Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Good morning,
Speaker 1: six o'clock and it is forty eight degrees here in Boston,
Speaker 1: one of the coldest readings we've had in a long time.
Speaker 1: Thank you for being with us under clai skies this morning.
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Speaker 1: Welcome aboard this Thursday morning. I'm Jeff Brown and Diangata
Speaker 1: all of this. Lots of sunshine today with freezy and cool,
Speaker 1: with highes the upper fifties, a bit warmer tomorrow at Saturday.
Speaker 1: At is WBZ achiweather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. A perfect leaf
Speaker 1: peeping holiday weekend is on the way as foliage season
Speaker 1: hits its peak in northern New England. Milton, the monster
Speaker 1: houses flattened, the roof off, a stadium ripped open, and
Speaker 1: millions without power in a deadly night in Florida.
Speaker 2: This is a special report from ABC News Hurricane Milton.
Speaker 2: I'm Andy Field. More than three million without power across
Speaker 2: Florida this morning. As crews looked for survivors at a
Speaker 2: senior community near Fort Pierce, they fear there could be
Speaker 2: many did.
Speaker 3: Our deputies are out here, the fire district is out here.
Speaker 3: We're going through the rubble.
Speaker 4: We're trying to provide any recover anybody that we can provide,
Speaker 4: whatever help that we can.
Speaker 2: Saint Lucie County Sheriff Keith Pearson. Hurricane Milton raced across
Speaker 2: the middle of Florida, making landfall near Sarasota's c STA Key.
Speaker 2: It's about seventy miles south of Tampa and spawning severe weather.
Speaker 2: Even before Milton arrived.
Speaker 5: Ahead of the hurricane and outbreak of tornadoes cutting across
Speaker 5: the state, more than thirty reported tornadoes touching down, one
Speaker 5: of them on the move in Palm Beach County, tearing
Speaker 5: through power lines, Another crossing I seventy five west of
Speaker 5: Fort Lauderdale.
Speaker 2: ABC's Jacqueline Lee. Insurers estimate Milton could create up to
Speaker 2: one hundred billion dollars in property dammit.
Speaker 1: At ABC's Andy Field and once again, Massachusetts comes to
Speaker 1: the rescue.
Speaker 3: Massachusetts Task Force one has over six venty five members
Speaker 3: in North Carolina ready to dash to the scene as needed.
Speaker 6: Our team is a search and rescue team capable of
Speaker 6: structural collapse search and rescue as well as phil and
Speaker 6: swift water search and rescue or wide area search.
Speaker 3: Tom Gazunis is the information officer with the team contracted
Speaker 3: with FEMA to conduct search and rescue operations with police, fire,
Speaker 3: EMS personnel, including civilians.
Speaker 6: Currently, they're down there with boats and trailers, search equipment,
Speaker 6: rescue equipment, you know, being able to move heavy structures components.
Speaker 3: Massachusetts Task Force one, based in Beverly, has more members
Speaker 3: available if the crisis demands more hands for search and
Speaker 3: rescue this weekend. Jay Willette WBZ, Boston's news.
Speaker 1: Radio Bruins are going to try to get their act
Speaker 1: together tonight. It is the home opener at the Garden
Speaker 1: against Montreal. The Mets are moving on to the National
Speaker 1: League Championship Series, Dodgers even up the Padres in the NL,
Speaker 1: and the Tigers and Yankees are one game away from
Speaker 1: advancing in the American League. In the NFL kicks off tonight.
Speaker 1: San Francisco travels to Seattle and New This morning. After
Speaker 1: more than a twenty year career and nearly two dozen
Speaker 1: Grand Slam championships, tennis great Rafael Nadal calls it a day.
Speaker 1: WBCs Drew Moholland is here with a recap.
Speaker 7: Good morning, Drew, Good morning Jeffrey. Big news today. Already
Speaker 7: leaving the stage after twenty two Grand Slam titles, he
Speaker 7: changed the game for a whole generation of tennis fans.
Speaker 7: One of the greatest of all time. Vamos Rafa, Rafael
Speaker 7: Mendal gonna call it a career at the end of
Speaker 7: this tennis calendar. The thirty eight year old says he'll
Speaker 7: make his final appearance for Spain at next month's Davis
Speaker 7: Cup finals. Rafa saying this morning he has tried his
Speaker 7: best to battle through injuries late in his career, but
Speaker 7: the time has come to wrap it up. He won
Speaker 7: all the big ones, Jeffrey, but fourteen French Open titles
Speaker 7: gives him the name the King of.
