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Speaker 2: this Friday morning, and we're waking up under some clear
Speaker 2: skies for a change sixty two here in Boston. The
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Speaker 1: More sun than clouds of warmat Boon.
Speaker 2: I have seventy by the harbor, up to eighty four
Speaker 2: for some of the inland suburbs. As WBZ akiweather meteorologist
Speaker 2: Joe Lundberg. Nice weekend on the way too, as we
Speaker 2: kick off yet another heat wave in Boston. It is
Speaker 2: also full moon weekend. You got to get an early
Speaker 2: wake up call for the Sturgeon Moon's peak, which is
Speaker 2: tomorrow morning at three close enough under clear skies tonight.
Speaker 2: The Sturgeon Moon takes its no aim from the fish
Speaker 2: found in the Great Lakes region this time of year.
Speaker 2: But wait, there's more an added bonus before Moon set
Speaker 2: to with Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn all along the western skyline.
Speaker 2: President Trump wants more from college campuses. This time, the
Speaker 2: President expands his push to get more information from admissions
Speaker 2: offices on the applications of all students. Inspired by the
Speaker 2: Department of Education, the latest move indicates it will push
Speaker 2: the envelope on the twenty twenty three Supreme Court decision
Speaker 2: outlawing race based admissions. Meantime, the Trump administration will investigate
Speaker 2: the public school system of Baltimore on concerns of anti Semitism.
Speaker 2: This indicates an expansion into K through twelve schools on
Speaker 2: the administration's DEI policies, which have long been a target
Speaker 2: in higher education. The US Air Force denies early retirement
Speaker 2: offers to longtime transgender service members. The move applies to
Speaker 2: those with fifteen to eighteen years of service and will
Speaker 2: instead force them out with no retirement benefits. Transgenders service
Speaker 2: members will be given the choice to quit or be
Speaker 2: fired with lump some payments as a parting gift. The
Speaker 2: Pentagon says transgender troops are medically unfit to serve, something
Speaker 2: civil rights activists say amounts to discrimination. A federal court
Speaker 2: judge puts the brakes on construction of Florida's Alligator Alcatraz,
Speaker 2: responding to environmental groups and Native American claims. The pause
Speaker 2: is good for two weeks. Governor Ron Decentas says the
Speaker 2: nearly half a billion dollar detention camp for undocumented and
Speaker 2: criminal migrants is meant to be temporary destination. William's Port
Speaker 2: is away.
Speaker 1: From the catcher. Here comes to Soli.
Speaker 3: The Soli Domar treats the rights, the news story.
Speaker 1: The winning round by tree he's doing to Williams Court.
Speaker 2: That's the call on ESPN as Braintree Little leaguers are
Speaker 2: going to the World Series with an extra innings walk
Speaker 2: off over Bedford, New Hampshire. Late night Baseball tonight, Red
Speaker 2: Sox open a weekend series in San Diego and the
Speaker 2: Patriots finally play football in their preseason opener. But tonight
Speaker 2: it's a double feature in Foxborough.
Speaker 1: What's a question that grips the mines of fans today
Speaker 1: in New England. What would Tom Brady look like in
Speaker 1: the statue?
Speaker 2: That's a good question.
Speaker 1: What post do you think this statue will be?
Speaker 4: Oh gosh, fist pump or something very few, very know
Speaker 4: what awaits behind the black tarps that surround the bronze
Speaker 4: tribute to TB twelve just outside the Pro Shop here
Speaker 4: at Jillette Stadium, which will be unveiled just before Tonight's
Speaker 4: preseason opener against Washington. I was only forty five feet tall.
Speaker 2: They can never do too much for that guy.
Speaker 5: Oh absolutely.
Speaker 3: I mean I grew up on Tom Brady and watching
Speaker 3: him win and just bringing home Super Bowls.
Speaker 1: Not to be lost in the hoopla, there is that gate.
