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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news forty

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<v Speaker 1>two degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. An act of terror. That

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<v Speaker 1>is what the FBI in New Orleans is saying about

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<v Speaker 1>the deadly attack on Bourbon Street early Wednesday morning.

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<v Speaker 2>First and foremost, let me be very clear about this point.

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<v Speaker 2>This was an act of terrorism. It was premeditated and

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<v Speaker 2>an evil act.

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<v Speaker 1>FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raya, who now says the

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<v Speaker 1>suspect in the attack that killed more than a dozen

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<v Speaker 1>people did not have help.

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<v Speaker 2>We do not assess at this point that anyone else

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<v Speaker 2>involved in this attack is involved in this attack except

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<v Speaker 2>for Shamsa Din Jabbar, the subject you've already been briefed on.

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<v Speaker 1>Jabbar, who had served in the US military, is said

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<v Speaker 1>to have professed allegiance to the Islamic State. The family

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<v Speaker 1>of the man police deemed responsible for that attack in

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<v Speaker 1>New Orleans or expressing shock over what happened.

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<v Speaker 3>The brother of this suspect in the New Orleans attack

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<v Speaker 3>is speaking out, telling ABC News in an interview he

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<v Speaker 3>is in shock. Abder Jabbar said his half brother, now

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<v Speaker 3>accused of mowing down fourteen people on New Year's Day,

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<v Speaker 3>was quote loving, was a sweetheart, but Abdur said his

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<v Speaker 3>half brother was isolated.

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<v Speaker 2>Just not having anybody else to maybe talk to, maybe express.

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<v Speaker 3>His viewpoints, something he believes could have led him to

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<v Speaker 3>commit this crime. Olivia Rubin ABC News Washington.

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<v Speaker 1>In Las Vegas, the sheriff there, Kevin mcmahill, says he

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<v Speaker 1>can't definitively identify the person inside the cyber truck that

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<v Speaker 1>exploded New Year's Day outside of Trump Hotel, but says

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<v Speaker 1>enough evidence points to Matthew Levelsberger, an active duty US

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<v Speaker 1>soldier who was highly decorated.

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<v Speaker 4>But I would like to highlight a couple of things

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<v Speaker 4>that the teams found inside of the cyber truck that

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<v Speaker 4>are useful to the investigation, and that first and foremost

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<v Speaker 4>is a military identification. We also found a passport, We

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<v Speaker 4>found a Desert Eagle fifty caliber semi automatic pistol.

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<v Speaker 1>Las Vegas officials say the person inside the truck was

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<v Speaker 1>shot in the head before the explosion, complicating the process

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<v Speaker 1>of identifying him. Seven people were injured in that blast.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of things change as a New year unfolds,

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<v Speaker 1>among them. Millions of Americans who get their prescription drugs

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<v Speaker 1>through Medicare could get a major financial break when a

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand dollars out of pocket spending cap on medications

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<v Speaker 1>takes effect.

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<v Speaker 5>Now we're seeing a two thousand dollars per year spending

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<v Speaker 5>limit on out of pocket costs for drugs, which is

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<v Speaker 5>going to be a big relief to many seniors who

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<v Speaker 5>might be on expensive medications. For example, for cancer.

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<v Speaker 1>Man is doctor Celine Gownder, a CBS News medical contributor

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<v Speaker 1>in Washington. Vote is set for tomorrow in the House

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<v Speaker 1>for a new speaker. Despite an endorsement from President elect Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>some Republicans believe the current Speaker, Mike Johnson, doesn't have

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<v Speaker 1>what's needed for votes to remain in the role. A

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<v Speaker 1>number of Republics grew frustrated with Johnson late last year

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<v Speaker 1>as Congress worked to avoid a government shutdown. We do

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<v Speaker 1>have a wind advisory up until ten o'clock tonight. Wind's

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<v Speaker 1>been whipping around pretty good today and as we head

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<v Speaker 1>into the early evening still could see GUS forty forty

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<v Speaker 1>five miles an hour thirty five mile an hour gus

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<v Speaker 1>later tonight as the wind dies down, a tad thirty

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<v Speaker 1>for the low actur whether real field temperatures overnight will

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<v Speaker 1>fall into the lower teens. Tomorrow, it's a partly sunny day.

