Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2: We're seeing some sunshine thirty nine degrees in breezy in Boston.
Speaker 2: Red flag warning up again and the picket signs are
Speaker 2: up again. On the North Shore. It's another day of
Speaker 2: no classes for kids in Gloucester, Beverly and Marblehead. Teachers
Speaker 2: are picketing. Educators say we won't go back until a
Speaker 2: new contract is reached with their local school communities. As
Speaker 2: of this point in time, it remains a stalemate and
Speaker 2: this thing is now in the court system. Yesterday at
Speaker 2: the teacher's union in both Beverly and Marblehead were called
Speaker 2: to court to face fines. Because teachers strikes were illegal
Speaker 2: in Massachusetts, the judge took the matter under advisement. Now,
Speaker 2: parents in Marblehead are pushing the district to get back
Speaker 2: on track as teachers spend another day picketing. Wb James
Speaker 2: Rojas reports from the North Shore.
Speaker 3: A number of sports games and extracurricular activities have been
Speaker 3: sidelined because of the teacher strike, but some parents are
Speaker 3: hoping the court will get involved because the Marblehead football
Speaker 3: team they're hoping to play a playoff game this Friday,
Speaker 3: Striking English teacher Connor Ryan says kids need to play.
Speaker 3: I really miss my English class, but the work we're
Speaker 3: doing can be made up. The boys cross country team
Speaker 3: and Eric Boys and girls cross country teams are going
Speaker 3: to run in the States this weekend.
Speaker 1: That can't be made up. Same for football.
Speaker 3: Parents are seeking an injunction with the court ordering the
Speaker 3: school district to lift the ban on extracurricular activities and events.
Speaker 3: Superintendent John Rubidoo, however, says being in the classroom should
Speaker 3: be teacher's first priority, adding they cannot pick and choose
Speaker 3: which part of their jobs they want to perform in marblehead.
Speaker 3: James Rojas WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2: The government releases an unsurprising glimpse of inflation. ABC's Dave
Speaker 2: Packer reports.
Speaker 1: Inflation was slightly higher last month after two years of cooling,
Speaker 1: but remain low. Prices in October are up two point
Speaker 1: six percent from the same month a year ago. That's
Speaker 1: just what analysts expected. Months to month, price has ticked
Speaker 1: up two tenths of a percent from September to October,
Speaker 1: the same as the month before. Today's consumer price index
Speaker 1: data from the labor departments being closely watched by the
Speaker 1: Federal Reserve as it weighs further interest rate cuts.
Speaker 2: Some economists predict this report could prompt the Fed to
Speaker 2: cut rates once again next month. And a pre trial
Speaker 2: motion hearing is just wrapped up in Denim and the
Speaker 2: Karen Ree case had Norfolk Superior Court. Not a lot
Speaker 2: of movement yet on a push to get the retrial
Speaker 2: delayed from January to April, but we will keep you updated.
Speaker 2: But the court and the lawyers have just agreed to
Speaker 2: another pre trial hearing for later this month. Judge Beverly
Speaker 2: Canoni declared a mistrial earlier this year in Reed's first
Speaker 2: murder trial. And of course, Reid is accused of intentionally
Speaker 2: hitting her boyfriend, Boston Police officer John O'Keefe with her
Speaker 2: SUV and leaving him him for dead in the snow.
Speaker 2: All right, it's a beautiful day, but a cold and
Speaker 2: blustery one as well. Our concern is the red flag situation.
Speaker 2: Everything is so dry and so flammable right now. That's
Speaker 2: through six o'clock tonight. It's going to be a super moon,
Speaker 2: I believe tonight and tomorrow and great viewing, mostly clear,
Speaker 2: very chilly, thirty four in Boston after high today of
Speaker 2: forty seven, times of sun and clouds tomorrow high of
Speaker 2: forty seven. President elect Donald Trump is back in our
Speaker 2: nation's capital for the first time since his win and
Speaker 2: meeting with House Republicans. He said this, well, thank you
Speaker 2: very much.
Speaker 3: It is a very nice gathering.
Speaker 4: Isn't it nice to win?
Speaker 3: It's nice to win.
Speaker 2: Now it's on to the White House, where the President
Speaker 2: elect is about to meet with President Biden as part
Speaker 2: of the transition of power. This is a tradition as
Speaker 2: the final weeks of the Biden administration wind down. Trump
Speaker 2: is off to a quick start when it comes to
Speaker 2: staffing his new cabinet. ABC's Rachel Scott has more.
Speaker 5: Trump, revealing he has elected Fox and Friends Weekend host
Speaker 5: Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary. They pick even catching some
Speaker 5: Republicans off guard. The US Army veteran, who has led
Speaker 5: two Conservative Veterans groups, would oversee the Pentagon and one
Speaker 5: point three million acted duty troops. Hegseeth just days ago,
Speaker 5: said he doesn't believe women should be in combat roles.
Speaker 5: He has no government experience, but has been a staunch
Speaker 5: Trump loyalist.
Speaker 2: The President elect is also said he would choose Elon
Speaker 2: Musk and Vivek Ramaswami to head a new Department of
Speaker 2: Government Efficiency. This is really about oversight and accountability. They'll
Speaker 2: be looking at all the federal agencies, seeing where they're bloated,
Speaker 2: what can be cut and the like. Special Council Jack
Speaker 2: Smith won't let President Trump fire him. He's going to
Speaker 2: beat him to the punch.
Speaker 4: President Elect Donald Trump has vowed to fire Special Counsel
Speaker 4: Jack Smith immediately after he's sworn in, but may very
Speaker 4: well not get the chance. CBS News has learned Smith
Speaker 4: tends to issue a final report and leave the Justice
Speaker 4: Department before Trump becomes president for the second time. His
Speaker 4: federal cases against the President elect will also likely be
Speaker 4: wrapped up by the time Trump takes office. Went each
Speaker 4: elect CBS News All Right.
Speaker 2: InfoWars hits the auction block. The media studio owned and
Speaker 2: operated by conspiracy theorist and peddler Alex Jones, is said
Speaker 2: to be sold off today. Proceeds from this auction will
Speaker 2: help pay back more than a billion dollars that Jones
Speaker 2: owes to the families of the victims and the Sandy
Speaker 2: Hooks School massacre in Connecticut. Jones was ordered to pay
Speaker 2: that money after the families suit him for calling the
Speaker 2: schools shooting a hoax. He says Info Wars will only
Speaker 2: survive if his supporters win the auction and buy the studio.
Speaker 2: Jones has already set up new websites just in case
Speaker 2: that doesn't happen. A man who wants work for the
Speaker 2: US government is charged with leaking classified information on the
Speaker 2: Middle East. The New York Times says as If William
Speaker 2: Rahman is accused of releasing top secret documents on the
Speaker 2: messaging app Telegram. These documents detailed Israel's game plan prior
Speaker 2: to its strike on Iran last month. It's not clear
Speaker 2: which government agency Ramen once worked for, and it comes
Speaker 2: just one day after a Dighton Air National guardsman was
Speaker 2: sentenced to fifteen years in prison for leaking classified intelligence
Speaker 2: on the war in Ukraine on the social media gaming
Speaker 2: website known as Discord. You are now in the loop.
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