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

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<v Speaker 2>Fifty four degrees in Boston right now at Copley Square,

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<v Speaker 2>partly cloudy over the marathon finish line. It is eleven

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock on Marathon Monday. Good to be with you. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>Nicole Davis and here's what's happening. Just a short time ago,

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<v Speaker 2>the fastest wheelchair racers in the world rolled across the

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<v Speaker 2>Boston Marathon finish line on Boylston Street. American Susanna Scaroni

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<v Speaker 2>from Oregon winning the women's wheelchair race with the time

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<v Speaker 2>of one hour, thirty five minutes and twenty seconds. The

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<v Speaker 2>silver bullet Marcel Hoogos, Switzerland, winning on the men's side

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<v Speaker 2>with the time of one hour, twenty one minutes and

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<v Speaker 2>thirty four seconds. The elite men and women runners are

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<v Speaker 2>making their way down the course and coming up in

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<v Speaker 2>just about fifteen minutes, the final wave of non professional

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<v Speaker 2>runners start their trek, their twenty six point two mile

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<v Speaker 2>run from Hopkinton to Copley Square. Wbz's James Rojas is

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<v Speaker 2>in Hopkinton at the star arding line.

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<v Speaker 1>You cannot ask for better weather or a better start

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<v Speaker 1>to one of the most famous races in the world.

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<v Speaker 3>If people say, what's your biggest concern going into a race,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's always the weather because it's the unknown factor.

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<v Speaker 3>Even weather forecasts are week's out, aren't necessarily, you know, accurate.

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<v Speaker 1>Fortunately for the thousands of participants and for race director

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<v Speaker 1>Dave mcgilvery, these are near perfect Boston Marathon conditions.

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<v Speaker 3>Won't be too warm, won't be too cold, almost ideal conditions.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, it's perfect.

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<v Speaker 3>It seems like we locked out, which makes a huge

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<v Speaker 3>difference for everybody. So I'm sure that run I feel

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<v Speaker 3>appreciate it today.

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<v Speaker 1>Bright smiles all matching the bright sun this Patriot's Day

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<v Speaker 1>at the star line. James Rojas w b Z, Boston's

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<v Speaker 1>News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>We have our roving reporters all over the marathon course,

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<v Speaker 2>right at the finish line as well Chris Foma calling

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<v Speaker 2>the winners. Stay with us right here on WBZ News Radio,

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<v Speaker 2>stream us on the iHeartRadio app. We've got coverage for

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<v Speaker 2>you throughout the day. I mean time in eleven o

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<v Speaker 2>two world and locally are reacting to the death of

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<v Speaker 2>Pope Francis. The Vatican announcing the eighty eight year olds

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<v Speaker 2>passing early this morning. Senator Ed Markey spoke with us

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<v Speaker 2>here at WBZ News Radio about the Pope and his legacy.

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<v Speaker 4>He lived the sermon on the mouth, plus it out

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<v Speaker 4>the poor, blessed out the sick, blessed are the immigrants,

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<v Speaker 4>blessed are those in prison, and he called upon all

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<v Speaker 4>of us to ensure that we did God's work to

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<v Speaker 4>protect everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>Governor Morrihally says she is joining her fellow Catholics in mourning.

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<v Speaker 2>Vice President J. D. Vance also offering his condolences. He

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<v Speaker 2>actually was in Italy meeting with the Pope just hours

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<v Speaker 2>before he passed. Cardinals are set to meet tomorrow to

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<v Speaker 2>start making funeral plans, and then there will be a

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<v Speaker 2>period of mourning before a conclave to choose the Pope's successor,

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<v Speaker 2>and the White House says it strongly stands behind Defense

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<v Speaker 2>Secretary Pete Hegseth. He faces renewed calls to resign as

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<v Speaker 2>reports come in that he sent details about military plans

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<v Speaker 2>in a second signal group chat. As comes, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>after Hegseth and several other prominent officials mistakenly included a

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<v Speaker 2>journalist in a signal chat about military strikes in Yemen.

