Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news.
Speaker 1: Wait a minute, I'm not ready for this six o'clock
Speaker 1: Tuesday morning here in Boston. Clouds and some rain this morning.
Speaker 1: It is fifty three degrees here in Boston. Pretty windy too.
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Speaker 1: for being here this Tuesday. I'm Jeff Brown. Of course,
Speaker 1: you know the drill. April showers, mayflowers and a rain
Speaker 1: along the south coast of Cape in the Islands. Then
Speaker 1: windy and colder for the rest of today, with cloud
Speaker 1: giving way to increasing amounts of sunshines. WBZ achi weather
Speaker 1: meteorologist Joe Lundberg hides in the fifties today, only in
Speaker 1: the forties tomorrow. You know what they say, when it rains,
Speaker 1: it pours, No, it really pours. A new study in
Speaker 1: fact backs it up.
Speaker 2: New research finds rainstorms in the US are much more
Speaker 2: intense these days compared to just a few decades ago.
Speaker 2: Climate change to blame for intense storms that can cause lash, flooding, landslides,
Speaker 2: and dangerous driving conditions. A new report from Climate Central
Speaker 2: finds the intensity of hourly rainfall increased by fifteen percent
Speaker 2: over the last fifty plus years, and most of the
Speaker 2: nearly one hundred and fifty locations analyzed. Jay Willette WBZ
Speaker 2: Boston's news Radio the White House honeymoon might be over.
Speaker 2: New survey from Harvard finds President Trump's approval rating continues
Speaker 2: to slip. Now stands at fewer than half of American
Speaker 2: voters with an Oval Office thumbs up. That's down from
Speaker 2: fifty two percent last month. With a slip among several issues,
Speaker 2: including the US economy and international affairs, official say, still,
Speaker 2: mister Trump's approval rating is holding up and much higher
Speaker 2: than former President Joe Biden's okay at the same point
Speaker 2: in his presidency. The White House keeps an eye on
Speaker 2: special elections in Florida and Wisconsin. Today, voters in the
Speaker 2: Sunshine State will decide on two vacant House seats that
Speaker 2: could become a mandate for the GOP or become a
Speaker 2: change in the balance of power on Capitol Hill. Elections
Speaker 2: in the first and SIXX congressional districts in Florida for
Speaker 2: the seats formerly occupied by Congressman Matt Gates and Mike
Speaker 2: Waltz in Wisconsin. Meantime, it's a tipping point of the
Speaker 2: state Supreme Court as Elon Musk pumps a million dollars
Speaker 2: into the hands of two supporters of the Republican candidate
Speaker 2: while avoiding a challenge from Democrats when that same Supreme
Speaker 2: Court decided not to hear the arguments of vote buying.
Speaker 2: The winner will tip the political scales in that state's
Speaker 2: highest court. Bruins hope to end an eight game slide tonight.
Speaker 2: They're back at the Garden against the Washington Capitals. Celtics
Speaker 2: go perfect on the road trip and bring a nine
Speaker 2: game winning streak back home after beating the Grizzlies in Memphis,
Speaker 2: and March Madness continues the call on ESPN. Yukon women
Speaker 2: punch their ticket to the Final Four with a big
Speaker 2: win last night. They'll take on UCLA Friday nights for
Speaker 2: the Red Sox. At least you can't lose when you
Speaker 2: don't play, and they're not playing today, it's a day off.
Speaker 2: Wbz's Drew mo'holland is here with some of the mayhem
Speaker 2: from Baltimore.
Speaker 1: Good morning, and good morning, Jeff Yes.
Speaker 3: Socks and Orioles Will go again tomorrow night. Options for you, you know,
Speaker 3: I like options. Would you like the good or the
Speaker 3: bad news?
Speaker 1: First? I'm gonna go with the bad news.
Speaker 4: Okay.
Speaker 3: The Red Sox are one and four. They've never made
Speaker 3: the playoffs after losing for their first five.
Speaker 1: Game, less encouraging.
Speaker 3: Raphael Devers is now over nineteen with fifteen k's, which,
Speaker 3: as you know, is not good, historically bad, historically bad.
Speaker 3: Can we just touch on the good news just a
Speaker 3: little bit? The Red Sox just locked up, as in
Speaker 3: the whole Garrett Crochet to a six year deal, a
Speaker 3: Red Sox nation applauding that a little spending here in
Speaker 3: the early season.
Speaker 1: Okah, Red Sox stop it, all right, Well we got
Speaker 1: that one done, all right, thank you, Drew.
Speaker 4: Well.
