Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio, redefining local news fifty
Speaker 1: four degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon on
Speaker 1: Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. A long day in court
Speaker 1: for Karen Reid's case, with two separate hearings today in
Speaker 1: two separate courtrooms. It started this morning in Federal court
Speaker 1: in Boston, where Read's defense continued their push to get
Speaker 1: two of the three charges against her dismissed. The judge
Speaker 1: in that case says he'll issue ruling asap. Her team
Speaker 1: then made their way to Norfolk Superior Court in Denham,
Speaker 1: where they're trying to get the case tossed ahead of
Speaker 1: her second trial. WBC's I'll Shaffle with more.
Speaker 2: Karen Reid's defense is pushing to end her second murder
Speaker 2: trial before it even begins. Her legal team is taking
Speaker 2: aim at what it calls extraordinary governmental misconduct in the case.
Speaker 2: Most of their time in this motion to dismiss as
Speaker 2: focused on video evidence of Karen Reid's car after it
Speaker 2: was seized by Canton police. Attorney Alan Jackson says the
Speaker 2: prosecution withheld that evidence intentionally.
Speaker 3: Certainly, we should have been able to explore that trial,
Speaker 3: but we did not have the videos.
Speaker 2: The Commonwealth did, though. In response, Special Prosecutor Hank Brennan
Speaker 2: says the Commonwealth hadn't held on to the videos inappropriately
Speaker 2: and practically. Scoffed at some of the defense's other claims
Speaker 2: of jury tampering.
Speaker 1: There isn't even ordinary evidence. There is no evidence of
Speaker 1: jury tampering in this case.
Speaker 2: The defense also trying to get some of those charges
Speaker 2: dropped in Boston Federal Court, including the murder charge. The
Speaker 2: judge there says they'll come to a decision quickly. Kyle
Speaker 2: Schaffel WBZ Boston's News radio.
Speaker 1: In Washington, today, a congressional hearing before the House Committee
Speaker 1: on Oversight hind Government reform. Mayor Michelle Woo one of
Speaker 1: those on the hot seat. Wz's Brook McCarthy explains.
Speaker 4: Seated beside the mayors of New York City, Denver in Chicago.
Speaker 4: Mayor Michelle Wou opened her testimony by noting crime is
Speaker 4: down in Boston and she's the daughter of immigrants.
Speaker 5: A city that's scared is not a city that's safe.
Speaker 5: A land ruled by fear is not the land of
Speaker 5: the free.
Speaker 4: The four Democratic mayors testifying about their city sanctuary policies,
Speaker 4: saying the Trump administration and Congress are exaggerating crime committed
Speaker 4: by immigrants whoever. Republicans say they're undermining President Donald Trump's
Speaker 4: mass deportation efforts. Mayor ru was questioned by Congressman Paul
Speaker 4: Gozar of Arizona over which laws take precedent federal or local.
Speaker 4: She used that as an opportunity to advocate for what
Speaker 4: she'd liked to see come out of Congress.
Speaker 5: Stop cutting Medicaid, stop cutting cancer research, stop cutting funds
Speaker 5: for veterans. That is what will make our city safe.
Speaker 4: Brooke McCarthy WBZ, Boston's News radio.
Speaker 1: Some lawyers are using President Trump's own words against him
Speaker 1: in a lawsuit challenging Elon Musk's Department of Government efficiency.
Speaker 3: The Trump administration has repeatedly said Elon Musk is not
Speaker 3: formally in charge of DOGE. It says Amy Gleeson is
Speaker 3: the interim DOGE administrator, But during his address to a
Speaker 3: joint session of Congress last night, the President touted DOGE
Speaker 3: and added.
Speaker 1: Which is headed by Elon Musk, who's in the gallery tonight.
Speaker 3: In their new filing, the attorneys called Trump's remarks new
Speaker 3: evidence that DOGE is not complying with the transparency requirements
Speaker 3: for advisory commits.
Speaker 1: Michael Wallace, CBS News. Kind of wild night coming up tonight.
