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Speaker 2: is time with a ceremony getting underway any moment now
Speaker 2: with the White House. Two lucky birds will live to
Speaker 2: see another day. It's the annual Turkey Pardon in the
Speaker 2: Rose Garden. John Zimmerman, a second generation farmer, raise this
Speaker 2: year's bird speech. In Blossom, We'll be retiring to Farm
Speaker 2: America in Wascca, Minnesota, where they'll be well looked after
Speaker 2: and serve as agricultural ambassadors for hopefully years to come.
Speaker 2: Their names are Peach and Blossom. More on the tradition
Speaker 2: now with ABC's Karen Travers.
Speaker 3: There is debate over when the first presidential turkey part
Speaker 3: in actually occurred. Some historians say it may go all
Speaker 3: the way back to Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's son Tad befriended
Speaker 3: at turkey and successfully lobbied his father to save it
Speaker 3: from ending up as dinner president Harry Truman is credited
Speaker 3: with granting the first presidential pardon to a turkey in
Speaker 3: the modern era back in nineteen forty seven, but the
Speaker 3: first known official turkey pardon was in nineteen eighty nine
Speaker 3: during the presidency of George H. W. Bush, when he
Speaker 3: used the word pardon at his annual Thanksgiving Turkey event.
Speaker 3: Karen travers ABC News Washington.
Speaker 2: With Thanksgiving on our doorstep. It's time to pack up
Speaker 2: the car. Here's w b z's drewmaholland.
Speaker 4: Yeah, buckle up.
Speaker 5: Some eighty million of us will travel at least fifty
Speaker 5: miles this week. That's according to Triple A and for
Speaker 5: most Americans we are driving. Be a good passenger, now,
Speaker 5: man to sit there and shut up, hands on the wheel.
Speaker 5: Ten and two. We're driving on Jean's house. People, let's go.
Speaker 5: I'm getting ahead of the game, absolutely positively. Traffic out
Speaker 5: there is crazy right now. Yeah, that's Stacy Moore, a
Speaker 5: Boston early Bird driver. Nice go and hitting the road
Speaker 5: before the huge rush at the gas pump. You're paying
Speaker 5: on average three dollars and three cents a gallon for
Speaker 5: regular unleaded in Massachusetts. That is up a penny from
Speaker 5: last week, but not too chef around Logan Airport, and
Speaker 5: it wasn't too bad this morning by all accounts, that
Speaker 5: was probably the time to fly. We expected to get
Speaker 5: busier this afternoon and evening and of course tomorrow and
Speaker 5: the next day. Drewma Holland WBZ Boss's News radio not too.
Speaker 2: Terrible as of right now. More on that coming up
Speaker 2: in just half a minute. With traffic on the threes,
Speaker 2: this year's Turkey dinner could come with a big side
Speaker 2: of politics.
Speaker 4: Why. National survey finds that election related stress is impacting
Speaker 4: the Thanksgiving plans. I sixty four percent of Americans, with
Speaker 4: many fearing political disagreements or all out fights. The solution
Speaker 4: for Molina Slaughters Kentucky family, We don't.
Speaker 5: Ever bring politics up Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2: It's about family.
Speaker 5: It's about hanging out with our kids and teaching them
Speaker 5: how to be thankful.
Speaker 4: Pew research finds that Trump voters are more likely than
Speaker 4: Harris voters to bring up the election at Thanksgiving. Jim Ryan,
Speaker 4: ABC News.
Speaker 2: Now, we do have a couple of potentially stormy systems
Speaker 2: headed our way this holiday week. Looking at the four
Speaker 2: day forecast, it stays mostly sunny. This afternoon, We'll top
Speaker 2: out around fifty one degrees. It's clear to start tonight
Speaker 2: before clouds build. Thirty seven for the low in Boston,
Speaker 2: chillier Inland. Tuesday, we do have rain on and off.
Speaker 2: It's a breezy one with a high around fifty two.
Speaker 2: Then we dry out for some sunshine. A chilly Wednesday
Speaker 2: with a high around fifty. This second round of rain
Speaker 2: and potentially snow is when things could get heavy, though
Speaker 2: it is too soon to say whether this will pan
Speaker 2: out as a nor'eastar or as a dud. It looks
Speaker 2: like some rain at least is likely during Thursday afternoon
Speaker 2: at night, of course. That is Thanksgiving Day, forty six
Speaker 2: degrees for the high mid forties, with more rain and
Speaker 2: potentially snow on Friday. It's forty four right now in Boston,
Speaker 2: with a gusty breeze making it feel like thirty seven
Speaker 2: and a clear blue sky at eleven o five. There's
Speaker 2: more criticism around two of the president alex picks for
Speaker 2: his cabinet. The Defense secretary nominee is facing scrutiny over
Speaker 2: his history with women. Here's ABC's Perry Russ.
Speaker 6: Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, Pete Heigseth that's come under
Speaker 6: scrutiny after a police report revealed a woman accused him
Speaker 6: of sexual assault in twenty seventeen. The Army that denies
Speaker 6: the allegations and was never charged. Republican Senator Jony Ernst
Speaker 6: telling Politico the claims are worthy of a discussion. Senator
Speaker 6: Bill Haggerty calling Hegseth a very talented person.
Speaker 4: Don't let these allegations distract us. What we need is real,
Speaker 4: significant change.
Speaker 3: The Pentagon has been more focused on pronouns than they
Speaker 3: have lethality the past four years.
Speaker 2: Some Democrats and Congressmen are also claiming that former Rep.
Speaker 2: Tulsa Gabbard is a quote sympathizer for Russia and Syria.
Speaker 2: In Gloucester, school is back today with a teacher strike resolved,
Speaker 2: but it is another day of empty classrooms. In Beverly
Speaker 2: and Marblehead, educators in the school committees butted heads again
Speaker 2: at the bargaining table over the weekend. A fact finding
Speaker 2: investigation has now been ordered in Beverly, with a deadline
Speaker 2: on Marblehead tonight. If they don't reach a deal by six,
Speaker 2: that same order comes down from the state for a
Speaker 2: fact finding investigation. The governor had said that kids needed
Speaker 2: to be back in the classroom today even if a
Speaker 2: deal hasn't been reached. That has not happened. Tomorrow in Ddham,
Speaker 2: the Karen Reid case returns to court. Here's WBC's Jim McKay.
Speaker 1: Reed is getting ready for her retrials set for next
Speaker 1: year and the death of Boston Police officer John O'Keefe.
Speaker 1: Her lawyers have requested the personal emails and text messages
Speaker 1: of the Norfolk District Attorney, Michael Morrissey. Meanwhile, prosecutors have
Speaker 1: requested the call and textata from the phones of Reed's
Speaker 1: parents and the hours after Reid dropped John O'Keeffe off
Speaker 1: at a home in Canton, where he was later found
Speaker 1: dead in twenty twenty two. Reed's defense team is also
Speaker 1: asking Judge Beverly Canoni to approve an out of state
Speaker 1: lawyer to be added to her defense team. Reid is
Speaker 1: facing civil suits as well, and the state Supreme Court
Speaker 1: has not issued a decision on a defense motion to
Speaker 1: have two of the three charges dropped against Sure. Jim
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