Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news
Speaker 1: fifty degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm
Speaker 1: Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. It is Patriots Day, also
Speaker 1: Marathon Monday, and on Wall Street today. I don't even
Speaker 1: know what to call it. I think the proper word
Speaker 1: is a mess. Bloomberg's Tracy Junki is here. We're ringing
Speaker 1: the bell to close this thing out. But boy, what
Speaker 1: a long ride it was.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know it's been bad, Ben, when a
Speaker 2: loss of a little less than a thousand points looks
Speaker 2: almost good by comparison. The Dow at the worst down
Speaker 2: more than fourteen hundred points of the Dow currently as
Speaker 2: it settles down nine seventy two. The Nasdaq fell four
Speaker 2: point fifteen, the SMP down one twenty five.
Speaker 3: A lot of the.
Speaker 2: Worry centered on the US Central Bank, better known as
Speaker 2: the Federal Reserve, and the main concern is that President
Speaker 2: Trump will act on this threat to fire FED. Jared
Speaker 2: Jape Chara Jape Howell. The Fed is seen as a
Speaker 2: stabilizing force for the financial industry and the economy, so
Speaker 2: stock market strate to just have been telling us even
Speaker 2: the prospect of a Trump takeover is a destabilizing force
Speaker 2: for stocks.
Speaker 1: Then all right, we'll check back in with Tracy coming
Speaker 1: up in just a handful of minutes at Bloomberg. On
Speaker 1: yet another messy day for the markets, one hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty nine of them down, and we're still counting marathons
Speaker 1: in Boston. For John Career of Kenya, he's counting his
Speaker 1: first win in the city.
Speaker 4: He turns, looks over his shoulder.
Speaker 5: Anyways, he crosses exitner now he's egging the crowd on.
Speaker 1: Palms up, arms extended. He wants to hear it.
Speaker 5: Taps his chest with his right hand as he breaks
Speaker 5: the tape and captures the Boston Marathon in twenty.
Speaker 1: Twenty five of the VC's Chris Farmer at the Boylston
Speaker 1: Street finish line.
Speaker 4: Today.
Speaker 1: Career the men's winner of the race, joining his brother Wesley,
Speaker 1: who was also a Boston Marathon champion. Sharon Lokati of
Speaker 1: Kenya took the women's division of course record today two hours,
Speaker 1: seventeen minutes and twenty two seconds. An old friend to Boston,
Speaker 1: Marcel Hoog, won the men's wheelchair division, his eighth Boston title.
Speaker 1: American Susannah Scarroni won the women's wheelchair division, her second time,
Speaker 1: finishing first in Boston Betrathon Monday, featuring some great weather
Speaker 1: this year and big crowds to watch the start in Hopkinton.
Speaker 1: The BC's James O. Houstin run, but he was at
Speaker 1: the starting line this morning.
Speaker 4: You cannot ask for better weather or a better start
Speaker 4: to one of the most famous races in the world.
Speaker 1: People say, what's your biggest.
Speaker 6: Concern going into a race, and it's always the weather,
Speaker 6: because it's the unknown factor.
Speaker 1: Even weather forecasts.
Speaker 6: Are week's out, aren't necessarily accurate.
Speaker 4: Fortunately for the thousands of participants and for race director
Speaker 4: Dave mcgilvery, these are near perfect Boston Marathon conditions.
Speaker 6: Won't be too long, won't be too cold, almost ideal conditions.
Speaker 5: Right now, it's perfect.
Speaker 1: It seems like we locked out, which makes a huge
Speaker 1: difference for everybody. So I'm sure that run I feel
Speaker 1: appreciate it today.
Speaker 4: Bright smiles all matching the bright sun. This Patriot's Day
Speaker 4: at the star Line. James Rojas w b Z Boston's
Speaker 4: news radio.
Speaker 1: It's defense mode for the Defense Secretary. Comes after another
Speaker 1: signal chat controversy.
Speaker 7: Well at the White House Easter egg role. Defense Secretary
Speaker 7: Pete Hegseth came over to reporters and responded about a
Speaker 7: second Signal group chat in which he allegedly shared classified
Speaker 7: details about US air strikes in Yemen to his wife, brother,
Speaker 7: and former attorney.
Speaker 8: What a big surprise that a bunch of a few
Speaker 8: leakers get fired and suddenly a bunch of hit pieces
Speaker 8: come out from.
Speaker 1: The same media that peddled the Russia hopes.
Speaker 7: Despite the accusations, Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says President Trump
Speaker 7: still has full confidence in him. He spoke to him
Speaker 7: about if sporting any Standstimam Stacy lynnz CBS News the
Speaker 7: White House.
