Speaker 1: Fifty nine degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon.
Speaker 1: I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. The Biden administration is
Speaker 1: reaffirming US support for Israel after the Hamas leader Yeah
Speaker 1: Yah Sinwar was killed. He's blamed for masterminding the October
Speaker 1: seventh attack.
Speaker 2: The Whitehouse says the death of Hamas leader Yeh Yeah
Speaker 2: Sinwar marks a quote inflection point when it comes to
Speaker 2: potentially reaching a ceasefire deal to secure the release of
Speaker 2: the remaining hostages and the war in Gaza. National Security
Speaker 2: spokesman John Kirby says Hamas is now in a much
Speaker 2: more weakened position than it ever was before, but still.
Speaker 3: They're still holding hostages, and yes, they still have some
Speaker 3: capability left to them. So there's still a lethality to
Speaker 3: Hamas that you just can't be underestimated.
Speaker 1: Karen Travers, ABC News Washington. President Biden, meantime, is headed
Speaker 1: back from Germany after meeting with other leaders and receiving
Speaker 1: an award from the German president.
Speaker 4: German President Steinmeier praise President Biden for his accomplishments and
Speaker 4: called him a decent man. Then he presented him with
Speaker 4: Germany's highest civilian honor, the.
Speaker 5: Order of Merit.
Speaker 2: May I say, dear Joe, congratulations.
Speaker 4: President Biden said, this award means so much to me
Speaker 4: for what it says about us.
Speaker 5: The way that we have is two separate nations risen
Speaker 5: together to meet our moment.
Speaker 4: Stacy Lynn, CBS News.
Speaker 1: A Middleborough home is condemned after animal control finds over
Speaker 1: a dozen pets living in filth and an animal welfare investigation.
Speaker 1: Officers found seventeen dogs, two cats, a turtle, and a
Speaker 1: guinea pig in that home on Precinct Street. The animals
Speaker 1: were removed from the home. One dog needed urgent medical care,
Speaker 1: and officials say the animals had no food or water.
Speaker 1: Neighbors say the home's owner is a recluse and often
Speaker 1: has visits from animal control. The investigation continues. A national
Speaker 1: regulatory agency is looking into millions of Teslas that have
Speaker 1: the full self driving feature.
Speaker 6: Around two point four million Tesla models as x Y
Speaker 6: and cyber Truck are being investigated by the National Highway
Speaker 6: Traffic Safety Administration because they have the full self driving
Speaker 6: feature Tesla offers. It comes after four crashes, one of
Speaker 6: which was fatal involving the car driving itself. The crashes
Speaker 6: involved reduced roadway visibility from sun glare, fog or dust,
Speaker 6: which may have caused a Tesla to not be able
Speaker 6: to read the road. The investigation will look into tesla's
Speaker 6: abilities to navigate autonomously when conditions are not ideal. Attic
Speaker 6: Stone eb sinews the head.
Speaker 1: Of the Charles Regatta, topping the list of things to
Speaker 1: do this weekend around Boston. Through Sunday, more than eleven
Speaker 1: thousand participants will be racing around the river. The starting
Speaker 1: line can be viewed well from the Bu Bridge. The
Speaker 1: Elliott Bridge is the closest river crossing to the finish line.
Speaker 1: Tonight that the House of Blues drive by Truckers will
Speaker 1: bring their tour to town. It will feature their two thousand
Speaker 1: and one release, Southern Rock Opera, a double album through
Speaker 1: the lens of the Southern rock pioneers Leonard Skinner the
Speaker 1: cons It starts at eight o'clock tonight and just about
Speaker 1: an hour from now it's follow ween at the corner
Speaker 1: of Charles and Beacon Streets. The City of Boston hosting
Speaker 1: the free, family friendly event on the common Haunted Zombie Mays,
Speaker 1: Scarecrow Slide, live music and spooky story time among the activities.
