Speaker 1: This is WBZ at Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2: Hello and thanks for being with us on this Saturday morning.
Speaker 2: It's eleven o'clock. I'm Sherry Small. Here's what's happening. A
Speaker 2: State trooper is in the hospital after being hit with
Speaker 2: a moped in Revere last night. Stinkily say it happened
Speaker 2: while authorities for multiple communities responded to a crowd of
Speaker 2: people on Thornton Street. Please say that the trooper suffered
Speaker 2: non life threatening injuries when a moped drove right through
Speaker 2: the crowd. A suspect is under arrest, facing charges including
Speaker 2: assault with a dangerous weapon. And this is the second
Speaker 2: time a state trooper has been heart in Revere in
Speaker 2: recent weeks. Last month, a lieutenant was injured in a
Speaker 2: hit and run that allegedly involved a stolen motorcycle. At
Speaker 2: least two dozen people are confirmed dead in devastating flooding
Speaker 2: in central Texas, with an urgent search continuing for more
Speaker 2: than twenty girls missing from a summer camp that was
Speaker 2: destroyed by the raging waters. ABC's Maria Viareal reports from Kerrville, Texas.
Speaker 3: Helicopters hovering over trees performing urgent rescues crew members picking
Speaker 3: someone out of the branches in nearby Hunt, Texas families
Speaker 3: urgently trying to find their loved ones at Camp Mystic,
Speaker 3: an all girls' summer camp of seven hundred and fifty children.
Speaker 3: More than twenty campers still missing. The camp was evacuated
Speaker 3: after flooding hit the Waterloopa River, and while some parents
Speaker 3: have been reunited with their children, others continue to wait
Speaker 3: for answers.
Speaker 2: And the situation in the Texas Hill Country likely to
Speaker 2: get worse with more rain in the forecast. We get
Speaker 2: more on that from ABC meteorologists Cheryl Scott.
Speaker 4: More flooding expected throughout the morning into the afternoon, just
Speaker 4: catastrophic damage in this region. More rain on the way,
Speaker 4: and that's why we do have alerts up in effect
Speaker 4: for parts of central Texas. We have that flash flood
Speaker 4: emergency which has been issued for parts of Travis and
Speaker 4: Burnet calt throughout the morning with an additional five to
Speaker 4: ten inches of rainfall in this area, so more flash
Speaker 4: flooding and destructive flooding will be a concern throughout the
Speaker 4: day today.
Speaker 2: And at least ten inches of rainfalling overnight, Tens of
Speaker 2: millions of Americans who hit the road for the Fourth
Speaker 2: of July or seeing some good prices at the pump.
Speaker 5: The record number of Americans traveling for the Fourth of
Speaker 5: July holiday, including C. J. Kennedy, are enjoying a break
Speaker 5: from high gas prices.
Speaker 2: It's been up and down sometimes. Parts of the years
Speaker 2: has been very low and has been very economical to travel,
Speaker 2: and then sometimes it can get up there when the
Speaker 2: gas prices rise. But it hadn't been too bad. It's
Speaker 2: been pretty steady over these past couple months in my travels, so.
Speaker 5: Triple A say's average gas prices are at their lowest
Speaker 5: for this time of the year since twenty twenty one.
Speaker 5: Jim Chrysula, CBS News, Hillsville, Virginia.
Speaker 2: And Triple A reporting the average price for a gallon
Speaker 2: of regular unletted here in Massachusetts is around three oh
Speaker 2: seven a gallon. The weather, it's going to be a
Speaker 2: nice day to day, warm of the human will hold
Speaker 2: off a mix of sun and clouds. Highs eighty two
Speaker 2: to eighty six in the city for the Cape and
Speaker 2: the Islands, closer to eighty tonight, partly cloudy, dropping to
Speaker 2: sixty nine tomorrow. That's when it turns hot and more humid.
Speaker 2: In fact, a heat advisory will kick in tomorrow morning
Speaker 2: Sunday morning at seven am and will last until eight pm. Monday,
Speaker 2: a high of ninety three in the city, a mix
Speaker 2: of sun and a few clouds, mainly eighties for the
Speaker 2: Cape and the Islands. And then again on Monday, hot
Speaker 2: and humid with sunshine some clouds, a high of ninety
Speaker 2: two in the city, near eighty five for the south coast,
Speaker 2: around eighty for the capin Islands. And then Tuesday we
Speaker 2: get a reprieve, not as hot, more clouds around, but
Speaker 2: we will see a couple of thunderstorms returning to the
Speaker 2: area and highs around eighty degrees in the city. Right now,
Speaker 2: it's seventy six and partly sunny at eleven oh six.
Speaker 2: Back to news, Governor Morehey signing a sixty one billion
Speaker 2: dollars stay budget plan on the fourth of July, covering
Speaker 2: the new fiscal year that began on July first, Tuesday,
Speaker 2: the governor trimming one hundred and thirty million dollars in
Speaker 2: spending before signing it into law. Some of that money
Speaker 2: cut would have gone to pay for coverage for obesity
Speaker 2: drugs for state employees. Also cut was a fund to
Speaker 2: expand mass health nursing home rates, and the governor also
Speaker 2: filed a bill that would give her office the authority
Speaker 2: to make more spending cuts during the fiscal year. All Right,
Speaker 2: the fourth of July is come and gone. Now the
Speaker 2: rush to get home is on.
Speaker 1: TSA spokespirston Jessica Meilee says, security checkpoints are prepared for
Speaker 1: the surge of flyers trying to get home. I think
Speaker 1: sometimes the departures are spread out, but that return is
Speaker 1: a little more concentrated.
Speaker 5: So if you're flying on Sunday.
Speaker 1: July six, pretty much anywhere across the country, make sure
Speaker 1: you give yourself plenty of time. Meantime, Triple A spokesman
Speaker 1: Robert Sinclair says noon to six pm is going to
Speaker 1: be the worst time to be on the roads, as
Speaker 1: a majority of the sixty one the one million people
Speaker 1: driving try to return home.
Speaker 2: And that's Navlie Migliore reporting taking quick look at Boston Logan.
Speaker 2: According to Flight Toware, so far today there have been
Speaker 2: fifty six flights delayed, four flights canceled. Meatheads in the
Speaker 2: UK have a reason to rejoice.
Speaker 6: All four original members of Black Sabbath. They're promising satisfaction
Speaker 6: today with the greatest heavy metal show ever. Geezer Butler,
Speaker 6: Tommy Iomi bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne, who's fought multiple
Speaker 6: health battles including Parkinson's, are reuniting in their native Birmingham,
Speaker 6: England for one final gig. It's a twenty year dream
Speaker 6: come true for rock fans who thought the quartet, with
Speaker 6: a combined age of three hundred and three, would never
Speaker 6: play together again. Proceeds will go to charities including Sure Parkinson's.
Speaker 2: Deborah Rodriguez CBS News. You are now in for news
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