Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Thirty
Speaker 1: two degrees, few clouds around in Boston. It is six
Speaker 1: o'clock here on this Friday morning, December twentieth, twenty twenty four.
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Speaker 1: so much for joining us. I'm Jim McKay and here's
Speaker 1: what's happening. Well, it may not be a white Christmas, however,
Speaker 1: this weekend's wintry weather over the next twenty four hours
Speaker 1: than bitter cold for the weekend. WBZ ACI weather meteorologist
Speaker 1: Joe Lundberg on that latest forecast, we could have one
Speaker 1: to three inches on the ground Greater Boston by Saturday morning,
Speaker 1: dependent on the track of the storm. Also, tomorrow is
Speaker 1: the first day of winter. But of course, right now,
Speaker 1: you know, it's all about that holiday travel, and we're
Speaker 1: checking out how it's going on at Logan.
Speaker 2: Audi is a freshman at UMass Amherst and is flying
Speaker 2: home to India.
Speaker 3: Exams entered yesterday, so it just made sense to leave today.
Speaker 2: But yeah, I'm wanted to get home as soon as
Speaker 2: possible and beat the rush. Nish and Will are flying
Speaker 2: to Puerto Rico with their two sons who were homeschooled,
Speaker 2: so no pulling them out early.
Speaker 4: He definitely wanted to try to beat the rush and
Speaker 4: trying to get cheaper flights too, so we were trying
Speaker 4: to go a little bit earlier.
Speaker 2: One son is on the spectrum, so leaving before the
Speaker 2: rush is even more helpful.
Speaker 4: Spent a long time since we've traveled, so we wanted
Speaker 4: to try and see that. You know, it wasn't too crowded.
Speaker 2: Just a handful of delays. A flight to Miami was
Speaker 2: pushed back a couple of hours, but travelers could always
Speaker 2: hit the Class Sique salon and get a hot lather
Speaker 2: shape or a manicure at Logan. Suzanne Sasville WBZ Boston's
Speaker 2: news radio at.
Speaker 1: Six soh two. Congress is on the clock midnight deadline
Speaker 1: to get a spending deal done or else we will
Speaker 1: see a federal government shutdown. If that happens, everything from
Speaker 1: payments to federal workers, including the TSA could stop cold. Also,
Speaker 1: planned lifeline aid for people in the Carolina is reeling
Speaker 1: from Hurricane Helen. Other fiscal liabilities will see the money
Speaker 1: dry up. Instantly. Incoming President elect Donald Trump and Elon
Speaker 1: Musk interjected last minute complaints to shut down a previous
Speaker 1: deal earlier this week that was on pace to pass.
Speaker 1: Then on Thursday, a Trump backplan failed to pass in
Speaker 1: the House. It's now back to square one with just
Speaker 1: hours to get something done. Massive jackpot is on the
Speaker 1: line tonight. Now it's not quite a billion dollars, but
Speaker 1: it's close. The Mega Millions jackpot is soaring to eight
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty five million dollars for tonight's drawing. It's
Speaker 1: the largest jackpot ever for the month of December. Talk
Speaker 1: about a Christmas gift. The last winner of the Mega
Speaker 1: Millions was back on September tenth. One lucky winner in
Speaker 1: Massachusetts did get a million dollars from one of last
Speaker 1: week's drawings. That means they got all five lucky numbers
Speaker 1: but did not get the Megaplier ouch. That ticket was
Speaker 1: sold at a gas station in Norwood. Kyle Bray WBZ
Speaker 1: Boston's News Radio Celtics losing to the Bulls at the
Speaker 1: Garden in Edmonton. The Bruins give up a late lead
Speaker 1: and overtime. All the excitement on sports Net the Oilers
Speaker 1: television network. Bees lose to the Oilers three to two
Speaker 1: in overtime. They come back home taking on the sabers
Speaker 1: down on Causeway Street tomorrow night. Well, coming up here
Speaker 1: in just a few moments. The latest on our drone
Speaker 1: sightings and also our population seems to be booming ahead
Speaker 1: of the holidays. Get a check now on the four
Speaker 1: day wbz ACU weather forecast. We are looking at oh,
Speaker 1: put some clouds out there this morning, but it's got
Speaker 1: to feel to the air like it's going to snow outside,
Speaker 1: you know exactly what I mean. And some of us
Speaker 1: are getting some flurries out there this morning. Reports of
Speaker 1: a few flurries spitting around down on the Cell Shore
Speaker 1: in Plymouth early this morning. But the real snow is
Speaker 1: going to be coming tonight after a simple cold Friday here,
Speaker 1: as we're going to be feeling like we're in the
Speaker 1: twenties all day, some overnight snowfall one to three inches
Speaker 1: potentially on the ground by Saturday morning. How fitting because
Speaker 1: tomorrow is the first day of winter and boy o
Speaker 1: boy is going to feel like it highs around thirty degrees,
Speaker 1: but we're going to feel like the teens. Similar conditions
Speaker 1: on Sunday, but even colder, we're going to be feeling
Speaker 1: like single digits and it's going to be a cold
Speaker 1: lead up into the Christmas holiday next week. Right now
Speaker 1: thirty two degrees with a few clouds in Boston at
Speaker 1: six oh five. Well, tomorrow is shopping day for all
Speaker 1: you holiday procrastinators.
Speaker 3: The National Retail Federation expects more than one hundred and
Speaker 3: fifty seven million people to cram in last minute Christmas
Speaker 3: and Honika purchases on Super Saturday. That's about forty six
Speaker 3: percent of everyone in the country and eleven percent increase
Speaker 3: over last year. Not all will leave their homes to
Speaker 3: get the job done. The Retail Federation expects one in
Speaker 3: four will shop online. As for what they'll be looking for,
Speaker 3: the NRFS Holiday Survey finds fifty percent plan on buying clothing,
Speaker 3: thirty two percent will be scooping up toys, twenty six
Speaker 3: percent purchasing gift cards. Deborah Rodriguez CBS News.
Speaker 1: New census data saying the US population is growing at
Speaker 1: its fastest rates since two thousand and one. The nation's
Speaker 1: population growing by nearly one percent, surpassing three hundred and
Speaker 1: forty million people. The Census Bureau saying international migration helped
Speaker 1: cause that bump. It comes after a nearly two decades
Speaker 1: slump in population growth. Could we have a potential answer
Speaker 1: for some of the drone sidings that have been spotted
Speaker 1: in Massachusetts recently? The Boston Business Journal is reporting mass
Speaker 1: General Brigham and Canadian based drone company Dragonfly have completed
Speaker 1: recent test flights as part of a potential new program
Speaker 1: where medications can be delivered via drones. Pretty cool stuff here,
Speaker 1: Dragonfly announcing this week they have completed test flights, including
Speaker 1: testing taking off and landing from a hospital infrastructure. Now
Speaker 1: they're not actively making deliveries just yet, but the test
Speaker 1: runs are being completed. And the college football playoff begins
Speaker 1: tonight Indiana and Notre Dave.
Speaker 2: What a battle.
Speaker 1: Brad Bryant runs the Mohican Sun Sports book. We're really
Speaker 1: hoping that it turns into March Madness type feel for
Speaker 1: two or three weeks, which we haven't had in the bank.
Speaker 1: All racing for the national championship should be fun. Drew
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