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

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<v Speaker 1>good morning, it is Thursday in Boston, six o'clock and

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<v Speaker 1>it's still cold. Clear sky's twenty one degrees. But what

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<v Speaker 1>is this a lack of wind? It's true out the

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<v Speaker 1>door this morning, The News at six brought to us

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<v Speaker 1>by You're New England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all wheel

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<v Speaker 1>drive headquarters. I'm Jeff Brown. Welcome aboard. We're still doing

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<v Speaker 1>our January thing. Sunshine today, we'll give way to increasing

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<v Speaker 1>clouds that'll remain brisk and cold with a high round

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<v Speaker 1>freezing is WBZ ACI weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. Maybe a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of snowflakes a little bit later on today. Firefighters

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<v Speaker 1>in southern California catch another break as the Santa Ana

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<v Speaker 1>winds begin to die down. Some progress is being made

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<v Speaker 1>to contain the deadly blazes that have left behind tens

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<v Speaker 1>of thousands of acres of scorched earth. Estimates on damages

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<v Speaker 1>and economic fallout from these fires now stand at at

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<v Speaker 1>least a quarter billion dollars. Government financial aid from Washington

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<v Speaker 1>for the fires is itself coming under fire. On Capitol Hill,

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats are outraged over Republicans' plans to put political policy

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<v Speaker 1>strings on any pay package. No deal yet, the planned

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<v Speaker 1>cease fire in the Gaza Strip is on thin ice.

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<v Speaker 1>Israel says Hamas has reneged on a key part of

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<v Speaker 1>the agreement that would end hostilities and include a hostage

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<v Speaker 1>release among the hostages three Americans. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah,

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<v Speaker 1>who says Israel's cabinet will not vote on the agreement

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<v Speaker 1>as scheduled today and will not take it up until

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<v Speaker 1>Hamas backs down on what is being called a last

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<v Speaker 1>minute crisis. Terms of the cease fire are to take

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<v Speaker 1>effect on Sunday. President Biden delivers a heartfelt farewell addressed

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<v Speaker 1>to the nation.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm so proud of.

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<v Speaker 3>How much we've accomplished together for the American people.

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<v Speaker 1>The forty sixth Commander in Chief says being in the

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<v Speaker 1>Oval Office has been the biggest honor of his life.

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<v Speaker 1>But as he passes the torch, he warns Americans that

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<v Speaker 1>the incoming administration will lead to an oligarchy, with power

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<v Speaker 1>consolidated among the tech world and the ultra rich.

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<v Speaker 4>Participating in our democracy becomes exhausting and even disillusioning.

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<v Speaker 3>If people don't feel like they have a fair shot.

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<v Speaker 1>Mister Biden's fifteen minute nationwide address includes a reference to

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<v Speaker 1>high tech mobiles as moguls as becoming modern day robber barons.

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<v Speaker 1>Senate confirmation hearings continue for a third day on Capitol

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<v Speaker 1>Hill Today. Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi returns for a

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<v Speaker 1>second day of grilling. Former Governor of North Dakota Doug

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<v Speaker 1>Bergham is up for the Interior Department lead. Scott Bessant

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<v Speaker 1>faces the music to lead the Treasury Department. Senators will

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<v Speaker 1>also question the nominees for Housing in Urban Development, as

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<v Speaker 1>well as the Environmental Protection Agency. Lift off in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of the night for Blue Origins New Glen Rocket

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff Bezos's third try is the charm as the massive

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<v Speaker 1>three hundred and twenty foot rocket blasts off with a

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<v Speaker 1>prototype satellite on board. The New Glen reached orbit just

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen minutes after liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center. Until

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<v Speaker 1>last night, the Ractors had won just nine games this year,

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<v Speaker 1>but they beat the Celtics in Toronto. Bruins are off

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<v Speaker 1>until Saturday, when their travels take them to Ottawa and

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<v Speaker 1>down Under at the Australian Open. Tennis tournament American Madison

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<v Speaker 1>Keys survives a three set battle swit first.

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<v Speaker 3>Strike forward, ultimately those Seine Sea, who prevails seven five.

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<v Speaker 1>In a show off to the next round she goes.

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<v Speaker 1>So the winds have died down out the door this morning,

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<v Speaker 1>but this is the coldest morning of this recent stretch.

