Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2: Clear Skies fifty two in Boston. It's eleven o'clock good
Speaker 2: Friday morning. I'm Laurie Kirby. We start with a grim
Speaker 2: anniversary in New England today, all of us thinking of
Speaker 2: our friends in Maine, and today marks one year. Sin's
Speaker 2: an Army reservist open fire in a bowling alley and
Speaker 2: bar in Lewiston, Maine, and committed the deadliest mass shooting
Speaker 2: in that state's history. WGME TV reporter Dan Lampriallo talks
Speaker 2: about how the city has coped over the last twelve months.
Speaker 2: There's still a lot of reflection on what happened. Today
Speaker 2: is a somber day in our state. We are a
Speaker 2: very close knit date.
Speaker 3: So while it happened in Lewiston, which is one of
Speaker 3: our largest cities, I think it impacted the far reaches
Speaker 3: of a risted county near the Canadian border, all the
Speaker 3: way down here to where we are in Portland.
Speaker 2: A hockey arena in Lewiston will hold a ceremony tonight
Speaker 2: to honor those who lost their lives that day and
Speaker 2: the many survivors who will never be the same and
Speaker 2: nearly one million people have voted so far in the Commonwealth.
Speaker 2: The head of the November election, Secretary of State Galvin,
Speaker 2: reporting nine hundred and thirteen thousand registered voters have voted
Speaker 2: early so far as of four pm yesterday, and most
Speaker 2: of the ballots have been mailed in. That's more than
Speaker 2: seven hundred thousand. Nearly two hundred thousand people have gone
Speaker 2: to a polling location to vote early. This is a
Speaker 2: very strong start to a high stakes election that will
Speaker 2: decide our next president US senator in Massachusetts in the
Speaker 2: future of the mcast exam as a graduation requirement for
Speaker 2: one and a new ABC ipso's poll shed some light
Speaker 2: on how American voters feel about their options this election.
Speaker 2: Nearly half of registered voter's poll considered former President Donald
Speaker 2: Trump to be a fascist. Twenty two percent say the
Speaker 2: same about Vice President Harris. ABC political director Ricline has more.
Speaker 3: Among those who say that Donald Trump is a fascist,
Speaker 3: eight percent say they're supporting him their voting for him anyway,
Speaker 3: and while that fascist label isn't really sticking on Harris,
Speaker 3: the idea of her pandering to voters seems to be
Speaker 3: Fifty seven percent of registered voters say that Harris makes
Speaker 3: proposals just to get votes, not to make policy. That's
Speaker 3: slightly more than people that feel the same way about
Speaker 3: Donald Trump.
Speaker 2: Both presidential candidates are stumping for votes one way or
Speaker 2: another in the Lone Star State today. We'll have more
Speaker 2: on that coming up and streaming on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2: Sunshine out there, mid fifties now, it's certainly not as warm,
Speaker 2: but it's bluer, you know. We've had that milky, hazy sky.
Speaker 2: Definitely a sunny sky. We've had record warmth this week,
Speaker 2: but this is much more blue and just a little
Speaker 2: bit cooler. Not by a lot, but you can feel
Speaker 2: it out there. Honidays sixty tonight's actually a little bit warmer.
Speaker 2: Forty nine in Boston, some of you in the forties Inland,
Speaker 2: and we're having a nice Saturday. We were thinking it
Speaker 2: might rain, especially north and western Boston. I don't see
Speaker 2: rain in this forecast. Sun clouds sixty five. Another great
Speaker 2: day for a hike. Sunday, sunny fifty four to fifty eight,
Speaker 2: cooling it down near fifty on Monday with lots of sun.
Speaker 2: So rumor has it that it's going to be eighty
Speaker 2: degrees on Halloween. The night the kids go out to
Speaker 2: trick or treat. So Mom, dad, kids, you might want
Speaker 2: to rethink the costume layers and Boston City councilors just
Speaker 2: wrapped up a special emergency meeting amid a heated fight
Speaker 2: over property taxes in the city. Let's get more from
Speaker 2: wbz's Madison Rogers.
Speaker 4: It was just two days ago the mayor announced she'd
Speaker 4: reached a compromise with business leaders, and it was shot
Speaker 4: down by city Councilor at Lynn in an emergency meeting. Today,
Speaker 4: the new home rule petition, with a shorter and smaller
Speaker 4: increased tax burden for commercial properties was sent to committee.
Speaker 4: Counselors will likely take another vote next week. Some on
Speaker 4: the council, including Flynn, are frustrated with how this is
Speaker 4: played out. This is this process is rushed. I don't
Speaker 4: think we're doing the due diligence to all the constituents
Speaker 4: by not operating in a transparent metal debate was cut
Speaker 4: short today, but the dispute is only growing because a
Speaker 4: budget shortfall threatens to fall on homeowners and times running out.
Speaker 4: This would need to go to Beacon Hill again. Madison Rogers,
Speaker 4: WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2: A trainload of money is coming to the team. Massd
Speaker 2: On and the MBTA Board of Directors' votes to deliver
Speaker 2: six hundred million dollars in state funding to the TEA,
Speaker 2: and state leaders call this their biggest infusion to the
Speaker 2: MBTA in twenty years. So what is it for? The
Speaker 2: money is year mark for track improvement, new subway and
Speaker 2: commuter railcars. It will go toward establishing the rail Reliability
Speaker 2: Program along with a star program to address accessibility issues
Speaker 2: on the tee and Nearly a dozen team workers are
Speaker 2: on leave this morning. They're accused of working on private
Speaker 2: vehicles at the MBTA Cabotyard maintenance facility during work hours,
Speaker 2: according to The Boston Globe. Now, this facility is where
Speaker 2: the Redline buses and vehicles are stored, where Redline track
Speaker 2: workers and inspectors are based. This is in South Boston.
Speaker 2: A T Transit police at this point are conducting the
Speaker 2: probe into potential misconduct, but the new allegations come as
Speaker 2: federal regulators review work and safety practices at the TEA.
Speaker 2: What's in a Name The Baby's Name?
Speaker 1: A new report from the Baby Center says the hottest
Speaker 1: moniker for kids this year have been inspired by the
Speaker 1: total solar eclipse and Eclipse are among the fastest rising
Speaker 1: names for boys and girls. The Paris Olympics made of
Speaker 1: Mark two bo with an X on the end. Remy
Speaker 1: Arlette and Joe Lee were popular. Noah was still most
Speaker 1: chosen for this last batch of Jen Alpha boys and
Speaker 1: Olivia for girls. Deborah Rodriguez, CBS News.
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Speaker 2: I'm Laurie Kirby, WBZ, Boston's news radio