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

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<v Speaker 2>Sonny breezy mild sixty nine degrees headed for seventy four

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<v Speaker 2>in downtown Boston today. Good morning, I'm Laurie Kirby. And

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<v Speaker 2>President Biden is expected to deliver a post election speech

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<v Speaker 2>shortly from the White House Rose Garden, and that is

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<v Speaker 2>happening any moment now. WBZ News Radio will take that

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<v Speaker 2>live as soon as it gets under way. And the

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<v Speaker 2>President called his vice president to congratulate her for a

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<v Speaker 2>hard fought campaign for the White House. Kamala Harris conceding

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<v Speaker 2>the race to the Republican President elect Donald Trump in

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<v Speaker 2>his speech at her alma mater, Howard University, late yesterday afternoon.

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<v Speaker 2>She said, while she concedes this election, she does not

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<v Speaker 2>concede the fight that fueled this campaign. Again, we can

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<v Speaker 2>see some people gathered in the white folding chairs on

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<v Speaker 2>the green lawn of the Rose Garden, and of course

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<v Speaker 2>the American flags waiting for the President to appear shortly.

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<v Speaker 2>Do stay with us. We'll keep our eyes and ears

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<v Speaker 2>on that. The Trump transition effort is already revving up. ABC.

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<v Speaker 2>Stephen Portnoy brings us to tales from Washington.

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<v Speaker 3>Sources say the President elect yesterday with Robert F. Kennedy

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<v Speaker 3>Junior and with Elon Musk, two men who are expected

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<v Speaker 3>to hold senior roles in the next Trump administration. Musk

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<v Speaker 3>is likely to have a perch overseeing federal spending, and

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<v Speaker 3>Kennedy says he'd prefer to be something of a White

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<v Speaker 3>House healthzar. The Trump transition team is now sorting through

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<v Speaker 3>possible picks to fill four thousand roles in the executive branch,

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<v Speaker 3>with some twelve hundred requiring Senate confirmation.

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<v Speaker 2>Rfk Junior has been an outspoken skeptic of many vaccines,

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<v Speaker 2>and Elon Musk made headlines when he's slash spending and

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<v Speaker 2>announced major layoffs at Twitter soon after buying the company

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<v Speaker 2>two years ago. Even Massachusetts has been seeing a rising

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<v Speaker 2>Republican time as a red wave washes over much of

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<v Speaker 2>the nation. In this twenty twenty four election, Bay State

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<v Speaker 2>voters sent an all Democratic congressional delegation back to Washington

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<v Speaker 2>on election day, but President elect Donald Trump still carves

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<v Speaker 2>some new inroads in our deep blue state. The AP

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<v Speaker 2>says Trump has gained popularity in nearly every Massachusetts community

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<v Speaker 2>over the last four years. He even flipped nearly two

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<v Speaker 2>dozen towns that he lost in twenty twenty. The state

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<v Speaker 2>Republican chairwoman says voters are flipping red and response to

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<v Speaker 2>the state's migrant crisis and years of high inflation. Leaders

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<v Speaker 2>from the left are also wanion of the vice president's

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<v Speaker 2>loss at the ballot box. With more on that, here's

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<v Speaker 2>ABC's Christian Cordero.

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<v Speaker 4>York Congressman Ritchie trus a Democrat, saying Trump has no

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<v Speaker 4>greater friend than the far left, which has managed to

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<v Speaker 4>alienate historic numbers of Latinos, Blacks, Asians, and Jews from

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<v Speaker 4>the Democratic Party with absurdities like defund the police. Independent

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<v Speaker 4>Senator Bernie Sanders called it no great surprise that a

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<v Speaker 4>Democratic party which has abandoned working class people would find

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<v Speaker 4>that the working class has abandoned them.

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<v Speaker 2>We've been talking every day about that elevated fire wrist,

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<v Speaker 2>so I like to look at the wind strength, and

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<v Speaker 2>right now in the Pittsfield area, it's flowing out of

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<v Speaker 2>the west northwest at around seventeen miles an hour. Those

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<v Speaker 2>are sustained winds. We're not even talking gusts, so that's problematic.

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<v Speaker 2>It is extraordinarily dry. We do need the rain, and

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<v Speaker 2>this is a lovely forecast for those of us who

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to fight fires for a living. Mostly sunny, breezy,

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<v Speaker 2>high seventy four to day, clear and cool tonight inland

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<v Speaker 2>areas in the thirties, so frost out there. Are your

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<v Speaker 2>pumpkins still there? Or they tossed? Did the squirrels eat them?

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<v Speaker 2>But nonetheless we could see a little frost on those

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<v Speaker 2>leftover pumpkins. Lots of sun for Friday. It's been a

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<v Speaker 2>long week. Breezy sixty three. You have a nice weekend

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<v Speaker 2>all in all, cooler but nice. Suspect is about to

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<v Speaker 2>plead guilty to his alleged involvement in a high end

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<v Speaker 2>brothel ring prostitution in and outside of Greater Boston all

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<v Speaker 2>the way to the nation's capital. Wbz's Jim McKay with

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<v Speaker 2>the update.

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<v Speaker 5>Sixty nine year old James Lee of California to now

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<v Speaker 5>has maintained his innocence, but a change of plea hearing

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<v Speaker 5>is now set for next month. This hearing follows two

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<v Speaker 5>others in which his alleged co conspirators, Han Lee and

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<v Speaker 5>Young Minglee both admitted to charges. None of the Lees

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<v Speaker 5>are related. Twenty eight Johns currently face state charges connected

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<v Speaker 5>to this federal case. While none of those names are

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<v Speaker 5>being released, it's said to be a who's who of politicians, doctors,

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<v Speaker 5>even military officers. James Lee is expected in court on

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<v Speaker 5>December eighteenth. Jim YKAWBZ Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>A new test could let patients predict what's in store

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<v Speaker 2>during their bounce with COVID nineteen. Here's CBS's Michael George.

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<v Speaker 1>A new nasal swab test could predict how severe COVID

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<v Speaker 1>will be for a person. A study by Emory University

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<v Speaker 1>found that by using nasal swabs, researchers could see which

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<v Speaker 1>people developed COVID antibodies and which people didn't. With this test,

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<v Speaker 1>doctors may be able to develop more effective treatments for

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<v Speaker 1>people at risk for severe COVID.

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<v Speaker 2>And the study is published. You can read it in

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<v Speaker 2>the journal's Science Translational Medicine. All Right, we were talking about

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<v Speaker 2>those drought conditions. There are a couple of fires out

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<v Speaker 2>there right now, including a large fire in Youar homes

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<v Speaker 2>and businesses along root one in Saugus, and our drought

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<v Speaker 2>conditions have more than doubled, extending now into the central

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<v Speaker 2>part of the Commonwealth. You are now in the loop

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<v Speaker 2>for news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News

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<v Speaker 2>Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm Laurie Kirby, WBZ, Boston's

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