting off in New Orleans, where
Speaker 1: authorities are investigating after a truck plowed through busy Bourbon
Speaker 1: Street overnight, killing at least ten people. We're starting to
Speaker 1: hear comment from all corners of the political world on
Speaker 1: the horrific seen their President Biden says he will not
Speaker 1: tolerate any attack on communities across the country. Back home
Speaker 1: here in Massachusetts, state police say they're monitoring the situation
Speaker 1: and that there does not appear to be any connection
Speaker 1: to Massachusetts at the moment. Senator Ed Markey is also
Speaker 1: weighing in. Wbz's Mike Macklin has more.
Speaker 2: America grieves for the families, and we're harmed in this tragedy.
Speaker 3: Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey reacting to the New Year's Day
Speaker 3: killing of ten people by the driver of a pickup
Speaker 3: truck in New Orleans, an event the FBI says they're
Speaker 3: treating as a terrorist attack.
Speaker 2: We applaud law enforcement officials for their response to this act,
Speaker 2: which is as heinous as any that we've seen in
Speaker 2: our country in a long time, and now we must
Speaker 2: ensure that we put it in place protections to ensure
Speaker 2: that it does not happen in cities across our country.
Speaker 3: The FBI noting and Islamic state flag was found on
Speaker 3: the pickup truck Mike Macklin WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1: And across the country. The FBI is investigating after a
Speaker 1: Tesla cyber truck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel near
Speaker 1: the Las Vegas Strip. The person inside the cyber truck
Speaker 1: was killed. Seven others suffered minor injuries. Las Vegas POLICEFF
Speaker 1: Sheriff Kevin mcmacklin has more in the investigation.
Speaker 4: Looking for secondary devices.
Speaker 1: We're taking it slow and we are going to make
Speaker 1: sure that we remain safe in our community, and the
Speaker 1: sheriff says there does not appear to be any ongoing
Speaker 1: threat to the community at this time. North Writing Republican
Speaker 1: Brad Jones has just been re elected as the state
Speaker 1: House's minority leader. Jones beat out hardliner State Rep. Mark
Speaker 1: Lombardo from bill Rica to keep the seat that he's
Speaker 1: held onto since two thousand and two, sixteen years. Over
Speaker 1: the course of the race, Lombardo leveled sharp criticism at Jones,
Speaker 1: accusing him of not towing to democrats Ko towing to Democrats.
Speaker 1: The Boston Globe reports the final vote was nineteen to five.
Speaker 1: Jones says he's honored to lead the House's twenty five
Speaker 1: member GOP caucus for another two years. Right now, it's
Speaker 1: forty five degrees in Boston at four to ozh four.
Speaker 1: I'm seeing a little tiny touch of rain around the
Speaker 1: Waltham Belmont area right now, closer to Belmont actually, just
Speaker 1: a little bit of rain over there, and also heading
Speaker 1: in towards Winthrop at the moment, we're gonna see more
Speaker 1: showers like this kind of spotting around the region as
Speaker 1: we head into this evening. Otherwise, it's gonna be mostly
Speaker 1: cloudy out there with some wind low of thirty six
Speaker 1: degrees tonight. As for tomorrow, it'll be windy and a
Speaker 1: bit chillier with a mix of clouds and sun. The
Speaker 1: high is forty four degrees, but acuather real field temperatures
Speaker 1: will be mostly in the twenties Tomorrow night. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be getting colder out there alone, near thirty degrees with
Speaker 1: mainly clear skies. Real field temps in the teens most
Speaker 1: of the time Tomorrow night. As for Friday, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a bit colder with some sunshine coming through the clouds,
Speaker 1: but that's not gonna help much with how cold it's
Speaker 1: gonna feel out there. A high of thirty seven degrees,
Speaker 1: but no wind to make it feel colder with those
Speaker 1: real field temps. As for our weekend on Saturday, mainly sunny, breezy,
Speaker 1: and cold, a high of thirty four degrees. Right now,
Speaker 1: it's forty five in Boston at four to five. Hundreds
Speaker 1: of people ran into the ocean today to ring in
Speaker 1: the new year. Wbz's Suzanne Soasville is in Southeas.
Speaker 5: Lots of people run in, but don't put their heads
Speaker 5: under the icy water. Not these old timers.
Speaker 3: Of course we go under the water. Of course we
Speaker 3: swim a little bit, but we don't hang in a
Speaker 3: jewel long maybe a minute at joke.
Speaker 2: It's just become a very fun way to kick in
Speaker 2: the new year. Or the other side of that is
Speaker 2: not the worst can happen to us for the rest
Speaker 2: of the year when we get out.
Speaker 4: Of that cold water.
Speaker 5: That's the consensus. A great way to start the new year.
Speaker 5: But Bill, who wears a duck nosed feet and hat,
Speaker 5: is also wearing a shirt that reads Willie, You're always
Speaker 5: with us.
Speaker 4: That was our sign.
Speaker 3: He died of a fentanyl with those in twenty seventeen
Speaker 3: and he loved Donald Duck, so we're doing it for him.
Speaker 5: And Kathy is doing it for someone she loves.
Speaker 6: My friend Kevin, who passed away this past year. Year
Speaker 6: here and I came when returned fifty.
Speaker 5: We made a promise to each other to come back
Speaker 5: this year when we returned six. Daty l Street Brownies
Speaker 5: have been taking this New Year's Day polar plunge for
Speaker 5: more than one hundred years. In Southeast Suzanne Sausville, WBZ,
Speaker 5: Boston's news radio, and.
Speaker 1: Many others are spending today outside, though not necessarily in
Speaker 1: the ocean. WBZ is Carl Stevens says a lot of
Speaker 1: people are taking a New Year's Day hike at the
Speaker 1: break Art Reservation in Saugust.
Speaker 4: Break Art Reservation is just one of many DCR sites
Speaker 4: across the Commonwealth hosting First Day hikes. Despite the drizzly weather,
Speaker 4: a couple hundred people have hit the trails here. Peter
Speaker 4: Rosetti with friends at break Art Reservation talks about why
Speaker 4: hiking is such a good thing.
Speaker 2: It's a good thing because number one, to connect people
Speaker 2: with nature, which is a great thing. It's also good exercise.
Speaker 4: kJ from Lynn got some exercise hiking for two miles here.
Speaker 6: I'm an artist, so every turn just seemed like a
Speaker 6: pain in to me. The different tones of greens and browns,
Speaker 6: and just the whole motivated was just inspirational.
Speaker 4: After the hike, everybody can enjoy free clam chowder and
Speaker 4: hot chocolate and grab a free commemorative hat to celebrate
Speaker 4: the start of a new year. From saga's Carl Stevens WBT,
Speaker 4: Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1: And there's a glimmer of hope for mom and pop
Speaker 1: shops that are at risk of going out of business
Speaker 1: as the mal number five market in Lull gets set
Speaker 1: to close at the end of the month. The Lowell
Speaker 1: Sun reports a group of those shop owners are raising
Speaker 1: money to build a new market in the former Saint
Speaker 1: Jean Baptist Church on Mamaraneck Street. The donation page received
Speaker 1: more than twenty three thousand donations in less than forty
Speaker 1: eight hours. The goal is to raise one hundred thousand
Speaker 1: dollars total. Brian McGowan, the owner of the church, says
Speaker 1: he believes the new space will be a great asset
Speaker 1: to the city. You are now in the loop. For
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