WEBVTT

1
00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:10.800
<v Speaker 1>This is WBZ Boston's news radio, redefining local news sixty

2
00:00:10.839 --> 00:00:13.599
<v Speaker 1>two degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm

3
00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:17.440
<v Speaker 1>Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Airports in Florida in the

4
00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.719
<v Speaker 1>path of Hurricane Milton are all closed. The waiting continues

5
00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:23.600
<v Speaker 1>for landfall now. The storm has been leading to a

6
00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:27.079
<v Speaker 1>race for travelers getting out for some others trying to

7
00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:31.239
<v Speaker 1>get back home before the storm hits Florida. WBZ TV's

8
00:00:31.239 --> 00:00:33.640
<v Speaker 1>Petty Committed Logan Airports spoke with a woman who had

9
00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:35.920
<v Speaker 1>to cut her trip to Disney World short.

10
00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:40.520
<v Speaker 2>Disney World's closing a bunch of the resorts. So yeah,

11
00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:41.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm so grateful.

12
00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:42.520
<v Speaker 3>To be back in Boston.

13
00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:45.000
<v Speaker 2>We were there really early, like three hours early, just

14
00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:46.880
<v Speaker 2>to make sure that we got on the plane. There's

15
00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:49.159
<v Speaker 2>a lot of tension with TSA right now to try.

16
00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:50.280
<v Speaker 1>To get everybody evacuated.

17
00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:53.880
<v Speaker 4>And if you had plans to fly to Florida, your

18
00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:57.359
<v Speaker 4>flight is likely canceled, but most airlines are offering free

19
00:00:57.399 --> 00:01:01.039
<v Speaker 4>flight change waivers. There's just no talent when those airports

20
00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:03.520
<v Speaker 4>in Florida are going to reopen, so it could be

21
00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:05.640
<v Speaker 4>a while before you're able to redeem.

22
00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:10.959
<v Speaker 1>Those down south. Pentagon spokesperson Major General pat Ryder tells

23
00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:13.439
<v Speaker 1>ABC they're ready to jump in and help at a

24
00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:16.359
<v Speaker 1>moment's notice and have been talking with officials on the

25
00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:17.319
<v Speaker 1>ground in Florida.

26
00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:20.920
<v Speaker 3>We fully recognize the potential impact of this storm. We

27
00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:23.840
<v Speaker 3>are going to continue to closely communicate with FEMA, with

28
00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.359
<v Speaker 3>the state, with the local government to make sure that

29
00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:27.959
<v Speaker 3>they have everything they need.

30
00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:31.200
<v Speaker 1>Milton is expected to make landfall in Florida tonight between

31
00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:33.760
<v Speaker 1>nine and eleven PM. Right now, it's packing wins of

32
00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:37.239
<v Speaker 1>one hundred and thirty miles an hour, a Category four storm.

33
00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:40.000
<v Speaker 1>It's a little less than one hundred and fifty miles

34
00:01:40.040 --> 00:01:42.959
<v Speaker 1>to the southwest of Tampa, Florida, moving north and northeast

35
00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:46.359
<v Speaker 1>at sixteen miles an hour. We are expecting another update

36
00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:49.280
<v Speaker 1>from the National Hurricane Center a little bit later on

37
00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:53.480
<v Speaker 1>this afternoon. President Biden was briefed today at the White House,

38
00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:57.599
<v Speaker 1>hearing from FEMA Administrator DN chris Well and other officials.

39
00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:01.519
<v Speaker 1>He addressed politicians' comments criticizing White House's efforts to clean

40
00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:05.280
<v Speaker 1>up the lots big storm Hurricane Kalid. Former President Trump's

41
00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:08.240
<v Speaker 1>been posting on truth socials saying that President Biden and

42
00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:11.439
<v Speaker 1>the Vice President, Kamala Harris can't get anything done properly

43
00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:14.919
<v Speaker 1>in North Carolinta. ABC's Karen Travers with the president's response.

44
00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:18.360
<v Speaker 5>President Biden said misinformation about the response to Hurricane Helene

45
00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:21.479
<v Speaker 5>and now Milton is undermining confidence in the federal government.

46
00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:24.400
<v Speaker 4>The last few weeks, there's been a reckless, irresponsible, and

47
00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:29.759
<v Speaker 4>relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies that are disturbing people, and.

48
00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:31.120
<v Speaker 5>The President placing the blame.

49
00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:33.840
<v Speaker 3>Former President Trump has led the onslaught of lies.

50
00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:36.919
<v Speaker 5>The White House is aggressively trying to combat misinformation with

51
00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:39.560
<v Speaker 5>social media posts and briefings to tell people in the

52
00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:42.759
<v Speaker 5>storm zone what resources are available to them. Karen Travers

53
00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:44.800
<v Speaker 5>ABC News The White House keep.

54
00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:49.000
<v Speaker 1>Two to WBZ as Hurricane Milton continues to chug toward Florida.

55
00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:51.960
<v Speaker 1>Will keep you updated and download the iHeartRadio app take

56
00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:54.319
<v Speaker 1>us with you wherever you go. A school bus driver

57
00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:57.840
<v Speaker 1>for the Newton Schools indicted on three accounts of kidnapping.

58
00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:01.439
<v Speaker 1>Prosecutors say Justin Vows brought three children between three and

59
00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:04.080
<v Speaker 1>five to secluded areas in May and turned off the

60
00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:07.599
<v Speaker 1>audio and video recording on the bus. Newton authorities tipped

61
00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:10.479
<v Speaker 1>off police after a student was dropped off late at daycare.

