Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio redefining local news fifty
Speaker 1: eight degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm
Speaker 1: Benn Parker. Here's what's happening. There was no testimony today
Speaker 1: if Karen Reid read trial due to what the court
Speaker 1: calls unavoidable circumstances. CBS News Boston's Christina Rex, though says
Speaker 1: Reid herself is sick, and with the trial now four
Speaker 1: weeks in, there's uncertainty over whether two key players in
Speaker 1: the defense's case will actually take the stand. Wbz's I'm
Speaker 1: a Freedman with more.
Speaker 2: The name's Michael Proctor, Brian Higgins, and Brian Albert have
Speaker 2: been thrown around time and time again as the defense
Speaker 2: tries to assert Karen Reid's innocence. They all testified during
Speaker 2: the first trial, but it's up in the air if
Speaker 2: they will be called for the second.
Speaker 3: After hearing Sergeant Buchanan testify and he was clearly testifying
Speaker 3: like on behalf of Proctor and Higgins's behavior, that made
Speaker 3: it kind of clear that the strategy was going to
Speaker 3: be to not call those who witnesses.
Speaker 2: CBS News Boston's Christina Rex says well, we don't know
Speaker 2: for sure. It's looking unlikely, She says. The Commonwealth can
Speaker 2: choose not to call them, which would essentially put the
Speaker 2: ball in the defense's court. They could be called to
Speaker 2: testify as a defense witness instead, so the defense would
Speaker 2: have to direct examine them, and that means they would
Speaker 2: have to ask open ended questions and can't lead the witness.
Speaker 3: Let base propture on the stands Alan Jackson would not
Speaker 3: be able to say you sent that text message because
Speaker 3: you wanted to frame my client right. Instead, he would
Speaker 3: have to say, why did you send that text message?
Speaker 2: I'm a freedman. W BZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1: The federal government's anti Semitism task forces taking additional actions
Speaker 1: against Harvard University after they say to school repeatedly failed
Speaker 1: to confront the pervasive race discrimination and anti Semitic harassment
Speaker 1: plaguing its campus. The Joint Task Force to Combat Anti
Speaker 1: Semitism says Harvard has become a breeding ground for virtual
Speaker 1: signaling and discrimination, and says it is not leadership, it
Speaker 1: is cowardice. As a result, eight federal agencies announcing the
Speaker 1: termination of roughly forwarded and fifty million dollars in grants
Speaker 1: to Harvard. That's in addition to the two point two
Speaker 1: billion dollars terminated last week. WBC's reached out to Harvard
Speaker 1: Today for reaction to the latest grant terminations. President Trump
Speaker 1: pushing Saudi Arabia to acknowledge Israel during today's foreign policy address.
Speaker 4: In the Middle East.
Speaker 5: The Abraham Accords recognize Israel, something Saudi Arabia has not
Speaker 5: yet done, but something President Trump expects it will do soon.
Speaker 6: So I think it'll be a tremendous tribute to your country.
Speaker 5: Speaking of the US Saudi Investment Conference, the President said,
Speaker 5: while Saudi Arabia will do it on its own time,
Speaker 5: it will be a special day in the Middle East
Speaker 5: with the whole world watching. The Abraham Accords, which came
Speaker 5: during Trump's first term, so both Bahrain and the United
Speaker 5: Arab Emirates recognizing Israel. Morocco and Sudan reached separate deals.
Speaker 5: Lindy Kenyon, CBS News.
Speaker 1: Washington say a school aged child's been seriously injured after
Speaker 1: being hit with a falling tree branch at Franklin Park.
Speaker 1: Zoo troopers say the child was transported to Boston Children's
Speaker 1: Police say a woman that came with the child to
Speaker 1: the zoo was sent to a local hospital with life
Speaker 1: threatening injuries. Right now, state police are investigating. We're still
Speaker 1: dealing with a pretty nice day. It's a little bit
Speaker 1: on the cool side as you get close to the coast.
