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Speaker 1: sixty eight degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon
Speaker 1: on Ben Parker. Here's what's happening.
Speaker 2: President Biden giving an update on recovery efforts following both
Speaker 2: major hurricanes to hit the South. CBS's Lynda Kenyon has details.
Speaker 3: I'm Lynda Kenyon at the White House. The President says
Speaker 3: Hurricane Milton alone left over three million people without power,
Speaker 3: but fifty thousand power line workers from forty three states
Speaker 3: in Canada have made major headway. They've already restored power
Speaker 3: to one million people so far. There's also major progress
Speaker 3: and debris removal.
Speaker 4: FEMA and the corp of Engineers and a Florida National
Speaker 4: Guard are now on the ground helping to stay clear.
Speaker 5: To be stressing.
Speaker 3: FEMA as all the resources and needs for now, but
Speaker 3: that Congress may need to provide more resources in the future.
Speaker 3: Lynda Kenyon, CBS News, the White House. I'm the wake
Speaker 3: up two hurricanes Helene and Milton. The final few weeks
Speaker 3: for the presidential race, we'll have both candidates scrapping campaign
Speaker 3: events and addressing the storms.
Speaker 5: Kamala Harris is trying to use the storms as a
Speaker 5: chance to show bipartisan leadership, saying she's spoken with state
Speaker 5: and local leaders and affected states.
Speaker 3: Both Republican and Democrat, to let them know we will
Speaker 3: be with you every step of the way as you recover.
Speaker 5: While Donald Trump's ripped the federal response in GOP dominated
Speaker 5: states like North Carolina.
Speaker 3: They've let those people suffer unjustly.
Speaker 5: Both Harris and President Biden have been calling out Trump
Speaker 5: and Republicans for spreading misinformation about the response.
Speaker 2: Get Life helped these people.
Speaker 5: Meantime, the storms have also scrambled the voting process in
Speaker 5: some key areas Sagur Magani, Washington.
Speaker 2: DNA evidence is going to be introduced by federal prosecutors
Speaker 2: in their case against former Stotent police officer Matthew Farwell.
Speaker 2: He is accused of killing Sandra Birchmore, who said she
Speaker 2: was pregnant with his child. The Globe reports the prosecutors
Speaker 2: will introduce expert testimony regarding DNA testing in the case.
Speaker 2: According to a status report, in the case, they've provided
Speaker 2: the results of preliminary DNA testing to Council for Farewell.
Speaker 2: The Lebanese Army says an overnight is rarely airstrike killed
Speaker 2: two of its soldiers, wounding three others. A watchtower used
Speaker 2: by UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon was fired upon, injuring
Speaker 2: two people there.
Speaker 6: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called the violence a threat
Speaker 6: to global security.
Speaker 3: And we must do everything to avoid an all out war.
Speaker 6: Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin, traveling in Laos, said one
Speaker 6: of the main challenges is Hesbella taking over most state
Speaker 6: functions in Lebanon, and he urged the Lebanese to make
Speaker 6: a change.
Speaker 7: The people of Lebanon have an interest, a strong interest
Speaker 7: in the state asserting itself and taking responsibility.
Speaker 6: For the country. Israel's offensive has displaced more than a
Speaker 6: million people in Lebanon.
Speaker 2: Is CBS is Cammi McCormick. The holiest day on the
Speaker 2: Jewish calendar begins at sundown. Yalm kippurr is the day
Speaker 2: of a tone that it caps the ten days of
Speaker 2: repentance known as the Sabbath of Sabbaths. This year's holiday
Speaker 2: actually takes place on the Jewish Sabbath. A customary twenty
Speaker 2: four hour fast period occurs, just as during last week's
Speaker 2: Russia Shana holiday. Many cities will add security to synagogues
Speaker 2: and other locations for Yom Kipper. Clear sky is coming
Speaker 2: up for tonight. It will be a lot like last night,
Speaker 2: except it won't be as chilly. Temperatures mainly in the
Speaker 2: fifties around the region. A breezy day tomorrow with some sunshine,
Speaker 2: temperatures close to seventy in fact, a few places may
Speaker 2: get into the low seventies, and then clouds increase Tomorrow night,
Speaker 2: mainly in the forties, turning out rather cloudy on Sunday.