Speaker 1: Clay Father time wins again. Great career undefeated. All right,
Speaker 1: thank you, Drew. And it is very chilly here in
Speaker 1: the city and the reading is at forty eight degree
Speaker 1: and this would mark the first time in several months
Speaker 1: that the temperature in Boston has fallen below the fifty
Speaker 1: degree mark. We'll wait for the official declaration coming up.
Speaker 1: But in other areas where showing some thirties on the
Speaker 1: board this morning, fall is kicking into gear. It is
Speaker 1: going to be a beautiful day today, a little breezy
Speaker 1: and a little cool too. High Temperatures in many areas
Speaker 1: will stall in the fifties. The best will do lower
Speaker 1: sixties today, but we're warming up as we head into
Speaker 1: the holiday weekend. Clear and cold overnight tonight again thirties
Speaker 1: and forties, mostly sunny, mid sixties Tomorrow, will be in
Speaker 1: the lower seventies on Saturday, and slightly cooler on Sunday
Speaker 1: as we work our way through this long weekend coming
Speaker 1: up right now, Clear skies in forty eight here in
Speaker 1: Boston on this Thursday morning, it's six oh five. Some
Speaker 1: warnings in the driver's seat are about to get a
Speaker 1: little more noticeable.
Speaker 8: Failure to buckle up continues to play a large role
Speaker 8: in fatal accident. An IIHS study found a persistent reminder
Speaker 8: was much more effective at getting part time seat belt
Speaker 8: wearers to buckle up than a minimal reminder. It found
Speaker 8: an audible reminder that lasted at least ninety seconds increased
Speaker 8: belt use by around thirty percent, and that could mean
Speaker 8: saving almost sixteen hundred lives a year if every vehicle
Speaker 8: on the road was equipped with that ninety second reminder.
Speaker 1: That is CBS's Chris Van Cleeve number show front seat
Speaker 1: belt use decreases the risk of deadly injury injuries by
Speaker 1: forty five percent. Today is World Mental Health Day and
Speaker 1: it's time to do yourself a favor.
Speaker 4: In recognition of World Mental Health Day, folks can enjoy
Speaker 4: a two hour complimentary Blue Bikes ride. So I went
Speaker 4: out for a spin myself after putting in the one
Speaker 4: word code Blue Cross WMHD. All right, so I'm running
Speaker 4: a blue bike right now and despite the cold wind
Speaker 4: in my face, this does feel pretty nice. We'll tell
Speaker 4: you biking this early in the morning. Blue Cross, Blue
Speaker 4: Shield It says Blue bikes are being made available today
Speaker 4: in thirteen communities across the Commonwealth. This is to encourage
Speaker 4: people to boost their mental wellness to outdoor exercise. This
Speaker 4: is the fifth straight year that Blue Cross has partnered
Speaker 4: with Blue Bikes in Charlestown. James rohas wb Z Boston's
Speaker 4: news radio.
Speaker 1: Now twenty six days to go official, say Kamala Harris
Speaker 1: has raised more than one billion dollars in her White
Speaker 1: House campaign and she's only been running for three months.
Speaker 1: No candidate in US history has raised so much so fast.
Speaker 1: For comparison, the Donald Trump campaign has not raised a
Speaker 1: billion dollars so far this year. Official fundraising totals are
Speaker 1: required to be released by the end of this month.
Speaker 1: Former President Barack Obama goes all in on the election
Speaker 1: campaign for Harris. Mister Obama will launch a campaign blitz
Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh today. It's an effort to bring separation from
Speaker 1: Donald Trump in the Swing States in the final three
Speaker 1: and a half weeks. Early voting is underway in most
Speaker 1: of America right now, and another sure sign the holiday
Speaker 1: season is really here yep. The US Postal Service sends
Speaker 1: us a timeline for when your cards and packages must
Speaker 1: be in the mail to guarantee Christmas delivery. Plan to
Speaker 1: give one week of leeway before Christmas for sending most gifts,
Speaker 1: you can wait till just a few days before the
Speaker 1: holiday to send priority packages. The post Office continues to
Speaker 1: be under fire in Boston, though, where many neighborhoods claim
Speaker 1: the mail rarely, if ever comes. What holiday season just
Speaker 1: about here. You are now in the loop for news
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