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

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<v Speaker 2>Some light rain coming down in the city forty eight

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<v Speaker 2>degrees at eleven o'clock. Hello, thanks for being with us

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<v Speaker 2>on this first day of March. I'm Sherry Small. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>what's happening all right, Enjoy this mild day. It's about to.

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<v Speaker 3>Get cold, increasingly wendy for the rest of today.

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<v Speaker 2>Clouds of sunshine, a shower around.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll top out in the low fifties, and Wendy are

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<v Speaker 3>much colder. Tonight's guys clear around at twenty and.

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<v Speaker 2>That was ACU weather meteorologist John Feerick. Tomorrow, we're looking

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<v Speaker 2>at highs reaching just thirty one decrease in the city.

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<v Speaker 2>Full forecast coming up. The mass Pike caused massive problems

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<v Speaker 2>for computers yesterday. Here CBS News Boston's Julie McDonald with

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<v Speaker 2>the tail.

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<v Speaker 1>Travelers winding westbound found themselves hardly moving all day long.

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<v Speaker 1>Emergency repairs on the mass Pike at the Root four

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<v Speaker 1>ninety five interchange in Hopkins forced everyone off and onto

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<v Speaker 1>Route nine for a detour that derailed ETAs for hours.

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<v Speaker 4>Though it was in accident because I used the GPS

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<v Speaker 4>so was hoping it's whatever your outed me, but I

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<v Speaker 4>didn't say anything.

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<v Speaker 3>Mass Doot said.

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<v Speaker 1>A construction worker noticed unusual cracking between the lanes of

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<v Speaker 1>the turnpike first thing Friday morning. An inspector determined that

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<v Speaker 1>without emergency repairs, the issue could have created a huge sinkhole.

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<v Speaker 5>We believe what happened is that as part of that

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<v Speaker 5>construction activity, the contractor putting some new piles in disturbed

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<v Speaker 5>some of that soil, which caused that embankment about thirty

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<v Speaker 5>feet high up against the turnpike to become destabilized. That

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<v Speaker 5>caused that settlement to start to occur.

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<v Speaker 2>All lanes reopened by nine pm. Investigators are looking for

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<v Speaker 2>answers in Roxbury after more than a dozen people allegedly

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<v Speaker 2>attacked police during an arrest. This happened Thursday afternoon. Boston

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<v Speaker 2>police got word of shots fired from a man matching

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<v Speaker 2>a susp that was wanted for gun possession after fleeing

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<v Speaker 2>the scene of an arrest earlier in the day. State

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<v Speaker 2>troopers then tried to arrest that suspect, along with two

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<v Speaker 2>other men. When things took a turn, several people, they say,

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<v Speaker 2>attempted to stop police from making the arrest, punching them

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<v Speaker 2>kicking them, pushing them to the ground. Boston police arrived.

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<v Speaker 2>They were able to take two juveniles and one adult

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<v Speaker 2>into custody. After last night's explosive conversation in the Oval Office,

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump now cast blame on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky

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<v Speaker 2>for blowing up the mineral deal.

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<v Speaker 4>Trump has brushed off concerns that Putin could violate a

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<v Speaker 4>peace deal, refusing to guarantee Ukraine's security so Russia won't

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<v Speaker 4>invade again. I asked the President who he trusts more?

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<v Speaker 6>Do you trust Putin nor Zelenski?

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<v Speaker 4>More?

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<v Speaker 3>Look, I don't trust or distrust anybody.

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to get a deal done. And if

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<v Speaker 1>the deal happens, good.

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<v Speaker 5>But you can't embolden somebody that does not have the cards.

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<v Speaker 1>And all of a sudden, that person says, oh well,

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<v Speaker 1>now I.

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<v Speaker 3>Could keep fighting.

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<v Speaker 2>That's ABC's Selina Wang reporting from Washington and now the

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<v Speaker 2>Fort awbz ACU weather forecast. Today is a mild day.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll see a high of fifty two. It'll be windy,

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<v Speaker 2>a mix of sun and clouds, and there are showers around.

