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

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<v Speaker 2>News sixty eight degrees in Boston. It's eleven o'clock and

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<v Speaker 2>you've made it to Friday. Thanks for joining us. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>Nicole Davis, and here's what's happening. One of Boston's busiest

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<v Speaker 2>tea stations is set for a major renovation. Here's WBZ

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<v Speaker 2>Sheerry Small.

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<v Speaker 3>We're talking about back Base Station. With eighteen thousand daily riders,

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<v Speaker 3>many say the station feels outdated and downright dirty. The

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<v Speaker 3>MBTA is working to change that with work underway, promising

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<v Speaker 3>new entrances, lighting, seating, signage, and much more. That he says,

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<v Speaker 3>despite the work, the station will stay open with minimal disruption.

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<v Speaker 3>Back Base Station is a key hub for commuter rail,

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<v Speaker 3>the Orange Line and Amtrak. Completion is expected by twenty

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<v Speaker 3>twenty seven. Sherry Small, WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>It's eleven o one and we're getting more details today

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<v Speaker 2>about five finances in the second Karen Reed murder trial.

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<v Speaker 2>Hank Brennan, the special prosecutor hired by the Commonwealth, ended

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<v Speaker 2>up billing the Norfolk County DA's office five hundred sixty

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<v Speaker 2>six thousand dollars for his work. That works out if

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<v Speaker 2>you do the math to about two hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 2>dollars an hour for more than twenty two hundred hours.

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<v Speaker 2>For context, DA Michael Morrissey is paid two hundred twenty

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<v Speaker 2>three thousand dollars annually.

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<v Speaker 4>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Document show Brennan was first contracted for about seventy five

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars. The contract was changed up several times, most

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<v Speaker 2>recently Back in April. Reid was acquitted of most of

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<v Speaker 2>the charges against her in the death of her boyfriend

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<v Speaker 2>John O'Keefe, but was convicted of OUI. The State Department

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<v Speaker 2>today is firing more than thirteen hundred employees. It's all

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<v Speaker 2>part of a massive reorganization. Here's the aps Sacermcgoney.

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<v Speaker 1>Layoff notices are going to both civil servants and foreign

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<v Speaker 1>service officers assigned in the US. They'll have sixty to

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and twenty days before formally losing their jobs.

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<v Speaker 1>The administration announced the plan earlier this year year, and

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<v Speaker 1>the Supreme Court recently cleared the way for layoffs to start.

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary of State Marco Rubio says it's a bid to

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<v Speaker 1>make the department more efficient and nimble.

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<v Speaker 4>The reduction of force is a consequence of the reorg

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<v Speaker 4>It's not a consequence of getting trying to get rid

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<v Speaker 4>of people.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you've closed the bureau, you don't need those positions.

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<v Speaker 1>Critics say the reorganization will hurt America's global leadership and

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<v Speaker 1>ability to counter threats abroad. Saga Magani Washington.

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump and the First Lady are out to Central

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<v Speaker 2>Texas today, the search, of course continuing there for the

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<v Speaker 2>people still missing after those devastating flash floods. Here's ABC's

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<v Speaker 2>Enter Dinburg.

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<v Speaker 5>Brew's carefully going through debris piles by hand, using drones

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<v Speaker 5>and cadaver dogs to help locate the one hundred and

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<v Speaker 5>sixty six people still missing, the death toll now reaching

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<v Speaker 5>at least one hundred and twenty one. Local officials have

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<v Speaker 5>come under fire for their response to the flooding, amid

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<v Speaker 5>questions about whether they could have done more to warn people.

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<v Speaker 5>President Trump saying in an interview that he doesn't blame

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<v Speaker 5>local officials for what happened, but express support for building

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<v Speaker 5>an alert system. Authorities now promising a review of the

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<v Speaker 5>entire emergency response.

