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

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<v Speaker 2>Forty five degrees in Boston, messy weather and a messy ride.

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<v Speaker 2>Stay tuned for traffic and weather together. It's eleven o'clock

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<v Speaker 2>right now, and good Tuesday morning. I'm Madison Rogers. Boston's

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<v Speaker 2>holiday centerpiece is set to arrive any moment. A forty

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<v Speaker 2>five foot tall white spruce is getting a police escort

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<v Speaker 2>to Boston Common, where it'll be hoisted up and strung

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<v Speaker 2>with lights. The Christmas tree comes as a gift from

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<v Speaker 2>Nova Scotia. That's been the tradition for decades, a thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for the emergency help Boston sent Halifax after the

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<v Speaker 2>city was devastated by explosions in nineteen seventeen. There is

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<v Speaker 2>a tree lighting celebration set for next Thursday. It's crunch time.

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<v Speaker 2>Holiday travelers are rushing to wrap up the last of

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<v Speaker 2>this week's work before taking a few days off for Thanksgiving.

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<v Speaker 2>More from Logan Airport with wbz's James Rojas.

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<v Speaker 1>You know the best time for a business trip right

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<v Speaker 1>before Thanksgiving, this reporter said sarcastically.

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<v Speaker 3>No, The National Council for Teachers of English is always

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<v Speaker 3>right before Thanksgiving and then bleeds into the young adult

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<v Speaker 3>literature conference is always the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know why we do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Lisa from Utah is expecting to get back home in

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<v Speaker 1>time to prep for Turkey Day. The same goes for Josh.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm used to it, so kind of learned how to

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<v Speaker 4>navigate the holiday traffic over the years.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm from Raleigh, North Carolina.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I was here for business. Oh you're always going

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<v Speaker 2>to have one air trip to make in Washington, DC

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<v Speaker 2>and then on to Raleigh this evening.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh so you just your like coming than Diego. You're

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<v Speaker 1>just going to get right exactly exactly, Hella Logan. James

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<v Speaker 1>Rojas w b Z, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Still no word of any cancelations at Logan today. There

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<v Speaker 2>are now close to seventy flights that have been delayed

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<v Speaker 2>and are out of Boston. And keep in mind that

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<v Speaker 2>could take a turn when the weather starts to ramp up.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go to Capitol Hill now, the Trump transition team

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<v Speaker 2>is looking into corruption allegations around a top eid. ABC's

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<v Speaker 2>Terry Moran has more from Washington.

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<v Speaker 4>Sources say the President at Trump has launched his own

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<v Speaker 4>internal investigation into one of his legal advisors, Boris Epstein,

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<v Speaker 4>after Epstein allegedly asked for money to secure cabinet positions.

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<v Speaker 4>Sources also say the investigation found quote concerning behavior. Epstein

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<v Speaker 4>denies these allegations.

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<v Speaker 2>Among the people Epstein allegedly sought payments from. Is Scott

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<v Speaker 2>Bissent mister Orbescent rather mister Trump's pick to lead the Treasury.

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<v Speaker 2>But controversy over the transition process isn't stopping mister Trump

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<v Speaker 2>from getting to work on plans for his second administration.

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<v Speaker 2>His latest promise is to impose broad tariffs on Mexico

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<v Speaker 2>and Canada if they don't crack down on their border

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<v Speaker 2>with the US. ABC Selena Wang has more.

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<v Speaker 1>If enacted, these tariffs could violate the terms of the

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<v Speaker 1>trade agreement between the US, Mexico, and Canada, which Trump

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<v Speaker 1>signed into law during his first term. Trump also a

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<v Speaker 1>q who's China of sending drugs pouring into our country,

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<v Speaker 1>threatening an additional ten percent tariff on all Chinese products.

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<v Speaker 1>To Trump's comments, drawing responses from trade partners, the Chinese

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<v Speaker 1>embassy saying economic and trade cooperation is essentially mutually beneficial.

