Speaker 1: Seventy nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon.
Speaker 1: I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Some new life for
Speaker 1: Saint Elizabeth Medical Center. Governor Morrich Healey formerly seizing the
Speaker 1: medical center in Brighton through eminent domain to keep that
Speaker 1: hospital open. It allows the state to take control of
Speaker 1: the property and transition operations to a new medical services provider,
Speaker 1: Boston Medical Center. This has continued to fallout from Stuart
Speaker 1: Healthcare's bankruptcy. Boston Medical Center and Stewart had previously reached
Speaker 1: an agreement transfer operations of Saint Elizabeth's to BMC, an
Speaker 1: asset management firm Apollo, refused to accept BMC's bid for
Speaker 1: the real estate. Now, the action by the governor will
Speaker 1: allow a hospital to remain open and serving patients. New
Speaker 1: York City's Mayor Merrick Adams pleading not guilty at his
Speaker 1: arraignment today on federal corruption charges.
Speaker 2: Adams, joined by his defense attorney, turned himself in Friday
Speaker 2: morning at Manhattan Federal Court, where he was processed, finger printed, photographed,
Speaker 2: and read his rights before entering his plea. The judge
Speaker 2: agreed that Adams be released on his own signature. Provided
Speaker 2: he has no contact with witnesses or others listed by
Speaker 2: the government regarding the indictment. Prosecutors hit Adams with a
Speaker 2: five count indictment Thursday, claiming he accepted lavish gifts and
Speaker 2: trips from Turkish officials, as well as solicited campaign contributions.
Speaker 2: Adams has been resisting growing calls to resign and is
Speaker 2: the first sitting mayor to be federally charged.
Speaker 1: That's correspondent Christen Marx a visit to the border for
Speaker 1: Vice President Kamala Harris. The VP heading to Arizona.
Speaker 3: Hearrist delivers remarks in the border town of Douglas, Arizona.
Speaker 3: She'll again call out Trump for his role in killing
Speaker 3: the bipartisan border bill earlier this year, saying, quote, the
Speaker 3: American people deserve a president who cares more about border
Speaker 3: security than playing political games. The Vice President will meet
Speaker 3: with border patrol agents and tout the pay raises they
Speaker 3: received under the Biden administration, but she'll also argue they
Speaker 3: need more resources to do their jobs. Karen Travers ABC
Speaker 3: News Washington.
Speaker 1: Polls now show former President Donald Trump has an advantage
Speaker 1: over Harris when it comes to immigration issues. Today, the
Speaker 1: former president meeting with Ukraine's president to discuss Valatimirzelinsky's victory
Speaker 1: plan to defeat the Russians.
Speaker 4: Just discuss it and if we have a win.
Speaker 5: I think low before January twentieth, before I would take
Speaker 5: the presidency.
Speaker 4: It's January twentieth, but long before that.
Speaker 5: I think that we can work out something that's good.
Speaker 1: For both, said Today's meeting, coming as many Republicans have
Speaker 1: been reluctant to support Ukraine's war effort. She's won Oscars, Baptis, Emmys,
Speaker 1: Golden Globes, and a tony. Actress Maggie Smith has died.
Speaker 1: She impressed for years on stage and screen and got
Speaker 1: a whole new group of fans in recent years.
Speaker 6: Maggie Smith was known for her recent role in TV's
Speaker 6: Downton Abbey. I remember the Malleton in the eighteen sixties,
Speaker 6: dar Old Lady Darley.
Speaker 5: Always liked to stuff the place with royalty.
Speaker 6: Smith also won fans in the Harry Potter movies. She
Speaker 6: won Academy Awards for the Prime of Miss g Ian
Speaker 6: Brody in nineteen sixty nine and for a supporting role
Speaker 6: in nineteen seventy eight California Sweet Steve Kith and CBS News.
