Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Good morning, Monday,
Speaker 1: it is six o'clock. My name is Jeff Brown. I
Speaker 1: will be taking care of you this morning at WBZ
Speaker 1: and welcome aboard. We'd get thirty eight degrees under mainly
Speaker 1: clear skies as we get started on this big holiday week.
Speaker 1: The News at six is brought to us by your
Speaker 1: New England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters.
Speaker 1: Come on in ready, Let's get this party started. Shall
Speaker 1: we freeze today with sunshines of clouds and highs and
Speaker 1: the little fifties. We'll expect periods of rain tomorrow. That
Speaker 1: is WBZ achi weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Not only that,
Speaker 1: we are tracking a major storm that could impact us
Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving Day as well as Black Friday. Celtics win,
Speaker 1: Patriots lows, and the Bruins will tune up for the
Speaker 1: Vancouver Canucks they visit tomorrow night at the Garden. Sunday
Speaker 1: Night football, the Eagles go off on the Rams. Big
Speaker 1: night for Philadelphia. Working weekend for President elect Donald Trump
Speaker 1: and the transition team. With the selection of Brook Rollins
Speaker 1: to run the Agriculture Department. The pick completes the process
Speaker 1: of staffing the cabinet before the Thanksgiving holiday target. Meantime,
Speaker 1: a newly released CBS News poll finds most American voters
Speaker 1: approve of the way mister Trump is handling the transition
Speaker 1: to this point, including near universal support from Republicans who
Speaker 1: backed Trump for reelection. The survey also finds a majority
Speaker 1: of voters are either happy or at least satisfied that
Speaker 1: mister Trump won the election and are optimistic to see
Speaker 1: what's in store. The President elect already gets the thumbs
Speaker 1: up from his supporters, who feel the US economy is
Speaker 1: already improving well. This will be the busiest Thanksgiving in
Speaker 1: history for travelers. Triple A says it expects some eighty
Speaker 1: million of US will travel at least fifty miles somewhere
Speaker 1: this week. Wbz's Drew m'hollands has drilled these numbers into
Speaker 1: our heads for the past several days. He brings us
Speaker 1: the latest this morning.
Speaker 2: Only a short time more to talk about it. Right,
Speaker 2: most of us going to travel by car, but the
Speaker 2: airlines are going to steal the headlines. You are just
Speaker 2: going to sit at home and host and the people
Speaker 2: come to me a pair of storm systems that is
Speaker 2: expected to attack the East Coast this week. One has
Speaker 2: the potential to be in Nor'easter on the holiday itself.
Speaker 2: We're watching that gas prices have stabilized for your steering
Speaker 2: wheel and hands, but Triple Ray reports an average price
Speaker 2: of three dollars and three cents a gallon for regular
Speaker 2: unleaded right now in mess. That is up a penny
Speaker 2: Jeffrey from last week.
Speaker 1: That's not what we want to see. Well, but people
Speaker 1: got to go. They're gonna drive anyway, right, They're gonna
Speaker 1: drive to your host. Yes, exactly, thank you, Thank you, Drew.
Speaker 1: As if going somewhere when everyone else wants to do
Speaker 1: the same thing isn't too much to take a staff
Speaker 1: shortage that the FAA has the nation's control towers working
Speaker 1: on Plan B this week. The federal agency says it
Speaker 1: will throttle traffic over the next several days. Officials admit
Speaker 1: they will be short staffed over the busiest travel days
Speaker 1: of the year, but safety comes first, and air traffic
Speaker 1: is expected to be slowed during some of the busiest
Speaker 1: times so controllers can simply keep Airlines have added thousands
Speaker 1: of seats this week to meet the crushing demand. And
Speaker 1: let's talk about holiday shopping, because that's already underway for
Speaker 1: many of us. If you tend to cheap out on
Speaker 1: the presence this year, this could be your year. A
Speaker 1: nationally representative survey from wallet hub shows many consumers are
Speaker 1: planning on cutting back on holidays spending.
Speaker 3: Sanna is going to be the grinch. Sixty eight percent
Speaker 3: of people expect Santa to be less generous because of
Speaker 3: rising prices.
Speaker 1: Wallet hubs chip Loopoh.
Speaker 3: Thirty one percent of those said that they're going to
Speaker 3: spend less on gifts this year compared to last. It's
Speaker 3: also infecting charitable giving seventy two percent. Inflation has influenced
Speaker 3: their donations.
