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

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<v Speaker 2>Hello and good Saturday morning, twenty three degrees and sunny

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<v Speaker 2>skies in Boston at eleven o'clock. I'm Sherry Small. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>get you caught up. Here's what's happening. It is finally

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<v Speaker 2>here a break from the snow and cold this weekend.

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<v Speaker 3>Early sunny skies for the rest of today. High thirty

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<v Speaker 3>seven patche Klaus Tonight low twenty five downtown, closer to

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<v Speaker 3>twenty in most inland suburbs.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's a hacky weather meteorologist Carl Erickson. And today

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<v Speaker 2>is day one of the kickoff of a warming streak.

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<v Speaker 2>Will tell you all about it in the forecast. That's

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<v Speaker 2>coming right up to News now. A dangerous drive through

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<v Speaker 2>the Proud Tunnel along the mass Pike yesterday concrete fell

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<v Speaker 2>to the ground in the westbound lanes. Mass Dot Highway

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<v Speaker 2>Administrator Jonathan Gulliver says inspections of the city's tunnels will

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<v Speaker 2>continue through the weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>And it didn't fall directly on any car. It fall

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<v Speaker 1>right right in front of them.

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<v Speaker 4>From I think the video that everybody has seen, so

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<v Speaker 4>thankfully it was not worse. It could have caused some

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<v Speaker 4>serious damage had gone through somebody's windshields.

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<v Speaker 5>For sure.

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<v Speaker 4>State police closed all but one lane as they, along

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<v Speaker 4>with mas DOT, inspected the area and ultimately reopened the road.

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<v Speaker 4>The State says this was an isolated incident and weather

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<v Speaker 4>is to blame the result of freezing and thawing over

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<v Speaker 4>the last couple of weeks. Drivers who were caught in

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<v Speaker 4>the traffic stunned by what they saw.

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<v Speaker 6>It's scary. I saw a ton of concrete missing from

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<v Speaker 6>the side of it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I can't believe that it would just fall down.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's absurd that for the amount of money

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<v Speaker 3>that taxpayers are paying every single day, that to be

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<v Speaker 3>worrying that concrete is falling in on your head while

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<v Speaker 3>you're driving is a little bit absurd.

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<v Speaker 4>Mascot says the Prudential Tunnel is between fifty and sixty

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<v Speaker 4>years old and say this section of the tunnel was

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<v Speaker 4>on deck for its three year inspection.

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<v Speaker 2>CBS News Boston's Mike Sullivan reporting there an update to

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<v Speaker 2>the officer involve shooting in New Hampshire. Police say that

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<v Speaker 2>they tried to make a traffic stop on the Route

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eight bypassing just after nine PM yesterday. Authority say

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<v Speaker 2>twenty six year old Levi Culty allegedly refused to stop

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<v Speaker 2>his car, prompting an officer to shoot at the vehicle.

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<v Speaker 2>Culty remaining hospitalized with non life threatening injuries. No officers

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<v Speaker 2>were injured. The officer who pulled the trigger will not

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<v Speaker 2>be identified until he is interviewed by the New Hampshire

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<v Speaker 2>Department of Justice and the New Hampshire State Police Major

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<v Speaker 2>Crimes Unit. Investigators say that will likely happen by next week.

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<v Speaker 2>Congressman Stephen Lynch stepping up for veterans following mass layoffs

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<v Speaker 2>ordered by the Trump administration.

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<v Speaker 3>Defying Congressman Stephen Lynch stood outside the VA Medical Center

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<v Speaker 3>at West Roxbury to slim President Trump for personnel cuts

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<v Speaker 3>ordered by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency.

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<v Speaker 7>You don't balance the budget on the backs of our veterans.

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<v Speaker 7>Even if a national treasury was down to the last dollar,

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<v Speaker 7>would spend that dollar on our veterans and justifiably solved.

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<v Speaker 3>Lynch was joined by state and local Veterans Affairs officials

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<v Speaker 3>who call the layoffs devastating for both the healthcare workers

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<v Speaker 3>who've lost their jobs and the veterans who depend on

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<v Speaker 3>the VA Healthcare System at the VA Medical Center at

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<v Speaker 3>West Roxbury. Mike macklum WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>And now the for DAWBZ at you weather forecast. Partly

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<v Speaker 2>sunny today, we're warming up to thirty seven degrees, finally

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<v Speaker 2>a weekend without snow. Tonight party cloudy, down to twenty

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<v Speaker 2>five in the city, closer to a low of around

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<v Speaker 2>twenty and most of those inland suburbs. The warm up

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<v Speaker 2>continuing tomorrow and the next few following days. Sunday is

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<v Speaker 2>a mix of sun and clouds with highs near forty.

