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

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<v Speaker 2>It's forty four degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock and

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<v Speaker 2>good Monday morning news. This half hour is sponsored by

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<v Speaker 2>the Good Feat Store, improving people's lives two feet at

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<v Speaker 2>a time. I'm Madison Rodgers, and here's what's happening. It

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<v Speaker 2>is time with a ceremony getting underway any moment now

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<v Speaker 2>with the White House. Two lucky birds will live to

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<v Speaker 2>see another day. It's the annual Turkey Pardon in the

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<v Speaker 2>Rose Garden. John Zimmerman, a second generation farmer, raise this

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<v Speaker 2>year's bird speech. In Blossom, We'll be retiring to Farm

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<v Speaker 2>America in Wascca, Minnesota, where they'll be well looked after

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<v Speaker 2>and serve as agricultural ambassadors for hopefully years to come.

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<v Speaker 2>Their names are Peach and Blossom. More on the tradition

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<v Speaker 2>now with ABC's Karen Travers.

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<v Speaker 3>There is debate over when the first presidential turkey part

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<v Speaker 3>in actually occurred. Some historians say it may go all

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<v Speaker 3>the way back to Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's son Tad befriended

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<v Speaker 3>at turkey and successfully lobbied his father to save it

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<v Speaker 3>from ending up as dinner president Harry Truman is credited

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<v Speaker 3>with granting the first presidential pardon to a turkey in

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<v Speaker 3>the modern era back in nineteen forty seven, but the

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<v Speaker 3>first known official turkey pardon was in nineteen eighty nine

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<v Speaker 3>during the presidency of George H. W. Bush, when he

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<v Speaker 3>used the word pardon at his annual Thanksgiving Turkey event.

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<v Speaker 3>Karen travers ABC News Washington.

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<v Speaker 2>With Thanksgiving on our doorstep. It's time to pack up

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<v Speaker 2>the car. Here's w b z's drewmaholland.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, buckle up.

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<v Speaker 5>Some eighty million of us will travel at least fifty

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<v Speaker 5>miles this week. That's according to Triple A and for

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<v Speaker 5>most Americans we are driving. Be a good passenger, now,

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<v Speaker 5>man to sit there and shut up, hands on the wheel.

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<v Speaker 5>Ten and two. We're driving on Jean's house. People, let's go.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm getting ahead of the game, absolutely positively. Traffic out

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<v Speaker 5>there is crazy right now. Yeah, that's Stacy Moore, a

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<v Speaker 5>Boston early Bird driver. Nice go and hitting the road

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<v Speaker 5>before the huge rush at the gas pump. You're paying

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<v Speaker 5>on average three dollars and three cents a gallon for

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<v Speaker 5>regular unleaded in Massachusetts. That is up a penny from

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<v Speaker 5>last week, but not too chef around Logan Airport, and

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<v Speaker 5>it wasn't too bad this morning by all accounts, that

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<v Speaker 5>was probably the time to fly. We expected to get

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<v Speaker 5>busier this afternoon and evening and of course tomorrow and

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<v Speaker 5>the next day. Drewma Holland WBZ Boss's News radio not too.

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<v Speaker 2>Terrible as of right now. More on that coming up

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<v Speaker 2>in just half a minute. With traffic on the threes,

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<v Speaker 2>this year's Turkey dinner could come with a big side

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<v Speaker 2>of politics.

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<v Speaker 4>Why. National survey finds that election related stress is impacting

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<v Speaker 4>the Thanksgiving plans. I sixty four percent of Americans, with

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<v Speaker 4>many fearing political disagreements or all out fights. The solution

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<v Speaker 4>for Molina Slaughters Kentucky family, We don't.

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<v Speaker 5>Ever bring politics up Thanksgiving.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about family.

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<v Speaker 5>It's about hanging out with our kids and teaching them

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<v Speaker 5>how to be thankful.