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<v Speaker 2>These are spotty showers hit and miss areas. Tonight it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be windy, sharply colder. We'll see a clear sky,

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<v Speaker 2>but low's near twenty ACU weather. Real field temps will

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<v Speaker 2>drop into the single digits tonight, and then tomorrow we'll

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<v Speaker 2>see a twenty degree drop in the high temp, reaching

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<v Speaker 2>a high of thirty one degrees, mostly sunny, but blustering

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<v Speaker 2>and cold, real fields no higher than the teens. And

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<v Speaker 2>then on Monday, still another cold day, not as windy,

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<v Speaker 2>plenty of sunshine, but will only warm up to thirty

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<v Speaker 2>And then on Tuesday, some sun followed by clouds, a

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<v Speaker 2>milder afternoon, warming up to forty five degrees in the city.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now we're seeing let's see, is it still raining?

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<v Speaker 2>Just cloudy skies Right now we've seen often on rain

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<v Speaker 2>throughout the morning. Forty eight degrees in Boston at eleven

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<v Speaker 2>oh six. All right. The Department of Public Utilities approves

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<v Speaker 2>plans to slash expensive utility bills.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't have a whole buff to heat?

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<v Speaker 5>How much money are you going to save?

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<v Speaker 6>Elijah Desuza, the founder of the viral Facebook group Citizens

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<v Speaker 6>Against Ever Source. He spent all day Friday outside the

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<v Speaker 6>Department of Public Utilities, hoping to put pressure on the

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<v Speaker 6>DPU to drastically cut heating bills. On Friday, the DPU

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<v Speaker 6>approved plans from utility companies that will cut bills by

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<v Speaker 6>seven to sixteen percent, money that will then be made

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<v Speaker 6>up interest free in spring and summer bills. We do

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<v Speaker 6>not want way away, We want affordable energy. We don't

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<v Speaker 6>want to space these expensive months out then months where

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<v Speaker 6>it's economical. DESUSA demanded something far more drastic, the pausing

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<v Speaker 6>of the Mass Save program, which gives consumers rebates for

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<v Speaker 6>making their homes more energy efficient, paid for in the

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<v Speaker 6>delivery fee of you your gas an electric bill.

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<v Speaker 2>And that was CBS News Boston's Christina Rex reporting from

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<v Speaker 2>the State House. Newbery Ports iconic Pink House is set

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<v Speaker 2>to be demolished this month after a year's long fight

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<v Speaker 2>to save it fails. Governor Mora heely saying the US

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<v Speaker 2>Fish and Wildlife Service will be going ahead with plans

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<v Speaker 2>to demolish the abandoned building on Plum Island. The plants

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<v Speaker 2>to tear down were paused back in October after Governor

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<v Speaker 2>Helyy and others try to step in and preserve it,

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<v Speaker 2>but without a workable solution, that's will continue to demolish

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<v Speaker 2>it all right, a major North Carolina highway that has

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<v Speaker 2>been shut down since Hurricane Helene, is back open this morning.

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<v Speaker 3>Deadly flooding from Hurricane Helene washed away much of I

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<v Speaker 3>forty through the Pigeon River Gorge in the North Carolina

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<v Speaker 3>Mountains near the Tennessee border. The highway partially reopens today

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<v Speaker 3>with one lane of traffic in each direction. The travel

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<v Speaker 3>lanes are severely reduced, and the speed limit has been

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<v Speaker 3>reduced to thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>Five miles per hour.

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<v Speaker 3>North Carolina Department of Transportation engineer Nathan Tanner. We would

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<v Speaker 3>not open this road if we did not feel confident

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<v Speaker 3>that it was safe for people to travel it. It's

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<v Speaker 3>unknown how long it will take to fully rebuild and

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<v Speaker 3>reopen the busy interstate highway. Jim Chrysula, CBS News, Ashville,

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<v Speaker 3>North Carolina.

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<v Speaker 2>You are now in the loop for news updates throughout

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