Speaker 1: Mattie Smith was eighty nine. We've got some sunshine hanging
Speaker 1: in there as we go into the latter part of
Speaker 1: the afternoon. It's been a pretty nice day, comfortable too,
Speaker 1: well into the seventies in many places. Tonight we'll have
Speaker 1: a few clouds around. We'll fall back to about sixty
Speaker 1: in the city, fifties in the suburbs tomorrow, more clouds
Speaker 1: than sun, but they'll be sun. So that's nice upper
Speaker 1: sixties along the coast, low seventies inland. It's going to
Speaker 1: be a cooler day on Sunday, a mix of clouds
Speaker 1: and sun, with temperatures in the mid sixties and then
Speaker 1: maybe the seventy again by Monday, with sun and clouds.
Speaker 1: Right now seventy nine degrees in Boston more now on
Speaker 1: Deployables Day. That's today, and wdz's Jablett tells us Boston
Speaker 1: is preparing the public for a rising tide.
Speaker 7: Rushing water of waterfront homeowner's worst nightmare. The inaugural Deployables
Speaker 7: Day here in City Hall Plaza is a chance for
Speaker 7: the public to learn and test barricades of all shapes
Speaker 7: and sizes flood water.
Speaker 4: It's like trying to hold a beach ball underwater it
Speaker 4: pops up.
Speaker 7: Victor Altoff shows me the flood break gate, which is
Speaker 7: a pillar that automatically fills up and pushes down to
Speaker 7: protect lots, homes lives.
Speaker 6: It slowly rises so that people were out there they
Speaker 6: wouldn't become a human projectile when the gate went flying up.
Speaker 7: Meantime, Joshua Brownfelt with Garrison Flood Control shows me the
Speaker 7: Guppy Max, a giant orange trapezoid filled with water to blockwater.
Speaker 1: A lot of people are starting to retrofit their homes.
Speaker 7: It's also ample time for Bostonians to figure out their
Speaker 7: hurricane evacuation zone timely with the EBB and flow seen
Speaker 7: in the south from downtown Boston. J Willette WBZ, Boston's
Speaker 7: News Radio.
Speaker 1: Massachusetts a privaty Public Health announcing the thirteenth human case
Speaker 1: of West Nile virus this year. Officials say the case
Speaker 1: is a man in his forties exposed in southern Essex County.
Speaker 1: As a result, the West Nile risk levels are being
Speaker 1: raised moderate in Middleton in Essex County and North Redding
Speaker 1: in Middlesex County. There have been three hundred and thirty
Speaker 1: two West Nile positive mosquito samples so far this year
Speaker 1: in the state, officials reminding everyone to avoid mosquito bites
Speaker 1: using mosquito proof of clothing as well as a lot
Speaker 1: of bug spray. Helene has been downgraded to a topical depression,
Speaker 1: but it's still causing widespread damage across the southeast.
Speaker 5: The National Weather Service says the remnants of Hurricane Helene
Speaker 5: will stall over the Tennessee Valley over the weekend. That
Speaker 5: means there'll be a lot more rain in places that
Speaker 5: don't need any more rate. It's already been soggy across
Speaker 5: much of the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys, and they'll have
Speaker 5: more rain through the weekend. Flooding continues to be a
Speaker 5: life threatening problem across the southern Appalachian Mountains. Many roads
Speaker 5: and highways and bridges are closed flooded by several feet
Speaker 5: of water.
Speaker 1: Now is CBS is Jim Cursula. Heleen made landfall in
Speaker 1: Florida overnight. It was Category four at the time. There
Speaker 1: have been at least two dozen storm related deaths across
Speaker 1: four states. Nothing like free and tomorrow free admission to
Speaker 1: national parks and another freebeast coming up later this year.
Speaker 4: Fee free days like National public Lands Day every year
Speaker 4: on September twenty eighth and Veterans Day on November eleventh,
Speaker 4: are among five days observed by US for Service and
Speaker 4: other federal agencies overseeing operations of day use parks on
Speaker 4: public lands. Alice Cohen of the US Four Services, the
Speaker 4: no charge days include national forests, national parks, any other
Speaker 4: public lands, wildlife refugees. She says other government agencies may
Speaker 4: add fee free days throughout the year. The agencies might
Speaker 4: recognize when they started, so Army Corps of Engineer in
Speaker 4: June sixteenth is their birthday. Learnmore at FS dot USDA
Speaker 4: dot com. I'm Rebecca Hughes.
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