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<v Speaker 1>Temperatures are in the teens in many locations, and in

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<v Speaker 1>fact here in Boston it's just twenty one degrees. But

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<v Speaker 1>the winds have calmed down substantially. We're seeing gusts still

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<v Speaker 1>in the area of ten to fifteen miles per hour,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's a bit of a break from days past.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see some sunshine to begin the day today, Clouds

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<v Speaker 1>around the increase later on. Cannot rule out the possibility

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<v Speaker 1>of a couple passing showers in the form of snow

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<v Speaker 1>showers or snow flakes later on. Today, mostly cloudy, continue

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<v Speaker 1>to flew a few snow showers overnight. Tonight Tomorrow looks

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<v Speaker 1>like it's going to be slightly warmer. We'll get above

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<v Speaker 1>freezing for certain temperatures will get very close to forty degrees,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll see mostly sunny skies. Looks like a pretty

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<v Speaker 1>decent start to the weekend, but it's going to be breezy.

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<v Speaker 1>We might see some clouds popping into the picture on Saturday,

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<v Speaker 1>but temperatures will top forty degrees and we're still watching

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<v Speaker 1>the potential for some snow moving in late this holiday

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<v Speaker 1>weekend on Sunday into Monday. Right now in Boston it's

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<v Speaker 1>clear skies and twenty one here in the city this

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<v Speaker 1>Thursday morning. Six oh six Americans catch a cold more

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<v Speaker 1>than one billion times every single year. Healthy Drew mo'holland

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<v Speaker 1>joins us.

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<v Speaker 4>I hope excuse me while I knock on wood.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, there you go, or for make for micas the

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<v Speaker 1>case may be. Can we stop this madness?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, we'll see. It is a lot of that out there, right,

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<v Speaker 4>Everybody seems to be getting sick. But pretty much every

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<v Speaker 4>year this is the case, and while there's still no

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<v Speaker 4>cure for the common cold, we still try it. Elderbury,

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<v Speaker 4>are you familiar with these Jeffreys? I?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but I haven't haven't dabbled.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, they played the hot hand these days, but doctors

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<v Speaker 4>seem divided if the treatment is worth it. Pitched as

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<v Speaker 4>a way to boost the immune system, it's one of

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<v Speaker 4>the most popular herbal supplements out there. Recent studies suggest

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<v Speaker 4>that elderberry will reduce the symptoms and severity of a

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<v Speaker 4>cold quicker, but other research shows the effect as well

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<v Speaker 4>barely noticeable. Still, we do anything to stop the sneezing

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<v Speaker 4>and stuffy head symptoms, and we'll spend one hundred and

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<v Speaker 4>seventy five million dollars a year to.

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<v Speaker 1>Get there, and still no cure for the common cold.

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<v Speaker 1>Another reminder, thank you, Drew, somebody's knocking. President Biden's long

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<v Speaker 1>national political career is coming to an end with a cigarette.

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<v Speaker 2>Jonathan from Boston has tried quitting cigarettes multiple times, but

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<v Speaker 2>nothing seems to work.

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<v Speaker 5>Not easy, using gum, using patches, using therapy, so many

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<v Speaker 5>different ways.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why he supports the FDA proposing a role that

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<v Speaker 2>will limit the amount of nicotine and cigarettes and other

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<v Speaker 2>tobacco products.

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<v Speaker 5>Definitely, they should. They're super addictive and make life easier.

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<v Speaker 5>They should do that with alcohol too, make that's stuff

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<v Speaker 5>less strong. Yeah, I'm with it.

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<v Speaker 2>Jorge from Cambridge as a longtime smoker, he likes the idea,

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<v Speaker 2>but says they could backfire.

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<v Speaker 3>If you're used to a certain nicotine, you're gonna have

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<v Speaker 3>to buy most of it's it's just another tactic for

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<v Speaker 3>them to tell siga bites. That's how that is.

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<v Speaker 2>The FDA says less addictive cigarettes would help millions of

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<v Speaker 2>Americans quit smoking and prevent future generations from starting In Cambridge.

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<v Speaker 2>James Rojas w b Z Boston Snooze Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>And with just days to go till Inauguration day, social

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<v Speaker 1>media side TikTok continues to live seemingly on borrowed time.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, better start saving your favorite TikTok videos now that

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<v Speaker 3>are about to be gone, but there's still time. One

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and seventy million subscribers continue to wait for the

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<v Speaker 3>Supreme Courts decision on whether to uphold a law that

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<v Speaker 3>will force its Chinese owner to sell it or shut

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<v Speaker 3>it down. On Sunday, there's talk that President elects Donald

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<v Speaker 3>Trump might try to rescue it by executive order next week. Meantime,

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<v Speaker 3>we learn the CEO of TikTok will be at the

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<v Speaker 3>swearing in ceremony on Monday, needed not far from President

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<v Speaker 3>Biden and former Presidents Jay. We'll let WBZ Boston's News radio.

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<v Speaker 1>You are now in the loop for news updates throughout

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