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Speaker 1: What a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Speaker 2: It is six o'clock on this Thursday morning, and welcome aboard.
Speaker 2: We're getting started under mostly cloudy skies in twenty two
Speaker 2: degrees here in the city. The News at six brought
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Speaker 2: Jeff Brown, and here it comes. We'll be overspreading the
Speaker 2: area this morning. It'll mix with and change to sleep
Speaker 2: and then rain this afternoon. That is WZ aky weather
Speaker 2: meteorologist Joe Lundberg. A widespread one to three inches expected,
Speaker 2: some areas as much as five.
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Speaker 2: There are dozens of cancelations and delays on the board
Speaker 2: at this hour at Logan Airport. This storm, by the way,
Speaker 2: comes on the forty seventh anniversary of the Blizzard of
Speaker 2: seventy eight. Several school districts are giving kids the day
Speaker 2: off as well.
Speaker 3: This snowstorm is expected to pack a punch at least
Speaker 3: one strong enough to make roads messy and more dangerous
Speaker 3: for kids. That's why many districts have opted to cancel
Speaker 3: school altogether. Something these folks from Salem and Lynn think
Speaker 3: is a good idea.
Speaker 4: Well, I think it's good because the timing of the
Speaker 4: storm with traffic on the roads, so buses and kids
Speaker 4: and everything, So I think it's a good call. Yeah,
Speaker 4: well it's probably good things suppossibly, I see.
Speaker 3: And it's really cool. So if they stay safe a home.
Speaker 3: Now there are schools planning an early dismissal, like in Bedford,
Speaker 3: Wakefield and Belmont. As for how these changes will affect
Speaker 3: the parents schedule, that's another discussion.
Speaker 4: It's a big dilemma, you know.
Speaker 2: In Salem. James Rojas w b Z Boston's News Radio,
Speaker 2: Today's decision day. For some two million federal government employees,
Speaker 2: the fork in the Road means they will either take
Speaker 2: Elon Musk's offer to resign and be paid through September
Speaker 2: or not. Federal agency bosses and even states attorneys general
Speaker 2: advice if it sounds too good to be true. The
Speaker 2: offer now extends to all workers inside the CIA, which
Speaker 2: has become the first major security agency to offer the
Speaker 2: buyout package. Overall, some forty thousand have accepted the deal.
Speaker 2: That is far fewer than the government had hoped, and
Speaker 2: now warnings that mass layoffs might be next. President Trump
Speaker 2: uses his Executive Order pen on school sports. The executive
Speaker 2: order directs the Justice and Education Departments to interpret Title
Speaker 2: nine as prohibiting the participation of transgender girls and women
Speaker 2: in female sports. Schools that don't comply.
Speaker 4: Will be investigated for violations of Title nine and risk
Speaker 4: your federal funding indicates it all.
Speaker 2: During testimony before a Senate panel last year, the NCA
Speaker 2: president testified he knew a fewer than ten transgender athletes
Speaker 2: and college sports can he stand anpds CBS News Miami,
Speaker 2: and a new battle begins between early risers and night owls.
Speaker 5: Study reveals there may be some benefits and being a
Speaker 5: morning person. Research by UK scientists show people tend to
Speaker 5: feel mentally strongest early in the day, with people reporting
Speaker 5: fewer symptoms of depression and an increased sense of self
Speaker 5: worth in the am. Having a regular morning routine like
Speaker 5: exercise or meditation could help extend the sense of well
Speaker 5: being during the day. Michelle Friends and ABC.
Speaker 2: News' starting to see the first of the snowflakes begin
Speaker 2: to fly in portions of western Massachusetts, it will be
Speaker 2: overtaking the area within the next couple of hours. Now,
Speaker 2: this is going to be a quick hitting storm, with
Speaker 2: the heaviest punch expected around nine or ten o'clock this morning,
Speaker 2: and then in the next two to three hours later
Speaker 2: it will start to taper off. Now the temperatures will
Speaker 2: be rising throughout the day, so there will be a
Speaker 2: gradual changeover from all snow to mixed precipitation and then
Speaker 2: maybe all rained, especially south of the city later on
Speaker 2: this afternoon. Total accumulations are widespread one to three inches,
Speaker 2: but there are certain areas outside four ninety five and
Speaker 2: certainly in southern New Hampshire that could see as much
Speaker 2: as five inches of snow. We're out of the hair.
