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

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<v Speaker 2>Hazy sunshine out there in Boston right now. It's eighty

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<v Speaker 2>one degrees at eleven o'clock. Good morning, I'm Nicole Davis.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what's happening on your Wednesday. Another blast of heat

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<v Speaker 2>and humidity is in store for us today, but we

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<v Speaker 2>also have some stormy weather coming later on.

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<v Speaker 1>Good chance for thunders from the latest afternoon of this evening,

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<v Speaker 1>especially north and west of the city where any thunders

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<v Speaker 1>from cabrus downpours and gusty winds.

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<v Speaker 2>Man Ezachi Weather's Joe Lundberg. We do have a heat

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<v Speaker 2>emergency in effect for the city of Boston through the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the day. We have the full forecast coming

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<v Speaker 2>up in just a few minutes. Tropical storm Erin still

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<v Speaker 2>gaining strength in the Atlantic. ABC Chief Meteorologist Ginger z

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<v Speaker 2>says the storm is likely going to pass north of

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<v Speaker 2>Puerto Rico, but the exact track is still a bit uncertain.

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<v Speaker 3>Here as it hugs that Bermuda high The closer it

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<v Speaker 3>gets to Bermuda, the farther it is from the east coast,

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<v Speaker 3>we want that front to kind of squeeze it between

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<v Speaker 3>and no nobody gets hit, that would be ideal, but

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<v Speaker 3>we're still more than a week away from that happening,

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<v Speaker 3>so we'll be watching carefully. There's plenty of fuel out

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<v Speaker 3>there four to five degrees warmer than average in the

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<v Speaker 3>waters that that will go into.

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<v Speaker 2>We just got the latest update last hour from the

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<v Speaker 2>National Hurricane Center. Aarin is about thirteen hundred miles east

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<v Speaker 2>of the Northern Leeward Islands. The storm is still a

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<v Speaker 2>tropical storm max sustained winds forty five miles an hour,

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<v Speaker 2>but this thing is definitely hauling to the west at

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<v Speaker 2>about seventeen eighteen miles an hour, So again, we're expecting

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<v Speaker 2>this to become a powerful hurricane by the weekend. If so,

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<v Speaker 2>it would be the first of this year's Atlantic hurricane season.

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<v Speaker 2>The city of Boston is working to cut off the

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<v Speaker 2>so called food buffet for rats. Here's wbz's James Rojas

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<v Speaker 2>in the South End.

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<v Speaker 1>Part of Boston's plan to rain in the wrap population

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<v Speaker 1>is to install censors around the city to gather information

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<v Speaker 1>about rodent movements, also looking at ways to change how

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<v Speaker 1>trash is collected, Thus cutting off rats from a free

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<v Speaker 1>food buffet coot it out of the street. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>close style, infeed them clean. You get it, But not

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<v Speaker 1>everyone is convinced that the city's rode An action plan.

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<v Speaker 1>It will work the rats out of bag. Don't mind

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<v Speaker 1>the cat they're bigger than the cats.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, you're never gonna get rid of it.

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<v Speaker 1>You only can maintain it.

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<v Speaker 4>But flaha log.

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<v Speaker 1>Meanwhile, the city recommends to call three poet one if

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<v Speaker 1>someone sees a problem with rats or trash in the

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<v Speaker 1>South End. James Rojas w b Z BOSTON'SNOOS radio.

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<v Speaker 2>And in the nation's capital, National Guard troops are on

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<v Speaker 2>patrol for the first time since President Trump launched his

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<v Speaker 2>crackdown on crime.

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<v Speaker 5>It comes as Washington DC's crime statistics face new scrutiny.

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<v Speaker 5>The head of the police union claims city officials are

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<v Speaker 5>exaggerating the recent drop in crime.

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<v Speaker 2>We're still averaging around two hundred homicides. Frankly, the city

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<v Speaker 2>is dangerous.

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<v Speaker 4>It continues to be dangerous.

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<v Speaker 3>Anyone that operates in the city, who lives in the

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<v Speaker 3>city knows that.

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<v Speaker 5>Washington, DC's attorney general firing back, saying the police union

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<v Speaker 5>chairman has his facts wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>That is ABC's Nicole D'Antonio. The President has also played

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<v Speaker 2>the DC police force under federal control. According to The

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<v Speaker 2>Washington Post, Those police say they have yet to receive

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<v Speaker 2>any new orders from the Trump administration. The forecast brought

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<v Speaker 2>to us by Mass General Brigham, Expert heart Care, backed

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<v Speaker 2>slash heart. We have temperatures in the upper seventies, low

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<v Speaker 2>eighties out there right now. Plenty of sun, still staying dry,

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<v Speaker 2>but as we get into the afternoon that will likely

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<v Speaker 2>not be the case. We will have some thunderstorms and

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of showers from time to time. Some of

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<v Speaker 2>these storms could be strong at times, flooding downpours, damaging winds.