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<v Speaker 4>Pew research finds that Trump voters are more likely than

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<v Speaker 4>Harris voters to bring up the election at Thanksgiving. Jim Ryan,

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<v Speaker 4>ABC News.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, we do have a couple of potentially stormy systems

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<v Speaker 2>headed our way this holiday week. Looking at the four

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<v Speaker 2>day forecast, it stays mostly sunny. This afternoon, We'll top

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<v Speaker 2>out around fifty one degrees. It's clear to start tonight

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<v Speaker 2>before clouds build. Thirty seven for the low in Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>chillier Inland. Tuesday, we do have rain on and off.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a breezy one with a high around fifty two.

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<v Speaker 2>Then we dry out for some sunshine. A chilly Wednesday

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<v Speaker 2>with a high around fifty. This second round of rain

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<v Speaker 2>and potentially snow is when things could get heavy, though

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<v Speaker 2>it is too soon to say whether this will pan

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<v Speaker 2>out as a nor'eastar or as a dud. It looks

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<v Speaker 2>like some rain at least is likely during Thursday afternoon

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<v Speaker 2>at night, of course. That is Thanksgiving Day, forty six

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<v Speaker 2>degrees for the high mid forties, with more rain and

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<v Speaker 2>potentially snow on Friday. It's forty four right now in Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>with a gusty breeze making it feel like thirty seven

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<v Speaker 2>and a clear blue sky at eleven o five. There's

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<v Speaker 2>more criticism around two of the president alex picks for

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<v Speaker 2>his cabinet. The Defense secretary nominee is facing scrutiny over

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<v Speaker 2>his history with women. Here's ABC's Perry Russ.

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<v Speaker 6>Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, Pete Heigseth that's come under

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<v Speaker 6>scrutiny after a police report revealed a woman accused him

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<v Speaker 6>of sexual assault in twenty seventeen. The Army that denies

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<v Speaker 6>the allegations and was never charged. Republican Senator Jony Ernst

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<v Speaker 6>telling Politico the claims are worthy of a discussion. Senator

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<v Speaker 6>Bill Haggerty calling Hegseth a very talented person.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't let these allegations distract us. What we need is real,

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<v Speaker 4>significant change.

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<v Speaker 3>The Pentagon has been more focused on pronouns than they

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<v Speaker 3>have lethality the past four years.

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<v Speaker 2>Some Democrats and Congressmen are also claiming that former Rep.

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<v Speaker 2>Tulsa Gabbard is a quote sympathizer for Russia and Syria.

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<v Speaker 2>In Gloucester, school is back today with a teacher strike resolved,

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<v Speaker 2>but it is another day of empty classrooms. In Beverly

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<v Speaker 2>and Marblehead, educators in the school committees butted heads again

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<v Speaker 2>at the bargaining table over the weekend. A fact finding

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<v Speaker 2>investigation has now been ordered in Beverly, with a deadline

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<v Speaker 2>on Marblehead tonight. If they don't reach a deal by six,

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<v Speaker 2>that same order comes down from the state for a

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<v Speaker 2>fact finding investigation. The governor had said that kids needed

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<v Speaker 2>to be back in the classroom today even if a

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<v Speaker 2>deal hasn't been reached. That has not happened. Tomorrow in Ddham,

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<v Speaker 2>the Karen Reid case returns to court. Here's WBC's Jim McKay.

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<v Speaker 1>Reed is getting ready for her retrials set for next

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<v Speaker 1>year and the death of Boston Police officer John O'Keefe.

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<v Speaker 1>Her lawyers have requested the personal emails and text messages

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<v Speaker 1>of the Norfolk District Attorney, Michael Morrissey. Meanwhile, prosecutors have

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<v Speaker 1>requested the call and textata from the phones of Reed's

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<v Speaker 1>parents and the hours after Reid dropped John O'Keeffe off

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<v Speaker 1>at a home in Canton, where he was later found

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<v Speaker 1>dead in twenty twenty two. Reed's defense team is also

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<v Speaker 1>asking Judge Beverly Canoni to approve an out of state

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<v Speaker 1>lawyer to be added to her defense team. Reid is

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<v Speaker 1>facing civil suits as well, and the state Supreme Court

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<v Speaker 1>has not issued a decision on a defense motion to

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<v Speaker 1>have two of the three charges dropped against Sure. Jim

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