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<v Speaker 1>Facis WBZ News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>We're Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 1>We defining local news.

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<v Speaker 2>See.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't think we were ready, and it turns out

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<v Speaker 1>we aren't. Is six o'clock on this Friday morning, and

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<v Speaker 1>we've got some lightning and thunder rumbling through the area

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<v Speaker 1>this morning, and some heavy downpours as well. It's fifty

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<v Speaker 1>two degrees to get us started this Friday. The News

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<v Speaker 1>at six brought to us by your New England's Toyota Dealer,

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<v Speaker 1>your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for being with

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<v Speaker 1>us today. I'm Jeff Browning. Despite summerly morning thunder boomers.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll see some sunless afternoons temperature jump into the upper seventies.

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<v Speaker 1>In theyear eighty on is WBZ and new other meteorologist

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Lundberg. Another weekend is on the way and more

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<v Speaker 1>rain is also going to be included. Preparations are now

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<v Speaker 1>underway for next week's conclave at the Vatican. Firefighters are

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<v Speaker 1>seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing a

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<v Speaker 1>chimney which will be used while the College of Cardinals

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<v Speaker 1>remain behind closed doors to choose a new pope. After

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<v Speaker 1>every two rounds of voting, the ballots are burned, and

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<v Speaker 1>the color of the smoke indicates the status of the election.

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<v Speaker 1>Only white smoke will indicate the election of a new

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<v Speaker 1>leader of the world's more than one billion Catholics. Conclave

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<v Speaker 1>begins on Wednesday. More name changes are coming to a

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<v Speaker 1>holiday near you. In a late night social media post,

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<v Speaker 1>President Trump says he's going to do away with Veterans Day.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll be known as Victory Day for World War One,

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<v Speaker 1>a change for May Eighth's victory in Europe Day two.

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<v Speaker 1>While not a holiday, it will be renamed Victory in

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<v Speaker 1>World War II Day. The President says the moves are

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<v Speaker 1>meant to honor the unique sacrifices made by US troops

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<v Speaker 1>in both wars. Critics say the change to Veterans Day

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<v Speaker 1>is a bit surprising, given that it already is designated

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<v Speaker 1>as an honor for all US military veterans. The President

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<v Speaker 1>takes a one hundred day victory lap of sorts with

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<v Speaker 1>Alabama's graduating class.

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<v Speaker 2>It's clear to see the next chapter of the American

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<v Speaker 2>story will not be written by the Harvid Crimson. It

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<v Speaker 2>will be written by you.

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<v Speaker 3>The Crimson Tide.

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<v Speaker 1>President joins a Crimson tied icon former coach Nick Saban

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<v Speaker 1>in a commencement address. It comes on the same day

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<v Speaker 1>the President shakes up his cabinet by moving National Security

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<v Speaker 1>Advisor Mike Waltz to a position at the UN which

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<v Speaker 1>does need Senate confirmation, and he also gives Secretary of

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<v Speaker 1>State Marco Rubio a fourth job in his administration. Belief

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<v Speaker 1>to be a modern day political record. Another tariff is

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<v Speaker 1>going to hit your wallet. It begins today. The Trump

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<v Speaker 1>administration closes a loophole that previously allowed small purchases from

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<v Speaker 1>Chinese companies to avoid tariffs if those packages were sent

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<v Speaker 1>directly to a customer's home. The deminimous Rule is out,

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<v Speaker 1>which covered items costing less than eight hundred dollars. This

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<v Speaker 1>will raise prices on popular online shopping sites like Timu.

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<v Speaker 1>The most recent numbers say this is a more than

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<v Speaker 1>one billion dollar U shopping habit, the average purchase from

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<v Speaker 1>China a little more than fifty bucks. It'll be the Knicks.

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<v Speaker 1>The Celtics take on New York in the NBA Eastern

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<v Speaker 1>Conference Semi Finals, Game one at the Garden on Monday night,

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<v Speaker 1>and the tough luck Red Sox come home from the

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<v Speaker 1>road with another lateenning loss to the Blue Jays Socks

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<v Speaker 1>will host the Minnesota Twins in a first of a

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<v Speaker 1>weekend series beginning tonight at Fenway Park. Only morning heavy

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<v Speaker 1>rain moving through the area this morning. We are accompanied

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<v Speaker 1>by lightning and thunder as well. It is fifty two

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<v Speaker 1>degrees here in Boston. The heaviest of the rain will

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<v Speaker 1>be pulling away from us shortly and then things get

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit better or at least brighter here in

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<v Speaker 1>Greater Boston. We're going to see these clouds break up

