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Speaker 1: Here's what's happening. Oh, we got trouble with a capital
Speaker 1: T and that stands for turnpike. Those trying to get
Speaker 1: away for the holiday have some troubles. David Struttalino's watching
Speaker 1: things on the pike. It's a messay.
Speaker 2: Yeah. TEA also stands for a tractor trailer truck. Ben,
Speaker 2: we have a tractor trailer truck with the flipped over
Speaker 2: trailer in the Pike West between the Charlton Service Plaza
Speaker 2: and Route eighty four. Pike West is currently shut down
Speaker 2: as a result, and it's jam from Millbury. Plus it's
Speaker 2: tough through the Boston area, the Metro West area, and
Speaker 2: the mass Pike. All these details and more coming up
Speaker 2: in a moment on traffic on the threes.
Speaker 1: All right. We'll continue to follow all this as folks
Speaker 1: try to get away for the holiday weekend. Developing news
Speaker 1: out of the Middle East and at the White House. Today,
Speaker 1: President Biden announcing a ceasefire between Israel and has the Lah.
Speaker 1: The President says the deal was reached with the help
Speaker 1: of France and will end the fighting in Lebanon. The
Speaker 1: Iranian backed militant group has been fighting with Israel within
Speaker 1: Lebanon since the Hamas attack on Israel on October seventh,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. Both the governments of Israel and Lebanon
Speaker 1: have accepted the deal to end the conflict. While speaking
Speaker 1: from the White House, the President called this good news.
Speaker 3: Over the next sixty days, the Lebanese Army and State
Speaker 3: Security Force will deploy and take control of their own
Speaker 3: territory once again.
Speaker 1: Has blocked terrorist.
Speaker 3: Infrastructure and southern Lebanon will not be allowed to be rebuilt,
Speaker 3: and over the next sixty days, Israel will gradually withdraw
Speaker 3: it three Many force.
Speaker 1: This deal will go into effect at four am local
Speaker 1: time tomorrow. President Biden says the Lebanese's army will take
Speaker 1: over their own territory once again and allowing both sides
Speaker 1: to build. Will continue to follow developments in this story
Speaker 1: and bring you up right here on WBZ and streaming
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Speaker 1: For the TSA millions of airline passengers going through security
Speaker 1: at the nation's airports through the Thanksgiving weekend.
Speaker 4: TSA spokespersont Lisa Farbstein Warren's travelers to arrive at airports
Speaker 4: at least two hours ahead of their scheduled flight times.
Speaker 5: You need to allow yourself extra time if you're parking
Speaker 5: at the airport. Then once you get into the terminal,
Speaker 5: if you have to check a bag, expect that your
Speaker 5: airline checking counters will be crowded. And all that is
Speaker 5: before you even get to the checkpoint.
Speaker 4: The TSA is expecting to see a jump in numbers,
Speaker 4: with at least six percent more passengers passing through security
Speaker 4: checkpoints this Thanksgiving compared to last. Passengers planning to fly
Speaker 4: with foods can head to the TSA's website or a
Speaker 4: mobile app to make sure they're packing it in the
Speaker 4: right place.
Speaker 6: I Natalie Mgliori.
Speaker 1: The teachers strikes continue in Marblehead and Beverley. Today, educators
Speaker 1: from across the state took their fight to the State
Speaker 1: House of the Busy's book McCarthy with.
Speaker 7: More in an act of solidarity and support. Teachers union
Speaker 7: leaders from across the state were at the State House
Speaker 7: to meet with Governor Moore Healy calling on her to
Speaker 7: get involved in the teacher strikes in Marblehead and Beverly.
Speaker 8: We asked her to go up to the North Shore
Speaker 8: and try to bring both parties together.
Speaker 7: That's Maldon Education Association President Deb Jezwaldough. She says they
Speaker 7: want the governor to make good on campaign promises to
Speaker 7: advocate for public education. Teachers from Marblehead and Beverly were
Speaker 7: busy on the picket lines, but Deb says they're all
Speaker 7: in this together.
Speaker 8: It's just so important to make sure that we are
Speaker 8: standing up for one another and standing up for dignity
Speaker 8: and respect in the workplace and better learning conditions for students.