Speaker 1: We'll have a lot of wind, We'll have a lot
Speaker 1: of rain. It'll take a little while for it to
Speaker 1: get here. We're still looking at the precipitation well off
Speaker 1: to our south and west. A little bit of rains
Speaker 1: making its way across the border into the Berkshires, but
Speaker 1: that's not the prime offender here. We've got a whole
Speaker 1: bunch back into New York State, down into Pennsylvania, and
Speaker 1: also stretching back down into parts of Delaware where there's
Speaker 1: some pretty nasty storms going on right now. So there's
Speaker 1: a lot to come, and it will head to the
Speaker 1: north and east through the evening and eventually get here,
Speaker 1: dumping lots of rain on us and picking up the
Speaker 1: winds too, some damaging winds with some of those downpours
Speaker 1: and thunderstorms. Tonight fifty for the low, more clouds than sun. Tomorrow,
Speaker 1: we do get rid of the heavy rain. We may
Speaker 1: keep a shower or two around for good measure. Temperatures
Speaker 1: closing in on sixty degrees tomorrow, blustery and then much
Speaker 1: colder Tomorrow night Parkley cloudy twenty nine in the city,
Speaker 1: a little colder than that in the suburbs, and with
Speaker 1: the wind around, temperatures will fall at least it feels
Speaker 1: like temperatures into the teens. Blustering and cold. On Friday,
Speaker 1: forty three for the high not bad, but with the
Speaker 1: wind and it'll be temperatures feeling like they're in the
Speaker 1: thirties with plenty of sunshine. More sun on Saturday, a
Speaker 1: few clouds too, Temperatures in the mid forties. Right now,
Speaker 1: fifty four degree is sin Boston, one of the oldest
Speaker 1: surviving greenhouses in America, swings open its doors for a
Speaker 1: very special bloom. Wbz's Jamba Lett we details.
Speaker 6: The Lineman. The State Greenhouse in Waltham is in the
Speaker 6: midst of Chamelion days, when vibrant reds, whites, and pinks
Speaker 6: pop out and bud They would beautiful.
Speaker 5: They're staggered, so we don't have all of them all
Speaker 5: at once, so you'll be able to see kind of
Speaker 5: a rolling variety.
Speaker 6: It's one of five big events the greenhouse has in
Speaker 6: a year. Amy Beth mclenn tends to them and says
Speaker 6: they can be a little temperamental with the temperature.
Speaker 2: We're continuously trying to vent.
Speaker 7: We have the shadeloff to help mediate that as well,
Speaker 7: but so far, so good.
Speaker 2: We haven't had a lot of damage for this yeal
Speaker 2: this year.
Speaker 6: Built in eighteen twenty, the Camellia House is open to
Speaker 6: the public for free to see the flowers in bloom.
Speaker 6: Some of them are over a century all Jabelette WBZ,
Speaker 6: Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 1: The Vatican says Pope Francis is getting more active in
Speaker 1: the hospital.
Speaker 8: On this ash Wednesday, Pope France has received ashes on
Speaker 8: his forehead and Holy communion at the hospital in Rome.
Speaker 8: The Vatican says he remains in a stable condition and
Speaker 8: received oxygen through a nasal tube during the day. The
Speaker 8: eighty eight year old Pope is suffering from chronic lung disease.
Speaker 8: Tonight he will resume the use of a non invasive
Speaker 8: mechanical mask. His prognosis remains guarded.
Speaker 1: At is CBS's Sabrita Castle Francol, where people are taking
Speaker 1: preventive action when it comes to cancer. Some cancer screenings
Speaker 1: have rebounded since the pandemic sent the numbers tumbling.
Speaker 9: Brest and colorectal cancer screenings have returned to pre pandemic
Speaker 9: levels as of twenty twenty three, according to a study
Speaker 9: from the American Cancer Society published in JAMA Medical Journal.
Speaker 9: Lead researcher Jessica Starr.
Speaker 7: This is particularly meaningful because we saw very large disruptions
Speaker 7: in cancer screening during the COVID nineteen pandemic, and this
Speaker 7: can have massive implications on the stage at diagnosis for cancer.
Speaker 9: The study find cervical cancer screenings are still below pre
Speaker 9: pandemic levels through twenty twenty three. Twenty jilyt CBS News.
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Speaker 1: I'm Ben Parkner, WBZ Boston's news radio