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<v Speaker 1>and some sunshine arrive this afternoon. It's also going to

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<v Speaker 1>feel a little bit more like summer today than spring,

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<v Speaker 1>with high temperatures approaching eighty degrees, especially in inland locations,

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<v Speaker 1>and the humidity levels will be on the rise overnight tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>partly to mostly cloudy strays thundershower early otherwise where in

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<v Speaker 1>the sixties. Might be sort of a sultry feel to

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<v Speaker 1>the air as the humidity remains in place as we

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<v Speaker 1>kick off the weekend tomorrow, and it doesn't certainly look

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<v Speaker 1>like a bright weekend, but it doesn't also look like

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<v Speaker 1>a washout. We are expecting to see some rain both

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow and Sunday as well. This would be like the

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<v Speaker 1>eighth weekend in a row that we are experiencing some showers. Nonetheless,

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to be warm tomorrow, slightly cooler on Sunday,

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<v Speaker 1>and we begin the next work week with still some

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<v Speaker 1>rain hanging around and temperatures in the fifties and sixties.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, it's fifty two and raining in Boston at

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<v Speaker 1>six oh six this Friday morning. And yes, another weekend

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<v Speaker 1>where a lot is left to be desired.

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<v Speaker 3>Mother Nature not super popular around here this spring. I'd

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<v Speaker 3>like to give her a piece of my mind, a

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<v Speaker 3>big piece of my mind, because folks got things to do,

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<v Speaker 3>things they've been waiting for all winter.

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<v Speaker 2>It's horrible and if it rains, you're stuck inside and

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<v Speaker 2>it's never the same.

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<v Speaker 3>Like we got a pool, we want to hang out,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's not looking good.

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<v Speaker 1>Missing out on the biking, fishing, really anything outdoors hiking.

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<v Speaker 3>Seven of the last eight weekends with some former precipitation,

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<v Speaker 3>and if the forecast holds true, there'll be some rain

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<v Speaker 3>around today, Tomorrow and Sunday. And while people aren't exactly

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<v Speaker 3>crying uncle, they're kind to saying, your mother Nature.

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<v Speaker 2>She's not cooperating that well at all.

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<v Speaker 3>It's frustrating Mother Nature's nickel.

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<v Speaker 1>Mother Nature.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, Chris fam a WBZ.

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<v Speaker 1>Boston's news radio again, this is not going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a complete wash out this weekend, but we'll need to

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<v Speaker 1>keep an eye to the sky. Testimony resumes the Karen

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<v Speaker 1>Reid trial this morning in Norfolk Superior Court after a

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<v Speaker 1>day off yesterday, and when we last met, Reid's former

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<v Speaker 1>friend was being grilled by defense attorneys about her relationship

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<v Speaker 1>with some of the key players in this trial just

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<v Speaker 1>before John O'Keefe was found dead in a snowbank in

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<v Speaker 1>Canton more than three years ago. Jennifer McCabe is expected

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<v Speaker 1>to return to the witness stand today to continue her

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<v Speaker 1>testimony on questions about a discrepancy with regard to her

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<v Speaker 1>grand jury testimony. Lawyers for accused killer Luigi Mangoni moved

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<v Speaker 1>to dismiss state charges in New York. Twenty six year

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<v Speaker 1>old has already pleaded not guilty to murder and terrorism

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<v Speaker 1>charges there following the assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian

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<v Speaker 1>Thompson outside of Manhattan hotel building in December. Attorneys say

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<v Speaker 1>since Mangioni also faces similar federal charges that include the

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<v Speaker 1>possibility of the death penalty. Charging him twice essentially violates

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<v Speaker 1>his Fifth Amendment rights and the double jeopardy clause. A

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<v Speaker 1>plea deal rejected by former music mogul Sean Diddy Combs,

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<v Speaker 1>and jury selection begins in his federal trial on Monday.

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<v Speaker 2>Combs has fleted not guilty to racketeering, conspiracy, sex trafficking,

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<v Speaker 2>and transportation to engage in prostitution charges that accused him

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<v Speaker 2>of coercing alleged victims into prolonged drug fueled sexual activity

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<v Speaker 2>that he called freak offs and threatening them into silence.

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<v Speaker 2>At trial, Combs will ditch the jail garb and wear

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<v Speaker 2>ordinary clothes, as his lawyers argue the evidence shows consenting

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<v Speaker 2>adults being intimate in their own way.

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<v Speaker 1>At ABC's Aaron Katirski. Jury selection is expected to begin

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<v Speaker 1>on Monday. Opening statements are scheduled for the following week.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio