Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio. We defining local news.
Speaker 2: Seventy four degrees. We've got some clouds in Boston. It
Speaker 2: is six o'clock here on this Thursday morning, August fourteenth,
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. In this hour of news brought to
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Speaker 2: wheel drive headquarters. Thank you so much for joining us.
Speaker 2: I'm Jim McKay, and here is what's happening. While we
Speaker 2: are hoping for some relief from all the heat that
Speaker 2: we've been getting this week. We're getting some today, but
Speaker 2: that humidity is still going to be sticking around, very warm,
Speaker 2: at humid today with clouds and sun along with a
Speaker 2: thunderstorm at the after the tod evening. That is wbz
Speaker 2: acuweather meteorologist Joe Lundberg, and again chances of some showers
Speaker 2: and thunderstorms. I know we had some nasty ones north
Speaker 2: and west of Boston on Wednesday afternoon. Tomorrow, we are
Speaker 2: looking outstanding as we head off into the weekend. That
Speaker 2: air is going to calm down a little bit in
Speaker 2: terms of that humidity, and we'll be feeling a whole
Speaker 2: lot more comfortable as we make our way throughout your Friday.
Speaker 2: Now at six to oho one, the North End is
Speaker 2: shining bright with lights and high spirits. Final preparations underway
Speaker 2: for the annual Fishermen's Feast.
Speaker 1: Food vendors have taken over Fleet North and Lewis Streets.
Speaker 1: Above them shine the iconic yellow lights and a shining
Speaker 1: crown that over one hundred years have been seen as
Speaker 1: a symbolic representation of hope, devotion, and the spirit of
Speaker 1: the Italian community. Fisherman's Feast, which kicks off today and
Speaker 1: runs through Sunday, will feature its traditional parades, the blessing
Speaker 1: of fishing waters, plenty of entertainment, and of course plenty
Speaker 1: of food, specifically Italian specialties. In the North End. James
Speaker 1: Rojas w b Z Boston'snoos Radio.
Speaker 2: All the Red Sox lose to the Astros four to one.
Speaker 2: They are off tonight. They are back home tomorrow to
Speaker 2: host the Marlins and the first pitch scheduled for three
Speaker 2: o'clock this afternoon. The Little League Boys of Summer from Brainchree,
Speaker 2: chasing the ultimate dream.
Speaker 3: Just the players and their families. This whole town is
Speaker 3: invested in the Brainchree American Little League team which takes
Speaker 3: the field for the first time today at the World
Speaker 3: Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Speaker 1: Everyone's pounced for it.
Speaker 4: Yeah, everybody's excited about it.
Speaker 1: I just think it's all great. I mean, all the
Speaker 1: signs outside, all.
Speaker 3: Of the kids' names.
Speaker 1: It's good experience for everyone involved.
Speaker 3: Opponent number one is IRMO, South Carolina from the Southeast region,
Speaker 3: which nobody knows Jack Squad about, but they don't care.
Speaker 3: They're just in it to root for the local kids.
Speaker 2: I hope they make it all the way.
Speaker 1: Yeah, this whole town's excited about it.
Speaker 3: The watch parties have been amazing. They've been packed to
Speaker 3: the gills.
Speaker 1: Right, we're gonna go out today, buddy, my old game.
Speaker 2: Watch to get there earlier by one o'clock third a
Speaker 2: preview exactly.
Speaker 3: Chris Famma WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: And if you are interested in watch parties, you can
Speaker 2: certainly find plenty of them around brain Tree, including at
Speaker 2: the Brainchree Municipal Golf Chorus. Good old brainch REMUNI. You're
Speaker 2: going to be hosting a watch party this afternoon and
Speaker 2: a milestone for this Jerk.
Speaker 5: Part of the hit movie The Jerk and soymore one
Speaker 5: of the greatest comedians of all time. Steve Martin turns eighty.
Speaker 2: This is the kind of spontaneous publicity your name in
Speaker 2: print greats people.
Speaker 5: Over his distinguished career, he's earned five Grammy Awards, a
Speaker 5: Primetime Emmy, and was given an honorary Oscar in twenty thirteen.