Speaker 2: I got big hopes. Totally excited to see what Drake
Speaker 2: May is to offer, and I'm excited to see what
Speaker 2: Brabel breaks the table too.
Speaker 3: Chris Fauma WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2: We finally entirely cleared the air here in Greater Boston
Speaker 2: and we're off to the race. It is going to
Speaker 2: be a good looking day already is here in the city.
Speaker 2: Some cities and towns are in the fifties as we
Speaker 2: get rolling this morning at sunrise we are we do
Speaker 2: have partly sunny skies here in the city. The moment
Speaker 2: sixty two degrees right now. We're on our way to
Speaker 2: about eighty in Boston today, slightly warmer in Inland locations.
Speaker 2: This great stretch of weather is just going to get
Speaker 2: a little bit better and hotter and more humid too,
Speaker 2: as we work our way through the weekend. Clear and
Speaker 2: comfortable overnight Tonight, plenty of sunshine again, mid seventies Boston,
Speaker 2: Tomorrow low eighties, and inland locations. Sunday we start to
Speaker 2: turn the jets on. It's mostly sunny, but it's much
Speaker 2: warmer with the high right around ninety degrees, and it
Speaker 2: looks like this could be the beginning of an extended
Speaker 2: heat wave, which some models indicate will take us through
Speaker 2: the entirety of next week. With temperatures in excess of
Speaker 2: ninety degrees. Right now in Boston, very cool and comfortable,
Speaker 2: sixty two. Clear skies here in the city at six
Speaker 2: oh six this Friday morning. A summertime mosquito menace shows
Speaker 2: up once again in the Metro West region.
Speaker 3: Yeah, West Nile virus is detected in samples in Framingham.
Speaker 3: Health officials there say it is enough to elevate the
Speaker 3: city's risk to moderate. The spraying comes next. You know,
Speaker 3: the drill, cover up and use some bug spray yourself,
Speaker 3: especially outside down and dusk. No human cases of West
Speaker 3: Nile have been reported this year in Massachusetts. That is
Speaker 3: important to note. Drew maahalland WBZ.
Speaker 2: Boston's news radio workers walk on eggshells these days as
Speaker 2: the Market Basket family food fight continues.
Speaker 6: I love this company and that's why Valerie Pallito is
Speaker 6: speaking out, putting her job on the line. After thirty
Speaker 6: five years at market Basket.
Speaker 5: I wake up wondering if today's day that I'm not
Speaker 5: going to be able to get in, but Mikey.
Speaker 6: Kaid because of the major change in company culture, she says.
Speaker 6: The store operation supervisor tells WBZ that she's received numerous
Speaker 6: employee complaints within the grocery stores corporate headquarters, prompting her
Speaker 6: to send this July eighteenth letter to the board of directors,
Speaker 6: which reads, what was once a culture grounded in mutual respect, integrity,
Speaker 6: and accountability has in recent months evolved into one defined
Speaker 6: by fear, hostility, and lack of direction. It just wasn't
Speaker 6: the market Basket that we have had before the twenty
Speaker 6: eighth the twenty eighth of May today, long time SEEEO
Speaker 6: Arthur T. De Mullas was suspended by the board.
Speaker 2: CBS News Boston's Christina rex de Mulis and others are
Speaker 2: unpaid leave, while two longtime executives have been fired, all
Speaker 2: suspected of trying to orchestrate a worker revolt on claims
Speaker 2: the board is about to stage a takeover. And Ugly Dogs,
Speaker 2: Today is your day.
Speaker 5: Perhaps your pooch wasn't the prettiest at the pound, they
Speaker 5: can still be top dog at the World's Ugliest Dog
Speaker 5: contest later today at the Sonoma County Fair in California.
Speaker 5: There is a cause behind the pageantry, raising awareness about
Speaker 5: pet adoption. At least for a day, your ugly duckling
Speaker 5: can transform into a sleek swan Wendy You let CBS.
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