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<v Speaker 1>It will be blustery again with some wind gusts of

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<v Speaker 1>thirty to thirty five miles an hour, Temperatures in the

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<v Speaker 1>upper thirties, reel fields in the twenties. Saturday, where brisk,

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<v Speaker 1>we're cold, We've got some sunshine and some clouds, Temperatures

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<v Speaker 1>in the mid thirties, reel fields in the teens. And

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<v Speaker 1>then still a little blustery on Sunday, some suns and

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<v Speaker 1>clouds and temperatures in the mid thirties. Right now forty

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<v Speaker 1>two degrees in Boston, covering more. Heay's been busy signing

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<v Speaker 1>quite a few bills this week, more than two dozen

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<v Speaker 1>so far, all past in the late days of the

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<v Speaker 1>most recent legislative session. On Beacon Hill, wdbc's Nicole Davis

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<v Speaker 1>takes a look at what's been signed so far.

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<v Speaker 6>Most of the bills that governor signed are pretty hyper

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<v Speaker 6>local stuff like naming bridges and amending town charters, but

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<v Speaker 6>some are more broad, including House Bill forty eight to forty.

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<v Speaker 6>That bill was originally filed by James Murphy, the co

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<v Speaker 6>chair of the House Financial Services Committee. This bill specifically

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<v Speaker 6>focuses on money transmission during transactions on apps like cash

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<v Speaker 6>app or Venmo. This new law now requires those companies

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<v Speaker 6>to report quarterly on their financial condition and also requires

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<v Speaker 6>them to get a license from the state's banking commissioner.

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<v Speaker 6>The law gives that commissioner the permission to revoke those

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<v Speaker 6>licenses if need be. Governor Healy's pen's not done quite yet.

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<v Speaker 6>She still has some bills to look over, including one that,

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<v Speaker 6>if signed, would expand oversight of hospital systems here in

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<v Speaker 6>Massachusetts in the wake of the Stewart healthcare crisis. Nicole

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<v Speaker 6>Davis WBZ Boston's News radio.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a new bridge planned to span the mass Turnpike

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<v Speaker 1>in western Massachusetts, though this one isn't for cars, it's

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<v Speaker 1>for deer and hikers. CBS News Boston reporting the project

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<v Speaker 1>will replace an existing bridge that crosses in the town

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<v Speaker 1>of Beckett, where the Appellation Trail intersects with the pike.

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<v Speaker 1>It's an area that has seen a high number of

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<v Speaker 1>collisions between drivers and deer. Mastot was awarded one point

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<v Speaker 1>seven million dollars in grant money for the bridge. In all,

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen wildlife crossing projects across the country received one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and twenty five million in grants from the infrastructure law

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<v Speaker 1>signed by the President in twenty twenty one. Oh, they

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<v Speaker 1>live a whale of a life, don't they whales? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there's research too on the giants of the ocean and

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<v Speaker 1>how long their lives might be there.

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<v Speaker 7>She blows Moby Dick, the giant sperm whale immortalized by

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<v Speaker 7>novelist Herman Melville in the novel by that name. Now

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<v Speaker 7>researchers say some of the sperm whales swimming in our

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<v Speaker 7>oceans today may have been born before the book appeared

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<v Speaker 7>in eighteen fifty one. They provised upward the potential life

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<v Speaker 7>expectancy of the species the whale one in the novel.

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<v Speaker 7>In real life, though, most sperm whales are dead by

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<v Speaker 7>the age of thirty seven, killed by US humans. Vicky Barker,

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<v Speaker 7>CBS News London.

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<v Speaker 1>Back on Land, there's a new dog in town. It

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<v Speaker 1>is not a bulldog, but Jim Krisula has more on

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<v Speaker 1>the latest dog in the American Kennel Club's lineup of

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<v Speaker 1>recognized breaths.

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<v Speaker 8>The Danish Swedish farm dog DSSET for short, has joined

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<v Speaker 8>at the pack, making the breed eligible to compete for

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<v Speaker 8>many Best in Show trophies. It's also more likely to

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<v Speaker 8>bring more widespread interest in the small, sprightly dogs that

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<v Speaker 8>were initially popular in Scandinavia going back decades.

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<v Speaker 1>In their original homelands, the dog's main job was rodent patrol,

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<v Speaker 1>but they would also herd a bit, act as watchdogs,

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<v Speaker 1>and play with farmers children. Some of them even performed

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<v Speaker 1>in circuses. You are now in the loop. For news

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<v Speaker 1>the iHeartRadio app. I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's news radio