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Speaker 1: I didn't think we were ready, and it turns out
Speaker 1: we aren't. Is six o'clock on this Friday morning, and
Speaker 1: we've got some lightning and thunder rumbling through the area
Speaker 1: this morning, and some heavy downpours as well. It's fifty
Speaker 1: two degrees to get us started this Friday. The News
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Speaker 1: us today. I'm Jeff Browning. Despite summerly morning thunder boomers.
Speaker 2: We'll see some sunless afternoons temperature jump into the upper seventies.
Speaker 1: In theyear eighty on is WBZ and new other meteorologist
Speaker 1: Joe Lundberg. Another weekend is on the way and more
Speaker 1: rain is also going to be included. Preparations are now
Speaker 1: underway for next week's conclave at the Vatican. Firefighters are
Speaker 1: seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing a
Speaker 1: chimney which will be used while the College of Cardinals
Speaker 1: remain behind closed doors to choose a new pope. After
Speaker 1: every two rounds of voting, the ballots are burned, and
Speaker 1: the color of the smoke indicates the status of the election.
Speaker 1: Only white smoke will indicate the election of a new
Speaker 1: leader of the world's more than one billion Catholics. Conclave
Speaker 1: begins on Wednesday. More name changes are coming to a
Speaker 1: holiday near you. In a late night social media post,
Speaker 1: President Trump says he's going to do away with Veterans Day.
Speaker 1: It'll be known as Victory Day for World War One,
Speaker 1: a change for May Eighth's victory in Europe Day two.
Speaker 1: While not a holiday, it will be renamed Victory in
Speaker 1: World War II Day. The President says the moves are
Speaker 1: meant to honor the unique sacrifices made by US troops
Speaker 1: in both wars. Critics say the change to Veterans Day
Speaker 1: is a bit surprising, given that it already is designated
Speaker 1: as an honor for all US military veterans. The President
Speaker 1: takes a one hundred day victory lap of sorts with
Speaker 1: Alabama's graduating class.
Speaker 2: It's clear to see the next chapter of the American
Speaker 2: story will not be written by the Harvid Crimson. It
Speaker 2: will be written by you.
Speaker 3: The Crimson Tide.
Speaker 1: President joins a Crimson tied icon former coach Nick Saban
Speaker 1: in a commencement address. It comes on the same day
Speaker 1: the President shakes up his cabinet by moving National Security
Speaker 1: Advisor Mike Waltz to a position at the UN which
Speaker 1: does need Senate confirmation, and he also gives Secretary of
Speaker 1: State Marco Rubio a fourth job in his administration. Belief
Speaker 1: to be a modern day political record. Another tariff is
Speaker 1: going to hit your wallet. It begins today. The Trump
Speaker 1: administration closes a loophole that previously allowed small purchases from
Speaker 1: Chinese companies to avoid tariffs if those packages were sent
Speaker 1: directly to a customer's home. The deminimous Rule is out,
Speaker 1: which covered items costing less than eight hundred dollars. This
Speaker 1: will raise prices on popular online shopping sites like Timu.
Speaker 1: The most recent numbers say this is a more than
Speaker 1: one billion dollar U shopping habit, the average purchase from
Speaker 1: China a little more than fifty bucks. It'll be the Knicks.
Speaker 1: The Celtics take on New York in the NBA Eastern
Speaker 1: Conference Semi Finals, Game one at the Garden on Monday night,
Speaker 1: and the tough luck Red Sox come home from the
Speaker 1: road with another lateenning loss to the Blue Jays Socks
Speaker 1: will host the Minnesota Twins in a first of a
Speaker 1: weekend series beginning tonight at Fenway Park. Only morning heavy
Speaker 1: rain moving through the area this morning. We are accompanied
Speaker 1: by lightning and thunder as well. It is fifty two
Speaker 1: degrees here in Boston. The heaviest of the rain will
Speaker 1: be pulling away from us shortly and then things get
Speaker 1: a little bit better or at least brighter here in
Speaker 1: Greater Boston. We're going to see these clouds break up
Speaker 1: and some sunshine arrive this afternoon. It's also going to
Speaker 1: feel a little bit more like summer today than spring,
Speaker 1: with high temperatures approaching eighty degrees, especially in inland locations,
Speaker 1: and the humidity levels will be on the rise overnight tonight,
Speaker 1: partly to mostly cloudy strays thundershower early otherwise where in
Speaker 1: the sixties. Might be sort of a sultry feel to
Speaker 1: the air as the humidity remains in place as we
Speaker 1: kick off the weekend tomorrow, and it doesn't certainly look
Speaker 1: like a bright weekend, but it doesn't also look like
Speaker 1: a washout. We are expecting to see some rain both
Speaker 1: tomorrow and Sunday as well. This would be like the
Speaker 1: eighth weekend in a row that we are experiencing some showers. Nonetheless,
Speaker 1: it's going to be warm tomorrow, slightly cooler on Sunday,
Speaker 1: and we begin the next work week with still some
Speaker 1: rain hanging around and temperatures in the fifties and sixties.