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<v Speaker 2>As ABC's Andrew denber. Meantime, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has

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<v Speaker 2>requested several more counties be added to President Trump's major

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<v Speaker 2>disaster declaration. For the rest of the afternoon, we will

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<v Speaker 2>start to see the sun peeking through a bit more,

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<v Speaker 2>temperatures getting up to about seventy five on the coast,

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<v Speaker 2>and it may be eighty five or so if you're

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<v Speaker 2>further inland away from the water. For tonight, partly cloudy early,

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<v Speaker 2>but then more clouds will move in through the overnight,

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<v Speaker 2>with a lone near sixty five for Tomorrow and Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>Both days looking pretty good when it comes to rain,

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<v Speaker 2>shouldn't have any. It will be a little cooler on

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<v Speaker 2>the coast for both days. Tomorrow high near seventy five

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<v Speaker 2>in Boston eighty five inland, and then Sunday more clouds

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<v Speaker 2>than sun, with a high year eighty in Boston and

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<v Speaker 2>eighty five inland. Monday could have some storms in the

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<v Speaker 2>afternoon and a high year eighty five seventy two in Fitchburg.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now north of Boston, it is sixty nine in

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<v Speaker 2>northad and over south of Boston, we're at sixty six

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<v Speaker 2>in Braintree, and in Boston at eleven oh five it

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<v Speaker 2>is mostly cloudy and sixty eight. Change is coming over

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<v Speaker 2>at the Department of Health and Human Services. The Heally

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<v Speaker 2>administration announcing today that HHS Secretary Kate Walsh is stepping down.

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<v Speaker 2>She'll be replaced by Under Secretary doctor Kiyami Mohanya starting

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Walsh has headed AHHS for just over two years and

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<v Speaker 2>navigated the state through the collapse of Stewart Healthcare. Governor

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<v Speaker 2>Healey is appointing doctor Mahanya to take over on a

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<v Speaker 2>permanent and not interim basis. Health experts are raising new

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<v Speaker 2>concerns about a new move from the Trump administration, as

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<v Speaker 2>we hear from CBS's Steve Kathan.

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<v Speaker 4>Health Secretary Kennedy canceled a meeting this week of a

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<v Speaker 4>federal task force that helps determine which preventive health measures

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<v Speaker 4>will be covered fully by insurance companies. The sixteen member

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<v Speaker 4>panel of doctors and other health experts plays a key

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<v Speaker 4>role in determining whether millions are eligible for services like screenings.

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<v Speaker 4>Critics have complained it had a woke ideology, but others

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<v Speaker 4>now warned those decisions could be politicized. Last month, Kennedy

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<v Speaker 4>fired seventeen members of the Advisory Committee on Vaccines, appointing

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<v Speaker 4>eight people to succeed them. Steve Kaith and CBS News.

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<v Speaker 2>And lawmakers on Beacon Hill are considering a bill recently

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<v Speaker 2>filed by Governor Moore at Heeley that, if passed, could

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<v Speaker 2>make big changes to pediatric vaccine policies in the Bay State.

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<v Speaker 2>It would give the state's Public Health Commissioner, who right

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<v Speaker 2>now is Robbie Goldstein, the power to determine what routine

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<v Speaker 2>childhood immunizations are for all kids under nineteen. Goldstein and

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<v Speaker 2>other officials say normally they would work with the Federal

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<v Speaker 2>Vaccine Panel, but since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior

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<v Speaker 2>gutted that panel, they are concerned some changes could be

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<v Speaker 2>coming that could negatively impact immunizations in Massachusetts. This week,

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<v Speaker 2>Harvard has changed up its web presence the school, removing

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<v Speaker 2>websites for offices connected to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

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<v Speaker 6>The sides We're taken down this week as Harvard launched

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<v Speaker 6>a new office Raccademic, Culture and Community. Faculty members were

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<v Speaker 6>informed of the change in an email. It said the

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<v Speaker 6>office is part of an ongoing effort to make sure

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<v Speaker 6>all members of the community are connected, supported, and empowered

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<v Speaker 6>to contribute. The move comes as the Trump administration has

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<v Speaker 6>launched an effort to revoke Harvard's accreditation. I'm Tammy Trujillo.

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