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<v Speaker 1>FASI is WBZ NewsRadio where Boston gets the news, an

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<v Speaker 2>Forty nine degrees and partly study in Boston. It's eleven

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<v Speaker 2>o'clock Good Morning on Laurie Kirby and getting underway right now,

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<v Speaker 2>a Boston City Council hearing on property taxes. And this

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<v Speaker 2>is on the home rule of position two point zero

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<v Speaker 2>that Mayor wu and business leaders hammered out and a

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<v Speaker 2>compromised last week. It still shifts temporarily a greater burden

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<v Speaker 2>of city property taxes onto commercial payers to make up

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<v Speaker 2>for lost revenue. And again business owners and residents of

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<v Speaker 2>Boston were encouraged to attend. Will follow up on that.

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<v Speaker 2>And again it is now unhealthy out there epa New

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<v Speaker 2>England warning about unhealthy air quality on the North Shore

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<v Speaker 2>and very unhealthy in Lynn. And this is because of

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<v Speaker 2>those brushfires. Crews again battling a number of brush fires today.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're in these communities, you might want to limit

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<v Speaker 2>out door activity, especially if you have respiratory problems. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>firefighters focusing on one of their priority fires in Middleton

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<v Speaker 2>that has now blackened over two hundred acres absolutely torched.

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<v Speaker 2>And WBZTV's Tammy Mutasa has more from the air.

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<v Speaker 3>As the sunset, smoldering smoke rose above the woodlands of Middleton.

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<v Speaker 3>The fight against flames continued with buckets of water being

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<v Speaker 3>dumped over the brush fire burning a second day. The

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<v Speaker 3>fire started near the power lines by Upton Fields Road,

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<v Speaker 3>then soon spread to a fifty acre brushfire, leaving overwhelming

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<v Speaker 3>thick smoke. Firefighters ran several water lines through the tricky terrain.

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<v Speaker 3>With dry weather and dry ground, it's the perfect recipe

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<v Speaker 3>for a spark.

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<v Speaker 2>Which is exactly why the dc your Chief fire Warden

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<v Speaker 2>Dave Salino, is asking everybody just be careful of anything

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<v Speaker 2>that could ignite or spark an open fire, or even

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<v Speaker 2>mowing your lawn on a dry day, believe it or not,

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<v Speaker 2>could be a problem. And the Woocester County DA's office

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<v Speaker 2>has now released the name of the person who died

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<v Speaker 2>in a small brush fire at an encampment in Milbury

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<v Speaker 2>as forty nine year old Marianne Augdebt. Medicare costs or

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<v Speaker 2>pushing older Americans to their financial limits in this country,

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<v Speaker 2>CBS's Stacy Lynn is more up.

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<v Speaker 4>To half of all people on Medicare don't have enough

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<v Speaker 4>money to pay for a single hospital visit. They're deductible

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<v Speaker 4>for hospital stays is sixteen hundred dollars. Researchers from the

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<v Speaker 4>University of Pennsylvania Pearlman School of Medicine found that many

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<v Speaker 4>beneficiaries would face severe financial hardships after reaching that According

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<v Speaker 4>to the report, the struggle was most prevalent among black

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<v Speaker 4>and Hispanics, people with lower levels of education, and those

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<v Speaker 4>with multiple chronic conditions. Stacey Lynn CBS News.

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<v Speaker 2>We need rain. We need rain very badly in Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 2>Drought conditions helping to fan those flames out there. As

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<v Speaker 2>a whole lot of folks are battling the fire by

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<v Speaker 2>air and on the ground, and task force teams are

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<v Speaker 2>out there too, and of course wishing you a safe

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<v Speaker 2>experience out there is you battle these brush fires, some

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<v Speaker 2>of them getting quite large. Now in this forecast, we're

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<v Speaker 2>getting a little bit windy today. That's not good. High

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<v Speaker 2>fifty six, cloudy and breezy tonight with a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>of rain. We need a lot the rain. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>the timeline is going to be probably while you're sleeping,

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<v Speaker 2>sometime after midnight, and then we're going to shoot up

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<v Speaker 2>from the fifties to the seventies to the eighties. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>on Halloween could be a record breaker, and election Day

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<v Speaker 2>is now a week out. Mis President Harris will be

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<v Speaker 2>giving her campaign's closing argument tonight, symbolically from the same

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<v Speaker 2>spot that riotors swarm the Capitol.

