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

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<v Speaker 1>What a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

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<v Speaker 2>It is six o'clock on this Thursday morning, and welcome aboard.

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<v Speaker 2>We're getting started under mostly cloudy skies in twenty two

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<v Speaker 2>degrees here in the city. The News at six brought

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<v Speaker 2>to us by you're a New England Toyota dealer, your

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<v Speaker 2>hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for being here. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>Jeff Brown, and here it comes. We'll be overspreading the

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<v Speaker 2>area this morning. It'll mix with and change to sleep

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<v Speaker 2>and then rain this afternoon. That is WZ aky weather

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<v Speaker 2>meteorologist Joe Lundberg. A widespread one to three inches expected,

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<v Speaker 2>some areas as much as five.

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<v Speaker 1>Your most reliable news source for severe weather coverage is

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<v Speaker 1>the WBZ Storm Center, sponsored by Ketches Luck Group and

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<v Speaker 1>Mario's Roofing.

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<v Speaker 2>There are dozens of cancelations and delays on the board

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<v Speaker 2>at this hour at Logan Airport. This storm, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>comes on the forty seventh anniversary of the Blizzard of

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<v Speaker 2>seventy eight. Several school districts are giving kids the day

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<v Speaker 2>off as well.

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<v Speaker 3>This snowstorm is expected to pack a punch at least

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<v Speaker 3>one strong enough to make roads messy and more dangerous

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<v Speaker 3>for kids. That's why many districts have opted to cancel

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<v Speaker 3>school altogether. Something these folks from Salem and Lynn think

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<v Speaker 3>is a good idea.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I think it's good because the timing of the

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<v Speaker 4>storm with traffic on the roads, so buses and kids

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<v Speaker 4>and everything, So I think it's a good call. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>well it's probably good things suppossibly, I see.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's really cool. So if they stay safe a home.

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<v Speaker 3>Now there are schools planning an early dismissal, like in Bedford,

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<v Speaker 3>Wakefield and Belmont. As for how these changes will affect

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<v Speaker 3>the parents schedule, that's another discussion.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a big dilemma, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>In Salem. James Rojas w b Z Boston's News Radio,

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<v Speaker 2>Today's decision day. For some two million federal government employees,

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<v Speaker 2>the fork in the Road means they will either take

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<v Speaker 2>Elon Musk's offer to resign and be paid through September

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<v Speaker 2>or not. Federal agency bosses and even states attorneys general

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<v Speaker 2>advice if it sounds too good to be true. The

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<v Speaker 2>offer now extends to all workers inside the CIA, which

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<v Speaker 2>has become the first major security agency to offer the

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<v Speaker 2>buyout package. Overall, some forty thousand have accepted the deal.

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<v Speaker 2>That is far fewer than the government had hoped, and

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<v Speaker 2>now warnings that mass layoffs might be next. President Trump

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<v Speaker 2>uses his Executive Order pen on school sports. The executive

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<v Speaker 2>order directs the Justice and Education Departments to interpret Title

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<v Speaker 2>nine as prohibiting the participation of transgender girls and women

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<v Speaker 2>in female sports. Schools that don't comply.

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<v Speaker 4>Will be investigated for violations of Title nine and risk

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<v Speaker 4>your federal funding indicates it all.

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<v Speaker 2>During testimony before a Senate panel last year, the NCA

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<v Speaker 2>president testified he knew a fewer than ten transgender athletes

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<v Speaker 2>and college sports can he stand anpds CBS News Miami,

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<v Speaker 2>and a new battle begins between early risers and night owls.

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<v Speaker 5>Study reveals there may be some benefits and being a

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<v Speaker 5>morning person. Research by UK scientists show people tend to

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<v Speaker 5>feel mentally strongest early in the day, with people reporting

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<v Speaker 5>fewer symptoms of depression and an increased sense of self

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<v Speaker 5>worth in the am. Having a regular morning routine like

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<v Speaker 5>exercise or meditation could help extend the sense of well

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<v Speaker 5>being during the day. Michelle Friends and ABC.

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<v Speaker 2>News' starting to see the first of the snowflakes begin

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<v Speaker 2>to fly in portions of western Massachusetts, it will be

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<v Speaker 2>overtaking the area within the next couple of hours. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this is going to be a quick hitting storm, with

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<v Speaker 2>the heaviest punch expected around nine or ten o'clock this morning,

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<v Speaker 2>and then in the next two to three hours later

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<v Speaker 2>it will start to taper off. Now the temperatures will

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<v Speaker 2>be rising throughout the day, so there will be a

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<v Speaker 2>gradual changeover from all snow to mixed precipitation and then

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<v Speaker 2>maybe all rained, especially south of the city later on

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<v Speaker 2>this afternoon. Total accumulations are widespread one to three inches,

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<v Speaker 2>but there are certain areas outside four ninety five and

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<v Speaker 2>certainly in southern New Hampshire that could see as much

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<v Speaker 2>as five inches of snow. We're out of the hair.