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<v Speaker 2>Monday heighs near forty three. Again, sun and clouds. Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 2>we will see rather cloudy skies and even some excuse me,

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<v Speaker 2>some rain showers in the area at night. But as

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<v Speaker 2>far as the afternoon goes, we're going to see a

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<v Speaker 2>high of forty six degrees, and that high continues into Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 2>with highs once again in the mid forty. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>let's check the region right now. Temp wise, we're looking

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<v Speaker 2>at twenty six in Amherst, twenty four up in Northfield,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five in Athol farther to the east, twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>degrees in Lowell along the north shore, twenty four in Gloucester.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go down south here, twenty nine in Plymouth, the

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<v Speaker 2>capesne anywhere between. It looks like twenty five and twenty

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<v Speaker 2>seven degrees, twenty eight in Waltham, twenty eight in New Bedford,

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<v Speaker 2>and twenty five in Framingham in the city right now

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<v Speaker 2>sunny and twenty three degrees. But don't be fooled, it

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<v Speaker 2>is chilly out there. The real field temp is fourteen.

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<v Speaker 2>It's eleven oh five. Back to news. Now a local

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<v Speaker 2>museum now home to a piece of maritime history. It's

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<v Speaker 2>WBC's Kendlebule with that story for us this morning, throwing.

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<v Speaker 5>An intensely focused beam of light over fourteen miles. The

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<v Speaker 5>Fresnel Lighthouse lens made in Paris and the late eighteen

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<v Speaker 5>hundreds kept sailors alive in maritime commerce possible. But the

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<v Speaker 5>coast Guard lamp is Tom Camello. It's much more than that.

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<v Speaker 5>It's a work of ide their artists anyway, so they

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<v Speaker 5>built something to do a job. But it's a work

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<v Speaker 5>of allt Camella, a company. The two hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 5>pounds of glass and metal from the Federal storage facility

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<v Speaker 5>in DC where it's been for thirteen years, to the

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<v Speaker 5>custom House Maritime Museum in Newburyport, where we will now

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<v Speaker 5>be on full display, and museum director James Russell says

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<v Speaker 5>it will be a display worthy of this historical piece

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<v Speaker 5>of engineering. The lens will look like it's floating in space,

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<v Speaker 5>which has gone to really very fantastic. Russell expects the

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<v Speaker 5>complete exhibits to be up sometime in April. From Newburyport.

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<v Speaker 5>Kennelbill It'll be busy Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>A Jet Blue pilot is arrested at Logan Airport on

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<v Speaker 2>sexual exploitation charges out of North Carolina. Thirty three year

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<v Speaker 2>old Jeremy Gudorf forrested Thursday night, appearing in East Boston

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<v Speaker 2>District Court yesterday on a fugitive from Justice warrant. Goudorf's

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<v Speaker 2>attorney says that he intends to go back to North

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<v Speaker 2>Carolina to face the charge of second degree sexual exploitation

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<v Speaker 2>of a minor. A judge set bail at ten thousand

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<v Speaker 2>dollars with condition that he clears the warrant by Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 2>The Trump administration launching an investigation into Mainz Education Department.

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<v Speaker 2>This move follows a curt exchange between the President and

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<v Speaker 2>main Governor Janet Mills over his executive order banning transgender

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<v Speaker 2>girls from competing in girl sports. Are you not going

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<v Speaker 2>to comply with it.

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<v Speaker 7>Law?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, we are the federal law.

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<v Speaker 7>Well you better do it.

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<v Speaker 4>You better do it, because you're not going to get

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<v Speaker 4>any federal funding at all if you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>And meanwhile, President Trump will be speaking at the Conservative

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<v Speaker 2>Political Action Conference in Washington later today. Here's a previous.

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<v Speaker 6>Speech at the conference, known as Sea Pack, will be

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<v Speaker 6>a friendly event for the president. Populated by conservative Republicans.

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<v Speaker 6>This annual event presents an opportunity for Republicans and candidates

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<v Speaker 6>to share ideas and deliver speeches, but it is more

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<v Speaker 6>likely this time to be a celebration of Trump himself.

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<v Speaker 6>Some supporters are even referring to it as Tea Pack.

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<v Speaker 6>In his speech, Trump is expected to tout his actions

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<v Speaker 6>during the first month of his administration. He's also expected

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<v Speaker 6>to cite his poll numbers and criticize the previous administration.

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<v Speaker 6>Linda Kenyon, CBS News the White House.

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<v Speaker 2>You are now in the loop. For news updates throughout

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