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<v Speaker 1>Fight like how Trump was at the ellipse just outside

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<v Speaker 1>the White House refusing to say he'd lost his re

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<v Speaker 1>election bid, and not long after tonight, Harris will speak

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<v Speaker 1>from the Ellipse to offer what her campaign says is

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<v Speaker 1>a hopeful, optimistic message in sharp contrast to Trump's. Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump spends full time trying.

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<v Speaker 4>To have America's point to figure at each.

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<v Speaker 2>Other fans the fuel of hate and division.

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<v Speaker 1>If Trump wins, he'll focus on himself and his enemy's list.

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<v Speaker 2>If she does, I will be working on behalf of

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<v Speaker 2>the American people.

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<v Speaker 1>On my to do list, saying Trump's dark vision is

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<v Speaker 1>exhausting for her and the nation.

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<v Speaker 3>People are literally ready to turn.

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<v Speaker 1>The pay saga Maganie Washington.

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<v Speaker 2>Apparently Donald Trump is about to speak any moment now

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<v Speaker 2>from mar A Lago, and of course he's been on

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<v Speaker 2>the defensive since giving his closing message during a controversial

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<v Speaker 2>Madison Square Garden rally Sunday night. The moment in the

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<v Speaker 2>sun was overshadowed by a comedian's comments comparing Puerto Rico

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<v Speaker 2>to garbage another vulgar language. Oz are also turning toward

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<v Speaker 2>Trump supporter Elon Musk, and ABC's Rachel Scott is more

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<v Speaker 2>at is rally last night.

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<v Speaker 5>Former President Donald Trump also praising billionaire Elon Musk, who

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<v Speaker 5>has been holding events and support of him in those

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<v Speaker 5>key battleground states, including in Pennsylvania, and he's been giving

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<v Speaker 5>away million dollar checks to register voters who signed his

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<v Speaker 5>super Packs petition. Will sources did tell us that the

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<v Speaker 5>Justice Department sent a letter to us warning that that

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<v Speaker 5>could violate federal law. This morning, we are learning that

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<v Speaker 5>the Philadelphia District Attorney has officially filed a lawsuit over

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<v Speaker 5>that giveaway. A hearing is expected on Friday.

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<v Speaker 2>Biking our Ways to the polls, Blue Cross Blue Shield

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<v Speaker 2>is sponsoring free blue bike rides on election Day. On

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<v Speaker 2>November fifth, Blue Bike Day passes will be free. That

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<v Speaker 2>will give writers' access to a complimentary two hour classic

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<v Speaker 2>bike ride. Okay, we have time. I'm going to squeeze

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<v Speaker 2>this in guys and master control there before we check

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<v Speaker 2>in with Bloomberg, Amazon founder in Washington. Post owner Jeff

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<v Speaker 2>Bezos is defending the paper's decision to stop presidential endorsements.

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<v Speaker 6>Beings and Swines did an article on the Post's website

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<v Speaker 6>that presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of

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<v Speaker 6>an election. He says, what they actually do is create

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<v Speaker 6>a perception of bias and non independence. The billionaire's comments

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<v Speaker 6>came three days after Post CEO and publisher Will Lewis

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<v Speaker 6>announced that the paper would not endorse any presidential candidate

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<v Speaker 6>in this election or any in the future. In PR reports,

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<v Speaker 6>the Post has lost more than two hundred thousand digital

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<v Speaker 6>subscribers since Lewis made the announcement last Friday. I'm Mark Mayfield.

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<v Speaker 2>You are now in the loop for news updates throughout

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Laurie Kirby, WBZ, Boston's news radio