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<v Speaker 2>This especially will be the case north and west of Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>so we often see the really tough storms coming through

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<v Speaker 2>that part of the state. We'll keep an eye throughout

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<v Speaker 2>the afternoon right here on WBZ. Be sure to stay

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<v Speaker 2>with us, and we've got Ben Parker Madison Rogers taking

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<v Speaker 2>you home. Check in with them. We will have weather

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<v Speaker 2>of course every ten minutes, as we do later on tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>all this will move out. We have a low near

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<v Speaker 2>seventy two for tomorrow. Out's breaking for some sun, a thunderstorm,

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<v Speaker 2>and spots mostly in the afternoon, and we have a

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<v Speaker 2>high year eighty Plenty of sun on Friday with a

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<v Speaker 2>high in the mid seventies, little bit warmer as you

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<v Speaker 2>make your way inland. Right now our temperatures eighty five

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<v Speaker 2>in Danvers, seventy nine in Weymouth, where it's seventy eight

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<v Speaker 2>in Natick. In Boston right now at eleven oh five,

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<v Speaker 2>lots of sun and it's eighty one. A five alarm

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<v Speaker 2>fire in Lawrence has forced at least twenty people out

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<v Speaker 2>of their homes. Here's WBZ Sherry Small So.

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<v Speaker 4>I hope nobody was hurd the my car, Soung was.

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<v Speaker 6>That's Gene. He works for a property management company that

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<v Speaker 6>manages a building right next door to where Tuesday evenings

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<v Speaker 6>fire broke out.

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<v Speaker 4>This one escaped Lucky, so but I checked everything out.

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<v Speaker 4>Everything was fine.

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<v Speaker 1>Just the water damage, that's it.

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<v Speaker 6>The fire didn't touch that building, but the basement is

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<v Speaker 6>flooded from the runoff from the water used to fight

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<v Speaker 6>the fire. Five other multifamily buildings, including a restaurant worn

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<v Speaker 6>as Lucky. The Fire Department says at least two buildings

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<v Speaker 6>appear to be a total loss. Fire broke out at

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<v Speaker 6>three twenty four Lowell Street and quickly spread. Julio lives

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<v Speaker 6>nearby and came to the scene where.

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<v Speaker 4>It came closer. Then I see it was four houses

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<v Speaker 4>on fire. Hey, well he was five houses of fire.

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<v Speaker 4>The guys no, no bit than you heard.

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<v Speaker 6>In Laurence Sherry Small w BZ, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Some new deep dives into the finances of the Suffolk

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<v Speaker 2>County Sheriff's Department show cards connected to the office spend

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<v Speaker 2>tens of thousands of dollars on trips and food and

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<v Speaker 2>lodging this past fiscal year. The Globe reports people connected

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<v Speaker 2>to the office. It's not clear who used a procurement

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<v Speaker 2>card to pay for ride shares, hotel stays, and expensive meals,

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<v Speaker 2>all to the tune of more than sixty grand now.

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<v Speaker 2>At times the card was used for trips around the

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<v Speaker 2>country that were likely connected to industry conferences, but there

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<v Speaker 2>were also purchases made in places like the Bahamas. All

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<v Speaker 2>this comes as Sheriff Stephen Tompkins faces federal extortion charges.

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<v Speaker 2>He's accused of extorting a national cannabis company that was

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<v Speaker 2>trying to open up in Boston. He's currently out on

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred thousand dollars bond, but has to come back

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<v Speaker 2>to Massachusetts by Friday for his arraignment, and the Trump

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<v Speaker 2>administration now says it's doing a thorough review of all

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<v Speaker 2>the exhibits at the Smithsonian Museums and the museums themselves.

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<v Speaker 7>A White House letter to Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,

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<v Speaker 7>Lonnie Bunch, follows up on President Trump's March executive order

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<v Speaker 7>calling for the removal of what he termed improper ideology.

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<v Speaker 7>It's timed with next year's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary

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<v Speaker 7>of the Declaration of Independence in mind. The letter states

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<v Speaker 7>the aim is to celebrate American exceptionalism and remove what

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<v Speaker 7>it calls partisan or divisive narratives. The Smithsonian says it

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<v Speaker 7>remains committed to factual history and is reviewing the letter.

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<v Speaker 7>Michael Toscano, CBS News Washington.

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<v Speaker 2>You are now in Malup for news updates throughout the day.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Nicole Davis. W b Z and Boston's News Radio