Speaker 1: In fact, fifty eight in Boston right now contrasts that
Speaker 1: with eighty one degrees in Springfield, seventy two in Leminster,
Speaker 1: and seventy one degrees in Worcester, So you get away
Speaker 1: from the coast to get some warmer temperatures. That's the
Speaker 1: deal this afternoon, and it will also be the deal tomorrow,
Speaker 1: although tomorrow will be dealing with a good deal of cloudiness.
Speaker 1: Temperatures about sixty two in the city, low seventies Inland.
Speaker 1: Some showers break out tomorrow night, temperatures in the low fifties,
Speaker 1: and then on Thursday a few showers around, temperatures mainly
Speaker 1: in the sixties. We'll get back into the mid seventies
Speaker 1: at least Inland on Friday with clouds and perhaps a shower,
Speaker 1: and then keeping our eyes open and our fingers crossed
Speaker 1: for the weekend, though we may be dealing with a
Speaker 1: few showers at a thunderstorm, Temperatures in the mid sixties
Speaker 1: again fifty eight degrees right now in Boston. People who
Speaker 1: live through World War Two are few and far between now,
Speaker 1: but their equipment is still roaring. Wz's high shaffle with more.
Speaker 6: This year marks the eightieth anniversary of the end of
Speaker 6: World War II.
Speaker 7: It was a war with such suffering that when it ended,
Speaker 7: jubilation was everywhere.
Speaker 6: Hunter chinees with the American Heritage Museum in Hudson gearing
Speaker 6: up for a busy summer season. They have a world
Speaker 6: class collection of World War II tanks and planes. He
Speaker 6: says this history is becoming even more important to preserve
Speaker 6: because finding someone who actually experienced it is a rarity.
Speaker 4: Now.
Speaker 7: This generations quickly passing, so we're at the last throes
Speaker 7: of what we call the Greatest generation.
Speaker 6: Cheney showed me tanks that actually fought in the European Theater,
Speaker 6: and some of those tanks are actually still working.
Speaker 8: So all right, the Jackson's all filled up, so we're
Speaker 8: going to bring bring them back over the loading stand again.
Speaker 1: I'll get everybody on board.
Speaker 6: I climbed on for a ride and held on for
Speaker 6: dear life from the top of this M thirty six
Speaker 6: Kyle Shaffle to be Busy Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 1: It's almost beach season, and for some it's already a destination.
Speaker 1: One such hot spot Revere Beach. It is packed with
Speaker 1: history as the oldest public beach in America, and if
Speaker 1: your timing's right, you'll learn something. A couple times each
Speaker 1: month into October. Matthew Nash with DCR comes here as
Speaker 1: a man with a mission.
Speaker 6: So I want to.
Speaker 8: Show people, through photos and the stories associated with those photos,
Speaker 8: the rich cultural beauty of this place.
Speaker 4: From roller coaster rides to ballroom dancing, this place has
Speaker 4: always been free and accessible to everybody, delivering memories like
Speaker 4: grains of sand across the beach of time.
Speaker 8: It meant places where they met their spouse while they
Speaker 8: were waiting in line for a ride, and then they
Speaker 8: had children, grandchildren and great grandchildren that they could talk
Speaker 8: about and experience the joy of this extended family life.
Speaker 4: Life made richer with the trip to the beach From
Speaker 4: Revere Beach. Carl Stevens WBC, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1: Hey, I don't want to freak you out, but there
Speaker 1: are sharks in the ocean now, the first confirmed great
Speaker 1: white siding off the coast of Massachusetts. The new England
Speaker 1: Aquarium issued a release warning telling the public to be
Speaker 1: aware of their surroundings and report shark sidings after this
Speaker 1: sighting on Sunday off Nantucket, where a witness had noticed
Speaker 1: a pool of blood and noticed a seal swimming toward
Speaker 1: the beach, where a shark following behind. Officials say beware
Speaker 1: of shark's presence in shallow waters and avoid areas where
Speaker 1: seals are present, where schools of fish are visible, and
Speaker 1: staying close to shore. You are now in the loop
Speaker 1: for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News
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