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

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<v Speaker 2>Good Morning, eleven o'clock. Cole, We're up to fifteen degrees

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<v Speaker 2>in Boston, and on Laurie Kirby, let's get right to

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<v Speaker 2>it in Washington, which shop administration as a warning for

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<v Speaker 2>cities and states that might not be on board with

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<v Speaker 2>his immigration agenda. The Justice Department this morning is telling

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<v Speaker 2>its prosecutors to investigate local jurisdictions that stand in the

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<v Speaker 2>way a beefed up immigration enforcement. That could mean tighter

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<v Speaker 2>restrictions on sanctuary cities like Boston, Cambridge, and Newton. This

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<v Speaker 2>is one of several steps the new administration has taken

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<v Speaker 2>to crack down on immigration. Just this week, on his

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<v Speaker 2>first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order

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<v Speaker 2>that would end birth rights citizenship as codified in the

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<v Speaker 2>Fourteenth Amendment. Eighteen states, including Massachusetts, have already filed suit

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<v Speaker 2>over that order, and over to another pillar of President

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<v Speaker 2>Trump's agenda, The new administration is already dismantling the federal

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<v Speaker 2>government's diversity, equity and inclusion programs. ABC's Karen Travers picks

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<v Speaker 2>up the story from there.

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<v Speaker 3>The Trump administration says by five pm today, all federal

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<v Speaker 3>employees working on diversity, equity and Inclusion or DEI programs

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<v Speaker 3>and initiatives must be put on paid administrative leave. That's

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<v Speaker 3>according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management

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<v Speaker 3>obtained by ABC News. This move by the Trump administration

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<v Speaker 3>shuts down the relevant DEI offices and programs across the

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<v Speaker 3>federal government. It follows his executive action to dismantle federal

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<v Speaker 3>DEI programs, something he pledged to do on the campaign trail.

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<v Speaker 3>Karen Traver's ABC News The White House.

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<v Speaker 2>Allegations of domestic verbal abuse surface in Washington and could

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<v Speaker 2>spell trouble for President Trump's defend Secreary Secretary nominee, and

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<v Speaker 2>CBS's Lynda Kenyon has that story.

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<v Speaker 4>She Hegseth's former sister in law, Danielle Dietrich, who was

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<v Speaker 4>married to Hegseth's brother, has provided an affidavit. She describes

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<v Speaker 4>how Hegseth's second wife, Samantha, had an escape plan if

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<v Speaker 4>she feared for her life. Dietrich said she did not

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<v Speaker 4>personally witness one incident in particular, but did witness others,

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<v Speaker 4>saying Hegseth was verbally abusive and threatened her. She also

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<v Speaker 4>cited instances when Hegseth was drunk and passed out in

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<v Speaker 4>both public places and family gatherings. Hegseth's attorney accused Dietrich

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<v Speaker 4>of having an axe to grind against the entire Hegseth family.

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<v Speaker 4>Linda Kenyon CBS News, the White House.

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<v Speaker 2>And on Beacon Hill Today, Governor more Heeey is taking

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<v Speaker 2>the ramps off a new fiscal year twenty twenty six budget.

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<v Speaker 2>That big announcement will be made in the one o'clock hour.

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<v Speaker 2>Transportation and education may well grab the biggest piece of

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<v Speaker 2>the funding pie. The governor has already said she wants

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<v Speaker 2>to infuse eight billion into a long term plan to

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<v Speaker 2>upgrade the MBTA, another transit here, and hopes to infuse

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<v Speaker 2>more than two billion into higher ed. The governor has

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<v Speaker 2>insisted that no new taxes will be necessary to pay

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<v Speaker 2>for it all. Some even cold today, quite cold again

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<v Speaker 2>below freezing during the daytime twenty two to twenty six.

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<v Speaker 2>So many of you are in the mid to low

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<v Speaker 2>teens right now, so it's bitter cold despite that sun,

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<v Speaker 2>and again we are just having this arctic air stuck here.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not going away even through the weekend. Looks incredibly cold.

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<v Speaker 2>We're lucky when we heat hit thirty two degrees for

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<v Speaker 2>our high on Friday. That's the only day. Maybe you're

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<v Speaker 2>freezing tomorrow, by the way, a little bit of snow

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<v Speaker 2>tomorrow if you're in the cape in the Islands. Other

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<v Speaker 2>than that, what you see, what you feel out there

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<v Speaker 2>right now is the prevailing weather situation. So there it

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<v Speaker 2>is eleven o five. It appears that Boston Mayor Michael

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<v Speaker 2>wo will have at least one challenger in this year's election.

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<v Speaker 2>WBZ Sherry Small has more.

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<v Speaker 5>Josh Kraft has decided to run for Boston mayor. Craft

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<v Speaker 5>is a nonprofit lead and the son of New England

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<v Speaker 5>Patriots owner Robert Kraft. He's expected to make a formal

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<v Speaker 5>announcement next month. The fifty seven year old has never

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<v Speaker 5>held elective office. He currently Lesacondo in Boston's North End

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<v Speaker 5>as his primary residence. Michelle Wu has said that she

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<v Speaker 5>will run for a second term, but we're still waiting

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<v Speaker 5>on her formal announcement. Sherry Small WZ Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Voters in Massachusetts last year kicked the standardized mcast exam

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<v Speaker 2>to the curb, so this means homework for local school

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<v Speaker 2>districts because they have to come up with a replacement

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<v Speaker 2>on the local level, and mathuan just did. The Eagle

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<v Speaker 2>Tribune says in lou of passing the MCAST, Mathouin seniors

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<v Speaker 2>this year will have the option to earn their diploma

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<v Speaker 2>based on their performance in a few core classes. Similar

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<v Speaker 2>requirements have also been formalized in Lowell. Some school districts

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<v Speaker 2>have complained that there hasn't been enough guidance from state

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<v Speaker 2>ed officials on the next best steps here now that

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<v Speaker 2>the MCAST is gone. So Governor Healy just created a

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<v Speaker 2>new statewide graduation Council. They're going to come up with

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<v Speaker 2>a new vision for setting high school graduates up for success. Stakeholders, students, parents, educators,

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<v Speaker 2>lawmakers are all on this council. By the way, you

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<v Speaker 2>can still take the MCASS and if you do really well,

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<v Speaker 2>it does count. It's just not mandatory in terms of

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<v Speaker 2>getting your diploma. And this story now out of Newton,

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<v Speaker 2>where they have just passed a Generational Tobacco Band dobli

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<v Speaker 2>bzh will Lett is more.

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<v Speaker 6>The generational band to keep tobacco and e cigarette products

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<v Speaker 6>out of the hands of Newton's younger crowd passes nineteen

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<v Speaker 6>to four Council, where Susan Albright voted in favor.

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<v Speaker 4>Tobacco is not like ice cream or vegetable soup for

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<v Speaker 4>taking away a product that kills when you says directed.

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<v Speaker 6>With this, those born on or after March first, two

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<v Speaker 6>thousand and four cannot go to a store in Newton

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<v Speaker 6>and make that purchase. Council, where Stephen Farrell voices his

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<v Speaker 6>opposition that the ordinance of effectively splits up the rights

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<v Speaker 6>of adults decades down the line.

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<v Speaker 1>What this ordinance does is create a special class of

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<v Speaker 1>adults over the age of twenty one will not be

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<v Speaker 1>able to make a personal legal decision for themselves.

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<v Speaker 6>Newton joins Brookline and Needham to make up more than

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<v Speaker 6>a dozen Massachusetts communities that have passed a generational ban

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<v Speaker 6>on tobacco. J Willett WBZ, Boston's news radio