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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZ, Boston's news radio re defining local news.

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<v Speaker 2>Thirty one degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,

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<v Speaker 2>and Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. I'm Suzanne Susville. Here's what's happening.

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<v Speaker 2>We're learning about a large avalanche on Mount Washington. The

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<v Speaker 2>Mount Washington Avalanche Center says it happened near Hillman's Highway

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday after the area got strong winds and several inches

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<v Speaker 2>of snow. Authority say the risk of avalanches will be

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<v Speaker 2>elevated there until the wind dies down and are urging

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<v Speaker 2>people to hire guides before going on the mountain. Let

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<v Speaker 2>it snow. Boston is having its first white Christmas in years.

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<v Speaker 2>Wbz's Charlie Bergeron has the details.

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<v Speaker 1>Merry Christmas. Snow is on the ground in many areas.

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<v Speaker 1>So are we officially labeling today a white Christmas? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we are. The National Weather Service says there must be

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<v Speaker 1>at least one inch of snow on the ground as

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<v Speaker 1>of seven o'clock this morning to qualify as a white Christmas.

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<v Speaker 1>Here in Boston, we certainly qualify because we had about

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<v Speaker 1>four inches of snow earlier in the week, and that

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<v Speaker 1>certainly has not melted with all of the cold weather

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<v Speaker 1>we've had. The National Weather Service says twenty nineteen was

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<v Speaker 1>Boston's last white Christmas. Back in twenty seventeen, we had

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<v Speaker 1>snow on Christmas Day, but it was after seven am,

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<v Speaker 1>so the National Weather Service doesn't recognize that, but the

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<v Speaker 1>snow purist would certainly add that into the white Christmas mix.

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<v Speaker 1>Charlie Burger on WBZ, Boston's news.

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<v Speaker 2>Radio, the new year means a new administration in the

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<v Speaker 2>White House. Wbz's Mike Macklin has more on how local

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<v Speaker 2>leaders are preparing for the uncertainty with.

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<v Speaker 3>Donald Trump's inauguration to a second term less than four

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<v Speaker 3>weeks away. Democratic governors and mayors around the country contemplate

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<v Speaker 3>the prospect of dealing with Republicans in control of the

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<v Speaker 3>federal bureaucracy.

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<v Speaker 4>You're monitoring everything very carefully, and you know, in terms

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<v Speaker 4>of federal funding, have gone through all of our grants

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<v Speaker 4>and are working very closely to make sure that everything

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<v Speaker 4>is turned into firm contract language.

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<v Speaker 3>Boston Mayor Michelle Woo says she'll hope for the best

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<v Speaker 3>for Boston, but will be prepared for whatever a second

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<v Speaker 3>Trump administration delivers.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what we will do, and we hope that at

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<v Speaker 4>every level of government we'll have partners and allies and

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<v Speaker 4>move that forward. But we'll be ready for anything.

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<v Speaker 3>With Republicans in control of both the US Senate and House,

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<v Speaker 3>Democrats in Congress anticipate ideological battles on many fronts. Mike

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<v Speaker 3>Macklin WBZ, Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>The trial for the man accused of the South Florida

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<v Speaker 2>assassination attempt against President e Left Donald Trump has been postponed.

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<v Speaker 5>A judge has set September eight to begin Ryan Ruth's trial,

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<v Speaker 5>delaying it from the previous Star day of February tenth.

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<v Speaker 5>Ruth's attorneys asked for the delay, saying they needed more

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<v Speaker 5>time to review the evidence and decide whether Mountain and

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<v Speaker 5>Sanity defense Ryan Ruth. He is accused of aiming a

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<v Speaker 5>rifle through shrubbery at Trump, who was playing golf at

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<v Speaker 5>his West Palm Beach country club lass September. Ruth was

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<v Speaker 5>spotted by a Secret Service agent, who opened fire, and

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<v Speaker 5>Ruth fled without firing a shot. He was arrested a

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<v Speaker 5>short time later and has pleaded not guilty. Linda Kenyon

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<v Speaker 5>CBS News.

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<v Speaker 2>Washington, partly to mostly cloudy Tonight, lower round twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>teens in most western suburbs, but near thirty on the

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<v Speaker 2>Capean Islands. Tomorrow, some clouds to start, then becoming mostly sunny,

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<v Speaker 2>high thirty seven, low forties on the Capean Islands. Friday,

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<v Speaker 2>mostly sunny high near forty and done. Saturday, mostly cloudy,

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<v Speaker 2>high around forty, mid forties on the Capean Islands. Right

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<v Speaker 2>now in Boston, it's thirty one degrees. Two people are

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<v Speaker 2>dead and two others injured after a house fire in

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<v Speaker 2>a Kushnit early this morning. Firefighters responded at around two

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<v Speaker 2>am to the house on Garfield Street, and officials say

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<v Speaker 2>that two people killed are believed to be a man

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<v Speaker 2>and woman in their eighties. The blaze landed one firefighter

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<v Speaker 2>in the hospital and he's expected to recover the ACCUSHONNT

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<v Speaker 2>Fire Department is investigating the cause of that fire. The

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<v Speaker 2>music World says goodbye to producer Richard Perry.

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<v Speaker 6>Perry was the man behind artists like Carly Simon, The Pointer, Sisters,

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<v Speaker 6>Willie Nelson, and Julio Iglesias.

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<v Speaker 3>To All the Girls.

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<v Speaker 6>Leaving Tiny Tim Perry was one of only a few

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<v Speaker 6>producers that have number one hits on the Pop, R

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<v Speaker 6>and B, dance and Country charts. Richard Perry was eighty two.

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Wallace CBS News, a legendary rock star, will be

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<v Speaker 2>honored with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in twenty twenty five.

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<v Speaker 2>CBS's Stacy Lynn with that.

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<v Speaker 7>The sixty seventh Annual Grammy Awards will be held in

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<v Speaker 7>Los Angeles on February second, but the Recording Academy will

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<v Speaker 7>hold a special Merit Awards ceremony the day before, and

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<v Speaker 7>Prince gets the honor. He won seven Grammys during his

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<v Speaker 7>forty year career, and three of his albums have been

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<v Speaker 7>inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Other honorees of

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<v Speaker 7>the Lifetime Achievement Grammy include Frankie Beverly, The Clash, Doctor,

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<v Speaker 7>Bobby Jones, Taj Mahal, Roxanne Chante, and Frankie Valley. Stacey Lynn,

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<v Speaker 7>CBS News.

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<v Speaker 2>Holliston Town Administrator Travis Ahern agrees to lead the state's

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<v Speaker 2>Cannabis Control Commission starting next year. He'll fill the vacancy

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<v Speaker 2>after inaugural direct actor Sean Collins resigned last year. Chief

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<v Speaker 2>People Officer Deborah Hilton Creek has been filling in as

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<v Speaker 2>acting director ever since. Ahearn has several city leadership roles

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<v Speaker 2>on his resume, including finance director for Danvers and finance

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<v Speaker 2>analyst for the town of Weston Well. No one became

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Suzanne Sosville WBZ, Foston's news radio