Speaker 1: Right now, it's fifty two and raining in Boston at
Speaker 1: six oh six this Friday morning. And yes, another weekend
Speaker 1: where a lot is left to be desired.
Speaker 3: Mother Nature not super popular around here this spring. I'd
Speaker 3: like to give her a piece of my mind, a
Speaker 3: big piece of my mind, because folks got things to do,
Speaker 3: things they've been waiting for all winter.
Speaker 2: It's horrible and if it rains, you're stuck inside and
Speaker 2: it's never the same.
Speaker 3: Like we got a pool, we want to hang out,
Speaker 3: and it's not looking good.
Speaker 1: Missing out on the biking, fishing, really anything outdoors hiking.
Speaker 3: Seven of the last eight weekends with some former precipitation,
Speaker 3: and if the forecast holds true, there'll be some rain
Speaker 3: around today, Tomorrow and Sunday. And while people aren't exactly
Speaker 3: crying uncle, they're kind to saying, your mother Nature.
Speaker 2: She's not cooperating that well at all.
Speaker 3: It's frustrating Mother Nature's nickel.
Speaker 1: Mother Nature.
Speaker 3: Yes, Chris fam a WBZ.
Speaker 1: Boston's news radio again, this is not going to be
Speaker 1: a complete wash out this weekend, but we'll need to
Speaker 1: keep an eye to the sky. Testimony resumes the Karen
Speaker 1: Reid trial this morning in Norfolk Superior Court after a
Speaker 1: day off yesterday, and when we last met, Reid's former
Speaker 1: friend was being grilled by defense attorneys about her relationship
Speaker 1: with some of the key players in this trial just
Speaker 1: before John O'Keefe was found dead in a snowbank in
Speaker 1: Canton more than three years ago. Jennifer McCabe is expected
Speaker 1: to return to the witness stand today to continue her
Speaker 1: testimony on questions about a discrepancy with regard to her
Speaker 1: grand jury testimony. Lawyers for accused killer Luigi Mangoni moved
Speaker 1: to dismiss state charges in New York. Twenty six year
Speaker 1: old has already pleaded not guilty to murder and terrorism
Speaker 1: charges there following the assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian
Speaker 1: Thompson outside of Manhattan hotel building in December. Attorneys say
Speaker 1: since Mangioni also faces similar federal charges that include the
Speaker 1: possibility of the death penalty. Charging him twice essentially violates
Speaker 1: his Fifth Amendment rights and the double jeopardy clause. A
Speaker 1: plea deal rejected by former music mogul Sean Diddy Combs,
Speaker 1: and jury selection begins in his federal trial on Monday.
Speaker 2: Combs has fleted not guilty to racketeering, conspiracy, sex trafficking,
Speaker 2: and transportation to engage in prostitution charges that accused him
Speaker 2: of coercing alleged victims into prolonged drug fueled sexual activity
Speaker 2: that he called freak offs and threatening them into silence.
Speaker 2: At trial, Combs will ditch the jail garb and wear
Speaker 2: ordinary clothes, as his lawyers argue the evidence shows consenting
Speaker 2: adults being intimate in their own way.
Speaker 1: At ABC's Aaron Katirski. Jury selection is expected to begin
Speaker 1: on Monday. Opening statements are scheduled for the following week.
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Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio