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Speaker 2: Forty seven degrees, lots of rain out there in Boston.
Speaker 2: It's eleven o'clock on Thursday. Good to be with you.
Speaker 2: I'm Nicole Davis today. To have those umbrellas handy because
Speaker 2: we've got a late spring northeastern bringing the rain.
Speaker 1: We're really going to have an impact on the drive home.
Speaker 1: A lot of flooding on streets as well as in
Speaker 1: more Line and four drainage areas. And this lingers into
Speaker 1: the first part of tonight as well. Expect some coastal
Speaker 1: flooding near times of high tide later today and tonight
Speaker 1: as well.
Speaker 2: Not exactly whether's Joe Lundberg could also see wind us
Speaker 2: up to fifty miles an hour near the coast. Get
Speaker 2: a full check of the forecast in just a couple
Speaker 2: of minutes now. As this dreary storm rolls through, travelers
Speaker 2: for the holiday weekend are heading out.
Speaker 1: Call it coincidence or call it luck, but these folks
Speaker 1: had the right idea for the holiday weekend traveling to Florida. Florida. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's like it's back to winter up here in Boston,
Speaker 1: but should be nice and sunny Florida.
Speaker 3: It's going to be ninety degrees down there, so we're
Speaker 3: looking forward that.
Speaker 1: It's the perfect time to get down there as we're
Speaker 1: getting a one two punch of wind and rain thanks
Speaker 1: to the northeaster. What's the game plan? Well, how are
Speaker 1: you guys going to celebrate the weekend over there?
Speaker 2: Ah?
Speaker 3: We have family down there, so we're gonna hang out
Speaker 3: with them and dinner, dinner, Cruz and the beach.
Speaker 1: Heck, even Minneapolis is expected to have better weather than us,
Speaker 1: which Hallie is planning to take full advantage of golfings.
Speaker 1: I just checked my golf was going.
Speaker 4: To golf like all three days.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be sixteen sunny, so it won't be great,
Speaker 1: but it'll be better than here. Yeah, all right, all right,
Speaker 1: get out of here and Logan. James Rojas w b
Speaker 1: Z Boston Snooze Radio.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, go on, all right, It is going to
Speaker 2: be a little bit tough to get out of Logan today.
Speaker 2: We've had about fifty flights delayed so far, forty five
Speaker 2: already canceled, so be sure to check ahead before you
Speaker 2: get over to the airport. Eleven oh two on Capitol Hill,
Speaker 2: House Republicans. After an all night session, we're able to
Speaker 2: squeak through the President's massive tax and spending bill, passing
Speaker 2: that measure by just a single vote. Your CBS's Caitlin
Speaker 2: Huey burns.
Speaker 3: It cuts billions in federal spending to medicaid, foodstams, and
Speaker 3: energy subsidies. It also increases spending though on defense and
Speaker 3: immigration enforcement, and it extends makes permanent Trump's tax cuts
Speaker 3: that he passed during his first term, and also delivers
Speaker 3: on a key campaign promise to eliminate tax on tips
Speaker 3: and overtime pay.