Speaker 1: Got clear skies coming up for tonight. It is going
Speaker 1: to still be a little chilly, back in the thirties
Speaker 1: in some of the coldest suburbs, about forty five downtown.
Speaker 1: But our warm up continues tomorrow is we bring back
Speaker 1: the sun and we bring temperatures up to about seventy
Speaker 1: degrees mainly clear, mainly in the forties Tomorrow night, and
Speaker 1: then on Sunday, temperatures climb into the low to mid
Speaker 1: seventies with mostly sunny skies, upper seventies, maybe in eighty
Speaker 1: degree reading. We'll see on Monday. With that sunshine around,
Speaker 1: we'll stay mild for at least the first half of
Speaker 1: next week before cooling off again. It is fifty nine
Speaker 1: degrees right now in Boston. Salem's not the only place
Speaker 1: on the North Shore where you can throw on a
Speaker 1: costume and have some early Halloween fun. Tonight. Wbz's Kendall
Speaker 1: Bule has more from newberry Port.
Speaker 5: Which is a night out is going to conjure up
Speaker 5: some big crowd, says Greater newberry Port Chamber of Commerce
Speaker 5: chief Nate Alers.
Speaker 7: State Street will be sham packed with folks shoulder or shoulder.
Speaker 5: Well, if that sounds like a bit much, don't worry.
Speaker 5: You can always duck into Koala Lively's now loose surf
Speaker 5: shop for something a bit more mellow.
Speaker 7: Having a taste of the drinks, talking and hanging out,
Speaker 7: I think it'll be more of a fun, chill shopping
Speaker 7: vibe than a daytime thing. And obviously many many witch
Speaker 7: hats now.
Speaker 5: That we'll be serving up some blue Hawaiian punch. Most
Speaker 5: of the retailers have adult beverages on hand as costume
Speaker 5: plaid customers make the rounds about town.
Speaker 7: It's a way for adults to kick off the fall season,
Speaker 7: so the sip and chop is exciting. Some of the
Speaker 7: shops that are usually closing around five or six are
Speaker 7: staying open until nine, so you're seeing a later night
Speaker 7: crowd on more exciting deals.
Speaker 5: It's the preliminary round of the shopping season, says Alard,
Speaker 5: and the party atmosphere on Newbury Streets and then its
Speaker 5: shops tonight should get the season off on the right
Speaker 5: start from Newberry Port Kennebill WBZY, Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 1: Boston Celtic's Legends and civil rights pioneer Bill Russell's being
Speaker 1: honored with a bridge in the heart of Boston. The
Speaker 1: North Washington Street bridge that connects Charlestown or to Charles
Speaker 1: Down will soon be named the William Felton Bill Russell Bridge.
Speaker 1: The bridge is under reconstruction and is expected to be
Speaker 1: finished by spring. Well, then, ten thousand rowers are in town,
Speaker 1: tens of thousands of spectators. You're planning to be here
Speaker 1: to cheer on those competing in the head of the
Speaker 1: Charles Regoda this weekend. Wbz's James Rojas treading water at
Speaker 1: the finish line.
Speaker 8: That's exactly what rowers love to hear near the end
Speaker 8: of their race. You've been in that scenario where you're rowing,
Speaker 8: we have friends applauding, cheering you on. What does that feeling?
Speaker 5: Are you kidding?
Speaker 7: It's just a jlt of energy.
Speaker 8: Ruth is doing the cheering this time around after competing
Speaker 8: in previous years. Now, though she won't be rowing. Encouraging
Speaker 8: her friends is basically a sport of its own.
Speaker 3: This morning, we have at least one or two entries
Speaker 3: in almost every race.
Speaker 4: There's squads, eights, fors.
Speaker 6: You name it, men, women, mixed Director's Challenge. We take
Speaker 6: this seriously.
Speaker 8: She and her friends will be out here all weekend long,
Speaker 8: either cheering or competing in the regatta themselves. Along to
Speaker 8: Charles James Rojas, WBZ Bowson's News Radio.
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Speaker 1: I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's News Radio