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<v Speaker 2>This is out of our hair. Later on today and

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<v Speaker 2>in the overnight hours, with partly sunny skies returning tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>High temperatures will be close to forty degrees right now

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<v Speaker 2>in Boston. It's cloudy and twenty two here in the

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<v Speaker 2>city six oh five on this Thursday morning. Like any

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<v Speaker 2>good winter storm, this one's all about timing and preparation

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<v Speaker 2>and location. Wbz's Drew moholland is in Newbury Ports.

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<v Speaker 6>All right, here comes the snow. Newb Report getting some

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<v Speaker 6>snow today and with the mayor Sean reared and uh

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<v Speaker 6>never gets old?

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<v Speaker 7>Does it?

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<v Speaker 8>Never gets old? Getting people off the roads and dps

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<v Speaker 8>will go be out there doing their jobs.

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<v Speaker 6>You put in the parking band. That's always a tough decision,

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<v Speaker 6>right do you pull the trigger on this?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you not? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 8>The daytime snows are tough, but you know, we just

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<v Speaker 8>want to keep everybody safe. So hey, parking band, who

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<v Speaker 8>keeps people home, keeps the road safe, So let's do it.

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<v Speaker 6>Leading up to all this, do you talk to like

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<v Speaker 6>all the other communities, I assume like all these other

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<v Speaker 6>mayors are like, what are you doing?

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<v Speaker 7>What are you doing?

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah? No, especially the north short mirrors. We got a

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<v Speaker 8>little text chain going and so we're always checking in

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<v Speaker 8>with each other. But at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 8>you know, the snow affects everybody, so you're just going

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<v Speaker 8>to make the right choice for your muscipality.

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<v Speaker 6>Very good, Thank you, Mayor Sean Reardon, mayor of newb Report,

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<v Speaker 6>Drubal and WBC Bosses News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, January has become the latest month to

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<v Speaker 2>break a worldwide temperature mark. Scientists say even they are

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<v Speaker 2>a bit confused with this new high water mark since

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<v Speaker 2>a lamnina is present this winter, which normally tends to

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<v Speaker 2>keep temperatures down. Even experts wonder if something else is

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<v Speaker 2>going on with Earth's chemistry to continue to push temperatures up.

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<v Speaker 2>The prime culprit, though, remains record setting greenhouse gas emissions.

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<v Speaker 2>Or the second time in a week, skiers in New

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<v Speaker 2>Hampshire's White Mountains get more than they bargain for when

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<v Speaker 2>dozens are trapped on a ski lift at Cannon Mountain

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<v Speaker 2>and Franconia. A bolt malfunction, this time responsible for those

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<v Speaker 2>waiting to be rescued. First responders needed a rope and

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<v Speaker 2>pulley system to bring all sixty four to the ground safely.

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<v Speaker 2>The Peabody Quad Lift is closed again today. This incident,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, comes after a ski lift let go at

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<v Speaker 2>Atatash Resort, sending a man twenty feet to the ground.

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<v Speaker 2>Over the weekend, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu cuts a deal

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<v Speaker 2>with a House committee on Capitol Hill. The mayor has

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<v Speaker 2>now agreed to testify in a sanctuary city's hearing, which

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<v Speaker 2>has now been rescheduled in March fifth. The mayor requests

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<v Speaker 2>a new save the Date card to assist in her

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<v Speaker 2>recovery from the birth of her third child. The cost

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<v Speaker 2>to run Boston schools continues to go off.

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<v Speaker 7>Superintendent Mary Skipper in the district are out with a

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<v Speaker 7>new budget at nearly one point six billion dollars. It's

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<v Speaker 7>a three and a half percent increase from the current

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<v Speaker 7>spending package. It includes a big investment in special education

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<v Speaker 7>and multi language instruction, and includes added adjustments for cost

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<v Speaker 7>of living increases. Boston teachers continue to work without a contract.

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<v Speaker 7>The School Committee is expected to hold several public meetings

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<v Speaker 7>in the coming weeks and will vote on the package

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<v Speaker 7>next month. The city Council will also get it say

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<v Speaker 7>before it becomes official. Jay will Ent WBZ Boston's news Radio.

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