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Speaker 2: This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 3: Good Thursday morning. It's mild and we're seeing some showers
Speaker 3: fifty vibe degrees in downtown Boston. I'm Laurie Kirby. We
Speaker 3: begin in Washington, where the House of Representatives has just
Speaker 3: voted to censure Democratic Texas Congressman Al Green. Green was
Speaker 3: removed from President Trump's address to Congress Tuesday night for
Speaker 3: shouting to the president. House Speaker Mike Johnson told Green
Speaker 3: to sit down, but he refused. Today's censure resolution officially
Speaker 3: documents the House's deep disapproval of Green's conduct. It was
Speaker 3: approved in a mostly party line vote, and President Trump
Speaker 3: tees up the new executive ordered, this one targeting the
Speaker 3: entire Department of Education. Wldbz's James Rojas.
Speaker 1: Reports dismantling the Department of Education from within. That's reportedly
Speaker 1: the direct from an executive order that the President is
Speaker 1: expected to sign soon.
Speaker 3: Not a great idea.
Speaker 4: The Department ARAD was created for a reason and it
Speaker 4: really should stay that way.
Speaker 2: It's very scary and alarming, especially for students with disabilities.
Speaker 1: That'spressa led.
Speaker 3: My daughter would never have graduate at high school. I
Speaker 3: don't want their education to meet the minutes planning means.
Speaker 3: But at the same time, it's like appears the people
Speaker 3: voted for it.
Speaker 1: It takes an Act of Congress to abolish the department,
Speaker 1: but the executive order is expected to direct the new
Speaker 1: Secretary of Education to take steps to close it. At
Speaker 1: Logan James Rojas WBZ Boston's News Radio and the Jobs Market.
Speaker 3: Weekly unemployment claims drop nationwide. ABC's Jim Ryan has that my.
Speaker 4: Two thousand first time claims for unemployment benefits were filed
Speaker 4: in the week leading up to February twenty second. In
Speaker 4: the week after that, according to the Labor Department, filings
Speaker 4: declined by an almost identical twenty one thousand. Tomorrow we
Speaker 4: get the employment report for all of February. It's expected
Speaker 4: to show that one hundred and seventy thousand jobs were
Speaker 4: created last month.
Speaker 3: And we are getting an ap alert out of Washington,
Speaker 3: where President Trump's Commerce secretary has just indicated that the
Speaker 3: US tariffs slapped on our trading partners Canada and Mexico
Speaker 3: are likely delayed for months on most goods and services. Again,
Speaker 3: earlier today, we're hearing from the Canadian Prime Minister Justin
Speaker 3: Trudeau saying he expects a trade war to last for
Speaker 3: the foreseeable future. With the US Wall Street reaction coming up,
Speaker 3: and we have an update on the Boyleston manhunt has
Speaker 3: started with a shooting at a home on Central Street
Speaker 3: around this time yesterday. Authorities now say police shot and
Speaker 3: killed someone, but it's unclear if it's the same shooting,
Speaker 3: and the Wooster County DA has not said how the
Speaker 3: officer was involved her who was killed. Again, We've reached
Speaker 3: out to the Wooster DA for comment. Mostly cloudy throughout
Speaker 3: the day, breezy, mild, with showers, just a couple How hot, well,
Speaker 3: how mild, I should say, not quite hot. Fifty eight
Speaker 3: degrees are high. We're in the load of mid fifties
Speaker 3: out there right now. Then we flip that switch. Two things.
Speaker 3: One wind advisory is starting at seven o'clock tonight, so
Speaker 3: we have some very very blustery weather moving in and
Speaker 3: it's going to be very cold. We're going to feel
Speaker 3: like we're still in the winter season, which we are.
Speaker 3: Load tonight, you're thirty in Boston, some of you will
Speaker 3: be in the teens again tomorrow forty five. Real feel
Speaker 3: much colder during the day and that looks like we're
Speaker 3: in the mid to low forties for both Saturday and Sunday.
Speaker 3: We spring forward this weekend as well as promised, Boston
Speaker 3: Calling is making some changes to the experience, and wbz's
Speaker 3: Drew Mholland has that.
Speaker 5: Pins of spring all over the map right in Boston
Speaker 5: Calling Memorial Day weekend. It's going to be here before
Speaker 5: we know it. Loopcomb's Fallout Boy, Dave Matthews Band, the
Speaker 5: Big three headliners each night. And now Boston Calling is
Speaker 5: announcing a partnership with Berkeley College of Music. The goal
Speaker 5: will be to showcase student performances, and they do so
Speaker 5: in the festival's indoor arena.
Speaker 3: Not only will you get the chance.
Speaker 5: To watch some fantastic young jazz musicians, but this also
Speaker 5: offers a comfortable retreat and can get out of the heat,
Speaker 5: grab a drink, whatever. And as you probably know, Berkeley
Speaker 5: students and alumni tend to be a big part of
Speaker 5: Boston Calling anyway. Look, God Kieran Rhoades rocked the place
Speaker 5: last year and this is a bit of a throwback.
Speaker 5: Boston Callings indoor arena used to be used all the time.
Speaker 5: You might remember a film festival hosted by Natalie Portman.
Speaker 5: So this is pretty cool. Boston Calling and Berkeley College
Speaker 5: of Music a new partnership taken center stage Memorial Day Weekend.
Speaker 5: Drew moholland W Busy, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 3: The Town of fox Brows feeds up construction on a
Speaker 3: new training facility for the Patriots. Fox Rows My laws
Speaker 3: typically let construction crews work from seven in the morning
Speaker 3: until seven at night. The select Board recently decided that
Speaker 3: until August, cruise will be able to start earlier than
Speaker 3: seven am and work until eleven o'clock at night. Board
Speaker 3: members tell the Sun chronicled the changel will help get
Speaker 3: the building done sooner rather than later. No word on
Speaker 3: the impact on sleep that new facility opening next spring.
Speaker 3: Steve Carell, who co owns the Marshfield Hills General Store
Speaker 3: with his sister, is helping high school students impacted by
Speaker 3: the California wildfires. Here's CBS's Mike Wallace Seniors. This is
Speaker 3: Steve Carell.
Speaker 2: The comedian recorded a video that was played at assemblies
Speaker 2: at six high schools. He explained how he works with
Speaker 2: a charity called Alice's Kids.
Speaker 3: They will be paying for all of your prom tickets.
Speaker 2: That was the reaction to John Muir High School.
Speaker 3: It's a pretty good deal.
Speaker 2: Alice's kids will pay a total of one hundred and
Speaker 2: seventy five thousand dollars for the tickets.
Speaker 5: Have fun, enjoy the prom, and remember this is Steve Carell.
Speaker 2: Michael Wallace, CBS News.
Speaker 6: Every prom needs a balloon smack dab in the middle
Speaker 6: of Times Square a massive kurvy likeness of Kim Kardashian
Speaker 6: lying down in a bright blue skims bikini celebrate her
Speaker 6: new shapewear store blocks away on Fifth Avenue. Some social
Speaker 6: media followers say it's beyond weird and sets an unrealistic
Speaker 6: representation of women's bodies. Others complement the Reality Stars marketing team.
Speaker 6: Kardashian herself posted in a now expired Instagram story, OMG,
Speaker 6: I cannot believe there's a sixty foot float of me
Speaker 6: in skim swim in Times Square. Deborah Rodriguez, CBS News.
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Speaker 3: I'm Laurie Kirby, WBZ Boston's news radio