Speaker 1: Today is April first, and it means we finished the month,
Speaker 1: the entire month of March with zero inches of snow
Speaker 1: in Boston's, first time in a while that's happened. The
Speaker 1: average snowfall in the month of March usually is just
Speaker 1: a little bit above eight inches here in the city.
Speaker 1: Very warm wrap up to the month, with high temperatures
Speaker 1: well into the sixties yesterday. We're still mild this morning,
Speaker 1: and most of the overnight downpours are peeling on a dodge.
Speaker 1: Who are still seeing some rain over the South Shore,
Speaker 1: the South Coast Cape and islands this morning, but that'll
Speaker 1: be gone in the next couple of hours. It is
Speaker 1: going to start unsettled today with a bit of wind
Speaker 1: here and there under mostly cloudy skies to begin, but
Speaker 1: some sunshine will work its way in high Temperatures will
Speaker 1: be in the fifties, partly cloudy and getting chilly overnight tonight,
Speaker 1: low's round freezing tomorrow, We unfortunately do not get out
Speaker 1: of the forties tomorrow the mix of sun and clouds,
Speaker 1: and then on Thursday we rebound nicely. We're in the
Speaker 1: mid sixties again, cloudy, breezy, the chance for more rain
Speaker 1: on the way, and still in the sixties to wrap
Speaker 1: up the work week on Friday. Right now in Boston,
Speaker 1: cloudy skies in fifty two degrees here in the city
Speaker 1: on this Tuesday morning, it's six oh six. Another sure
Speaker 1: sign of spring returns to Boston. It's street sweeping season.
Speaker 5: It's April first, but folks with the Boston Transportation Department
Speaker 5: are not falling around when it comes to straight cleaning,
Speaker 5: parking restrictions. As evident by this car on West Broadway
Speaker 5: with a ticket under its wiper. Well, would it be
Speaker 5: April first and it goes all the way to November.
Speaker 6: Make sure you check you signs because we had ticketing
Speaker 6: and depending on what the area is with towing.
Speaker 1: Too, you almost ticket in me. I feel like, yeah, would.
Speaker 2: See we had you know, we had you go to
Speaker 2: the other side. But if you weren't in the car,
Speaker 2: we just give you that courtesy.
Speaker 5: You know, we getting ready to ticket to avoid a
Speaker 5: ticket or even worse, a toe. You can check out
Speaker 5: the street sweeping schedule on the city's website and sign
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Speaker 1: Radio Finally back on Earth, only two things matter to
Speaker 1: need a mastronaut, Sunny Williams.
Speaker 7: I wanted to hug my husband and hug.
Speaker 1: My ducks after nine months in space.
Speaker 8: Sonny and fell and assa astronaut, Butch Wilmore say they
Speaker 8: had no idea. So many people were following their story.
Speaker 7: Honored and humbled by the fact of when we came home, like, wow,
Speaker 7: there's there are a lot of people who are interested,
Speaker 7: very thankful, very amazed. That we could hopefully be one
Speaker 7: positive element to bring people together.
Speaker 8: Issues with their Boeing style and our capsule kept them
Speaker 8: aboard the ISS longer than expected, but both Sonny and
Speaker 8: Butch say they try for the possibility of an extended stay,
Speaker 8: and they're both looking to the future to help improve spaceflight.
Speaker 1: To prevent some of these curves.
Speaker 5: Is what we have to do as we leave lower
Speaker 5: thorbit and go beyond to the Moon and beyond.
Speaker 8: That, Burke McCarthy WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1: It's Veteran's Day of sorts, said Lynn City Hall.
Speaker 6: This ceremony here in the foyer of Lynn City Hall
Speaker 6: included a proclamation from Mayor Jared Nicholson proclaiming March thirty
Speaker 6: first to be Vietnam Veterans Day in the City of Lynn, and.
Speaker 3: Then is proud of the sacrifices made by those from
Speaker 3: our city who served with bravery and distinction in the
Speaker 3: Vietnam War, most especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Speaker 6: For those who served in Vietnam, like Marine veteran Bob Lennon,
Speaker 6: ceremonies like this mean a lot.
Speaker 4: We always did feel that we're part of an important group. However,
Speaker 4: the rest of the country at that time did not
Speaker 4: honor us. Ever since nine to eleven, people are saying
Speaker 4: thank you for your service.
Speaker 6: The ceremony concluded with the reading of those killed in
Speaker 6: the line of service in Vietnam, followed by a moment
Speaker 6: of silence from land Carl Stephens, WBC Boston's News Radio.
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Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's News Radio.