Speaker 1: We are going to have to deal with some rain
Speaker 1: and showers later tonight. Not a big deal. This's'll get
Speaker 1: in here tonight and into the overnight, so after midnight
Speaker 1: probably in Boston with the clouds and the showers, forty
Speaker 1: nine for the the showers get out of here pretty
Speaker 1: early tomorrow, and we'll bring back some sunshine. Temperatures climb
Speaker 1: into the mid seventies, partly cloudy for Tomorrow night. A
Speaker 1: lower forty nine. Will be cooler over the Cape on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: though in the warmest spots with some sunshine will climb
Speaker 1: to near seventy a comfortable day on Thursday sixty two
Speaker 1: in Boston low seventies, well inland, upper fifties over the
Speaker 1: Cape and Islands, and with that sunshine a Thursday, we
Speaker 1: will continue to enjoy what feels like spring around here
Speaker 1: fifty degrees. Right now, we're in Boston along the marathon
Speaker 1: route on this Patriot's Day. Runners looking for motivation from spectators.
Speaker 1: The many college students in the city are there to
Speaker 1: help in wbz's match. You're checking in from mile twenty
Speaker 1: one at Boston College.
Speaker 9: It's hard to explain to an out of town or
Speaker 9: just what makes today so special.
Speaker 10: Boston Marathon is so great because it's in Boston. It's
Speaker 10: in Boston, and Boston's better than New York.
Speaker 9: That's Taisha talking to our friend Opa from you know where,
Speaker 9: neither of whom have run a marathon. Like the vast
Speaker 9: majority of the crowd here at PC. That doesn't mean
Speaker 9: they don't have advice for the runners.
Speaker 10: Don't push yourself too hard, like I don't know, like
Speaker 10: I feel like it's not worth it to like do
Speaker 10: something that's like detrimental to your body, like I get
Speaker 10: it like you worked hard for it, but at the
Speaker 10: end of the day, like you got to put your
Speaker 10: health first.
Speaker 3: Believe in something greater than yourself.
Speaker 8: Sorry, that was kind of crazy.
Speaker 3: Shout out the boat.
Speaker 10: May he rest in peace, my gun.
Speaker 1: The boat died this.
Speaker 9: Morning for the out of towners. BC is a Catholic school.
Speaker 9: Matt Sheer WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1: Indeed, Pope Francis has died at the age of eighty eight.
Speaker 1: The Vatican says the cause of death a cerebral stroke
Speaker 1: that led to a coma and irreversible heart failure. Boston
Speaker 1: is known for its rich Catholic history and Catholics from
Speaker 1: far and wider. In mourning, w'ss Jim McKay spoke to
Speaker 1: parishioners at a church bearing the name of the saint
Speaker 1: the Pactiff chose as his papal name.
Speaker 4: Greatly said, and by finding out that he has passed away.
Speaker 1: I just felt that this book was very holy.
Speaker 8: For parishioners heading to Mass at Saint Francis of the
Speaker 8: CC in Braintree was quite a shock to begin the
Speaker 8: week knowing the Pontiff passed away in the early morning
Speaker 8: hours after many had just watched Easter services at Saint
Speaker 8: Peter Square. Donna believes the legacy of Pope Francis extends
Speaker 8: well beyond the Catholic faith.
Speaker 7: He is just so generous, and I think even if
Speaker 7: you weren't Catholic, that.
Speaker 8: You just loved this had a legacy of charity and
Speaker 8: change for his twelve years in the papacy. The first
Speaker 8: Pope of the Americas will be remembered today on the
Speaker 8: South Shore and across the globe with prayer.
Speaker 4: Our prayers are with him, and we know that he
Speaker 4: died peacefully, and we know that he'll be.
Speaker 8: Nevan reporting for Braintree Jim mckawb Z Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1: I let the curiosity and the rumors begin now. Who
Speaker 1: will be the next pope? There are some cardinals with
Speaker 1: a better chance than others.
Speaker 3: Even though cardinals don't campaign for the job of pope,
Speaker 3: there are always front runners going into a conclave, cardinals
Speaker 3: who have not reached the age of eighty. While it's
Speaker 3: a sacred and secretive process, some possible candidates include Urdo,
Speaker 3: the Archbishop of Budapest, Marx the Archbishop of Munich, Roulette
Speaker 3: of Canada, Parolin of Italy, Sirah of Guinea, Schoonburn, the
Speaker 3: Archbishop of Vienna, Tagel of the Philippines, Zoopi, the Archbishop
Speaker 3: of Bologna, and the idea of an American pope has
Speaker 3: long been taboo. But there's also the Chicago born prevost.
Speaker 3: The winner must receive at least two thirds vote. I'm
Speaker 3: Julie Walker.
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Speaker 1: I'm Ben Parker, WBZ, Boston's news radio