Speaker 2: Dry early, but some rain and drizzle gets in here,
Speaker 2: especially as we go from late morning on temperatures only
Speaker 2: in the fifties and then rainy in the morning Monday,
Speaker 2: peaks of sunshine later in the day, still the risk
Speaker 2: of a shower or two, though in temperatures in the
Speaker 2: low sixties now sixty eight degrees in Boston. Well, it's
Speaker 2: a great view, but it's a job that isn't for
Speaker 2: everyone if you don't have a fear of heights, though
Speaker 2: wbz's Matt Shearer might have found a new career path
Speaker 2: for you.
Speaker 7: Imagine you're standing on the edge of a twenty something
Speaker 7: story building in downtown Boston and your way.
Speaker 2: Down is a rope adrenaline.
Speaker 5: You are a window washer, pumping, pumping, pumping.
Speaker 7: San Marazario from Cliphangers, Inc. Has been sliding down skyscrapers
Speaker 7: for twenty years.
Speaker 6: I like the atmosphere, I like the bosses.
Speaker 7: And you're not just saying that because your boss is
Speaker 7: literally right here. That's Maria West, the vice president.
Speaker 4: I don't mind going on a rooftop, but you're never
Speaker 4: gonna catch me in a bosing chair.
Speaker 7: Boson's chair looks kind of like a swing that you
Speaker 7: see hanging from a tree branch, except probably a little safer.
Speaker 3: Every single item down to a phone needs to be
Speaker 3: tied back.
Speaker 5: To something point is.
Speaker 7: Even though what these guys are doing looks like in
Speaker 7: extreme sport, it takes safety very seriously and a lot
Speaker 7: of pride in their work.
Speaker 1: Got to keep going.
Speaker 5: I gotta get this ub.
Speaker 7: Bun from High Above the City Matt Sheer WBZ, Boston's
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Speaker 2: I've got mine on flannel. That is, it's the time
Speaker 2: of year when flannel shirts start to appear. Tomorrow in Marshfield,
Speaker 2: some comfy flannel will meet some comfy music.
Speaker 4: It's flannel jam. Margo Price will help headline along with
Speaker 4: the very popular trampled by turtles. Levitate puts this thing
Speaker 4: on right near their flagship at the Marshfield Fairgrounds. It's
Speaker 4: a full Saturday of music and you can walk up
Speaker 4: and get your tickets at the door. Flannel Jam is
Speaker 4: built as a celebration of Fall. Lots of great local
Speaker 4: acts to sell shot treasure. J Pisaro's plays early. So
Speaker 4: where your flannel go, Eat some Fall flavored stuff, Drink
Speaker 4: a cider. They have Spikesider two I hear and check
Speaker 4: out all the handmade goods. Drum Mohall a WVZ Boston's
Speaker 4: news radio.
Speaker 2: Another Nobel prize is awarded. This one is the Peace Prize.
Speaker 2: As we hear from ABC's Tom Rivers.
Speaker 8: Nobel Peace Prize goes to.
Speaker 7: The Japanese organization Nihon KIDUNQ.
Speaker 8: The body is made up of survivors of the atomic
Speaker 8: bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, known for its activism against
Speaker 8: nuclear weapons, and OSLO, the chair of the Nobel Committee
Speaker 8: on the goal of the group.
Speaker 7: To achieve a world three of neucleair weapons.
Speaker 8: The award, he says, has been made as the Tamboo
Speaker 8: against the use of nuclear weapons is now under pressure.
Speaker 8: Tom Rivers, ABC news at the Foreign Desk.
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Speaker 2: I'm Ben Parker, WBZ, Boston's news radio