Speaker 2: This is out of our hair. Later on today and
Speaker 2: in the overnight hours, with partly sunny skies returning tomorrow.
Speaker 2: High temperatures will be close to forty degrees right now
Speaker 2: in Boston. It's cloudy and twenty two here in the
Speaker 2: city six oh five on this Thursday morning. Like any
Speaker 2: good winter storm, this one's all about timing and preparation
Speaker 2: and location. Wbz's Drew moholland is in Newbury Ports.
Speaker 6: All right, here comes the snow. Newb Report getting some
Speaker 6: snow today and with the mayor Sean reared and uh
Speaker 6: never gets old?
Speaker 7: Does it?
Speaker 8: Never gets old? Getting people off the roads and dps
Speaker 8: will go be out there doing their jobs.
Speaker 6: You put in the parking band. That's always a tough decision,
Speaker 6: right do you pull the trigger on this?
Speaker 1: Do you not? Yeah?
Speaker 8: The daytime snows are tough, but you know, we just
Speaker 8: want to keep everybody safe. So hey, parking band, who
Speaker 8: keeps people home, keeps the road safe, So let's do it.
Speaker 6: Leading up to all this, do you talk to like
Speaker 6: all the other communities, I assume like all these other
Speaker 6: mayors are like, what are you doing?
Speaker 7: What are you doing?
Speaker 8: Yeah? No, especially the north short mirrors. We got a
Speaker 8: little text chain going and so we're always checking in
Speaker 8: with each other. But at the end of the day,
Speaker 8: you know, the snow affects everybody, so you're just going
Speaker 8: to make the right choice for your muscipality.
Speaker 6: Very good, Thank you, Mayor Sean Reardon, mayor of newb Report,
Speaker 6: Drubal and WBC Bosses News Radio.
Speaker 2: By the way, January has become the latest month to
Speaker 2: break a worldwide temperature mark. Scientists say even they are
Speaker 2: a bit confused with this new high water mark since
Speaker 2: a lamnina is present this winter, which normally tends to
Speaker 2: keep temperatures down. Even experts wonder if something else is
Speaker 2: going on with Earth's chemistry to continue to push temperatures up.
Speaker 2: The prime culprit, though, remains record setting greenhouse gas emissions.
Speaker 2: Or the second time in a week, skiers in New
Speaker 2: Hampshire's White Mountains get more than they bargain for when
Speaker 2: dozens are trapped on a ski lift at Cannon Mountain
Speaker 2: and Franconia. A bolt malfunction, this time responsible for those
Speaker 2: waiting to be rescued. First responders needed a rope and
Speaker 2: pulley system to bring all sixty four to the ground safely.
Speaker 2: The Peabody Quad Lift is closed again today. This incident,
Speaker 2: of course, comes after a ski lift let go at
Speaker 2: Atatash Resort, sending a man twenty feet to the ground.
Speaker 2: Over the weekend, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu cuts a deal
Speaker 2: with a House committee on Capitol Hill. The mayor has
Speaker 2: now agreed to testify in a sanctuary city's hearing, which
Speaker 2: has now been rescheduled in March fifth. The mayor requests
Speaker 2: a new save the Date card to assist in her
Speaker 2: recovery from the birth of her third child. The cost
Speaker 2: to run Boston schools continues to go off.
Speaker 7: Superintendent Mary Skipper in the district are out with a
Speaker 7: new budget at nearly one point six billion dollars. It's
Speaker 7: a three and a half percent increase from the current
Speaker 7: spending package. It includes a big investment in special education
Speaker 7: and multi language instruction, and includes added adjustments for cost
Speaker 7: of living increases. Boston teachers continue to work without a contract.
Speaker 7: The School Committee is expected to hold several public meetings
Speaker 7: in the coming weeks and will vote on the package
Speaker 7: next month. The city Council will also get it say
Speaker 7: before it becomes official. Jay will Ent WBZ Boston's news Radio.
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