62
00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:13.960
<v Speaker 1>The Middlesex DA says all of the children involved our

63
00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:19.240
<v Speaker 1>semi non verbal or struggle with communication bose faces arraignment.

64
00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:23.039
<v Speaker 1>Later this month, we checked the four DAWZ active weather forecast.

65
00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:25.039
<v Speaker 1>We'll have a stray shower in a couple of places

66
00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:28.360
<v Speaker 1>as we head into the evening, otherwise partly cloudy, breezy,

67
00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:32.400
<v Speaker 1>temperatures in the mid forties or so, maybe within a

68
00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:36.560
<v Speaker 1>few degrees either way, mostly sunny. Tomorrow, a breezy, chili

69
00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:40.080
<v Speaker 1>day as we only managed to get into the upper

70
00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:43.240
<v Speaker 1>fifties in some of the coolest spots downtown maybe sixty,

71
00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:45.719
<v Speaker 1>clear and chili Tomorrow night back into the thirties and

72
00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:49.240
<v Speaker 1>the chilliest suburbs about forty six downtown and then on Friday,

73
00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:52.639
<v Speaker 1>mid sixties with mostly sunny skies seventy or so with

74
00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:55.719
<v Speaker 1>some sunshine. On Saturday. We are looking at a shower

75
00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:58.759
<v Speaker 1>right now over the Plympton area this afternoon, so south

76
00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:01.240
<v Speaker 1>of the city seeing some showers, a couple more onto

77
00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:05.199
<v Speaker 1>western mass but again will have just some widely scattered spritzes,

78
00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:08.319
<v Speaker 1>sprinkles or showers throughout the early part of the Evening

79
00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:11.520
<v Speaker 1>Tonight sixty two right now in Boston. Nearly seven percent

80
00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:14.120
<v Speaker 1>of adults who get COVID in the US come down

81
00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:16.800
<v Speaker 1>with long COVID, but it's still not exactly clear why

82
00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:20.240
<v Speaker 1>they deal with symptoms that just won't quit. Wbz's Nicole

83
00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:22.000
<v Speaker 1>Davis with more on some new research.

84
00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:24.839
<v Speaker 2>COVID symptoms can be really rough, they're not fun, but

85
00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:26.959
<v Speaker 2>for most of us, they go away after just a

86
00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:30.439
<v Speaker 2>couple weeks. For almost seventeen million Americans, though, COVID has

87
00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:34.600
<v Speaker 2>stuck around a lot longer, sometimes for years after first diagnosis.

88
00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:37.480
<v Speaker 2>A research team at Brigham and Women's Hospital ran tests

89
00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:40.639
<v Speaker 2>on more than seven hundred long COVID patients. In about

90
00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:42.959
<v Speaker 2>forty three percent of the people they tested, they found

91
00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:46.480
<v Speaker 2>COVID viral proteins were still in their blood circulating around

92
00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:49.639
<v Speaker 2>the body. They found those proteins like long covid itself

93
00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:52.120
<v Speaker 2>or hanging around in some cases more than a year

94
00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:55.480
<v Speaker 2>after diagnosis. The study shows there is likely more than

95
00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:58.160
<v Speaker 2>one cause of long COVID, as damage to the immune

96
00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:01.279
<v Speaker 2>system is also considered to be a dr factor. That

97
00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:04.160
<v Speaker 2>being said, the lead author of the study, doctor Zoe Swank,

98
00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:06.839
<v Speaker 2>says this could mean some patients would finally be able

99
00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:09.079
<v Speaker 2>to shake their symptoms just by taking a round of

100
00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:13.240
<v Speaker 2>anti virals. Nicole Davis WBZ, Boston's news Radio.

101
00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:15.920
<v Speaker 1>The new lawsuit is accusing dozens of elite schools of

102
00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:18.759
<v Speaker 1>holding out on financial aid for students.

103
00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:21.879
<v Speaker 6>Forty private universities are named in the class action suit,

104
00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:24.480
<v Speaker 6>which was filed by a student at Boston University and

105
00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:27.399
<v Speaker 6>an alum from Cornell. When schools doll out need based

106
00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:30.680
<v Speaker 6>financial aid, they often determine a student's need based on

107
00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:33.040
<v Speaker 6>the income of their parents. But the schools named in

108
00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:36.160
<v Speaker 6>the suit, alongside the college board, are accused of requiring

109
00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:40.319
<v Speaker 6>non custodial parents to submit their financial information too, regardless

110
00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:42.920
<v Speaker 6>of whether or not that parent actually had any involvement

111
00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:45.600
<v Speaker 6>in paying for their kids' education. The plaintiffs say that

112
00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:48.399
<v Speaker 6>practice effectively cheated them out of aid money. They're seeking

113
00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:50.879
<v Speaker 6>more than five million dollars in damages, not to mention

114
00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:53.240
<v Speaker 6>a core order to bring the alleged practice to an

115
00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.360
<v Speaker 6>end once and for all. Other schools named in the

116
00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:59.120
<v Speaker 6>suit include Northeastern, Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth. Jeremy Russ w

117
00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:01.800
<v Speaker 6>b Z, Bostondio.

118
00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:04.399
<v Speaker 1>WZ has reached out to schools named in the suit.

119
00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:09.160
<v Speaker 1>You are now in the loop for news updates throughout

120
00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:12.519
<v Speaker 1>the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.

121
00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:15.639
<v Speaker 1>I'm Ben Parker, WBZ, Boston's news radio