Speaker 7: Following the meeting, in a statement, the governor said she
Speaker 7: has great respect for teachers and it's time to get
Speaker 7: this done. Brooke McCarthy w b Z Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1: You've got the rain showers that are continuing in the
Speaker 1: eastern part of the state. They're pushing away from west
Speaker 1: to east, and that is how the clearing will continue
Speaker 1: as we head into and through the evening. We will
Speaker 1: get better weather in here for later tonight. Truly, though
Speaker 1: it will be about freezing in the inland suburbs, thirty
Speaker 1: seven downtown and a little breezy too. That breeze hangs
Speaker 1: in Tomorrow, there'll be a mix of sun and clouds.
Speaker 1: It'll be a pretty nice day breeze aside, temperatures in
Speaker 1: the upper forties, and then tomorrow night it'll become cloudy,
Speaker 1: a low of thirty eight, and Thursday that will not
Speaker 1: be a very nice day. In fact, it's going to
Speaker 1: be a pretty miserable Thanksgiving day weather wise. We'll have
Speaker 1: clouds and showers around in the morning, and the rain
Speaker 1: will continue through the day, afternoon and even into the evening,
Speaker 1: and far enough to the north and west we're going
Speaker 1: to see some snow mixing. Outside of four ninety five,
Speaker 1: there could be some flakes. You go a little bit
Speaker 1: further north and west and there could be some accumulation,
Speaker 1: especially into the higher elevations of central and western Mass
Speaker 1: into southern New Hampshire. Temperatures on Thursday mid forties downtown,
Speaker 1: but only in the thirties north and west of four
Speaker 1: ninety five, and then we're in the mid forties with
Speaker 1: some sunshine breaking back out for shopping day on Friday.
Speaker 1: The weekend looks pretty good too, right now, forty eight
Speaker 1: degrees in Boston. Nothing like taking into the game at
Speaker 1: Fenway Park. Nothing like a good old fashioned rivalry either.
Speaker 1: In this case, though it is not the Red Sox
Speaker 1: and Yankees, and it's not even baseball. One of the
Speaker 1: best high school Thanksgiving rivalries football comes to Fenway today.
Speaker 9: It is the battle between Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket High.
Speaker 9: They now call it the Island Cup. It is the
Speaker 9: forty fourth edition of the Island Cup and the seventy
Speaker 9: fifth meeting in the school's history. Nantucket leads the overall
Speaker 9: head to head here thirty eight wins, thirty losses, three ties.
Speaker 9: Last year the Vineyard did get the win. And when
Speaker 9: you win, you get to party in the student section. Now, yeah,
Speaker 9: maybe here's some of that at Fenway Park. Who knows,
Speaker 9: big time high school football at Fenway. It feels good,
Speaker 9: doesn't it. There are three more high school rivalry games
Speaker 9: to be played at Fenway to end the season as well.
Speaker 9: Exciting time for the kids. Drew moholland w b Z,
Speaker 9: Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1: Honoring law enforcement in Massachusetts the Healey administration with the
Speaker 1: forty first annual Trooper George L. Hannah Memorial Awards for Bravery.
Speaker 1: Eleven officers from Kushnit, Berlin, Oxford, Lakeville, and Boston received
Speaker 1: awards this year, along with the Massachusetts State Police. Import
Speaker 1: of the Governor says today's recipients reflect the enduring legacy
Speaker 1: of Trooper George Hannah, whose life and service continue to
Speaker 1: inspire us all. Trooper Hannah was fatally shot in nineteen
Speaker 1: eighty three conducting a traffic stop in Auburn, heading out
Speaker 1: for shopping for the holidays. The Better Business bureaus offering
Speaker 1: consumers advice before that big holiday shopping blitz.
Speaker 6: The BBB advises Black Friday and Cyber Monday shoppers to
Speaker 6: read the fine print, check the refund policy, and do
Speaker 6: your research before you make your purchases.
Speaker 10: We also advise consumers to use the credit card whenever
Speaker 10: possible because they do have more protections and can dispute
Speaker 10: the purchase if there are any issues with their purchases.
Speaker 6: Cynthia eleven with the Southeast BBB says online shopping scams
Speaker 6: are rampant, so conduct a Google search and consult BBB
Speaker 6: dot org to ensure the vendor is legit.
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