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<v Speaker 1>This is w b Z, Boston's news radio. We defining

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<v Speaker 1>local news thirty three degrees in Boston at four o'clock.

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<v Speaker 1>Good afternoon. I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Well less

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<v Speaker 1>than a week until President elect takes office, some of

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<v Speaker 1>his cabinet choices and now starting their long road to confirmation.

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<v Speaker 1>CBS is Cammy McCormick tells us the President elect's choice

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<v Speaker 1>for Defense and Secretary, Pete Hegseth, fakes tough questions from

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<v Speaker 1>the Senate Armed Services Committee today.

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<v Speaker 2>His hearing was interrupted by protesters, great with Publican Chairman

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<v Speaker 2>Roger Wicker, admittedly this nomination is unconventional. Ranking Member Jack

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<v Speaker 2>read about whether he would be a political.

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<v Speaker 3>The challenge of the Secretary of Defense is to remove

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<v Speaker 3>partisan politics from the military.

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<v Speaker 2>Heg said said Trump's elected him, though he's different than

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<v Speaker 2>past defense chiefs.

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<v Speaker 4>He believes and I humbly agree that it's time to

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<v Speaker 4>give someone with dust on his.

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<v Speaker 1>Boots a change agent. Still to come. Confirmation hearings for,

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<v Speaker 1>among others, Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio and Homeland

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<v Speaker 1>Security Secretary nominee Or Christy nom Volume, one of former

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<v Speaker 1>Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report has been released over.

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<v Speaker 5>Roughly one hundred and fifty pages. Jack Smith lays out

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<v Speaker 5>the argument he intended to make before a jury, alleges

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<v Speaker 5>the then defeated president made up claims about fraud, inspired

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<v Speaker 5>allies to sign fake documents, and encouraged rioters to storm

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<v Speaker 5>the capitol. Smith calls the lawyers who assisted Trump co conspirators.

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<v Speaker 5>Trump's attorneys responded to Smith's report in writing, calling it

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<v Speaker 5>a politically motivated attack. In his cover letter, Smith calls

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<v Speaker 5>Trump's claims he was influenced by the Biden Whitehouse in

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<v Speaker 5>a word laughable.

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<v Speaker 1>At ABC Stephen Portnoy. Fire officials in LA say the

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<v Speaker 1>fire risk is still critical, with the worst wins to

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<v Speaker 1>fuel flames continuing into Wednesday. LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley

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<v Speaker 1>says firefighters are balancing their efforts.

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<v Speaker 4>We are carefully managing operations to ensure that we can

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<v Speaker 4>quickly respond to any new fires. In addition to the

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<v Speaker 4>increased call value across the city of Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 1>The chief says cruise are better prepared, but warns that

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<v Speaker 1>everyone in the potential fire zones should be ready to evacuate.

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<v Speaker 1>The Biden administration announcing some big changes to US Cuba policy.

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<v Speaker 3>President Biden on Tuesday lifted Cuba's state sponsor of terrorism designation.

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<v Speaker 3>A senior Administration official said this action by the President

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<v Speaker 3>comes in conjunction with an effort by the Catholic Church

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<v Speaker 3>to secure the release of prisoners in Cuba. The White

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<v Speaker 3>House did not clearly explain why the President was doing

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<v Speaker 3>this with less than a week in office. Donald Trump's

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<v Speaker 3>nominee for Secretary of State, Senator Marc or Rubio of Florida,

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<v Speaker 3>is a fierce critic of Cuba. Karen Travers ABC News

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<v Speaker 3>the White House.

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<v Speaker 1>She's in remission. Kate Middleton visited the hospital where she

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<v Speaker 1>was treated for cancer. Catherine, the Princess of Wales, offering

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<v Speaker 1>gratitude to the medical teams who helped her and support

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<v Speaker 1>to patients who are now undergoing treatment. In a post

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<v Speaker 1>on X from the Kensington Royal account, the princess says,

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<v Speaker 1>it is a relief to now be in remission and

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<v Speaker 1>I remain focused on recovery. As anyone who's experienced a

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<v Speaker 1>cancer diagnosis will know, it takes time to adjust to

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<v Speaker 1>a new normal. I am, However, the Princess says, looking

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<v Speaker 1>forward to a fulfilling year ahead a snowshower or two

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<v Speaker 1>as we head into the evening tonight, but radar's pretty

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<v Speaker 1>clean right now, so we'll keep tabs on it to

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<v Speaker 1>see what happens, but it's not going to be anything

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<v Speaker 1>significant even if it does occur. Partly cloudy as we

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<v Speaker 1>go through the night, blustery and cold twenty three for

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<v Speaker 1>the low downtown, probably some upper teens in a few

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<v Speaker 1>of the suburbs. The real fields mostly will be in

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<v Speaker 1>the single digits Tonight, mostly sunny and blustery. Tomorrow thirty

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<v Speaker 1>one for the high, real fields and the teens. Tomorrow

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<v Speaker 1>night mainly clear, low of seventeen with real fields dropping

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<v Speaker 1>to close to zero sunshine, followed by increasing clouds. Still

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<v Speaker 1>cold on Thursday, temperatures around thirty not quite as chilly.

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<v Speaker 1>On Friday will have sun and clouds and temperatures in

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<v Speaker 1>the mid maybe even upper thirties. Right now thirty three

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<v Speaker 1>degrees in Boston. You don't have to go home, but

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<v Speaker 1>you can't stay here. That's what Starbucks is saying. Non

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<v Speaker 1>customers who just want to hang out.

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<v Speaker 6>As the espresso machines churn away here at the Starbucks

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<v Speaker 6>and handover. I'm asking customers about the coffee giants new

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<v Speaker 6>policy where you got to buy something if you want

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<v Speaker 6>to stay here.

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<v Speaker 1>The main focus is to have your customers feel comfortable.

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<v Speaker 6>Eric is saying she understands that one hundred percent, saying

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<v Speaker 6>sometimes people can wind up loitering for all the wrong reasons.

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<v Speaker 1>And if that isn't happening, even if they are busy,

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<v Speaker 1>it'd really be a dragon.

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<v Speaker 6>Staff Ready, though, believes it's going to be hard to.

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<v Speaker 1>Police whether or not they bought something or not. He

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<v Speaker 1>thinks the crowded storefront just leads to more people.

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<v Speaker 7>When they're still driving business and other people into your place.

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<v Speaker 6>Starbucks Corporate saying this is all an effort to prioritize

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<v Speaker 6>the experience for their customers who are paying to be there.

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<v Speaker 6>In Handover jimmycka WDVS, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Actor John Ham is named Man of the Year by

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<v Speaker 1>Harvard University's Hasty Putting Theatricals. The theater group says Ham

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<v Speaker 1>will receive his Putting Pot award at a celebratory roast

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<v Speaker 1>on January thirty first. The actor is best known for

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<v Speaker 1>or his time playing doc Don Draper on the long

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<v Speaker 1>running series mad Men. If your Ham has appeared in

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<v Speaker 1>the new drama series land Man Hasty putting giving the

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<v Speaker 1>award to people who've made a lasting impression in the

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<v Speaker 1>world of entertainment. How's that job going for you?

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<v Speaker 5>The me have work, work, work, work, work, work.

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<v Speaker 1>That works. Not supposed to be all sunshine and rainbows,

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<v Speaker 1>But as it turns out, many of us aren't happy

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<v Speaker 1>cameras at all on the job w busy to Maul

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<v Speaker 1>Holland takes a look at what bugs us.

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<v Speaker 8>The results of a new gallup hole. Find out our

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<v Speaker 8>enthusiasm or whatever that is, is now at a ten

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<v Speaker 8>year low. Millions say they feel stuck at their jobs.

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<v Speaker 2>This sort of a problem here.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, yeah, did you see the memo about this? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Off the space.

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<v Speaker 8>While overall opportunities to advance for few and far between.

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<v Speaker 8>For twenty twenty four, experts say when people have clear

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<v Speaker 8>roles at work, bosses who care about them, feel connected

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<v Speaker 8>to the mission, that's what drives involvement and enthusiasm. But

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<v Speaker 8>fewer than four and ten workers say that applies to them.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm also are going to need you to go ahead

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<v Speaker 7>and come in on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 8>Oh come on, Drew m'hallan WBZ Boston's News radio.

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<v Speaker 1>If you didn't accept a government stimulus check during the pandemic,

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<v Speaker 1>you might want to keep an eye on your mailbox.

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<v Speaker 7>As part of a two trillion dollar COVID nineteen relief bill,

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<v Speaker 7>payments of up to fourteen hundred dollars were sent out

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<v Speaker 7>to individuals making less than seventy five thousand dollars a

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<v Speaker 7>year or under one hundred and fifty thousand as a household.

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<v Speaker 7>In checking its records, the Internal Revenue Services found about

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<v Speaker 7>a million Americans who didn't take the payment. To determine

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<v Speaker 7>whether you were eligible, check your twenty twenty one tax

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<v Speaker 7>return to see if you took the recovery rebate credit.

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<v Speaker 1>Is ABC's Jim Ryan. You are now in the loop

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