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<v Speaker 5>This was a family and friends, a chatterer that Hexeth

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<v Speaker 5>created during the confirmation process continued to use and pretty

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<v Speaker 5>much around the same time that he was sharing that

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<v Speaker 5>information on that other NSC group. Here he is sharing

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<v Speaker 5>this information with people who are family members, and questions

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<v Speaker 5>have been asked about the propriety of sharing that information

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<v Speaker 5>with family members, including his wife who used to be

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<v Speaker 5>a Fox producer, And that raises the question about who

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<v Speaker 5>is he sharing with this information and wore these individuals

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<v Speaker 5>cleared now?

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<v Speaker 2>Does ABC's Louis Martinez New York Times reporting this morning,

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<v Speaker 2>the information shared in the second chat includes details similar

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<v Speaker 2>to those in the first chat, and right now, looking

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<v Speaker 2>at the forecast, could not be better for those runners

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<v Speaker 2>out there, most of us seeing temperatures now in the

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<v Speaker 2>low fifties. We have a very light breeze coming off

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<v Speaker 2>the water right now, about five six seven miles an hour,

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<v Speaker 2>so just enough to get them a little bit of

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<v Speaker 2>arees on their face to keep them cool, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>not really going to be pushing them back too much

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<v Speaker 2>as they make their way toward Copley's Square later on today,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll have a high in the mid fifties in Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>mid sixties Inland and then later on tonight we'll see

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<v Speaker 2>some showers popping by after midnight. Low in the upper

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<v Speaker 2>forties tomorrow, very warm and very gusty out there. Some

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<v Speaker 2>sun returns after some showers in the morning, and we've

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<v Speaker 2>got a high in the mid to upper seventies our

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<v Speaker 2>temperatures out there. Right now along the marathon route, we're

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<v Speaker 2>at fifty four degrees in Wellesley, seeing fifty two in Ashland,

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<v Speaker 2>in brookline fifty three, and right now in Boston at

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<v Speaker 2>Copley's Square right by the finish line at eleven oh six,

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<v Speaker 2>it is partly cloudy and fifty four degrees. Checking in

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<v Speaker 2>on our current race leaders in the Boston Marathon right now.

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<v Speaker 2>When it comes to the men's elite group, they are

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<v Speaker 2>making their way through Newton and there's a bit of

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<v Speaker 2>a fight at the front of the pack which is

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<v Speaker 2>starting to break up a little bit. Patrick Tiernan of

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<v Speaker 2>Australia and Connor manson the United States continuing to fight,

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<v Speaker 2>but they are starting to lose a little bit of ground.

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<v Speaker 2>And when it comes to the female professional runners, they

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<v Speaker 2>are out there doing their thing in Wellesley. The pack

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<v Speaker 2>kind of coming into a bit of a line at

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<v Speaker 2>this point and leading that line is Sharon Loketti. She

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<v Speaker 2>is from Kenya. So we're keeping an eye on those

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<v Speaker 2>packs as they make their way along the marathon race

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<v Speaker 2>toward Copley Square.

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<v Speaker 6>All right, it is a very busy tea stop pretty

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<v Speaker 6>much all along the green line, the orange line, everywhere.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm here with some marathon goers.

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<v Speaker 1>I take it.

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<v Speaker 4>Hm, yes we are.

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<v Speaker 1>Who are you going to support?

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<v Speaker 2>Just all the runners? We don't have anyone in particular.

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<v Speaker 2>Where you from. I'm from Ohio.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh wow, first marathon?

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<v Speaker 1>No? Last year?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Last year? Okay?

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<v Speaker 4>Cool?

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<v Speaker 1>What is your sign?

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<v Speaker 6>Say?

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<v Speaker 2>It says you're running better than the government?

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<v Speaker 1>Very creative, very nice. You excited. I am very excited.

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<v Speaker 4>It's my second.

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<v Speaker 6>Marathon, second marathon. All right, beautiful day for it. Best

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<v Speaker 6>weather you've had so far. Last year was pretty good.

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<v Speaker 1>Last year was really nice.

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<v Speaker 5>It was a good temp for sure.

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<v Speaker 6>Have a fun day. From the t stop at Boyleston.

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<v Speaker 6>True Moohall and WZ Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>You are now in the leap. 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 Nicole Davis, WBZ and Boston's News Radio.