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

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<v Speaker 2>Seventy two degrees in Boston right now, partly cloudy at

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<v Speaker 2>four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm Nicole Davis. Here's what's happening.

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump has ordered two US nuclear submarines to be

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<v Speaker 2>positioned around parts of Russia, although it's not exactly clear where.

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<v Speaker 2>He says on social media. This is in response to

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<v Speaker 2>former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev making quote highly provocative statements,

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<v Speaker 2>going on to say words can often lead to unintended consequences.

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<v Speaker 2>Medvedev this week responding to President Trump cutting down the

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<v Speaker 2>deadline for a deal to end the war in Ukraine,

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<v Speaker 2>saying each new ultimatum is a threat. This comes as

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<v Speaker 2>the federally funded nonprofit that supports public broadcasters is officially

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<v Speaker 2>shutting down.

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<v Speaker 3>Corporation for Public Broadcasting was established by Congress in nineteen

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<v Speaker 3>sixty seven to fund the nation's non commercial radio and

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<v Speaker 3>television stations, but with Congress acting at the President's request

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<v Speaker 3>to pull back the next two years worth of funding,

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<v Speaker 3>CPB CEO says the entity now faces the difficult reality

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<v Speaker 3>of having to shut down. Most staff positions will be

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<v Speaker 3>eliminated at the end of the fiscal year. On September thirtieth,

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<v Speaker 3>a statement says a small team will stay through next

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<v Speaker 3>January to close out operations.

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<v Speaker 2>You PC Stephen Portnoy with that update. President Trump's Mid

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<v Speaker 2>East Envoy, Steve Wickcoff, was in Gaza today for a

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<v Speaker 2>time with Mike Huckabee, the US Ambassador to Israel. They

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<v Speaker 2>visited some food distribution sites. This comes as international pressure

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<v Speaker 2>ramps up on President Trump, the US, and Israel to

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<v Speaker 2>do more to get much needed food and medicine to

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<v Speaker 2>starving Palestinians. The UN says hundreds of people have been

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<v Speaker 2>killed at or near these distribution sites since May as

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<v Speaker 2>they try to get food for their families. International experts

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<v Speaker 2>say widespread death is imminent in the region and a

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<v Speaker 2>quote worst case scenario of femine is playing out in Gaza.

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<v Speaker 2>It's four h two and President Trump is not happy

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<v Speaker 2>with the latest jobs report. In response, he has now

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<v Speaker 2>told US team to fire the stout's chief over the

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<v Speaker 2>Labor Department. The report was weaker than expected this time around,

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<v Speaker 2>mister Trump claiming without evidence, the staffer has been manipulating

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<v Speaker 2>numbers for political purposes. This comes as leaders around the

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<v Speaker 2>world scramble to figure out how to respond to his

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<v Speaker 2>new tariffs.

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<v Speaker 1>His executive order sets tariff rates on sixty six countries,

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<v Speaker 1>the European Unions, twenty seven members, Taiwan and the Falkland Islands.

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<v Speaker 1>It came amid a flurry of agreements with nations seeking

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<v Speaker 1>to avoid being on his list.

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<v Speaker 4>We're making a lot of deals.

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<v Speaker 1>Some saw their terif rate lowered, like Taiwan, which wants

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<v Speaker 1>it down even further. Others like New Zealand, are dealing

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<v Speaker 1>with a boost.

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<v Speaker 5>It appears New Zealand has been impacted by a very

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<v Speaker 5>blunt formula.

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<v Speaker 1>In Beijing, the Chinese Foreign Ministry says there are no

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<v Speaker 1>winners in a trade war. China does have an extension

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<v Speaker 1>to keep negotiating a deal and for now is not

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<v Speaker 1>being hit with new tariffs. You would. It's the same

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<v Speaker 1>in Mexico, where President Clodia Shanebaum says her strategy worked.

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<v Speaker 1>Sager Maganie Washington.

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<v Speaker 2>The weekend forecast is looking phenomenal and even this afternoon

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<v Speaker 2>getting into this evening, not that humid at all. Lots

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<v Speaker 2>of sunshine. We are looking good across the board. We've

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<v Speaker 2>got temperatures in the low seventies, a couple of upper

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<v Speaker 2>sixties right by the coast, getting down to about sixty

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<v Speaker 2>on the coast tonight, and in Boston fifties in the

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<v Speaker 2>suburbs under mostly clear skies, not that humid. Tomorrow either,

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<v Speaker 2>are plenty of sunshine, beautiful day, a high year seventy

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<v Speaker 2>five Tomorrow night clear with a lone year sixty in Boston,

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<v Speaker 2>fifties inland and then Sunday a little bit warmer, but

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<v Speaker 2>still plenty of sunshine out there and still not that humid.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a high to rather on Sunday in the

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<v Speaker 2>low eighties. Seventy four degrees in Seabrook, New Hampshire. Right

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<v Speaker 2>now seeing seventy two in Newport, Rhode Island, getting over

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<v Speaker 2>toward the Berkshars if you're heading out west. Were at

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<v Speaker 2>seventy five in Great Barrington, and in Boston at four

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<v Speaker 2>oh five it is partly cloudy and seventy two. The

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<v Speaker 2>mayoral race in Framingham is catching the attention of national

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<v Speaker 2>media outlets well because of a very unfortunate name.

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<v Speaker 4>Jeffrey Epstein is running for mayor of Framingham.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go meet him for Hey, Jeffrey, how are you so?

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<v Speaker 4>It's actually Jeffrey with a G, but he prefers to

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<v Speaker 4>go by.

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<v Speaker 5>Jeff epsteng perfect and I'm running for mayor in Framingham.

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<v Speaker 4>In the last week, he's been making national headlines from Politico,

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<v Speaker 4>huff Post, Daily Beast, News Nation, even Jimmy Fallon get

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<v Speaker 4>in on the fund. I'm not sure what's worse that

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<v Speaker 4>his last name is Epstein or that he spells Jeffrey.

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<v Speaker 5>With a G. I see nothing wrong with my name. Actually,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm an alive astrident. I'm not a dead American.

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<v Speaker 4>But the comments on his Facebook ad campaign might have

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<v Speaker 4>you questioning that.

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<v Speaker 5>Show me the list, you know, it's like now, So.

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<v Speaker 4>In that regard, the name might be a bit of

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<v Speaker 4>an annoyance, but there's a major silver lining.

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<v Speaker 5>Cause you can get people's attention with this. But for me,

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<v Speaker 5>the important thing is to try and illuminate the issues

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<v Speaker 5>of the very real forbody who lives here.

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<v Speaker 4>Matt Sheer WBZ Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>You can go see Jeffrey and Matt on our TikTok

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<v Speaker 2>and Instagram feeds us on both of those at WBZ

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<v Speaker 2>News Radio four six. In Fall River, the owner of

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<v Speaker 2>the Gabriel House assisted living facility is being sued for

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<v Speaker 2>a second time. This latest suit was filed on behalf

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<v Speaker 2>of three people who survived last month's fire at the facility.

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<v Speaker 2>Ten people were killed dozens more were hurt. In the lawsuit,

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<v Speaker 2>they claimed the owner didn't do enough to enforce a

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<v Speaker 2>no smoking policy and the owner should have known residents

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<v Speaker 2>were smoking in their rooms at times near oxygen. Fire

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<v Speaker 2>officials say that combination is likely what caused the violent

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<v Speaker 2>fire that tore through the building, not the resident filed

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<v Speaker 2>a separate lawsuit last week claiming negligence on the facilities.

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<v Speaker 2>Part owner Dennis Etscorn, has declined to comment, a spokesman

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<v Speaker 2>saying he has yet to see that lawsuit. Many roads

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<v Speaker 2>here in the Bay State are going to be packed

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<v Speaker 2>full of bike riders this weekend, some seven thousand of

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<v Speaker 2>them taking part in the Panmass Challenge, including a member

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<v Speaker 2>of the WBZ news radio family.

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<v Speaker 6>The race offers more than a dozen roots, and some

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<v Speaker 6>of them are really long too. One of the good

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<v Speaker 6>guys in our newsroom is riding again this year, the

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<v Speaker 6>second ride for Z reporter Jay will Lette. He's doing

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<v Speaker 6>one of the long ones, one hundred and sixty two miles.

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<v Speaker 6>Woo Jay rides for his dad John and for Dana Farber.

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<v Speaker 6>John died from melanoma in twenty sixteen.

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<v Speaker 7>You know, it started out with raising money because my

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<v Speaker 7>father passed, but then it went on to be kind

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<v Speaker 7>of a collective.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm from Duxbury. It's spread team Willpower. That's who you

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<v Speaker 6>want to look for on the course. And this year,

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<v Speaker 6>Jay says, one of the focuses is on family friend

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<v Speaker 6>Kyle Donahue. She's gone through chemo round after chemo round

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<v Speaker 6>fighting brain cancer. She's in a good spot right now.

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<v Speaker 6>Nice going, Kyle. As for Jay will Lett, well, hey,

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<v Speaker 6>try and avoid that flat tire issue you had last year.

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<v Speaker 1>True story.

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<v Speaker 7>It's funny people treat me like an expert because I've

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<v Speaker 7>done it. The one time you look like a biker,

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<v Speaker 7>you do you get the whole long build.

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<v Speaker 1>I can reach the pedals.

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<v Speaker 7>It's great.

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<v Speaker 6>A great New England Weekend tapeard. Thank you, Jay will Let,

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<v Speaker 6>Drew Mahalan WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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