Speaker 5: He also hosted the Academy Awards a bunch of times.
Speaker 1: Fighters, directors, actors.
Speaker 5: If we're stuck here tonight and we run out of food,
Speaker 5: that's the order of whom we eat. He currently stars
Speaker 5: in the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building, which
Speaker 5: returns for a new season next month. Steve Martin also
Speaker 5: a prolific banjo player. What can't he do? Happy Birthday,
Speaker 5: Steve Martin, eighty years old. Drew Mahall and WBZ, Boston's
Speaker 5: news radio.
Speaker 2: We are looking at a more cloudy morning here. We've
Speaker 2: had some beautiful mornings all week long, and then we've
Speaker 2: had those really hot afternoons. We're waking up pretty muggy
Speaker 2: this morning, and although the temperature is not going to
Speaker 2: be as bad as it has been over the past
Speaker 2: three days, it's still going to be muggy and humid
Speaker 2: out there. We will have some sunshine popping up, also
Speaker 2: showers and thunderstorms later on, as we will have highs
Speaker 2: getting up into the mid eighties. For tonight, we're partly cloudy,
Speaker 2: down to a low near seventy. Beautiful air. Tomorrow we're
Speaker 2: completely changing and it's going to feel a whole lot
Speaker 2: more comfortable. Mid seventies, and we'll have plenty of sunshine
Speaker 2: all the way through your Friday, and then we clear
Speaker 2: back up again on Saturday as well, a high of
Speaker 2: eighty degrees in Boston. You're a bit warmer heading north
Speaker 2: and west of town, and then Sunday we're back up
Speaker 2: around ninety. Once again. We're going to have a bit
Speaker 2: of a roller coaster heading into next week. Will be
Speaker 2: hot one day and then cool the next, so certainly
Speaker 2: be following up on that, but the weekend should be
Speaker 2: pretty good. Here seventy five right now with a couple
Speaker 2: of clouds around. It is six oh six on WBZ
Speaker 2: News Radio. Well, President Trump has scored a legal victory
Speaker 2: in his effort to cancel tens of billions of dollars.
Speaker 2: At fourign eight, a.
Speaker 4: DC Federal Appeals Court panel, voting two to one, says
Speaker 4: President Trump can hold back money allocated to foreign food, medicine,
Speaker 4: or development projects. The decision did not touch on the
Speaker 4: wider issue of whether a president has the constitutional authority
Speaker 4: to hold back or impound money that's been appropriated by Congress.
Speaker 4: It focused on a much narrower issue, ruling the groups
Speaker 4: that sued did not have the standing to do so.
Speaker 4: They planned to ask the full fifteen judge court for
Speaker 4: a review, saying they're trying to prevent a humanitarian crisis.
Speaker 4: Michael Toscano, CBS News Washington.
Speaker 2: And at six h seven, President Trump now saying he'll
Speaker 2: be asking Congress for a quote long term extension of
Speaker 2: federal troops patrolling the streets of Washington, which includes a
Speaker 2: federal control of the DC Police Department. Last night, there
Speaker 2: were protests all over the downtown area, chanting at federal
Speaker 2: agents and National Guard troops, protesting their presence in DC.
Speaker 2: Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski in London today meeting with British
Speaker 2: Prime Minister Kiir Starmer ahead of the President's summit with
Speaker 2: Vladimir Putin and Alaska tomorrow. Zelenski arriving at ten Downing
Speaker 2: Street earlier this morning, a day after he visited Germany,
Speaker 2: where he held his virtual meeting with President Trump. A
Speaker 2: Vice President JD Vance, a Miami attorney, is now cleared
Speaker 2: to meet El Chapo after a judge initially rejected his
Speaker 2: handwritten plead. The Miami criminal Defense attorney will now talk
Speaker 2: with a notorious drug kingpin by way of telephone calls
Speaker 2: and personal conferences. El Chapo is isolated in his own
Speaker 2: wing of the Florence, Colorado Supermax prison, known as America's
Speaker 2: most locked down prison, or the Alcatraz of the Rockies
Speaker 2: as its nickname is. You are now in the loop
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