Speaker 2: The bill now off to the Senate, where some Republicans
Speaker 2: have already said they're opposed to the measure as written. Well,
Speaker 2: it is certainly going to be a very wet and
Speaker 2: blustery day we have in nor'easter that has pretty much arrived,
Speaker 2: and it's only going to keep ramping up throughout the
Speaker 2: morning into the afternoon. All of us seeing rain at
Speaker 2: this point, some of it heavier than others, especially on
Speaker 2: the south coast. Right now you're seeing some very heavy downpours,
Speaker 2: and same situation on the islands. Martha's Vineyard seeing torrential
Speaker 2: downpours out there toward parts of the mass Pike, Auburn
Speaker 2: and Southbridge. You're seeing heavy rain parts of Rhode Island
Speaker 2: and Connecticut are as well. Now as we make our
Speaker 2: way through the day, the winds are going to start
Speaker 2: howling up to about fifty miles an hour by the coast,
Speaker 2: and later on tonight we could have some coastal flood
Speaker 2: problems out there. Minor splash over as we get toward
Speaker 2: high Tie between six and eleven, but still enough to
Speaker 2: be a bit of a nuisance if you're right on
Speaker 2: the water. All this moving out through the overnight, temperatures
Speaker 2: holding today in the forties. Tomorrow we will see a
Speaker 2: bit of steadier rain coming back later in the day,
Speaker 2: but a couple of showers from most of our Friday
Speaker 2: in a high year fifty five four your Saturday starting
Speaker 2: off the weekend, cool breeze, couple of showers in the
Speaker 2: high in the upper fifties, and believe it or not,
Speaker 2: we've got some sun coming on Sunday. We'll take that
Speaker 2: and a high near sixty Right now forty eight degrees
Speaker 2: and raining in Waltham forty six. Some heavy showers moving
Speaker 2: through Ipswich south of Boston. It is pouring at the
Speaker 2: Cape cog Canal forty seven degrees in born and in
Speaker 2: Boston at eleven oh five gusty and rainy and foggy
Speaker 2: and forty eight degrees. It's pretty common for universities to
Speaker 2: tap their alumni for donations. For Harvard, though their newest
Speaker 2: donation pitch involves taking on the Trump administration.
Speaker 5: Harvard President Alan Garber announced the launch of an alumni fund,
Speaker 5: hoping they can rake in some major donations to make
Speaker 5: up for the millions they've lost in research funding slashed
Speaker 5: by the Trump administration.
Speaker 2: I think it shows like their integrity and their.
Speaker 5: Commitments around Harvard Square. Students are supportive of the school,
Speaker 5: not buckling to the demands when it comes to changing
Speaker 5: campus culture and eliminating certain programs, but the loss of
Speaker 5: funding is having a big effect.
Speaker 3: Especially because they're doing a lot of important research.
Speaker 4: I think that it's important to stand your ground.
Speaker 5: And this is all happening one week outside of Harvard's commencement,
Speaker 5: where many alumni will be heading to Cambridge in the
Speaker 5: coming days.
Speaker 3: Federal government, especially should be able to trust universities.
Speaker 5: From Harvard Square. Jim MCKAWBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2: Two, Israeli embassy staff members in Washington were shot and
Speaker 2: killed last night. Has happened after they went to an
Speaker 2: event at the Capitol Jewish Museum. Police said the suspect,
Speaker 2: Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, right after the shooting, walked into
Speaker 2: the museum saying quote, free, Free Palestine. It was then
Speaker 2: taken into custody by secure.
Speaker 4: President Trump overnight reacting on social media to the deadly
Speaker 4: shooting in Washington, DC, writing on truth social quote, these
Speaker 4: horrible DC killings, based obviously on anti Semitism, must and
Speaker 4: now hatred and radicalism have no place in the USA.
Speaker 4: The President added that he extends his condolences to the
Speaker 4: families of the victims. The Israeli ambassador to the US
Speaker 4: said at a press conference he had received a call
Speaker 4: from the President last night pledging the support of the
Speaker 4: US and combating anti Semitism. Karen Travers ABC News Washington.
Speaker 2: And at eleven oh seven. Federal authorities are investigating a
Speaker 2: shooting in Virginia at the CIA headquarters. It's happened this morning,
Speaker 2: here's CBS's Jennifer Jacobs.
Speaker 6: Sources told CBS News that CIA security shot a female
Speaker 6: driver who approached the main gate and failed to stop.
Speaker 6: The woman was taken to a medical facility with what
Speaker 6: officials believed were non fatal injuries. The CIA and the
Speaker 6: FBI were looking into the matter. Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News.
Speaker 2: The White House and ahead of a Memorial Day weekend,
Speaker 2: the state is taking time to express their thanks for
Speaker 2: those who have served our country. Today is the first
Speaker 2: ever Military Appreciation Day at the State House. Whilemakers have
Speaker 2: been asked to bring a member of their local military
Speaker 2: community to be honored in a special ceremony. Former Joint
Speaker 2: Chiefs Chair General Joseph Dunfer delivering the keynote. Ceremony getting
Speaker 2: started around one o'clock in the House Chamber. You are
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