Speaker 1: Stephan Kauffman SEEBS News It's pedal to the Metal. Details
Speaker 1: coming up next. It is a delightful thirty eight degrees
Speaker 1: out the door and crystal clear skies. This morning looks
Speaker 1: like overall today is going to be a decent day
Speaker 1: with more sunshine than clouds. Highs in the lower fifties,
Speaker 1: so pretty much where we should be this time of year.
Speaker 1: Clouds are on the increase overnight tonight as many areas
Speaker 1: drop back to around the freezing mark and then tomorrow,
Speaker 1: looks like clouds will dominate, breezy conditions, some rain on
Speaker 1: the way once again we're in the lower fifties. But
Speaker 1: the main event, of course, is coming up on Thursday,
Speaker 1: and not only is it our holiday, but we're also
Speaker 1: tracking the possibility of a major storm, which depending on
Speaker 1: how far south it travels close to New England, it
Speaker 1: could have the impact of a major nor'easter. As it
Speaker 1: stands right now, it looks like at least later in
Speaker 1: the day we're going to see some rainfall here in
Speaker 1: the Greater Boston area, north central Massachusetts into southern New
Speaker 1: Hampshire and beyond. This is mostly going to be snow,
Speaker 1: but here in Greater Boston looks like it's going to
Speaker 1: be a rainstorm and that's going to extend into the
Speaker 1: black Friday hours as well. Well. No more when we
Speaker 1: get a little bit closer, because the track can change
Speaker 1: and that can make all the difference in the world.
Speaker 1: Here right now in Boston, clear skies and a big
Speaker 1: thumbs up. It's thirty eight degrees out the door this
Speaker 1: Monday morning at six o six. The Karen Reid case
Speaker 1: is expected back in court tomorrow.
Speaker 4: Reed is getting ready for her retrials set for next
Speaker 4: year and the death of Boston Police officer John O'Keefe.
Speaker 4: Her lawyers have requested the personal emails and text messages
Speaker 4: of the Norfolk District Attorney, Michael Morrissey. Meanwhile, prosecutors have
Speaker 4: requested the call and textata from the phones of Reed's
Speaker 4: parents and the hours after Reid drop John O'Keefe off
Speaker 4: at a home in Canton, where he was later found
Speaker 4: dead in twenty twenty two. Reed's defense team is also
Speaker 4: asking Judge Beverly Canoni to approve an out of state
Speaker 4: lawyer to be added to her defense team. Read is
Speaker 4: facing civil suits as well, and the state Supreme Court
Speaker 4: has not issued a decision on a defense motion to
Speaker 4: have two of the three charges dropped against her. Jim
Speaker 4: mcka WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1: As pedal power becomes more of a thing in Southeast
Speaker 1: some are calling for a bit of a compromise.
Speaker 5: Coreydnopolis, as the co chair of Southie Bikes and lives
Speaker 5: in the area. In an open letter to Boston's elected officials,
Speaker 5: he says there needs to be thoughtful compromises that balance
Speaker 5: the needs of cyclists, drivers, and all who live here.
Speaker 5: He's responding to concerns made by other residents, as well
Speaker 5: as city and state officials, who have voiced opposition to
Speaker 5: a blue Bike expansion plan, which would bring seven to
Speaker 5: fourteen new bike stations to South Boston and Southeast Waterfront.
Speaker 5: Denopolis is urging city officials to prioritize alternative locations with
Speaker 5: wider sidewalks or park spaces that could avoid conflicts around
Speaker 5: parking in Southee. James Rojas WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1: Listen up, people, you might soon need to unplug your
Speaker 1: electric vehicle.
Speaker 6: More than two hundred thousand Hondai, Genesis, and Kia electric
Speaker 6: vehicles have been recalled due to a power issue. The
Speaker 6: National Highway Safety Administration says the vehicle's transistors in the
Speaker 6: charging control unit can get damaged and stop charging the
Speaker 6: twelvefolt battery, which could cause laws of power while driving,
Speaker 6: increasing the risk of a crash. Impacted owners will be
Speaker 6: notified via a letter in the coming weeks in order
Speaker 6: to take their vehicles to the dealership for a free repair.
Speaker 1: That is CBS's Matt Piper. This is not the first
Speaker 1: rodeo for some of these ev owners and people whose
Speaker 1: vehicles were recalled earlier this year. To fix the same problem,
Speaker 1: will need to visit the dealer once again. You are
Speaker 1: now in the loop for news updates throughout the day.
Speaker 1: Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm
Speaker 1: Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news radio