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<v Speaker 1>No one will win in a trade war or a

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<v Speaker 1>tariff war.

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<v Speaker 2>Also firing back the President of Mexico suggesting they could

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<v Speaker 2>retaliate with tariffs of their own. The steadiest band of

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<v Speaker 2>rain right now is stretching from parts of the Metro

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<v Speaker 2>west around Framingham, then north to Nashua and up into

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<v Speaker 2>southern New Hampshire as well, those areas possibly seeing some

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<v Speaker 2>icy rain. We will continue to see periods of rain

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<v Speaker 2>for the rest of today. It ends late forty eight

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<v Speaker 2>to fifty two for the high, and then it's clearing tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty seven for the low in Boston, closer to the

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<v Speaker 2>freezing mark for some inland suburbs. We get a break

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<v Speaker 2>from the weather action tomorrow with times of sun and clouds,

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<v Speaker 2>breezy and chili high forty eight. I'm guessing a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people are going to be traveling that day though,

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<v Speaker 2>so Thanksgiving itself, we have some stormy action, starting with

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<v Speaker 2>rain and continuing through the afternoon into early Thursday night.

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<v Speaker 2>It will likely stay rain for most of us around Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>but if you're heading north or west of town, watch

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<v Speaker 2>for some wet snow, possibly several inches piling up in

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<v Speaker 2>southern New Hampshire. Friday, we have clouds and some sun.

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<v Speaker 2>It's brisk and chili with temps in the forties. Right

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<v Speaker 2>now in Boston we have rain coming down. It's forty

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<v Speaker 2>five degrees at eleven oh six. A generational tobacco band

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<v Speaker 2>could soon sweep the state. Wbz's Jim McKay has more

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<v Speaker 2>on a new bill under the Golden Dome.

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<v Speaker 5>The goal here is to stomp out the potential of

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<v Speaker 5>nicotine addiction for future generations. I'm hearing more positive vibes

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<v Speaker 5>than negative when I'm talking to people at Quincy Center.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's a good idea.

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<v Speaker 3>I love the idea.

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<v Speaker 5>There are towns who have passed laws. This would go

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<v Speaker 5>statewide and eventually would phase out nicotine and tobacco sales

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<v Speaker 5>over several decades.

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<v Speaker 2>Really don't see cigarette habits as often as you used to.

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<v Speaker 5>Leslie from Braintree thinks it's a great way to prevent

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<v Speaker 5>the habit before you got to kick it.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that some of the changes that they're making

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<v Speaker 2>is actually working.

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<v Speaker 5>This will likely get immense backlash from convenience store owners

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<v Speaker 5>and smoke shops. The bill was just proposed, and it's

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<v Speaker 5>got a long way to go before becoming anything close

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<v Speaker 5>to alaw on the books in Quincy Jim McKay WVZ

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<v Speaker 5>Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>A hearing is underway right now regarding evidence in the

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<v Speaker 2>upcoming Karen Reid retrial. The DA's office and the defense

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<v Speaker 2>team are sparring over the prosecution's request to look at

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<v Speaker 2>phone records from Reed's father and mother. Prosecutors are arguing

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<v Speaker 2>that they need those records to see if Reid called

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<v Speaker 2>her parents the night she's accused of hitting Boston Police

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<v Speaker 2>officer John O'Keefe with her car. Prosecutors say an unusual

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<v Speaker 2>phone call to a parent or to her parents at

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<v Speaker 2>one thirty in the morning could establish knowledge of a crime.

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<v Speaker 2>Defense attorneys are arguing that all of that information would

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<v Speaker 2>be present in miss Reid's own call records, which prosecutors

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<v Speaker 2>already have. The retrial, as it stands, will begin in

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<v Speaker 2>late January. However, both sides have asked the judge to

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<v Speaker 2>push that date back to April. You're now in the loop.

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